then barack obama gets re-elected easily two years later. this is the ebb and flow of american politics. i'm not saying it's great. i'm just saying, this is the defining feature of our time, just like, you know, for large chunks of the 19th century we had really, really crappy presidents. >> there are a couple of things. steve really kind of points them up for us. the first is understanding that, you know, 2016 is -- and '20 are presidential cycles. in between, you have the local races. so you have this national phenomena, where everybody is focused on a big name for president. then it becomes very local, which is what these governors races really reflect. and what this race in virginia says, and i think that, you know, youngkin put it right when he says, "i want to change the trajectory of the commonwealth," and he is going to focus on the local issues to help do that. he's not springing in national issues. that's what mcauliffe tried to do. he tried to tie youngkin and trump together. he tried to create this national synergy of, you know,

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obama, larry summers has been talking about inflation for months and a lot of people worry when you take an inflationary overheated economy and you have $3 trillion which is what these 2 billion bills would do, 3 trillion in government spending you will make it worse and there's a lot of economic experts that say pass or not pass it, inflation will continue well into 2022. >> let's break this down, long-term and short-term, that is definitely true 17 nobel prize-winning a economist are those that we talked about doing things to allow americans to get back to work, putting money in their pockets and making childcare more affordable will help with inflation in the long run, there is a short-term transitory the ones that we are already seeing slow down a little bit but very mindful because that's impacting americans. that is a consequence of the economic effects of the pandemic. there are so many things that are happening in our economy, distortion, disruption, things in our supply chain that are affecting crisis, a clearly direct consequence of the pandemic which is why the best thing

obama got elected it felt like a historic moment because it. was i am a little, bit i'm gonna take a step back for politics. this feels different, why? and what do you see as the antidote. >> i think it feels different because it is not the people who are stepping back out of the sense of relief, right? i think the people who are pulling back to progressives are really very engaged. but i think plenty of people find this so poisonous that in order to preserve their own sanity the sort of have to take a step. back the total political involvement that was the aim of getting trump out of office. got people threw themselves into for four years isn't sustainable. and so i think in order for people to get involved once again, there needs to be people in the party who say that, if you fight for this, democracy can be saved. and in order to do that you need to have some sort of path to voting reform legislation. you need to have some sort of path for democracy legislation. >> yes i think that's very well said. i'll be here, and i denied out, bad feelin

remind everyone on the panel barack obama and bill clinton lost midterms and both came back to be elected. this white house needs to regroup, reset and call on congress to pass the legislation in front of them. >> bret: you know i said last note to martha eventually because of this win that glenn youngkin was going to be whispered about the presidency at some point. i just didn't know it was going to happen wednesday with the panel. ben, your thoughts. >> we follow your lead, bret. >> i think when it comes to what harold is saying there, there is a lot of truth to it. one thing clear forever the democratic coalition going forward you cannot continue agenda when we lose the an election america is racist. somehow yesterday america proved that it was racist again or something like that. glenn youngkin was smart enough to run take arrows for it and reject it we will find he was rewarded by hispanic voters, by asian voters, by other voter continues in virginia that made the difference for him ultimately. we cannot continue this kind of race-based agenda that create the hierarchy for children i

barack obama and michelle get ready to depart washington and get on marine-1. did you speak to them since then? >> well, not much. initiately right after i took office i did. one or two times. i spoke to them before taking office. that's a ritual. it was 15 minutes and it ended up being quite a bit long tore put it mildy.e it was an interesting conversation. he told me about north korea and the problems and that was the greatest problem we and i to it a large extent solved it. we got along great with north korea after the rough first patch but then they understood we were not playing games and we got along great. not very much.e >> sean: you once told me that you thought we were on a path towards war with north korea? >> i did and so did president obama and that would have been a nuclear war. we met in singapore and in vietnam. we had great meetings and we established a great relationship. i liked him and he liked me. we had some interesting conversations. >> sean: we got back the remains of our soldiers. >> we did. >> sean: i was at both summits. he stopped th

barack obama was elected twice. while barack obama was in office, democrats lost, i believe, 1,000 legislative seats nationwide. the consequences of that for the party have been devastating. so if you're sitting out there and you want to get engaged, you want to make a difference, don't just look to congress. this is whether you're a republican or democrat, whoever you are. look to the state legislatures. by the way, the state legislatures, this is so important, we're talking about the big lie. we're talking about january 6th. do you know why that festered? because we were still counting wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, and georgia weeks later. now, leading up to the election, we said on this show time and again, and others said, those legislatures, in order to stop any questions about the legitimacy of the election, should do what the state of florida does. yes, ron desantis, governor of the state of florida, and past governors have done, and that is count all of the early votes before the polls close on election

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the, about culture work with barack obama in virginia using plan youngkin, raising these issues, that was on top of a lot of between criticism including terry mcauliffe thing glenn youngkin was running a race campaign from the lincoln project as a white supremacist and i think this james was leading to ridiculous things in los angeles. larry elder, african-american radio commentator hailed as a candidate white supremacy. same thing in virginia, the, first african-american woman to win a statewide office, she's hailed as an advocate for white supremacy. it shows more they don't have an argument and they want to bully people into silence and i think the public is responding. i think most of the public that saw the mcdonald's ceo statement would have the reaction that monai and kim had talking about responsibility and also saying you can't say that and i think most people sympathize with that and they see the people bully offstage. paul: kim, any signs the democrats will move off of this? >> the fact that they are actively saying we are not really engaged in critical race theory and oh,

obama because they were delivering a progressive liberal policy or great america-first policy. that's where we are at in the environment and it's very bad for joe biden. >> sean: and i guess the moment that bill clinton, i got to be the emcee the night he became speaker. i've been at this too long. it was an incredible night for the first time in 40 years republicans won and after that historic win a guy by the name bill clinton decided it was time to change course and he said the end of welfare as we know it. with this radical group of new green deal socialists and joe biden i don't really think is calling the shots i don't see that possibility. do you. [ chuckles ] . >> absolutely, not. >> sean: was it a joke. >> yeah, they think it is. no there's not a chance in the world. the democratic party that used to be an extra centerist party is dead. you have no legs left. you have the woke democrats who have taken control of the party and it's just moved to left. and on top of that the incompetence that we've seen. as you went through the monologue it occurred to me we have a presi

joe falls asleep and apologizeds just like his idol barack obama for america. he has no clue his own state department is planning on playing illegal immigrants $450,000 each. he goes back again to beg opec and russia to produce more oil. joe, all you have to do is ask texas, alaska, north dakota, oklahoma. they will be more than happy to accommodate. the bottom line is democrats, who are they hurting? the poor and the middle-class. i thought nobody was going to pay a penny more if they made under $400,000 a year. nope. the people bearing the brunt of these policy are the poor and the middle class. for democrats political power is the only thing that matters. here is a fox news contributor and a fox nation host. you have followed everything in afghanistan. you followed everything on the border. we are watching the high price of gasoline and watching joe biden beg opec. and never mind foreign policy. joe didn't know about the $450,000 payments to illegals. i only see two members of the democratic party, joe manchin and krysten sinema and i will add james carville

barack obama when he was president his last year, illegal crossings were at a 50-year low. just stop and think about that for a second. illegal crossings were at a 50-year low. and in the obama/biden administration, they skyrocketed under donald trump. they are continuing to skyrocket now. obviously joe biden needs to figure out exactly what worked when he and barack obama were in the white house before and duplicate that. >> there's that, but as they celebrate the bipartisan infrastructure bill today, i would also suggest that they look at the many different crises facing this administration and think about like a supply chain czar. there's a couple different things american consumers and this is what -- this is what's going to impact the way they vote. that are impacting them right now. they can celebrate a bipartisan infrastructure bill about what's coming. that's great. but what's happening right now? like, massive shortages in supply chain issues and that's going to stay with us for months and months. >> mika, the 60 minutes piece last night on the supply chain, crisis

hillary clinton's campaign when she started making progress against barack obama. snooer talking about cutting the gas pipelines. >> that election has worked for other presidents as well. >> i want to step back a little bit here and follow up on what clear was just talking about, about learning from last coos. >> we talked last week about the new york times editorial. their analysis of democrats lost in virginia and governor's race. the party. this morning the wall street journal william is giving his take. he writes in part, gubernatorial contest mainly teaching about race and it raised an ethnicity in public schools. >> three easy steps, showed how not to do with it. >> first, tell parents butt out. >> second, infuriates parents by telling them they are confused and there is no real world problem. and finally accused of republican candidates of blowing a whistle. the bottom line is time for democrats to get serious of the problem they created for themselves in decades long, drift towards progressivism that repels the voters. >> they node to build a national major

the only time the pattern was broken in 2013 when a leader after barack obama was reelected president and some guy named terry mcauliffe was elected governor of virginia and then the pattern went back to the same as it always been. one party wins the white house and other party wins virginia's mansion. youngkin has history and momentum on his side. what mcauliffe has on his side is math. the fact that this has been a bluer and bluer state and so the question is, do enough democrats come out to vote for mcauliffe? does youngkin motivate republicans in a year when trump is not on the ballot which plays both ways. right, trump is in a lock box. we'll not know until tonight how this works out. i think anybody tells you they know how this is going to play is wrong. we just don't know yet. i don't rule out the possibility that other candidate could win convincingly either because of the momentum or the math. let's see. >> let's put sam stein in the position telling us how this is going to play out. >> white house senator for politico. sam, how is it looking in virginia, any polls giving you

the house held eric holder, the attorney general for barack obama and contempt in the obama administration and obama justice department refused to prosecute that case. there is politics all over these cases. >> sure, i do think, you already alluded to this in your earlier conversation. what happens with bannon may be different than others. bannon was not there, he was not in the white house. he talked about this on air video before. there is no way to make the executive privilege claim whether or not others are successful that will play out whether or not you're indifferent, that will play out but this sends a very strong message that they're not playing around and that they want to get to the truth. this is unprecedented it is going to be treated as such. chris: were talking about the reasons of the banning cases but there is talk in washington concerning that it could open up a dangerous precedent in seeing the willingness of the biden administration to go after steve bannon and potentially to go after people with a stronger case like the white house chief of staff mark meadows that this

but americans are going to feel it and i hope they wake up and realize that barack obama said something that was really true, elections have consequences, and the one in 2020 has had some very severe consequences for american families. >> sean: kellyanne, is there any capacity you see with biden and harris, the administration, democrats, to reverse course on any of these major issues? because i don't see it. >> sean, only if they start listening to some of the outside advisors who don't have skin in the game, and their skin in the game is external -- james carville saying listen, -- but it's a battle between the progressives, so-called progressives who voted against biden's big package. i think you reverse course when you admit mistakes and they are still in the "but trump" mode. and that doesn't work anymore, terry mcauliffe proved that. a year after last year's election, people know that biden and harris should be made to own and eat all of these failures, but they're really out of stop and out of sync with where america wants our policies to be, and they're making a huge mistake in t

obama because they were delivering either a progressive liberal policy or a great america first policy. that's where were at this environment is very bad for joe biden. i guess the moment that bill clinton when newt gingrich i go to be the emcee that he became speaker. i've been at it long. i was at the emcee that night pretty incredible night for the first time in 40 years and afte that when historic went with th newt gingrich contract with america a guy by the name of bill clinton decided it was tim to change course. he said things like the era of big government. the end of welfare as we know it . with this radical group of new green deal socialists in joe biden i don't really think is calling the shots, i don't see that possibility, do you?th >> absolutely not. >> was it a joke? >> they think it is. there's not a chance in the world that party is dead. the democratic party that used to be somewhat centrist welfare reform he has no legs left. you have the woke democrats the progressive yodemocrats taking control of the party. it's just moved to left. and on top of that the incompeten

bush hundred 20006, and he said there had been a thumping of this party and barack obama percent in 2010, there had been a shellacking but present biden deflected these questions whether or not he was responsible pretty. reporter: we're just talking about the importance of the white house press corps, that room being full of people who are able to ask tough questions is somewhat scandalous and that the only questions about this usually important border policy will only ask by peter ducey and david - and there should be dozens of reporters asking these tough instead of what we suffer people like is like what can we do to help the democratic party going forward pretty. >> they did asked do you bear personal responsibility and present biden said well yes fix it whenever and so just sort of well i don't know the infrastructure built it would help or not. >> i don't thank you so much on the part of present vitamin there also have not been the same type of tenacious question asking and asking a question without tough follow-up is not really that notable is really only one instance in the entir

the first year barack obama was president in 2009, his party lost the governor's race in virginia and his party lost the governor's race in new jersey. and, yes n the first year donald trump was president in 2017, his party lost the governor's race in virginia and his party lost the governor's race in new jersey. the virginia and new jersey governors' races always happen a year after presidential politics and they always follow the same pattern. a lot of things in politics are subtle, nuanced, complicated. this is not one of those things. every year, after a new president is elected, his party loses the governorship in virginia and the governorship in new jersey. and this has been true all the way back through the 1980s. last night, it would appear that, like every other president in living memory, and admit it, a few of those presidents you even forgot about, it would appear last night the same thing just happened to joe biden as happened to all the other presidents like clockwork, like it's written in stone. everybody freak out. the only one difference here for joe biden is that he

we all put out the stops when the vice president, the president to barack obama, and i think glenn youngkin hit on a number of virginia voters when he very delicately navigated the waters with donald trump and really focused and said, i don't need to bring anybody in. that was clearly a message that resonated with some of the swing voters that dan and i have been talking about, and i think he actually effectively use that message to counter some of the big democrats coming in as a way to answer the question of whether donald trump should campaign with them out on the campaign trail across the commonwealth. so that will obviously take some deeper digging, as we think through messaging and republicans have to have some soul-searching. where they go as a party, despite the victory as it was clear victory for glenn youngkin in the commonwealth. he did it without donald trump for the most part. obviously he called in last minute and try to do some tweets and stuff like that through statements from his office, but he was not on the campaign trail and glenn was able to pull this out, that's an int

obama. he's tried p to make this a national campaign for whatever reason, i don't specifically know why. and you have pretty much stuck to local issues, state issues that impact everyday lives. i got to imagine that that's probably what has resulted in the surge. how do you explain these poll numbers that have now shifted in the last number of weeks dramatically in your favor? >> well, we've been focusing on the issues most important to virginians, low taxes, schools that deliver for our children, safe communities,el a growing jb market versus a stalled out one and oh, by the way, a government that will work for us and not tell us what to do all the time. and virginians have embraced this platform. it's been amazing, across the country we've been hearing from families inningg stand up for us too, virginia, because we don't get to vote this year, we have the same problems that you have. these kitchen table issues, this is what america is focused on yoright now. our website is blowing up. peop

. >> joining us now is david plouffe, former adviser to president barack obama. he's an msnbc political analysts. we are at an interesting stage in the infrastructure bill that has already become law. that is, i am fine to get much easier to describe it now that it has passed and become law. and we actually have practical applications of it out there. >> no question, lawrence. the language that president biden used today, about the types of trucks that went over the bridge, why it was important, the more real and granular it is, the more i think -- until there are shovels in the ground -- it will not be -- it was great to see american flags and bridges and a really vivid description of who would benefit from this. this is important for the country importantly, but also important politically. the most important for democrats to hold on to congress, -- if people feel better about the economy, this infrastructure bill will be a piece of that, as well as the build back better bill as well. that and getting covid in our we're view mirror will give us confidence about

barack obama and nancy pelosi also back then passed an awful lot of legislation that quite frankly save the country from disaster. and certainly from going off an economic cliff. and then we turn around and got dragged into those midterms as well. democrats have to do a much better job of connecting their legislation to the real world and realize, to the aspirations and concerns of americans. they've been good at passing legislation. democrats have historically not been very good at selling that legislation, not good at the politics of that legislation. although i will say, lawrence, and i will say that biden has taken a lot of hits, as have democrats, about this -- but even if they had passed build back better and the infrastructure bill, i don't know that it would have made that much of a difference, quite frankly, in those results you just saw. in virginia. and history says that it may not have made that much of a difference, because the base of the party just is not energized. as well as the base of the republican parties. >> it seems that infrastructure is especially challenging fo

obama was elected where people felt we were on the right track. this has become almost an american condition. it's a little more serious right now. but, you know, we've had this. i think political dysfunction is a big parts of this, at least on the part of democrats feeling that we're not on the right track. republicans feel that way because there's a democrat who's. . in terms of getting democrats more confident, i think if this legislation can start to move so that we have science working, the economy working, and finally politics working, then people can start to sense that maybe we're headed into sunnier days. one report i was worried about the '70s, there was horrible inflation in energy prices. the arab countries, opec had us literally over a barrel. they sometimes spike now but we don't have the structural, super high energy prices that were driving inflation at that time. >> gentleman, thank you for your per suspect. >> if i might. >> go ahead. >> there's one other factor we haven't mentioned. and that is that as i have lived through the l

in they brought in barack obama, stacey abrams and it doesn't seem to have moved the needle. now, maybe we will find out that it did. that they brought out all these blue voters that wouldn't come. looks like a race between the candidates. glenn youngkin attached himself to real bread and butter issues. literal bread and butter issue 2.5% tax on groceries, education which is now the top issue. i would but the it this way, i think if glenn youngkin doesn't win, in this environment, facing a bad candidate with a lot of breaks that have gone his way it's hard for me to see any republican winning statewide in virginia. i think it will just be a blue state. >> bret: that's exactly right if that's what turns out. here are some sound about expectations tonight. >> i think virginia is a very important canary in a coal mine. biden has handed control much the agenda over to the radicals over the bernie sanders and aoc and elizabeth warren and i think people are horrified. i think virginia is aspect of that. >> there is a comfort level with terry that's positive. the little dynamic in t

it is same america that elected barack obama twice, you have donald trump right after that. how do we process all of this? >> yes, this is a question i all-important get from students, i try to remind them that i think we are part of a very long story. and so this story of bright spots followed by darkness, or bright spots together with darkness, are part of our long history, in addition to the things he talked about in politics we can think about slavery in reconstruction. so these things tend to go together, but i think it's important for us to do use those bright spots, to take them and find joy in them as we continue the work. it's important that we don't get bogged down and start to celebrate the price phosphine they happen, because it's necessary to hold on to that kind of thing, when we need to continue to work and we do those work from residents ration and the turnout, when we're fighting against redistricting we were just hurting about. and battle in against covid, we can do those things with a smile on our faces we remember the good times. >> i just want to end on

. >>> my next guest predicted this senate setback teamed up with joel bennenson a poster for barack obama, together they did a research project that warned democrats they are misjudging which issues voters care most about, especially independent voters. just before the election, they found the issues that independents care most about, the economy, inflation, jobs, immigration, and border security, and covid-19, the pandemic recovery and they warned that the number of independents who said the country was headed in the wrong direction was 70%. what does this mean for democrats in next year's midterms, neil newhouse joins me now, the cofounder of the republican polling firm, republican opinion strategies. welcome back. james carville said certain among us, they need detox from wokeness, one narrative that's come out of virginia is that this was all explained as a rejection of wokeness. is it that simple? >> no, it's never that simple. this is -- it's a typical kind of midterm election where voters respond to the party in power. i think the message they sent. joe manchin was right about the

. >>> joining us now is david fluff, former campaign manager to president obama barack obama. we are at an interesting stage at the infrastructure bill that has become law. i am finding it much easier to describe it now that it has passed and become law, and we actually have practical applications of it out there. >> no question. the language president biden used today about the types of trucks that went over that bridge and why it was important, the more real it is, the more granular, the more i think until there is shovels in the ground, it will matter to people. and so it was great to see american flags and bridges and really vivid descriptions of who would benefit. this is important for the country, most importantly, but also politically. the most important thing for democrats next year in their battle to save democracy and hold on to control in congress will be president biden's approval ratings growing. if people feel better with the economy and this infrastructure bill will be a big piece of that as will the build back better plan bill as well, you know, that and gettin

you know, barack obama and nancy pelosi also back then passed an awful lot of legislation that, quite frankly, saved this country from disaster, certainly from going off the economic cliff, and then we turn around and got drubbed in the midterms as well. i think democrats have to do a much better job of connecting their legislation to the real world and real lives and aspirations and concerns of americans. they've been very good at passing legislation. democrats historically have not been very good at selling that legislation. they've not been very good at the politics of the legislation, although i will say, lawrence, and i know biden has taken a lots of hits about this and democrats took a lot of hits about this, but even if they passed the build back better and the infrastructure bill, i don't think it would have made much difference in the election results you just saw in virginia, and history says that. it probably wouldn't make that much difference because the base of the party just isn't energized as well as the base of the republican party is. >> it seems infrastructure is esp

when barack obama comfortably won the state in 2008, it marked the beginning of an unbroken run of democratic wins. the “red wall” had crumbled. that's just one of a host of examples where the certainties of past election seasons erode and then vanish. california was once one of the most reliably republican states. from 1952 through 1988, it went to democrats only once in ten presidential elections; and put republicans into the statehouse and the u.s. senate regularly. then bill clinton won california in 1992, a shift away from republicans' anti-immigration views and an increase in liberal-minded, college-educated voters triggered a collapse of the republican party. hillary clinton carried the ate by more than four million votes; joe biden by more than five million votes. republicans do not hold a single statewide office. but the myth of the red and blue walls is bipartisan. throughout the 2016 campaign, democrats were confident that hillary clinton would prevail because of the “blue wall” in michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. they had voted democratic for six straight elections.

this is a county back in 2012, mitt romney only lost to barack obama by about four points. fast forward, biden carries it by about 25 points. there has been massive movement. these are areas with racial diversity, asian americans and latino population as well. there is an abundance of white voters with college degrees especially in richmond, virginia. i think that's what powered biden winning by ten. >> steve kornacki allowing me to crash in on his sleep time. thank you for doing this and making time. >> i am happy to do this. we will see you tomorrow. >> we will lock at key races in the virginia governor's race, we have key races in a number of important u.s. cities. it is a more interesting off year election year than usual this year. now i am looking more forward to it than ever. >>> still ahead tonight, the supreme court heard oral arguments on a case it went way out of its way for. they have not moved this fast to hear a case since bush v gore. the arguments were live streamed, electric, at times infuriating. we have that story and expert help to figure it out, next. e

and the first year barack obama lost the governor's race in virginia, and his party's loss as governor's race in new jersey. and yes, in the first year donald trump was president, in 2017, his party lost the governor's race in virginia, and his party lost the governor's race in new jersey. the virginia and new jersey governor races always have been a year after presidential politics. and they always follow the same pattern. a lot of things in politics are subtle nuance and complicated. these are not one of those things. every year. after new president is elected his party loses. the governorship in virginia, and the governorship in new jersey. and this is been true all the way back through the 19. last night, it would appear that like every other president in living memory, and admitted, if you have those presidents that we forgot about, it would appear that last night the same thing just happened to joe biden that has happened to all the other presidents like call law cork. like it is written in stone. everybody freak up, the only one difference here for joe biden is that he only lost o

this is a county that has constantly voted for a democratic presidential candidate since barack obama but at the same time keeps elected a republican congressman. for all these reasons, we'll dive into the issues that matter here in washoe county. >> very hard for democrats to win a race without carrying washoe. finally shaquille brewster in duval county, florida. shaq, the endangered species, the swing county. tell us about duval. >> good morning, chuck. duval county, essentially jacksonville, florida, is a sprawling suburban area that is as purple as purple gets. it wasn't always that way. this is a traditionally republican stronghold that democrats flipped in 2018 and president biden won in 2020. now it's the source of a major battle between both political parties. republicans are trying to reverse the trend they've been seeing, pointing to issues like immigration, inflation, and the labor shortage, hoping moderate voters will end upcoming home, and democrats are pointing to congress and pleading with them to pass president biden's agenda saying inaction could threaten the trends t

this is a county that just in 2012, less than ten years ago, mitt romney only lost it to barack obama by about four points. fast forward to 2020, donald trump versus joe biden, biden carries it by 25 points. so there is been massive movement in the populations that particularly in northern virginia, these are areas that there is a lot of racial diversity, large asian american population, large latino population. but it also is that demographic we talk so much about, there is an abundance of that white voters with college degrees especially in northern virginia, and then those richer suburbs. i think that's really what's power that ship to divide -- with >> nbc news national political correspondent, steve kornacki, letting me interrupt his cram slash leap time. i think you're gonna be on the air for at least 24 hours, steve i apologize for doing this and i thank you for making time. >> always happy to talk to elections, i'll see you tomorrow. >> all right, see you tomorrow. again, we are going to be having full election tomorrow night, looking at those key races in the new jersey gover

obama twice, you had donald trump right after that. how do we process all of this? >> yeah, this is a question i often get from students and try to remind them that i think we are part of a very long story and so this story of bright spots followed by darkness or bright spots together with darkness are a part of our long history in addition to the things you talked about in politics we could think about slavery and reconstruction and so these things tend to go together but i think it's important for us to use those bright spots to take them into find joy in them as we continue the work. it's important we don't get bogged down in the dark spots we celebrate the bright spots when they happen because it's necessary to hold on to that kind of thing when we need to continue to work and doing the voter registration and turnout and fighting against the redistricting we were just hearing about or figuring out how not to get covid and can remember those good times. >> i just want to end on a positive note. what does it mean for a howard alumni

president barack obama appointed jerome powell to the federal reserve board of governors in 2011, and in 2017, donald trump appointed jerome powell to be the chair of the federal reserve. president biden announced that he will renominate jerome powell to serve a second four-year term as chair of the federal reserve. >> some will no doubt question why i'm renominating joy when he was choice of a republican predecessor. why am i not picking a democrat? why am i not picking fresh blood or taking the fed in a different direction? put directly, at this moment both of both enormous potential and enormous uncertainty for our economy, we need stability and independence at the federal reserve. >> at least three democratic senators, including elizabeth warren have announce they'd will vote against the powell nomination, but that is unlikely to change the outcome in the senate since a majority of democrats and almost every republican senator voted to confirm powell four years ago when the senate vote was 84-13. today jerome powell became president biden's field general in the fight against infla

at the same time, we often hear president biden talk about how barack obama chose him to be the front man on the recovery act years ago and how pivotal it was. he didn't choose the vice president do that for infrastructure. pete buttigieg is part of that. mitch landrieu has been brought in, others. he did give her volatile topics like immigration and voting rights, which right now don't have the votes to move in legislative ways. so those are all magnets for more criticism from the right. so she has a portfolio that makes her perhaps drag in more criticism, and she's trying to not outshine the president, and at the same time she is struggling with that noise. they say she's going to focus on working, she's going to focus on a good relationship with president biden. could he do more to help her? perhaps he could. >> david, you seemed to imply earlier when we were talking off camera, you think it's harder to be a candidate of color today running for office than ten years ago. >> absolutely, chuck, for the reasons we're talking about right now. look at the statements released from the wh

trump did more than 50 in the same time and barack obama or than 100. now, we get to the papers real gripe about biden, he's not set for interviews with the associated press, "new york times", reuters, washington post, "wall street journal" or "usa today", how day-- how dare he. biden doesn't stir things up on his twitter feed and the conventional wisdom is that his aides don't want the boss wandering off script or making mistakes. whether that is true or not his low-key approach , you know what dealing with the press is part of the job. i'm howard kurtz and this is "media buzz". ♪♪ howard: ahead, kyle rittenhouse rips the media's sickening coverage of his trial we will talk to brian kiilmeade about that and abc jonathan karl on his interview with trump about the last year of his presidency. and the media complains about jen psaki says president biden takes more questions than his recent predecessor, just not and press conferences and hear some of the brief exchanges he has had with reporters or not in the last couple of weeks >> us mean that all th

joe biden mentioned trump, kamala harris, barack obama came in. none of that is working anymore. the democratic party itself has lost touch with the people. they're selling something that nobody wants to buy. they're out of touch with the people and they have this out of control spending. the problem with the democrats to point out in that article is not that they didn't pass the legislation is that americans and virginiians found out what is in the legislation. they don't want it -- sean, one last thing. if the whole ticket is carried tonight, you'll have the first woman of color ever elected statewide in virginia. she's a republican. that's big news. let's see if she gets on the cover of the fashion magazines. it's not why she's there. look what happened with kamala harris. we don't know where she is and what she's in charge of. she's very ineffective vice president. you see a woman of color as a republican tonight winning statewide in the commonwealth of virginia. that is big news moving forward to 2022. >> sean: great analysis. scott brown, you had a similar situation in 2009

obama by about four points. fast forward, biden carries it by about 25 points. there has been massive movement. these are areas with a lots of sort of racial diversity, a large asian-american population, latino population as well. but p it's also that demographi we talked about. there's an abundance of white voters with college degrees especially in richmond, virginia. i think that's what powered biden winning by ten. >> nbc news national correspondent steve kornacki allowing me to crash in on his sleep time. thank you for doing this and making time. >> i'm always happy to talk elections. i'll see you tomorrow. >> i'll see you tomorrow, steve. >>> again, we're going to have full election coverage tomorrowo night, looking at the key races in the virginia governor's race, we have key races in a number of important u.s. cities. we have ballot measures that are going to do-to-be sfr interesting in terms of policy and partisanship. it is a more interesting off-year election year than usual this year, and i'm looking

the republican base slash fox news audience naturally hated barack obama, it naturally hated hillary clinton, it naturally hated biden and harris. pumping out lies all year, including straight-up deception like you see, and they've succeeded. they're taught their base to hate joe biden. joining me now, david plouffe, 2008 obama campaign manager as well as a former senior adviser of president obama. he is here to discuss. first of all, that really is like, even by their standards, pretty egregious with the disappearing hand in the middle, to do that. how much of an effect in the sort of -- the space of american politics, and the amorphous thing we call public opinion, how much effect does that one network have? >> enormous. first of all, chris, you're smart to call this out, because i think we believe there's no bottom at fox. this was a new and meaningful and dangerous moment. maybe it was a trial balloon. but this is a new front in their war. so yeah, i mean, they basically pollute up to probably a third of the electorate and then that third of the electorate spills over into, you k

one stay-at-home dad and part-time lyft driver in arizona became convinced that barack obama and george soros had packed ballots boxes with fake ballots. he left messages saying that the secretary of state would hang from a tree. and georgia, saw for rudy giuliani, he left a voice mail for the fulton county director telling him he better rung or he would be hung and face firing squads. a 42-year-old night staffer, worked at a youth treatment center in utah, he said his anger boiled over after he watched an election conspiracy theory event hosted by the my pillow guy mike lindell. he messaged an election official saying i know where you sleep. be afraid. you will die. this is by a real person who is findable, traceable, reuters called them. reuters spoke to nine of these folks, believing they believe they didn't do anything wrong, saying election officials deserve these threats. most of the people reuters spoke to, part of the reason they're so cocky and not running from this, there are no consequences for it. most have never heard from police. even though law enforcement alerted officia

trying to change that trend is valerie jarrett, the ceo of the barack obama foundation and board care of civic nation and part of the made to save coalition, working to make vaccination more acceptable in communities of color. valerie, thank you for what you're doing. >> thank you. good afternoon. >> you've got 28 million american children eligible to be vaccinated and you're trying to make sure children of color in particular get that shot. what are the challenges you're facing? >> absolutely. well, first of all, nothing is more important from the parent's perspective than the health of our children. we want do everything we can to keep them safe. there's been a lot of misinformation before. so part of our goal is to reach out across a broad network of organizations across our country, meet people where they are, give parents the information that they need that will convince them that it is safe for their child to get vaccinated, encourage them to talk to their pediatrician and health care providers and build this network of support that moves the needle forward, with no pun intended

they did not rebound as well as barack obama did. you combine that with solid turnout above presidential level numbers for glenn youngkin in rural areas and that was a politically deadly combination for terry mcauliffe. judy: we could show our viewers a graphic that shows glenn youngkin pulled in 53% of suburban voters in virginia compared to former president trump, 45%, just last november. james, looking at these results of your party, what went wrong? james: what went wrong was stupid wokeness. look at buffalo, minneapolis, seattle, washington. this defund the police lunacy, take abraham lincoln's name off of schools, people see that. it has a suppressive effect across the country. some of these people need to go to a woke detox center. it is language people don't use and there is a backlash and frustration at that. you are right, suburbanites in northern virginia and northern new jersey pulled away a bit. you never ran any ads against biden. what he did was let the democrats hold the pin and watch the grenade go off. we have to ch