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nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. gillespie, an aid to george b. push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. if he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. let s get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. steve what do we know? well, it was 7:00. the polls closed in new jersey. we were an hour away. as you just showed. we have no actual votes in just yet. what can we show you from the exit polls? let s look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. first of all, see if we can call up the areas. okay. that should call it up. here we go, the trump factors, starting in virginia, the president, his approval rating, clocks in at 43%, by comparison, last time they ....
Just two weeks ago, we saw asians killed in california. a week later, we see police brutality in memphis. we re like, okay, what s next, like we re watching the countdown to the super bowl rather than a real erosion of where we are in this country in terms of our values and our morals. all right. as we saw the assault on paul pelosi and, you know, the video is horrific, just as we go to break, want to take another look at the graphic of all the people who jumped to make fun of an 82-year-old man having his head bashed in, who is still recovering today. take it in. take it in. these names, these names put out depraved disinformation. brought to you probably by the example set by donald trump. you see his name on the list, as well. he was front and center with it. why does it matter? ....
We all drink deeply from wells of freedom and liberty that we did not dig. this is the moment in america where we need a leader that inspire us to get up and fight again, that we have truly a moral moment in america like it was back in 1965. if you give me a chance to lead, i will cause what john lewis says is good trouble. keep me on this race. it is time we fight and fight together. the senator from new jersey as the great john lewis looked on from the audience tonight, cory booker standing by live with chris matthews. chris? thank you, brian. romance. i m a romantic. i know you are by listening to you about what can be done with a political life. you re looking at john lewis and what he did, his face bashed in, his head bashed in, and now he is all these years later an icon of our country. you believe in that stuff. oh, that s why i m here. god, those were leaders that called to the moral imagination of this country and made us understand, black, white, ....
About what can be done with the political life. looking at john lewis, what he did. his face bashed in, his head bashed in, and now all these years later he s an icon of our country. you believe in that stuff. oh, that s why i m here. god, those were leaders that called to the moral imagination of this country and made us understand. black, white, whatever. we have common cause and we have to fight for justice. even if it s not directly affecting you that s what we need right now. but that s aspirational. people say you re aspirational like obama was. but aspiration, it s 2019. why won t aspiration and hope and we can do a better job and we can make it in this country, it s not nostalgia, it s optimism. why isn t that grabbing people? right now it s happening for jimmy carter is polling at 1%. talked about decency and he eventually won. bill clinton talked about hope. he s polling at 4%. he eventually won. barack obama this day in his race in 2007 he was 21 points behind hillary ....
Sort of the fear that it would impact the campaign in any way, was very real, very present among the fbi investigators. and they went really out of their way to keep this a close hold until after the election. and that is sort of goes against this presidential narrative over the last year that the fbi has been out to get him, this is somehow a bashed in, pro-clinton propaganda bending every rule in sight to personally attack him. what we actually see increasingly is that the fbi did just the opposite. carrie, garrett, thank you for being with us, appreciate it. thank you. stepping forward, an anonymous source now reveals why michael cohen s bank records were leaked. we ll tell you the reason why just ahead. plus, a reality check this morning. u.s. officials say that is how the president is viewing kim jong-un s threat to pull out of the historic summit. and a red alert in hawaii, noxious gas, steam, ash and lava spewing still from the kilauea ....