terry mcauliffe, in a state that joe biden won by ten points. let s dig deeper with jeff zellny and eva. jeff, this is a very tight race. what is terry anmcauliffe doingn these final hours? one of the things he s doing is trying to drive out the vote here in northern virginia. of course, president biden did carry the commonwealth last year by ten points. but it was in these counties outside of washington, d.c. that he won by so much more. in this county, he won about 68 or 69% of the vote. so what mcauliffe is trying to do is reach out to all of those voters who voted for joe biden last year and they may not be following this race. they may not be enthused about his candidacy, but they re trying to make the case to them, to all the democrats here, that they need to get out and vote tomorrow. this is not where mcauliffe thought this race would be
seems to be gaining momentum in this message. that s why he s doubling down on it. i ve been to several of his rallies. you speak to people there, they say this issue, that s what they care about. yeah, that s a good point. jeff, mcauliffe has been outspoken about the head winds he s getting from washington, d.c. how much is that factoring into this race? wolf, there s no doubt that president biden s lower approval rating here now in the commonwealth and indeed elsewhere is contributing to this sense of malaise among democrats. they ve seen a democratic divide in washington. unable to pass an infrastructure bill. unable to pass a broader reconciliation bill of those social safety net programs. so it s contributed to really a lack of positivity about the direction of the country. but beyond that, we should all point out the history of that, wolf. every election in virginia, they hold their governor s races a year after the presidential race, is often a referendum on
admitted they voted for donald trump in 2016 and will not be doing so next time. do you think they re making a mistake by underestimating what is happening in your kitchen and kitchens across ohio? oh yeah. yes. but don t tell them. reporter: there s little doubt some of the battlegrounds will be in suburbs across ohio and america. that s why democrats are trying to organize these pivotal women voters. the trump campaign is doing the same. just hours before the debate on tuesday, there s a women from trump event just miles from the democratic debate site. jeff zellny, cnn, columbus, ohio. the fourth presidential debate from the ohio tonight, 8:00 eastern time right here on cnn. president trump says he told president erdogan he wants immediate cease fire. this comes as the administration anoubss new
runs through ohio tonight as the 2020 democratic hopefuls take the stage for the next presidential debate. of course the president carrying ohio by 8 points. democrats not writing it off for 2020. jeff zellny explaining from the buck eye state. thank you, ohio. we love you, ohio. reporter: and ohio loved president trump back. his 2016 victory so convincing it begs the question of whether ohio has lost it s lore as a pivotal battleground. as presidential candidates descend on the stage, all eyes are on ohio. nan whaley is the democratic mayor of dayton. she says voters should hold president trump to his policies. a key issue after a mass shooting killed nine people and injured 27. i almost feel like hillary s
definiti definitive. i would say that his tweets speak for himself there. the president s statement via twitter today is extremely clear. i don t have anything to add beyond the statement itself. i think that statement speaks for itself. she could have said that today but she did not. that speaks for her and for itself. more now from the white house, cnn jeff zellny eny is at the w house. she did not stick out for president trump this time. reporter: repeatedly under asked again and again about this. she said the same answer, i can t guarantee that. she knew that would be the headline coming out of this that she can t guarantee this. think of all the radio interviews and thousands of hours of interviews that the president have done and all of