i want to get to the election day right now. polls opening in just a few hours in virginia and the closely watched race for governor. the candidates neck-and-neck tonight. the latest from cnn s jeff z zeleny. reporter: one final push for votes in virginia. do not sleep for 24 hours. let s bring this baby home! democratic terry mcauliffe. on election eve he is locked in a bitter duel with republican businessman glenn youngkin. the entire nation is watching this. all eyes are on virginia. reporter: a year after president biden won the commonwealth by ten points republicans are riding a wave of energy. they hope to spark a party resurgence as democrats scramble to keep their party together and avoid an embarrassing defeat. there is not going to be a democrat in any seat in this nation who thinks their seat is safe. reporter: for virginia elects its governors a year after the presidential race. since 1970 the party out of power out of the white house has won every tim
a bitter duel with republican businessman glenn youngkin. the entire nation is watching this. all eyes are on virginia. reporter: a year after president biden won the commonwealth by ten points, republicans are riding a wave of energy. they hope to spark a party resurgence as democrats scramble to keep their party together, and avoid an embarrassing defeat. there is not going to be a democrat in any seat anywhere in this nation who is going to think that his or her seat is safe. reporter: virginia elects its governors the year after the presidential race. since 1970, the party out of power in the white house has won every time, except once in 2013 when mcauliffe narrowly carried the state after president obama s re-election. we can t get this done unless we keep this positive momentum going. reporter: this time, the political headwinds facing democrats are strong even with a parade of party stars visiting over the last month. tonight, more than 1.1 million virgini
continues next on cnn outfront. next, breaking news, russian interference, the former fbi informant charged with lying about the bidens business dealings in ukraine, says he got his dirt from russian intelligence officials. plus president biden vowing to punish putin with major new sanctions after the death of alexey navalny, as russia has now detained a los angeles woman on suspicions of prison after reportedly donating to ukraine. and we take you inside one of the most dangerous prisons, one overrun by terror groups and gain and where at least one gang leader has his own courtyard fridge and queen-sized bet. let s go outfront good evening. i m brianna keilar in for erin burnett outfront tonight. breaking news, russian interference, the former fbi informant charged with lying about the biden s business dealings with ukraine is tonight making a stunning admission telling the fbi russia was feeding him false information about the president s son and the president. reme
during the south carolina primary. and what did you have to say about the the likely nominee, donald trump? well, listen, essentially, she s making the case that americans deserve to have a choice at the polls. they deserve to have their voices heard. she said that they should have the chance to have a real choice, not a soviet style choice. a soviet style presidential election where one can eight and in the ten days after the south carolina primer, that will be 21 states and territories. they re going to vote. she didn t say which of those states she expect she s going to win, but she said she s been hearing from people who want her to stay in the race and she doubled down on on her commitment to continue battling it out with former president trump, essentially saying that she is not scared of him. listen to what she said. i feel no need to kiss the ring. i have no fear of trump s retribution. i m not looking for anything from him my own political future is of zero c
hometown rally last week for the bowl-winning kansas city chiefs, lyndell mays and dominic miller are the two man. this is separate from the two teens facing gun-related and resisting arrest charges. as you may know, lisa lopez-galvan, 43-year-old, mother of two, and a local dj and radio host was killed during the shootout. more than 20 others, including nearly a dozen children, were wounded investigators said the two men did not know each other and got into a verbal argument, which then escalated the news continues right here on cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour, these skyrocketing number of people homeless in america up 12% last year in punk, the impacting some 650 people well, the sharpest rise, the biggest population of homeless since the us government started keeping records. so what s driving this? well, today we re launching a brand new series, looking into it and it starts in the homeless capital of the united states california, plus in the 2024 rac