jack ciattarelli, you have a busy next couple days.ut multiple and i need multiple calls to the governor. we simply haven't heard back. it is your call, governor but you're missing a great time. more after this. this is yours. thanks, dad. -there's more to it. find the perfect present at the one place that has all that you need. ♪ ♪ neil: don't know if you have downloaded this apps but it is wild. you don't have to be an astronaut to be into it, the space x falcon 9 repent to launch this weekend, they are putting it off until november 3rd. the weather is the issue, wind and other things, they want to be extra cautious. four astronauts preparing to go to the international space station is elon musk continues his dominating role in space. welcome to you. you guys and what you are doing is amazing but talk about a debut where you have a nor'easter the opening week and a launch that is scrubbed because of mother nature. i'm sure this is coincidental but it made your job busier. what made the issue with the launch? >> reporter: it has been

there's a million more registered democrats than republicans, so it's a real uphill slug for jack ciattarelli having gone and seen both campaigns on the road, jack's fans are more enthused. they are fired up, and the people he runs into are definitely going to the polls. neil: is he getting any play off of these tapes that have emerged where a number of murphy enthusiasts are talking up the possibility of vaccine mandates, but they're keeping it hush-hush right now until after the election? >> this campaign has certainly made a large deal out of that. the governor came out quickly and said he would not be instituting such mandates. there are certain mandates for things like teachers and state workers, but in new jersey there's an opt-out option which jack ciattarelli has said that he supports, he basically supports what phil murphy has in place right now. and that's a needle, something he's trying to thread as the campaign has been going on because, by and large, people -- according to polls -- they don't kind of, they agree with the way governor murphy has handled the pandemic. again, by and

our candidates, in alphabetical order, are republican jack ciattarelli, and democrat phil murphy.rators for this evening are wabc anchor sade baderinwa and wpvi anchor brian taff.

our candidates, in alphabetical order, are republican jack ciattarelli, and democrat phil murphy. our moderators for this evening are wabc anchor sade baderinwa and wpvi anchor brian taff. mr. taff: and good evening, everyone. welcome to this debate tonight between the republican and democratic candidates for governor of new jersey. i'm brian taff. ms. baderinwa: and i'm sade baderinwa. over the next hour, the candidates will be answering questions posed by brian and myself, as well as questions myself as well as questions from our media partners including amanda hoover from new jersey advanced media, adrian a vargas in univision 41 and candidates will also answer questions from rutgers eagleton institute of politics and rutgers school of public affairs and administration. as well as several submitted through twitter. >> as you will see behind us tonight we have a significantly smaller audience in attendance in adherence to covid-19 protocols. we have asked them and they have agreed, several times, to refrain from applause or any other disruptions. >> under the debate rules candid

our candidates in i alphabetical order, republican jack ciattarelli and democrat phil murphy. our moderators fori, this evenig are w abc anchor sade baderinway and w pti anchor brian taff. >> getting everyone. welcome to this debate tonight between the republican ande democratic candidates for governor of new jersey. i brian taff. >> and i'm sade baderinway. the candidates will be answering questions posed by brian and myself as well as question from a media partners including amanda hoover from new jersey has mediacom adriana vargas from univision 41 and the candidates will answer questions from rutgers eagleton institute of politics and rutgers school of public affairs and administration as well as several submitted to twitter. we have asked the audience and they've agreed several times to refrain from applause or any other disruption. >> under the debate rules the candidates to the question is posed will get one minute to answer followed by a 40-second rebuttal from the opposing candidate. candidates have agreed to a one minute closing statement at the end of our debate and

, new jersey, campaigning for democratic incumbent phil murphy who's facing a challenge from jack ciattarellia recent poll shows governor murphy leading ciattarelli by six percentage points in that heavily democratic state. >> the national school boards association apologizes for the tone of its letter to the biden administration last month which likened what the organization called threats and acts of violence at school board meetings to, quote, domestic terrorism. alexandria hoff has details there washington. >> reporter: the national school board association is now walking back some of that harsh language used in the letter saying there was no justification for it. in a follow-up to members, the nsba apologized for initially relating the actions of some parents to, quote, domestic terrorism. attorney general merrick garland has also been forced to play defense. saw federal involvement as an effort to silence parents about school curriculum. >> we are not investigating peaceful protests or parent involvement at school board meetings. there's no precedent for doing that. >> reporter: one exa

. >> reporter: so there you have president obama trying to tie jack ciattarelli, murphy's opponent, tosident trump who is not nearly as popular in new jersey as he is in other parts of the country. bottom line here, this is all about turnout. this event was held in newark. newark is in the heart of essex county. essex county is a strong hold in new jersey. it has the most democrats registered. the goal is to make sure those people vote in-person, early, on election day. either way, they want to make sure they get to the polls. athena jones, cnn, new york. >>> now, we have new developments in the january 6 u.s. capitol insurrection probe. video obtained by cnn shows one of the defendants speaking last month at a right-wing rally in arizona. now, also at that rally, more than a dozen members of the proud boys, an extremist group which a federal judge specifically told the defendant to avoid. it comes as lawmakers in washington are looking to follow the money behind the insurrection. cnn's marshall cohen has details. >> reporter: nearly ten months after the january 6th insurrection, the i

new jersey incumbent governor phil murphy facing a challenge from republican jack ciattarelli.y's trying to break a 44-year curse for democrats in the state. they haven't been able to win second terms for all that time in the garden state despite 1 million more registered voters in their party. some mayoral races appear to show many voters in big cities that saw the biggest increase in crime since the killing of george floyd are pushing back against candidates that called for defunding police. in new york city, democrat eric adams beat out a number of liberal candidates who wanted to cut funding for cops. his republican challenger is the founder of the guardian angels, curtis sliwa. in buffalo, new york, india walton who won the democratic primary in june is taking a much softer tone today, asking for reform. she faces a write-in campaign from former incumbent mayor brian brown. and in minneapolis incumbent mayor jacob frey who took a lot of heat from black lives matter activists for not calling for defunding police is facing a challenge from one of the primary organizers of pr

republican jack ciattarelli is running to deny phil murphy a second term in the governor's mansion.s think the next governor's main concern should be taxes followed by jobs. the garden state has had one of the highest property tax if not the highest in the nation for years. take a look at the recent poll that shows that both are only 6 points apart. chit elly just really nipping at -- ciattarelli nipping at murphy's heels. president biden is expected to campaign for -- former president obama is expected to -- >>> walking back president biden's suggestion that the national guard could be deployed to help with the backlog are. some say send in the guard and the army with their trucks to make sure you don't run out of essentials or christmas presents. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ alicia: president biden facing multiple crises around the country including major disruptions to the national supply chain. the white house is now downplaying biden's comments on possibly using the national guard to help clear the bottleneck at our nation's ports. david spunt is live in wilmington, delaware, where the p

republican jack ciattarelli. he's closing in on phil murphy's lead. new jersey has not re-elected an incumbent democratic governor in 40 years. do you think these type governor races have national implications? >> yes, i think you're seeing independent voters turning against the democratic party in these races. one, because they seem to be listening to teacher's unions rather than parents and students. two, because they seem focused on things peripheral to their core concerns. the american people want the pandemic under control, the economy working again, these supply chain shortages worked out. whether or not we add a dental benefit to medicare is an interesting question that we can deal with once we are past the initial crisis. this is very reminiscent of the mistakes president obama made his first two years in office focusing on the affordable care act. the result was a republican sweep in the 2010 midterms. >> maria, on this show, i've been discussing president biden's new approval ratings that shows a decline in black support. also a significant

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right now a poll shows him leading republican jack ciattarelli but momentum could be shifting. this is a tight race. the latest polls do have you trailing just a bit. let's put the poll up here. a university poll with murphy 50%, you 41%. how do you plan on catching up by november 2? >> by just doing what we've been doing for the past 22 months. going out and talking about the issues that matter most. property taxes and business climate. new jersey is the worst place in the nation to do business. we can't create jobs as long as that's the case. i don't call it progress. i don't know what bernie sanders is talking about. >> julie: what do you think independent voters will make bernie sanders stumping for murphy? will that hurt him? >> i call it the campaign choreography. phil murphy brought in everybody under the sun. i engage with people in new jersey talking about the issue matters to them. things murphy never talks about. this is the guy that said to the highest taxed people in the nation if taxes are your issue we're probably not your state. he said that. >> julie: as a new

i was in new jersey with the candidate for governor, jack ciattarelli. this is a raise tightening. hit at that really's side in new jersey. stuart: if the republican won in new jersey, the republican won in virginia, that is a sea change bordering on a revolution, do you agree with that? >> yeah. i would be doing a big happy dance but you know who would be happier? the voters of those states. we are seeing the voters really push back on democrats as inflation is rising, our national security issues, our border is out of control. as education has been taken over by unions and not focused on the kids. i mean on every single issue democrats are failing the american people right now and it is time for every voter to step up to make that change and vote for republicans, not just in virginia and new jersey but in the midterms in 2022 if we ever are going to stop what they're doing in our country. stuart: ronna, we live in new jersey. i appreciate where you're coming from. >> i'm sorry. stuart: thanks very much for being with us. >> i love new jersey. i'm sorry about your governor. take th

. >> new jersey democratic governor phil murphy faces off against republican challenger jack ciattarelli in the first of two debates in the race for governor. topics include the coronavirus pandemic, tax policy and the state legalization of marijuana. wabc dd new york and w pti host the event at the new jersey performing arts center in

and jack ciattarelli is a lot closer than he should be in the blue state of jersey to murphy recent polleah, i think. rachel: let me explain. pete: go ahead. project veritas video couple advisers to phil murphy caught on camera saying the mandates we can't do universal mandates and vaccines now after the election is he definitely going to do it. he is campaigning one way but after it will be something else. it hasn't gotten a lot of media attention but traction inside new jersey. we will see, parents, it goes down to control for parents who controls kids parents or schools or bureaucrats at issue in both of those states. rachel: a lot of business owners afraid of that vaccine mandate happening as well. will: speaking of that education seems to have supplanted the economy number one issue on voters' minds. economy looms at number 2 when you talk about small businesses, inflation and supply chain. here is example. del monte raising the price of fruit. mcdojtedz anticipating a 6% increase in prices. pete had an interview a little bit earlier why that is both labor and beef prices going up.