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the vote to come in. we expect donald trump to be the winner. we are standing by to hear donald trump speak about his victory. we heard from nikki haley a short while ago. here is a little bit of what she said. >> the other day, donald trump accused me of not providing security at the capitol on january 6. i have long called for mental competency tests for politicians over the age of 75. trump claims he would do better than me in one of those tests. maybe he would. maybe he wouldnt. bu...

>> sandra: as the top of the 2:00 hour on the east coast, a live look at the white house where we are expecting karine jean-pierre will take questions after texas governor greg abbott accuses the president of dereliction of duty. it is a big day for the border. we are watching all of this happening. its happening live. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here today. >> gillian: good to be with you, gillian turner in for john roberts. a major battle over...

a womans right to make decisions about our own body is under attack, yall. more than every now. more trigger laws restricting abortion taking effect, im talking to activists on the ground about the real danger to women and the battles ahead. plus, a man that really understands that womens rights are on the line and ballot this moment. im talking to congressman pat ryan about his upset when that could be a blueprint for democrats. im simone sanders, and i have something to say. donald j...

Going on here? >> wow. well, i think there is a lot of variables acting here. but i do think -- look, race has been a great mobilizer and energizer in american politics historically. i think trump brought that home and made it more crystal clear to all of us. you also see what youngkin is doing in virginia is actually part of the trump continuum. his closing ad, nicole, is about the schools in virginia being overall violent and sort of schools, you know, on the teetering on chaos. so it is this ...

It is an unfair process. >> that is not the language i would use. >> this is a joke. this is a sham and this is a political lynching. >> maria teresa kumar, what do you make of the distinctions there between the republicans unable to just come out and condemn this, even in the way they used the word? theyre saying its not the choice of words that i would have used, trying to kind of soft-pedal around this conversation. >> first of all, i just want to know what happened to lindsey graham? he woul...

Dont have the moral core of having fought for the country. >> contrast that town hall moment to today with the birther movement. julian, you write john mccain opened the door that reorganized the republican campaign. >> that 2008 clip you showed came in context of his selecting sarah palin instead of lieberman as his running mate. opened the door to now the trump politics. he was there as the tea party took form. he was part of that establishment. another party of his legacy is -- another part o...

Department. a sensitive post under jeff sessions. hes the wrong person for the job citing his work against discrimination complaints raging from religion to transgender bathrooms and took a position against a law advocating equal pay for women. he tried to soft pedal donald trumps claims of voter frauds. >> im unaware of the data about voter fraud in the united states. i am not aware of any data about what i think youre asking about is whether or not theres millions of voetes cast in the 2016 el...

There were quoted sources within the political peace say maybe they did a few things but their. they were too lax physical and part of it may have been they decided it was within their interests to soft pedal. >> is someone that was in the administration and did have to work with russia at times, i would strongly disagree that we didnt take it seriously. i would take strong exception with that. for everyone whos concerned about russia, we now have a president who is even softer on them who wont ...

Advance the nations interest. we certainly wont soft pedal to move the nation forward. >> the president-elect selected dr. ben carson to be the secretary of the department of housing and urban affairs. -- urban development i should say. nancy pelosi said dr. carson, in her words, is a disconcerting, and disturbingly unqualified choice, the democratic leader in the house. kellyanne conway, who was the campaign manager for donald trump, now senior adviser, just commented, just spoke to "the new yo...

Media hysteria, often lied. and that makes sense, they are not giving their names for a reason. maybe reporters ought to take that into account before acting as their stenographers as a usually do. third, we learned that while investigating hillary clintons private email server, loretta lynch asked comey to soft pedal what was happening. she instructed him to call the whole thing a matter rather than what it was, and investigation. that is political pressure if there was such a thing, but comey ...