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Republicans Heading to Washington in Midterm Victories; Political Panel Debates Washington's Political Future

Aired November 05, 2014 - 05:00   ET

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are heading to Washington.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have swept this nation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tonight, Kentuckians said we can do better.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a major, major rejection. The Republicans are going to be the majority.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tonight, we've seen the Kentucky wants someone to stand up to President Obama.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's time to turn this country around.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are going to make them squeal.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Somehow, I think, Senator Reid's going to have a different office this time come January.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The tide has turned and the era of the Obama-Reid gridlock is over.

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CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Well, you couldn't ask for more to happen on an election night that we saw. That is for sure.

Good morning to you. Welcome to a special edition of NEW DAY. It is Wednesday, November 5th. Five o'clock in the east. I'm Chris Cuomo.

ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Alyson Camerota, with Michaela Pereira and John Berman.

Great to be with all of you.

The American people have spoken and there's been a seismic shift in the balance of power in Washington. Before tonight, Democrats enjoyed a 55 to 45 Senate advantage. Fast forward to this morning, and it's a Democratic debacle. Republicans picking up at least seven seats to seize control of the Senate.

CUOMO: And it's not just Washington. The voters also with a message to governors across the country.

Look at what the U.S. looked like yesterday. GOP flipping at least four states including blue strongholds like Maryland, Massachusetts. Democrats picked up just one governorship in Pennsylvania.

We have reporters, as you would expect, everywhere you need to be this morning, covering the pivotal races that shape this Republican juggernaut movement. And some races not yet decided.

So, let's get the results look at the big Senate contests.

CAMEROTA: By the way, several races are not even decided yet, including as predicted Alaska. The hotly contested Senate race pitted Democratic incumbent Mark Begich against challenger Dan Sullivan. So, we are watching those votes closely. We will bring them to you as they trickle in.

And it's a nail-biter who close to call also in Virginia. Democratic Senator Mark Warner is claiming victory, but Republican challenger Ed Gillespie has not conceded the Senate race which could be headed to a recount.

And a round off will be need to settle Louisiana Senate race, is also was seen coming. Neither Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu nor Republican challenger Bill Cassidy got that magic 50 percent needed to written outright. So, the runoff will be held next month.

CUOMO: You've got to look down to Rob Maness there, as the board goes away, 14 percent. What will that mean? Where will those votes go?

A history making night in Iowa. CNN projects Republican Joni Ernst becoming the state's first female senator, and really easier than expected win over Democrat Bruce Braley following what was certainly a bruising campaign.

In Kansas, we're all looking at Kansas, what will Orman do if he wins? Who he'll be with? You don't have to worry were about it. Republican Senator Pat Roberts manages to keep his seat. It was one of the most hotly contested races in the country as I say. But he topped the independent by a safe distance.

I guess people do want to know what team you're on when it comes to politics. Republican Congressman Cory Gardner has won the Senate race in Colorado. CNN projects he will defeat incumbent Mark Udall. That is a significant pickup for Republicans. This is a state that voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012.

CAMEROTA: In Arkansas, CNN projects Republican Tom Cotton defeating Democrat incumbent Mark Pryor. It was a decisive win for Cotton despite White House hopes that Pryor could keep that seat in Democrat hands.

Let's look at Georgia. This was a state that so many people are watching. Republican David Perdue wins the race to succeed retiring Senator Saxby Chambliss. And Democrats hoped Michelle Nunn could flip their seat to their side, but Perdue managed an easier than expected win to keep it under GOP control.

In New Hampshire, CNN is projecting Democrat Jeanne Shaheen will hold on to her Senate seat. She beat the challenger Scott Brown who came under fire for moving to New Hampshire to run after living and serving in Massachusetts.

CUOMO: You know, we keep saying easier than expected, but maybe we're expecting the wrong things, other than Jeanne Shaheen, it makes you think that Republicans were rolling even more than some expected.

Now, North Carolina, OK, you could say that was the clincher for Republicans. Thom Tillis defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan. Remember, we keep saying, this was a must win for Democrats, Hagan has to win. She didn't. It put the GOP over the top and control the Senate.

Now the question is not just if they'll control, but by how much? What will the margin be?

Republicans also flipped Montana into their Senate column, expected Steve Daines defeats Amanda Curtis, to win the seat vacated earlier this year, but long time Senator Max Baucus.

And after fighting for his political life, allegedly, minority leader Mitch McConnell could be the next majority leader. The Kentucky senator easily won a sixth term in the Senate, defeating Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.

Two big story lines there. One is she was calling herself a Clinton Democrat, Alisyn, and remember, she wouldn't say who she voted for. Sometimes, voters want you to be straight. What does this mean for Hillary? Two big themes for us today.

CAMEROTA: Yes, that now seems like a tactical error on her part in hindsight. So, whoever will be working with them will be working with friendly leadership in the House. The Republicans not surprisingly, also keeping control of that chamber, expanding their majority by about a dozen seats. Speaker John Boehner beating his rival Tom Potter in Ohio's eighth district. Boehner expected to run as speaker of the House.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm won his third term defeating his opponent in New York's district 11. Grimm prevailed despite an indictment for alleged corruption against him.

And former "American Idol" contestant Clay Aiken finishes in second place again. His hopes were dashed by incumbent Renee Ellmers in North Carolina, Chris.

CUOMO: All right. Remember, we told you we're going to go all day with you and we may wind up here tomorrow morning not knowing everything. We're right.

Let's get to our reporters on the ground, starting with CNN's Drew Griffin in Alaska. We know it's hard to poll there but also to count the votes going on all through the night. Drew, how's it look like in Anchorage this morning, a lot of people

behind you.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, tearing down the party here behind me, buddy.

Listen, it's getting cold because they're opening up the doors. It's like freezing this morning. Ninety-seven percent of vote is counted. Dan Sullivan, the Republican challenger to the Democrat incumbent Mark Begich, looks like he's going to win. It smells like a victory here but nobody is calling anything in this race.

Why? We've asked both campaigns. The Sullivan campaign says, look, there's no mathematical possibly Begich could win but he won't concede.

Why won't Begich concede? We got an e-mail saying he's waiting for counts from 70 villages, rural villages, which have been very supportive of him. And he's going to make an announcement when all of those votes are counted.

So, we may wait for 100 percent of the vote count here in Alaska. I don't know how long that's going to take.

But, really, Chris, Alaska has already won in terms of power and that's because Lisa Murkowski, the senior senator from Alaska, will now become the chairman of the Energy and National Resources Committee.

I talked to her had about an hour ago. I said what does this victory mean to Republicans? How are they actually going to govern back in Washington?

Here's what she had to say.

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SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R), ALASKA: We can't sit back and say we won, we won, and focus on '16 and winning again. The responsibility on our shoulders right now is to legislate and to govern.

Let's not get bogged down into how popular we are. Let's demonstrate that we have ideas that are sound and positive, that will move our country forward.

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GRIFFIN: Alisyn, she says Republicans worked hard in the campaign. They have to work even harder governing the country. She thinks she will do that with two Republican senators from Alaska. But w shall see when we finish counting the votes -- Alisyn.

CAMEROTA: Absolutely. Drew, thank you.

GRIFFIN: Let's go to Georgia where Republicans managed to hold on to a key Senate seat. Nick Valencia is live at the CNN Center in Atlanta, with more on David Perdue's big win.

Hi, Nick.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, good morning, Alisyn.

This was supposed to be a race that's coming down to the wire, with so many analysts saying that it was going to go into a runoff, because it was impossible for any candidate to get to 50 percent plus one vote to avoid the runoff. That just didn't happen. A couple hours after polls closed in Georgia at 7:00 p.m. eastern and those ballots started to be tallied, it became increasingly evident that David Perdue, the Republican candidate in the race, was going to pull away and that's exactly what he did.

After his victory, he caught up with CNN's Kyra Phillips.

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DAVID PERDUE (R), GEORGIA SENATOR-ELECT: Only reason I think we're standing here tonight is that this message resonated across the state that we got to change the direction of our country. As a senator, I'm going to represent every single individual in the state. And to do that, I've got to reach out to people.

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VALENCIA: Now, for her part in her concession speech, Michelle Nunn was a little more upbeat. She said that she made this a competitive race and she proved to so many analysts out there that this red state could be a competitive state for Democratic candidates. In the end, though, she came up short -- Chris.

CUOMO: All right. Thank you very much. That's certainly the story line there but there are many others. We have two candidates who faced off in the Louisiana Senate race they're going to do it again next month.

Now, actually, the way to say it is, yes, you had incumbent Mary Landrieu and Republican Bill Cassidy, but don't forget about Mr. Maness. He wound up looming large in this race.

Let's get CNN's Suzanne Malveaux live in New Orleans.

Suzanne, you know, not only is it a robust showing that a third party candidate can't have an impact, but the question is now, where do those votes go in December 6?

SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, and that's going to be a main challenge for Senator Landrieu. I mean, this was called a kind of -- a jungle primary, all the candidates thrown in here. I had a chance to talk to Senator Landrieu earlier in the day. She seemed rather relaxed, confident that she'd get that 50-plus-one. It didn't happen. So, we expect wild days ahead. She immediately pivoted and really

launched aggressive campaign against Congressman Bill Cassidy, challenged him to six debates before the runoff. Also launched new posters and slogan, as well as the Web site saying where was bill? Challenging him on his record in Louisiana and also made it clear this is not a race against the president, she said, whatever he is, or was, or will be, this is not about him. That was her message.

Congressman Cassidy, he was equally aggressive last night when she got on the stage saying, doing exactly what she did not want him to do, which is to compare her to President Obama by saying that she votes with him 87 percent of the time. And also, Chris, to say that 60 percent of Louisiana voters said they wanted some sort of change.

And the big question, the question that you mention is Maness. The Tea Party candidate, where are these 14 percent, the votes of supporters, where are they going to go? Is it Cassidy or Landrieu? It's a very clear choice. It's going to be tough race, Chris.

CUOMO: And 14 percent is just a lot. And it makes you think about how the electoral was thinking, we want something different, even if it's the unknown.

Suzanne, thank you very much. We'll be back to you, Suzanne, in a little bit.

So, the country is now at somewhat of a crossroads here. You have a pretty definite result. But let's take a look at the electoral map turning up brighter shades of reds to say it lightly.

So, let's bring in the panel to figure out what this means. It's easy to deal with who wins and loses, what happens next is often tough? That's why we got all these smart people here.

We got political analyst John Avlon, CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover, CNN political commentator, Carl Bernstein, and CNN political commentator Marc Lamont Hill.

It matters if I said like, ABC political commentator, CBS political commentator -- of course, they're all CNN political commentators.

Let me ask you. When you look at the Carl, let me start with you, we've seen a lot of different cycle, seats change hands. We've seen more happen in the past, 2010, we saw it.

What do you think stands out to you? What's the message?

CARL BERNSTEIN, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: A totally dispiriting election. I think said that if the Democrats won by an equal margin. These candidates ran against things rather than an aggressive message to a real program. They tailored their candidacies to look at particularly popular views with independents rather than being leaders themselves.

I think Hillary Clinton comes out really enhanced.

CUOMO: Enhanced?

BERNSTEIN: Because enhanced, I do think she does.

CUOMO: You haven seen the hashtag Hillary's losers?

BERNSTEIN: I don't think so at all.

I think she's enhanced because she looks like a leader and she's been consistent in embracing her party's message, a positive message for what she stands for.

I think if you look at what the Democratic candidates did for the most part, running from President Obama. I think in the long run it probably was a mistake. At the same time, you've got to look that President Obama has not used his victory in the last election to look like a real leader and to go to the country and say, look, I won. Here's what we're going to try to do. Join me on this, and if we fall on our faces, we'll fall on our faces.

Had he done that, I think this might have been a different election.

CAMEROTA: Margaret?

MARGARET HOOVER, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: The flip side of that argument, of course, is that almost every single candidate that Hillary Clinton campaigned for lost last night. So, it's hard to see why she's enhanced. I mean, that's why there's this meme on Facebook called Hillary's losers. It has mugshots of all the candidates that Hillary campaigned for that actually weren't able to get across the finish line because of her help.

So, it wasn't that President Obama wasn't able to campaign. It's that no Democratic figurehead was able to help carry not even the Clintons. Of course, it was a Republican map. It was a Republican map.

They know the deck was set. The table was set for a Republican victory last night which is also why I think Republicans, we should feel good about it. But we shouldn't read too much into this. This was our --

CUOMO: The whole point is about fighting the good fight. The Democrats who did that or not, who stood up for as a leader versus running away from what they're supposed to believe in. John, what do you think?

JOHN AVLON, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Yes, look, I mean, let's have a reality check here. First of all, you know, the average loss for a president's party, eight seats in the Senate, 30 seats in the House. Let's not pivot to 16 just yet. Even two weeks ago, Republicans thought they were going to lose some seats. Things broke hard their way in the last hour. It's a turnout thing.

But I think one of the take-away things that both parties have to deal with. It's been said in the past. The GOP parties that can't lose midterms and can't win presidentials. And it's about turnout.

It's not cliche. It has profound implications for every president.

CAMEROTA: But you're forgetting about -- I mean, while the GOP has done well in the Senate and House. The governors' races they've done well there, too. I mean --

MARC LAMONT HILL, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: That was the spirit of the campaign for me --

CAMEROTA: Yes.

HILL: I expect, look, the Senate is going to be lost, we kind of all knew that. The governorships are something that we could hold onto and at least have a fighting chance here. We lost there, too. With the exception of Pennsylvania which was a big one, that was 20-point lead --

CUOMO: The question is why, why do you think you lost? What do you think it means?

HILL: I think there was a lack of clear narrative. I think there was a failure to stand next to our victories. I think there was a failure to stand next to President Obama.

CUOMO: "The New York Post", known for its subtlety, rarely do I hold up their headlines when they're not about me. This one, President Obama in the barrel. The emperor has not clothes.

That's the reference. Happened to be the wrong metaphor. However, it does happen to be the right image that when the states take power back, right, they're taking issues under their own control. People saying we want to seat states do more because we don't trust the fed.

There had to be some a price to be paid for how much people don't like Congress. I think you're seeing it in the governors' races, let the states do minimum wage. Let them do policy issues we care about. Let them figure out Obamacare.

AVLON: One of the big things that happened, though, by the way, is Republican governors in blue states, Massachusetts, Illinois, about as Democrat as you can get elected centrist Republican governors to be a check on their legislatures.

That speaks to a desire for both, I think a reasonable check and an openness to new ideas. But one point and Republicans. One thing that the exit poll shows us, first of all, anger at congress, outstripped anger at President Obama. And the number one issue is the economy which has been improving. There are things to run on there for Democrats but they didn't. They decided to run away from the president. As a result there was no narrative by either party this election.

BERNSTEIN: But these are all votes against. In this election, it's people voted against Washington, against incumbents, against the president.

AVLON: Against Democrats. Republicans did pretty good last night. (CROSSTALK)

CUOMO: Democrats run against themselves.

BERNSTEIN: People voted against. Particularly against politics as we have it, as usual. In terms of reading this as a partisan message, I'd be very careful.

AVLON: Really?

BERNSTEIN: Yes, and I'd be very careful if the Democrats had won it, too.

HILL: How can it not be a partisan message when Republicans completely destroyed Democrats? Even when Obama took it back in 2008. That's usually a partisan message.

BERNSTEIN: I think people want to see things get done. I think come next election, when people have candidates, they're going to see how the Congress do, including the senators. And they're going to vote, people want something done in Washington. This is a vote against gridlock among other things.

HOOVER: You're absolutely right. In each of these states we didn't actually see a unifying message that everybody was running against but -- in a coordinated way.

However, there was a sense that people are running against incompetence. And people want the government to work. There's this sense --

HILL: So, you like Ernst?

HOOVER: No, no, there is this sense though that under President Obama's leadership, there has been this unraveling of clear leadership abroad and at home. There was this sense that we want competent leaders in Congress.

CAMEROTA: Right. Castrate Congress, that's the message.

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CUOMO: I never saw anybody deliver a line like that. I grew up castrating hogs with a smile on their face --

BERNSTEIN: Showmanship plays a real role in this election, and showwomen candidates did pretty with, particularly with a negative message.

CAMEROTA: Panel, stick around. Great to have you here.

CUOMO: All right. We're going to be getting after it all morning. First of all, we have undecided situations to parse through this. Counting votes in Alaska.

So, we're going to give you the most comprehensive election coverage we can, at least on television.

Ahead, we're going to have a recap with all the governor races including Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, $13 million of his own money, guess what? Made a difference in Florida.

CAMEROTA: And voters in three states and Washington, D.C. deciding on measures to legalize marijuana. We'll tell you where it will soon be legal to light up.

And take a look at this, the empire state building lit up in red, marking the moment the Senate turned Republican.

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CAMEROTA: Welcome back to CNN's breaking news coverage of the 2014 midterm elections.

There has been a monumental shift in the balance of power in Washington. Let's take a look at this -- Republicans picking up at least seven seats to seize control of the Senate from Democrats. Voters delivering a stinging rebuke of the Obama presidency, Chris.

CUOMO: All right. So, there's also ballot initiatives going on this year. Marijuana was getting a lot of play. Voters in Washington, D.C., that's where Congress is, major implications and Oregon, both approved recreational pot use by adults, according at least to preliminary numbers.

Early numbers also indicate Alaska's plan to tax, regulate and legalize pot use is likely to pass as well. Florida's medical marijuana initiative received more than 50 percent of the vote but did not get 60 percent of the vote, and they needed that to pass there. So that doesn't go anywhere.

Raising the minimum wage was also a big deal on referendum ballots. We just learned that it passed in Alaska.

Earlier, we learned it was approved in Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. So, we see policy issues being taken on, Alisyn, on the state level, people want to see action, even if they have to do it themselves.

CAMEROTA: All right, Chris. So back to the national picture, few would argue that Washington has been broken and muddled down by gridlock in the past few years. So, what will become of the capital now that the GOP controls both houses of Congress?

Let's get back to our panel. CNN political analyst John Avlon, CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover, CNN political commentator Carl Bernstein, and CNN political commentator Marc Lamont Hill.

Great to have all of you with us.

OK, Marc, let me start with you. So, now that the GOP has Congress, what legislation will we see happening?

HILL: We will see everything, health care, immigration. Make note of it.

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HILL: No, no, it's going to be -- I wish, right? I think it's an interesting thing.

They have to do something to the point that was made earlier. The Republican Party has said, look, we made things happen. We've got things through the next two years. So, they're going to have to make reasonable suggestions, as Democrats, they're going to have to get something done.

One thing that seems doable, and I've been saying it for year, I think it's finally actually doable, is immigration, immigration is something that we can make happen.

CAMEROTA: John Avlon, go.

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AVLON: I am all four the triumph of hope over experience.

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AVLON: And Mitch McConnell did campaign on ending gridlock in Washington. So let's take him at his word today. But immigration, so many GOP candidates campaigned against it. I think the president can say, look, we had a bipartisan margin before in the Senate. Do it again work with me in the House. If not after 100 days I'm going to do executive action.

I think more realistic are things like tax reform, corporate tax reform, trade reform. Thing that are less sexy but there is common ground.

HOOVER: I think what's going to happen and Boehner's going to have to look at this caucus. He's going to have to look at his number and say, do I have enough moderates that are null elected that can push that off some of the Tea Party folks who don't want immigration to happen. I think it's much better if Boehner came out with a five- point plan that he's willing to look at that roughly coincides with priorities of the new Republican Senate.

On the top of that is spending reform, and President-elect Obama said to "The Washington Post" editorial board, he would like to see spending reform done, entitlement reform. And, by the way, remember Bowles-Simpson? Here is something that actually everybody come together one because there are a variety of degrees of places where you can split the difference in terms of how to fix Social Security, and how to end long-term entitlement reform, generational facts. This actually could get done in the next two years --

CAMEROTA: Kumbaya, Carl.

BERNSTEIN: I don't know kumbaya, but I certainly would go that Obama is someone who would like to make deals that would reflect progress towards the economy, particularly on taxes and he's going to be willing to do it.

The question is, whether this new Republican majority is going to be willing to deal, and if they don't -- I mean, I think in a way that Obama gets a kind of new lease in terms of bargaining, even though he's horribly weakened in many ways by this election. And at the same time, he's still the president of the United States.

AVLON: Absolutely.

BERNSTEIN: But then he's got a lot of cards to play in terms of what happens with the few pieces of legislation that people of the country --

AVLON: He does. He does.

BERNSTEIN: That we can do something.

AVLON: He absolutely does. And you know, it's always a mistake saying you're a lame duck, we have two more years of administration.

But there's realistically nine months to get something done in Washington. Then silly season is going to sink in and people are going to act like drunken sailors. You just know it.

BERNSTEIN: Two possibilities, taxes and a little bit of entitlement, quote, "reform" perhaps. But it's a long shot.

CAMEROTA: So, Marc, there's things that the president has to compromise. I mean, he's going to have to work with the Republicans even if he doesn't love the bills that he present or he's going to veto them.

HILL: It depends on what kind of bills -- any bills that gets there, a bipartisan bills that will be getting to him. So, it's a different type of bill that he may be getting from five years ago. It really comes down to Republicans in the Senate whether they want to set him up to look like veto man for their own political posturing in 2016, or whether people are commit odd getting something done.

The other thing that plays into President Obama's agenda is legacy. Ultimately, he's going to want to get something done for his long-term legacy, all presidents do. That will shape the kind of negotiation that we see for the next nine or 10 months. So, don't give up on negotiations guys --

AVLON: He's going to do it by executive action if that doesn't happen legislatively. I want it to happen. Lindsey Graham showed real courage leading on that Senate, I just don't see the House finding its cojones on the issue in the coming years.

BERNSTEIN: It's going to be bipartisan action, that's right. You're not going to get a consensus on immigration.

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HOOVER: Certainly not an comprehensive immigration deal. But maybe on certain pieces of it. I mean, even Ted Cruz has put a bill out to spike H1B visas.

You know, the Senate did courageously passed immigration reform, and the House has said if you take certain pieces of the comprehensive bill, they might actually be able to pass it.

CAMEROTA: OK. So, then, Carl, will we see a different tone for the next two years in Washington? I mean there's been so much partisan rancor, does it change?

BERNSTEIN: Look, I think one predicting is difficult in this environment. Two, I think there's a lack of genuineness by the candidates in both parties. I think if you're going to see the rhetoric dialed back, it's going to be for self-serving reasons not for substantive reasons.

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BERNSTEIN: But let's look at Ted Cruz. Let's look at what he said so far out. That he's going to go through there like a freight train. Not so much to Mitch McConnell, but also the agenda that he's going to push is it's going to be rancor.

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HOOVER: I think it's about six months before everybody starts running for president.

CAMEROTA: Truly.

Ill leave on this note that we've all settled on kindler, gentler inauthenticity.

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CAMEROTA: Thanks for that, panel. That's right. Panel, thank you. Great. Stick around, we'll be back with you momentarily.

Let's go to Chris.

CUOMO: All right. We're trying to discern what the message is, the American people, you, have certainly have your say. The Republicans have ruled the day certainly in the midterm elections.

So, what does it mean? We have to figure out. Were you angry, is that why you voted this way? Is it a trend of what you want to see in 2016? Is it a message to everybody? What were the exit polls reveal about why this happen? And who could

be the next president.

We're also going live to D.C. to see exactly where we stand in the House and Senate because it matters. So stay with us.

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