The proper manner. Chris we will talk with republican senator mitt romney, who says the president is inflaming dangerous passions. Plus Congressional Democrats have a disappointing night, failing to mount a blue wave in the senate and now holding a thin majority in the house. We did not win every battle in the house, but we did win the war. Chris we will ask our sunday panel about the new balance of power in washington. And our power player of the week, a fascinating look at the u. S. Army through the eyes of its heroes. All right now on fox news sunday. Chris and hello again from fox news in washington. Here are the headlines this busy sunday. Joe biden is now projected to win at least 290 electoral votes, more than enough to become the nations 46th president. In a tight race against donald trump, who is challenging the results in a broad legal offensive claiming fraud and voting irregularities. The president , yet to concede but the Biden Transition Team already hard at work. In a moment we will speak with former mayor pete buttigieg, a member of the biden transition. But we begin this hour with fox team coverage. David spunt is at the white house. But lets start with Jacqui Heinrich, who is covering the president elect in wilmington, delaware. Jacqui. Chris, joe biden promised throughout his campaign will be a president for all americans, and he dedicated a moment of his victory speech to reassuring Trump Supporters that work on the issues will begin long before moving into the white house. [cheers and applause] no days off after a hardfought campaign delivered joe biden the office hes chased for decades and Kamala Harris, a seat at the table, Opening Doors for generations to come. The Transition Team is hard at work over three key goals, getting a handle on the pandemic, repairing the economy, and beginning justice initiatives already promised by the campaign. The only news will be whos leading each charge. I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as Transition Advisors to help take the bidenharris covid plan and convert it to an action blueprint. One face of the covid front, murphy, hes been acting as an advisor to the campaign. The incoming at administration plans to spotlight messaging from Public Health experts, contracting the posture of the Trump White House while also securing supply chains and working on a vaccine. Addressing the Public Health crisis will come ahead of many cabinet appointments, which may stretch across party lines with the understanding confirmations may go through a republicancontrolled senate. Biden sources are reluctant to go on the record, weary that President Trump may do everything in his power to stop an easy transition, chris. Chris Jacqui Heinrich reporting from wilmington, delaware. Jacqui, thank you. Now its bringing david spunt the white house. David. Good morning, the president appears to be having a hard time accepting defeat. Transition talks between team biden and team trump are well underway, but this current president is nowhere near conceiving. As thousands celebrated in the streets just outside the white house on saturday, President Trump with a brief wave, returns from a day of golf at his Northern Virginia club as the president hit the links, his legal team held a News Conference in philadelphia where votes are still being counted. The president s attorney Rudy Giuliani announced legal action related to alleged ballot irregularities. A friend of mine says i dont believe in conspiracys, but i also dont believe in coincidences. Kind of funny that all republicans were projected here and all republicans were ejected in pittsburgh. But democrats and republicans were allowed inside to monitor ballot counting operations and the president s surrogates have yet to prove fraud. The president himself putting out a brief statement after biden claims victory. The simple fact is this election is far from over. In his last week before biden clinched the presidency, twitter flagged multiple president ial tweets, including this, where the president claims he won the election by a lot. Sources tell fox news the president will ultimately commit to a peaceful transition of power, that is if his Court Battles and in a dead end. Chris. Chris david spunt reporting from the white house. David, thank you. Joining us now, former mayor pete buttigieg, a member of the Biden Transition Team. Mayor, congratulations and welcome back to fox news sunday. Mayor buttigieg thank you, good to be back with you. Chris so, the president elect claims that the American People gave him a mandate for action, but the fact is that there is still a likelihood that there is going to be a blue rather, a Republican Senate. There certainly was no blue wave in the senate and House Democrats holding onto an even slimmer majority in the house, so the question is, what mandate you map mayor buttigieg well, i think he has a mandate to deliver on the Winning Campaign agenda, the bidenharris ticket offer the country. This not only earned the support of a majority of americans who voted for him to be the next president , it also we should remember that those who supported him and a remarkable number of president Trump Supporters support the agenda that joe biden is going to lead our country forward with. In other words, the idea of getting serious on covid and having a scienceled approach, which is already underway. The idea of raising wages and protecting workers, making corporations and the wealthy pay their taxes, taking climate seriously, doing something about racial justice. As we look forward whether we have divided government or not, what joe biden wants for the country is what most americans leave is right for the country, and that i think is where the real propulsion of his administration will be, just as its been the propulsion of the campaign. Chris lets talk about some of his top priorities. The president elect says that he will announce a new Coronavirus Task force on monday, first announcement that he is going to make. Given that we are having a huge, serious spike in coronavirus cases around the country, over 100,000 a day i understand he is the president elect, but he is the head of the democratic party. Will joe biden work with congress, the lame duck session, to try to do something about the coronavirus, or will he wait until he is formally sworn in as president in january . Mayor buttigieg well, he will decide on the right course of action, but i think theres a sense of urgency throughout. He knows every day is bringing more loss, more pain, and more danger to the American People and its why hes not waiting until hes taking office to begin immediately assembling people who have the right kind of expertise and planning to actually listen to them. I think that will be guiding throughout this transition. Mack, decisions that he makes. Chris well, lets talk about covid relief. Millions of americans, as you well know, are desperate for that, in the Lame Duck Congress is going to take that up. At this point they are deadlocked. It will the president elect, as his new position, unofficial and as the head of the democratic party, will he work with congress to try to broker a deal, or is he going to wait ten weeks until january 20th . Mayor buttigieg i think we all want to see something happen. And you know, he will have to make the decisions based on what he believes is right not only for the presidency that he will be building in january, but recognizing that he is now the president elect and already a very important leadership position for the country. I think we all hope that the logjam in washington comes to an end and we will be eager to see what progress can be made before and going into the administration. Chris it looks likely not certain but likely that republicans are going to hold onto the senate. Its going to come down to two special elections in georgia and republicans will be favored in both. If republicans hold the senate, if the majority leader is Mitch Mcconnell, isnt that really going to hurt some of the boldest parts of the biden agenda . Things like a public option for health care or raising taxes by 4 trillion . Mayor buttigieg again, first of all, georgia has proven itself to be extraordinarily competitive, and so with the two fantastic candidates, reverend warnock and john awsat that we have running i have every expectation that it will be a competitive race that we can very well take the majority in the senate. If that doesnt happen, at the end of the day, the thing we have going for us is that the American People are with us. We are not just talking to the house of representatives and the white house worried we are also talking about the Strong Majority of the American People and Even Stronger majority of the one that brought joe biden to office. When we talk about some of the things you just mentioned. Making sure the corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share, making sure that we expand access to health care and so the mcconnell caucus, the Republican Caucus in the senate will have to decide whether it wants to continue facing down the American People and standing in a way of what america wants, which i think would be a decision strategically to make the Republican Party a party of minority rule, or is their willingness to reach across the island get something done . We know one thing about president elect biden, if he is something mike someone who has that instinct about getting things done, reaching across the aisle, especially in a place like the senate, and i think thats going to be the senate attributes that will be so important to getting anything done at all. Chris but, as you well know, the founders created checks and balances, divided or you know, a balanced government, three branches. If youre Mitch Mcconnell, we just got elected, if you return i understand so thought experiment the republican majority, they are going to say there was no agenda, there was no public mandate for a public option, there was no mandate for raising taxes 4 trillion. Allowed us to retain the senate. Mayor buttigieg they structure the senate as such, for better or for worse but you can have a Senate Majority that disagrees with the majority of the American People, but then Mitch Mcconnell is going to have a decision. Its his purpose in washington to defy the American People who, along with the president , and the house of representatives, will believe in expanding, not taking away health care, ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes instead of slashing their taxes no matter what, raising wages, greeting stomach treating Climate Change is real. In other words, Mitch Mcconnell will have to decide whether he wants to help move this country forward and influence progress or whether he wants to stop progress. If he chooses to do that, and fearful not only the Republican Party will pay that price politically, but that the American People would pay a price that we cant afford to pay, because we need action. Chris well, lets talk about it much more serious and more immediate conflict. President trump, as you know, continues to say that this election is stolen, that there was rampant fraud and he intends to pursue legal challenges he says starting monday in courts across the country. Here is the president. Historic election interference from big media, bigmoney and big tech as everybody saw, we won by historic numbers and the pollsters got it knowingly wro wrong. Chris how much harder will it be for president elect biden to keep his pledge to bring the country together if President Trump continues to say and to contest the legitimacy of this election . Mayor buttigieg i think its one of the reasons you see the president elect already reaching out to those who didnt vote for him. And he didnt just say give me a chance or just say im going to give you a chance. He said lets give each other a chance. Its an example of how he is beginning to work to heal the nation right away, not wasting any time to do it. Look, even in these last days of his presidency, the current president has a chance to show leadership, to act as the person who loses every election in our history has done and do his part to help move this country forward and bring this country together. We have not seen that so far. Chris i was going to say, and if he doesnt, mayor . Mayor buttigieg well, that it really comes down to his supporters and look, this is a tough time. Ive been on the losing side of many elections, and especially in a polarized country like this, i know that there are a lot of folks who supported the current president who, you know, maybe everyone, almost everyone in your neighborhood and your church and your facebook circle of friends feel the same way to where its very hard to believe or accept that hes not popular in the same way that four years ago i have a lot of liberal friends who couldnt believe literally couldnt believe that donald trump had the support of more than a quarter of the country let alone almost half, but the simple reality is the President Trump has never had the support of a majority of the American People and this is the reality of where america is and where the Election Results are. You know, in terms of the popular vote, it wasnt even close. In terms of the Electoral College results, results are clear. In the best thing we have going for us, no matter what this president says or does, whether in last days of his presidency he rises to his response to bill your not, we know this much, which is there is a strong will among the American People, even those who voted the other way to make sure that we come together, make the economy fair and ensure the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, expand health care in other words, the exact agenda that got joe biden and Kamala Harris elected. Chris finally, ive got about a minute left, we are about to have the first woman in National Office elected by all americans, Vice PresidentKamala Harris and a nation that breaks barriers, sometimes taking longer than i suspect some of us would like, how important is this . Mayor buttigieg its extraordinary and you know, it sent a message to women, two girls across the country, and i think across the world, that you can do anything and her historic role also is the first black woman in this role, the first woman of salvation dissent somebody who really carried that weight of history throughout the campaign and did so, so well. I cant wait to see what her leadership is going to be like as a partner in change with joe biden and his Vice President of the United States. It is easy to overlook with all of the noise thats going on and the excitement around this election. I hope we dont overlook just how extraordinary, how historic, and how affirming of progress in this country her historic victory is. Chris mayor, thank you, thanks for your time. You have been a good guest on this program during this Long Campaign and maybe we will see when washington starting in january, thank you, sir. Mayor buttigieg thank you. Chris up next, President Trump says joe biden is won nothing, that this election is being stolen from him, but a few members and the president s own party are pushing back. We will speak with republican senator mitt romney, thats next. Geico makes the claims process so easy. I can file and manage my claim, all on the geico app. Its not just easy. Its givingyourdog yourfitnesstracker easy. Oh, good boy. Yes, you got it woo already got my 40,000 steps today. Can i get a what what no pain, no gain haha. Its geico easy. With fast and convenient claims service. Look how fast im running good boy, chester. Chris President Trump is not only refusing to concede to joe biden, he says he will send lawyers to courts across the nation tomorrow, claiming democrats are trying to steal this election with widespread fraud. We are joined now by republican senator mitt romney of utah, who says the president s rhetoric is dangerous. Senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. Senator romney thanks, chris, good to be with you. Chris i want to start with the president s comments about the election on thursday night. Here he is. President trump we will not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election for that matter, and we cant allow silence anybody to silence our voters and manufacture results. Chris you say the president has every right to pursue his legal remedies, which of course he does, but that his rhetoric there and in a number of tweets has gone far over the line. How . Senator romney well, i think it is appropriate for the president to make sure that the vote count has been done properly, to carry out recounts where its a very close contest. If there are any regularities irregularitys alleged and to follow every legal option he has. Thats what you would expect of a president in a setting like this. At the same time, i think its important to choose ones words carefully because the eyes of our children are upon us, the eyes of the world are upon us. Every nation in the world is watching with the president of the United States says and theres a battle going on around the world between authoritarianism and freedom and its important for the cause of democracy and freedom that we dont allege fraud and theft and so forth unless its very clear evidence of that and at this stage, that evidence hasnt been produced. Chris heres part of a tweet that you wrote this week about President Trump and his rhetoric. I want to put it up on the screen. He, the president , is wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt, and stolen. Doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world. , weakens the institutions that lie at the foundation of the republic, and recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions. Senator, does what the president is saying, does it interfere with the peaceful transfer of power and not just among our leaders come about just among regular americans . Senator romney well, i think there will be a peaceful transfer of power. That happens in january. Until then, the Transition Team will be working with the trumpet of administration, and i think that will go smoothly, but i do believe that its important for the American People to understand that we are a nation of laws, that we allow for recounts, that we investigate irregularities and that these things go to the courts and the courts make a fair and impartial decision. Thats essential for our nation to have confidence in our institutions and for people, as ive indicated, around the world to recognize the democracy works and saying something other than that would only be cheer for the chinese and the russians and those that want to bring down freedom and bring down democra democracy, so, pursue every legal avenue, and thats with the president will do, but i think its important for all of us to hold our breath a bit, to calm down a bit and not to use language that is so inflammatory that it will make people angry and people that are not watching carefully feel that somehow something has been rigged, and thats simply there is simply no evidence of that at this stage and we will see whether there is down the road, but thats for time to tell. Chris a few, a very few, of your republican colleagues have joined you in calling out the president s rhetoric. Here is pat toomey from the hotlycontested state of pennsylvania. Take a look. President s speech last night was very disturbing to me because he made very, very serious allegations without any evidence to support it. Chris but the vast majority of your republican colleagues in the senate have either backed up, supported the president s unsubstantiated allegations of fraud, people like ted cruz of texas, or they have remained silent. Does that disappoint you . Senator romney well, i think everybody makes their own assessment as to what their responsibility might be. Frankly, the eyes of history are honest and i believe i have a little bit of a different role, having been the nominee of our party in 2012, i do feel a responsibility to express my views and to represent the small slice of the Republican Party, perhaps, that still supports me in that regard, and everybody makes that assessment. Pat toomey of course, the republican senator from pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is at the center of controversy, so his remarks i think were wellsuited to the moment, so everybody makes that assessment and i dont i dont have a point of view on what other senators do. I think we each have to make our own decision based upon where we are, but look, i remember richard burr, senator from North Carolina saying if i spoke out on everything that i disagree with but the president tweets or says, thats how i would spend all my time and i think there are some who feel silence at this stage, particularly with so much uncertainty is the right way to go. Chris i want to pick up on something that you just said, because you have been in the same situation back in 2012 that President Trump the networks called barack obama the winner in the 2012 election. You had a team of lawyers ready to fly out to various states. There were always irregularities in vote counting. We waited 90 minutes and then you called president obama and conceded victory to him. I guess two questions, one, why did you decide to go that course, and if you work were in the situation now that donald trump is in with widening gaps in pennsylvania and nevada and georgia, would you concede . Senator romney well, first of all, President Trump is a different person than i am. Every individual is different. I think one of the things people like about President Trump is that he is different than the typical politicians and people who have run for president before. Hes going to keep on fighting, thats what you would expect from President Trump so he will do what is going to do. My setting was different. We looked at the vote totals, i met with my legal counsel, we talked about irregularities, it did not strike me that there was a realistic possibility of overturning the result that have been called by the networks and frankly, there is something more important than myself and whether i win or lose an election, and that is the cause of democracy and freedom and at some point, truth, freedom, and democracy have to accept and you step aside and im convinced that that will happen in this case as well if and when every avenue is exhausted for the president , but time will tell in that regard. But let me tell you this as well. I think the assessment somehow that conservatism lost is not accurate. Republicans picked up statehouses, republicans picked up seats in congress, i think we will keep the senate as well. Conservative principles are still on the ascendancy in this country. I dont think america wants to sign up for the Green New Deal for getting rid of coal and oil and gas or medicare for all or medicare for many, many more. I think america is intent on pursuing policies that are more consistent with the republicans that they overwhelmingly elect elected. Chris well, i want to pick up on that and ive got only a minute here, senator it does look more likely than not that republicans are going to maintain control of the senate. If they do, what is your attitude towards working with President Biden . How much deference do you feel that you will owe him in terms of his choosing the people in his cabinet and some of his policies, such as a public option for obamacare or raising taxes, or the environment . Senator romney well, i dont think the National Election i will let the pundits make the final analysis in this, but i dont think it was so much a matter of signing up for a policy agenda as and i think it was much more of a personality matter and character matter and i dont think you expect elected officials to provide deference to others based upon their point of view, because we all got elected and we all have a responsibility, but there are places we will be able to work together. It looked, health care is a mess right now, prescription drugs are too extensive, surprise billing shouldnt be going out, we can make some changes there. Obamacare is not working, we will have to make some changes there. If there are flaws in the tax code that let billionaires pay no taxes, i think we have to look at that as well. President elect biden has spoken about increasing the child tax credit. That is something ive been fighting forward senator mike bennett as well, so i think youre going to see a number of places that we have common ground, but look, conservatives like myself are going to continue to fight for conservative principles and those things are not in the rearview mirror. President elect biden has an agenda, we will work with him on that agenda. With regards to his cabinet, i believe the cabinet appointments unless theyre really out to lunch. Chris senator romney well, we dont ever want people who are out to lunch. Thank you, senator. Thanks for your time this week and always good to talk with you, sir. Senator romney thanks so much, chris, good to be with you. Chris up next we will bring in our sunday panel to discuss the biden transition and what we can expect from President Trump in the days ahead. Too too so really, how are you . Oh well, look thats what were both taking right now, fanapt. You know its really been helping me manage my schizophrenia. 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Well, you know, its tricky, because, you know, you and i both know the oldest cliche in washington is personnels policy, so the first job is to figure out who staffs a Biden Administration entity that hes going to pick some people who will satisfy the progressive wing of his party, which you would think has a lot to do with his victory while keeping the biden flag planted in the center of the ideological spectrum and also maintaining some room to work with republicans, who as you have set are likely to be in control of the senate so i think you will see a mix of people who a lot of Traditional Democratic faces, a few surprises, and maybe a couple of republicans to show that in this new, divided power in washington, joe biden, President Biden realizes hes got to work in the center. Chris marie, we hear that the biden team is going to name white house staff before it names cabinet secretaries. We hear that when it comes to policy, not surprisingly, the top priorities, at least at first, are going to be dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and with the very fragile economy. What can you add to that in terms of what you expect from the biden team in the next wee weeks . Absolutely. Well, he will get the biden covid plan laid out in much more detail, including some personnel on monday. That is obvious with the first priority. I also expect that we will hear more about some of these ways that a Biden Administration will almost immediately upon taking office start to roll back much of what they believe was so harmful of the term presidency. Weve already seen reports about executive orders that will come very early on, doing things like getting the u. S. Back in the paris climate accord, repealing, getting rid of the ban on immigration for majority muslim countries and of course an executive order protecting dreamers, so i think step one is covid and the economy, we will hear more about that on monday and set two has to be rolling back what they feel like were some of the most extreme and harmful policies of the trump administration. Chris well, speaking of President Trump, dana, there he is, and his continued resistance, rejection of a Biden Victory, here he is, the president , on Election Night. President trump this is a fraud on the american public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election. [cheers and applause] chris dana, what you expect from President Trump . Do you expect at least in the short term that hes going to continue to deny a Biden Victory and continue with lawsuits, no concession . And if that is the case, do you think you will ever come around to basically acknowledging that he has lost this election . So, i think that they are going to pursue every possible legal avenue that they can find, because they do say that they have some problems, they are working on some lawsuits in several different states, looking at the recount in georgia. They still believe they will ultimately win in arizona, thats what the trump team says, and so i think that patience is in order and if the shoe were on the other foot and biden were wanting to pursue some legal challenges here, i think that america should have invited that as well. If a little patience is warranted. I did notice though that aside from a couple of tweets yesterday, the president did not speak as he held back and i think that, you know, that is something that you could say that is a positive for him. Hold back, take a day, let his lawyers work on it and they were laying the groundwork for these legal challenges that begin tomorrow. Chris gerry, what is your sense from talking to your sources of whats going on inside the president s inner circle, family, friends, inside advisors, outside advisors, there seems to be from at least what we are hearing a kind of struggle with some people suggesting the president needs to concede and move on sooner rather than later, and other people kind of bitter end ors saying no, we ought to keep fighting, what your sense of how thats playing out inside the president his inner circle . I think there is some division, as you would expect, some people who want to fight longer than others, some people think and i think theyre right about this that the president actually is a president of some consequence. He had achievements, he changed the Republican Party. He reflected a change in the Republican Party, he brought it closer into touch with his working class roots. He changed the way americans look at trade policy, for example, changed the way americans approach china and you should not want, if youre trump supported, those kind of achievements to be tarnished with sort of a bitter and fight here if thats what we are looking at so i think some people arguing that and others are arguing we need to fight on, weve laid out some principles and we need to stick with those. Its very hard, as dana suggested, its hard to know exactly where the president is because theres actually been more silence from him and the trump camp in the last 72 hours then there was earlier in the week, so i think the struggle is playing out and probably will for a few more days. Chris dana, it would seem to me that republicans on capitol hill have a role to play in this, very few of them have said you pursue your legal options, but, you know, damp down the rhetoric, like mitt romney, like pat toomey. There are a lot who are just silent and then there are some, i mentioned ted cruz, you know, who are like the japanese soldiers who come out 30 years after the end of the war come out of the jungle, and say is the fight still going on . What do you expect the mood to be inside Senate Republicans as they begin to think perhaps their future is no longer so directly tied to donald trump . Will also remember the Senate Republicans were counted out. It was expected that they would lose many of those competitive races, and they did not and now theres two georgia runoffs that basically thats going to be there line. The last line of defense between Joe Biden America and divided government, so they are going to try to fight for those seats very hard down there in georgia and also a lot of the senators, someone like senator ted cruz, he might want to run in 2024. This you want to get [indiscernible] with the president right now . You could be one tweet away from oblivion and the Republican Party if you decided to do that and i think the republican of the hour at the moment is of course Mitch Mcconnell and he is saying lets just have some patients here and give him a few days and see how it turns out. Chris all right, panel, we have to take a break here but when we return excuse me democrats hang onto a narrow majority in the house and hold on to hope in the senate in a cliffhanger that will play out into the new year. We will discuss that next. This is andy, my schwab financial consultant. Heres andy listening to my goals and making plans. 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Before the election we were hearing a lot of talk about a blue wave sweeping a lot of new Democratic Senators in on Election Night. It looks like republicans were easily going to hold onto control of the senate and now it turns out we are going to have to wait for these two special elections on january 5th in georgia, so i guess my question is, did the republicans in the senate have a good night Election Night or not . They did. I think republicans had a pretty good night overall, good night in the house, good night and Senate Elections and thats kind of been lost in a focus on President Trump but i also think its worth noting here that this is an alignment that might look its a recipe for gridlock. He evenly divided power at a time of great polarization. It can be also an alignment that works, right . Power is this closely divided between the two parties in between the two houses, it tends to push everybody towards the center and it can empower moderates in the senate, because they have a lot of leverage in an evenly divided senate so im thinking of people like joe manchin of West Virginia or the newly reelected Susan Collins of maine. If they find a way, and i believe its possible for them to do that, they can exert a lot of leverage not just over the senate, but over congress and even work with a President Biden, who as we know hes the guy who went to republicans in the senate when there were problems in the Obama Administration getting things done in the mitch and joe show is how things got accomplished. Chris dana, where is the Republican Party going to be after trump . How big a megaphone will he have from outside the white house and to what degree do you think Congressional Republicans will continue to follow his marching orders as they did when he was in the oval office . It will be interesting to see. I mean, i think that former president s, when they get to their life after the presidency, they have so much at their fingertips, right . He has a platform comic is a wealthy man, he is loved by his family and he did have a tremendous impact on the country with a record that a lot of people thought he couldnt do. He actually governed quite conservatively, which is why he was able to get that support of the whole of Republican Party, so the Republican Party is still going through its local realignment but right now all of those republicans are going to be focused on georgia and probably President Trump will be focused there too because those two Senate Runoffs are so important and yesterday senator Chuck Schumer sounded a lot more like don quixote than general sherman when he said next would take georgia and then we take america as if he completely misread the Election Results as gerry was just saying, the republicans actually did quite well. America does not want a radical left agenda and that is where i think the republicans will focus for now as the rest of the protrump world kind of figures itself out. Chris then there are House Democrats who i think its fair to say had a disappointing Election Night. Instead of picking up a halfdozen seats, as most predicted, they ended up losing at least a halfdozen seats. Having said that, House Speaker nancy pelosi continue to play it is a big victory. Here she is. The most votes ever received by any president ial ticket in history. President elect biden has a strong mandate to lead and he will have a strong Democratic House with him. Chris marie, will nancy pelosi be able to hold on to her speakership, and will she be able to control her much slimmer majority in the house given the fact that centrists and leftists in the House Democratic caucus really seemed to be sharply split now . Chris, i think the reason the nancy pelosi will remain speaker is actually because of that slimmer majority that you just mentioned. Nancy pelosi has some critics on many issues, one thing most people agree with is that she can keep the caucus together. She did it over the last four years when donald trump was president and there were these debates between progressives and moderates and with an even slimmer majority i do think the democrats in the house will coalesce around her because they know that she can bring everyone together and yes, i do think democrats are disappointed they didnt pick up more seats, but an overwhelming majority of the moderates that won in 2018, the majority makers for the democrats, won reelection in 2020 even with donald trump on the ballot, unlike in 2018, so its a little bit of a mixed bag in the house right now. Certainly democrats are disappointed in some ways, but happy with the majority and ready to help President Biden with his agenda. Chris gerry, assuming that republicans do win control of the senate and youve got nancy pelosi with a much slimmer majority in the house, what does this do to the more progressive elements of the biden agenda, things like adding a public option to obamacare, raising taxes, elements although he didnt support the whole plan of the Green New Deal, is that just up the window . It certainly going to be held in check. In a way that helps President Biden in some ways. He doesnt have to keep the more progressive elements of his party which have wanted to push them further left than he wants to go. He doesnt have to hold them in check. He can say look, the republicans in the senate, they are the people who are holding us back from fulfilling your Progressive Agenda. Thats actually beneficial for joe biden. It gives them some running room, as i said before, towards the center. So i think the political realities are going to assert themselves in some of the Progressive Agenda that joe biden will push will have a chance but some of it is going to be left to the side and i think thats just the reality that he doesnt have to assert, that will assert itself in this new alignment. Chris real quickly, marie, about 30 seconds, do you think joe biden will welcome having a Republican Senate as a check on the far left, the aocs of the world, or do you think is going to have to grit his teeth . Im not so sure i would go so far is welcome it, but if theres any democrat who can work with a Republican Senate, its joe biden and last night you heard that message in his speech, i will be president of all americans, i will work across the aisle, i will reach out to them. So democrats are feeling today, chris. Chris yeah, and he also said lets give each other a chance and i certainly agree with that. Lets give each other a chance, panel. Thank you, see you next sunday. Up next, our power player of the week, a museum about the nations history through the eyes of the men and women who helped defendants. Hey yeah . I switched to geico and got more more savings on Car Insurance . They helped with homeowners, too ok plus motorcycle, boat and rv insurance geicos got you covered like a blanket houston . You seeing this . Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Geico. Chris for 245 years, the u. S. Army has defended our nation. This week, a museum honoring its history of bravery and sacrifice will open just outside washington, and its our power player of the week. We stand on the shoulders of heroes that have gone before us and really what we strive to do is live up to their legacy. Chris general james mcconville, chief of staff of the u. S. Army on the long line of soldiers that have served this country. This week youll be able to see their stories with the opening of the National Museum of the army. What we tried to do is capture significant events all throughout history. We want the American People to come to the museum to see the accomplishments, the sacrifices, and the commitments of our soldiers. Chris visitors that are on the path of remembrance, a thousand bricks as tributes to soldiers and their families. Inside displays showcase soldier stories. In every campaign the army has waged. Its just very, very special, very inspirational for the American People and also for the soldiers that have anticipated participated in those campaigns. Chris visitors travel back to the armys proud history, highlighted by almost 1400 artifacts, including the flag carried by civil war trailblazers whose story was told in the movie. One of the first africanamerican regiments and during the civil war in a pinch battle, Sergeant Kearney grabbed that flag and heroically led his fellow soldiers to a key place in the battle and he was one of the first africanamericans awarded the congressional medal of honor. Some of the landing barges are stopped by concrete obstacles. Chris in another gallery, one of fewer than a dozen surviving the Landing Craft used to hit the beaches of normandy. You have one of the actual Landing Crafts from dday. To visualize thousands of young soldiers heroically storming those beaches and those higgins boats allowed them to get to that beach and quite frankly allowed us to win the war. Chris while some items marked victories, others, such as these p. O. W. Pajamas worn by medal of honor winner in the north vietnamese prison speak to soldiers resilience and fighting spirit. People like him never broke, they were heroic of what they did before they were taken prisoner and even during that time frame. Chris how emotional is it for you to go through these galleries and see what you are a part of . The tradition you are a part of . It just makes me very, very proud to be a member of the United States army. Chris mcconville has served our country for almost four decades. Last year he was named the army chief of staff. I was inspired to serve by my dad. Once i got in the army, i just met some incredible people, inspired by the soldiers that i served with and decided to make a career out of it. Chris stories like his and those of generations of army men and women will now be preserved at the National Museum. What does the army hope to get across to visitors . The armys history is their history. We exist to protect the nation. Thats our job, thats what we work hard to do every single day, we are very proud to serve the American People. 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