the speech in the building behind me again, not a victory speech, almost an apologetic speech to the people who had gathered here. saying, sorry, we can t celebrate yet. he had emphasized the importance of counting every vote. so we ll see what his message is on that point later tonight when we hear from the governor. mj lee, appreciate it. thanks. perspective now from former republican congressman from virginia. also, former new jersey republican governor whitman. did you think this race in new jersey would be this close? and what does that and the results in virginia tell you? well first of all, i don t think anybody expected it to be this close. we expected it to be close because traditionally, democrats even though they have a million-vote plurality in registered voters in the state they have been lazy in the off-election years and it wasn t since my election in 1993 which was the first time an incumbent governor had been defeated in a general election, no democrat has wo
are totally safe. there is a lot we can do as americans. we have the ability to effect these kinds of decisions and people need to get engaged in their various states to call for that kind of reform. governor whitman, really fascinating. congressman scott riddle, thank you so much. really appreciate it. coming up next, how democrats of both ends of pennsylvania avenue are reacting to the republican resurgence. zbljts also, a progress check on the still-unaccomplished legislative agenda that maybe would have made a difference. later, we will ask the surgeon general about the newly approved covid vaccine for young children but also the grim milestone we just researched, 750,000 deaths, three-quarters of a million american lives lost since this whole nightmare began. (man 1) we re like yodeling high. [yodeling] yo-de-le-he. (man 2) hey, no. uh-uh, don t do that. (man 1) we should go even higher! (man 2) yeah, let s do it. (both) woah! (man 2) i m good. (man 1) me, too. (man 2) mm-hm
under the trump administration and christine todd whitman, the former republican governor of new jersey. governor, let s talk about some names. in the end, republicans or a new party that was the republican party need to put somebody up to run for president. and you look at some of the sensible names in the republican party that may make sense on paper, but do they do they manage to overcome a donald trump, a mitt romney, a jush jeb bush, a jon huntsman. i spoke to avon mcmullen on friday night. what kind of being do you think about that leads this new party, so one day republicans and conservatives can actually have a candidate that they can be proud of who might be president of the united states? first of all, i m concentrating on this next election cycle, which is what we re really focused on, but i want someone who believes in the rule of law, who supports the constitution, who understands that our democratic republic is
trump in the months following. as the republicans continually lose their foothold in the party and elections less than a year away, they are testing out a new strategy with voters. it s written by two prominent former public officials, quote, rational republicans are losing the republican civil war, and the only way to get back is for all of us to team up on key political races with our long-time political opponents, the democrats, end quote. joining me now are the authors of that new york times piece, miles taylor, former chief of staff in the trump administration, and teresa whitman, former governor of new jersey. thank you for being with us to both of you. governor whitman, let me start with you. at some point this feels like an intellectual exercise, right? conservatives saying we have to beat donald trump, we have to