recall election. don, this time tomorrow night we ll be getting to see the first votes, getting ready to fill in the map. it s a yes or no, yes, recall the governor, or no, the democrats believe that will be the answer, keep gavin newsom, let him finish his term as governor and keep his covid-19 and other policies. democrats are confident. the data tells us ballots are coming back with a two to one democratic advantage. this firm tracks the mail-in voting and 52% of the ballots returned so far are from democrats, 25% from republicans. it doesn t mean all these democrats voted no but we know from public polling most democrats want to keep their governor. democrats think they re matching, maybe even exceeding, what they need to do to keep newsom in power. in 2018 when newsom was elected, this is a very blue state. 62% for gavin newsom, 38 for his republican opponent back then, john cox, one of those on the ballot this time around. 62% then. fast forward to 2020, the shall el
democratic governor gavin newsom, who is hoping to rally supporters to vote no so he can hold on to his job. also tonight a source telling cnn capitol hill police and other law enforcement agencies are bracing for potential violence at saturday s right-wing justice for january 6th rally and for the possibility that some of the attendees may be armed. and florida s republican governor ron desantis threatening to fine county and local governments in his state that mandate employees get vaccinated against covid-19. but first, here s the president campaigning for governor newsom. so i want to turn now to cnn s john king at the magic wall and what to expect from tomorrow s recall election. don, this time tomorrow night we ll be getting ready to see the first votes, getting ready to fill in the map and answer the question. in california, quirky recall, it s a yes or no. yes, recall your governor and the democrats term in midstream. no, the democrats believe that will be the
specifically some people in his own party refusing to stand up and do what is right when it comes to the facts and truth of things that happened in this country. i remember well covering the white house in those days. even most democrats would tell you, in the immediate days after 9/11, the president of the united states, who happened to be a republican, he was the president of the united states, was pitch perfect. now, 20 years later, many democrats won t listen to george w. bush because of the iraq war and the political polarization of that. trump republicans won t listen to george w. bush because donald trump spent so much time essentially trying to wipe out and criticize and undermine the bush establishment of the republican party. i hope all americans, in some ways, this is not a day for politics, in other ways, you just had a former president deliver the speech, so there is it is before you. i come here without explanation or solutions. not trying to lecture but talki
how did people feel about it? reporter: no pun intended, they re digesting the new. this is patty s restaurant here. if you look, you ll see all of the employees are wearing their mask, the owner, george, said he wanted that to continue when that rule went away last month. now he says he is trying to figure out how he is going to enforce the new mask mandate. if you think about this, indoors, people will be required to wear masks inside this restaurant. outdoors, they won t have to wear a mask. we were speaking with people about this. there s some push back. some people have very mixed emotions about the new mask mandate. i am certainly not happy about it but we need to do what we need to do because the numbers are going up again. we definitely want to be safe. going to have to do what we have to do because it is not pleasant to see more people in the hospitals and numbers spike up. so i ll wear it. i won t be happy about it. as for the numbers, 1900 new cases in l.a. c
will bennett replacing benjamin netanyahu it ending historic 12 year rule. b.b. has been one of the grats leaders in the 21st century. best in show to the peck pek. best in show winner. steve: live in new york city from the avenues of america. today is june 14th, 2021. it is flag day. and look at all those flags, thanks to our friends at tunnel to towers foundation. ainsley: a wonderful foundation. they raise money and pay off mortgages of our fallen heroes. they started that at 9:11 because founder s brother went through the tunnels to the taurus and ended up sacrificing his life to save some others. brian: t 2 t.org to donate. ainsley: $11 a month. brian: grand old flag looking to while shaving anything legs or face. number two, i would like to add that they also are making just in case a flag with 51 stars. steve: in case the district of columbia because state of columbia. two things. i m looking at flag trivia today. the pledge of allegiance was not written for