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Progressive caucus orientation the other day. respectively the first muslim-american woman, black woman from massachusetts and the youngest woman ever elected to congress. they caption the picture "squad." and another photo with the hashtag #changecantwait. pelosi might have had "help." these women represent some of the most radical views in congress. they might as well be the four horsemen of the apocalypse. free college for all, free health care for all, the abolishment of i.c.e., a green new ...

Has the inside track. and republican have struggled a bit to put women in positions of power. something that mitch mcconnell says is a priority for him. mitch mcconnell himself held a photo-op with the new freshman class of senator, it included rick scott who is positioning himself as a senate elect from florida even as that recount is still ongoing. take a look at what mcconnell said this morning. >> good morning, everyone. ive been through a few of these others years. it is a lot better to hav...

Got about 44.5%. ron desantis who is the governor-elect of florida as far as we can tell, got 45.5%. we know ran ranon ran a race cl aligned. the president has to accept the facts. in suburban districts throughout america his tone, his rhetoric and his style were rejected by many voters even in districts like mine where members like me had our own brands, pretty independent minded people. and they lost. >> youre making a fascinating point. we dont know what will be the outcome in that senate rac...

These wildfires and whether utility companies played any role. bret? >> bret: claudia, thanks. meanwhile in politics, significant movement tonight in the florida midterm election recounts. the count actually the republicans who believe they won the senate and governor races are moving ahead with their own plans. correspondent doug mckelway watching all of this in the state capital of tallahassee. good evening, doug. >> in a development of everything they could change the focus from broward to pa...

Progressives, but over all clearly the dynamics have fundamentally changed in how washing tends going to act and organize himself next year. >> bret: speaking of which you have been incoming house member, ocasio-cortez, joining protesters in nancy pelosis office, saying climate change needs to be the focus for incoming democratic leaders. not usually the way and incoming house member goes and gets committee assignments, but she is sitting the sit in. >> shes 1 of 2 congressman elect who are memb...

Tweets. democratic strategist -- says shes right to be skeptic. melissa, why? >> first, i live in new york and this will provide more revenue for the city. the city needs money coming in so badly. the mayor has spent so much money since hes been mayor in the city and we need tax revenue coming in and it will provide charles. i have to laugh, charles. all of a sudden these highened people will buy luxury condos and the luxury condos will coming up in queens? thats so laughable, charles. people wi...

Recount without fraud so why pursue a recount? in the history of our recount we have never had a recount and overturn a gap between 10 and 14,000. this is an exercise that we already note outcome to. if you back what chris hartline is saying, shouldnt the governor be going to washington today as a senator elect? >> i think he should. i do think he is the senator elect from florida. i understand that if you have an election that is close by florida law, if its less than .5% there is an automatic ...

Heller. and senator elect jacky rosen joins me now. senator elect, thank you so much for being here. its great to have you. >> it is my pleasure, thank you. >> i want to start with the way that you ran your campaign. you were endorsed and you campaigned with bernie sanders, who is something of a progressive icon for the country. i covered his presidential campaign. do you think thats the future mold for democrats, both in senate races but also potentially in 2020 to run on that pro grisigressive...

Should they be ordered, which is likely in two of these statewide races, hes sued to try and delay that deadline so that they have more time to finish them. >> how, in your reporting, do you think florida, from the grassroots level of citizens, up to officials, how does florida feel about being back in the middle of one of these? its literally a triple recount. >> i think everybodys feeling particularly tense. i doubt people are feeling more tense than governor scott and senator bill nelson, jud...

As gop congressman-elect to go on there and get the last laugh but to acknowledge what happened and to be able to joke around with davidson was really nice to see and we need more naff. >> the whole segments was four minutes. we couldnt play the whole thing. this controversy did hit a lot of nerve and it seemed to unite people from both sides of the aisle. can this set a new tone going forward after the mid terms? >> well, i hope so because i thought it was a most inspiring -- one of the most in...