and then four years before that, the rnc put in $1.5 million. here's the one thing that i think we need to get straight. in 2009, mccain-palin, much to the chagrin of john mccain, had $23 million that they transfer into the rnc. the rga and the rnc sat down, i was there by the way, and they decided to take a larger chunk of that transfer from mccain-palin and put it on the television into virginia. the rnc outside of a presidential election is never in the business of buying millions and millions of dollars of ads. so what we decided early on is that we would put together the best possible ground game, about $3 million worth into virginia to help ken out. and obviously the ground game, obama care, ken's campaign came together, closed the gap, i'm really proud of the ground game that we put together in virginia. i know ken is, i know their campaign manager is as well. so, you know, the day that the so-called, you know, republican establishment puts $11 million into a single governor's race is not enough, i think we're living in crazy world. so, l

. >> rnc has invitation for democrats running in 2014. you heard right.u are only going to see it right here an "on the record" that's next. don't forget to watch hannity tonight at 10 p.m. eastern blake aaron hold and darrell issa will join sean both tonight on hannity. >>> this is outrageous spreading so quick. deadly trend called the knockout game. it's not a game. it's a crime. even murder. in most cases young african-american teens are attacking random people on the street punching them and knocking them out o. four victims died just this year. two in syracuse, new york. and one in ha bok can, new jersey, and another in saint cloud, minnesota. suspects were arrested and charged in all those cases. and those are just places where the victims have actually died. there are other attacks where victims survived in missouri, wisconsin, illinois, massachusetts, pennsylvania, washington, d.c., and georgia. and today more disturbing news. targeting jewish people. police say there have been a recent knockout attacks singling out people in the jewish committee.

mo from the dnc, sean from the rnc, this was fun. let's do it again. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks. >>> so the question of the day for you is about obama care, and can the white house fix the website and restore the president's credibility, weigh in on twitter and facebook. >>> then, the cheney sisters, the war on words it spills into social media. >> your position on same-sex marriage, your sister mary who is married to a woman. >> i love her family very much. his is just an issue in which we disagree. >> we take a look at how it could impact liz cheney for senate. also this. >>> a drank too much. i smoked some crack sometimes. what can i say, i made a mistake. >> toronto's mayor once again admitting to smoking crack sometimes as his city council strips away more of his powers. is it more about show or a way to push him to quit? this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the "getting blindsided by limits" card. it's the no-game-playing, no-earn

one of the problemsivity with chris christie is his recent speech with the rnc where he says all i care about is winning. we've seen that before. okay, if we win, we get what? i would say, he did what he had to do with the storm. i do think, though, there was a bit of december probably a little too cozy with the president, knowing it was the final daze of mitt romney, with what mark halperin wrote in his book. that might have been a thumb in the eye. i'm not sure. that might have been a style he needs to address. >> he absolutely has that style. >> in 1900, in all three levels of government, government took less than 10% of the american people's money. now we're talking 35% and add a dollar value to mandate, we're talking almost 50%, where is the outrage on the part of the republican party? >> the outrage is there, but if we look at where the republican party is trying to go, the governing part of the party. folks that are trying to do comprehensive tax reform that you need to do, they're talking about taking tax rates to 25%. that's a republican principle. what stands in its way are pe

it was a stunt at rnc headquarters and to no one's surprise the podium was empty when it was time foruote/unquote democratic guests to speak. you know who did show up? rnc chairman reince priebus. >> despite what nancy pelosi says, it looks like any democrat in a serious re-election fight is neither eager nor proud to run on obama care. and we all know that, right? >> right. according to recent polls the gop has succeeded on one point. blurring the lines between the policy and the politics here. time's cover story looks at what obama care means for the obama presidency and the so-called race for the cure. the times deputy managing editor is here. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to read one big item from the piece that's important. it says democrats admit they're in a hole. yet, the most ambitious parts of the law, the expansion of medicaid benefits, the end to discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions, the coverage of adult children, have little to do with this individual insurance market at the center of the current storm. when you look at this piece and this b

the rnc four years ago gave $9 million to bob mcdonnell.s year they only gave $3 million to ken cuccinelli. that's just one example of how the establishment the republican party didn't support cuccinelli to the degree that maybe they should have. conversely, you're having the establishment blame the tea party, and, look, i think there is a good argument that says that the shutdown really did hurt ken cuccinelli, it hurt him because a lot of virginians and northern virginia, especially, are government employees. but also because it kept the obama care debacle from becoming the big story. i mean, imagine if starting october 1st you would have an entire month of stories about the website not working. that might have helped ken cuccinelli coming down the stretch. >> do you buy that, bob? >> no, i don't. because when you look at those numbers, 53-46, opposition to obama care among people who voted in virginia yesterday. that's just not a big enough margin, especially when the people who thought it was their top issue didn't care that much about,

we all know the rnc aren't going to ignore this.y put together this video to remind you how out of touch he is. take a look. >> do you think it's possible the president didn't know the nsa was monitoring the personal phone calls of 35 world leaders? >> i learned about it from the same news reports most people learned about this. >> we don't have independent knowledge of this. >> i think it was on friday. >> he found out about the news reports. >> every time something is screwed up there is a sense he may not be involved. >> all the questions suggest somehow the president should have done something. >> know about the irs. he doesn't know about the website that's going to collapse. >> what's worse -- ha the president knew this or didn't know this? >> here with reaction fox news contributor joe trippy, billy cunningham is back with us. you going to defend this mess? you going to defend every broken promise? it's not going to be cheaper. >> i am going to defend all of it. >> spin away. lie away. defend the lies. >> they're not lies. >>

. >>> rnc chair is going to be here. his take on obama care and the future of the gop.s this. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> new developments in the nfl bullying scandal. the guy at the center of the controversy revealing his troubled past. >>> the mayor, shocking admissions. could it change his future in politics. >> do you smoke crack cocaine? >> exactly. yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >>> welcome back, everyone. here's something you don't often see with politicians. the mayor of toronto if he issing up. mayor rob ford admitting, yeah, he did smoke crack cocaine. this after his own police chief did confirm the existence of cell phone video showing the mayor smoking the drug. here's mr. ford denying it followed by what he said today. >> i did not use crack cocaine nor am i an addict of crack cocaine. >> do you smoke crack cocaine? >> exactly. yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> when, sir? >> but, no -- do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors probably approximately a year ago. >> wow. mayor ford is saying he didn't li

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the rnc, the establishment let cuccinelli down. he got everybody being hurt by this.f we could move up north to new jersey, chris christie, everybody knew he was going to win. he's popular, congratulations to him. but he rammed the table. if he had not held a special election for the senate seat to replace frank lautenberg and last night the vote had been between steve lon gan and cory booker, the republican would have won. but his ego got in the way. there goes another senate seat. >> i'm aggravated. there is a coronation today for chris christie. the exit poll shows he wouldn't beat hillary clinton on the biggest night of his political life. how does he win with some of the appointments he's made, the economy in new jersey. it's nothing to brag about. he's wrong in terms of the conservative base on immigration, guns, the economy, green technology being the future. how does he win in a red state? everyone is making this prediction today. they are so wrong i can't believe it. >> as uh yyou know, i would def him on everything except amnesty. that's a mistake for the re

joining me now with reaction, chairman of the rnc reince priebus is here. to new york. >> hi, sean. good to be on. >> president, civility, really? >> it's the culture that the president has cultivated here. a culture of dishonesty, of hatred. look at the president's record. you can keep your doctor. you can't. keep your insurance, you can't. he is the master of talking and talking. now you are looking at him throwing darts to confuse the american people as to what is going on in the white house. >> he give it is same speech. republicans want dirty air, water, hate grandma, throw her off the cliff. cuccinelli is a tea partier. he didn't want to mention health care. >> no. he doesn't want the election to come to obama care because he'll lose. i think the president should take ownership not just of what he's said and promised the american people on obama care. he should take ownership over this divisive culture he created. the kkk analogy you saw trey grayson roll out. no democrat is out there in in an organized fashion denouncing this. look, the democratic pa

in the section entitled america looks different, the rnc warned that the party's hostility to the lgtb community was harming it among younger voters and that at least from a messaging standpoint, it ought to soften its tone. we do not have to agree on every issue but we do need to make sure young people do not see the party as totally intolerant of alternative points of view. already there is a generational difference within the conservative movement about issues involving the treatment and the rights of gays. in other words, as tpm concluded, gays aren't going away. then again, neither is the party's hostility toward lgtb community. this week the house is somehow, despite overwhelming popular support, refusing to consider a vote on the employment nondiscrimination act or enda, which would add sexual identity to the list of discriminations prohibited by law. >> this legislation would pass by a nice margin in the house if the speaker would allow it. i can't understand what's doing on in the house of representatives. >> neither can i. republican senator susan collins, a co-sponsor of the

the rnc doesn't have to it make that case. its own weight, but republicans have to have something to fix all of the bureaucracy and legislation that we have sewn. it is not just democrats, but the republicans have to come forward with something. and now look at slewings to bring your cost down. >> and we know that 48 million americans searching for quality insurance coverage. and katy, have you sewn any indication from the republican party that they do have slowings in their back pocket? >> we have sewn a couple of bills running a round on capitol hill. they are trying to delay the penalties that we are going to so next year for people who don't have health insurance. in terms of coming up with a system that is before, we all agree that health care was not perfect and it does have to be a free market solution and it is time to talk about tort reform and putting something forward saying that the government is getting out of the way and putting my health insurance in my open hands. >> is the government going to it continue to ge

surprisingly, republicans seizing on this saying it's another setback for the obama administration and rncnt that reads in part, it's time we stop delaying pieces of obama care and scrap it and start over with common sense reforms that will actually lower koflt and increase access to care. i spoke with rnc chairman michael steele who said these type of criticisms will only go so far for members of his own party. what they really need to do is put an alternative on the table. as you know, the backdrop to all of this, the administration has said its website which has been plagued by a number of glitches will be operating smoothly for the vast majority of americans by december 1st. they just wrapped up a conference call and that continues to be the case despite the fact they are delaying this portion for small businesses. now, i also spoke with a representative of small business organizations who say this is frustratin frustrating, they want to get online and sign up. another set back for obama administration as they race to meet the deadline in a few days. >> it has wound down fast. >> more

the thought the rnc has been talking about moving the convention up to june, shrinking the number of debates about having a more focused attention on the primary caucus process. number of other people who were solicited for ideas last year, those will were things we highlighted that were be useful. you have 23 debates about it is unmanageable. and what happens is and you know this, following this, not so much exclusive on social issues, but any issue, because the candidates running then, as i imagine would be for any candidates in the future, very similar on economic and fiscal issues. what happens with that many debates is you find very narrow issues that define minute differences. social issues should not be pushed out, because they have some of that handful of issues where there is a minute difference. it makes sense to have the bread and butter of what the party is about at the forefront and it does not mean you can ever ask question is about other issues, but that process russian is one that should, of all the things the rnc has been talking about doing, is one of the most signi

the rnc releasing this statement, which reads in part, quote, it's time we stopped delaying pieces ofinstead scrap it and start over with common sense reforms that will actually lower costs and increase access to care. no surprise, of course, that the rnc has seized on to this to fuel their argument that obama care should be repealed, but again, we're expecting the administration to give us more details. they're going to hold a conference call in a matter of minutes. andrea? >> and while we wait for the turkey and the president, we will bring that to you live, of course. you can see the turkey is ready. it's a windy day there on the north portico. the turkey is certainly ready for his moment. i assume it's a his. >> his, her. i think it's two hims. >> two hims. >> thank you. krist kristen, you know everything. every single thing that has to do with the white house today. let's talk more seriously for a moment about iran and some of the decisions that were made and the diplomacy of john kerry. david has been writing about this. the pluses and the minuses. kerry, a lot of success, short

relief drive for those affected by the typhoon this, sunday from 10:00 a.m until 2:00 p.m at rnc motor cars in san bruno. you can find more about this and efforts at abc7 news.com. >> that storm moved on, sandhya patel here to tell us where it is now. >> yes. it move add cross philippines and as you can see here, it's headed towards south china sea now. category 4, so weakened slightly. winds 145 miles per hour. still strong gusts. 175 miles per hour, it's on its way towards vietnam. expected to weaken. by tomorrow morning, and then, will continue to make its way inland. as it does, will weaken to a tropical storm. rain, wind, storm surges are expected. i'll be back with a look at the forecast that includes the weekend. >> we have breaking news now out of lake county. a wildfire continues to burn out of control now threatening structures began just before 2:00, quickly growing to 200 acres. these images of the fire from lake county news now, cal fire says blaze is only 15% contained. it's burning off moron valley road. >> well, traffic on the bridge is moving after a car fire blocked l

with rnc boss reince priebus watching, christie sounded both like a victor and a candidate for 2016.ile we may not always argue, we show up. we show up everywhere. we don't show up just in the places that vote for us a lot, we show up in the places that vote for us a little. i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d.c., should tune in their tvs right now and see how it's done. >> does chris christie have the blueprint to take back the white house? let's bring in democrat strat jix and former kerry campaign manager steve elmendorf and former press secretary rich galen. it's so interesting if you compare christie's views to ken cuccinelli's, they're almost identical. is his decisive victory a sign that pragmatism trumps ideology? >> i think ken cuccinelli was a lot more extreme than chris christie or at least vocalized his extremism. the test for chris christie is when he runs for president in a state like iowa or south carolina with a republican electorate, can he take this show on the road and i think the jury is out on that. >> the former

. >> i want to show everybody what the rnc sent out.of the i'm obama care ads that they released. take a peek at this. >> hello in the private sector. >> hello, i'm obama care. >> what are you doing? >> i'm addressing the people. >> the people? >> you can keep your plan. you can keep your doctor. lower premiums for everyone. >> actually that's a lie. >> i know, but i want people to like me. >> that's not the toronto mayor, either. the rnc says it's going to target young americans with youtube ads in college. channels like espn, comedy central. that's a good way to at least find the audience, the youth audience, and whether or not you're going to grab their eye is another message or another thing. >> it is a good way. i think the bigger problem as opposed to these ads for the obama administration is they don't have a fully functioning website still and that is the primary way that younger people would sign up for the health care exchanges. what republicans aren't saying is the so-called injustice where the young and healthy are paying mo

so yesterday rnc chairman reince priebus met with african-american business and community leaders inroit. he announced the new michigan director of african-american engagement as well as creating the michigan black advisory council. some party leaders have been encouraged by chris christie's landslide re-election in new jersey last week. it included 51% of the latino vote. i want to bring in democratic strategist basil snickel and susan del percio. good to see both of you. one of the things that reince priebus said before he went into the closed door hearing was this, you have to be in the community for a long period of time in order to understand and know who you want to turn out to vote. chris christie said something essentially similar in his victory speech saying republicans need to show up. they need to talk to not the people who are already in their choir, but to preach to the people who aren't. is he smart about that? >> he is actually. if you go back to election night, one of the biggest takeaways was barbara buono blasting members of her own party for cutting these deals wit

particularly from the rnc. they pulled out. he talked about cuccinelli being outspent four or five to one. he cited as a significant factor. i think the exit polls showed something different. on obamacare. question about health care was three or four for something that voters were concerned about. the problem is larger than just obamacare. it is the president and how he has come off the last few weeks. he was not an asset in this race. >> there is no question that cuccinelli was outspent, but if you want to leave someone twisting in the wind, how about the democratic candidate for governor of new jersey, mark? >> she was absolutely a nonperson. barbara buono. >> she was collateral damage. >> the president never went near there. the national chair never went near. the clintons never went near there. i think the democrats will rue the day they let chris christie run essentially unopposed for reelection, because he comes out of it on start, untarnished -- unscarred, untarnished. it is an impressive christie victory. he is pro-life

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good things that happened, the rnc went in early learned lesson about outreach, governor chris tee talked early about importance of showing up that is a fundamental lesson out of this election cycle for republicans. the republican party nationally invested in a lot of outreach, a plot of staff, they're spending a lot of money early in way that they haven't done before. that is really important that's lesson that we learned from the democrats from the last cycle, are going to pietate wait. >> a better candidate. >> the virginia governor's race that will be watched in the 2014, stephanie knows how the message this is her expertise, health care was in the news everywhere. 27% in the exit poll said health care was number one voting issue. you might expect that because couch nelly brought that was it was in the news all the time. 20% said abortion was their number one issue. that was issue that was not on the front pages for any reason that terry mcauliffe was relentless in driving that. he won with women by a big margin and that is a play book similar to the one that was run in virginia by th

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the relief drive will be held at rnc motor cars find out how you can help on abc7 news.com. >> and let'sin abc7 news weather anchor. where is this super typhoon now? >> it's out in the south china saechlt it's moving towards vietnam. but let me show youym thisçó black and white image fr yesterday. 24 hours ago. notice how clearly defined the eye is. just making its way to land fall. now going to our, there it s moving on shore right there powerful category 5. it is passed through central philippines into the south china dangerous storm. maximum winds 145 miles per hour. gusts to 175 miles per ÷ú% hour. and it'sxd÷ú headed towar vietnam, expected to make land fall in thehtçym morning as a category 3 storm, then movingp, inland and weaken to tropical storm force by about sunday.Ñdp dan? xd carolyn? >> thank you. very much. in addition, the concern about the human toll there is concern philippinesç reefs are already threatened by pollution, and global warming. in big storms, those reefs areu! a buffer8 th protects the shore line. a scientist is head together o work with the government to

. >> reporter: the rnc denies that. critics say the gop stabment may be moving away from the tea party and perhaps doing it at their own risk unless they present another moderate candidate like a mitt romney who may not fire up the base. others say the rnc and republican party need to move away from the tea party. that's the interparty battle. bill: there was a libertarian who picked up 7% of the overall state vote. if he wasn't in it maybe the outcome would have been in it. cuccinelli was a strong charge but it was not enough. martha: to lose by less than he was ever separated by. he lost by 3%. it was an extraordinary turn of events. a lot of people scratching their heads over what might have been a lost opportunities for republicans in virginia. coming up, the white house is on defense over the president's promise that americans could keep their healthcare plan. >> he now acknowledges that was a mistake. that that was problematic an shouldn't have said it. >> it's a little more complicated than that. martha: it has e

it's under the tutelage of the rnc chair. they are basically saying let's make it really hard for older people to vote. let's make it really hard for black people and minorities to vote. let's make it harder for young people to vote. let's make it easier for white people who live in rural areas to vote. >> cynicism and politics have gone together for a long time. but the cynicism in this sort of an effort, and many of these republican functionaries are up front about it when they're not on camera. think about this. how profoundly anti-democratic could you get than you're trying to eliminate the idea of one person, one vote. and the whole democratic process becomes undermined by this sort of effort, and you don't care because all you care about is winning. thank goodness that people like tim have written articles like this because the media as a whole has not been doing a very good job of covering this sort of republican tactic. it's shameful and needs to be exposed. >> good for you. when we look at countries that have less co

. >> rnc chairman will be here talking about obama care getting the six- figure hollywood treatment. and a former miami dolphin star joins me to talk about the bullying scandal. is it typical locker room stuff or over the top. >> see you if 15 minutes. >> obama care is one of the most complicated laws passed in decades. >> there is concerns that it could be vulnerable to widespread fraud. joaning us is judge napolitano. >> i. >> explain how obama care might be vulnerability to kick backs and fraud. >> there is federal law that prohibits kick backs and it would prohibit a seller of medical devices or seller of pharmaceuticals from giving money from officials in a hospital in return for buying the devices or buying the pharmaceuticals. that is known as a bribe. obama care is exempted from the kick back law. the government will not enforce the federal laws prohibiting kick backs with respect to obama care. that is a big picture. and small potential for fraud is the credits. obama care makes certain people qualify for credits that is reimbursement to them for the cost of their health car

the relief drive will be held at rnc motor cars find out how you can help on abc7 news.com. >> and let'sin abc7 news weather anchor. where is this super typhoon now? >> it's out in the south china saechlt it's moving towards vietnam. but let me show youym thisçó black and white image fr yesterday. 24 hours ago. notice how clearly defined the eye is. just making its way to land fall. now going to our, there it s moving on shore right there powerful category 5. it is passed through central philippines into the south china dangerous storm. maximum winds 145 miles per hour. gusts to 175 miles per ÷ú% hour. and it'sxd÷ú headed towar vietnam, expected to make land fall in thehtçym morning as a category 3 storm, then movingp, inland and weaken to tropical storm force by about sunday.Ñdp dan? xd carolyn? >> thank you. very much. in addition, the concern about the human toll there is concern philippinesç reefs are already threatened by pollution, and global warming. in big storms, those reefs areu! a buffer8 th protects the shore line. a scientist is head together o work with the government to

one of the best things is the rnc is focused on changing the process. and not solely directed at the issues, button gin r-- but in general -- they are talked about may moving the convention to june, and shorter debates and more focus on the caucus. those were things we highlighted would be useful. when you have 23 debates that is unmanageable. and what happens is, and you know this, not social issues, but on any issue because the candidates running then, and any in the future, are similar on economic and fiscal issues. what happens is you start trying to find very narrow issues that define minute difference and those take a larger part of the debate. so it isn't to say they should be pushed out, but have a higher level of prominence because that is a handful of issues that are different. i think it makes sense to have the bread and butter of what the party is about. and i think that process question is one that probably out of all of the things the rnc is talking about doing is most significant. >> governor, social issue question here as well. when you

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. >> that was rnc chair reinspreibuis that they will hit hard with the strategy. he is our gust now live with us today. sir, thank you for your time on hq. >> hey, bill, thank you, alisyn. >> give us a better idea of your strategy. painted on their forehead. >> here's what happened and what brought us to the press conference today. a couple of weeks ago, i had done a joint appearance of the chair woman of the dnc, and much to a lot of people's surprise, she deared that democrats were proud and eager and going to run on obama care in 2014 and it was because of obama care that they were going to win. and then put out a memo basically tellingitous bring it on, on obama care. we'll put on a press conference and allow an opportunity for all of your candidates to come and tell the press what it is about obama care that is great for your state and district. >> right. >> and give you an open platform and of course, no one showed up. it is it a ruse. it is just silly talk about how we want to run to obama care. the american people don't support it and democrats are running

one thing edge really affected him was the rnc under michael steele spent $9 million to get the governor elected. this time only 3 million they have to explain why they didn't invest there. republicans focusing on the social issues you have seen the election polling he lost democrats big. the same polling they did in obama election convinced them that cuccinelli was a right wing nut he should have been focusing on obamacare much sooner. if the shut down wouldn't have happened if re pub cans had gotten together he would be governor today. strategy matters. >> cuccinelli and christie have on paper the same positions on some of the issues. christie wins by 60 percent with women, minorities. he did well and cuccinelli doesn't. how does that happen? is>> purity is great for the ego but you have to win first and then you can fight. if you have that backwards you are going to lose. there's one race we haven't talked about because he's not a governor. new york city mayor was a blowout bill de blasio he makes castro looks like john birch. it will be a one-termer only because new yorkers will wake

i don't know when the rnc starts to spend money. it time for them to maybe pull together a single message and put out an ad or two? >> what they ought to do is get a unified health care proposal for the republican alternative to obama care and that's all they talk as about a positive. they don't do that. let me say this to follow up on doug. panic is not too strong a word to use about the democrats. >> no picture. >> when you're in the same party as the president and you do not want to be photographed with the president, what does that tell you? the president is a mill stone around the democrat's neck. pat, do you agree? >> i want to put up those numbers again if we can. i don't think it's overstating. he looks like a member of congress. >> he has been sustaining over 50% for a couple of weeks now. the problem is what is happening for 2014. if the republicans had a message on health care and a an economic growth message, a positive alternative to offer and put the democrats against the wall, you could see from this meeting with the

what signal the fact that he's doing well in those constituents sending the rnc headquarters about the kind of mangles he's the way he governs. he basically looks for consensus. he didn't look for places that divided us. he looked to work together. he looked around the state on where we agree. that mentality has brought people together rather than dividing us apart. >> reporter: now there is rumor of governor christie running for higher office. if he runs, is the republican party strong enough to run the state in his absence? >> i think there will be things happening here on the state, local counties. i think the bench will be strong. in terms of what he's going to do in the future i have no idea. we'll wait and find out. >> reporter: interesting that michael duhane there does not rule out any possibility for the governor of running or not running. he was very round about in his answer only talking about the republican party in new jersey being in strong position, and he hopes even stronger position after tonight's election results come in. a quick word about barbara depot know who was

at rnc motor car on el camino real in san bruno. this event organized by project pearl. more information at abc 7 news.com under see it on tv. the storm is still a threat. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian tracking it closely. hear to give us an idea where it is now. >> let me give you a look at the image on the radar. storm has passed through the philippine as you know. this is where it was 24 hours ago moving through the east central fill pains and of course it was category 5 storm when it first hit. it's now out out of the south china sea. exited the philippines leaving extensive damage behind now category 4 storm. maximum sustained wednesday 130 miles per hour gust to 160 miles per hour and now it is moving rapidly west ward towards the coast of vaet am in. expected to make land fall tomorrow as category 2 storm then quickly move in land and weaken by sunday morning to a tropical storm but it has devastated portions of the fill pens and still dangerous storm and could wreak havocwhen it hits vietnam tomorrow. more later. >> okay thanks very much. >> 300 fir