NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Nov. 4)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump says Republicans lost Congress due to prices linked to the war in Iran. What he says about the next steps in the Middle East in the next two years of his presidency. Iris Tao brings us more from the White House. And Michigan sends a progressive Democrat to the Senate. Abdul El-Sayed defeats Republican Mike Rogers in one of the country's most closely watched races. What his victory could mean for the Democratic Party, Jack Bradley brings us the latest from Detroit. And Homeland Security puts non-citizens who may have voted yesterday on notice. What the secretary says happens next, Jason Blair reports. And now that Democrats have taken control of the House, how will they use their power? Will their main focus be on improving affordability issues, or will they concentrate on dismantling the Trump administration? We have the latest on what's next. And what does Democratic control of Congress mean for President Trump's final two years? Historian Victor Davis Hanson gives his take. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Kerry Dunst. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Democrats have secured the House and the Senate following the midterm elections, but a number of key races are still uncalled. One Senate race is separated by just dozens of votes. In the Mississippi Senate race, Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colum, they are separated by just under 70 votes. That's with 95% of the votes counted. Colum leads Hyde-Smith by a hundredth of a percentage point. Mississippi does not have an automatic recount process, but a challenger can seek a court order for one. And up in Alaska, the Senate race Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola, they are separated by just over 600 votes, and that's with 74% of the votes counted. Under Alaska law, if neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, then it goes to ranked choice voting. And in the Alaska's governor's race, Democrat Jonathan Kreese-Tompkins currently leads the three Republican candidates, but without getting over that 50% of the vote hurdle, 74% of the votes are now reported. And over in Kansas' governor's race, Democrat Cindy Holscher has a half percentage point, or 5,000 vote lead over Republican Ty Masterson. That's with 98% of the vote counted. And President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, they are now acknowledging that the Iran war played a role in Republican losses in the midterms. But the president says he has no regrets. Joining us live from the White House is NTD's White House correspondent, Iris Tao. Good evening, Iris. What's the latest coming out of the White House? Good evening to you as well, Carrie. So President Trump said acknowledging that the Iran war and the what he calls short-term high gas prices that come with it played a role in Republicans' midterm losses as Democrats took both majorities in the House and the Senate. But the president says he has no regrets doubling down on the necessity of the war. Probably it's true, but at the same time, if I had it to do again, I'd have to do it again because long term, it's the only answer. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. I thought the oil would go up a lot more and I did it on that basis. You have no choice. You have to do it. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon or everything that you see here someday might not exist. Iran today hailing the results of the U.S. midterm elections while warning and threatening to annihilate enemy leaders in their wars. The president, meanwhile, saying that he might or might not carry out further strikes against Iran, also warns that it will be very easy for the U.S. to finish the job. Meanwhile, the vice president... pinning the election loss squarely on Iran war, saying today on X, quote, the reason we lost is the war. If you like to argue it was worth it, then losing the Senate for the next six years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay, agree or disagree, that's at least honest. The vice president, though, says that he remains hopeful, urging. Voters who are discouraged to not be and really take that energy back to what he calls the work of saving our country. Back to you. All right, Iris. And what is the president saying about the next two years of his presidency? So President Trump is signaling willingness to work with Democrats pointing to for example immigration as one field but he's also saying that that's unless Democrats want to be quote destructive and put out quote insane policies stressing that he does still have that veto power. The White House today saying that a president will always can be committed to fighting against tyranny and that America will never become a communist country. But another big question though is whether House Democrats will use their oversight power to start launching investigations and potentially impeachments against the president and his administration. On Election Day, a White House official did tell NTD that Democrats have a track record of doing that. But House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now running for House Speaker, says that Democrats' priorities is not impeachments. The president today is saying he's not worried about it. Watch. Not even a little bit. I think it would destroy the Democrat Party if they did that. Impeachment for no reason. What? For having a successful country. Our country is more successful now than at any time in its history. Meanwhile, as Democrats target War Secretary Pete Hexeth with potential investigations, the president today reaffirming his backing of his War Secretary, saying that he's doing a good job and that he's not replacing him. Back to you. All right. Thank you, Iris. And Texas voters made history last night. Democrats won the governor's race and a U.S. Senate race for the first time in more than 30 years. And today's Jason Perry is in Austin. He's seeing how people are reacting to these results. I'm here in downtown Austin after Tuesday's big election night. Texans have elected Democratic Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa and Democratic Senator-elect James Tallarico. We spoke to some people here to get their reactions to Texas turning blue for the first time in over 30 years. It was surprising because the last time we had elections, it didn't go as well as it could, so I was cautious. I am very excited, very hopeful. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but I'm really, I'm looking forward to it. I'm very happy about it. I would like to see a better focus on public education. That was a really important part for me, for Gina. I would just like to see us do something. I feel like the last time we had a majority, we didn't really do anything. And so I'd like to see us just kind of take some action and just make sure that we're, you know, making the lives better for everyday Americans. Finding ways that we could love each other more, even if we don't agree on everything, I think is bringing a sense of, like, rejuvenation to politics. The Democrats have made a lot of promises in the past, and so I hope that they can follow through in being aggressive and pushing forward and doing what they need to do next. I actually typically vote Republican, but... Haven't been super pleased with how things have been going, so time for a change. So it's actually my first time kind of going against the grain. You know, I think just putting the people first ultimately, and, you know, whether that's gas prices going down, grocery prices going down, like you name it. So a big change here in Texas that some people weren't expecting. And the people we spoke to here in Austin say they hope for a better change in the future. Jason Perry, NTD News, Texas. And Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen, he says that the department will be looking carefully to make sure that no non-citizens voted on Tuesday. And if any did, he says that law enforcement will find them. NDD correspondent Jason Blair has more on that. DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen says voting records from Tuesday are going to be screened carefully for any non-citizens who may have cast ballots. After this election, we'll be gathering all the data, we'll be gathering the voting logs, and we'll be going through those and making sure that no illegals voted. Mullen also warned on social media that illegal voting can carry up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He added that non-citizens who vote illegally The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to catch illegal voting and illegal voting registration. The Justice Department says 195 people have been charged across 25 states in the last nine weeks alone. Our biggest priority is to safeguard the integrity of the election. Elections belong to American citizens. And a Kansas postal worker has been indicted, accused of stealing thousands of pieces of mail, including hundreds of Republican political mailers. The DOJ says Kelly Cram took 4,404 pieces of mail in and around Pittsburgh, Kansas. USPS officer of inspector general agents found the mail at Cram's home on October 7th. A court filing says about 394 of those pieces were political mailers, all tied to Republican candidates or GOP-affiliated PACs. It says agents found no political mail from any other party. Graham is charged with delaying or destroying mail and faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Jason Blair, NTD News. And after the sweeping Democrat victory of both chambers of Congress, they're already signaling how they plan to use that new power investigating the Trump administration, reducing health care and energy costs. Here's what Democrats say they want to do next. Democrats celebrating after a decisive win in the midterm election. Their first priority throughout the campaigning and after their victory is making America more affordable. We're humbled by the outcome and we know we have to undertake With the seriousness of purpose, a relentless effort to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, for working class Americans, for middle class Americans, and for all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. But Democrats also plan to use their new majority to scrutinize the Trump administration. They're preparing investigations into the president, his family and administration officials with potential inquiries into business dealings and alleged corruption. We are swimming in a sea of Trump corruption. The country has never faced a situation like this. When we say we're focused on affordability, we mean it. At the same period of time, we have seen unprecedented corruption unleashed on the American people. And if you have folks who are so focused on enriching themselves, their family members, their friends, or their donors, then it means they're not focused on making life more affordable for the American people. Democrats have talked about restoring impeachment efforts, but they are divided on whether to focus on governing or on ousting the president. Don't be impeaching anybody. Don't. Let's just get back to work. I'm not interested in being in a confrontation with Donald Trump. Is impeaching President Trump a third time a mistake for Democrats? No, it's not, because it's not about Donald Trump. He's going to be a lame duck and, in my view, largely increasingly irrelevant. Health care and energy costs are also on their agenda. Some say they are divided on those issues too, but Senator Chuck Schumer says they are united. If you listened to our candidates, whether they were progressive or more moderate, and we had some of each because we're a big tent party, they were saying the same things. He said all candidates want to reduce costs, but they express it in different ways depending on what state they represent. Democrats have yet to agree on detailed plans for cutting costs. And even though they are set to control both chambers, Democrats will face limits. President Trump can veto legislation and major bills could be difficult to pass without broader bipartisan support. So Democrats have won the power to challenge the president. But now they have to show voters they can prioritize the people. Over administration investigations, the new Congress is scheduled to take office in January. And redistricting did not help the Republicans. The GOP lost House seats both in states where they redraw those redistricts in their favor and in states where Democrats redrew the districts in their own favor. NTD's David Lam brings us more on the redistricting. Following the November 3rd election, many of the redrawn congressional maps turned out unfavorable to Republican candidates. I was pretty happy with the results. I think it's about time that there's going to be some accountability and there's going to be more Democratic representation in Congress and the Senate. In California's competitive 22nd district in the Central Valley, Democrat Randy Villegas declared victory Tuesday night over incumbent Republican David Valadao. Associated Press called the race for Villegas at 66 percent in the lead. California Democrats redrew this agricultural district to favor their party. Voters in California approved a proposition last year that allowed a new congressional map for the 2026 elections. Governor Gavin Newsom signed off on redistricting plans after Texas Republicans redrew their districts. I like it when it's done by a nonpartisan group when they do redistricting, but I understand why California had to do redistricting in order to balance out what was being done in Texas. So I was in favor of the redistricting, but I'd rather it be done by a completely independent nonpartisan group. Maps for five other California districts were redrawn to favor Democrats, and as of Wednesday noon, AP has called four of them going to Democratic candidates. Utah's first congressional district created a strong Democratic seat in a previously all-Republican delegation. Elsewhere across the nation, in the 15 districts that were redrawn to favor Republicans, AP called at least 10 races for Democratic candidates, while the remaining races are neck and neck. The districts spanned from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. David Lam, NTD News, California. And how will Democrats winning Congress impact President Trump's agenda and the direction of the country? Don't miss tonight's special coverage of The Nation Decides 2026. It's presented by Paul Graney and Tiffany Meyer. They're going to drill into the data, the historic flips, and a lot more with excellent panelists. That's tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern, only on NTD. Don't miss it. And coming up, Democrats, of course, they have secured a majority of the nation's governorships. They've flipped several states. Chris Baugh brings us more. Performance that truly matters for each and every one of us. This is what you've been waiting for. See it at least once in your lifetime. Shen Yun. Get tickets now at shenyun.com. Behind every headline in Washington, there's a story that could shape your future. With the Capitol Report on Roku, you get more than just the news. You get direct access to the White House and the Capitol. Every day we bring you exclusive interviews with lawmakers, analysts, and experts, plus in-depth coverage of the decisions being made in Washington, D.C. 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The party also flipped governors' offices in Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, and Nevada. And to these political correspondents, Chris Bobb has been following these, and he joins us now in studio. Chris, I know you were watching this closely to see, could the GOP carry where Trump was successful back in 2024? Not the case, but what happened? Yeah, we saw Democrats go well beyond defending their own territory, encroaching into Republican territory. The states you mentioned, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, Georgia, Nevada, all states that President Trump carried just two years ago. And this time it was against a very difficult national backdrop for the GOP. Concerns about the Iran war, the price of fuel, filling up the house, household things going up as a result of those transportation costs, all leading to voter frustration. We also saw some pretty significant polls that I was checking the night of when I was calling the races. One from AP that showed that one of the major concerns for 50 percent, more than half of voters, was corruption. And that also translated in Texas, where you saw 18 percent of independents also voiced that as their number one concern leading into the election. So we started the night with an even split. 36 governors' mansions up for grabs, 18 currently Democrat, 18 currently Republican. And then we saw things. Meltdown. We now are looking at 28 Democratic governorships, 20 Republicans, a couple races uncalled. They started the night, Republicans, with 26 to 24. This is going to be the first time the Democrats have had a majority since 2010. So what stands out here is the breadth. Of the defeat for the Republicans. Thank And it wasn't consigned to just one region or one candidate. It was just across the nation. Yeah, when I think of Texas, though, I think of the epitome, the poster child of a red state. you And here we have Abbott nationally recognized as a governor. There's only a handful of governors that really are known nationally. very What happened with Abbott? So it's the end of more than three decades of Republican control in Texas in the governor's office. much. Gina Hinojosa, she becomes the first Latina governor of Texas, and Greg Abbott loses his fourth term. His ability to win that, you know, there's no term limits in Texas for the governor's mansion. She was ahead by about seven points in the returns that we saw. And then look at 2022. This is interesting. This is the last election. Abbott won by 11 points. That's an 18-point Point shift there in the state of Texas. She did that. Despite being outspent by Governor Abbott, eight to one, her campaign was not about some of the issues that he made his about. It was just primarily about household costs and getting things down. Wow. And then over in Ohio and Iowa, these were states that had been moving more toward the red in previous elections. Now we see, obviously, a reversal of that. What happened there? Yeah. And it's a reversal that you can only look at. With an awe, really. It's the size of the reversal that is so significant. Mark DeWine won that race in 2020-22 by 25 points. 25. Now, Amy. I'm a Swami by eight. That's a 33 point shift between those two races. You know, he had bipartisan criticism when he came out with that ad of Amy Acton's mother, who basically said her daughter was a liar. Don't vote for her. Then in Iowa, you mentioned Kim Reynolds won by more than 18 points in 2022. And now Democratic. Candidate, I guess you could say almost governor, governor nominee, Rob Sand now leads by 11. So big, big margins there. He, again, just like we saw previously in Texas, focused on his rural roots, costs of living and affordability. Let's talk about incumbency, a strength or liability this run up. There wasn't one answer everywhere. Greg Abbott, of course, was an incumbent in Texas, right? Joe Lombardo in Nevada were still tracking that race. Very close. But in 2022, Lombardo only won by a point and a half. Now Aaron Ford leads them by seven and a half points. So there's also Arizona's Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs. She won re-election. So the first time around, smaller margin, she won by less than one point. This time she's leading Andy Biggs by 13 points. So it's a pattern that's stronger than what we saw in the general, like a general rejection for incumbents, but they performed really well. Yeah, and of course, right here in New York, Hochul was able to defend against Bruce Blakeman. Let's talk a little bit about this blue wave. Were there any bright spots in the night for Republicans? Well, I guess you could say Republicans kept hold of Florida, right? They did it with a very slim margin. Byron Donald, David Jolly. Thank you, Holly. Byron Donald becomes the state's first black governor. The margin is extremely slim, 1.3 points so far. DeSantis, last time around 2022, won by over 19 points. So there's also Kansas. That's unresolved. We're checking at that. Cindy Holcher, she's leading Ty Masterson by six-tenths of a point. Could be a Democratic hold, could be a flip. Rather than a pickup, we're still checking. All right. Well, the state's top executive, many surprises out there. Chris Bob, thank you for breaking it down. And coming up, were the warning signs there for the GOP prior to the midterms? Elections expert Henry Olson predicted it, and he'll join us here after the break for analysis. And what does Democratic control of a country mean? During high school, I hung with the wrong crowd, and I never graduated. I helped Santiago in many different ways, like all fathers do, because he always wanted to go to college. I felt a little embarrassed to come back to school, but eventually once I came here I knew that it's for a bigger goal. He's very dedicated, hardworking. He connected with his teachers, he connected with other students. 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Henry also hosts the Beyond the Polls and Conservative Crossroads podcast. Henry, thank you for joining us this evening. Thank you very much for having me. All right, now let's jump in. You predicted a rough night for the GOP in your article in The Washington Post. That published Monday. So can you break down what signs were there for your predictions and what came to bear last night in your view? Yeah, well, the signs were all over the place. You had the Democratic lead in the generic congressional ballot that was between eight and nine points. But most importantly, you had Donald Trump's low job approval rating is that you can't get more than a certain percentage of the vote when you're an incumbent party of over your president's job approval. It's usually no more than five and a few tenths of a point. So that meant that Republicans were at best going to We're going to get like 44% of the. And you just did the math, and that meant Democrats 10 points or more, and it looks right now that'll be around 13 points, and that's why I predicted a big win with the possibility of even bigger, but even I didn't see as large as it was going to be. This is turning out to be historic. And were you surprised that it trickled all the way into governorships in what were very staunchly red states? No, not at all. Is that what you tend to see in races like this is occasionally you'll get somebody who fights against the tide, like a Kelly Ayotte or a Phil Scott in Vermont and New Hampshire. But generally, just like with President Obama in 2010, Republicans swept and they swept at state legislatures, governors, senators, congressmen, dog catchers, for all I know. That certainly is what happened on Tuesday night with Republicans. Voters turned them out up and down the ballot. All right. We'll have to keep a close eye on the polls for dog catchers in this next cycle. But I do want to talk about the polls. They were actually right. So why were they right this time, but pretty wrong back in 2024? Well, you know, they did end up underestimating Democrats across the board that most polls had a couple of points error in the Republicans' favor. The problem is that polls these days are in part models, is that since most people don't answer their phone, you can't get a random sample anymore. And without random sampling, the whole theory behind polling is called into into question. And so if the pollsters guess using all of their knowledge and all of their expertise. A little bit wrong. That can be a serious error. I predicted the president's victory in 2024 because I went underneath the hood and said, look, these polls are not because of malicious intent, but because of misestimations about two points or three points more Democratic than the electorate was going to be. I proved to be right, and Donald Trump won. And in this case, I think the pollsters were predicting. An electorate that was a couple of points more Republican than it was going to be. Yeah, fascinating. Certainly very few people still even have a landline. And if a call comes in on your cell phone that you don't recognize. So clearly the methodologies have to catch up to how to actually get a hold of people. I do want to talk about demographic outflows from California and the Northeast. Clearly, many people have flooded into the Carolinas, Texas and Florida's races, which were really nail biters, even though they remained red. Do demographic flows have any play here or is it mainly. The things that you were discussing, approval rate and other factors. It's mainly the approval rating is that demographic flows can affect things over the long term. But in a two-year period, there's not enough people coming in and out of the state to justify or explain moving Texas from plus 11 or plus 12 for Trump to minus seven and a half for Abbott. That's people who have been in Texas for quite some time, usually voted Republican, and just decided that they were upset with the way things are going. And they tossed out the A whole kit and caboodle from. Senator all the way down through the state legislature. Yeah, and we talked to some of those people in Austin earlier in the show, and it seems to confirm all the things that you're bringing up. I want to talk about your post on X today. The battle for the Democratic Party has begun, you write. Can you explain? Yeah, I mean, this was about a post that my comment about Ro Khanna, who's saying progressives are the reason we won. And he names all of these ultra progressive policies. And that just shows is that Democrats are going to have to select a nominee. And they have two wings. They have a wing that's basically, let's keep it going and kind of be moderately liberal. And then you've got the super liberals, the progressives, the Ro Khannas, the AOCs, the... Zoram Nandani's or Abdul El-Sayed's, and they want to move the party to the left as fast as possible. And that's going to be a battle, you know, is that the leftists don't want to go away. They don't want to shut up. They don't want to compromise. They want to drive the Democratic bus. And that means that the battle for the 2028 Democratic nomination is going to be airing these differences in all 50 states of the union. Yeah, and we heard Schumer earlier in the show talking about how the tent is wide, but that the things that they ran on were actually the same. Do you see it that way? They ran on being opposed to Donald Trump and vague promises to deal with affordability. There is no clear Democratic agenda that the Democrats are going to be able to take. OK, here's bills one through 10. This is what we ran on. They did not do that. And the reason they did not do that is because they can't agree on that. There are Democrats who want to have Medicare for all. There are Democrats who don't. There are Democrats who want to pass massive wealth taxes or high I increased taxes. On financial transactions and billionaires, there are Democrats who don't, they don't agree on these things. So when Schumer says that, yes, running against Trump, I suppose, is a unity, but there's not a unified agenda that can they actually introduce on day one. And that's what the 2028 Democratic presidential fight is going to be all about. Yeah, certainly interesting when you say that you want a lower cost, but you don't want to necessarily introduce more free market principles. We'll have to watch and see what happens with that one. But I do want to turn your attention to the riots and the unrest that's happening in Europe. I understand that you are very much an expert in global populism. So based on what's happening there, does any of that affect what might be happening here in the U.S., especially as we see These DSA adjacent candidates have success in this midterm cycle. I certainly think that it drives concern up, particularly among conservatives, that as these people gain power, as they have certainly numbers and some power over in Europe, could this happen here? It hasn't happened yet, you know, in the sense of mass riots or, you know, targeted killings. And they've had many Muslim immigrants who have driven cars through Christmas markets or otherwise committed horrific acts of violence over the last decade and a half. I think there's a lot of concern that that could happen here. It hasn't happened yet. And we're going to have to see how does the politically potent Muslim or Muslim-adjacent community on the DSA left deal with that. Do they put public safety first, or do they put protecting their friends first? And I think the first time you have that sort of violent confrontation or violent protest, we'll see what their choices are. But I know many people are very, very concerned. Well, absolutely. Well, we certainly have turned a page. It's a new chapter and there'll be a lot to look over over these next two years as we run up to the 2028 elections. Henry Olson, thank you so much for joining us this evening. Thank you for having me on. And the Democrats holding the Senate seat in Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, he has, of course, defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's closely watched Senate race. And today's Washington correspondent, Jack Bradley, is following these results in Detroit. Jack, what does the victory mean for Democrats nationally? Hey, good evening, Kerry. Well, yeah, this was one of the most closely watched Senate races for this entire election cycle. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has defeated former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers to win Michigan's Senate seat. El-Sayed led 53 to 46 percent in the polls, and he'll become the first Muslim American elected to the U.S. Senate. Now, El-Sayed celebrated his victory late last night here in downtown Detroit, telling his supporters ...that his campaign was about... Economic challenges facing everyday Americans. Take a look. This movement for money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for all, I just want to thank you. They might have been pointing to my name and my faith, but we all know that my name and my faith aren't the reason you can't afford your gas. Not the reason you can't afford your groceries. Not the reason you can't see a doctor. Now, this race has really become a reflection of a microcosm of broader ideological divide. Within the Democratic Party, El-Said is considered more further to the left, more progressive than many of the congressional Democrats campaigning on policies that seem very socialist, like universal health care, abolishing ICE and ending arms sales to Israel. Now, as for Mike Rogers, following the results, he released this statement this morning saying, quote, I have met incredible Michiganders who want solutions, not division. We've worked to put a spotlight on literacy, affordable housing, manufacturing jobs, Detroit's food desert, and the troubling rise of anti-Semitism. Our work continues, and I remain hopeful that Michigan's best days are ahead. Rogers is a former FBI agent and a seven-term congressman who was the chair of the House Intelligence Committee. I spoke to voters here in Michigan just yesterday about what issues were driving them to the polls. Take a look. We don't want to be, no one's going to be take our taxpayer money for, you know, goes to overseas and killing all these children, bombing. So he said he's going to stop this. So I like that one. Is the Iran war swaying your vote? No, no, I think it was right to get in there. I wish we'd get out. But I do believe that those were evil people. They've always been evil. They hate America. You know, we gotta be the police sometimes. I don't like it, I don't like the money, I don't like the crapola, but we gotta do it. I think we could see it when we go shopping, right? Like, you know, for food, gas, work. We're sending billions of dollars overseas to help other people. I mean, why can't we help our country first? To me, what's important is that there's representation from Across the board. It's a melting pot. Michigan is a huge melting pot. For El-Said, this victory marks a major shift farther to the left wing of the Democratic Party. And he'll now head to Washington with a platform that could put him at odds with many moderate members within his own party. Kerry, back to you. All right. Thank you for that update, Jack. And as Democrats are set to take control of both chambers of Congress, what does that mean for the rest of President Trump's two-year term? Historian Victor Davis Hanson says losing a congressional majority can push President Trump to act more independently. He also weighs in on the media's treatment of President Trump and President Biden. Here's part of that conversation with Epoch Times senior editor and host of American Thought Leaders, Janja Kellek. Victor Davis Hanson, so good to have you back on American Thought Leaders. Thank you for having me. So, I have to confess, I wasn't familiar with the term shellacking until last night and today. So, Victor, what happened? That was an Obama term that he used in 2010 when he lost 63 seats in the House and I think nine Senate seats. It's very rare. Otherwise, for a president to pick up seats, what is unusual is the size of the tsunami. We don't know what we're speaking now the day morning. I'm in the morning after here in the West Coast, and we don't have all the returns from the Western states. But it looks like somewhere around 45 seats or more. And I think the the Republicans will lose seven to nine seats, depending on the ones that are out. What does that mean, and why did it happen? The easiest answer is, what does it mean? That means Donald Trump, if he's going to appoint a district circuit or Supreme Court justice or fire a cabinet member and replace him, he better do it in the next 70 days before the new Congress is sworn in in January, because they're not going to approve anything that he puts up that requires a Senate. nomination to be, you know, approved by the Democrats. That's number one. Number two, if it's down to 45 seats, he's got to make sure that he rides herd on that Republican 45 Senate, because if he gets too many people like Lisa Murkowski or renegades that join the Republicans, then they will have, in certain votes, a veto-proof Congress. And then history tells us, It's recent history. What does a president do when he's lost the House and Senate by wide margins? And the answer is pretty much what he wants to do. Bill Clinton, he worked with Gingrich, he got two more balanced budgets. He decided that he wanted to remove Milosevic and he said to the Republican Congress, I'm not even going to ask you for the authorization. And he bombed for 77 days to furor from the Republicans. And he was successful. So what I'm getting at, a lot of the lame duck presidents feel they're on bound and they have nothing to lose. They can no longer hurt their congressional majorities or minorities. They're going to be out in two years and they're going to executive order and veto their way domestically. And the imperial presidency operates as they wish. So I think as it applies to Donald Trump. He will try to get the Iran war over as quickly as possible and denuclearize it. And part of the reasons he lost tangentially here is he bombed for 38 days and had almost eliminated. Then they said, well, we have eight months. We have seven months. We have six months before the midterms. We have five months. We have four months. And they bomb talk, talk, talk, talk, talk with people you can't talk to. So he's going to have to... De-nuclearize them, hit Pickaxe Mountain if he wants to eliminate that threat. No ground troops, no nation building, but hit a lot of targets that will set them back eight or ten years and then leave the skeleton force, keep the Strait open and tighten those sanctions and go home. And gas will go down. And there's nothing the Republicans, the Democrats can do to help or hurt him on that. You know, the one thing that's different, I suppose, is that there's this whole media ecosystem that's committed to his destruction and continues to be that. That certainly wasn't the case for the other two presidents you mentioned. No, and that's a very good point because it really does explain, in part, the affordability issue. If we can go back in time to just four years ago, 2022, a very unpopular Joe Biden after 9.1% inflation in 2022 and the skedaddle from Afghanistan and the war in Ukraine given he gave the wrong signals, lost deterrence. So we were told a red wave is going to sweep the country and it looked like it would and it didn't. They only picked up nine seats. They got the house back barely. They lost a seat in the Senate and the red wave turned out to be a pathetic ripple. And so what was the reason? And why did the blue wave turn out to be a tsunami? So we compare the two situations, and there you get to the heart of what you said about the media. In 2022, the inflation rate that year was 9.1. This year, it may go to 3.4. It's almost only a third. If you look at per family income, it's $14,000 higher now under Trump than it was under Biden at that time. If you look at GDP, we have a much bigger third quarter GDP. If you look at the stock market, it's 20,000 points higher than it was in 2022. If you look at job creation, it's much better. If you look at the poverty rate, it's almost two points lower. So the economy actually is doing much better. So historically, things were much worse. And Biden was in the same place of being in the end party when traditionally he loses seats. And the economy was worse. And his personal approval was as dismal as Trump. And yet he survived it. And Trump got wiped out. You can watch that full interview with Victor Davis Hanson on Epoch TV tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. And how are voters feeling about the midterm results? NDD's Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in D.C. to hear from the people. Election results are in. Pretty big offsets. What's your reaction to the results? Water will seek its own level. We'll just see how it works out. We've been around a long time. The system will take care of itself. I don't like it. I wish we would have held on to at least one of the houses. I expected Michigan, but not Texas. I think the more conservatives were just laid back. You know, just let things go as they may because they didn't have to worry about it. And I think they really messed up. Not surprising. I mean, we knew that Democrats had a big, you know, were heavily favored last night. Both parties always say what they need to say to get elected. But what matters is what you do in the time that you're elected as, you know, how you govern. Do you think Republicans have been successful in sort of communicating their message to voters? I think they've tried to do their best, but what's hanging over them is the high inflation and they inherited a bad economy and they didn't turn it around enough probably to satisfy voters. I think that again we're very spoiled and unfortunately we might have to learn a hard lesson. I don't know I think they need to do a better job probably reaching out to the younger generation. From the younger Republicans that I talked to they are amazing they're passionate but I just don't know that they're reaching enough. What's your hope for the next Congress? Um, you know... I remember when Bill Clinton was president in 92, and the Republicans won Congress, both houses of Congress, historic, first time in 40 years, in 1994. And they passed a lot of things, and they worked together, and guess what? For four years, they balanced the budget. And that's what I would hope for, in an ideal situation, that they could work together and do some positive things for the country. Go across political parties and try to reach a good compromise to be able to help. I wish that we could work together and get things done and not be just a lame duck presidency and the Congress won't get anything done because he won't let it and they won't let they won't let him get anything done because they won't let it. And President Trump has proclaimed November 1st through the 7th as anti-communism week. The president signing the action on election day. Proclamation describes communism and socialism as threats to individual liberty, economic opportunity, and the rights of Americans. President Trump says the week is meant to honor the victims of those ideologies and renew the country's commitment to defending freedom. President warning that socialist, communist, and radical leftist ideologies are finding increased expression here in the U.S. The timing follows weeks of campaigning in which President Trump criticized Democratic candidates as socialists and communists. A wave of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America won primary elections across the country earlier this year. The proclamation carries no new legal requirements. The president issuing a similar declaration last year and has long voiced his opposition to communist and socialist agendas. And world leaders are weighing in on the midterms. Governments around the globe are reacting to the Democrats winning control of Congress. Taiwan says its approach to Washington has always been nonpartisan and it will keep expanding cooperation with the US. Japan says its alliance with the U.S. remains the cornerstone of its foreign and security policy, whatever the election outcome may be. European Parliament Vice President says she is cautiously optimistic that the result could strengthen support for Ukraine, but she says the European Union must keep working to stand on its own two feet. Meanwhile, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, he says that Americans had voted against hate Norway's foreign minister said the Democratic victories sent a clear message that Americans have had enough with Trump's Make America Great Again movement. And over in Iran, the regime's leader says U.S. hostility towards Tehran will not change with a shift in party control. And coming up, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, he is running for the Speaker of the House following his party's victories in the midterm elections. Getting prescription glasses from Select Specs is easier than you might think. Select your frames from our £6 range in-house brands or our extensive designer collections. Then enter, upload or email your latest prescription and our website will analyse it and help you select the best lenses and options to suit you. Click to place the order and your new Select Specs glasses are delivered right to your door. 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House lawmakers will vote for a new speaker when the new Congress convenes on January 3rd. And new clues in the deadly Florida jet crash. Federal investigators say a key part of the Learjet's tail was found miles from where it went down, showing that the plane began breaking apart in the air. All nine people on board were killed. For those not as familiar with aircraft components, the elevator is a control surface located on the tail, which controls the up and down pitch of the aircraft. Pieces of the left elevator were recovered between about one and four miles from the impact site in Green Acres. Investigators say it's still unclear whether the missing part caused the loss of control or it broke off during the steep dive. For the crash, the co-pilot radioed that ice was building up and that the jet was being tossed by severe turbulence inside a fast-growing thunderstorm. The NDSB expects a release of a preliminary report in about a month. And the Treasury issued sanctions today targeting what it called a vast criminal network, which is based in India. The latest sanctions coming amid U.S. efforts to cut off the revenue for the Iranian regime. According to the Treasury, this network has supported Iran's shadow fleet through a web maritime fraud. The department says the operations include providing false flags and fake certifications to sanction vessels involved in transporting Iranian crude. False flags and fake maritime certifications allow vessels engaging in illicit activity to evade international safety and environmental regulations. Treasury said it also sanctioned a Turkey-based company for its ongoing support of Iran's aviation sector. And that is all for today's evening news, though stay with us for our special coverage of the midterm elections that's going to be starting momentarily with Tiff and Paul. 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