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New congress where democrats will no longer be in control of the house and republicans are eager to exert their power whenever and wherever possible. what can even get done with a divided congress? joining us now is former missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill and mark, staff writer at the atlantic and author of thank you for your servitude. donald trumps washington and the price of submission. claire, mark, it is great to close out the year with you. and claire, i just want to start with...

This was supposed to be a very favorable democratic map. they won one seat. on a whole, it is been a great cycle, surprisingly good cycle for democrats. but no, this is not a won race. i dont know -- i think republicans know how to learn a lesson here. this is not a rational party right now, donald trump is still driving it. if he falls in love with candidate x in montana and decides to go all in with him or her, that is potentially great news for john or whoever the vulnerable democrat is. >> d...

Proponents this of antisorority stuff. you understand in a visceral way the passion ignited when you talk about this stuff. >> ive had people on my front lawn protesting. ive had people send me death threats. ive had people try to recall me none of that has anything to do with crt none of that has anything to do with lgbtq they just use those as tools to target and attack me truthfully the reason i feel like i even had to deal with any of that animosity is because im a loud, proud, dominant demo...

To make it unstable in order t privatize education. right? youve got over 9500 instructional vacancies in the state of florida, and wer starting school tomorrow the fact that we are makin them feel like they ca literally be brought to cour for teaching actual facts abou history, or about real familie that are in their classroom, a the same exact time we have governor thats taking ove what power the school boards have, putting in place essentially school board candidates that he chooses t be on t...

I dont know -- the problem is i dont think republicans know how to learn a lesson here i mean, this is not a rational party right now because donald trump is still ostensibly driving it if he falls in love with candidate x in montana and decides to go all in with him or her thats potentially great news for jon tester or whoever the vulnerable democrat is >> do you, claire, think that trump will hold that sway over the nominating process in terms of the senate in 2024? his record is so abysmal fr...

You understand in a visceral way the passion that is ignite when you talk about this stuff >> you know, ive had people o my front lawn protesting ive had people send me deat threats. ive had people try to recal me and none of that has anythin to do with crt none of that has anything to d with lgbtq they just use those as tools t target and attack me and truthfully, the reason i feel like i even had to deal with any of that animosity i because im a loud, proud, dominant democrat on thi school boa...

At the state level democrats knocked it out of the park they flipped four state legislative chambers, both chambers in michigan, the legislature in minnesota, and the pennsylvania house they re-elected michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmer giving democrats control of all three bodies in that key swing state. its the first time the party had full governing control in michigan in nearly 40 years. democrats fended off republicans from having a super majority in wisconsin and in kansas by de...

Meteorologist chad myers joins us. god, chad, what is going on over there? that is really bad. >> well, it never gets good. you know, i mean, it never really gets to be healthy in beijing. especially the winter when the air doesnt move very much. we have these stagnant high pressure systems and a lot of coal used to heat homes. making power, coal, cars, all this stuff in beijing all making kind of a mess. were as good as 161 for the unhealthy measure earlier this week, but we were as bad as 671....