Coverage of californias Recall Election. Cnn projects that Gavin Newsom easily defeats the recall, remaining in office to finish out his term. Newsom thanking california for voting down the recall saying they rejected negativity, but also saying that voters gave a thumbs up to science, to vaccines and to ending the covid pandemic. Why dont we see how this all shook out, where it is on the map. Cnns Phil Mattingly is over here. Hes joining us from the magic wall. This isnt even close. It is not even close at all. At this point in time 65 reporting. Obviously we have already called it for the noes. That means Gavin Newsom stays in office. 2. 7 million votes ahead. 66 to 33 . But here is the reality when you look at this state. Joe biden won this state by 30 points. Go back to Gavin Newsom in 2018, he won this state by 23 points. This is a democratic state. 2 1 democratics in the state. A surge in the very few Republican Voters they had and independents to break their way. At this point in time, it doesnt look like why any of that happened. Take a look back at 2018 with Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom Counties that he lost in 2018, look at where the no vote is. Wow. He flipped five counties right here based on where things stand right now. Keep in mind, 65 in voting. Mailin vote was counted first. That usually leads heavily democratic. It is clear that Gavin Newsom is doing better than he did in 2016. Is he overperforming, over performing his 2018 votes by more than 5 . Look, got all the blue, over performing in a number of counties throughout the state. If you are looking at the numbers still early and you want to know why this has been a blowout, Gavin Newsom is doing better across the board. This wasnt technically a binary choice. Do you believe Gavin Newsom should be recalled . If you answered yes, then you got to look at 46 candidates. If you answered no, that was about it. If you want to know why the noes are winning right now, talk about that democratic apathy. In the largest county of the strait, democratic strong held, Gavin Newsom 73 . The Yes Vote 26 . Where was Gavin Newsom back in 2018 . Doing better. Hes doing better than he was doing in 2018. Further back, this was supposed to be where republicans might surge. Could surge. Used to be a republican stronghold. Orange county. What happened in orange county. It just trended the way the entire state has trended. I will pull this up. This is interesting. Look at California Republican voters over the course of the last 20 or so years. 1996, 36 of registered voters in the state Republican Voters. Where are they now . 24 in the state. Those are the odds they were dealing with when they started this process. Go back in to orange county, used to be a republican stronghold. Yet in 2020 when Joe Biden won these congressional districts in this area, republicans flipped a couple seats in this area. Perhaps this was an opening here. 56 , to 43 . Where was Gavin Newsom back in 2018 . Doing better. Than he did back in 2018. Where is Joe Biden in 2020 . Doing better than Joe Biden did in 2020. You expect in person voting lean republican. That would change things. You go County By county and compare 2018 to 2020, the way things have come insofar and the reason why Gavin Newsom is up by 2. 7 million votes in a very, very democratic state is hes overperforming what democrats have done the last several cycles. Its not personal. I have to leave you because we have to bring someone else in. Of course. Lets dig deeper on the results here. Former Labor Secretary under President Bill clinton joins us now. I appreciate you joining us this evening. Thank you so much. How are you doing . Don, it is good to see you. Were Breathing A Sigh of relief out here because, you know, it was not all that evident. I think there was a lot of concern that democrats would get complacent and assume that because there is so many democrats out here that there would be no contest and, therefore, not even bother to vote. While republicans, although fewer in number, they were fired up and that was really a Potential Danger. Let me ask you. I want to know what you takeaway is on all of this because if you look at phil, he overperformed. There was a lot of consternation about oh, my gosh, Gavin Newsom would actually be recalled. Can you imagine if Larry Elder becomes the governor of california. What was that . What happened . It is easy to say in retro spect it was overwrought. A lot of democrats did rally finally. But there was a you know, a Potential Danger here. I think what really helped Gavin Newsom, two things, one, he was for masks, particularly masking in schools. The leading republican contender Larry Elder was against it. And also Donald Trump, although not on the ballot, and this was a repudiation of trump because Joe Biden, President Biden was out here yesterday saying, look, either you vote for Gavin Newsom and you vote no against recall, you stick with Gavin Newsom or youre going to get Donald Trump because the major leading republican, Larry Elder, is kind of a trump clone. Larry elder believes the big lie, that the 2020 election was fraudulent. You know, mr. Rice, this runoff turned out to be a big waste of time and money for the state of california. Will republicans pay a price for that with voters . Well, i hope so. But, again, you know, the state is overwhelmingly democratic. So the question is whether there is a kind of ricochet effect. What happens in california around the country. I think the less son here for democrats is that Donald Trump still plays well as a foil, that is a repudiation of Donald Trump. Any democratic states in Blue States is still a major selling point. You have a candidate that that really is against everything that trump stood for and against trumpism in general. That is a positive for, again, in a democratic state with democratic candidates. I think that trumpism is still there. Trumpism still divides america. But is it that strong . Is it The Wizard Of Oz . Now we go behind the curtain. Is this one layer or one curtain that is being peeled back . Well, i think it is in a sense. Now, you know, the interesting thing is that the California Recall in 2003, you remember, Gray Davis was recalled and thats when Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor. Now, people had that 2003 image in their heads. They thought that it was possible. If it happened in 2003 it could happen again. And i think that there is something fundamentally flawed about the California Recall system, and that is that you can, you know, if you get a group of people who get enough signatures and with enough money you can get enough signatures and they all they need to do is get 50 you know, they get 51 saying somebody ought to get recalled, and then even somebody like Larry Elder with about 18 or 20 , they can be installed as governor. That recall idea, it was it was a good idea when it started in 2013. It was thought of as a reform, a democracy reform, a prodemocracy progressive reform, but it has turned out to be a real waste of time and money and a real problem for democrats. Let me ask you something real quick as a followup on that. According to my producer on the ground, dr. Weber, who was just on, former secretary of state, higher signature percentage, keeping an eye on big money paid. Sorry my phone just went out here. What do you think . So what do you think of that . Does it need to be overhauled . Does it need to be looked at . Well, yes, i think it does, don. I think we have seen from this particular escapade how much it does need to be over hauled. What a tremendous waste of time and money and effort. Thank you, robert rice. We appreciate it. Thank you, don. Stay with us. We will take a quick break. Ahead, more on Breaking News. Cnn projects the California Recall election fails. Gavin newsom will remain in office. Ayy, ayy, ayy yeah, we fancy like applebees on a Date Night got that Bourbon Street Steak with the Oreo Shake get some whipped cream on the top too two straws, one check, girl, i got you bougie like natty in the Styrofoam Squeaksqueakin in the Truck Bed All The Way Home some alabamajamma, she my dixieland delight ayy, thats how we do, how we do, fancy like, Oh Acelerar no paro de Acelerar Que me va a frenar que me va a frenar si acele. 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Our Breaking News projects governor Gavin Newsom defeats the recall and the attempt to remove him from office. I want to get straight to sacramento. You have been following this recall from the very beginning. You are at newsom headquarters. What is your takeaway from tonights results and listening to Larry Elder saying lets be gracious in defeat . Well, lets start with Larry Elder because this is just developing right now. Remember, Larry Elder spent his Closing Message talking about baseless election fraud. Were not really hearing that. He had set up this website. He had said that he was going to have Lawyers File lawsuits. I didnt hear any of that, so it appears hes taking a different tact now. Does that suggest his political future . It is hard to say. Certainly it seems like he is looking at the longer war. But the numbers for republicans in this day are just simply are not on their side when it comes to a general election. And the recall, its a different game. But in a general election where evenly matched the Registration Numbers just are not on the side of California Republicans. So what is the takeaway . Back to your other question, don. As far as the governor here, we saw the governor take a much more somber tone and being very, you know, governing. He wanted to reflect on the moment. He did get emotional at one point. We dont know if its exhaustion or what, but the governor certainly is being reflective and looking back at what has happened over the last few months. And he talked in some of these final rallies about the urgency of the moment and that democrats have to fight. If there is a takeaway for the larger democratic party and we have heard this messaging from the Governors Campaign again and again, it is to fight and to fight for those national democratic principles, namely in this time those Health Principles setting a contrast between what democrats have done and what republicans are outlining. So, you know, thats the larger takeaway. It is hard to tell though, don, when you look at some of the closer battlegrounds that thats going to work elsewhere. And if Larry Elder will keep speaking the way hes speaking tonight. He said at least tonight were not hearing about Voter Fraud and such. But the night is still young. Well see. You have been following this from the beginning. Let me go to Cnns Kristin holmes at the voting desk. Good evening to you. We have called the election. Larry elder has accepted defeat, but what votes are actually still out there . Don, we will see votes trickling in for weeks to come now. What will those votes actually look like . Keep in mind the way the votes come in, the results come in is the first wave we see is those preelection votes, likely mailin ballots. Then we see the Election Day votes counted. That will still come in. There will still be a few of those to count. But as we see, 65 of those votes already counted, a lot of those counties have already gone through that number. The big question is whats in those trickle votes we will see for the next couple of weeks. The ballots postmarked by september 14th, to by today can be received up until a week afterwards, received and counted. So shortly after the election is called, so the next couple of days, we will start to see counties putting out these updated reports of these voter tallies. Whats in them . Ballots not processed before Election Day. Ballots postmarked before or on Election Day. And then ballots with Signature Issues that need to be cured. That is something we talked about a lot in the general election. It means there is some issue with the signature. Sometimes it is an issue with the ballot in general. They contact the voter. It takes a few days. This is a small amount of ballots. Its not going to be any kind of surge. As we know mostly the votes coming in through Mailin Voting are mailin votes. Next, the counties have to finalize their votes by the 14th Of October with the election being certified on the 22nd. We are going to see several vote changes in the next couple of days but we are already ahead of where they were back in 2020. By midnight on 2020, they actually had only 56 of the vote counted. Now were already at 65. So we got a lot of votes already in, and i dont think its going to take quite as long as it did in 2020. Don . Well be here until like 9 00 Tomorrow Morning, so thats good news. Thank you, kristin. I appreciate that much. Joining me now is the mayor of oakland california, lib by shaft. You got a big smile on your face tonight. What is your reaction . Oh, i am pretty ecstatic and relieved. California didnt just say no to the recall. We said no to stamping on womens rights. No to denying climate change. No to ignoring science and being a conspiracy theorist. This was huge for california. Californias values and people in oakland are ecstatic. Well, i can tell. As i said, you have got a big smile on your face. We know from the Exit Polling that the pandemic was the biggestish you for voters in this Recall Election. How do you think that impacted the race . I, first of all, am glad that people were so distracted by the wild fires, by our pandemic that they actually got out and voted. And i can tell you democratic mayors we were on phone banks, and its because Gavin Newsom has been in our communities. He was in oakland for one of our first day of school. You know, shaking the hands of teachers, telling students that they were brilliant and encouraging them to wear those masks. And announcing a Vaccination Mandate for school workers. This is the same time, you know, florida is claiming that theyre going to sue School Districts were actually following the science. Hes been congratulating the Health Workers that have been vaccinating people in our hardest hit neighborhoods. So he has been on the ground, really addressing the pandemic as well as the economic recovery that california has got to turn its attention to right now. Mayor, were you worried . I absolutely was worried. You know, oakland, myself personally, we were at war with Donald Trump for four years. Finally voters got better, you know, leadership in the White House. And to see Larry Elder who i personally thought was a crazier trumpster than trump himself, to see how close he got to being Californias Governor was terrifying for me and most of the people in my community. Right now Gavin Newsom has 84 of the vote in our county. So i was worried. I think democratic mayors were worried because we know what its like to be at war with the governor. We talked to our colleagues across the country, and thats why we got into action. We were on those phones. We were rallying the troops. Reminding people to vote even though this is an off Season Election and, boy, california, you did not disappoint. Is this result more an indication of the opposition to Larry Elder, who is i mean, really, really far to the right. A fringe candidate. Than support for Gavin Newsom or do you think it was more about support for Gavin Newsom. Larry elder becoming the governor of california seems farfetched No Matter What universe youre in. It does, but i think with these numbers it was both. It really was a resounding victory. I mean, this was not just a landslide. This was an oldfashioned t trouncing. It shows that Gavin Newsom has a mandate to continue his priorities, to get back to work as the governor. Yes, Larry Elder absolutely motivated us as democrats to get out there and make sure every single vote was cast. But it is not crazy. We are seeing these divisive politics, and we have got to do things to make sure that truth, facts and science are prevailing. Where im from, maybe Mark Preston here, we would just call it a beatdown. Thats what happened tonight. Or, you know, maybe a drumming. Thank you, mayor. We appreciate it. He got crushed. There you go. He got crushed thank you very much, mayor. We appreciate it. Be well. Thank you. You, too. Stay with us. We will take a quick break. Cnn projects Gavin Newsom to beat the recall. Republican Larry Elder acknowledging his loss. More on our continuing coverage just ahead. Crushed. Which of these four candidates have the biggest announcer carvanas had a lot of firsts. 100 online car buying. Car vending machines. And now, putting you in control of your financing. At carvana, get personalized terms, browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your Down Payment and monthly payment. And these arent madeup numbers. Its what youll really pay, right down to the penny. Whether youre shopping or just looking. It only takes a few seconds, and it wont affect your credit score. 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Breaking news tonight, Cnn Projects Gavin Newsom easily surviving the Recall Election, defeating the attempt to remove him from office. The leading republican Larry Elder acknowledging his loss tonight. Back with me, my panel. Hello to all of you. It was quite a comparison, a fancy Antique Vase that you could smash. Hes saying its delicate and youve got to nurture it. That analogy went for me. But, look, i want to throw a little Cold Water on all these hot takes were seeing. There is not much that you can take from this race tonight. One reason is because the Recall System is so wonky in california. I was just talking to one of the smartest people in the room, not harry, but Phil Mattingly. He said it was 1. 6 million signatures. This isnt some huge, huge we want to get rid of democratic policies in california. It was 1. 6 individuals, republicans in a different part of the state, the upper north northeast. Northeast part of the state who said that this was what they wanted to do. So it wasnt a huge referendum on democratic politics. Larry elders said he would vote against the civil rights act. He said the Slave Owners needed reparations. This is somebody who is made inaccurate statements about vaccines and masks where he said he doesnt believe the Science Suggestions that young people should be vaccinated or wear a mask. So hes a loon. Take these things together. One thing that democrats and everyone else can take from this is the fact that people take covid extremely seriously in this country. Protecting the public and Public Health is a winning issue. It shouldnt be a political issue, but it is a winning issue. Wearing masks, getting vaccines, mandates of such, that may be the only thing that you can take out of tonights election. Lets drill down on the whole idea of the recall, what you mean, right . And you heard the former secretary of state, she didnt say it on the air, but according to reports she thinks that needs to be reformed when it comes to the Recall Process in california. But also how it plays into this whole idea of Minority Rule in this country. You have a minority of people saying dont vaccinate, dont wear masks, dont Tell Me What to do, also trying to steal elections and so on and so forth. Talk to me about the process in california and whether because a lot of people think it should be recalled. And i think it is safe to assume that democrats will tackle that now that newsom has won this recall, that they will start looking at that about how to reform it because the recall, you know, im a native californiaen. I came from california. It is very strange. Even if newsom won 49 of the vote, he still it wouldnt have been enough. He would not have won. He would not have been able to keep his office. Someone like elder could have won 22 of the vote if Newsom Hadnt reached that threshold and still been able to win. Also newsom, even if voters decided to write his name in, he wouldnt have been able to win just based on the writein. So there is a lot of questions, a lot of legal scholars in california started raising questions about whether or not the recall is unconstitutional. So you are starting to see a lot more conversation about the need for reforming the recall. What about this idea of Minority Rule around this country . It seems to be the idea that, you know, either the loudest voices or, you know, im going to impose what i want on you even though were not the majority in this country. Look at whats going on with the election laws. Let me extrapolate more from that. When we talk about winners and losers of the night, i really think that the Political Parties right now, both of them, are losers in the sense that what we saw is a Recall Election take place against a governor that it really shouldnt have taken place. You saw a republican party in the largest state with an incredible amount of folks who are republican leaning at least in california and they cant seem to get their act together. When we talk about trump and is trumpism still alive and what will his effect be, the Political Parties have totally changed right now. Theyre not going to be what we are used to. Look in the last 50 years. The republican party was really built in the likeness of ronald reagan, right . Well, thats gone. The republican party was built in the likeness of the clintons. And then it really became the likeness of obama, but obama, you know, in many ways has stepped back and said it is now the party, you know, for the young. If you look at the new cnn poll, harry can jump in on this if hes not eating over there, but he is, but if you look at the cnn poll, there is a 20 Point Gap between older Democrats Support of Joe Biden and younger Democrats Support of Joe Biden, which goes to tell you that younger democrats arent necessarily beholden to the party. When you look at this recall and how screwed up our politics are, it goes way beyond that. I think a little over an hour after the dust settled and we heard from both the candidates, ill say this. Im pleased after a bitter battle that we saw the governor gracious in his victory and Larry Elder gracious in his defeat. I thought it was, you know, pleasant takeaway from this. That being said, what do we get out of this . Some people say all of these millions of dollars wasted. What do the republicans get out of this . I spoke with one of the organizers of the recall. He says, yes, it did not come out as we wanted, but we energized the republican base. He had more volunteers out there than they have had in many years but having Larry Elder in there was an opening for the democrats and it gave them a role to take it against him. As you were talking with the mayor about what does this mean, i got a text from the faulkner campaign. Theyre saying the overwhelming defeat here was a complete referendum on Larry Elder and what he stood for. The Conservative Republican Party needs to as soon as the Filing Deadline is done get behind someone who represents not just the base but the blue voters in the state. How did we get here with Larry Elder. He was a defeat. The republicans defeated themselves with Larry Elder. How do they get to the point where Larry Elder is the leading candidate in california . He obviously gets in there. He does have name id. And hes the leader of the republicans in the state. And the problem is they were only focussing on the base of the party. What they the victory there thats a good message. There are democrats and independents signing on to this recall and they were fine with having Newsom Step down. But the idea that it being Larry Elder instead of newsom turned them off. Just how farcical this all is is three months ago Caitlyn Jenner was going to be the republican nominee. And Caitlyn Jenner was going to open the republican party so folks would be more inclusive of transgender. That was like if you look at where she ended up tonight, it goes to show you the destruction of these Political Parties. Caitlyn jenner as of a few minutes ago received 52,000 votes, 1. 2 of the vote. There are a lot of people out there who just got about the same amount of votes. Talk about name recognition. That didnt help Caitlyn Jenner. You had me thinking. There is a Winner Tonight that needed a victory, and thats Joe Biden. Over the past few weeks and maybe this summer, it hasnt you know, the media has portrayed it not being a successful summer for Joe Biden. So this trouncing of Larry Elder and trumpism is something the White House can claim a victory for. This is also a victory for Kamala Harris because it shows california is still her base. Her and her team are still very successful in california. But one of the things that kind of that Age Dynamic you talked about is so real in the democratic party. We had some very tense conversations about Dianne Feinstein and whether or not she should whether or not she should resign or how she should handle this because of the fact that people thought they were a heartbeat away from having Larry Elder choose the next democratic senator, so be it. So this is a real conversation that democrats are having and it is more of an age thing. I just want to get the ballots still coming in. There is a helicopter that just flew in to is it downing, california . These are all ballots coming from all over l. A. County. So those are the ballots coming in. I thought that was taken from the French Laundry. 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Certainly republicans had hopes this would help them bring about some kind of resurgence in california, particularly among the many women worried about School Closures in the next year. But we have seen this blowout by Governor Newsom and also a Campaign Adviser tells me that he will wake up Tomorrow Morning with 24 Million in the bank for his Reelect Campaign as well as an online army of volunteers that he had to marshall to help him defeat this effort, not just volunteers here in california but also across the country who texted and called people. The campaign also got tons of small dollar donations. So he will be able to tap into all of that as he heads into his Reelection Campaign next year and a lot of people here also believe that he harbors White House ambitions down the line. So hes potentially been able to Build Up that national network that could help him if he decides to go that route. But we still will be talking about French Laundry even if hes on a president ial debate stage, don. Thats something that will be with him for a long time, don. As youre speaking, were looking at these ballots being brought in coming from i think theyre all over l. A. County. But anyways, there we go. Brought in by sheriff, Sheriffs Helicopter by the way. Thank you very much. Thats how we do it here. Yeah, yeah. Do it in style. Thank you very much. And safety as well. Its a sheriff helicopter. I want to bring in the former democratic u. S. Senator from california. Senator, hello to you. I see a big smile as well. This was a lot more of a fight that you thought it would be for Governor Newsom, no . No. Because this is a tough time. You know that. I watch you all the time. And this hasnt been a happy time. And if you were leading a state as large as ours with 40 Million people, so much pain, so much covid, such a terrible economic downturn, all that on his shoulders and, yes, he made some mistakes and he stepped up and said i was wrong. Thats always hard to do. So, no, i think this is a big victory tonight. People can analyze it any way they want. But the bottom line is its huge. And its huge, i think, for a couple of reasons, because all the factions of the democratic party united. We proved that we could be a big tent. We united behind a pragmatic progressive like Governor Newsom. And the republicans have proven that they are attracted to the far right candidates like Larry Elder who say the perfect Minimum Wage is zero, who said that women dont understand politics when our state was the first state to send two female senators to Washington And Nancy pelosi was on her way to being speaker when he made that statement. So i think its a real warning to the republicans. If you listen to your base, youre not going to make it. And im sad that, you know, we have lost the mainstream republicans, but thats the way it is. And we have to stick together and make sure were strong in the midterms. It is going to be a tough as were watching these ballots come in, this Recall Election Cost Hundreds of millions of dollars, senator. It was launched by a minority of california voters. Is something wrong with californias Recall System . Absolutely. It needs to be reformed. Its in our constitution, so the people are never going to give up this notion that they can recall a governor. But there is a couple of things that could be done really easily. For example, one simple one is vote on the recall and then regardless of how you vote, vote for the candidate you want and allow the Sitting Gov nor to be on that list because literally Governor Newsom could have had a vote of, say, 49. 8 not to recall and Larry Elder could have had 38 and Larry Elder would have been governor. To allow the Gov Ernor to be on that list. Also, we need to make it a little tougher, some more signatures to get this on the ballot. Last point i would make is, look, weve got another election around the corner just a few months away. There shouldnt be a recall when you are just less than a year of the primary of the less governor election. Thats crazy. So i think the republicans recognize that they cant win it in the regular election time because it is too big a turnout. And we surprised them and really turned out. Senator barbara boxer, always a pleasure. Thank you so much. You can get some rest now. You, too. Ill see you soon. You be well. Thank you. Bye. 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It started with the fact that the governor of california this time around had an Approval Rating North of 50 . Back in 2003 Gray Davis had an Approval Rating only about 25 to 30 . But its more than that. Look at who the opponents were in those two different recalls. Back in 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger had a favorable rating in the Exit Poll of 51 . Tonight Larry Elders just 34 . So everything was just really different. California has really changed. And the fact of the matter is if you have an incumbent governor with an Approval Rating North of 50 that governor is going to survive a recall and thats what happened. Save some room for ron brownstein, will you . Ron. Final thought . I go back to something you were discussing before. California has the lowest bar of any state in the country that allows a recall for getting on the ballot. You only need 12 of the voters who voted in the last gubernatorial election. And in todays highly polarized politics thats simply kind of an implausible standard. The recall never advanced, as tonights results show, beyond the core essentially of trump voters. Thats what it got. It got roughly the same share of the vote that trump got. You saw a third of the state said that newsoms policies on covid were too strict. That was the share of the vote that trump got. And i think in that sense it was a signal for democrats and a warning for republicans. The republican messaging is all about the rights of the unvaccinated, the choices of the unvaccinated. What we saw i think in california is that there is in fact a Silent Majority of the vaccinated who are exasperated with those who are not getting the shot and ready for tougher measures against them. And i think for democrats while california is unique, its the most you know, one of the most democratic states in the union, what it showed was that drawing contrasts on this Core Issue of Public Health was a way to motivate democratic voters which is going to be Job One for them in the midterm next year. That sound you heard was my pen falling on the floor here. Oh, don. Thank you, ron. Thank you, harry. Hey, guys, thank you here. Thank you. Arent you glad were not we were supposed to be on, a little secret, till 5 00 a. M. But you know what happened. Thank you, california. Thank you, california. I really appreciate it. You guys had a good time p. Yeah. Enjoyed being back in studio. Thank you guys for getting vaccinated so we could be here. The band is back together. Next recall we dont know when but well be back together. Dont go anywhere. Cnns coverage continues. Before we talk about taxsmart investing, whats new . Audreys expecting. Twins wed be closer to the twins. 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