Governors mansion held previously by chris christie. Lets go to ryan nobles who is in richmond. Reporter john and poppy, good morning to you. This race in virginia was supposed to be close. The closing days of the campaign, ed gillespie, the former george w. Bush appeared, and the results we saw last night were equal to a tsunami when it comes to politics. Not only did democrats win all three of the statewide elections, but they are poised to flip the Virginia House of de delegates for the first time in 20 years. There will be key elections to decide that. Republicans are soul searching and trying to figure out what this means for the 2018 election. Many republicans that i talked to in virginia that downplayed the impact of the president on this race before the vote took place told me last night that this was a direct reflection of donald trump and his presidency. Democrats agree. Listen to what dnc chairman, tom perez, said last night. America needs healers, healers like ralph northam
Scorched earth, heavily Divisive Campaign in the final weeks. It did not work. The president quick to distance himself saying gillespie never embraced him or what he stands for. In new jersey, fill murphy easily defeating guadadlno. The president issued a stark warning telling kim jongun, do not try us. We are live in richmond, virginia. Ryan . Reporter al sin, good morning. Last nights Election Results is anything more than a repudiation of donald trump and his administration. Nowhere was this more evident than here in virginia. It was a race that was supposed to be close and was anything but. The Democratic Party is back, my friends reporter a big democrat you can sweep, including the hotly contested race. Ralph northam crushing ed gillespie by nine points in a race that was expected to be close. Virginia has told us to end the divisiveness we will not condone hatred and bigotry and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. Reporter President Trump said he has not embrac
We now know in detail what former Trump Campaign volunteer told House Committee investigating russian efforts to interfere. That detail is coming from newly released 243 page transcript revealing what were sometimes heated exchanges between page and the members of the Intel Committee last week. That is breaking news we will get to in a moment. Before we do that we want to return to texas. There is breaking news. We are learning more including a stay at a mental facility. There are new developments in the investigation. Devin kelleys cell phone is now in the hands of the fbi. Officers and investigators hope it will provide more clues about what led him to murder 26 innocent people at a church on sunday. A tragedy we have learned could have been prevented. Air force is admitting into National Database that would have prevented him from buying guns. That shattered the Small Community of sutherland springs. I can see his feet walking back and forth through the aisles. I told the lord i wan
Flattered. And also i think President Trump is, for whatever reason, either intimidated by mr. Putin, afraid of what he could do, or what might come out as a result of these investigations. So its very worrisome, and i think it sends a worrisome, disturbing signal to our allies and partners who are concerned about russian interference in their democratic processes, as well. So its either ignorance or fear in terms of what President Trump is doing visavie the russians. The russians are going to pursue like interests with us is slim and none. Its very knnaive and perilous this country that russia is going to behave with the best interests of the world or the United States in mind. Theyre not. Those comments came just hours after the president said that he really believes vladamir putin when he says that russia did not meddle in the 2016 election. A statement that also included references naming both brennan, clapper and james comey as political hacks. That prompted this emotional respons
Is the president willing to make a deal on Nuclear Weapons . Embracing a conspiracy . President trump is urging the cia director meets wit a conspiracy theorist who argues that the cyber attack on the Democratic Party was an inside job. Does the president still reject the u. S. Intelligence communitys assessment that russia meddled in the u. S. President ial election . And bell weathers. A year after voters sent donald trump to the white house, americans are back at the polls. And with the president s popularity at an alltime low, key races will reveal a lot tonight about how voters are feeling right now. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Stunning developments tonight on the texas church gunman. Police documents show devin kelley escaped a Moment Health center back in 2012, months after he was accuse of assaulting his then wife and stepson. The records say he was caught sneaking weapons on to his air force base and had made threats