Democrats swept the midterms. What comes next for the U.S., Iran and Israel?
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[0:00] Democrats are now planning to take
[0:01] control of Congress after a title wave
[0:03] of blue winds around the country
[0:04] Tuesday. And Republicans, they're asking
[0:07] what happened. President Trump is
[0:08] indicating he wants to work with
[0:09] Democrats during his final two years in
[0:11] office. But he's threatening to wield
[0:13] his veto pen.
[0:15] >> They want us to focus on again costs,
[0:20] chaos, corruption.
[0:21] >> It was an American tsunami.
[0:24] >> This is close to an extinction level
[0:26] event. It was a Watergate level
[0:30] repudiation.
[0:31] >> I'll get along probably with the
[0:32] Democrats unless they want to be
[0:34] destructive, but have the power of the
[0:36] veto.
[0:37] >> Let's bring in CBS News chief White
[0:38] House correspondent Nancy Cordez, who's
[0:40] back in Washington. We miss her already.
[0:42] She's everywhere. Um Nancy, the CBS News
[0:45] exit poll found 86% of voters indicated
[0:48] the war with Iran played a major factor
[0:50] in their vote. The president though, you
[0:52] know, he's been out there saying he'd do
[0:53] it again. Do you think the president
[0:55] would plan any changes following this
[0:57] this defeat?
[0:59] >> Uh none that he has suggested so far,
[1:02] Kelly, but you do have some Republicans,
[1:05] some bigname Republicans in fact, uh
[1:08] saying this war needs to come to a swift
[1:10] end. And they're not even stopping
[1:12] there. Uh you are hearing Republicans
[1:14] say that the tariffs were at fault for
[1:16] their big losses. Uh the fact that their
[1:19] party didn't focus enough on the cost of
[1:22] living. uh the fact that their party ran
[1:24] some bad candidates. Uh even uh you
[1:26] heard Ron DeSantis, the governor of
[1:28] Florida, say that um cand