mcauliffe s ad tying his opponent, youngkin, to president trump. this invoked the memories of january 6th and the 2017 march in charlottesville, virginia. this is further proof that may have completely stalled youngkin s momentum. but we ll see. the governor races is just one of the races we re watching on election day. a slew of american major cities are electing new mayors. in boston michelle wu holds an astounding lead over anissa essaibi george. in minneapolis, mayor jacob frey. remember him during the george floyd protest?
is controversy overshadowing it, infighting and controversy over potential anti-semiism among founders. take a listen what one marcher feels about that controversy. reporter: this starred in 2017 with hundreds of thousands from people, millions nationwide. you were here for that. why do you think it s small they are time around? because of the controversy but i m not here for those people. i m here for my mother, my sisters. i m here for all women. reporter: and alex, you have to think how much has happened since that 2017 march. you ve had the me, too movement, the kavanaugh hearings, the past two years of the trump presidency and 2018 was a good year for democratic female candidates and 2020 you ll see a record number of women running for president. that s something we re hearing a lot about from the people here excited with the gains made but know there s still more work to
great man. i think he disposed of a lot of people. i think this is terrible this woman is not condemning his remarks. it s not just anti-semitism. he says white folks are going down and attacks the lbgtq community. she can t condemn this man? talk about being divisive when you have 5 million people following this women s march and the leaders won t condemn farrakhan and his horrible views, that s where the division is coming from. jesse, lots of local marches. i read today the new jersey group tied to black lives matter is upset with the national march but their local march is going forward based on the 2017 march that turned out millions to
reporter: the security fences are up, the stage literally sent. science not silence. reporter: for the 2017 march for science. i definitely think that the planet is getting warmer. because of that, certain things are happening. reporter: 150,000 people expected on the mall, then march to the capital. science has been politicized in a way that s not right for a few years now. reporter: this among a series of environmental protests. the saturday event, a celebration of earth day, but also to raise awareness about climate change. i m skeptical. reporter: walt comey is not a true environmental believer. i wish i could rely on what the scientists are telling me so i could make an informed decision. reporter: there is a price for the many protests in the nation s capital. [ sirens ] security and costs are millions. the city has budgeted $12.9 million for unanimonon-inaugura events.
inaugural in 1973, tens of thousands protested at the lincoln memorial. in february of 2003 we saw between 10 and 15 million people march in 600 cities around the world to protest the iraq war. we can now add the 2017 march for women, the women s march, to that list of historic demonstrations. according to march organizers, more than 4 million people around the world took to the streets around saturday. an impressive and historic assertion of the fact that women s rights are human rights. but not to the new white house press secretary, sean spicer, who in one of the most bizarre appearances ever, at least in the united states, ignored the historic marches altogether. other than to try and compare the crowd size estimates for those marches to the accurate reporting of the low attendance numbers for friday s inauguration of donald trump. inaccurate numbers involving