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0 sally kohn. thank you for joining us. good evening, rachel. thanks to my friends for joining us this hour, as well. for a hot minute in the commonwealth of virginia, not long after the civil war there was a political party called the readjuster party. the democratic party, which was conservative and racist, at the time had been the dominant force in virginia politics for a long time. they were always opposite the republican party or the whig party, depending on the year. but at the other moment, the party challenging the democrats and in fact winning the governorship of virginia, it was no...

0 the democratic party, which was conservative and racist, at the time had been the dominant force in virginia politics for a long time. they were always opposite the republican party or the whig party, depending on the year. but at the other moment, the party challenging the democrats and in fact winning the governorship of virginia, it was not the whigs or the democrats, it was the re-adjuster. i bet there was a thesis of the lost re-adjuster party. i bet i could just google it. he made history, not just because his strange, now forgotten party won that high office. he made history because h...

0 the democrats had a huge turnout advantage over the republicans that they would have had in a presidential year. democrats were plus-7, when president obama got elected last year. and they were there. last night, when terry mcauliffe won the governorship. if you get presidential election type turnout in virginia, from here on out in all of their elections, republicans will never win again in that state. look specifically at the african-american turnout. when the republicans won that governorship back in 2009, the black turnout was 16%. when president obama was on the ballot last year, black ...

[ laughter ] >> anna: i sure roger is not watching you right now. one minute after the hour. we're going to get right to your news headlines. sudden lightning storm in miami injured two men, leaving a third man dead. they were pressure cleaning a tractor-trailer when the storm moved in. they took cover under the truck, believing it would protect them. >> one of the gentlemen that was outside came to tell me one of them was hit. >> anna: the injured men are in stable condition right now. it's not clear if they were directly struck by the lightning or if it hit the tractor-trailer. the fifth t...

our top story. syrian government troops have been celebrating. asaad's forces tried to recapture this strategically important town. after some of the most intense fighting of the war so far, they have. -- rockets fired have hit near the stronghold. .> the dust has not yet settled explosions could still be heard from the lebanese fight at the border. -- fighting has continued. rebels say they lost the battle but not the war. here are a few kilometers inside lebanon, the shia community is celebrating. his pictures waved hi along with .he hezbollah syrian flag >> we're going to celebrat...