Roy Cooper accepts voters' "job offer" in SBS midterm bulletin

Victory speeches give way to Trump's veto warning as Ben Lewis explains Democratic gains in Republican strongholds.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 320,290 views a day, 56 times a normal first day on this channel (5,750).

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0:03Democrats are projected to take control of both the House and Senate.
1:49Democratic victors deliver speeches across several states, including Cooper's acceptance of North Carolina voters' "job offer".
6:36Lewis examines Texas, Michigan and Maine, then covers Trump's response and emphasis on presidential veto power.
10:13Hoggard interprets the election results as a rebuke of the Trump administration's agenda.
12:57Ukraine is investigating clashes outside a military facility near Kyiv.
15:47Israel's election aftermath brings opposition coalition efforts and the difficulty of assembling a governing majority.

"And North Carolinians, I accept your job offer." Roy Cooper's victory-speech line gives SBS News' midterm bulletin a brief, conversational moment amid a much larger shift in Washington: projected Democratic control of both chambers of Congress.

The edition of The Headlines reached nearly 293,000 views in its first 20 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening for a regular video. A separate Short, "Blue wave sweeps the US midterms", also drew an unusually large audience for its format.

Anchor Catalina Flórez turns to chief international correspondent Ben Lewis in Washington to explain the results. The broadcast moves through Democratic celebrations across Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Michigan before putting the congressional leaders' responses side by side.

Mike Johnson tells Republicans he is disappointed but not discouraged. Hakeem Jeffries calls the result a moment in which America has won. Donald Trump's response points to the power he still holds: in a phone interview, he stresses the presidential veto.

Lewis then takes a closer look at Texas, Michigan and Maine. From Sydney, former Reagan and Bush White House official Kim Hoggard interprets the results as a rebuke of the Trump administration's agenda. That distinction gives the bulletin its central tension: Democrats have secured congressional power, while the president is already signalling how he could block their legislation.

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A different discovery todayVideo taking off 66x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel turns Idaho's state-gun vote into an attack adHis midterm monologue also gives Mike Johnson a Sarah McLachlan farewell before his assistant Natalie zips herself into a duffel bag.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 5, 2026

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The facts

Channel: SBS News
Subscribers: 655,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,181,721
Channel views, pace per day: 739,202 (on a normal day: 244,752)
Video published: November 4, 2026
Video views so far: 292,729 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 320,290

The numbers

The bulletin's opening was far above SBS News' usual start for regular videos. Its separate midterm Short also stood out against the channel's usual Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

5,750

this video

320,290

subscribers

655,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

314,571,520

views per day

739,202