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Fred yang, ron nehring, thank you both. >> at least 121 women are heading to congress in january to serve in the house and senate and more in governor seats. the midterms delivered a number of other historic firsts for women as well. joining me now is representative michelle grisham, who will soon be the first is woman governor of middlesex co. congratulations. are we're talking about a wave of women? >> keir, thank you for having me on today. i think it's an indication that women are serious about being policy makers, being elected, and we are relating across age groups to other female voters...

Carries more weight in the midwest and appalachia than perhaps in california or in nevada or in the southwest. so what we saw coming out -- he's president today because there were certain states where he really drove the numbers up in the midwest in particular that democrats were used to winning. but certainly it's very regional in that respect. >> fred, quickly, the trump effect. what do democrats think? >> look, i think tuesday night was a very good night for democrats. but again, as i said earlier, it's the first real look at 2020. democrats made gains in the suburbs. we had a record gender...

Anger in florida after an official recount was ordered earlier this hour for the state's gubernatorial and u.s. senate races. in broward county, hundreds waving signs and demanding action have gathered outside the election office. you can see the office there. president trump weighing in moments ago from france tweeting "trying to steal two big elections in florida! we are watching closely." and in just moments democratic gubernatorial candidate andrew gillum is scheduled to address the media. with me, fred, a year ago taking the senate for the democrats seemed impossible and tabing the hou...

>> sean, lets pivot to arizona if we could look at the most recent polling from there. sinema with 51%, mcsally with 47%. what are you watching for in that race? >> this is obviously a state with long republican dna. that's kind of what i'm curious about on tuesday, if that dna reasserts itself and if the undivided break republican. if this continues into the 2018 midterms, it could spell big trouble for republicans in 2020. >> fred, i'm going to read a recent tweet from the president of the united states. arizona is a great state, but it needs border security which martha mcsally will provide...

>> the president has welcomed that on the campaign trail. he says he's not the ballot but he is somewhat on the ballot. i think 40% said it is a referendum on the president of the united states. your read of that, sean? >> well, i think fred's first comment, what we're really interested in is what the president a approval rating is in some of these states is spot on. these elections do tend to be first and foremost referenda on the party in power. so if this is a backlash against the republican party, first and foremost, it's going to be a backlash against donald trump. that's why the presiden...