both of them very interesting. here is a look at their closing arguments. youngkin is on the other side, ended his campaign on a racist dog whistle, banning toni morrison s book. we can see the clear distinction between my opponent s desire to put government between parents and their children, my opponent s desire to stand up for big government over individual freedom. america is watching this race. all eyes are on virginia, all eyes. reporter: donald trump looms large in this race. you mentioned he s having this tele-event. youngkin won t be going. terry mcauliffe never misses a chance to tie youngkin to trump. leesburg, arguebly the most important county in the state. it s a place that joe biden won
vision as the president of the united states. let s talk about michael bloomberg for a moment, the newcomer to the race. announcing over the weekend he s going to be in. i know how much you both love polls, so i ll reference this one one more time. bloomberg polling at 3%. just announced he s in. you d be hard-pressed to go 20 minutes without seeing one of his ads, at least in new york. not just the quinnipiac poll, cnn as well. how worried, how concerned, tiffany, should these other candidates, especially the moderates a arguebly in the same lane as michael bloomberg be? how nervous should they be, not just about him being in the race, but the amount of money he brings to the campaign, the fact that he s not going to apparently take a dime from donors? i think candidates should treat everybody like they re a formidable opponent and i think they are. i think he s really going to excite that elizabeth, sanders,
bipartisan support, we can get financial services, department of transportation, housing and urban development, food and drug administration, critical things for life, get them back up and funded, get the people in those areas back up and working, make sure they get a paycheck friday. all done, bipartisan, republicans and democrats, all good to go. they can pass it and we re ready. the white house said no. the white house said, and i quote, moving these four bills without broader agreement to address the border crisis that should be in quotes, is unacceptable. the administration looks forward to working with congress for adequate appropriation to address the crisis on the southwest border, arguebly of their own making, gets the entire federal government back to work for the american people as soon as possible. then it said, if these four bills are presented to the president, his advisors would recommend that he veto the bills. that s from the executive office of the president, off of
which state is going to matter most in the election? you re going to get a lot of different answers. but arguebly you could say ohio. by history and also by demographics. no president has ever been elected that hasn t no republican has ever won the white house without carrying ohio. no republican. so, the state has voted with the winning side in 28 of the last 30 elections dating back to 1896. only five days to go, and what do the polls show in ohio? donald trump leading hillary clinton by five points. what does that mean? for perspective, cnn s mark savage speaking to voters who were far more willing to talk before the indians lost. he s joining us live from cleveland. they ve had a good year. they had the convention there. they had lebron and their carves but last night had to hurt. it did. in a lot of ways i watched that game thinking that final game is a metaphor for this whole
walk to speak with members of the chamber of commerce, who spent millions of dollars trying to defeat the president s key policies. in a polite, but pointed speech, the president told members his administration is committed to building stronger growth but business leaders need to meet him halfway. as we work with you to make america a better place to do business, i m hoping that all of you are thinking what you can do for america. ask yourself what you can do to higher more american workers e are, what you can do to support the american economy and invest in this nation. chuck todd is nbc news political director, chief white house koefrncorner and co-ancho the daily rundown. an advantage to the chamber of commerce, it s not just about the president courting the organization. reporter: that s right. the chamber got very politically, arguebly more so,