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Very focused on party, because i want to treat all of the voters in broward county the same. and i think if youd ask the voters, youd find that i have that reputation. i dont have a reason to hold anything back, except that i dont want to give out information thats incomplete or incorrect at that particular time. so concerns or allegations that we are not transparent, theres one comment that my staff -- and we work very closely together -- always bring to my attention is, that dr. snipes, youll ...

Welcome back. tonight were certainly heading into a second week of midterm election results, election recounts. lots of suspense. democrats seeing more blue as they start looking ahead to 2020. and, john, as we know, there are a whole bunch of democrats specifically looking ahead to 2020 right now. lets talk a little bit about some lessons that weve just learned in this election looking ahead to 2020. >> well go through some different maps. the first thing i want to say is be careful. remember t...

Change here in a hurry. california campfire. officials say they have a but there is a sense, talking to partial list of names of 103 so many of the presidents friends and advisers, that hes missing people. authorities have requested making the adjustment from going from all of those rallies, all national guard troops, cadaver dogs, and mobile morgues. of that applause that he heard during the midterm election to help with the recovery. campaign, now to a more routine inspection teams are mapping...

In north carolina. sun belt states are becoming more democratic. democratic enough, north carolina is a competitive state in presidential politics. trump won it pretty handily last time. watch that as we go forward and one of the things people will talk about, it used to be -- im going to switch this to senate just to show you the blue out here. used to be nevada was a swing state that leaned republican. nevada is now a swing state that leans democratic. arizona is going to be a big battleground...

This. the republicans held ohio. however, mike dewine is more john kasich than mike dewine is donald trump if you think about philosophy. the republicans held the governorship of iowa, but the democrats picked up two congressional seats in iowa. iowa always a swing state, small in the electoral college. but if youre looking at the map, bakari was talking about this earlier. a couple of democratic pickups in north carolina. sun belt states are becoming more democratic. north carolina is a competi...

Thats why were talking about this because these numbers are that much more significant. >> it was about one-third of the eligible voters in the last midterm in 2014. so to get to nearly 50% is really exciting until you hear that in your head and you think nearly 50% of people who could vote in this country do vote. so its great that theres that much more interest an enthusiasm. at the same time, america has a long way to go if we want to equal other democracies around the world. >> julie: one th...

President. when voters were asked, were you trying to send a signal of support in your midterm vote? what you found, two-thirds were trying to send a signal. interestingly for democrats, i would point out, that more americans were trying to send a signal of support for this president than were trying to send a signal for george w. bush after 9/11/02. its more income equality, concern about the future, accelerating technology, fear, inadequate kcompetition in the market place. >> julie: the same ...

Specifically looking ahead to 2020 right now. lets talk a little bit about some lessons that weve just learned in this election looking ahead to 2020. >> well go through some different maps. the first thing i want to say is be careful. for a tea party evangelical. ben carson said, im going to run for president. who won the republican nomination? donald trump. lets be careful about thinking what happens in a midterm carries over to the next presidential cycle. if youre the president and looking a...

Pence in burma today. pence seek an update from burmas president about the crisis in the country. about 700,000 muslims fled to bangladesh among persecution. pence also making the case for free press following the jailing of two reuters journalists last year. so, we heard about the long lines. you saw the video on your tv screens as you were watching the election at the polling places all across the country last week as turnout was among the highest in more than a century. 49.2% of eligible vote...

2010 was his first midterm and democrats lost a whopping 63 house seats and six senate seats. now the democrats are in disarray. serious battle brewing on capitol hill between far left democrats like nancy pelosi and even further left-wing democrats like the socialist, alexandria ocasio-cortez.ng the 29-year-old incoming congresswoman from new york actually joined a climate change protest -- get this --dash outside of pelosis office. take a look. [cheers and applause] >> its not about a person, ...