politicsnation. tonight s leads, not a moment to lose. right now it s five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i m out exportation s, in tuesday s elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island s first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they re a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in
Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
kimberly: a brand-new example of liberal hypocrisy. some members of the left-wing liberal media mocking first lady melania trump after her the best initiative announcement. this is a first lady who is not culturally american, but she is learning the ways. this is not just an american issue. these are not just american issues. these are international issues. cyberbullying is an international issue. social media is international. also the opioid addiction issue. kimberly: new york times reporter tweeting for non-english speakers, those from eastern europe, is the vast in idiom in your language? other users on twitter ridiculing trump s accent and choice of words. how can you be against a program that benefit children?
kate points out there s some painful reality in the first lady taking on cyber bullying and being kind online and the first lady is well aware of that. reporter: yes, she s well aware of her husband s cyber bullying. he s considered by some, many i would say, in different sectors, one ever the biggest bullies. he ll call you out in a moment s notice. and she stood in front of him and basically said she wants to show young people [ inaudible ] there are a lot of realities that she s dealing with. this is a first lady who is not cultur culturally american, but she s learning the ways. and these are not just american issues. these are international issues. cyber bullying is an international issue. social media is international. and also the opioid addiction issue, it s not just here, it s
we have 88 candidates this time. they are spectacular candidates. and they re going to drive turnout in their districts. they re obviously not financial to win 88 seats, when you if et the people to vote. when hillary clinton won last year, you have a republican incumbent. they must be your happy hunting ground. you like them. we need 17 of them and 17 seats to flip the dell gather. that s a tall order. will you get 17? i think that s a tall order tonight. i think the last time that democrats won both new jersey and virginia governors races was 2005. we know what happened in 2006. and the reason we re winning is because i spent a lot of time in both states, people are talking about health care. they see what donald trump is doing. that i have lfd ones with an opioid addiction issue. they re seeing this president take away their access. in virginia, they haven t expanded medicare. why? because the republican-dominated