trying to erase a ten-point win for the democrats for joe biden last year. and here we are lo and behold with a scattering of votes left and youngkin sitting 85,000 ahead of terry mcauliffe. steve kornacki at the board. usual rules apply. wave at the camera if we have a characterization to change. obviously, if some big ticket counties in either of these two races come in we ll go right back to you, as we will regularly over these next two hours of coverage anyway. our thanks. for more let s bring in a couple friends of ours. lawrence o donnell, host of the last word, 10:00 p.m. eastern here on this network. claire mccaskill, former democratic senator from the great state of missouri. juanita tolliver, veteran political strategist to progressive candidates and cause. and a.b. stoddard, veteran washington journalist, associate editor and columnist for real clear politics. good evening and welcome to you all. let s start with the former senator in the bunch, and that would be claire