barbara comstock, james carville, amy walter, thank you all three. ate it. >> say hi to mary, james. i will, i will, barbara. always good to see you, amy. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, republicans in the u.s. senate blocked consideration of a voting rights bill for the fourth time this year. democrats needed 60 votes to begin debate, but fell well short. they say the bill is needed to combat new restrictions on voting in at least 19 states. republicans charge it would usurp state authority over elections. young children across the u.s. began getting vaccinated against covid-19 today. inoculations began after the c.d.c. approved low doses of pfizer's vaccine for children five to 11 years old. meanwhile, white house officials warned against vaccine misinformation. >> every parent has a right to the facts so they can make decisions for their children based on accurate scientific information. misinformation robs them of this freedom, that's why i'm asking parents to please seek answers from credible sources. >> woodruff: officials also say a feder

here to take stock of it all are amy walter of "the cook political report with amy walter." ra keith of npr. >> hello to both of you. yes it was a week of both up and down. it was long in coming amy, the infrastructure bill but it did pass late friday night. in the end how much -- or at this moment how much of a political win is it for the president? >> well, it's certainly a win. you take them where you can get them and it is also a bipartisan win both in the senate and the house. so now the president can go out and members of the democratic party can go out in 2022 and say we worked in a bipartisan manner as we had promised you to pass things that matter. the challenge though is while the president and while the energy secretary come on and say we're going to sell this to the public, the sausage making is not quite done yet. they're still trying to do the build back better bill, that is probably going to -- tam and i have tooukd about this for a while, probably december, most capitol hill reportsers are talking about spending christmas and new years covering this so there's

here to take stock of it all are amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter, and tamaraello to both of you. it was a week of up and down. it was long in coming, the infrastructure bill, but it did pass late friday night. in the end, how much at this moment, how much of a political win is it for the president? exit is a win. you take them where you can get them. it is a bipartisan win in the senate and the house. the president can now go out and members of the democratic party can go out in 2022 and say we worked in a bipartisan manner as we promised, to pass things that matter. the challenge is, while the president and the energy secretary say we will go and sell this to the public, the sausage making isn't done yet. they are still trying to do the build back better bill and that will have a back-and-forth between the senate and the house that will probably go on. we have talked about this, probably this number -- december, most reporters are talking about spending christmas and new year's covering this. there is a waste to go. the other big piece, and you raised this wi

here to assess the politics of it all: amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter.tamara keith of npr. ska hello to both of you on this monday, very good to see you. so we're going to begin with what we're leading with in the program tonight and that is this new variant of covid. amy, just when i think we thought maybe we were on the good side of this. >> right. >> it turns out that there is a big question mark out there. we don't know yet how serious, how severe the symptoms are, but we know that it is on the move. and president biden is imposing a travel ban, he's saying no reason to panic. we know there are health reasons, health things he has to worry about. >> that's right, i thought it was note worthy that he said be concerned but don't panic and also that he said we're not going to do lockdowns. made very clear we can defeat this with vaccines and with boosters, we don't have to go into where we were in 2020, the challenge though for the president as he noted also in that speech is he doesn't have any control over what other countries are doing and this is as

here to assess the politics, amy walter of the cook little report with amy walter and tamera keith ofllo to both of you on this monday. very good to see you. we're going to begin with what we're leading with with the program tonight and that is this new variant of covid. amy, just when i think we thought maybe we were on the good side of this, it turns out that there is this big question mark. we don't know yet how serious, how severe. but we know it is on the move. and president biden is imposing a travel ban. he's saying no reason to panic. we know there are health reasons, health things he has to worry about. what about the political? amy: i thought it was noble thing that he said don't panic, and also we said we're are not going to do lockdownss. very clear. we can defeat this with vaccines and boosters. we do not have to go where we were in. 2020 the challenge for the president as he noted in that speech is, he doesn't have any control over what other countries are doing. this is a global pandemic. yes, the u.s. consent a lot of vaccines around the world, but you're still looking

amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter. and tamara keith of npr.to you both, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's start where we left off, tam, the interview with governor cristie, a lot for prescripgs forp the way forward, what did you make of that. >> in essence he is tieing himself in a bunch of knots, trying to figure out like so many republicans are, how to navigate a republican party where donald trump is still a dominant force. he's trying to speak truth to trumpism at the same time, he can't reject trump because he can't be a never trumper, because then he would lose all credibility with the people that he claims he is trying to persuade. it is a quandary that many republicans who could see themselves running for president in 2024 find themselves in. >> a quandary, a balancing act. >> an enigma, so many things, very appropriate for this time of year. >> but in essence, what tam is saying is to the tally correct. that trying to find trumpism is without trump, which is you can keep the policy that everybody loves, just let's leave the cons

with me to discuss is amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter.keith of npr. let's start where we left off. the interview with governor christie, a lot of prescriptions about the way forward for the republican party. >> in essence, he is tying himself in a bunch of knots, trying to figure out like so many republicans are how to navigate a republican party where donald trump is still a dominant force. he is trying to speak truth to trumpism. at the same time, he can't reject trump because he can't be a never trump are because then he would lose all credibility with the people he claims he is trying to persuade. it is a quandary that many republicans who could see themselves running for president in 2024 find themselves. amna: it is a quandary? >> an enigma. amna: maybe eight or dokken? >> very appropriate for this time of year. >> in essence, trying to find trumpism without trump's what he also seems to be saying. you can keep the policies that everybody loved, let's just leave the conspiracy theories and the tweeting and all of the behavior stuff

amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamera keith of npr.back for a minute to what phil rutger of the washington post was saying. an enormous amount of detail reporting on what happened at the capitol on january 6 but there is still an enormous amount of disbelief out there about it. in fact, the poll that we do with npr and with marist, one of the questions we asked was whether people think refusing to concede an election harms democracy. 86% of democrats agree. only 56% of republicans, pointing directly back to what former president trump has been saying. >> so, conceding an election, when you lose is a fundamental part of how american elections work. it's a fundamental part of our democracy. sometimes our elections are close, sometimes they are messing but when the loser concedes, it's over. in the case of this last presidential election, the loser still has not conceded. at a really, he probably recently said -- at a rally, he said, i have never conceded. the challenge for the washington post, the challenge for all of us going forward is

and amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter. hello to all three of you.ll start with you because you have been looking closely at the exit polls, interviews with voters as they left their polling places yesterday. we want to understand more about who voted. tell us what you are seeing. amy: it is clear whether it is virginia or new jersey that this was a repudiation of president biden's low approval ratings nationally, also low in blue states. the exit poll in virginia showed president biden's ratings just 45%. the drag the president's disapproval rating has goes into state and local races as well as gubernatorial. all politics now is national, not local anymore. that is a big factor. the other question, through the trump years from democrats and republicans about how sturdy this suburban movement away from republicans and democrats would be. as one democrat said to me during that, i am worried we are just renting these lawyers. based on the results of last night, it looks like they were just rented. democrats lost the ground they had made during the trum

amy walter, tamara keith, thank you. >> and and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff.and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the landscape has changed, and not for the last time. the rules of business are being reinvented, with a more flexible workforce, by embracing innovation, by looking not only at current opportunities, but ahead to future ones. resilience is the ability to pivot again and again, for whatever happens next. >> people who know, know b.d.o. >> a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life, well-planned. >> the kendeda fund. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. more at kendedafund.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institut

so congratulations for that, and dave waterman, senior editor for the clip political report with amy walterthank you all for being here. the gop had a great election night. a lot of it was focusing on race and education. i wonder what your biggest take away is from the fact that strategy worked, especially when you think about our country's history and where we have been as a country and where we are going. >> well, let me add my convention wishes to kelly, too. i'm so jealous i am not in studio with all oyou tonight. it's nice to be in person again. critical race theory is the big lie of 2021 and the modern-day southern strategy. that is appealing to white voters. education is the 2020 version of economic grievance. i was covering race as a reporter for the associated press before i became editor at large at the 19th. i know from talking to voters and covering campaigns that race-based appeals to voters are increasingly an aspect of gop politics. one that the former president certainly capitalized on in his elections, but it's not new to our politics in this cntry. and it is one that corre

joining us now for some analysis is the publisher and editor in chief of the cook political report, amy walterickerso wh. good to have you here in person. >> so exciting. i love this. >> brennan: i love to have the "what does it all mean" conversation. and you heard cedric richmond. you heard senator kaine, their version of events. amy, are democrats just totally over-reacting here, or is there a real reason to be panicked? >> there's definitely a reason to be panicked. and some of it is historical. i think it was mark twain who says history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes. and this pattern we saw in virginia and new jersey feels very familiar because we've lived through it. we saw it in 2006. we saw it in 2010. we saw it in 2018. te party in power, especially the party in power that has both bodies of congress, goes into a midterm election or an off-off-year election like we saw in virginia and new jersey, the president is unpopular. the other side is fired up. and the party in power is not quite as inner gilesed and engaged. and you fut those three things together and you get what

we'll have analysis from devon dickerson and amy walter, the editor in chief of the cook political report. plus we'll hear from former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb about major developments in the fight against covid-19. covid-19, as children between five and 11 are finally eligible for vaccines. there is good news on the economic front as we added over half a million new jobs last month. but inflation continues to rise, and worker shortages and supply chain disruptions are still affecting our recovery. we'll talk about all that, plus we'll get an answer to a question the commerce secretary couldn't give us last week. >> you know, people say to me, will christmas gifts be delivered? to which i say, call fedex. >> brennan: and so we did, fedex c.e.o. frederick w. smith will be here. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." >> brennan: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." on this crisp fall morning in washington, it finally feels like we're starting to move beyond the pandemic on a number of fronts. but before we begin, we want to note the sobering milestone that the u.

tonight, we want to talk to amy walter, publisher and editor and chief of the cook political reportereing here. interesting to see the senate races and possible breakdowns. i ask you both to choose one potential makeup. potential contest. amy, let me start with you what you are looking at. >> well, i'm looking at georgia. georgia was the state, of course, that gave the defendant. which involved now senator raphael warnock with a special election. is he up for re-election, even though he has only been in the senate -- he will only have been in the senate for two years. republicans look to be coalescing around former football star herschel herschel walker, someone who former president trump has been very supportive of from the very beginning. what's what is interesting about walker is he is not a person who has been involved in politics oat least in elected politics. so this will be his first attempt, early on you had some members of the republican establishment worrying that, you know, maybe as a candidate he is not ready for prime time. those worries seem to have receded, at least for

you are going to learn and listen to amy walters of the political report, chris of american enterprisenstitute, john, dippy director of public management at brookings and the woman who put together this panel, elaine, who is director of the center for effective public management at the brookings institution. i would like to remind the audience they can submit questions via twitter at #election2021. let's get the party started. last tuesday, we had an off year election that rocked the political world. republicans won the governor seat in virginia and whoever controlled the legislature in new jersey, democratic incumbent who is thought to be issue in, barely squeaked by with a narrow win. in minneapolis, home of george floyd, a police reform measure was turned down decisively into the mirror, who oppose the measure, was reelect did. nash reelected -- reelected. so what does it all mean? we are going to begin with each of our panelists offering two minutes of uninterrupted thought on their take on american politics. then, we will have time for crosstalk among the panelists before opening

. >> juan williams and amy walter will be a part of a conversation on the 2021 election result and the biden administration's agenda. brookings hosts the event live, today, 2 p.m. eastern on c-span or you can watch on c-span now, the new video app. >> tonight, panel discussions and analysis of american politics including the future of the republican party in 2024 elections hosted by new york university and at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or watch your full coverage on our new video app. >> c-span is your fun filtered view of government funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think that this is just a community center? it's way more. >> this way students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span with other television providers to give you a front proceed to democracy. joining us this morning is heidi shierholz, president of the economic policy institute, along with michael strahan, economic policy director -- number policy studies director at the american enterprise institute, here

i want to bring into this discussion, amy walter.istration is less about wokeness than confidence. poll after poll suggests that her biggest worries at the very thing that democrats having shown comments on or delivering on. >> for 2022 is the consumer price index not the number of woke or detoxed. >> by democrats, by the way, to chings are needing to at once. >> democrats have to hire it better but also amy is riepgt. if democrats are doing the right thing on inflation and the economy. if they are avoid debacle and if they prover they are good running this country. they're not going to be obsessed of school kruk limb that much. they'll be able tofr discussions won't be the center of the debate. >> there are two or three things at place here. we can't lose sight that candidate and virginia was well known zg not a fresh face. i can speak from experience that these says the i don't thinker you have been engaged in politics, the more impeiril at the ballot box. when you look at our sleeder ship people it's on f. these are folks that's b

. >> amy walter will be part of a political conversation on the 2021 election results and the biden agendathe brookings institution posts -- hosts the event live at 2 p.m. eastern on monday. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from atlanta this morning is georgia, brad raffensperger. he has held that position since 2019. welcome to washington journal. guest: good morning. host: let me start with your background. you are a businessman, a structural engineer by trade. you own your own businesses. what first got you into georgia state politics? guest: i ran for city council. i could do that part-time and run my business. i was there for 3.5 years and i ran for an open seat in the statehouse and i served for two terms. host: are there issues in the state level that were important to you in those early races for you? guest: i saw what was going on nationally and was not pleased at the time. i thought what could i do and what can i do to give back? being on the city council, roads, widening streets, things like that. make sure we have strong, public safety. things like that. and th

. >> amy walter will be part of a political conversation on the 2021 election results and the biden agendabrookings institution posts -- hosts the event live at 2 p.m. eastern on mond >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from atlanta this morning is georgia, brad raffensperger. he has held that position since 2019. welcome to washington journal. guest: good morning. host: let me start with your background. you are a businessman, a structural engineer by trade. you own your own businesses. what first got you into georgia state politics? guest: i ran for city council. i could do that part-time and run my business. i was there for 3.5 years and i ran for an open seat in the statehouse and i served for two terms. host: are there issues in the state level that were important to you in those early races for you? guest: i saw what was going on nationally and was not pleased at the time. i thought what could i do and what can i do to give back? being on the city council, roads, widening streets, things like that. make sure we have strong, public safety. things like that. and then the