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>> what time does the debate start? >> reporter: 7:00 p.m. it will coincide interestingly with something else. >> yeah. they will be up against the guardians. good luck getting clevelanders to watch that debate. let me wrap this up, kristen, by asking about former president obama. biden has been out there talking about the economy, what he believes his administration democrats have accomplished. obama remains most popular democrat. hes going to georgia, michigan, wisconsin. but when i look at re...

Wave, but republicans dont need a wave to win the chamber. when they do, itll get to the internal questions of, is mccarthy going to be the leader? how much power are the far right factios of the house going to have? >> lets talk about the democrats who absolutely have momentum on their side. you mentioned it, president bidens approval rating, though still in the 40s, is up five or six points from where it was not too long ago. theyve had a string of recent accomplishments and legislation signed...

Senate and a narrowly controlled house. theyll point to republican extremism, whether its the overturning of re v. wade, anti-democracy sentiments on the gop side. the closing message is, our side is delivering. the other side is pushing extreme and unpopular policies. >> all right. "insider" senior politics reporterpetetta. this week is going to display democrats on the offensive. biden with a number of wins. the president playing a backseat role to this, deferring to legislation. hes a man of ...

Most attention, youre seeing a lot of money being spent on is that race for democrats to determine who is going to take on florida governor ron desantis. hes a governor who is popular in this state, approval ratings above 50%. hes built a $130 million war chest to take on whoever the democrats nominate. you have both of the candidates framing their final pitches to votes around ron desantis, saying that they are each the biggest candidate or the best, the strongest candidate to go ahead and take...

Been there many years. thats a factor in this. >> when you look at barnett slipping, she was sort of both boyd and perhaps complicated by the closing message that tied back to january six, and more and more scrutiny of the commons that she made attacking minorities. you have the sense at this hour of how thats playing? is she underperforming as someone would call a surge for the cell for the crime supermarket candidate? >> it was always really difficult to tell what that surge was going to be, b...

That austins closing message was that the hypersonics, theyre absolutely serious. we need to focus on this. he said we are distracted now by russia, but china is the real threat. >> and how much money is this going to cost the united states? >> a lot of money. the fiscal year 2022 budget committed about $3.8 billion to hypersonic research. but the real issue is not just funding this technology, its also funding the infrastructure to test this technology. one of the big issues that came up at thi...

But these will -- all these things will be litigated if they are actually enacted and executed. and those are the two things. because we are going to have to show -- we are going to have to vote out people who dont believe in democracy. and we are going to have to litigate the efforts to overturn the will of the people. >> i want to get you on your decision to get out. and i want to get to brians closing message. i have to sneak in a quick break first. dont go anywhere. break first. dont go anyw...

Around richmond. they like what theyre seeing in loudoun county. ive talked also to loudoun county officials, they say it has not been 2017 levels yet. heres one of the things that is really critical here to talk about. weve never seen an election quite like this. post-pandemic, early voting, weve never seen in a more normal election, and the guy here told me who is running this precinct said a lot of folks are still working from home. will we get the after-work rush? will we get the after-dinne...

Four years when this election happens for governor of virginia its a tight election, its a close election, and it is a bellwether for what happens in the rest of the country. >> what happens in virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 2024 and on. >> reporter: now, mcauliffe really also ramped up the pressure on glenn youngkin tonight. and whats particularly interesting also about virginia is that typically this race goes to the party that is not in power in washington. one ex...

Implications of this race. take a listen. >> now, you all know that every four years when this election happens for governor of virginia its a tight election, its a close election, and it is a bellwether for what happens in the rest of the country. >> what happens in virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 2024 and on. >> reporter: now, mcauliffe really also ramped up the pressure on glenn youngkin tonight. and whats particularly interesting also about virginia is that typica...