as we do it in south carolina. you know, democracy is on the line. we have to be serious about this. i want my boys to be able to live in a better world than my grandparents lived in. if we continue to go down this path and not call the republicans out for the lies and the attempts to overthrow our democracy, then i can t be assured of that. so we have to do all that we can to make sure we fight back. again, democracy is on the line. heat is always welcomed here. any time you want to do that, you have an invitation. thank you for spending some time with us. much more to come. we ll look at some of the closing messages and the races besides virginia that we ll be watching and covering for you tonight and news expected this evening from the cdc. they re expected to finally give that final okay, the final hurdle for pfizer s covid vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 to start turning into shots in the arms of kids. it could happen as early as
on virginia s race for governor. polls there close in two hours, and right now, we re getting in the first exit polls a glimpse into this race that has both sides will concede, massive national implications. our friend steve kornacki will join us at the big board to break down the numbers in just a short minute. right now, here s what we know about the race. the battle between democrat terry mcauliffe and republican glenn youngkin has become a barometer for how each party will fare going forward and how to run in a post-2020, post-trump election where trump isn t actually on the ballot but his influence still looms large. nbc reports this, quote, a win tuesday by youngkin or anyone else on the gop ticket or even a close loss could reset the electoral calculus, if democrats are struggling here, what does that mean for other southern states like georgia or north carolina where the party has made gains by copying the virginia playbook, and democrats hope to defend or pick up senate seats
heading into this election with serious headwinds. you have to be realistic that if mcauliffe wins tonight by a point or two that everything is okay. it s not. the democrats lost house seats in 2020 winning virginia by ten points. to hold on to the house, you probably have to have a political environment next year where you re at least winning by ten points in states like virginia if not more. you know what s amazing to me, michael steele, is the difference between the republican base and the democratic base. youngkin is running on two lines. he s both for and against donald trump. he was he repeated the election fraud claims in the primary, contributed to his ability to run. he s now faux distancing himself from donald trump. trump did an event for him yesterday. the second lie is the one we ve been talking about, on day one,
being at the top of people s list, in terms of northern virginia coming out on election day and surpassing the 2017 numbers, that gives me some optimism for democrats. claire mccaskill, do you share that optimism when you see those top four issues, the economy the top issue. i think in excess of 30%. the next one, education. covid came in fourth. when you see that issue set, what do you think? it honestly concerns me. yeah. that those were the top issues. because i don t think i think the economy is such a mixed bag right now for most people living in a normal space. not inside, you know, the halls of congress trying to figure out when this legislation is going to finally get across the finish line. you know, i think another thing we haven t talked about here is the dynamic between these two candidates. there is a really valuable thing in politics today, which is a
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