different politics. he said, quote, we need more balance and less extremism in washington. it s really getting down to the wire. this is one race that is becoming more competitive than expected is the race for new york governor right here in new york state where we are. incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul with a slide lead over zelden. vice president harris, former secretary of state hillary clinton lending their support to a get out thele vote rally. the former secretary of state was on the stho yesterday speaking about this. kathy hochul joins us live. we real appreciate you joining us this morning. i ve been covering and living in new york for a long time. it is surprising the race is this close. why is this race so close, governor? are you concerned?
and the fbi. then you saw the attack in cincinnati and you saw the reporting about the nuclear potentially having nuclear documents. since then they ve been shifting to now oversight, we need to do oversight of this agency. we need to he can declassify documents if he wants. interestingly enough, at that press conference this morning no one even expressed concern about sensitive documents being kept in an insecure location at mar-a-lago until reporters asked them about it. they said, oh, yes, of course we are concerned about that, but we are also concerned about fbi overreach. i think the republicans do want to follow donald trump s lead, but his slide lead is shifting as new evidence comes out about this. they are spinning their wheels trying to figure out how best to respond and still defend donald trump. they re calling on merrick garland to release things but
in the absence of a development it deal. i hope it is not politicized to the extent of interference. i have not concluded that is the case. i hope it is not. very is very, very important for the election. right now, notwithstanding what anyone tells you about the polls, the only people i am concerned about is the one taken on election day. neil: the polls right new, governor, the polls now, sir, show a slide lead for the president in virginia. this was a state that the president took from the republicans four years ago the it has been close, pretty much ever since, and has been benefiting from an improved economy and lower-than-average national unemployment rate with businesses coming back. the republican governor likes to say that is on me, not that guy, where do you think virginia ultimately breaks? guest: i think that virginia is a toss up state right now
lost by double-digits to the governor in the senate primary in may. they fell short of the 50% mark to avoid a run off. cruise has been cruising and held a slide lead, but it doesn t stop there. texas will be followed by a primary in missouri. clair mcclassic il and hawaii picks a democrat to fill akak a s shoes. wisconsin s republicans and the race for them and august ends with the race to fill john kyl s seat. still unclear who the nominee will be in that state. we have the editor in chief and gentlemen, welcome to you both. busy august all because of the voting issue. everything got moved up. august is a bigger primary
reporter: much like this campaign it has focused little on the original arguments over collect tiff bargaining and union rights. the real fireworks we saw came from the political barbs that the two camps have been flinging at each other. so everybody is clear the mayor doesn t have a plan and all he has is attacking me. that s what you heard loud and clear here. the mayor did not answer the question because he does not have a man. i ll answer the question. i ll tell you right now i have nothing to do with that. you should be ashamed of that commercial scott walker. reporter: governor walker goes into the home stretch here bolstered by new jobs numbers and as you mentioned a slide lead in the polls. all of the people here in this park and president clinton are hoping to close that gap. jon: no sign of president obama yet, right? reporter: not yet. jon: thank you. jenna: new information on secret orders that are not so secret any more. these reports, now that we have