joey: here we go, starting the third hour this morning. carley and i had to take a double take to see if that was behind us, that is how good the graphics are. we thought you had a fireplace. maybe i m letting the cat out of the bag. that is a graphic. carley and i both had to look back. carley: i was like, when did they hang that ball in the building. they changed it to a bowtie pattern. griff: interesting new year s eve in new york. the weather looks like it will be warm. we got rain today and yesterday and all week long pro-palestinian protesters disrupting the airport and fifth avenue. and see if they show up for new year s eve, it could be something. carley: do you remember when it rained, we were hosting the pre-show. it was raining so hard that the teleprompter broke 30 seconds before the show started and we had to ad lib. griff: we were 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. joey: that is where you want to be, people are not overboard and you get to go ring in the new yea
republicans say democrats don t deserve to stay in power. right now the party of blue has the advantage in the house, 220 seats to the gops 212. that s right now. in november, fox predicts a flip. our forecast has the g.o.p. gaining nearly 20 seats giving them control. the very worst case scenario for republicans ends with a very slight majority for democrats. but that s only if the g.o.p. loses every competitive race. a lot of confidence republicans can pull it off. there will be a surprise in the election, a surprise in the governors race, house races, senate races. the price of gasoline every where in the country, october will be a tough month for the democrats. i think the republicans run the table in the house and senate and have a majority. harris: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. the power ranking is fascinating. alexandria. it truly is. you know what s more fascinating the notable shift we see in voter priority spelling real trouble for democrats.
you guys throw out here really gets old after a while and do it right at the end of this is just not right. and i just it takes a lot to get me worked up like this. call the roll. orrin hatch and sherrod brown obviously on different sides of the aisle there. and this is actually in committee. it s not the senate floor. but still. this is now you see the fight that s happening. no. i think what you had was a blue collar state. you have two blue collar states which people ohio and utah. what people call fly-over country, but you have somebody who is very, very wealthy in senator hatch going back and forth with sherrod brown, but the end of that back and forth is what s the most telling. when sherrod brown pressed him about doing something for middle class america, for doing something about poor people and reauthorizing the chip program, coming together, democrats and republicans, what did he do? he deflected. he realized that s not something that he wanted to do.
in and we could do a lot of the things that you re talking about too. and i think i have a reputation of having worked let s start with chip. i m not starting with chip. i ve done it for years. i ve got more start with chip today. i ve got more bills passed than everybody on this committee put together. and they ve been passed for the benefit of people in this country. now, all i can say is i like you personally very much, but i m telling you, this bull crap that you guys throw out here really gets old after a while and do it right at the end of this is just not right. and i just it takes a lot to get me worked up like this. call the roll. orrin hatch and sherrod brown obviously on different sides of the aisle there. and this is actually in committee. it s not the senate floor. now you see the fight that s happening. no. i think what you had was a blue collar state. you have two blue collar states which people ohio and utah.
i do think that the very issues that senator brown talked about middle class tax cuts, helping u.s. companies be able to be more competitive. bringing back jobs and investment from overseas is what the tax code will do. i hope we get democratic support. there is a difference on should there be tax cuts in this or not and second is what the deficit impact will be. we republicans believe if you do the kinds of things we re talking about you ll have more economic growth and therefore more revenue and be able to help the deficit and those are differences we ll have to work out. i hope we do have democrat support. better for the country right now and be better for the longevity of the tax code for some sustainability in what we do. jon: you represent ohio, a blue collar state in large part. a state that voted for president trump. when democrats say this is a giveaway to the wealthy kind of tax plan and that it is all about cutting taxes on corporations, how does that