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senator bernie sanders of vermont has very, very strong views on what's going on at j.p. morgan chase. jamie dimon, the chairman and ceo. he wants to see those banks simply broken up. he will join me in "the situation room" is the president being hypocritical, for example, while on the one hand using his campaign ads to go after mitt romney and bane capital while at the same time going up to wall street trying to raise money from wall street guys including some from bane capital. we'll talk about that and a lot more. he's always, always outspoken and doesn't mince words and bernie sanders will be with me in "the situation room" and all of the important news in north carolina. the defense rests, as you know, in the john edwards trial. >> were you surprised we didn't hear from his daughter or from he himself? >> i think the burden of proof is clearly on the prosecution. abby lowell, someone i know very, very well here in washington. he's come around to the conclusion that john edwards agrees he's a pretty good lawyer himself. the prosecution simply did not make the case and

bernie sanders from vermont caucuses with the democrats. the newly elected senator from maine, angus king, is here. we put him towards the middle. the white seats are the ones we don't have projections yet. again, nobody has the 51 needed for an outright majority in the senate. >> obviously we're watching the numbers in colorado very closely. let's go to you for that, wolf. >> let's take a look. we've got new numbers from colorado. 22% of the vote is now in in colorado. the president has an advantage, 53% to 45%. about 600,000 votes have been counted almost. 51,000 vote advantage for the president. nine electoral votes at stake in colorado. we're watching that state very, very closely. we'll see what happens. only 22% of the vote is in. we're also watching, get this, the top of the empire state building turned romney red and obama blue based on cnn's election results. we're about to figure in our latest electoral vote projections. here it goes. there it is. stay right here to see the colored columns rise higher as each candidate gets more e

and bernie sanders, the independent from vermont is also winning re-election. he caucuses with the democrat. so those are the two calls we'll make. but really the drama is in so many of these critical competitive races. and look at this. indiana, that is really -- look at that. look how close it is. 47-47. only 16% reporting. here's the key on this race. this is going to be an early bellwether as to whether or not republicans can retake control of congress. why? because it's a republican seat, an open republican seat. remember, richard murdoch, the one who made the comments about rape and pregnancy recently. that has hurt him in the polls. republicans i'm talking to tonight say he has to overperform romney by 10% in order to win. so we're really watching closely. and virginia, another neck and neck race, talking about the presidential being too close to call. same with virginia. george allen, the republican ahead by almost 350,000 points but very early in that state. >> and obviously one of the things we're watching is the balance of power on capitol h l hill.

one is for bernie sanders of vermont who won re-election tonight. the other is more towards the middle. that's because that's angus king, the newly elected independent senator of maine. all of these white seats in the middle are still those that are outstanding, those that are up for re-election right now. of course, still, neither has even close to the 51 needed to have the full-out majority of the senate. >> a lot of races to find out about. thanks very much. we will check in with our analysts. van jones, you've been looking at the wait times a lot of folks are having. we see them in virginia, see them a lot in florida. lot of people still on line. >> the numbers are important but there is a human drama that is playing out on the ground in these states. people are now afraid they may have to wait until tomorrow. these lines may be four hours long. you look at twitter, a hash tag, stay in line, is starting to move. obama, his fate in florida may hang on people's willingness to stay in line. it shouldn't take this type of heroism to vote in america

. >> bernie sanders sits on the senate committee that oversees the nrc. he is worried as an older generation of america's reactors comes up for renewal. >> they have always extended when companies have come in and said we would like an extension. i believe over 60, in over 60 instances they granted every one, and that's a problem. that's a problem. >> we wanted to talk to the nrc. over a sikts-week period -- six week period we repeatedly requested an interview at any time or day of their choice but we were told they were over booked. we decided to show up anyway and see if we could get answers. a spokesman came outside soon after we arrived. >> you received the agency's response via our director of public affairs. >> yes. >> the answer of the agency. >> no one is going to talk to us? >> no. >> i actually have the exact quote here on your site. it says that the nrc is devoted to open government, open accountable, accessible. >> yes, all of our information is available on our website. >> but you guys are accessible to the public, how come you can't sit down

i spoke to bernie sanders of vermont about the debate performance and started by showing some confusing statements from the president. listen to this. >> governor romney and i both agree our cooperate tax rate is too high. we both agree we've got to boost american energy production and it appears we've got some agreement that a marketplace to work has to have some regulation. i suspect that on social security we've got a somewhat similar position. >> you understand what he was trying do there? >> yeah, i do. >> i got a bit confused. >> i think you're right, wolf. and i think that is a disastrous approach. the truth of the matter is mitt romney right now is the head of a right-wing extremist party called the republican party. it wasn't always the case. that's what they are today. if the president cannot differentiate himself clearly from right-wing extremism, we've got a lot of problems as a nation and he's got problems as a candidate running for re-election. in terms of social security, it is absurd for the president to say that he and romney are coming down in the same way. social secu

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joining us senator bernie sanders of vermont. he caucuses with the democrats. senator, first of all, congratulations on your re-election. thanks for coming in. republicans say, you know what, they'll be flexible, but the democrats have to be flexible, too, especially when it comes to entitlement spending. medicare, medicaid and even reform. are you open to any of that? >> when republicans talk about being flexible, we have not heard one definitive word to what they mean. second of all, our republican friends look up and understand that this issue of the fiscal cliff was debated during the election and, you know what, mitt romney lost. obama won. the american people are very clear. that at a time when the middle class is disappearing and the people on top are doing phenomenally well and as warren buffett mind us, their effective tax rate is quite low. the wealthy are going to have to start paying their fair share of taxes. and i am happy to report to you what you already know. is that more and more republicans are catching on to that fact. >> but the republicans

they are saying the most influential twitterers and this combines all sorts of factors, bernie sanders, and independent out of vermont, john boehner, republican, and keith ellison, a democrat. the next two, top five, darrell issa, republican, california, then senator john mccain. the whole list is up there as well. i'll tell you, i encourage you to check it out and see how they are coming up with those

the five most influential twitterers or tweeters, according to this study, bernie sanders, who is an independent, then john boehner, then keith ellison, the one democrat in the top five, number four, representative darryl issa out of california, and number five, john mccain who is a republican. so he is another -- >> senator john mccain. a little boo-boo on that one. >> we'll fix that up. the idea here is that all of the people, hundreds of them are trying to use social media now. this is the best study i have seen that has looked at how well are they actually doing reaching people, getting messages out there, getting things, messages amplified and having involvement with viewers online and ultimately, with voter said. they're doing a good job on the gop side. >> very good. it's just beginning. >> just beginning. you can see everything i posted the whole study for you on cnn.com. facebook and twitter. i want you all to see it. is there value in it, how do you see it? >> i'm sure you will be deluged with messages. thank you so much. >> a soldier's family is demanding some answers. he

i think it's going to be 55 if you bring in both of those independent senators, bernie sanders, angus king, from maine, 55/45, but there could be filibusters, who knows, in the senate, anything important to get done, you always need 60 votes. so we'll see what happens on that front. there's going to be -- there's an opening, as you know, at the cia right now with general petraeus gone who will be the cia director? this whole national security team is going to require some reshuffling. it's a major headache that the president has, but that's why he's president of the united states, commander in chief, dealing with these kinds of issues. >> that's right. and john allen for now keeps his post. all right. wolf, great to see you as always. >>> and be sure to join wolf today at 4:00 p.m. eastern time in the "situation room" right here on cnn. those surprising little things she does still make you take notice. there are a million reasons why. but your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be mo

i think he needs to listen to the bernie sanders and others in his own party. he's been speaking in a powerful way about jobs and when he decides the well to do and powerful were critical of him, we support principles, not politicians. but certainly he's been at republicans. but for the most part, the best thing to happen to the issue of poverty is tavis raised the issue, keith observe better man raise an issue, you raise an issue on your show, and the occupy movement making sure that we talk seriously about poverty, wealth, and equality. >> we have to wrap it up there. thank you very much for your time and the conversation. >>> 30 years later, the investigation into natalie wood's death is still ongoing. we're going to have the latest on that. >>> we are keeping a close eye on the white house there. you see president obama's just minutes away from making remarks. he's going to be talking about insourcing jobs, keeping jobs in this country rather than providing them overseas. this is all about his push to show voters that he is paying attention to the middle cl

you need to listen to bernie sanders. we need top listen -- these guys sit on federal courts, take billions of dollars, bailouts, zero -- this man needs to go to jail along with his -- >> of course, security hustled them out. jamie dimon seemed -- not flustered by all of that, quite frankly. this is still happening. you're going to get more pointed questions about, should there be more oversight on wall street? asked point blank, if other smaller, less capitalized banks were doing the same thing, could it take down the financial system? he didn't really answer that question, except that we have a lot of money on our books. this is not something that would have taken down jpmorgan. hurt their shareholders, but certainly i think there could be more fireworks later on but so far civil, i'll be honest. >> probably will be more fireworks. dodd-frank was supposed to be about reforms and preventing this. we'll follow it throughout the hour. christine romans, thank you. keep a close eye on that for us. >>> we're going to dip back

. >> on the other side, senator bernie sanders wants to break up these banks because it's too big to fail and it's too dangerous. j.p. morgan chase, jamie dimon, they were the gold standard -- i hate to use that pun. the gold standard. >> they were. >> especially jamie dimon whose reputation is sterling, by all accounts, brilliant guy and for this to happen on his watch must be such a humiliation. >> as you saw today he was quite critical of his company, calling it sloppy and he's been quite outspoken against some of these regulations saying they would strangle the banking industry, but i think he's going to be under the spotlight. you know who else will be under the spotlight? all of the regulators. the securities and exchange commission and the fed because these are the people who are supposed to be watching the banks so they'll be under the spotlight, as well. >> as ali said, nobody wants a repeat of what happened. >> you heard part of the new york times saying the securities and exchange commission. the sec has launched a federal investigation. >> right, they're going to be watch

you see one over here, that stands for bernie sanders who is the independent senator from vermont, he caucuses with the democrats. this represents angus king, the newly elected senator from maine, who is an independent, and says he will decide who he caucuses with when he gets here. but there are now no longer any of those white seats which we were not able to call in here. it is completely filled out. we now know what the exact balance of power is going to be in the next congress and what it is is, again, 53 democrats, two independents, 45 republicans. this, in north dakota, is another surprise for republicans because it is a red state, and they thought if there is a retiring democrat, this would be a no brainer to pick up for them. but democrats ran a pretty conservative democrat in heidi heitkamp. most issues she ran against the president and she was able to pull it off against a pretty solid republican candidate as far as republicans were concerned. there you have it. we have the full picture of the united states senate now. >> maybe smart candidate selection by the democrats. wha

including bernie sanders. >> i agree, that's not the most urgent matter. medicare is more urgent, something that needs to be addressed, the president has said it. republicans have said it as well. it is a question of how you do it, and do you do it in a way that preserves the program and protects beneficiaries. i think there are discussions to be had around that. obviously the discussion about what we do on the tax side, which is essentially getting a balanced package. >> the key issue seems to me involving marginal tax rates for the top 2%, right? right now, 35%. does it go up to 39.6%, where it was during the clinton administration, 37%. boehner says you know what, you can raise tax revenues by eliminating or capping loopholes or deductions. do it like that. the president awhile ago, about a year and a half ago said this. >> what we said was give us 1.2 trillion in additional revenues, which could be accomplished without hiking taxes, tax rates, but could simply be accomplished by eliminating loopholes, eliminating some deductions, and engaging in a tax

and the independent senator from vermont, senator bernie sanders is joining us now. senator, thanks very much for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> you are a very blunt guy and always tell us what's on your mind. how do you think the president did in the debate last night? >> poorly. no question about it. i think he was listless, but clearly while romney won from a performance point of view, from a policy point of view and honesty point of view, romney was a failure, as well. >> senator, so much is being made about the performance last night and his initial reaction today. what do you think was the problem with president obama last night? was it a problem of preparation or do you think he's off his game? >> well, kate, let me just say this. i think these guys are not auditioning for the "american idol." they're not singers, we're not electing great singers and act aers. we are electing people who presumably a going to give us policy to protect the middle class and working families of this country. if you look at the policies that romney is talking about, first of all, th