sandra: celebrating twin victories in new jersey and virginia in the first major test of swing state politics under president trump. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. wednesday morning i m sandra smith. bill: i m bill hemmer. hump day here, on ward we go. good morning. shot in the arm for democrats. marking their first statewide wins during the trump administration. a year ago today donald trump won the election and last night ralph northam defeated ed gillespie for governor of virginia. murphy winning in new jersey as well. president trump said this. ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. don t forget republicans won four out of four house seats and with the economy doing record numbers we ll continue to win bigger than before, end tweet.
to block out the outside noise, focus on protecting israel security. bret: ed henry traveling with the president. thank you. the republican ticket is concentrating on the swing state politics today in ohio and colorado. foreign policy and the perceived misstep are a big part of romney s message. chief political correspondent carl cameron has that part of the story. after not campaigning for seven week, romney held rally in the swing state last night and today. american people cannot afford four more years of barack obama. that is why i m going to become the next president of the united states. romney harrially criticized the president for downplaying a bump in the road the terrorist attack in libya that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans two weeks ago. these are not bumps in the road. these are human lives and developments we don t want to see. this is time for the president who will shape events in the middle east.
bellwether for november. and we re hours away for the deadline for george zimmerman to return to jail. he had his bail revoked by a judge and was given until this afternoon to turn himself in. and the diamond jubilee flotilla launches at 9:30 this morning. 1,000 boats, 20,000 people, and a priss harry surprise. we have special team coverage starting at the bottom of the hour. good morning, everyone. i m rob marciano in for randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. let s get going. in florida the clock is ticking. george zimmerman has until this afternoon to turn himself into authorities. a judge revoked his bond friday saying he was not truthful about how much money he had access to when he was freed on bond in april. now, all eyes are on the seminole county jail awaiting hi surrender. he s charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin, a killing he has said was in self-defense. in toronto police say they don t yet have
all the same rights as other married couples. and that s what he said. but groups supporting same-sex marriage welcomed biden s comments and pushed the president to weigh it in. the human rights campaign said in a statement, we are encouraged by vice president biden s comments, who rightly articulated that loving and committed gay and lesbian couples be treated equally. now is the time for president obama to speak out for marriage equality for same-sex couples. biden s comments come after north carolina plans to vote on a marriage option. one thing you ve got to keep in mind, these gay marriage ballot measures, they rarely are rejected. i don t think one s been rejected yet. something to watch for tomorrow in a swing state of north carolina. why some are asking how much does swing state politics impacting the president here.
union. the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president s re-election bid and there is cause for concern. usa today and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o malley, who heads the democratic governor s association. thank you, governor, for being here. thank you. let s talk first about the president s prospects. that is a fairly grim at this point look at the