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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Wednesday 4 November 2026 · 15:00 GMT · 30m · 2 stories · 6 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (91%)
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A US politics-heavy bulletin led on the Democrats winning control of both chambers of Congress, a story that ran for 27 minutes 25 seconds. The Republican fallout, led by Ron DeSantis calling the losses close to an extinction-level event, took 14 minutes 12 seconds. The first item filled almost two-thirds of the running time, with both stories drawn from US politics.
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- 4:33
- 6:48
Donald Trump, President
- 8:44
Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor
- 25:42
Chuck Schumer, incoming Senate majority leader
- 29:01
Randy Manner, retired us national guard major general
- 1:36 Story begins Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
- 4:53
Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Trump attributed Republican losses to his absence from the ballot in an interview with Fox News.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 4:53-5:03
- 6:53
Contested quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
buckle up. Well following those results Donald Trump spoke to Fox News. Well I say this congratulations to the Democrats they did a good job they've been looking for this one for 11 years and they finally got it but I don't view it as a hit on me I think we've done a we've had the greatest two years in the history of the presidency in terms of the economy in
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 6:53-7:00
- 7:00
Contested quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
11 years and they finally got it but I don't view it as a hit on me I think we've done a we've had the greatest two years in the history of the presidency in terms of the economy in terms of all the things that we've done Democrats did a good job I really do I think they did a good job they fought hard they were you know they've been fighting for a …
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 7:00-7:10
- 8:44
- 8:51
Claim DeSantis calls Republican losses close to an extinction-level event
DeSantis said Republican losses in many parts of the country were close to an extinction-level event.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 8:51-9:03
- 9:10
Claim DeSantis calls Republican losses close to an extinction-level event
DeSantis said Florida was the only one of the 10 largest states where Republicans would control state government.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 9:10-9:25
- 10:49
Claim DeSantis calls Republican losses close to an extinction-level event
Democrats were expected to begin January with 56 Senate seats and as many as 258 House seats.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 4 November 2026, 10:49-11:04
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