State. Well, the polls have closed in several states includes new jersey, massachusetts, what voters is a decided today offers an intryinging look at the parts. Governor races in new jersey and virginia, and six states have more than 30 battle measures ranging from a hike in the minimum wage, new taxes on the sale of marijuana, and 200 million bond issue to save the houston astro dome, and there are cities electing mayors like atlanta, detroit, houston and new york. Lets begin with the governor races, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said hes not concerned about lack of support from the states tea party republicans, and from the looks of the polls he has no reason to be. Christie is expected to win in a landslide over democrat barbara bono. We just heard that the Associated Press has just called the race for governor Chris Christie in the state of new jersey. But its been a different story in virginia why Terry Mcauliffe faced off against a conservative opponentopponent ken cuccine l
Homeless middle class people who lost everything choosing to live out of their cars instead of shelters, why that is creating controversy in one community. So when the judge says and a man who spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit is using music to share his story and help other innocent victims. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie, the largest mall in new jersey is the scene of the nations latest terrifying shooting incident and we learned a short time ago the lone gunman is dead and hundreds of people who hid in the mall last night are still there as police go store by store to make sure its secure and its still an active scene. It was at the westfield Garden State Plaza 20 miles from new york city and erika is there this morning. You are right, this remains an active scene and police are still sweeping through the massive mall making sure everyone has gotten out okay. What we do know is the body of the shooter is still inside of the mall.
An allnight protest on the Affordable Care act. Senator cruise and his allies have been added it for more than 16 hours now after taking the senate floor at 2 40 p. M. Yesterday. They have likened the ongoing embarrassing spectacle. As we take you to the latest, Congress Moves one day closer to a potential Government Shutdown. We are asking you for your opinion as to whether member should stick to their beliefs or be prepared to compromise. Give us a call this morning. Democrats call at if you are outside the u. S. , it you can also catch up with us on social media, on twitter and facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. Good wednesday, september, 25th. You can catch senator cruise over on cspan2. That is live until he yields the floor. The latest the yield is at 1 p. M. When a senate vote is scheduled to happen. We are going to take you through the latest this morning. We are going to hear from our viewers as to whether member should stick to their believe fs or look to a compromi
Tonight president obama will be taking questions at the organizing for Action Health care summit which is founded by folks who ran his campaign and hell meet with dallas volunteers helping americans sign up for the program. Obama care and online exchanges are playing a big role in tomorrows Gubernatorial Race in virginia. You can bet well be talking about obama care in next years midterms and 2016 president ial race and maybe even in 2028 when were doing the show from outer pace. From that we start with perry bac bacon, who will be with us when were doing the show from outer space. I got a nice email breaking down how Chris Christie doing so very well with blacks in new jersey, suggests how he may do in 2016 nationally, were talking about his getting 30 among blacks in new jersey. This is supposed to be a great number for the gop, but it is largely blacks because of decades of problem. Ari will dig into that. I want to dig into how latinos will fare and how theyll fare with white voter
It looks to be very, very close at this hour. Over the weekend, the chairman of the Virginia State Republican Party told politico that a ken kuchenell victory was in reach. If turnouts in the 30s, were going to win. If it gets higher up in fairfax county, say like 40 , its likely we wont win. Well, tonight in blue fairfax county, virginia, shortly before 9 00, he posted, we are at 44. 3 turnout. We will probably hit plus 45 . Virginia republicans were right. The lower the turnout in places like fairfax county, the better for their candidate. As it happens, though, that did not work out for them tonight. Joining us is steve carnaky. We saw an electorate in virginia that looked much more like 20 12 than in 2009. What we saw play out tonight in virginia was a repeat of Election Night in virginia in 2012, where in 2012, romney was leading in the state in all the returns that were out there, 8 00, 9 00, 10 00. Its those big counties, like loudoun, prince william, fairfax county, arlington,