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Month of november of 2018. the party now stands as we just heard from adrian on the verge of winning 40 seats in the u.s. house of representatives, 40. thats if california 21 comes in for the party and that looks very good out there, up 4400 points, the democrat. but ive been tripredicting thi since the spring. this is hardball, april 35th. >> i believe the democrats will carry the house. history suggests and the level of this presidents popularity suggests they will pick up more than the averag...

So, we have really these two political headlines in the midterms, a record raw vote for all time for the democrats for a midterm. in the senate, things got really hard tonight for democrats to block things like federal judge nominees because of mississippi. steve kornacki at the big board with all of it. hey, steve. >> hey, brian. yeah, so, with mississippi, they

Those seats, they get a net gain of 40. thats a big blue wave. joining us to talk about this, as harry said, thats a big blue marker, thats a big blue wave. this could be 40 seats, what kind of blue wave are we talking? >> look, harry is 100% about the nature of this. i think we will see 40 seats. that will be the largest pick-up in the midterm since watergate, significant. third largest since watergate of any seats. democrats lost 54 seat and 63 in 2010. this is a big achievement, particularl...

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Everybody to vote. >> okay. >> but bringing in ballots after the election, we can do better than that. >> by law. nothing was done in opposition to california law here, correct? >> no. im not disputing that. >> okay. thats all we have time for. i was surprised to hear you say given the wave nature of this election there was something other than just voters voting their minds and hearts here. and what i was going to ask you about is why. what about this election made it harder for republicans acr...

Its in a state that were talking about that trump won by 18 points but also 48% of the electricity orate is african-am. what does this add up to? >> thats the key. there are so many unknowns for the race. first of all, weve never had a runoff like this four days after thanksgiving for a u.s. senate seat. and second of all, the african-american turnout is close to 40%. about 37%, 38%. is their share of electorate. so if african-americans turn out in large numbers, larger than is normal for a midt...

Corey lewandowski, former deputy trump campaign manager david bossie. by the way, i want to get into the substance of your book. its really well written, a little scary. lets talk a little about -- im sorry? dave bossi -- they are talking in my ear. dave bossi, this race tomorrow is very important as the president goes here, 53-47, 52-48, in the senate, a big difference. >> this race has to go our way. we have to have the senator get reelected. senator hyde-smith must get reelected tomorrow. its...

Jobs, economy, healthcare, safety. weve got to share with those women what this administration has done to improve our economic prosperity, to bring more jobs to this country. taking on the opioid crisis, all those things. i think the president is focused on how do we reach these voters to turn them out in 2020 and get him reelected. our country is doing better and we need the voters back. >> bill: you talked about the issues. a lot of these house races were decided by a couple hundred votes acr...

So the president can keep going on his agenda. it gives breathing room in the senate and gives incentive to democrats to work together with republicans. it is an important number and historical. a president in that first mid-term usually uses three senate seats. weve taken out four democrat incumbent senators that he has expanded his margin in the senate. if we keep mississippi today it will be a plus two margin. also owe an excellent showing for a first term mid-term of a sitting president. >> ...

Election -- by the way, i want to get into the substance of your book. it will really well written, a little. lets talk a little about -- im sorry? dave bossi -- they are talking in my ear. dave bossi, this race tomorrow is very important as the president goes here 53-47, 52-48, in the senate, a big difference. >> this race has to go our way. we have to have the senator get reelected. senator hide-smith must get reelected tomorrow and its important for the presidents agenda, for our america firs...