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election. we asked folks, what do you think about the current covid situation in california? the plurality, 39% of voters in this election say it s getting better. 31% say staying the same. only a quarter say that it is getting worse. and i want to now show you that getting better contingent. those 39%. how do they split on the recall? look at this. 64% of them say no. keep gavin newsom in office. only 36% say yes to the recall. looking to fire the governor. he s winning the biggest slice of coronavirus voters that say, hey, we think things are getting better here. we also looked at a couple of key demographics making up why he s leading in the race. among latino voters, 58% say no to the recall. keep gavin newsom. 42% say yes to the recall. that s a narrower margin of victory with latinos than newsom had in the governor s race. but it is still a category he s winning by 16 percentage points and latinos have grown their share of the points. so that s benefiting newsom. ....
shenanigans. last night after the fact, he did let go of the big lie strategy. this is what he said. my opponent, governor gavin newsom [ booing ] come on, let s be gracious. let s be gracious in defeat. and, by the way, we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war. now, elder is already hinting at a run for governor in 2022, so let s bring in cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly for more on the results. walk us through this. brianna, look, going into the night there were a couple things that were very clear. democrats hold a major registration advantage in the state and, therefore, republicans who wanted to recall gavin newsom needed a bunch of things to happen all at the same time in a rather momentous manner. none of those things happened. take a look at where things stand right now. 70% reporting, obviously this race has been called. gavin newsom will remain governor. he s 2.5 million votes ahead. but look at the percentage. 63.9%. tr ....
they call out the fbi in failure of invets stigating abuse. to be clear, i blame larry nassar and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. today i ask you all to hear my voice. i ask you, please, do all in your power to ensure these individuals are held responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report. for lying about any initial report and covering up for a child molesters. this conduct by these fbi agents, including the special agent in charge who are held in high regard and expected to protect the public is unacceptable, disgusting and shameful. if we don t do all we can to get these fact, the problems we are here to address will persist and we are deluding ourselves if we think other children can be spared this constinstitutionali tolerance and abuse that i and so many others had to espendure. those were some of our most recognizable and beloved gymnasts. larry nassar is in prison for life after 150 young women and gi ....
john: i m john roberts in washington. new book claims milley placed two separate calls to china, one just days before and the second on january 8th following the capitol rights. milley believed china could feel at risk from unpredictable president. if the u.s. decided to attack. another allegation describes speaker nancy pelosi calling general milley after the capitol riots pleading for him to protect the nuclear code from former president trump. migey agreed and took steps to limit then president trump s powers. john: we re learning general milley didn t go alone and mark esper made steps, too. jennifer griffin is live with more on this unfolding tale. jennifer. jennifer: defense officials say the two claims in the woodcard and costa book are not accurate. the two calls made to the chinese by general milley were not secret, they were done with defense secretary at the time, general milley spokesman for the joint staff, dave butler, issued following statement mo ....
and we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. there is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. but in their disdainful pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit and it is our continuing duty to confront them. those who seek to maim and kill members of our duly elected government are children of the same foul spirit as those who try to destroy america s institutions 20 years ago. a stark message in how anyone feels about president george w. bush, you may think a message that condemns extremists abroad and at home is something everybody can agree on. even though george w. bush mentioned no names, one person clearly heard something that sounded familiar in the phrase disdain for pluralism or maybe it was the foul spirit. because base ....