college. now i don t remember exactly what i was doing at 14, but i will tell you, i was not starting my own business. and ever since, terry has brought the same grit and determination to everything he s done. from public service to business to being a husband, to being a father of five amazing children. so the guy knows how to work hard. and he s persuasive. and terry knows what it means to lead. a lot of times you see candidates say one thing to one group of people and then they act a little bit different with another group of people. they don t seem sincere. they don t want you to know what they re really all about. but with terry, you don t have to wonder what he s going to be like as governor. you ve seen him. he walks the walk. doesn t just talk the talk. as your governor, terry kept virginia on the right track after the great recession. he helped create 200,000 jobs. drove unemployment down in every city and county in virginia. not just in the sections of northern virg
soon. this at a campaign rally for terry mcauliffe. it is a very tight race for governor there against republican glenn youngkin who s launching a bus tour across virginia at this hour. let s go to gary grumbach. reporter: hey there, alex, yeah, governor ralph northam is on stage now. when barack obama left office, he said he was not going to comment on every news story sh he was not going to endorse every campaign so the fact that he is going to be here today speaking in richmond with terry mcauliffe is sort of his vice president would say, a bfd, it s a big deal here. that s something the voters are really hearing and understanding as well because what happens in the state and the implications of this vote is going to have implications beyond just the borders of the commonwealth. here s what we heard about the importance of barack obama speaking at this event from voters this morning. whenever i hear him speak, i get so inspired, right, and it s like he speaks to people
now, i don t remember exactly what i was doing at 14, but i will tell you, i was not starting my own business. and ever since, terry has brought the same grit and determination to everything he s done, from public service to business to being a husband to being a father of five amazing children, so the guy knows how to work hard. and he s persuasive. and terry knows what it means to lead. a lot of times you see candidates say one thing to one group of people, and then they act a little bit different with another group of people. they don t seem sincere. they don t want you to know what they re really all about. but with terry, you don t have to wonder what he s going to be like as governor, because you ve seen it. he walked the walk. didn t just talk the talk. as your governor, terry kept virginia on the right track after the great recession. he helped create 200,000 jobs, drove unemployment down in every city and county in virginia. not just in the sections of northern virgi
Because he s already done it. he did it the last time. you know, there are times where you don t know. let s face it. when you elected barack obama, you re like, i don t know. that, that maybe you knew, but i have to say, i look at those, i look at some of that old footage, i m like, man, he looked really young. i can t believe they trusted him to do all that stuff. he looks like he s 25 years old. that was before the gray hair. some of you who are very young don t remember, but i used to have black hair. but, but with terry, you know. he s done it. and you know this about terry. he knows how to work hard. this guy is the energizer bunny. he does not sleep. he does not stop. he started his own business at the age of 14. paving driveways to help pay for
He did it the last time. you know, there are times where you don t know. let s face it, when you elected barack obama, you were like, i don t know. i mean, that the kid look. you know, maybe you knew, but i have to say, i look at those i look at some of that old footage and i m like, man, he looks really young. i can t believe they trusted him to do all that stuff. he looks like he s 25 years old. that was before the gray hair. some of you who are very young don t remember, but i used to have black hair. but with terry, you know. he s done it. and you know this about terry. he knows how to work hard. this guy is the energizer bunny. he does not sleep. he does not stop. he started his own business at the age of 14. paving driveways to help pay for college.