it means for all of us in the months ahead. this is a national election. and we ve brought the u.s. capitol to help illustrate how things are trend egg. all 435 streeats in the house a up tonight. as are 35 seats in the senate. 36 governors at stake. and all night long, we re going to be laser focused on the two key numbers you see right there. 23 and 2. congress will change hands if the democrats pick up 23 seats in the house. two in the senate. the gop hopes to increase their majority there. we already have some results. we already have a flip in the house, from the state of virginia. jennifer wexton has defeated bosh what comstock in the suburbs of washington, d.c. barbara comstock, one of the most vulnerable republicans in the country. president trump membership not be on the battle tonight, but he is dominating our politics and our culture, making this midterm to a degree we ve never seen before, a referendum on the president. and we ve asked voters what they think of pr
town hall style debate. this debate is brought to you by all thed nbc 4, but questions tonight come from you, the voters of ohio. some of the voters asking questions will be live with us here in the audience. some of them, you will see on tape, and some of the questions came to us via social media. it is republican mike the mine dewine and democrat richard cordray. each will have the opportunity to make a brief opening statement. by agreement, mike dewine will be going first tonight. i asked the audience to join me in welcoming both of these men to the stage, richard cordray and mike dewine. [applause] colleen: good evening, gentlemen, and welcome to both of you. mr. dewine, we ask you to give your opening statement. dr. dewine: colleen, thank you very much. i think marietta college for hosting us. you have done a great job come of this gorgeous day and gorgeous campus. i am excited about the future of the state of ohio. i am particularly excited about southeast ohio. a lot
i m back. when i was asked by the asked to come here and be moderator if this event, i was not drunk. i accepted immediately. didn t give it a second thought. what on evert was i thinking? my gosh. obviously i m not as bright as some of you people in the audience think i am. this is not a game show tonight. this is serious stuff. and i can t begin to tell you how much agony and stress i have experienced over these many months because i accepted that invitation. the evening is not about me, but i ve spent four decades hosting television competitions with impartiality and what i was very afraid of was that some of you would leave here tonight and say well, our guy didn t do too well but it s only because trebek was so biased against him. i didn t want that to happen. so yes, i am very nervous. but i accepted. and i accepted on the condition that i would get to do to do it my way. now that doesn t mean we re going to have a jeopardy type quiz up here. i m not here to emb
, today he sly basis proud to donate his salary to small business administration. linda mcmahon is here to accept the check. thank you very much, this is awesome. i would like to thank the president for his generosity and for his support of the small business administration. he clearly understands the value of small businesses, there are approximately 30 million of them in this country and i m happy to be their advocate. this money will be used in our veterans program. we re going to establish a seven-month intensetive training program called emerging leaders, it s an adaptation of the program for our veterans, helping them transition from military life into private sector if they desire to start their own jobs, their own companies and be entrepreneurs. once again, we thank the president very much for this and it will be put to very good use. thank you all very much. thank you, administrate orr mcmahon. administrate orr mcmahon. now i d like to bring up john bolton to s