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with lawrence o donnell. good evening. you mentioned the history that terry mcauliffe was up against in virginia of the challenge of previously serving governor getting elected again, which of course just about never happens. the one time it happened, the guy switched parties from democrat to republican in order to win a second time. the history in new jersey is similar in a way in terms of what i mean, not since 1977 has a democrat been reelected as governor. i did not know that until today. i just wasn t thinking about it, because we weren t thinking about new jersey very much because it wasn t really supposed to be close, and, you know me with homework, rachel, i m only going to do it if i really really have to, and so, you know. that s why, if there s anything if there ought to be a media led freak out about these results to the extent that the media is self-serving in the things that we cover and we make a big deal out of, which i think we are just as much ....
self serving in the way that we make a big deal out. of which i think we are just as much as any other profession. the media for kyle to be about how the polling was in new jersey because it let us all to cram for the wrong thing. right? there was prep improperly in terms of how these things go. and presumably elect those candidate to miss calibrate their campaign. their private polling, was the same as the public polling, which was off in new jersey. i was hearing very worrisome sounds from people associated with the mcauliffe campaign. they were very weeks ago? yes they were very, they were worried enough about what was happening. new jersey i don t know i wasn t really talking about new jersey. how is it going in new jersey? but you know the polling averages at the end in virginia showed that it was going to be close with youngkin leading. well, okay, we ended up with a close case with youngkin leading and winning. but in new jersey, you re totally righ ....
5,000 votes ahead of his republican challenger. meantime, a major disappointment in virginia, a state joe biden won by ten points just last year. cnn says youngkin will defeat mcauliffe. mcauliffe just conceded that race. a number of agenda items, battle measures across the nation. winners of the night, the biggest winners, policing, education and the economy, including in minneapolis, where voters rejected a bid to replace the minneapolis police department with a city council run public safety department. decisively so. first, let s begin on that tight race where the incumbent phil murphy has, though in recent hours, added to his count this morning. john berman is at the magic wall. so it s inching up his margin. where are the remaining votes concentrated, what does that mean for where this is likely to go? . inching up by 67 votes. it was 61 votes all night long. you can see it growing bit by bit here. where is the remaining vote? right now 85% of the vote in. l ....
bring iran back to the negotiating table. mr. president, when would you like talks with iran to resume? back at home though the wins for the president aren t forth coming. brand-new polling from nbc news released this morning finds the president s approval rating has dropped seven points since august to 42%. it also reveals that more than 7 in 10 surveyed believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. which raises the question for democrats, will the president s sagging numbers be an albatross for them in tuesday s critically important elections for governor in virginia and new jersey? don t be surprised if a bunch of democratic retirements are announced in the house if terry mcauliffe loses in virginia. but one republican house member isn t waiting. congressman adam kinzinger of illinois, a member of the january 6th select committee, and trump nemesis, announced that he won t run for re-election in next november. if i ever thought it was time to move on f ....