You say it as if its a bad thing, hallie jack sson. Msnbc headquarters here in new york. A day after the midterms, still a number of races to decide, enough results for both parties to take a victory lap. President trump will take his this hour, the president scheduled to appear in the eastern room of the white house for a News Conference roughly 30 minutes from now. Today hes already touted himself as the magic man for last nights senate wins. Never mind losing the house, though. President trump also had a message for the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Investigate me . We investigate you. We also heard from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just a few moments ago. The Democrats In The House will have to decide just how much president ial harassment they think is good strategy. Today is more than about democrats and republicans, its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump
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yid, california, some big news out of there with orange county flipping totally blue at this point. and real interesting pickups. you think about in south carolina, flipping that sanford seat. a race in georgia with lucy mcmath, flipping that seat that democrats tried to flip before, but, so, yeah, democrats ran a very solid races, picked the right candidates for the right districts. so they should feel good about this 40-seat what could be a 40-seat pickup at this point. and now the question of who is going to lead those folks in the house. will it be nancy pelosi? there s going to be a vote soon on that. yeah, democrats should feel good. but at the same time, just because you do well in the midterms doesn t necessarily mean anything for 2020, right? and it also means, you know, if you re looking at the senate, obviously, if you re a republican, you feel good because you ve extended your majority there and that means something for supreme court seats as well as justices all up and d
of crossovers. reporter: yeah. they re really going to have espy s really going to have to have everything break his way to flip this seat here in mississippi. in the meantime, cindy hyde-smith maintains her confidence. president trump was with her at two rallies not one, but two rallies here in mississippi last night. here s how she s feeling. we re here today to make sure everybody gets out to vote. we re encouraging everybody to go to the polls and cast their vote. it s going to be an historic day. reporter: well, here where we are, we ve seen a steady straea all day. really, we have been here since early this morning and it has been a steady stream, lines at times. it will be interesting to see how all of this plays out, jake. polls close here in just a few hours. we ll see how it goes. jessica, thanks so much. that s the senate side. on the house side, democrats are
mississippi voters are choosing their next senator in a race that s been marred by allegations of racism, throwing back to the state s ugly confederate past. hoping veterans will look past the controversy and keep the state red. cnn s jessica dean is live for us in mississippi. she s in byram, just southwest of jackson. jessica, turnout is very crucial for the democrats if they have any hopes of flipping this seat. reporter: that is exactly right, jake. the democrats need african-americans to turn out in historic numbers to get this dope for their candidate, mike espy. but even mike espy understands, that one historic thing happening isn t going to be enough to get him across the finish line. listen to what he had to say. if only african-americans come out for me and even if they come out in record numbers, i won t win. i know that and i ve known that throughout my career. so we have to have a good number
carolina. the sanford seat. along the coast, held by mark sanford who had been, i think rather mildly critical of president trump. he got beat in a primary by katie arrington who was trumpyier, and she got beat by a democrat, joe cunningham, that doesn t happen in south carolina, in that district. some folks who have suggested that this could be the beginning of some sort of seismic shift in south carolina politics, they might not want to take that argument too far. i know, i wouldn t go all the way to seismic, but. peter, i want to come back to you because this notion that presidents who are dealt bad hands after the midterms, what typically happens to them. historically this has been a bit of a benefit politically for presidents, has it not? well, that s exactly right. look, bill clinton lost both the house and the senate in 1994.