Trump reacts to sweeping GOP midterm losses

Well, Democrats are still celebrating some big wins in this week's midterm election as Republicans debate over what went wrong. At the same time, both parties are preparing for a new era of divided government. Doug Luzader joining us now from Washington with a closer look at what's next. Good morning, Doug. Good morning. Not many signs of outreach between the president and Democratic leaders in Congress in the wake of this election as they prepare for the next two years. President Trump watching as a ceremonial beam is put in place as he constructs his new White House ballroom and deconstructs what happened on Tuesday, massive Republican losses despite dozens of rallies around the country. There was such love at those rallies, it was incredible. We weren't able to transfer the love to candidates. His vice president was more blunt, writing a post-election analysis that landed on this. The reason we lost is the war. And polling does indicate that along with the economy, the war with Iran may have been a big driver. Today begins the great American comeback. The Democrats still basking in the victories and promising to bog down the president's final two years. Whenever Trump defies the will of the American people or the law. We will launch investigations, take him to court and entangle him in legislative razor wire. But Democrats have their own internal leadership questions to sort out and that could expose divisions within the party. Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere ponder what's next, especially in 2028. Some likely contenders for the White House were trying to distance themselves from Tuesday's losses. This was a rejection of Republicans in Washington and Democrats just happened to be the beneficiary. Now, despite Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress next year, the president says he is not concerned at all about the possibility of another impeachment. Back to you guys. All right, Doug Luzader, live in Washington with the latest this morning for us. Thanks, Doug. 534 here this morning, and we continue taking a closer look at races here in Minnesota that were too close to call and are now likely headed to recount. In State Senate District 4, which covers Detroit Lakes and Moorhead, the Republican Austin Peterson beat DFL incumbent Rob Kupec by just four votes, so that will need a recount. Senate District 33, which covers Forest Lake and Hugo, that race still has not been called as of this morning. Republican incumbent Karen Housley is beating DFL. And in the state House District 32A covering Ham Lake and parts of Blaine, that race is headed for a recount. Republican incumbent Nolan West is beating Democrat Amanda Matchett by just 21 votes. Again, people, every vote counts. And especially true here in this next story, the Spring Lake Parks mayor race lands with a tie. This is there we go. There's the correct graphic. Both Robert Nelson and Halen Roth received 1401 votes. So now on Monday, the city council will canvas and survey the election results. If it's still a tie, they will conduct a random drawing to choose their mayor. That being said, a recount could still be requested. The Minnesota schools are getting some much needed financial help soon after voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to give more money to schools across the state. So one of the biggest takeaways here is this changes. This change does not put any burden on taxpayers. Funding for school districts will increase to around $101 per student. District leaders say this will go a long way. Incredibly important to our school systems and like everyone's budgets, every dollar matters. And so these dollars are incredibly important. And just to give a little context, when we look at what extra dollars will this generate for Owatonna schools, it's about 160,000. Ironically, our diesel increased costs this year are about 168,000. So Like I said, every dollar matters. We are incredibly grateful. We know what everyone's budgets are similar to at school. We are balancing doing the very best for kids While being the best possible stewards of our taxpayer dollars. Now before this amendment, school districts were only receiving about $68 per student from the Permanent School Trust Fund. And you can find all of our election coverage, including results and victory speeches for both Minnesota and Wisconsin. That's on our Fox Local app and also on fox9.com.