in new york city on this very big wednesday, november 3rd, we have a ton to get to. let s get to the news and let s get smart e. it was a huge win for republicans in the virginia governor s race last night. glenn youngkin knocking off terry mcauliffe by more than 70,000 votes, and there s potential for an even bigger shocker in my home state of new jersey. the governor s race there still too close to call. this was a state where incumbent phil murphy was supposed to win easily. instead he s leading the republican jack chit rel lee. last night was a dream situation for the republicans. for democrats it is a nightmare or at the very least a wake-up call. the question is are they going to wake up, and what did republicans take away from last night? it wasn t a trump night. i want to dig into all of this with steve kornacki. he s at the big board, rehema ellis in hoboken, new jersey, and chris jansing in leesburg, virginia, and managing editor of saab doe s crystal ball. donna ed
look at the red, white, and blue on the bridge. brian, you spend a lot of time there. is it always like that or is it just for memorial day? brian: no. i didn t even notice. i drove over there. there was a big memorial day sara outside of jaguar stadium they got the second biggest wall in the whole country commemorating all those who fought in northern florida lost their lives dating back to world war i. there is a huge thing there. i drove over the bridge. i didn t look at the side of the bridge. a bit of a surprise to me to see that. appropriate for this military oriented area. steve: sure. if you were approaching because brian is appearing live at a diner today live in the jacksonville area. had you arrived at work on a boat you would have seen it. ainsley: that s right. we are not suggesting that you pull over on the bridge and look over the edge to see if it s red, white, and blue, never a good idea, brian. brian: no, i probably wouldn t do that be in traffic i
task that we witnessed in the last few years have sadly seem to all just blurred together. there was charleston, pittsburgh, christchurch, el paso, and now buffalo. each inconceivably her refix, each inconceivably monstrous, and yet each predicted, and predictable. in the aftermath of the christchurch attack my friend john rough sounded the alarm, connect the dots between these mass killings, so to highlight the visceral hatred that these bad shared for all invaders of their white christian west. the fed off each other s radicalism, explicitly citing one another in their quote unquote, manifestos. they circulated the same beams, the same extremist talking points, and notably as jonathan and i pointed out at the time, they fully embrace the same unhinged conspiracy known as great replacement theory. the insane dangerous notion that white people are being replaced by black and brown migrants as part of a liberal, jewish cabal plot to change america. the innocent people caught
i think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have hate crime laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. to be when i don t believe in hate crimes laws. i don t think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. you don t think is a hate crime? tucker: i think hate is involved, i m merely saying it is a separate category. i m also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. it is clear that this man s race and political position played a role. absolutely. tucker: that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. the associated press, and the first account, didn t measure tl angles. i wonder why that was. i don t know. what i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case.
people reporting the facts, which is, this individual was charged with a
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election process a top priority. reporter: if the president has done so it has not been in public. standing along side russian president vladimir putin last month mr. trump said this. he said it is not russia. i don t see any reason why it would be. reporter: ever since that moment at the helsinki summit the white house has been trying to clean up his words. national security adviser job bolten trying to do so today. when the two got together president putin said the first issue that president trump raised was election meddling. reporter: the comments from all officials were a far cry from what the president has repeatedly said. is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? let s go. we are finished here. thank you very much. make your way out. reporter: so the quest