felt among those candidates, and it is now playing out just like it was forecast. we will watch for that 5:00 p.m. update. good to see you, thank you. meanwhile, nancy pelosi officially has launched her bid for house speaker, sending a letter to a newly elected and incumbent democrats asking for their support just one day after democrats reclaimed the house. but could she run into some trouble? some democrat house members say it s time for a new generation of leadership. she says she s not worried. i think i m the best person to go forward to unify, to negotiate, i am a good negotiator as anyone can see in terms of how we have won every negotiation so far. harris: joining me now, democrat congresswoman carolyn maloney, she s been in congress more than 25 years and was there the last time nancy pelosi was
we have probably about 750 deputies at various ranks, everybody knew ron, he s been with the agency for 29 years. he is an unbelievable person and an unbelievable public servant and absolutely heroic yesterday. harris: you are telling us about that bar where young people gather, the country music bar, a place that s obviously very popular. now we are getting a full shot of the processional as it has pulled onto the highway. now they are away from all those people in those residential and retail areas where we could clearly see rows of people lined up, hundreds of them saying there paying their respects and saying their regards as the processional for sheriff sheriff sergeant ron helus was passing them by. now they are on the highway and making their way here. we ve learned so many details
speaker of the house. in fact, invited you to date not just to serve that time but because you also know her, who is she to the democrat party that some within your party wouldn t even consider another option at this point. she just brought us a democratic majority, we just won over 31 seats, 12 seats are being recounted, close like what we are seeing in arizona and it s the first time in eight years, most notably most people are very appreciative of her dedication and commitment in the passage of health care. a goal many of us had our entire lives, to have affordable and available health care and she is credited by large getting it through the house and working with president obama. harris: you are seeing the current president dismantle that, that s a people said they wanted, health care is still the number one issue for many americans and it will be interesting going forward to see if they can come together on that issue.
leaders call it vote suppression. there is a hearing on friday. among the 620 both left to be counted, a vast majority are in three big counties. 475,000 in, democrat kyrsten sinema can feel confident in how she s doing in those areas. there are 38,000 votes or so to be counted in nine smaller counties and martha mcsally has a lead in six of those nine counties. we should get a better handle on where this is going at 5:00 today, we are expecting a big boat drop at the secretary of state s office so we will have a better idea if she still has her lead or if sinema has overtaken her. harris: i know from doing a town hall in phoenix, it was tight among people and how they
office saying i m going to take away health care but that s what they were running on. harris: that is not exactly what they said, they talked about keeping pre-existing conditions. will democrats work with republicans? absolutely, we would joyfully work with them to preserve health care and preserve coverage of pre-existing conditions. harris: okay. let s move forward on the competition within the party. nancy pelosi has some, representative tim ryan. he says some new car smell, what do you do with the members of your party that are leaning far left? we have some of them in new york, she and nancy pelosi democrat? i do not believe she is supporting her. harris: what do you do with those young voices in your party? you need 218 votes on the floor, the majority of the votes