in a race that tapped into the culture war surrounding critical race theory and education. with youngkin hoping to rile up the republican base while mcauliffe continues tie his opponent to the disgraced twice impeached expresident. voting turnout is high so far. already 870,000 votes cast as of yesterday according to the department of elections. joining us now, the reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network and at one of those early voting sites in richmond, virginia, our colleague, heidi president bella. you are there on the grounds. tell me what you are hearing. nicole, if you had any doubts about what this election is about, the duelling ads that were just cut by both of these gentlemen really focus on education, education from a conservative woman s standpoint targeting suburban women on both sides of the aisle. for conservative weapon that s about some of the culture wars
women, here, nicole, they are exhausted physically and momently after a year of virtual school shouldering most of the child care burdens. but looking a the polling, the state has a history of voting for the party that is out of office for the white house and that those thing do bode well for youngkin. but the democratic women at the same time when i talked to them they said yeah we are tired as heck but we are still going to vote. and of course this was the demographic that really helped push democrats not only over the line in 2017 but give a big margin of victory. heidi s critical race theory taught to that woman s children? you know, i asked that. and there really is no evidence of that. of course, the ad that was cut by youngkin focused on this love, beloved, from toni
indeed being taught to children in virginia, please, please, please wave your arms and come back. we will be here another hour and 15 minutes. heidi president bella thank you for joining us. the rev is sticking around. president biden putting his domestic agenda asid for a little while kicking off his full day overseas meeting with the pope ahead of his meeting with the president of france. he is about to attend two major world summits. we will talk about it next. d tw world summits. we will talk about it next
heidi s closest friends. devastating is an understatement of what this is. reporter: now questions about heidi s childhood friend maygen humphrey the two met at church camp when they were 11 heidi s body was discovered thursday in car trunk on humphrey s property. humphrey faces charges of kidnapping and tampering with a human corpse i m feeling anger, sadness, confusion, wanting to understand. i talked to her the whole week heidi is missing. reporter: a baby registry in maygen s name shows the same due date as heidi s. police remain silent on any details of the investigation. an humphrey s attorney did not respond to nbc s request for comment. pray for baby margot. reporter: palpable pain, only softened by heidi s memory. she is a light in complete and total darkness, and she always will be. reporter: sam brock, nbc news, austin in the bahamas, the official death toll from hurricane dorian stands at 70. but in the wake of massive destruction, local officials believe
rachel west is one of heidi s closest friends. devastating is an understatement of what this is. reporter: now questions about heidi s childhood friend maygen humphrey the two met at chump church camp when they were 11 heidi s body was discovered friday in a car trunk on humphrey s property. humphrey faces charges of kidnapping and tampering with a human course. i m feeling anger, sadness, confusion, wanting to understand. i talked to her the whole week heidi is missing. reporter: a baby registry in maygen s name shows the same due date as heidi s. humphrey s attorney did not respond to nbc s request for comment. pray for baby margot. reporter: palpable pain, only softened by heidi s memory. she is a light in complete and total darkness, and she always will be. reporter: sam brock, nbc news, austin in the bahamas, the official death toll from hurricane dorian stands at 70. but in the wake of massive destruction, local officials believe hundreds of more may have died o