>>> THE MOMENT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
>> JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> WHILE VOTERS REJECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE INDIVIDUAL,
HE STILL WON FAR MORE VOTES THAN LAST TIME.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ATTEMPTS TO BRING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER?
>> HE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.
>> THIS ELECTION WAS A FRAUD. WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP, WE WILL
NEVER CONCEDE!
>> WE'RE SEEING PROTESTORS OVERCOME THE POLICE.
>> ONE OF THE DARKEST DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> WE'VE LEARNED AGAIN THAT DEMOCRACY IS PRECIOUS AND
FRAGILE. AT THIS HOUR, MY FRIENDS,
DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> JOE BIDEN HAS VOWED TO RESTORE AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE
WORLD.
>> AMERICA IS BACK AT THE TABLE.
>> WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN MARRED BY TRAGEDY, CHAOS.
>> I MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE BUCK STOPS
WITH ME.
>> AS THE DELTA VARIANT WREAKS HAVOC NATIONWIDE, COVID CASES
NOW RISING IN EVERY STATE.
>> GET VACCINATED.
>> WE DO NOT WANT TO BE TOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT WHAT TO DO.
>> THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER TWO MASSIVE SPENDING BILLS STALLED
ON CAPITOL HILL.
>> WHEN AND ARE THEY GOING TO BRING THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR?
>> I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE.
>> BIDEN IS ON HIS WAY TO ROME DESPITE NOT LANDING A DEAL ON
HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA.
>> FUCK JOE BIDEN! FUCK JOE BIDEN!
>> FUCK JOE BIDEN!
>> NEXT WEEK WILL MARK ONE YEAR SINCE JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
>> THE GLOW IS OVER. THE MOMENT OF ARRIVAL IS
FINISHED AND PEOPLE ARE - EXNISHED AND PEOPLE ARE -
EXPESHED AND PEOPLE ARE - EXPECTED AND PEOPLE ARE -
EXPECTIN AND PEOPLE ARE - EXPECTING ND PEOPLE ARE -
EXPECTING RE PEOPLE ARE - EXPECTING RESUEOPLE ARE -
EXPECTING RESULTPLE ARE - EXPECTING RESULTS.E ARE -
>> THE PRESIDENT'S DOMESTIC AGENDA IS STALLED IN CONGRESS.
>> HIS APPROVAL RATING IS IN THE 30s AND HIS 40s, HIS YOUNG
PRESIDENCY SPOILED BY A DIVIDED COUNTRY, A DIVIDED CONGRESS AND
DIVISION IN HIS OWN PARTY.
>> HIGH STAKES GOVERNORS RACES ARE VIEWED AS A REFERENDUM ON
HIS PRESIDENCY, AS WELL.
>> TIGHT AND THIS RACE HAS NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR BOTH
PARTIES GOING FORWARD.
>> LET'S GO WIN THIS!
>> THE BATTLE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY RACE IS TIGHTENING
BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES.
>> IF THIS IS CLOSE, HUGE PROBLEMS FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> THIS COULD TEST THE NATION'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> WHAT DOES THIS SIGNAL FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE MIDTERM?
>> WE'RE GOING TO WIN.
>>> HI, ALEX. I'M LOOKING AT WHITE CAPS ON THE
LONG ISLAND SOUND, GUYS.
>> I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I HAVE. RESTRAINT, NOT MY SPECIALTY.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> THERE'S ONE OF THESE SYSTEMATICALLY ON MESSAGE, WHICH
MAKES ME WHAT BETTER DESCRIBES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAN
THE AIM FOR THE MOON? YOU KNOW?
>> SHUTTLE CHALLENGER.
>> THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY. NO COMMENT.
>> BY HAPPENSTANCE, THIS WEEK IS THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
BIDEN BECOMING THE 46th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A LOT OF SHIT HAS HAPPENED.
>> YEAH.
>> I WOULD START OFF WITH A HUGELY AMBITIOUS DOMESTIC
AGENDA. STARTING WITH THE COVID RESCUE
PROGRAM.
>> YEAH. BIDEN GOT REALLY HIGH MARKS FOR
HOW HE WAS DEALING WITH COVID. AND THEN TWO THINGS HAPPENED.
THE DELTA VARIANT, AND WHEN THE U.S. PULLED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
THAT'S WHEN WE BEGAN TO SEE HIS APPROVAL RATINGS START TO
TUMBLE.
>> I WAS AMAZED TO SEE THIS NEW POLLING THAT HAS THE --
>> THE LONG TRACK NUMBER OF THE COUNTRY IS AT 76%.
>> THAT LONG-TRACK NUMBER, WOW, THAT IS A MASSIVELY SCARY
NUMBER.
>> THE MANIFESTATION OF HOW MUCH ANTYPATHY TOWARDS THE SKY,
PROBABLY THE ONLY DEMOCRAT THAT COULD HAVE BEAT TRUMP.
HE WAS SO APPEALING TO CULTURAL CONSERVATIVES IN THE MIDWEST.
>> THE OUTCROPPINGS OF "FUCK JOE BIDEN" AT
FOOTBALL GAMES. SOMETHING IS GOING OUT.
>> IT'S JUST INDICATIVE OF TRIBAL POLITICS AND THE SENSE OF
RAGE. AS SOMEONE AS GENTLE AS JOE
BIDEN HAS BECOME THE WHIPPING POST FOR THIS RAGE.
THE TWO THINGS MOST IMPORTANT TO APPROVAL RATINGS IS HOW COVID
AND THE ECONOMY IS DOING. OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER,
YOU SAW BOTH OF THOSE THINGS REALLY START TO COLLAPSE.
THE STRUGGLE OF COVID, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE VIRUS,
WHICH KEEPS MUTATING. AND PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HEARING
ABOUT VARIANTS. THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO TAKE THE
MASKS OFF AT SCHOOLS. THEY JUST WANT TO BE DONE WITH
THIS. THEY BLAME HIM IT'S NOT OVER.
AND MAN, THE WHIPLASH IS RUTHLESS.
>> BRUTAL.
>> BIDEN IS ABROAD RIGHT NOW IN GLASGOW.
BACK HOME, HUGE NEGOTIATIONS STILL GOING ON ABOUT WHETHER
THEY CAN PASS HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA.
>> THEY SEE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS FIGHTING WITH EACH
OTHER, AND THE PUBLIC SEES DEMOCRATIC DYSFUNCTION.
>> THAT COMBINATION OF WEAK LEADER, LOW APPROVAL RATINGS,
BRINGS US TO THE MARQUEE GOVERNOR'S RACE THAT EVERYONE IS
NOW LOOKING AT, AS A CHANCE FOR VOTERS TO VOTE BY PROXY ON JOE
BIDEN.
>> TERRY McAULIFFE IN VIRGINIA, WHO TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE UP
FOR GOVERNOR. BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE
REPUBLICAN GLENN YOUNGKIN HAS MADE THIS CLOSE AND COULD WIN.
IF HE PULLS THIS OFF, IT JUST TESTIFIES TO AN OVERALL PROBLEM
FOR DEMOCRATS, WHICH IS BIDEN'S DRAGGING THEM DOWN.
>> I THINK EVERYONE IS BRACING FOR TERRY McAULIFFE TO LOSE.
IN 2009, THE DEMOCRATS LOST THIS RACE, AND THAT SORT OF PORTENDED
A VERY BAD MIDTERM. IT WILL BE EVEN WORSE THIS TIME,
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN WON THAT STATE BY TEN POINTS.
AND THEN THERE'S NEW JERSEY. IT'S JACK CIATTERELLI,
REPUBLICAN. PHIL MURPHY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY. RIGHT NOW HE'S UP BY ABOUT --
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NINE AND TEN POINTS.
BUT THAT LEAD HAS BEEN NARROWING.
>> TOTALLY.
>> THERE'S THREE POTENTIAL OUTCOMES HERE.
>> IF DEMOCRATS WIN BOTH RACES, IT'S A HUGE RELIEF.
IF TERRY McAULIFFE LOSES IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE AND BAD OMEN FOR THE
MIDTERMS NEXT YEAR. IF TERRY McAULIFFE AND PHIL
MURPHY LOSE, IT'S APOCALYPSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> IT'S TOTAL MAYHEM AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BE
ANARCHY.
>> YOU KNOW THE WATERS ARE TROUBLED AND BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY
IS TROUBLED. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S DOOMED, BUT
HE'S IN A POTENTIALLY VERY DARK PERIOD.
>> NOT GOOD.
>> BIDEN GIVES A SPEECH, I THINK IT WAS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF COVID, AND HE QUOTED ERNEST HEMINGWAY FROM "A FAREWELL TO
ARMS." THE LINE WAS, THE WORLD BREAKS
EVERYONE, AND AFTERWARD MANY ARE STRONG AT THE BROKEN PLACES.
I KEEP THINKING WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR THE
DIVISION AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE ANGER.
IT DOES RAISE THE QUESTION OF, NOT WHETHER WE CAN BE STRONG AT
THE BROKEN PLACES, BUT WHETHER AMERICA ITSELF IS NOW THE BROKEN
PLACE.
>> BREATHE IT ALL IN, FOLKS. POLLS ARE OPEN.
>> THE RESULTS WILL HAVE ENORMOUS IMPLICATIONS, NOT JUST
FOR THE CANDIDATES, BUT FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> PERHAPS WHAT HAS MADE THIS RACE MORE COMPETITIVE IS WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEMOCRATS TRYING TO
PASS THE BIDEN AGENDA.
>> SENATOR JOE MANCHIN DELIVERED A BLOW TO THE PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL
SAFETY NET BILL.
>> I WILL NOT SUPPORT A BILL THAT IS THIS CONSEQUENTIAL
WITHOUT THOROUGHLY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR
NATIONAL DEBT, OUR ECONOMY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> THE SMOKE IS CLEARING ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER JOE MANCHIN
THREW HIS BOMB. ON THAT FRONT, THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS TOOK A
MAJOR TURN.
>> UP UNTIL THIS MOMENT, THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T MOVE ON
INFRASTRUCTURE UNLESS THEY HAD AN IRON CLAD AGREEMENT FROM
SENATORS MANCHIN AND SINEMA. NOW THEY'RE SAYING LOOK, WE
TRUST JOE BIDEN CAN DELIVER US 51 VOTES IN THE SENATE.
ON THAT NOTE, BIDEN IS SOUNDING BULLISH.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JOE WILL BE THERE.
I THINK WE'LL GET THIS DONE.
>> NO VOTES ARE HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL TONIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENS ACROSS THE LIVER IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
COULD HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS AND WHAT
ACTUALLY PASSES IN THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING THIS WEEK.
>> ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA, THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
>> THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS ALWAYS WATCHING IN THESE OFF-YEAR
ELECTIONS.
>> AN EARLY REFERENDUM ON JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY AND THE
DEMOCRATICALLY HELD CONGRESS.
>> THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS THE
HOTTEST SHOWDOWN EAST HOTTEST SHOWDOWN EAAND IT COULDO
EITHER WAY.
>> PHIL MURPHY IS HOPING TO BECOME THE FIRST LADY DEMOCRAT
GOVERNOR TO BE RE-ELECTED IN 45 YEARS.
>> JACK CIATTERELLI, A FORMER STATE ASSEMBLYMAN.
>> THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED.
>> DESPITE ALL THE POLLS TIGHTENING AND ALL THIS YOUNGKIN
MOMENTUM WE SAW AT THE END, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF LIVELY
ENERGY IN THE ROOM. A LOT OF DEMOCRATS FEELING NOT
SUICIDAL ABOUT THE SITUATION. I'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS AND
LOOKING LIKE MAYBE TERRY McAULIFFE WILL HAVE A CHANCE.
>> IT'S ONLY AN HOUR SINCE THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED.
BUT YOUNGKIN IS RUNNING UP THE NUMBERS IN RURAL VIRGINIA.
IF IT KEEPS GOING THIS DIRECTION, YOUNGKIN WILL BE THE
NEXT GOVERNOR.
>> IT IS A DEAD HEAT.
>> TOO EARLY TO CALL.
>> A NAILBITER IN NEW JERSEY.
>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE NIGHT THAT EVERYBODY EXPECTED.
JOE BIDEN WON THIS STATE BY 16 POINTS.
>> EVEN IN BLUE AREAS, THE REPUBLICAN IS OUTPERFORMING HOW
REPUBLICANS NORMALLY DO.
>> IF CIATTERELLI WINS HERE, OR EVEN IF HE COMES CLOSE, IT
SUGGESTS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS IN WAY WORSE POSITION
THAN WE EVEN THOUGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. DAVE WASSERMAN, PROBABLY THE
BEST ELECTION FORECASTING GURU IN THE BUSINESS.
DAY 25. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
GLENN YOUNGKIN DEFEATS TERRY McAULIFFE IN THE VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR'S RACE. [ APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S FOR DAVE WASSERMAN.
WHEN DAVE WASSERMAN HAS SAID HE'S SEEN ENOUGH, THAT'S USUALLY
ENOUGH.
>> PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT THE NOTION THAT TERRY McAULIFFE
MIGHT LOSE. THE HAIR ON FIRE PANIC AMONG
DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT, AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
IS COMING TOMORROW.
>> AN INCREDIBLE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN NEW JERSEY.
FEWER THAN 600 VOTES ARE CELEBRATING JACK CIATTERELLI AND
GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SAW THIS COMING.
>> THIS WOULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE IF THESE NUMBERS HOLD UP IN NEW
JERSEY.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR STICKING AROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE LOCKER THAN WE HAD
HOPED. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR EVERY
VOTE TO BE COUNTED, AND THAT'S HOW OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS.
>> THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE. THE IDEA THAT A TRULY UNKNOWN
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE COULD DEFEAT A GUY THAT WAS UPLY
ALMOST TEN POINTS IS A BOMBSHELL.
>> THE NETWORKS HAVE CALLED THE RACE FOR YOUNGKIN.
>> ALL RIGHTY, VIRGINIA, WE WON THIS THING!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> SO TOTAL WIPEOUT IN VIRGINIA IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE,
REPUBLICAN, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S RACE, REPUBLICAN,
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE, REPUBLICAN.
AND THE HOUSE, TIED WITH ONE RACE LEFT TO CALL.
AND THERE IS WASHINGTON, D.C. WHAT HAPPENS IN VIRGINIA DOES
NOT STAY IN VIRGINIA. WHAT HAPPENS IN VIRGINIA CARRIES
OVER TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE JOE BIDEN, RIGHT NOW, WILL RIDE
FROM GLASGOW AND FIND A POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCE ALMOST AS
BAD AS HE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY FEARED.
AND WILL MAKE HIS WAY ONTO MARINE ONE TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> REPUBLICANS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR VICTORY IN THE VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR'S RACE, AS THE FATE OF NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
IS VERY MUCH STILL UP IN THE AIR.
>> PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICANS SWEPT THREE ELECTIONS.
>> NOT JUST ONE PLACE WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE LOSING, WE'RE
SEEING UP AND DOWN THE MAP.
>> THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM LAST NIGHT IS THIS -- THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
>> REPUBLICANS SURGED IN AREAS OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING LONG
ISLAND. AND IN ADDITION TO PHIL MURPHY
HANGING BY A THREAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE, A DEMOCRAT, IS POISED TO LOSE HIS
SEAT TO A REPUBLICAN TRUCK DRIVER.
SENATOR McCARTHY IS SHARPENING HIS LIVES.
>> OH, WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS. TODAY IS A WAKEUP CALL FOR
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS. TO ABANDON THE PARTISANSHIP, THE
EXTREMIST AGENDA. IF YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, AND JOE
BIDEN WON YOUR STATE BY 16 VOTES, YOU ARE NO LONGER SAFE.
IT WILL BE MORE THAN 70 DEMOCRATS THAT WILL BE
COMPETITIVE. MANY WILL LOSE THEIR RACES.
>> DEMOCRATS SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT COULD BE A BIG RED WAVE
THAT MIGHT CRASH DOWN ON THEM IN NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR AND ARE
ASKING THEM SEVERALS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE PARTY TO PREVENT
THAT FROM HAPPENING?
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT YOUR NIGHT WAS LIKE
LAST NIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I CANNOT TELL YOU ON TELEVISION.
>> HOW PREPARED WERE YOU FOR THE RESULTS?
>> I WAS VERY PREPARED FOR THE RESULTS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WAS PLEASED. I WAS VERY PREPARED.
I DID NOT THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAD DEVELOPED THE WILL TO WIN.
THE RELIABLE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, IF YOU GO PRECINCT BY PRECINCT,
DID NOT SHOW UP YESTERDAY TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY NEEDED TO SHOW
UP. WE'VE GOT 12 TO 15% LESS OF THAT
VOTE THAN WE GOT A YEAR AGO.
>> WHAT DOES JOE BIDEN NEED TO DO TO TURN THINGS AROUND?
>> JUST GET THINGS DONE. WE DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE
RESCUE ACT. WE PASSED A VERY GOOD BILL, AND
PEOPLE FELT THE IMPACT OF IT RIGHT AWAY.
AND, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT'S NUMBERS WERE RUNNING VERY HIGH.
WE'VE GOT TO PASS THE BILL THAT REALLY RELATES TO DAY-TO-DAY
PEOPLE. THAT STUFF IS IN BUILD BACK
BETTER. BUT PROCESS SAVES DON'T TRUST
MODERATES. THE MODERATES DON'T TRUST
PROGRESSIVES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO.
IT REQUIRES THAT YOU MOVE BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONE.
>> TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING. THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD, THE
TRAIN IS ON THE TRACK.
>> RIGHT NOW IT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
ANYBODY COULD BLOW THE TRACKS UP.
>> JOE MANCHIN HAS ALREADY SAID, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT. MEANWHILE, SPEAKER PELOSI TODAY
WAS LIKE, PAID FAMILY LEAVE, IT'S IN THE BILL.
IF YOU ARE ALREADY CONCEDING THAT SOME OF THESE PROVISIONS
ARE ESSENTIAL, LIKE PAID FAMILY LEAVE, ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO
SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY, DOES THAT HELP YOUR CAUSE OR HARM
YOUR CAUSE?
>> SO JUST BECAUSE IT MAY NOT GET THROUGH THE SENATE, THAT'S
ON THEM, RIGHT NOW IT'S ON US.
>> RIGHT. BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT'S A
PROBLEM IF YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THIS GREAT THING AND IT'S NOT IN
THE FINAL BILL?
>> IT'S OF THE PRESIDENT. HE WAS IN THE SENATE FOR ALL
THOSE YEARS. I NEVER SERVED IN THE SENATE.
>> SO IT'S JOE BIDEN AND JOE MANCHIN THAT NEED TO WORK IT
OUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO YOU THINK THIS WILL GET PASSED IN THE SENATE, OR SOME
VERSION?
>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THE PRESIDENT HAS TO DO IT.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF HE CAN'T?
>> THEN WE LOSE.
>> MORE BREAKING NEWS IN THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR'S RACE.
>> INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT PHIL MURPHY EKED OUT A NARROW VAK
MURPHY EKED OUT A NARROW VICTORY OVER REPUBLICAN JACK
CIATTERELLI.
>> NO ONE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THIS CLOSE.
>> FOUR MORE YEARS!
>> THERE WAS A MASSIVE REPUBLICAN TIDAL WAVE.
REALLY SURPRISINGLY, PHIL MURPHY HAS NOT ONLY MET HIS 2017
TOTALS, HE HAS EXCEEDED IT. SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS NOT
THAT DEMOCRATS DIDN'T TURN OUT, BUT THE TROUBLE FOR DEMOCRATS IS
THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE EVEN MORE ENTHUSED.
>> GOVERNOR MURPHY, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THIS WAS NOT EASY, FOR SURE.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE FREAK THE FUCK OUT.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT LIKE HEY, I'M PHIL MURPHY.
I BARELY SURVIVED BUT I SURVIVED.
>> IN NEW JERSEY, WE ARE EXPANDING PRE-K AND CHILD CARE
THAT. PROBABLY GAVE US SOME ARMOR IN
THIS ELECTION. IF YOU SORT OF NOT JUST TALK
ABOUT IT BUT PUT ON THE TABLE A SERIES OF STEPS AND YOU CAN
POINT TO THOSE, THE RESULTS OF THOSE, THAT TO ME IS THE BEST
MEDICINE.
>> YOUR APPROVAL RATINGS ARE 50% THE PRESIDENT IS AT 42%.
HE IS AS UNPOPULAR AS YOU ARE POPULAR.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY TELLING YOU HE NEEDS TO
RESPOND TO?
>> I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT, OTHER THAN FRUSTRATION
MORE IS NOT GETTING DONE IN WASHINGTON.
I THINK THAT'S MORE ON THE CONGRESSIONAL SHOULDERS THAN THE
WHITE HOUSE SHOULDERS. YOU GOT A LOT OF FOLKS LOOKING
AT CONGRESS SAYING COME ON, NEW JERSEY IS THE MOST DENSELY
POPULATED STATE IN AMERICA. SO ANYTHING ON INFRASTRUCTURE,
WE ARE A DISPROPORTIONATE WINNER.
ACTION WILL SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
WE GET THESE BILLS DONE, VOTED ON, SIGNED.
WHETHER IT'S HARD INFRASTRUCTURE OR HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY'RE
GAME CHANGERS.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND A PATH FORWARD AFTER THIS
WEEK'S DISAPPOINTING ELECTION RESULTS.
>> IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE, THERE IS NEW MOMENTUM TO PASSING PRESIDENT'S $1.75
TRILLION SOCIAL SPENDING PLAN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND
TALK TO THE CHAIRMAN, SHAWN PAT RICK MALONEY, AND FIND OUT HIS
PLAN TO KEEP THE SKY FROM FALLING.
>> SO SUMMARY, WE GOT THEM RIGHT WHERE WE WANT THEM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT VIRGINIA.
>> WELL, IT SUCKS TO LOSE. AND WE DON'T LIKE TO LOSE.
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AND THEY'RE NOT FEELING THE CHANGE
THEY WANT IN THE ECONOMY AND IN THE PANDEMIC.
THE THINGS PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL, HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ENOUGH.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN, IT'S A REAL PLAN.
IT'S SCALED TO SIZE OF THESE PROBLEMS, AND WE'LL ADDRESS THE
FRUSTRATIONS THAT THE OTHER SIDE SEEKS ONLY TO EXPLOIT FOR
POLITICAL PURPOSE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM THE YOUNGKIN
CAMPAIGN IS PARENTS AND SCHOOLS. ARE YOU HEARING THAT TOO?
>> 100%. I DON'T BLAME PARENTS BEING
FRUSTRATED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING
ELSE. THEY POURED GASOLINE ON THAT
WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF RACISM, TRYING TO WHIP UP RACIAL TENSION
FOR POLITICAL GAIN. BUT THEY'RE BUILDING IT OFF OF A
BASE OF FRUSTRATION. I GET IT.
IT'S WON A LOT OF RACES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIX TOUGH PROBLEMS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A
WHILE.
>> HOW MUCH OF A FACTOR IS BIDEN IN 2022?
HE WAS NOT A GREAT FACTOR IN THE VIRGINIA RACE.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT NEXT YEAR?
>> WE'RE HAND IN GLOVE WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION WHETHER WE LIKE
IT OR NOT. I THINK HE'S A GOOD GUY TRYING
TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COUNTRY AND WE SHOULD BE
PARTNERS. OUR JOB IS TO HELP HIM AND GET
IT DONE AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHO DID IT.
>> CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO HELP GET SOME Ws.
DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING?
>> WE NEED TO GET THINGS DONE, PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL IT AND
REMIND PEOPLE THE OTHER SIDE IS NUTS.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE TEEING UP THE KIND
OF WINS AND KIND OF RESULTS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL WHEN IT
MATTERS. SO WE'RE VERY MUCH IN THIS
FIGHT. AND IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT
WE DO RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS POLL COMES OUT THIS WEEK.
AMONG DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRATIC LEADING INDEPENDENTS, 34% DON'T
WANT JOE BIDEN TO BE THE NOMINEE IN 2024.
WOULD YOU NOT BE UNNERVED BY THAT?
>> NO, BECAUSE JOHN, THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO IN THE WHITE
HOUSE IS GET UNTHEY HAVE BEENED BY ANY FREAKING POLL.
>> HEAVEN FORBID THE WHITE HOUSE FREAKING OUT ABOUT A POLL.
>> YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ME FREAKING OUT ABOUT A POLL, OKAY?
>> I'VE BEEN WATCHING THESE RACES GOING.
COULD THIS BE LIKE 2009 AGAIN?
>> I WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE THEN.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT FELT THEN?
>> IT FELT BAD. THE ONE THING ABOUT JOE BIDEN,
THOUGH, IS IT REALLY TAKES A LOT TO FAZE HIM.
THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR PANIC OR FOR WILD SWERVES.
WE HAVE TO THROW ALL OF THIS AWAY AND START OVER.
NO, WE WENT THROUGH A TOUGH PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WHERE THERE
WERE A LOT OF POINTS WHERE PEOPLE SAID THAT THE CANDIDACY
WAS OVER AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS OVER.
AND WE WENT THROUGH A VERY TOUGH GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
EXTREMELY TOUGH AGAINST AN OPPONENT WHO WAS A
NONTRADITIONAL KIND OF OPPONENT. SO THIS IS A PRESIDENT AND A
TEAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW TO FOCUS ON WHAT
IS IMPORTANT AND HOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
>> SO TODAY, JOE MANCHIN SAID, YOU KNOW, HE THOUGHT THAT JOE
BIDEN WAS BEING PULLED TO THE LEFT BY PROGRESSIVES.
OVER THE COURSE OF JOE BIDEN'S CAREER, WAS NEVER LIKE A LEFT
WING STALWART. BUT NOW, WITH SOME REGULARITY ON
THE WEEKENDS, FOOTBALL GAMES, AND OTHER PLACES, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE CHANT "FUCK JOE BIDEN." I WOULD IMAGINE HE WOULD BE THE
LEAST PERSON THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO.
>> THE POLARIZATION IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN
WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. SIT AN ISSUE I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR EITHER
SIDE TO GOVERN.
>> BILL CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA, GEORGE W. BUSH, THEY ALL SAW THE
POLARIZATION. THEY RAN ON BRINGING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER AND ALL OF THEM FAILED. IT'S MORE BITTER AND POLARIZED,
MORE DIVISIVE.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE WHO CARES MORE ABOUT TRYING TO
UNIFY THIS COUNTRY THAN JOE BIDEN.
AND WHO PROBABLY SPENDS MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
IT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, HE HAS PROBABLY MET WITH MORE
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAN, YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP DID
PROBABLY. HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEND
TIME REACHING OUT REGARDLESS. AS BAD AS IT MAY BE, HE'S NEVER
GOING TO GIVE UP ON IT.
>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. WE'RE AWAITING A HOUSE VOTE.
>> NANCY PELOSI ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE A FINAL VOTE ON THE $1
TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
>> MODERATES HAVE COMMITTED TO VOTING ON THE BUILD BACK BETTER
ACT BY NOVEMBER 15th.
>> THERE WAS A DAY OF VERY LONG NEGOTIATIONS, ROLLER COASTERS,
DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. BEHIND THE SCENES PHONE CALLS.
THE PRESIDENT, ON A CONFERENCE CALL, TRYING TO URGE A PATH
FORWARD TO GET AN OUTCOME AND THEY GET ONE.
>> THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.
>> IT IS NOW HEADED TO JOE BIDEN'S DESK.
A MAJOR PART OF HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, GETTING DONE.
>> TOGETHER AGAIN. AT LAST.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, MAN.
>> IN PERSON. YOU CAME HERE, WHY?
>> FOR INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK.
>> INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK AT LAST, YES, IT'S HAPPENED.
>> SO DUTD
>> SO DUEVERYBODY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKED UP AFTER
TUESDAY AND SAID WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
PASS THESE FUCKING BILLS.
>> THEN THEY STARTED MAKING THE SAUSAGE.
SAUSAGE MAKING IS MUCH PRETTIER THAN WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY.
>> SOMEHOW A DEAL GETS CUT, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE
NEGOTIATIONS. BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL GOT
PASSED.
>> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF NOTHING HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON
UNTIL IT HAS TO HAPPEN. AND NOT BEFORE.
>> HERE'S MY QUESTION. YOU LOOK AT THIS SOCIAL SPENDING
THING. HOW IS A REPUBLICAN THINKING
ABOUT THIS?
>> LICKING THEIR CHOPS. THIS IS HEADS REPUBLICANS WIN,
TAILS DEMOCRATS LOSE. FOR REPUBLICANS, EITHER THEY GET
IN A BIG SQUABBLE ABOUT THIS SOCIAL SPENDING BILL AND CAN'T
PASS IT, OR THEY DO PASS IT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, SEE,
SOCIALISM, TRILLIONS IN TAXES, MORE COMBINED SPENDING.
THIS IS THE SORT OF THING REPUBLICANS LOVE TO TARGET ON
DEMOCRATS.
>> LOOK, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW IS, IT'S ONE
YEAR SINCE BIDEN GOT ELECTED PRESIDENT.
I THINK THE THING IF YOU'RE JOE BIDEN, I KNEW THE COUNTRY WAS
BROKEN, I'M TRYING TO FIX IT. IT'S HARDER TO FIX THAN IL
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TO FIX.
BUT WE'RE GETTING IT DONE A LITTLE BIT.
THE PROBLEM THAT JOE BIDEN HAS IS THAT THE MOST BROKEN PLACE IN
AMERICA IS THAT PLACE UP THERE.
>> YEAH, BUT A LITTLE LESS BROKEN TONIGHT.
>> A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BROKEN AT THIS POINT.
>> I'M ALWAYS BROKEN AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
TAKE ME WHEN THIS CIRCUS ENDS