IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

WE START TONIGHT WITH NEWS THAT

DEMOCRATS WILL KEEP THEIR

MAJORITY IN THE U.S. SENATE.

LAST NIGHT IN NEVADA, INCUMBENT

SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ-MASTO

WAS DECLARED THE WINNER IN HER

RACE AGAINST REPUBLICAN ADAM

LAXALT.

AND WITH 50 SEATS SECURED IN THE

SENATE NOW, DEMOCRATS STILL HAVE

A CHANCE TO ADD TO THEIR

MAJORITY IN GEORGIA'S RUNOFF

ELECTION NEXT MONTH.

FOR MORE ON WHAT THIS WILL MEAN

FOR CONGRESS AND THE BIDEN

AGENDA, WE TURN TO OUR LISA

DESJARDINS.

IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

LISA, WE'VE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT

BIDEN AND FROM SENATE MAJORITY

LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER.

WHAT DOES RETAINING SENATE

CONTROL MEAN FOR THE PARTY AND

THEIR AGENDA?

LISA: PRACTICALLY AND MEANS THE

NEXT FEW MONTHS OF LAME-DUCK

WILL BE A LOT EASIER FOR

EVERYONE.

DEMOCRATS FEEL THEY DO NOT HAVE

TO RUSH THROUGH THE REST OF

THEIR AGENDA BEFORE POSSIBLE

CHANGE OF POWER BECAUSE THEY

WILL STAY IN POWER.

IN ADDITION, THEY BELIEVE THIS

HELPS THEM IN GEORGIA.

LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THAT RACE

STANDS.

YOU CAN SEE RAPHAEL WARNOCK

WINNING BY ABOUT 35,000 VOTES,

BUT EVERYONE KNOWS IT IS GOING

TO A RUNOFF.

DEMOCRATS THINK NOT ONLY DOES

THIS HELP THEM FOR MOMENTUM FOR

THAT RUNOFF AND IS EVER, BUT IT

TAKES AWAY MOTIVATION FOR

REPUBLICANS.

NO LONGER CAN HE SAY TO VOTERS

IN GEORGIA THAT THEY WILL CHANGE

THE SENATE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT.

SO DEMOCRATS FEEL EVEN BETTER

NOW ABOUT THE RACE IN GEORGIA.

GEOFF: SPEAKING OF, SENATE GOP

LEADERS ARE PUSHING FORWARD WITH

PLANS TO HOLD LEADERSHIP

ELECTIONS THIS COMING WEEK, EVEN

AS A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS ARE

CALLING FOR A DELAY GIVEN THEIR

UNDERWHELMING PERFORMANCE IN THE

MIDTERMS.

LISA: RIGHT NOW THOSE REPUBLICAN

LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS ARE STILL

SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY.

SO FAR THERE IS NO VIABLE

ALTERNATIVE TO MITCH MCCONNELL.

WE WILL KEEP WATCHING THIS BUT I

THINK THIS IS CLASSIC

FINGER-POINTING.

THERE WILL BE A ROBUST FAMILY

DISCUSSION.

I HEAR BUT I DO NOT SEE A THREAT

TO MITCH MCCONNELL RIGHT NOW.

GEOFF: WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH

THE HOUSE COUNT?

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, DEMOCRATS

STILL HAVE A SLIM PATH TO THE

MAJORITY EVEN THOUGH BALLOT

COUNTING TRENDS FAVOR THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY.

LISA: THESE ARE RACES CALLED BY

THE AP.

DEMOCRATS HAVE 204 SEATS,

REPUBLICANS HAVE 211.

20 SEATS ARE REMAINING AND THEY

ARE SPLIT RIGHT NOW IN WHO IS

WINNING.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,

REPUBLICANS WOULD GET ABOUT 221

SEATS.

BUT THESE ARE MOSTLY CALIFORNIA

RACES, VERY SLOW, AND IT HAS A

LOT OF IMPLICATIONS.

KEVIN MCCARTHY, THE TOP

REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE RIGHT

NOW, HAS THE VOTES TO BE

SPEAKER.

IT IS CLOSE.

WE ARE STILL WAITING TO SEE

EXACTLY WHO WILL