american and democratic party speeds are part of the discussion with msnbc political analyst elise jordan at the event held at the politicon conference in los angeles. it is about an hour. hello, thanks everyone for coming out. kind of early i guess in la because everything starts a little later out here. but we are here today with governor chris christie. who was also one of the contenders for the 2016 republican nomination for president. he has had a real view to politics and how they are shaped into the way it is now but also, a two-term governor of new jersey. thanks so much for being with us. happy to be here. [cheers and applause] just to start out, you were a u.s. attorney and you are appointed today before september 11. correct. you dealt with a letter terrorism cases. it went through new jersey ., what do you make of the recent debacle, foreign policy crisis with saudi arabia and the circumstances surrounding the death of the saudi writer, jamal khashoggi?
everything starts later out here, but we are here today with governor chris christie, who was also one of the contenders for the 2016 republican nomination for president. so he has had a real front seat view to politics and how they are shaped into the way it is now, but also was a two-term governor of new jersey. so thanks for being here. mr. christie: happy to be here. [applause] just to start out. you were a u.s. attorney and were appointed the day before 9/11. mr. christie: correct. elise: so you dealt with a lot of terrorism cases. i believe daniel pearl was under your purview because it came went through new jersey. mr. christie: yes. elise: and what you make of the recent debacle, foreign-policy crisis, with saudi arabia and the circumstances surrounding the death of the saudi writer, jamal khashoggi? mr. christie: i think we got a lot to learn still, but you are not supposed to go into a building and not come out. let s start with some basic principles, right? you a
of virginia by ten points. now joe is under water in virginia by nearly ten points. that is a 20-point swing. tonight what could be a clear referendum on the deeply unpopular joe biden and his administration, the race is now shaping up to be extremely close. as we speak, democrats all across the country are panicking. according to exit polls, the economy was the top issue for virginia voters and the economy is in a state of chaos. we have inflation, slow economic growth and supply chain issues. at the very core of all of this is rising gas prices as the president again begging opec and russia to produce more oil. he could ask texas and oklahoma. anyway, all the name of climate change. according to the exit polls, climate change ranked near the bottom for voters in virginia in terms of their concerns. meanwhile, education was the second most important issue for virginia voters. this as terry mcauliffe s campaign consists of donald trump and the racist parents that want to have
scrutinized is whether he is commented on the election development. before i get into other particulars here, we are getting some preconstituted numbers, if you will come out of the garden state. there is a sign, if we could show this, in hudson county. a very strong democratic area of where there was a double count going on. it is now since been addressed being governor murphy s down a little bit by little less than a thousand votes and reducing his opponents by 3,000. it puts him back in a position where they re almost out of time. but that double counting and hudson county has been addressed. there is anger from 150-175000 votes yet to be tabulated. there is no automatic recount in the garden state, but whoever comes up with the short end of the stick will likely demand and petition for recount and likely get that recount petition excepted. this is something that could drag on for a while here until we have an official count on all of us. in case you didn t think this was
martha: good evening, everybody. i m martha mccallum and welcome to coverage 2021. biggest race of the night show down in virginia. two months ago terry mcauliffe was expected to easily win this contest in the state that president biden carried by 10 points. the challenger glenn youngkin has closed that gap and could become the first republican to win a statewide election there in more than a decade. bret: choice seen as referendum on the white house. one of the first major elections since the president took office. what happens tonight could very well foreshadow next year s midterms. martha: we have team fox coverage of democracy 21. reporters spanned out throughout the commonwealth and the best analysis in the business. bret: but, first, let s go to alexandra hough with the youngkin campaign in chantilly, virginia. alex? well, good evening. yeah, this headquarters is just starting to fill in for the official watch party tonight. they are handing out popcorn. they