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History happening in realtime. it is without precedent, just talk to us -- i have got to tell you, you are one of the only people who in the run up to this told me, i am optimistic, and you had enough optimism to go around. i am glad you are here with us tonight. >> glad to be right, thank you alicia. we are exactly, what you are saying, we are watching history being made right at this moment, because look at the pattern of history. you know, we have been saying it for weeks, first term presiden...

This election. >> your state of michigan is really a true swing state. it flipped back and forth from red to blue over the last decade. trump won it in 2016, biden in 2020. you just had a big re-election this week. what is the secret to keeping michigan blue going forward in 2024? >> i really think this was an affirmation of the agenda that we have been driving here for four years. ive had a very challenging legislature to work with at times. and yet despite that were bringing supply chains home...

>> we jammed them up. we held the line. >> that was very much the emotion through that. it was surprised but also so much relief on peoples faces. it was finally done jon fetterman had a stroke immediately as he won the nomination here. a lot of different issues at play there for the feeling of relief that called that evening. quick secretary of state had warned all of us there is going to take days. instead it was out west. alex, you had one of my favorite pieces in the entire midterm series ou...

Restraint and it will be very difficult for a lot of conservative mps, not least the general public to swallow. ., ~ mps, not least the general public to swallow. ., ,, , ., , . more than 40,000 migrants have crossed the channel from france to england in small boats this year, the bbc has calculated. its the highest number since the figures were first collected in 2018. two years ago there were just over eight thousand arrivals. britain and france are reportedly close to a deal to increase patro...

Performance by republicans in the midterm and caused by his own party to delay, donald trump is still expected to hold an event, to the, net to announce that he will indeed run for president again in 2024. party officials and informal aides have officially questioned the timing. they have urged him to delay the announcement until after the georgia runoff. joining me now is cofounder of the lincoln progress, link wilson. the likelihood the former presidents going to delay this enough man? we are,...

Senate matters a lot less than the other two issues i raised. >> we have ann back. president xi may be coming to this gd 20 summit, just after versus the third unprecedented term announced, but there are a lot of internal headwinds he faces. given the election results here in the united states and joe biden had the best midterm performance of any president in 20 years, does that give him added momentum going into this meeting with xi tomorrow? >> so it absolutely does. it gives him momentum beca...

First two years are going to be very narrow. its still very important for the republicans and i think theyre going to use that platform or be able to use that platform, if they win it, very effectively. >> and i wanted to point out a number of election deniers running for office in swing states some aiming to become top election officials the their states, they lost. do you think that means well start to see fewer candidates spouting these lies about the 2020 election, these conspiracy theories?...

That who needs enemies? jennifer i mentioned that scotus a vacancy which doesnt exist right now. but maybe. well roe v. wade is clearly on the minds of voters. when they went to the ballot boxes last week, jennifer, with the secure senate majority for the democrats, can we see a run again? its codifying roe into federal law? >> i think you should probably expect that, katie. i would also say my friend mike -- who knows these midterm numbers better than almost anybody else i know was talking on s...

Seat in the december six senate runoff in georgia, between democratic incumbent raphael warnock, and his republican opponent, herschel walker. even more remarkable, the house remains in play. we are still awaiting results in some key congressional races. but it is already clear, the much hyped red wave was more of a drizzle. perhaps, even a mist? typically, the presidents party takes a lot during his first midterm. and by traditional metrics, president bidens way unpopular. yet, republicans seve...

Obviously. maria: so what happened? how come florida did so well, the stars of the entire midterm? >> well, i think a couple of things. one, if you even go back to covid-19, we had people that chose florida. that is very, very clear. number two, because of the way we managed our state compared to other states. voters knew up and down the ballot, it didnt matter your politic or demographics, that floridas governor was critical. and number three most importantly, weve been a republican state for 3...