in the post-trump era, the governor s race in virginia, polls have been closed an hour, the early results are showing. ralph north ham with 51% of the vote. ed anggillespie with 48% of the vote. too close to call, 43% of precincts in. if you look at a lot of bellwether precincts, at turnout projections, our own steve kornacki has been carefully looking at this, comparing apples to apples. right now ed northam appears to, in terms of turnout and margin, outperforming where he would need to be to the margins hold. encouraging early set of return for ed northam and the democrats after a lot of anxiety and wringing of hands about that race. we ll have more from virginia else and-where later in the show. we begin tonight with what has become a ritual for people closely associates with the president. long-time trump aide going to