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Consecutive presidential cycles. they have a history of electing whichever party did not win the white house to be governor. as was the case this particular time. you look at other states that are blue states where republican governors are doing very well. the state of massachusetts, charlie baker is the most popular governor in the country right now. larry hogan in the deeply blue state of maryland is the second-most popular governor in the country. i think the politics for this particular race were specific to that state as is the case with state and local politics in most cases. >> dave? >>...

>> he's not. >> he looks weird, acts weird, does weird things. but in terms of being a thuggish, brutal dictatodictato quite rational. he's going over with carrots and sticks, trying to give the guy an off-ramp to avoid nuclear war, avoid a greater escalation to the trouble they're causing in the region, sticking to the themes he's talked about throughout the campaign and his presidency. china is the big dog in the region, nothing is going to happen without china on board. and they love to go to the u.n., they love to pass these grandiose resolutions about human rights. you can't be in favor o...

Democrats are riding a wave of anti-trump sentiment through victory in virginia. ralph northam won the governorship over ed gillespie. democrats won races for lieutenant governor and attorney state general and appear poised to take a majority in the virginia statehouse. democrat phil murphy will be taking the state's top job which was held by chris christie, beating out the current lieutenant governor who was dragged down by dismal ratings for governor christie. thank you all for sticking around. thank you for being with us. john, the democrats say the governor's race was a referendum for dona...

Jinping, and you can prove it because we had dinner inside the forbidden city. china is definitely engaging in showing donald trump a good time, showing him that he's respected here in china, and they're hoping that that will have an impact on what they're able to accomplish from a diplomatic stand point. it's also worth noting, john, that xi jinping is doing that for his own domestic political audience as well, saying he can have dinner a place where emperors once ruled china. we know xi jinping has consolidated more power than any other chinese leader since chairman mao. xi jinping putting h...

Strategy he devices should be for donald trump jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story. they wanted to be truthful so their account couldn't be reputed later. but with the president's direction the plan has changed. joining us in los angeles for more on this former l.a. counsel woman windy crew. and john philips. thank you guys for being with us. one of the reporters at "the washington post" that spoke to cnn. he brought this story which is causing a bombshell at this point. listen. >> early on our reporting shows that advisers to the president and the president's inner circle rec...