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About whitaker overseeing the special counsel investigation. senators jeff flake and coons talked about that. watch. >> frankly the very day that president trump forced the resignation of jeff sessions as attorney general, he also again denounced muellers investigation as a hoax. and tweeted that he could fire mueller at anytime. why that is not enough of a warning for the majority leader for our colleagues, i dont know. >> we have the votes to do it. i think every democrat will vote for it and ...

Go with the original numbers. of course we know that that probably wont stand, but that is how the law reads. >> kerry sanders, im pretty sure you probably set up a tent to camp out at that site. thank you. this morning we have more clarity even with some races still in limbo. steve kornacki, a new house and senate is starting to take shape. and you are breaking that down. >> lets take a big picture look. we were looking at this incrementally election night. this is the big picture for the hou...

Without senate confirmation. as to whitaker, we have seen some movement among republicans in favor of protect going the special counsel investigation. seu susan collins has come out for that bill. and chuck schumer the democratic leader has demanded wlit kerr e recusal from the russia investigation and threatened to demand a provision on december 7 when the deadline comes up. so we could be looking at another shutdown showdown if there is not a resolution that the republicans can facilitate with...

>> reporter: you always saw there governor mitt romney. rick scott was asked about miss presencemiss -- his presence and refused to say anything to reporterses. so the house side, that is where the glau will play out. it will be a little while before democrats have to select in their conference their choice for speaker. of course nancy pelosi, the person who is most likely at this point to become the next speaker, there she is in video just from this morning with jerry nadler behind her. he will...

Something he doesnt want. >> a lot going on here. we want to talk about what is also happening not just at the white house with the president frustrated with his chief of staff and how the weekend went, but on capitol hill facing a new political reality essentially with a lot going on behind closed doors. kasie hunt is on pennsylvania avenue. and leadership discussions going down, drama on the democratic side, the house. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, all of this is under way as we spe...

Higher income, a double digit loss. and kansas city sub lushurbsubu could actually press the button, look at that, suburbs outside new york city. again, they were willing to reelect republicans in 2016, but they didnt like donald trump two years later, and the message from these suburbs is it is not just trump, it is anybody with trumps party lafbl. th -- label. obviously a troubling sign if you are a republican going forward. and the other thing i think that is interesting is if you start to lo...

That they didnt keep. thats pretty disastrous. >> sandra: we know there are several conservative groups calling for mcconnell to step down for lack of things getting done. but lindsey graham saying mitch mcconnell is not our problem. the problem is we promised repeal and replace. thats not done. we failed there. we promised tax cuts and we have yet to do it. you just heard john roberts talk about the disconnect of the timing of getting tax reform done. paul ryan says if it doesnt get done by ten...

Ryan behind closed doors, angered by proposed changes. a key figure in the moderate pool, representative charlie dent delivering a blow, declaring he will oppose the plan, saying in a statement, i believe this bill in its current form will lead to the loss of coverage and make insurance unaffordable for too many americans. the white house, though, remains optimist optimistic. >> member by member were seeing tremendous support and the count keeps going stronger. >> reporter: billionaire brothers ...