ccarthy and all standing by and ready too go. we are ready just in case. president biden is in italy while former president trump s is on capitol hill, for a serie from both the house and the senate in to address some of america s most powerful busines leaders making his case for a more prosperous economy if voters decide to send him back to the white house for a second term. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom i am dana perino. bill: wouldn t it be if he got immunity today. a couple hundred yards away fro where the justice department. you couldn t write it any better. good morning at home while we await from president biden in that joint news conference with the ukraine president where he will answer reporters questions the first time since his son hunter s conviction on federal gun charges. former president trump as we mentioned is meeting the top republican lawmakers at the house side and submit site they re going to talk about national policy in try to map
thin margin. steve will be here soon. democrats have now as of this moment security 225 seats. republicans have 199. it s a democratic gain of 30 seats. but there are 11 outstanding races which have yet to be called. many analysts estimated the democratic gain will climb closer to 38 seats by the time all votes are counted. 38 seats. that would be a huge even historic shift. the move left was not isolated to a few dozen districts. according to the new york times, at least 217 districts shifted to the left. the average move was 10 percentage points to the left this year. 53.7 million votes were cast for democratic house candidates compared to 47.6 million for republicans, a difference of more than 6 million votes and that edge will likely grow as votes continue to be counted on the west coast.
to a few dozen districts. according to the new york times, at least 217 districts shifted to the left. the average move was 10 percentage points to the left this year. 53.7 million votes were cast for democratic house candidates compared to 47.6 million for republicans, a difference of more than 6 million votes and that edge will likely grow as votes continue to be counted on the west coast. the united states senate initially portrayed as a genuine disaster for democrats looks closer. after jon tester won re-election in montana and a state trump won easily and republicans face the prospect of having gained just a single seat in this midterm election despite one of the most favorable senate maps in a generation. then there are the states. democrats took seven senate races from republicans and gop
the 47.6 million americans on food stamps and poverty and things like this one, the decline in the median household income since president obama became president, down almost $4,000. so if things are so great, state of the union, if things are so great, why aren t all these things happening that aren t so great? exactly. dana, at this point, though, aren t these speeches kind of by the numbers gruel? it s rhetorical ambien. we know what we re going to get. are people really listening? state of the union actually takes about five months to put together. in the summertime, you get requests from the cabinets saying what they want for their priorities and the budget process has to track the state of the union process. i think it is significant that president obama has been talking about income inequality so much, but recently, they telegraphed they re changing income inequality for the word opportunity. opportunity is a word that republicans have been using, so as the owner of the bull
don t give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we re cracking down on medicare fraud. let s make medicare stronger for all of us. steve: 47.6 million, that s how many americans are collecting food stamps now, a 70% spike since 2008. but the aarp says that s not enough and is trying to recruit seniors to apply for the government handout. why would they want to encourage a welfare state? stuart varney joins us. stuart, good morning to you. it s called buying votes. ever heard of that? steve: it s happening in pennsylvania. happening in pennsylvania, georgia and a couple of other states. new york included. brian: what about pride in not getting food stamps because i don t need them. the aarp is trying to sign up seniors, sign up for food stamps.