murray. a guest we need at times like this. caty kay who covered the race from richmond just last night. as well as jamal simmons who worked on the clinton and obama campaigns. mark, let's start with you. what happened last night? >> it was a sign that the political wins are at the democrats' backs. there is a definitely trump factor, at least that played out in virginia and new jersey last night according to the exit polls. we saw voters who went to vote, 40% approved of president trump's job performance. that's not good if you are the party in control of the white house. and more importantly, half the voters said that president trump was a factor in their vote in virginia. and those voters broke 2-1 in opposition of president trump. so you can say democrats were more motivated. and they turned out in droves. in northern virginia but also around richmond, virginia, which at one point was a swing part of the state or even a bastion for republicans. so you add that together. it doesn't necessarily mean they'll take back the house of representatives next year. on the one hand, you have to look that virgini