And heres the theory. If you believe that voters in virginia voted for governor today with a wider message in mind, then tonight was a very bad night for the Trump Control Republican Party and a very good night for a Democratic Party in search of good news. Ralph northam, the democrat, is celebrating an easier than expected victory. He is governor elect of the Common Wealth of virginia defeating the republican ed gillespie, the former gop party chair now turned away in two major elections for senate and governor. While traveling halfway around the world, the president rushed to distance himself from gillespie writing on twitter from south korea that, quote, ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. And that is partially true. Gillespie didnt let trump anywhere near him but ran a campaign fueled and continuinged by trumpism. Heres a little bit of what northam said at his victory speech in the last hour. You know, it was said that the eyes of the nation are now
Donna brazil about her new book and the blowback by democratic leaders. And storm warnings. President trump gets bogged in. Cant make a surprise trip he wanted to make to the dmz. He speaks to kim jongun from their capital. Today i speak for all countries and all civilized nations when i say to the north, do not underestimate us and do not try us. Coming up here, former secretary of state Madeline Albright about the president s foreign trip and a lot more. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where democrats are celebrating and House Republicans are rethinking whether they want to even run for reelection next year. The party of trump took a thrashing from coast to coast with a skatatewide sweep in virginia, some rare democratic wins in rural pennsylvania, and even some democratic pickup in deep red georgia. Was this a real barometer for the climate ahead for the midterms or even the white house in 2020 . Joining me now is mike murray, political editor, and steve kornake, late nig
Ease trade practices. And north koreas brutal regime and refusal to stop its nuclear plan. Lets get down to ryan nobel. Whats on the line there . Reporter thats right, you put it very well. The president will have a number of beatings with leaders in the asia specific regions. Most of those will be behind closed doors. The most important event thatll take place out in public is the president s speech speaking to the Korean Assembly which will take place on tuesday, that happens to be election day in the United States. A couple of key races for a governor and virginia taking place at the same time. It will bell telling of what the president said to the korean government about how the United States plans to handle kim jongun and his regime. There seems to be much different approach from the United States policy and the policy of that new south korean president moon jaein. President moon has talked about opening up diplomatic ties of pyongyang. Hes looking for a goal of unification at som
The president agree to make the democrats document public . And state tv support. The russians side with President Trump in the memo controversy, claiming theres now proof of a u. S. Government conspiracy against him. Is this another example of moscows meddling . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news on the most gutwrenching day for the u. S. Stock market in years. The Dow Jones Industrials going into freefall and setting disturbing records along the way. The index ending the day down more than 1,100 points. This hour ill talk to democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First lets go to our Business Analyst Richard Quest. Richard, whats going on here . Its very simple, wolf. Having seen such sharp rises in the market, its not a surprise that a correction has now come along. Some would say its been overdue for many months.
Point lost ever. Futures on wall street rebounding after falling sharply overnight. We always have our chief financial correspondent here. Christine, how long could this last . It is continuing oversea ov. Lets see what is happening over jaes. It is relationship nliis it the globe. Dow futures turned lower again. They popped. They fell 700 points. It shows you how volatile it is. On monday, the dow lost 1,800 points. Monday was brutal. It shed 1,175 points. 4. 6 . That is a rebound from down here when it was 1,600 decline in history. This wipes on the the d s out t for the year. The jobs report on friday was a trigger. Strong wage growth. Wage inflation is good for workers, but bad for corporate profits. The fed reserve may have to raise rates faster than planned. The bond market has been telling for some time that things are changing. Bond yields move opposite to price. As neil p. Dougheryields go up. If you see a drop again today, there is no chance of a krooicrr panic. This is a cor