Julia hymen is watching the markets as stocks climb on the republican victories. We begin with a reporter round table on the midterm elections. White house cordens Phil Mattingly and margaret have analysis has america looks at a new political dynamic for barack obama. Phil, let me start with you. Did the white house really not see this coming . No, mark. I think they had a good sense of what was going to happen, especially over the days leading up to the election. I do think that it ended up being the wave, the wave, the number of seats that have gone down, seven already with the possibility of two more was more than any democrats were able to comprehend going into this. But the president s Political Team had stayed in pretty close touch with the Congressional Campaign committees and had been briefing him regularly. He was calling for numbers throughout the day. Was interested in it. Mark, they had a sense it was coming. Just didnt maybe grasp the scope of it. Margaret, where did the d
Economy and would improve Business Conditions here in the United States. And make sure that american born workers arent undercut by workers who are undocumented and arent always paid a fair wage and as a consequence employers who are breaking the rules are able to undercut folks who are doing the right thing. We got a bipartisan bill out of the senate. I asked john boehner at that point can we pass this through the house . Is there a majority of votes in the house to get this passed . And Speaker Boehner i think was sincere about wanting to pass it but had difficulty over the last year trying to get it done. So when he finally told me he wasnt going to call it up this year, what i indicated to him is i feel obliged to do everything i can lawfully with my executive authority to make sure that we dont keep on making the system worse, but that whatever executive actions that i take will be replaced and supplanted by actions by congress. That is a commitment i made not just to the American
. Lse to leave and there appear i apologize. That is the word. Throughout the day, you can conversation on cspan or our twitter feed as well. Itch mcconnell 2 50 p. M. Eastern time, the live here on cspan. Mitch mcconnell is a presumptive new majority leader of the u. S. Senate and hes both, as did his allison, they both spoke last night. We want to show you the concession and victory speeches from last night. [cheering] are you having a good time . [applause] , we areht like tonight grateful, above all else. For me, the gratitude starts with people of kentucky. [applause] they have put their trust and confidence in me for a long time. I want to thank them tonight. I work hard to bring your concerns to washington and i will not let up. [applause] you know, every election is a job interview. In this cake, a very long one. [laughter] i have shared my vision with you. Shared your stories and concerns with me. One complaint has stood out above all the rest, especially in recent weeks. Anou
Country. 89 of the country feel theyre middle class. They havent been getting squat. They are getting less money. Oh, by the way now they have obamacare. Melissa yeah. So theyre saying we want something for the middle class, if republicans democrats, working together cant give them something for the middle class we will have a taxpayer revolt. Melissa were awaiting Mitch Mcconnell. What do you think he has to say . He will offer the president an opportunity to work with the new congress to get some things done. Maybe to get tax reform done would be a big item on agenda. Is he optimistic that the president is going to cooperate . Im guessing not. Theyre probably thinking now about things they want to put on his desk. He can sign them or not. Melissa what is the smartest thing to put out there right away . Tweaks to obamacare, not trying to repeal it, palatable, less onerous on economy. Tweaks to doddfrank would be good. Some sort of a tax reform would be good. I would say this the smart
Administration. But i dont know if you saw the morning talk shows, but there were several potential candidates for 2016 who were out there already. Is the clock ticking . Are you running out of time . How much time do you have left . And what do you make of the notion that you are now a lame duck . Well, traditionally after the last midterm of the twoterm presidency since i cant run again that is the label that you guys apply. Here is what i tell my team. I told them this last week and i told them this, this morning. We had this incredible privilege of being in charge of the most Important Organization on earth. The u. S. Government. And our military. And everything that we do for good around the world. And there is a lot of work to be done to make government work better. To make americans safer. To make opportunity available to more people. For us to be able to have a positive influence in every corner of the globe the way we are doing right now in west africa. And im going to squeeze