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Following the story closely. what are you hearing, manu, right now? reporter: a lot of applause, actually. this meeting is happening right behind me. behind these closed doors. a pep rally of sorts. a much different mood than we saw a month ago when republicans could barely say donald trump s now name rallying behind him, passing our make america great hats. and the head of the national congressional committee talking about the gains that republicans made, although they did lose some seats in the house races but not nearly enough to lose their house majority. now, they ll have at least probably 238 seats in the new congress. paul ryan is expected to be re-elected speaker here in just a few minutes, and speaking to reporters earlier today really talking about his optimism about work wig a trump administration. i asked him about any concerns that he had with the trump children running the trump ....
We understand you have the final word on the future of the speaker of the house. that s right. paul ryan will be the next speaker of the house. the house republican conference just nominated paul ryan in a unanimous voice vote. we are told by sources in the room who said he was overwhelmingly supported by his republican conference. this is one step for him to be reelected speaker, this is the nomination vote, so each side puts up its nominee for speaker and republicans, since they will be in the house in the majority and the new congress it means that ryan will be the speaker of the house. this was the nomination vote in january, it will be the full vote in the house of representatives. now that vote on the floor, paul ryan can lose no more than 20 votes or so, wolf. right now republicans are expected to have 238 votes on the floor in the chamber next congress at least. they may have a few more because some races are outstanding. he can t lose more than 20 votes on the house floor ....
Conservatives were looking for a scalp warning twhoe go after paul ryan. not so much anymore. one reason why, donald trump comes into office with, helping down ticket republicans, particularly in the house, pad there majority. house republicans at least 238 seats in the new congress. that means when paul ryan is voted on by the full house to be re-elected as speaker, he can lose upwards of 20 votes and still be elected speaker. no one expects him to lose that many votes. also that outside group of agitators if you will, house freedom caucus, are not mounting a challenge to paul ryan, in fact, looking for ways to help a trump administration and paul ryan himself trying to align himself with donald trump, working closely with the incoming president. a lot of talk about unity. that is helping paul ryan at the end of the day heenchts t. the democrats have choices to make. what do we expect on the other side of the aisle? nancy pelosi is is likely to be re-elected as the democratic ....
Wsconsin. that is a recipe for a wipe out. we have another major projection coming in right now. cnn projects donald trump will win the state of iowa with its six electoral votes. donald trump will carry iowa. he s ahead by 136,000 votes right now. iowa goes to donald trump. let s take a look at the electoral college map. donald trump expands his lead over hillary clinton. he has 238 electoral votes to her 209 electoral votes approxima. you need 270 to win the white house. iowa, that was not all that unexpected. it s wisconsin and michigan that are very unexpected. are we rewriting america s ....
All-important electoral college map, where it stands right now. donald trump is ahead. he has 238 electoral votes to 215 for hillary clinton. you need 270 to win the white house. those yellow states are those states that we have not yet made projections. they re too close to call. all along, jeffrey, from the beginning we have talked about how donald trump from the beginning has rewritten the rules of politics. there s a lot of question of whether hillary clinton with all her big data and alleged ground game would swamp trump with his huge rallies, but apparently a lack of a ground game. she was the jeb bush of the democratic party. she was the face of the establishment. as i said last night when we saw those folks on that stage in front of independence hall in philadelphia and everybody s remarking about how his history and her history and all this sort of thing, i said look if ....