abc's kenneth moton is in arlington, virginia. >> reporter: tonight the candidates in the virginia governor's race criss-crossing the commonwealth in a final sprint toward tuesday's election day. >> right now, we have a big lead in the early vote. >> reporter: democrat terry mcauliffe, a former virginia governor, neck and neck with republican glenn youngkin, a political newcomer and businessman. >> are you guys ready to win or what? >> reporter: voters in the state largely concerned about education and the economy. >> i've got big bold plans. i'm leading on education. that's the reason why i'm ireio r >> we will teach all history. but what we will not do, we will not teach our children to view everything through a lens of race and divide them into -- into baskets and then make them compete against one another and steal dreams. >> reporter: the race, a toss up. a recent poll finding 49% of likely voters favoring mcauliffe, 48% youngkin. the republican endorsed by former president trump, but youngkin keeping trump and his allies at arms length, going solo on the trail, focusing on the critical

. >> i've come to arlington, virginia to talk to the guard's second in command, lieutenant general mark sassville. what are the different kinds of militias? >> the first category which is what we are is federally recognized and their primary job is to fight the nation's wars. the second category is the state militias and they support the states, fighting fires, floods, and clearly covid now. if you talk about militias there is this other category of private militias that are private organizations that have nothing to do with the first two categories. >> it's those private organizations that have been keeping lawmakers up at night. paramilitary groups that often refer to themselves as militia but exist in a legal gray zone. where individuals have the right to bear arms but as groups they don't have the legal standing to drill or conduct law enforcement. on january 6, 2021, members of some of those groups crossed a red line. >> all of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by a bold and radical left democrats. >> in an attempt to overthrow the presidential election h

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. >> let's go now to cnn's sunlen serfaty in arlington virginia, northern virginia, just outside washington, d.c. this is a nail biter here, sunlen. >> reporter: it certainly is, brianna. and the donald trump factor has frankly loomed large in this race. especially today, on election eve with this townhall for glenn youngkin. over the weekend, as you heard there, you saw glenn youngkin try to keep trump again at arm's length, insisting he's not participating in this townhall with trump, insisting he had no part in the planning. all of this plays into the hand and the strategy of democrat terry mcauliffe who tried to cast youngkin as a proxy for donald trump. here he is over the weekend. >> tomorrow we will have a little teleconference. donald trump is finally going to visit here. trump wants to win here so he can announce for president 2024. that's the stakes of this election. he's trying to get himself off the mat. he wants to win here tuesday. and wednesday donald trump announces he's running in 2024. are we going to allow that to go on here? >> no! >> reporter: early voting here in virgi

cnn's washington correspondent is in arlington, virginia, this morning. mcauliffe has been associating youngkin with former president donald trump. trump put out a statement that the mcauliffe camp might welcome. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, jim. the donald trump factor has loomed very large in this race. today no exception, certainly notable that this morning the former president came out with another statement in support of glen youngkin, someone who as a candidate has tried to distance himself from donald trump but while keeping him at arm's length. not only did the former president release a statement in support of him this morning but he's anticipated to appear at a telerally on behalf of youngkin tonight, but youngkin saying he took no part in planning the event, does not plan to participate, but this has played into democrat terry mcauliffe's hand, the strategy to cast youngkin as somewhat of a proxy of donald trump. here's how he responded over the weekend, trying to capitalize on the former president's late in the game involvement in thi

he teaches international relations with a focus on africa and the middle east, and joins us from arlington. in virginia johan is good to have you back. so listen to grand rebel say they've joined up with albert. are the rebel forces from our amir? how significant is this move? because the armor will want suppressed by the t p a left when that oh yeah. well, let me stay resented that if ya during the 27 years of room by a lot. but now, there is a new marriage of convenience alliance between at least a fraction of the autumn when the gratian front and a, because the abbey has managed to alienate the all mo, the, including some has. so he is really increasing the isolated and that he feel like he's trying to take advantage of that situation as well as o l. a. a right now, since they have them in the military moment or. yeah, and, and to gras rebels claim to making advances in the i'm our region, as you say, also seizing an airport that what is the long term military and political game plan of the t p a left. what do they really want that's a very good question. for the objectives of a history

the values from the farms in shenandoah to the talks in newport news to literally to the monuments of arlington cemetery to the banks of the james river. to the school board meetings in loudoun county. [cheers and applause] this is where parents are. this is where virginians are appear this is where we come together to redefine the future. folks, to stop being a campaign a long time ago. it started being a movement led by all of you. led by you! [cheers and applause] and as we head to the polls tomorrow, we have to remind ourselves that this virginia that we know we can build together, this virginia that is the promise that we have held out for our children and grandchildren, this promise of virginia where we can, in fact, see our kids dream the biggest dreams they can dream of and go get them. this virginia where the parents and grandparents go for a walk the only thing to worry about is what they will do tomorrow because what to do today was so great. this virginia where the children can be college ready or career ready. this virginia where, in fact, more money in your pocket versus terry mca

virginians share as values from the farms in shenandoah to the docks in newport news, to the monuments in arlington cemetery, the banks of the james river, to the school board meetings in loudoun county. this is where parents are, this is where virginians are. where we come together to redefine this future. the stopped being a campaign a long time ago and it started being a movement led by all of you, led by you. as we head to the polls tomorrow we have to remind ourselves this virginia we know we can build together, the promise we held out, the promise of virginia where we see our kids go get them. this virginia where our parents and grandparents go for a walk in the only thing they worry about is what they are going to do tomorrow because today was so great. this virginia where our children can be college or your career ready, this virginia where have more of your money in your pocket versus in terry mcauliffe's pocket. this is the virginia promise that we can build together but the promise things in the balance budget and the balance because tomorrow we must go get it budget will not be given to

we have all angles covered this morning starting with the polling location in arlington, virginia. good morning. big day there. >> reporter: it certainly is a big day, christine. this race is incredibly tight that has national significance, and national implications going forward. not only for midterms for the next presidential cycle, but certainly how many candidates across the country are approaching their races going forward. and this is something that we saw both candidates in this governor's race, terry mcauliffe, the democratic candidate and glenn youngkin arguing, the national significance for both of their respective parties going forward. now, in the final day of campaigning, last night we saw glenn youngkin crisscrossing the commonwealth of virginia, again receiving the endorsement of former president trump and former president trump also appeared at a telerally for him last night. something that the youngkin campaign certainly kept at arms length someone they have constantly kept at arms length during the duration of this campaign. and youngkin really appearing last nigh

she's in arlington outside a polling station. big day today, sunlen. >> reporter: certainly is, brianna. the polls are now open here in virginia. we saw the very first voter go in and cast their ballot in arlington, virginia, a suburb just outside of washington, d.c. this is an extremely, extremely tight race, so every single vote today is going to have a real impact on the outcome. the candidates, the campaigns each know that, and that is why we've seen this frantic, last-minute dash, both candidates on the hunt for votes, trying to motivate people to come out today and cast their ballot in person. that went late into the evening last night for poetboth candida. we did see democratic terry mcauliffe not deviate whatsoever from the central part of his campaign strategy, which is to tie republican glenn youngkin to the former president, and he argued, falsely claimed last night in his campaign event, he said that glenn youngkin was doing an event with the former president. >> guess how glenn youngkin is finishing his campaign? he

again, my question tonight is not when you look at a fairfax county or arlington county or something like that. it's not can loudoun win it but can youngkin cut 10 or 15 points off of trump's lost. that will be key for republicans. >> well, and that's really of course and that's when the question comes if he does that, willie, democrats have to start asking themselves whether they have to retool their message, whether they have to retool their strategies proving forward because they are not going to be running against donald trump and they'll not be able to run against donald trump in 2024 as much as the democratic party fears donald trump politically. trump actually is a guy that lost to hillary clinton by 3 million votes in 2016, only won of the day because of anthony weiner's laptop and comey and a number of other things and the comey letter coming out of that laptop. they got a guy who obviously they loathe in office but you look at race like this and when trump removes from the equation, youngkin has removed trump from the equation and suddenly, people look at republicans and de

one week in arlington -- malik in arlington, texas. caller: i would like to say that the republican is nothing more than a fascist movement. they are comprised of people after the end of the civil war. the only use democracy as an oppressive measure against ethnic minorities. i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. we never received a tax cut. in fact, my taxes were higher under president trump than under president obama. 28.862 on $8,000. she is incorrect when she says it is nothing more than right wing propaganda. host: there is a lot to work with there. go ahead, congresswoman. guest: thank you. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. when we attack either side or the middle, calling them fascist and giving them a label, that is part of the reason we have this division. i really blame social media for a lot of this. if you have watched the social dilemma on netflix talking about the algorithms for social media where if you are a far right or republican, you get th

first let's go to sunlen serfaty in arlington. sunlen? >> reporter: polls are open here in virginia, voting got started about two hours ago. and here at this polling location in arlington, virginia, which is a suburb just outside of d.c., we are seeing a steady stream of people coming in and out, not super long lines, but the director here tells me they have already had 150 people in just two hours vote already. and a lot of people are also coming in and dropping their mail-in vote at this official ballot drop box over here among the 1.1 million virginians who have already cast votes in the early voting. today, talking to voters as they come out, it is very clear there is a lot of passion in this race and that likely will compel people to come out and vote today, talked with one man a short time ago, he is an independent, but he leans republican. he sat out in the race in 2020, he did not want to vote for trump, he tells me he also didn't want to vote for biden, but he tells me he felt compelled to vote today. he said because he's talking

cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty at a polling site in arlington, virginia. sunlen, we know there is a major focus on this. a lot of talk about whether this race has actually is a bellwether for 2022. what were these two candidates saying in their final pitches to voters? >> reporter: well, erica, as you know, this is a very, very close race. and the candidates know that they need people to get out here and vote today. and what we saw from each of the candidates in making their closing arguments was largely them staying true to the core part of their strategy. for democrat terry mcauliffe that was about defining this race, casting youngkin, the republican candidate, as a proxy for donald trump, tieing him to donald trump, even falsely claiming last night on the campaign trail that youngkin was doing an event with trump. that was a reference to a tele town hall that trump dialed into that youngkins wi was not . and for glenn youngkin, his strategy has been to keep trump at arm's length, keep some distance from the former president's endorsement, focusing on lo

edwin: nos encontramos en este centro de votaciÓn en arlington donde siguen llegando los recientes de este estado para elegir al prÓximo gobernador y la elecciÓn estatal reÑÍa que el voto latino podrÍa ser decisivo para ver quiÉn va a ser el prÓximo gobernador de virginia. hay gran expectativa por las diferentes elecciones para alcaldes y varios problemas sociales, pero la tensiÓn estÁ sÓlo lo que pase en virginia con los comicios gubernamentales. [habla en inglÉs] edwin: el demÓcrata y el republicano batallan en una contienda que podrÍa se decide por bote hispano, sin embargo los latinos podrÍan darle la victoria a republicano. >> hemos tenido cuatro aÑos bajo el poder demÓcrata, hemos podido ver como las cosas han marchado y la comunidad hispana a la comunidad a nivel estatal ya se cansÓ y desesperadamente necesitamos un cambio. >> los hechos histÓricos nos han demostrado que realmente el partido republicano es el que ha hecho muchas mÁs cosas a favor de la comunidad latina, por ejemplo la la Última reforma fue a manos de un republicano. edwin: utilice la platafo

we're here at an arlington, virginia, polling center. this is a suburb just outside of washington, d.c. we've seen a steady stream of voters coming in, casting their ballots in person in the last five hours. the polling director here at this location says they have seen 360 people come in and cast their vote. that is a marked increase, she says, from years past, and of course you have people also coming in and dropping their mail-in ballotis as well. key for candidates today is getting out the vote in this razor-close race. we have a few minutes ago our first chance to see republican candidate glen youngkin out on the campaign trail today. he visited a polling location at a middle school in chantilly, virginia, about 20 miles from here, and he was projecting confidence. >> we feel pretty darn good, i have to say. i'm happy to take some questions. >> you had a lot of optimism last night. how so getting hit with shots from the other side? >> i've felt this great surge of momentum for the last six to eight weeks. these kitchen table discuss

one week in arlington -- malik in arlington, texas. caller: i would like to say that the republican is nothing more than a fascist movement. they are comprised of people after the end of the civil war. the only use democracy as an oppressive measure against ethnic minorities. i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. we never received a tax cut. in fact, my taxes were higher under president trump than under president obama. 28.862 on $8,000. she is incorrect when she says it is nothing more than right wing propaganda. host: there is a lot to work with there. go ahead, congresswoman. guest: thank you. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. when we attack either side or the middle, calling them fascist and giving them a label, that is part of the reason we have this division. i really blame social media for a lot of this. if you have watched the social dilemma on netflix talking about the algorithms for social media where if you are a far right or republican, you get th

>> speaking of that, i want to go to two suburban quality counties, fairfax, arlington and virginia, the outer suburbs of prince william and loudon, and you've been especially obsessed with both of these because of those middle class voters of color. let me just remind people, 2017 in loudon. north i've got almost 60%. in 2020, biden got over 60%. what's interesting is i've heard youngkin people tell me they believe they can get to 48% in loudon. that would tell me there actually are biden youngkin voters. >> that's right. if youngkin were even able to get 45% in loudon, i think it would be over in his favor. democratic turnout inside the beltway looks pretty good among the professional, high-propensity vote, right? the question for democrats today is are they able to get out the younger, less politically wired and non-white voters who powered biden to that 10% margin in 2020, and were engaged in 2017 when northam won. it's probably not going to hit those types of levels. >> i did my best to draw you a picture of the beltway here. there are lots of voters outside the beltway here. le

virginia is a curious state that has tilted blue but it's blue because of northern virginia, fairfax, arlington, alexandra, a little around richmond, a little in the tidewater, norfolk, new port news, hampton area but much of the rest of the state's red, right >> it is, as you mentioned, richmond, the richmond suburbs going back to my earlier comment on turnout let's see what african-american turnout is like in those blue areas. hampton roads, which has a substantial african-american base, if they don't turn out for terly mcauliffe. they stay home i think democrats will be really worried about 2022 and their ability to energize and motivate their base to get out. >> thank you very much we'll be watching with interest tonight. to states, new jersey and virginia we'll be watching both of those races with interest and the legislative race as well. >>> coming up, a big call on big oil, analysts put a rare sell rating on exxon. we'll talk to them about why and if there are better energy investments outthere plus, ev valuations keep climbing but are the numbers justified? veo investors. more power lu

arlington at 95%. so you are looking at the places that you know are the deepest blue where the democrats are going to get 60%, 70% or more they're in. we come down here. another example about margin. youngkin winning chester county. margins matter. so winning in the suburbs in the central part of the state more conservative. traditionally the parties that ran under trump, youngkin is losing. you say, oh, that's terrible. you see that margin right there. but then you go back in time and a little bit more. >> and one of the things that's interesting while we talk about all of this, the exit polls indicated the economy was one of the most important issues. and terry mcauliffe thought he was a pro jobs governor when he was governor before, but he ran in a way, a democrat was saying to me earlier, terry mcauliffe ran as an incumbent, right? and glenn youngkin ran as an agent of change. >> this is a change year. >> right? in terms of economics being the most important issue, inflation, gas prices, home heat

this is arlington county. it's geographically small, but this produces -- joe biden got 80.6% of the vote here last year. and since this isn't quite functional yet, adam, do you know what type of vote we're looking at in arlington county here? this is key. this looks like we're getting the early vote reported out in arlington county. and i do have a point of comparison here for 2020. the absentee early vote -- okay. it was 85% for joe biden. the early absentee vote in 2020 was 85% and it looks like mcauliffe is running a couple points behind that. again, there was a ten-point cushion in the state for democrats. biden beat trump by ten points. mcauliffe can afford some slippage tonight from where trump ran in this state. so in arlington county, he ends up two to three points behind where biden ran, that one good news for terry mcauliffe. this is just one of those core vote-producing areas for democrats. this is the city of fairfax county. inside fairfax county is fairfax city. fairfax city is much smaller than

that's arlington county, virginia. across the river from the potomac. its population is enormous given the relative nature of the state. seven out of 133. and just next to it as alexandria county, virginia. again, high in population. this is where democrats have moved over the past 12 years. it's where the growth has been in the state. this area right here is critical for mcauliffe victory. if he is able to pull this out tonight, and for youngkin right now just before i give it back to you guys, just back to loudoun county and just watching this percentage here now, you still have a good 80,000 maybe more raw votes to come in. so we are watching that carefully. back to you guys now in d.c. >> bret: we're going to head back. frequently. >> martha: very interesting if that early vote is coming in the way it looks it's interesting to watch for tonight. thank you, bill. so president biden was hoping for legislative win before the polls close tonight. could his party's infighting affect the outcome? it's all part of our special coverage of democracy 2021. �

let's take your calls in arlington, texas on the independent line. you are on with nancy. >> the republican party is nothing more than an accepted fascist movement. people came after the civil war and have nothing invested in the institution of democracy they only use it as an oppressive measure. also i would like to correct the congresswoman when she said we received a tax cut under president trump. i never received a tax cut. my taxes were higher than under president obama. twenty-eightht to 62 on the agif $127,000. so she's incorrect when she says that right wing propaganda. >> there is a lot for her to work on there. >> thank you for calling. i talked earlier about lowering the temperature. calling them fascist and getting them these kind of labels that's part of the reason we have this division. did you get more of that content on the far left and calling each other names like that truly isn't going to get us anywhere. from south carolina he represented south carolina's first congressional district which is the same district that i represent tod

i think of joe biden stumbling around arlington last week. in the end, it looks like that mattered how much, molly? >> well, they clearly invested heavily in making sure that this was a secure democrat victory. i live here in virginia. we're not a purple state. we're a democrat state. democrat wins state wide office by ten points. joe biden won by ten points. our current governor democrat who's embroiled in all sorts of controversy with his own racism won by ten points. this is not wisconsin or pennsylvania or georgia or a narrow congressional district this is a very safe democrat area. this should have never had to bring out the big guns to keep this seat and they did and they still appear to be losing it. this is just absolutely huge news that speaks not just to the toxicity of the national democratic agenda, but also how that national democratic agenda, which we're all subjected to because they control the white house, the senate, and the house, but also how that's realized and how it affects people at the local level. it is absolutely tru

move over here, arlington county, 95%. >> yeah, it's important to point out you run out of buckets at a certain point. >> and 86% in alexandria, where you are winning by 24,000 votes. shy of that right there. as the other 14% come n you can anticipate terry mcauliffe will cut in to it, cut in to it more. the question is, is there enough to cut in to, you know, 84,000? an hour ago. it was 111,000. so it's has been shrinking. that's a fact f you say, you are a democrat and you want to wait to the end of the finish line. it's mathematically impossible. >> the 84,000. it's a shock to the system. >> we are talking about improbable, going up to 95 for jersey. with 62% of the vote in. and that's where that number now gets significant. you have a healthy margin in percentage wise and totals. now you are closing in on a third of the vote. it's the same experiment. the countys s are bringing them in. it's the number one county in the state. 10% of the population and this at the moment is flipped and we are up to close to 68%. 67% of the vote four years ago. that tells you that the murphy map is

roads, to the coalfields in southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to the memorials in arlington national cemetery. this is our virginia to build together, and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those -- there are those that say that the hill is too steep to climb. but we are empowered to. we are empowered by a conviction, a righteous conviction in our children's future strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. so let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. together, together. together. together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar, and we never settle. a new day were all virginians, all of us, can deserve to look forward to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming, and then achieving that great virginia promise. god best you all! god bless the commonwealth of virginia! and let's go. >> you been listening to now government elect of virginia that the governor glenn youngkin coming from sort of nowhere to come out and win estate that a ye

to the banks of the james river, to the memorials in arlington national cemetery. [applause]. this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that that hill is too steep to climb. but we are empowered. we are empowered by a conviction a righteous conviction. in our children's future, where strengthened by our collective belief. in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together, let's reinvigorate our future, let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together. together. together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where yes we soar, and we never subtle. a new day where all virginians, all of us, can deserve to look forward to grabbing to aspiring to dreaming, and then achieving, that great virginia promise. god bless you, oh god bless the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ and the rate of your screen, the man projected to have won the governorship of the commonwealth of virginia, glenn youngkin, the republican, nbc news also projecting

hampton roads, to the fields -- coal fields of southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to arlington national cemetery -- [applause] this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hell is too steep to -- hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered by a righteous conviction and our children's future were strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together, together, together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar and we never settle. a new day where all virginians, all of us can deserve to look forward, to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming and then achieving that great virginia promise. god bless you all. god bless the commonwealth of virginia. and let's go. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ remember the day i sent you free i told you you could always count on me darling from that day on, i made a vow i'll be

hampton road, to the cornfield in southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to the memorial in arlington national cemetery. [applause] this is our virginia to build together, and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered, we are empowered by conviction, a righteous conviction, and our children's future, strengthen, by our collective belief in virginia promise. so let's climb the hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. possible [applause], to gather, to gather, to, together we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where we storm and we never saddle. a new day where all virginians, all of us, can deserve to look forward to climbing, to aspiring, to dreaming, ironed than achieving that gray virginia and promise, god bless you all, god bless. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [noise] the man projected to have won the governorship of the commonwealth of virginia, glenn youngkin the republican. and we see news also projects that winston zeroes w

julius spain is the arlington naacp president. >> we're coming off of four years of a lot of hate, racism, and we're trying to move forward. the level of enthusiasm for many of our black voters here in north virginia is not perhaps where it's been in years past. >> reporter: some black voters disappointed by the lack of change in democratically controlled government after the racial reckoning following george floyd's murder. in their primary, virginia democrats passing on the chance to nominate two black women for governor. >> you have black women, grassroots campaigns. >> yes. >> then here comes the former governor, terry mcauliffe. >> yes. >> were you disappointed? >> it was a little disappointing not to see them cross the finish line. if we're talking about building diverse coalitions to represent us, regardless of party, it's important that we have diversity at the top of that ticket. >> is the black vote taken for granted? >> of course. of course it is taken for granted. >> reporter: black voters in virginia say they don't see progress on issues they care about. >> housing. >> afford

he kept trump at sufficient arms length to appeal to the northern virginia voters, places like arlington and lehman besburg. he didn't alienate maga voters in the southwest. youngkin doubled down on making this race about concrete issues he argued were progressive overreach in public schools, crime, tax breaks, et cetera. by contrast what we saw from mcauliffe was a flat campaign that kind of lacked direction. when you add it all up in an off-year election where democrats have been struggling to articulate a coherent message beyond the fact they're not trump, i think the outcome maybe wasn't too surprising. >> yeah, we were looking on the screen at top issues on both sides. how much do you think the thinking or popularity of the president, president biden as well as the democrats struggled to move the legislative agenda, perhaps has dragged or dragged mcauliffe down here? >> i think it's certainly a challenge for democrats going forward. it's pretty clear that democrats need to look at yesterday's results as a wake up call. virginia in particular is stlukt i have precisely because of its

hampton roads, to the fields -- coal fields of southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to arlington national cemetery -- [applause] this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hell is too steep to -- hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered by a righteous conviction and our children's future were strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together, together, together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar and we never settle. a new day where all virginians, all of us can deserve to look forward, to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming and then achieving that great virginia promise. god bless you all. god bless the commonwealth of virginia. and let's go. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ remember the day i sent you free i told you you could always count on me darling from that day on, i made a vow i'll be

but as we watch that, i want to go to arlington, virginia, to talk about the other major race. cnn's sunland serfaty is there. sunland. >> reporter: john, certainly a big night for republicans here in virginia and a devastating gut punch for democrats. republican glenn youngkin defeating democrat terry mcauliffe to become this commonwealth's next governor and first time notably that a republican has won a state race here in virginia in over a decade. and youngkin did so by building his own brand, a brand that was separate from trump, appealing to moderate republican voters. but doing so without alienating the trump voters and appealing to the base, focusing on state and local issues like education to get him elected. here's the governor elect at his victory rally in virginia. >> on day one, we're going to work. we're going to restore excellence in our schools. we're going to start with 20 charter schools and we are going to make a down payment and close the gap on giving parents an opportunity to select where their kids go to school. friends, we're going to embrace our parents,

arlington station is receiving 105 million pounds -- i want to make sure that within a from high-speed roof. when my right honorable friend meet with myself and regional colleagues to discuss the eastern leg and the sideline to allow the whole region to be better connected? >> my honorable friend, i thank you for everything is done for darlington and he should wait for the plaintiff, but in the meantime we are upgrading darlington station. there are plans in place a right honorable friend the chancellor announced 310 million pounds of funding over the next five years to transform local transport networks. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister says he's a fanatic when it comes to -- but what about trains and not just in darlington but the mention of other sites because last wednesday i was notified -- [inaudible] have not been successful in attracting the next stage from the government part of the restoring your railway find. can ask the transfer -- can ask the prime minister -- [inaudible] when is he going to get serious about leveling up in our community instead of using the t

i want to drill down to the president of arlington come of the eighth congressional district, the auto guy, he is a democrat and he is looking at arlington and saying we are democrat, we are not, virginia is republican. how is don beyer's job, how does his november and january change after last night's results? henrietta: you have to focus on the independents. the swing among the independents was 13.6 last night, and when republicans look at new jersey they see the great white whale of the parties future. focusing on independence is what you have to do. tom: how does the congressman from arlington the senator from west virginia adapt again to the selection out,. -- to the election outcome. how much more power to buyer and mansion have? henrietta: democrats should be thankful there is not a virginia senate race. senator manchin, senator cinema, the moderates in the house will have a bone to pick with progressives and repeat something joe manchin said to them a while ago, which is you might have a forum in the house but you need to win more elections if you think you are the backbone of

let's go to sunlen serfaty, following the results of the election from arlington, virginia. terry mcauliffe has not conceded yet, but the numbers seem to be clear here. do we know when he'll make that call? >> reporter: well, jim, mcauliffe officials tell cnn overnight there is no urgency to do so, but certainly the expectation is that is going to have to be the next step here. and democrats this morning are definitely waking up to this gut punch blow in the governor's race. mcauliffe officials admitting that they just underestimated glenn youngkin in the end and the race for them just shifted in the end. glenn youngkin was able to tap into a series of state and local issues, most notably education. that did resonate among voters last night in exit polls. that's something that the governor-elect gave a nod to in his victory rally last night. >> on day one, we're going to work! we're going to restore excellence in our schools! we're going to start with charter schools and make a down payment and close the gap on giving parents an opportunity to select where their kids go to s

. >> that they are, cnn washington correspondent, all of these developments for us, from arlington, virginia, so the concessions statement went out. do we know he has spoken this morning? >> well, we are told that the two men have not spoken directly on the phone, yet they say that mcauliffe reached out before this concession went out. they were not able to detect. certainly notable as you say that this concession formally came out just a few minutes ago, acknowledging they came up short, congratulates glenn youngkin saying i hope virginians will wish the best for him and his family. certainly this is a big gut punch for them. we had mcauliffe yesterday acknowledging overnight, really, they overestimated youngkin, in the end if race for them shifted in the final weeks, in the final months of the campaign. glenn youngkin was able to rally supporters to get out to the polls over state and local issues, most notably resignations, that's something the governor elect last night acknowledged in his victory speech. >> on day one, we're going to work. we're going to restore excellence in our schools

we are live in arlington, virginia. sunday lynn, what happened in virginia? >> reporter: okay. that's exactly the question mr. democrats here in virginia and nationwide, frankly, are asking this morning in the aftermath of the election results here. and certainly notable that in the last hour, democrat terry mcauliffe officially conceding the race, saying in a statement he hopes virginians will join me congratulating glenn youngkin for his win and wishing him the best. this is a significant gut punch for democrats and mcauliffe officials acknowledging that they certainly understatemented youngkin and they said that the race for them just shifted in the end. now for youngkin, he was squarely focused throughout his campaign on the bread and butter state and local issues, issues like education and exit polls really found that that resonated with virginia voters. here's the governor-elect celebrating his victory last night. >> together, together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth. and, friends, we are going to start that transformation on day o one. >> now, it's no

we start in arlington, virginia. a huge change in the commonwealth. >> reporter: a huge change, john, a huge swing for republicans here in virginia and a significant blow for democrats. terry mcauliffe making it official a short time ago, officially conceding this race, calling glenn youngkin. we are told the two have not officially connected by the phone yet. mcauliffe lost certainly in part due to his laser-focused strategy on attempting to tie youngkin to former president donald trump. in the end that simply did not work. youngkin was successful on being able to cultivate his own brand outside of president trump at the same time while not alienating trump voters, attracting moderate voters and appealing to the base. in part that was due to him being able to tap into virginia-focused issues, education and parental rights. john, that was a big win and resonated with virginia voters here. >> a fascinating race. we'll be studying it for months and months heading into the next one. let's go to new jersey now and jason

>> i was driving back in from the mcauliffe event last night coming across the bridge there from arlington ceremony to the lincoln memorial and thinking about joe biden, looking at the lincoln memorial, always a beautiful drive. you're thinking about biden was about to land and our later and you've been on trips with the president where you come home on a late night flight and when you land, it's not great news. i give them a credit today. the president did not look panicked. the white house has not seemed panicked today. their attitude is they're taking this seriously and there's no doubt in a democratic party that is always replete with bedwetters, they had a lot of incoming over the course of this day. people were concerned and scared. a lot of electives who were freaked about this. to hold your composure in a situation like that is a big task and to your point, i think the by they look at this is the president hasn't had a lot of wins since october. now we're in november. the president hasn't really chalked up any really big political wins and i think they see those wins are just out o

he's in arlington virginia. do you get the sense that president bowden is rattled by this? _ this? yes, look, this? - yes, look, last this? — yes, look, last night was not a happy note for democrats in virginia, newjersey, and i think he is focused on what comes next. what comes next is getting things done, and that is really where democrats are today, where they need to be two passes legislation that is going to make a difference in peoples lives, particularly in their pocket books. that is what he would like people to be focused on, but this is, as we say, quite a shock. is it significant? a narrow victory, a loss on the other, is this significant? it is not necessarily a shock, look back in history and what happens in virginia, particularly during five year elections. —— off year. this is what happened in virginia in 2009 after president obama's victory. the republicans took control in virginia in 2009, so thatis control in virginia in 2009, so that is true to form. what happens here is a signal to the power in washington that there is dissatisfaction about what is dissati

there are white voters choosing white supremacy except they are rich white liberals voting in arlington and fairfax and voted for higher taxes and climate change and progressive education and anti-police reform. this is what white rich liberals can afford but the black working class can't. if they go out to the white working class they are going out to the black working class. they choose this amount of spending. they pretend they are doing well but they are hurting everybody because they shifted from class to race and can't get out of it. it's the rich white liberal who votes democrat who is the real racist. they are hurting the black worses class as they try to hurt the white working class. >> biden contradicted by his own white house after saying reports of paying migrants are garbage. mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this is the only healthcare system in the country with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers, in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical

but the most affluent places in america are arlington, fairfax, and loudoun county. their people make six or even seven figures. the type of folks who can afford hunter biden's artwork and drug habit. and they vote democrat overwhelmingly knowing that it only leads to paying much higher taxes. as the new york time points out, affluent suburbs went bluer than a smirk choking on a marble. they didn't say that, i did. but that won 77% of the vote in arlington so these are voters who know they are going to play way more under a democrat but they do it either way whether intact size, at the gas pump, or by medical devices online. fyi, catheters come in handy when you can't make it to the bathroom. trust me. so while talk about issues matter to blacks, no matter to these rich, white, liberal racists. if you voted republican, are you trying to save some money so you can fill your tank with gas or are you a racist? maybe everyone who drives is racist. but the rich white liberal racist can afford stuff like climate change spending, defending the cops, on mitigated regulation

lately, after a recent derailment left nearly $200.00 passengers stranded in an underground tunnel near arlington national cemetery and the national transportation safety board investigation found that the same train had derailed and re railed itself twice in the 90 minutes prior investigators found defects and we'll an actual assemblies. it's an issue. the transit authority has been working on for 4 years with kala saki manufacturer of those 7000 series cars, 784 of which were taken out of service. so the delays here have been hellish. as long as 40 minutes with as little as a quarter of the rail car fleet and service and b. c for washington spoke with metro board chairman paul smith burg. we do understand that this is gonna create questions in people's minds and again, that's why we've got to get it right. we're going to be as transparent as possible . a transparency is one thing, but we now know that metro had known for years that there were significant issues with parts of the wheels on its new israel cars. those 7000 series cars, yet a permanent fix was never made. this investigation could t

on november 11, 1921 thousands of people marched to arlington national cemetery to watch as sergeant younger was lowered into the marble tomb. warren harding describe how the soldier might come from any one of the millions of americans homes. hundreds of mothers are wondering today, finding solace in the possibility that the nation bows and grief over the body of one she bore to live and die, if need be, for the republic. we will go to sylvia in virginia, republican line. hi. caller: i'm so happy they passed something last night. i tried to stay up all night to see what was going on. i'm glad there is money out there, because every time we see a bridge that is crashing to the ground it is horrifying to me, and i'm glad they have some money out there. i hope it helps to clean up the planet too. thank you so much. host: and vivian is the last call for this segment. democrats line. caller: good morning. i'm calling about the infrastructure bill. and the other bills they've got in there. this could have been passed along time ago. i'm sick and tired of the democrats saying they want this

the horse drawn gear will make its way through washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch. [projector sound] >> that is where to do you see the larger sarcophagus over that which was not constructed at this moment. >> there is the final shot of arlington national cemetery much as we see it again with the many head stones marking the fallen. it is important to pause and think about the meaning the unknown soldier had at this time. it was about world war i, yes but also it was thought to be a memorial that could connect all the different american conflicts that stretch beyond world war i and honor those who served in the nation's armed forces and that continue strongly until today.

. >> there is the final shot of arlington national cemetery much as we see it again with the many head stones marking the fallen. it is important to pause and think about the meaning the unknown soldier had at this time. it was about world war i, yes but also it was thought to be a memorial that could connect all the different american conflicts that stretch beyond world war i and honor those who served in the nation's armed forces and that continue strongly until today. >> you are watching american history tv exploring our nation's past. >> veterans from world war ii to the iraq war have told their stories and recorded oral history interviews which aired in their entirety on american history tv. coming up next to mark veterans day we hear experts from a selection of these veterans beginning with a firsthand account of the raising of the american flag at iwo jima. >> when the flag went up we were 1000 yards up the beach, we had no idea what was going on. we were too busy paying attention to what we were doing but suddenly i didn't know what was going on, i had my back and could come up

join us to narrate in 1921 silent film on the journey of remains of unknown american world war one arlington national cemetery. >> how does this unknown soldier being honored come about? >> it goes back to the beginning of the warfare you see expand during world war i, you get a lot more on identifiable remains, it's a lot in the civil war but people were struggling with the fact that the could not figure out who many of these casualties were so great britain and france in 1920. an unknown soldier in each of their country. in great britain, and france under the one in paris. the u.s. decided to do something similar to that, the idea was started by hamilton of new york who submitted legislation to bury an unknown soldier. >> the casket is being carried down to the united states capitol, a seen modern americans will be familiar with similar ceremonies in our time put on the year that will make its way over through the streets of washington and over to arlington cemetery. let's watch for just a minute. [silence] [silence] >> that is where today you see the larger part of which was not yet const