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Waiting on youngkins arrival. >> great to see you, dan. thank you. joining me for more is "the new york times" national political correspondent. lisa, what are you watching most closely in virginia since, look, no matter what the outcome, the lesson will still be going into the midterms that its going to be a tough midterm for democrats? >> thats exactly right. democrats know theyre facing what is likely to be a tough election next year. the question is how tough. one thing ill be watching is tu...

Both sides will tell you its much closer than, that what you see from that, is where joe biden was ten points in virginia, a bluish purple state if you will, you will see some recession from, that from where biden was last november, that will be something democrats have to look at in terms of trying to reposition themselves a little bit for the. midterm and be on offense. boaters dont necessarily want to hear that theyre gonna keep things the same, or that youre going to change. them but they wa...

Less than 24 hours before polls open in virginia. terry mcauliffe and glen youngkin making their final pitches before they decide their next governor. >> the latest polling shows the two running neck and neck with many believing the race could be like many other races a preview for next years midterm. cnns washington correspondent is in arlington, virginia, this morning. mcauliffe has been associating youngkin with former president donald trump. trump put out a statement that the mcauliffe camp ...

Votes. >> so, mark, this is a state that biden won by ten. the governors race was not ultimately close in 2017. the fact that we are talking about this race at all a day before the polls close, how concerning should it be for democrats nationally and those in the old dominion especially? there are two forces at play. >> one is the energy, that republicans seem to be -- have all the energy behind them, our own national nbc news poll shows nationally, not just in virginia, republicans have an 11-p...

Base. what are democrats giving their base to be energized and were going to give you bridges and roads maybe? i do think this is sort of a bellwether. throw polling out the window because you remember northam, when he got more votes than anyone in the history of the governors race of virginia. the polling was about 2%. this is all about what the electorate looks like on election day. and if you tell me that on election day that 22% of the electorate is african-american, that 55, 56% of the elec...

Know, things dont really happen on capitol hill. but before theres a midterm, theres a virginia governors race come tuesday. voters have hours left to choose their next governor. the republican candidate said he has the momentum but democrats say hes too extremist. >> extremism can come in many forms, it can come in a mob raid and assault the capitol t can come at a smile and assault in a police vest. whats the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? its neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®...

>> the big thing too is what comes next? the white house said the president is committed to paid family leave. midterms are not looking particular promising for democrats. he could effectively become a lame duck president. they have the narrowest majority. he did signal in the cnn town hall he may be open to a filibuster. so a lot of republicans are looking to see if and when they pass these bills are they going to move forward on paid family bill and tuition and college and other things like po...

Million early votes cast already in the state of virginia. lets get to the poll numbers. what do you think should be most concerning to the president? is it the 42% approval rating or is it the 72% of americans who think the country is heading in the wrong direction? >> yeah, i think, look, its concerning to him that hes not losing republicans he didnt have to begin with. those numbers are going down because hes losing some democrats and independents. those are the people that he has traditional...

To the mcauliffe campaign. top leaders say a loss for mcauliffe would mean a dooms day scenario with political analysts saying this race could have major implications for next years midterm. rich edson, whats going on. >> reporter: this is the richdale suburbs. stanburger won this district by a narrow margin in 2020, also back in 2018, so its an evenly divided area west of richmond. mcauliffe is coming to the richmond suburbs, hes going to go to northern virginia later today. then he will you hi...

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