Democrats near historic levels of power in the House

Democrats, who have won their largest majority in the House in nearly 20 years, are on the verge of exceeding the 257 seats at the start of Barack Obama’s presidency and the 258 at the start of Bill Clinton’s tenure. They’ve already flipped over 40 seats.

CNN’s John Berman has the latest vote counts and CNN’s Audie Cornish and the CNN This Morning “group chat” discuss the midterm elections fallout. Also, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with former Obama official Van Jones about the coming Democratic agenda.

0:00 Democrats lead in 261 House races
1:22 Newly elected House Democrats speak out
4:32 GOP strategist assigns blame to Trump
5:37 Jon Stewart on what Dems’ need to do next
8:44 Van Jones reacts to midterms: “We’re on a different planet”

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