Democrats brace to take control of Congress after flipping dozens of Republican seats

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[0:00] News estimates the Democrats are closing

[0:01] in on winning 256 seats in the House

[0:04] while two remaining Senate races in

[0:06] Alaska and Mississippi are still too

[0:08] close to call. President Trump and

[0:10] congressional Democrats are trying to

[0:12] determine a way forward as they enter

[0:13] this new era of divided government. CBS

[0:16] News congressional correspondent Nicole

[0:17] Killian back from the campaign trail to

[0:20] her perch on Capitol Hill. So, what we

[0:21] can we expect from this new Congress?

[0:24] Well, I think we can just expect it's

[0:27] going to be a whirlwind quite frankly uh

[0:30] just because there are so many threads

[0:31] and storylines here uh as everybody

[0:34] digests the r

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