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About the resilience of joe biden. the fact that he was counted out, his strategy questioned in the 2020 campaign. he became the nominee and the president of the united states and just as we saw then, his strategy was questioned in the midterm elections and democrats are poised to have the best first-term midterm for a presidents party in really generations, certainly since president bush in 2002. and so as we see the president yesterday asked about the sort of questions about his political futu...

People from different perspective, ceos you, celebrities, to see if they can find some common ground. joining us this evening delaware democratic senator chris coons and ohio republican senator rob portman. senator, thanks for being here. i do want to start with, obviously, the news this week about the midterm elections, which actually are continuing as races are continuing to be counted and the control of both the house and senate are up in the air. i just want to get 30,000 feet. you all -- wh...

Information voters, right. >> yeah. >> i actually think what we saw, the big winner on tuesday night that overperformed was the american voter, who said, we can actually -- we can actually, like, dissect multiple issues. if its dobbs, if its protecting democracy, if it is trumpism, if it is the economy, we can make rational decisions. >> and we can buck what everyone is telling us were going to do in a midterm. thats my favorite part about it, everyone was wrong. im not saying i was right. i w...

Saying this guy is a loser for our party, he is a drag on the ticket, theres the underlying assumption that this fevers going to break slowly, that everythings basically fine, that trumps an aberration. theres not a lot of evidence for that right now. i think instead theres a moment where trump is wounded because people recognize how dangerous he is, divisive he is and bad he is for close elections even in a midterm. but now republicans have to step up and start filling that void, including and ...

About 400 and 410,000 ballots left to count. were now getting into what we call laterallies. these are early ballots that we would have received over the weekend or specifically 290,000 that were dropped off on election day at our vote centers. generally, as we move forward in the count, were getting closer and closer to election day. >> reporter: when he says closer and closer to election day, he means the ballots brought in on election day. theyre still a few days back, counting the votes that...

Across the finish line who is also a flawed candidate. so im just stunned. the statehouse may be gone. they didnt pick up anything, but this happened all over the country. what part of losing are people comfortable with here? you cant nominate candidates, these ultra maga folks, you know, did very poorly in the election. many of them lost are theyre struggling. many normal mainstream candidates like tom kane jr., those are the ones who won. if you look at the sensibilities of a lot of voters, yo...

Were doing was right. yes. and by the way, all of the democrats ran on the same agenda, without being told, look, our votes are being counted, we dont know the outcome of all of the races, heres what we do know, we lost fewer seats in the house of representatives than any democratic presidents first elected in the midterm for 40 years. the best midterms for governor since 1986. and experts said we couldnt beat the odds. but we did beat the odds. and we did it for one reason. this is not hyperbol...

Top of the hour, 1:00 eastern time im hallie jackson. in washington d.c. alongside andrea mitchell and katy tur is in new york. as we are keeping a focus on the races that will decide the house majority. we havent called it yet, projected it yet but the projection has house republicans moving closer to endsing the democrats four year run in the majority and bringing a new era of divided government running up to the 2024 presidential election. you see the house there leaning republican right but ...

The Red & Black asked students their thoughts on the results of the 2022 Georgia midterm election and what they think it means for the future of the state.

They may still lose control of the house but theyre potentially going to pick up a seat in the senate, and it is all the result of what white house officials described to me as part of their one-two punch here. they knew heading into the midterm election year that the historical trends for a presidents party in the midterm were rough and given the economic data, that inflation, the scarring that resulted from of course covid-19, that a difficult climate was faced and likely to be more difficult....