What's next for Democrats after party regains Senate and House control
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[0:10] Hi everyone, I'm Vladimir Gutten
[0:12] >> and I'm Nancy Cordes. It's 11:00 a.m.
[0:14] here in New York City and we're
[0:15] continuing our special election
[0:17] coverage. CBS News projects Democrats
[0:20] will take control of Congress in
[0:22] January. And our latest estimate shows
[0:24] they are going to have at least 54 seats
[0:27] in the Senate and more than 250 seats in
[0:31] the House.
[0:31] >> This is a historic day, Nancy. As you
[0:33] know, Texas and Kansas have elected
[0:35] their first Democratic senator in
[0:37] decades. The party also flipped Senate
[0:40] and House seats all across the country.
[0:42] President Trump says he will accept the
[0:44] results and work with congressional
[0:46] Democrats, but he is also threatening to
[0:48] use his veto [music] power. About half
[0:51] an hour ago, the vice president weighed
[0:53] in about the midterms on X. And this was
[0:56] really eyeopening. He wrote in part,
[0:58] quote, "The reason we lost [music] is
[1:00] the war." The president himself said so
[1:03] last night. "If you'd like to argue it
[1:05] was worth it, [music] that losing the
[1:07] Senate for the next six years was worth
[1:08] it, then do so. argue it was a
[1:11] worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or
[1:13] disagree, that's at least honest.
[1:16] >> It's a [music] very curious tweet from
[1:18] >> It sounds Vlad like he's saying he does
[1:20] not think that it was worth it, which is
[1:22] really stunning to hear from someone who
[1:25] has been championing this war and the
[1:28] reasons for it for half a year now.
[1:29] >> So Nancy, you know this, first of all,
[1:31] it's so great to have you here uh with
[1:33] me uh on this day. You've been up for
[1:35] like 24 hours, so I I appreciate it and
[1:37] so