virginia turned blue, yet democrats are worried, worried enough to bring in barack obama, and kamala harris and president biden in closing days of the campaign, will it help? doe virginia voters care what people outside of virginia think? is this a referendum on the biden agenda? for the latest on ground, we begin with our correspondent rich edson in richmond, virginia. reporter: even as national democrats come to virginia and campaign for terry mccauliffe, they acknowledge this is a bell weather election, a good indication of the mood of the nation heading into the 2022 campaigns. terry mccauliffe has been campaigning here in rich mond area, and just finished a halloween parade in leesberg. he has been trying to tie his republican opponent to former president donald trump who lost virginia by 10 percentage points, claiming he would be a mess for the state. he is clueless, he is dangerous, very dangerous. been endorsed by trump 9 times, trump is calling into his town hall m
fronts with president biden saying they are in nonstop talks to stop all-out war in europe saying the u.s. is ready no matter what happens between russia and ukraine. the new comments from the president following a faceoff at the united nations. with russia building up more troops and sending a critical supply to the front lines. the pentagon giving an update right now. also, the senate is back in session. it s for the first time since justice bricier announced his retirement. we re going to be learning more about which two senators will be meeting with president biden tomorrow as our team reports on the list of contend rs for that spot. plus a trump rally this weekend, and what else we heard from the former president ha that is some folks worried. i m hallie jackson in washington with you on this monday afternoon. the team is here with us too. and here are some of the new developments just coming into us this afternoon. you have the white house confirming russia is surgi
declaration for hawaii. the lead starts now. unprecedented disaster. new images showing the power of flames ripping through communities in hawaii. the death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher and president biden $6 billion deal with iran, will the regime free five americans in exchange for frozen funds? the first steps in the works, plus the deepest dive yet into the lavish life i ll supreme court justice, clarence justice, private planes, luxury trips all bankrolled by billionaires detailed by propublica and never disclosed. welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. we start with the other did it of the utter devastation in hawaii. a lack of power and cell service complicates search and rescue efforts. at least 36 people have been killed in what the state lieutenant governor calls unprecedented wildfires. most of the wildfires on maui island are still not contained. it could take days or even weeks for power and cell phones service restored.
statement claiming that two consecutive quarters of falling gdp are not the official definition of a recession. sounds like they are expecting those reports to show two straight quarters of falling gdp. but with inflation surging to a new 40-year high just last month, some call the administration s talking points out of touch and they re out of time to turn this boat around if they don t start focusing on the right things. a comment from treasury secretary janet yellen. this is not in the economy that s in recession. we re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing and that s necessary and appropriate. a recession is a broad-based contraction that affects many sectors of the economy. we just don t have that. martha: oh, remember when she was apologizeing for saying transitory. larry summers knows the truth. i think there is a very high likelihood of recession when we ve been in this kind of situation before, recession has essentially always followed when infla