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About this midterm has really taken a while to gel. there was this initial sense tuesday night and wednesday morning that it had been disappointing for democrats. >> reinforced by the presidents press conference. >> right he has an audacity to claim that was a vote of confidence for him. but you start to see both the number of seats turning, you see the republican party being wiped out in the northeast and in southern california. and then youre seeing democrats picking up states, picking up seat...

Little bit. >> prior to departing for paris today, the president incredibory weighing in on the florida senate race. he continued his attacks throughout his transatlantic flight, he was busy, he must not have liked the movie, unleashing a flurry of unsubstantiated allegations about so-called electoral corruption. meantime, the midterm vote count continues, and while he has had time to take on nourishment, steve kornacki is at the big board for the midterm that will not end. >> thats right, brian...

It was inspirational. i am writing this letter to you about a man whom i considered a close friend and whom i dearly loved. he awaked not only americans, but the world to the values of democracy and freedom. taylors flag-draped coffin arrived back on u.s. soil on tuesday, election day. his widow jennie spoke at a candle light vigil. >> the price of freedom surely feels incredible lie high to all of us who know and love our individual soldier. but the value of freedom is immeasurable to all who k...

Media getting out of continuing to participate in this? >> access and ratings. mid term ratings were good. trump is good for business. lets not forget that. that is a part of this conversation, but the status quo is not working and i really think the responsibility is on the institution, the news organizations, not up to individual reporters to put their neck on the line. there has to be collective action. whats happening now is not working and its going to get more dangerous. >> to your point, ...

Or ohio if the midwestern states come back to them. >> i talked about the entrenching. the democratic entrenchment is bigger now and it seems to be permanently bigger. the question to me is do they have an agenda for the future. running on pre-existing condition is not exactly a vision for the future. do they have an affirmative vision on how a diverse country should work, how work should work, how moral integrity should be reintroduced. these are the big issues happening in countries all around...

But what is clear already is that in this election, the democrats have gained more seats. the republicans have lost more seats than any other midterm election since 1974. now hmm, 1974. what was going on then, right? the 1974 midterm election was the immediate aftermath of president nixon resigning the presidency. republicans have not lost this many seats in congress in a midterm since that occasion. so that historic margin by the democrats, historic gains by the democrats, historic losses by th...

House, an unprecedented step, but it is not about jim acosta, accosta seems to be the first person that the white house has target and now the president is threatening to revoke credentials from other reporter, i think it shows his real purpose, he is trying to lash out because he feels he is on the defensive and i think that is a real concern for the press corps and the white house response association and if credentials keep getting revoerked that will create a serious challenge for the future...

I think 100 years from now this may be seen as a movement. we have an infrastructure. we have women training and running for public office. donors for women. people of color ask muslim-americans. i think its a very exciting moment for our country, and when the citizens are awakened, theyre the ultimate economic on power. thats begun with this midterm. that has begun. >> i love your optimism because theres also this. let me read you a snippet of the "new york times" today. in the three days after...

And this driver, logging out to watch his kid hit one out of the... (bat hits ball) opportunity is everywhere. all you have to do to find it is get out...here. ♪ tonight, the president is now waging a pr battle over the extremely tight florida midterm rations, a source close to the president telling cnn the president is, quote, on a warpath. that was made clear in a series of tweets that he sent while aboard air force one on his way to france. in one tweet, he writes this. "rick scott was up...

For a lesser status known for removal. thats in the bylaws. we will see if this can with stabbed a legal challenge. you told me in the break you think this is very creative and this is a very well-thought out provision. >> i really think that the president has had the experience of having his other executive orders and proclamations subject to many layers of judicial review. i think they have done a very good job of crafting this one to sustain those challenges. >> brian: the aclu will be there ...