senate, this this same county a couple years ago he was competitive. let s move here to how den county a couple years ago. he was tied in this county just a couple of years ago. he got whipped tonight. this is a message to republicans. this is a message because if you look at ed gill less pea s numbers tonight in the washington, d.c. suburbs they look nothing like his numbers just a few years ago. but they look a lot like donald trump s numbers. the republicans had a problem in the suburbs. it hurt them tonight. john king, thank you very much. now i want to bring in our cnn white house correspondent jim acosta, who is in south korea trafrlg with the president. jim, good evening to you there. first, what s the reaction to the president to the election results here at home? well, don, as you might expect the president did put out a tweet. he almost threw ed gill less pea
let me ask you this. a couple of weeks ago ed gill gillesp gillespie, who dpaf a tough race a couple of years ago, mark warner. in a republican year. he s a serious political leader, figure in the party. he said he wouldn t answer a public question. what do you think of robert e. lee. now he s embracing the stat use. he s saying it is an issue. what has changed in this party, this election dynamic where a guy that was afraid of an issue, so cultural, now sits on the other side. i think it s a sign of political weakness. he has recognized he has not succeeded in unifying his base. he had a very contentious party and he almost lost. toy a real right winger. he has amnesia. he won t let him in the state. in northern virginia. i don t know who he is and who you re talking about. he wants the stat use down. here s a kid from southern
loretta lynch called him and threatened him with his freedom if he violated the nda. now i ve never heard of an nda that had a criminal penalty for violation. they won t show him a copy of it. bill: the president taking to twitter saying this. uranium deal to russia with clinton help and obama administration knowledge is the biggest story that fake media doesn t want to follow. later next hour we ll follow it when we talk with that attorney, victoria toensing, you just heard from. she will join us in 30 minutes. stay tuned for more. sandra: a stunning new warning out of the homeland security department. why we are now learning that terror groups like isis are trying to plan a 9/11 style terror attack. details on that next. bill: a hot governor s race in virginia heating up in a high stakes race that will have implications for the trump team and more. republican candidate ed gill
does michael steele have plans to step down? none at all. reporter: that s not happening? that s not happening. reporter: despite calls from republicans who are already weary. they spent $2,000 of committee cash in a hollywood strip club could be the last straw. i think a change at this moment would be a good thing. reporter: one jumped ship publicly. mr. chairman, mahoney wrote, do i need to remind you the republican party is supposed to be the conservative party. two better known republicans former white house advisers karl rove and ed gill eps pea are presenting american cross roads which some are calling a shadow rnc. the communications director says steele is trying to ease tensions by holding a conference call with rnc members. you have distractions you are dealing with?
ed gill he is poe to pull off the state. i think it shows us what we know. republicans holding congressional seats that hillary clinton won, i think 23, will have a tough time in the midterm elections. there are competitive races for virginia. virginia is a state that hillary clinton won by five points. trish, explain this to me. there are two choices here. you can pull the president onboard who is endorsing you and giving you heat, or not. right. in other words you can t be middle of the road in this environment. this is what he was trying to do. he had the fairfax county voters he needed to bring onboard. while simultaneously bringing in trump s base. you can t have it both ways. you look at new hampshire. kelly ran to, you know regain her seat as senator there. that didn t fly she was also pulling a gillespie. she was trying to have her cake and eat it too. she wants the