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Nationwide shift in political power ahead of the mid-terms? david spunt. were waiting to hear reaction from the white house and president biden. lets begin there on the north lawn of the white house this morning. what have you got? >> good morning. no reaction yet. we can tell you president biden is at the white house this morning but there are no public events on his schedule. were waiting for some reaction. i want to point out to our viewers quite a juxtaposition. 1:17 this morning president b...

Time that glenn youngkin was celebrating his victory. lets take a look at that. what do you make of this from the left side of the aisle? >> from the left side of the aisle? i think we have a lot of work to do. there isnt a democrat out there not worried about what will happen in the mid-terms. it looks like we will maintain the seat in new jersey, a huge fete for phil murphy, the first democrat to win reelection since 1977. thats a big deal. if you look at virginia as a microcosm that what migh...

Given yesterdays results, though, is there -- do you have any pause about what this could mean a year from now in the mid-terms if people dont want it and you pass it anyway? >> dana, i disagree with mitch mcconnell. thats a pretty self-serving statement by him. the polling ive seen suggests that americans even in this divided country with our toxic politics overwhelmingly support the build back better act. again, if there is a takeaway for democrats we need to get this work done. we need to sta...

Reed. a dominant performance for the braves. they set out to take the series in six games. if you were a kid growing up in atlanta, a teenager, all you knew was sports misery. the braves changing that. >> andy shols, thank you so much. thank you so much to all of you for joining us today. im jim scuitto. >> im erica hill. stay tuned. kate baldwin picks up our coverage next. [ music playing ] hello, everyone, im chris baldwin. we begin with breaking news, democrats are reeling after a rough ele...

Thinking. >> every four years when this election happens for governor of virginia it is 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. >> dana: if thats the case you add this. "new york post" writes that glenn youngkin showed how republicans can win. democrats face a crisis when it comes to what exactly theyll run on in 2022 when it doms a posi...

>> bill: right track/wrong track thing. indicator as well. well go through all this as we move forward. the question about police in america. not so fast in the whole idea about defunding. the voters in minneapolis have spoken. they delivered a major blow to that movement still ahead there and well take you there live. >> dana: terry mccauliffe losing despite bringing in democrat big guns. effect it could be in the mid-terms. what does it mean for president bidens agenda already hanging by a thr...

Move the social spending bill. moderates believe approving the infrastructure package could have boosted terry mccauliffe. expect sniping over the losses. the winners for now are moderates kyrsten sinema and joe manchin. >> to say you automatically signed off on things. when you say you signed off on things you ought to keep your word. i wont be a liar or make anyone else a liar. >> president biden is confident he will eventually get manchin on board. >> president biden: we have in this proposal...

Mid-terms. >> martha: van jones talks about these are voters who came to us in 2018. you look at the suburban voter who wanted everything from 2020, they wanted to calm down and wanted a steady hand leadership and a moderate leader. thats how joe biden presented himself at that point. it seems the voters in the suburbs said we have a lot of crazy stuff going in my school. i want to send my kids back to school. they lost a ton of learning. they dont feel like they are getting a steady hand of lea...

Thank you. >> were fighting for parents and students and teachers and our schools. >> double everybodys standard deduction and we are going to cut taxes on the retirement income of our veterans. >> dana: republican glean youngkin pulling an upset in virginias race for governor. voters broke for him in large part because he campaigned on kitchen table issues. the contest considered a bellwether for next years mid-terms. reince priebus. a youngkin win in virginia spells defeat for democrats in 202...

Something about moving forward with $3 or 4 trillion in more spending? >> i think thats an overread, bill, honestly. the polling i have seen is strongly suggests americans like whats in the build back better act. they like it far more than that senate infrastructure bill if you compare the two. so we need to deliver this. we need to do some things to start making a difference in peoples lives and then i think it will be a different story. >> bill: back to the second part of that question. what d...