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Clear. >> i want to thank all hoosiers for giving me a resounding victory putting your faith in me. and i will not let you down. i promise that. [cheers] ♪ only in america ♪ were dreaming in red, white, and blue ♪ only in america. brian: glad you are up. hope you are dressed. we have a lot to report. not all the verdicts are in. a midterm for the history books. >> could not have picked a better sopping. brian: first time in 8 years democrats will take control of the house. the so-called bl...

>> juan: did you vote yesterday? won the young man in georgia didnt get to vote. so he threw a tantrum, watch this. >> they didnt let you go vote? >> juan: his mom posted the video, she vote it was a case of voter suppression. as you can see he wanted the real thing. yesterdays midterms, 100 million people voting, the first time in voting history were more 100 million people went to the polls in a midterm. >> jessie: he was physically suppressed. >> greg: the youth vote didnt happen, 13%. got a ...

Chairman in another way it drives people out. because when they are determined, they do not want to go and not be a chairman. you are the chairman of a committee and you are a big deal. and then all of a sudden you are not doing that anymore. so they leave. we had a lot of them leave. i guess it can flip a coin as to which system is better. the democrats do the other pair to some of those folks have been on the committees for a long time as chairman. in 2010, president obamas first midterm he lo...

Have given me. >> i want to thank all hoosiers for giving me a resounding victory. put your faith in me and i will not let you down. >> the people of texas want to do and will do the great work of this country. >> all the money in the world was no match for the good people of texas and the hard-working men and women across our state. rob: big night. not a lot of sleep around here. you are watching "fox and friends first". jillian: donald trump praising the success of his first midterm election a...

Brian: midterm election is not just determining winners and losers. ainsley: jillian mele joins us with a closer look which candidates are reshaping history. jillian? >> a series of newly elected lawmakers across the nation. colorado will soon have the first openly gay governor polis defeating stapleton. polis five term congressman. he takes over for john hickenlooper who reached a three term limit. in tennessee, a woman will represent the state in the u.s. senate for the first time. congresswom...

Of these senate seats unfold and seeing -- watching the vote come in. its interesting to watch montana, jon tester, one of those senators running in a state that was double digits for trump. montana was 20 points for trump and tester is running there. also in arizona, looking like we have a tight race there in terms of the senate. right now the republicans are at the majority theyve got right now in the senate. the question is whether or not they are going to build on that. its not unheard of fo...

With them. by their very nature, they dont like the swamp. they dont like a president who seems to be protecting his family and his interests instead of the constitution. i do think were going into a constitutional crisis and obinstruction of justice. this backfires with independent voters. >> let me give you the last word, jonathan lemire. everyone is on the record predicting a constitutional crisis. is anyone in the white house seeing that coming, fear that thats coming, aware that thats comin...

Taking over from republicans any maps that are drawn by republicans. it could look a lot different in the coming years. >> katie tur in atlanta. thank you for that. reminder to viewers. elections are successful because of people like the woman we just met. >> vallvalerie. my heart goes out to you. >> crazy. problems, no. >> thats the determination. >> i love it. >> when we come back, joined bid steve schmit. joined by chuck todd. ask them to weigh in on what were witnesses this midterm election ...

Math. but in the house of representatives this midterm was a referendum on president trump and he badly lost that referendum. how did he lose it? number one he lost it with women. number two, he lost it with independents, women broke against him the day after the inauguration. and so any way you look at it, this is a big gain for democrats. >> charlie, i need you to help me out. im confused. in the senate the lines got clearer. three red state democrats lost, moderates are leaving office. so wha...

To make sense of the midterm, we have to look at texas. beto orourke could not top republican itd cruz in the senate race. the enthusiasm his campaign created may have been a game changer for democrats across the state, which is opportunitically red just not for him. i want to bring in garrett haake, who has been with beto orourke for the last couple weeks. walk me through what happened last night and what its going to be like for him going forward. ted cruz, even republicans dont like him. >>. ...