Report and then brett mar. sean: don t miss it, pop your corn. virginia and new jersey, you saw the ballot measures, defund the police. a lot to watch for. we have it all tonight on fnc, america reports with john roberts and sandra smith now. sandra: a fox news report. the first major test of how voters feel about joe biden s presidency is unfolding in a high takes governor s race. hello and welcome to new york. john: i m john roberts in washington. the nation watching to see if
Republican can defeat his opponent. sandra: we have fox team coverage to kick things off. dan standing by with analysis from the wall street journal. mike taking a look at education s role in this race. live from the mcauliffe campaign. john: we begin in chantilly, virginia. alexandria, get us going. john this morning, youngkin told us when he got into this thing he had a name recognition of 2%. now his name is one of the top trending items on twitter. he made a stop at a polling place in fairfax county and even stopped to play only basketball, even in the rain. he spoke to the energy his campaign has gained and that was evident at the rally he held last night in loudoun county where hundreds of supporters gathered in what s one of the most talked about districts in
I m sandra smith. a packed hour new at 2:00 and virginia is likely to serve as a road map for republicans to retake power in washington, d.c. my opponent clearly stated that he doesn t think parents should have a role in their children s education. the main reason, folks, i m running, i want to build the best education. i want every child to have a world class education. the key moment of this campaign is when terry mcauliffe told the truth. it used to be said all politics are local. i would argue no politics are local. when you look at some of the political wins here in washington, that is impacting the race. there is no greater contrast than these two divisions. biden won this state by 10 points. this race shouldn t even be close. sandra: bret baier and martha mccullum joins us live.
sandra: martha, noting on the screen right now a polling place in fredericksburg, virginia. we ve been showing virginia beach as well. we have hours to go, and to your point, martha, that s what youngkin told us this morning. what s been key as far as your messaging there in the state knowing the environment, political environment that we re in, the covid environment that is for the schools and parents. he said i ve spoken my mind and listened to parents on the ground. believes that s why he s covered such substantial ground and has such momentum in this race in. an op ed on fox news this morning he said that empowering parents is paramount. it s been arguably just a simple message that he s gained so much more momentum in that state. i think parents over the course of covid have been through a lot, obviously, and one of the things that they have
Candidates, senate candidates, gubernatorial candidates from the republican party across the country should be forcing this issue. sandra: it s such a good point because if this turns out to be the winning issue for youngkin there in virginia, you fast forward to the midterm elections in 2022 and you wonder just how big this issue becomes at a national level. final thought, dan? what s going on here with terry mcauliffe and that education issue is directly related to the reality that the teacher s unions are a primary part of the democratic base and there is no way a democratic candidate can get on the wrong side of the teacher s unions which explains why mcauliffe puts himself in opposition to parents on this. again, democratic candidates are being put in an extremely difficult position because of their base right now and the teacher s unions are a big part of that. sandra: great setup for all of us who will be watching