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Utilities and forces giant company to pace a minimum corporate tax. the republicans, every single one of them, voted against every position i just described. the presidents leadership put us in a position every candidates, up and down the ballot, to talk about what democrats fight for and what we deliver on. by doing that, we were able to address the values and economic security of people across this country. it sure paid off. it paid off at historic levels. >> i want to tick off about three, fo...

Of oil. the way -- one of the ways we deter a chinese intervention in taiwan is the threat that we can cut off supplies of oil through the straits which is almost all their oil comes from. we could cripple the chinese economy by blocking off the straits. but if they follow bidens advice and wean themselves off of oil and start embracing clean energy we lose that leverage. not only is it a sign of weakness it is strategic insanity. >> dana: thank you for being with us this morning as we saw the p...

He just said we are following behind china. and chinas nuclear threat is near term problem. couple that what you said if and when china invades taiwan are we ready? how should would he be preparing right now for these really scary possible event actualities? >> well, first things first. we need to get our supply chains out and if we cant get them to the united states, then how about we get them to the western hemisphere or at least to an allied nation thats not going to use them as leverage. ima...

Job of that but we should have busloads if you are in detroit on election day we have not has on —- have not been as competitive. >> do you think democrats have any actual instance we see from top bottom this benefits them the most do they have any impetus? >> not until there is some sort of pressure or leverage and it was an embarrassment. >> it is such an insult to the voters that is the plan is

Republicans say their first order of business should be to put a stop to the excessive government spending by forcing democrats to make cuts to the budget, to make room for new government spending by not agreeing to lift the debt ceiling and not green lighting any new spending if they are in charge of the house. the u.s. right now owes more than $31 trillion. about 93,000 of debt for every american. that debt is growing by the day and just getting more expensive the pay off as interest rates are...

But again, the win in the senate gave us leverage for how we go forward. >> there is a lot more fat to be trimmed beyond entitlement programs. they want congress to do three things. cut off the credit card the rest of the year. no more borrowing in 2022. pass a budget. something that hasnt happened for the past seven years and fire any budget chair that doesnt do their job. >> the narrative in the media has been pretty slanted as though this will be the gutting of social security and medicare if...

Kevin mccarthy. i never knew she was risk adverse. but it speaks to the tumultuous situationp kevin mccarthy is facing. >> and john, what are you hearing about speaker pelosi. did she want to stay as democratic leader or does she have other plans. >> shes choosing her words very car carefully and cautiously. there is a very, very -- i could add a view more very possibilities. but does she want to stay at the minority leader. does she want to? no. could she? probably not. but she has leverage. sh...

Is that the freedom caucus is asking for a bunch of stuff that he probably doesnt want to do, including a key rules change that would essentially be asking mccarthy to put his head in the guillotine so they can hold the string on any given day. hes not going to want to do that, and how he navigates that, i think we will see, and obviously the margin is going to matter because it doesnt look like its going be very big if the republicans hold on. >> wolf, theres one thing about the senate, though....

[inaudible]. im not surprised, im incredibly pleased. and i think its a reflection of the quality of our candidates. so, i feel good, im looking forward to it. >> the president also took credit for his agenda, democrats agenda propelling democrats to victory and saying that that was the reason that democrats ultimately won control of the senate. saying that there wasnt a single democratic candidate out there who wasnt running on his agenda, alex. >> okay, lets look ahead together to tomorrow. as...

Important for the democrats and republicans, for that matter . >> but the democrats are going to really care about it. look at the recent history of what happened in the senate, joe manchin, became the center of attention because he was a moderate democrat. they dont want that to happen again. they want to have a clear majority. you know, its really important to them, the most important thing is they are in charge and kamala harris could break a tie, but i think that one vote actually does matte...