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The house in november. they can definitely get there but it's by no means certain they are going to be able to. >> so the question is, is there a blue wave coming? >> so for democrats to get those seats, there are a lot of places they can look around the country. but there's one type of district that really stands out. >> it's the 25 districts across the usa that republicans hold that were also won by hillary clinton in 2016. >> what we're saying is that the democrats need 23 seats. >> and they do have 25 prime targets and there are more seats outside of this they could pick off too but the bi...
House special elections. but if you just win by a point in a place where you're supposed to win by a lot, does that spell doom for november? i think what we learned last night is, one, if you look at the geography of that district, in places that are quite suburban, denser, they are the types of places where perhaps republicans did well maybe a decade ago. trending much, much bluer. a lot of these republicans who are in these suburban districts, maybe the types of places that hillary clinton won a little bit, if democrats can pick up those seats, that's going to be their path to the majority. ...
Their experience level is, private sector people say, well, we're actually working more hours than government workers 'cause typically you'd find the federal government working a 40-hour week whereas private sector workers could be working 50, 60 hours a week and if you missed that number because we didn't have it up on the screen earlier. an average federal employee making $108,000 a year, that's with benefits, just under $70,000 for the private sector, that's the big number that is shocking to folks this morning and there it is. >> all right, you can now send your comments on that to the blo...
>> chris, does this spell doom for immigration reform on the hill? >> well, i think it -- earlier indications, yeah. both sides don't agree op the same goal. i think the republican goal is probably ridiculous, if you think about it, the right-wing goal, to take the 11 million people here without documentation and throw them out of the country. that is unamerican. but i think if you ask them, would you like to see a system whereby we stop having illegal immigration, stop the big flow of illegal immigration and go to some sort of documentation and guest worker and regulated form of bringing peop...