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>> a dollar. $1? yeah, $1. >> you said a dollar. you said a dollar. thats not your question. you said a dollar and im answering your question. the fact is a wall is an immorality. its not who we are as a nation. >> of course, it doesnt matter what the house passed tonight if its dead on arrival. in the new look republican senate where the gop now has a 53/47 majority, mitch mcconnell controls what is brought to that floor. he says this spending package will not be brought to the floor because th...

House. attorney general barr, possibly. i think he will be confirmed. wont he be confirmed? >> he will be roughed up. >> with a 53/47 senate, you have to wait to see whats come out in somebody elses background. >> he has been through it before. >> equally as important to live as we did when we had a republican majority in the 80s in the senate. it was always 47 democrats that byrd held and five or six of our republicans, northeast, that went south. i dont know what the new mix is, where romney i...

Moment. but first, republican senator cindy hyde-smith is the projected win he ner of mississippis runoff. hyde-smith won yesterdays election with 54% of the vote to become the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. she will serve out the remaining two years of thad cochrans turn with the seat returning to the ballot in 2020. hyde-smith was appointed to replace cochran earlier this year after he resigned. republicans now will hold a 53/47 majority in the senate in january. that is a n...

Picked up some 9 million more votes than the republicans. >> its an astonishing gap between the two republicans. nearly 9 million raw votes, advantage for the democrats over republicans in the national house race. as you said, if you total them all up, that is a record-breaking gap between two parties in house votes in american history. and so not only did we see some record turnout for midterm election season, wolf, but we now are seeing this record win for democrats and this 40-seat gain. as y...

Morning. i think we can throw up a live picture of broward county where they are still counting votes. still ongoing. 24/7. i dont know this is washington. there we go. >> compelling television. >> does this matter? this fight we have going down here in florida? the presidents insistence over something mischievous happening. >> it is hard to believe that this is happening after bush v. gore. this is a much bigger margin. the odds favor the republicans running both of the races. probably within a...

53/47. lets see what your social immediate would reaction. >> comey is striking when the iron is hot. i get he has a version of events at odds with the president, and me wants as to put it out. i think james galliano had a good point, why not keep your powder dry. this may influence the reaction to the mueller probe. what else has come in? comeys timing destroyed hillary clintons timing again, wait until mueller is done. im wonder if mueller will learn from comeys example of voicing an opinion i...

So much waste in this project that they are surprised the thing is going to come together at all. what do we say about the waste and abuse associated with this project? >> well, this isnt s. entirely a political project. what you have here is crony capitalism. masquerading as a public works project. kind of pretending to be mass transit. >> clayton: how so explain the coney capitalism side of it. >> what happened is you had this interesting coalition of contractors who stood to make billions of ...

Dissatisfaction among a lot of voters with the choices they have. they are open to persuasion. they are open to listening for the next 70, 80 days, to a point of view that is serious and not low. they want hope. the big group of americans who are feeling cynical and disaffected. if somebody could reach to them and say i can help, that would be very powerful. >> the upside of the ryan pick, i think in this case about governing, it sort of widens the -- the width of this election, instead of a 51/...

Theres a sort of feeling of dissatisfaction among a lot of voters with the choices they have. they are open to persuasion. they are open to listening for the next 70, 80 days, to a point of view that is serious and not low. they want hope. the big group of americans who are feeling cynical and disaffected. if somebody could reach to them and say i can help, that would be very powerful. >> the upside of the ryan pick, i think in this case about governing, it sort of widens the -- the width of thi...

were glad you are right here. lets start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. hes facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time its coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told ou...