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Freshmen and women today? >> as a veteran of capitol hill, as a staffer, as somebody who spent my early years as an intern, first of all, i was f t gratified to see so many people who look like me. we have a historic congress. the most diverse in the history of our country. it comes from one of the largest midterm turn outs. for democrats, we almost drop a decade in terms of the age of those elected. it was a good night. a good week, a good election season for democrat. howard dean knows this. w...

Elections. republicans and democrats greeting their newest members. we saw rick scott of florida next to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. jumping the gun perhaps just a bit, basically business as usual after a midterm, not so at the white house. much like two years ago, they are having a tough time in this transition. just in the last 24 hours weve seen the following. multiple stories of in fighting and a potential shake-up. a first lady call for theous or of a top official. and. one seni...

I have actually been really impressed with what i have seen from the house leadership. their focus on the voters and their lives. voters dont want to be ripped off. they want a government that is honest and straightforward. the focus has been on getting the truth out there and exposing where the trump administration has been wasting money or where officials including donald trump, are enriching themselves by using their offices. i think thats where we need to focus. i think talk of impeachment a...

>> why does he always go there to say the system is rigged and fraudulent? >> i dont know. i mean maybe he feels that way. but you know, we dont have a national elections administrator. certainly not the president. >> but does he have an obligation as the president to not go there and always demean and diminish the system that we have? >> yes. >> well, of course. when have we known him not to engage in ramped-up hyperbole about every topic. most republicans resist the idea that we need a nationa...

Women candidates, women volunteers, women donors, women voters. and if my party fires the first woman speaker after being given the majority by women, there would be hell to pay. and there ought to be. by the way, a tax on nancy pelosi didnt stop the democrats from having the best election theyve had in 44 years in the midterm. so i am actually not terribly frightened of the attacks on pelosi. they tried their best, over 100,000 ads targeted her and the democrats won a huge blue wave, a landslid...

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Sanders --@symone sanders is her twitter handle. i didnt say that -- >> thats good advice. >> im saying that because of this. everybody has to play a role. we need activists, advocates, elected officials. you know, i like to say, im not a real activist. i just play one on tv. because i need to be sitting on cnn telling folks why people are dying in. we need our elected if officials to legislate. >> so then there is also the impeachment issue, okay? according to cnns midterm exit polls, 77% -- 77...

White nationalists are cheering republican victories midterm, in the midterms. the question is why? does it have anything to do with president trump? does it come down to him? here to discuss scott jennings, nina turner and rick wilson. rick is the author of "everything trump touches dies." good evening. you heard saras piece. you were sitting here for much of it. >> yes. >> this is for scott, not rick. sorry. for scott. what do you think, they were cheering on republicans in the midterm, the vi...

These wildfires and whether utility companies played any role. bret? >> bret: claudia, thanks. meanwhile in politics, significant movement tonight in the florida midterm election recounts. the count actually the republicans who believe they won the senate and governor races are moving ahead with their own plans. correspondent doug mckelway watching all of this in the state capital of tallahassee. good evening, doug. >> in a development of everything they could change the focus from broward to pa...

Person arena, they would be another thousand waiting outside because they love what hes done to get this country and economy back on track. if you look at the senate seat hes able to flip through the democrat seats that are not republican senate seats because of president trumps leadership. they want to have this agenda, sean, where they want to harass the president. i think its going to backfire on them like what happened at the kavanaugh hearing. >> look what happened in his stomach obama is f...