mr. weprin had robo calls from former president clinton, governor cuomo. noticeably absent from that list, president obama. mr. turner had the support of rue die giuliani -- rudy giuliani and ed koch who just walked that this room. several crossed party lines to endorse bob turner in this race. no matter who wins, it could be a moot point. it may be best known for an accomplishment of victory because this district is said to be redistricted out of business to vanish by 2013. anthony weiner moved too the manhattan and he did vote for mr. weprin the democrat. weprin by the way doesn't even live in this district. you can hear some of the chants and the calls, people here tonight on edge, nervous, also somewhat confident it depends how much of the orthodox jewish vote came out in brooklyn. there was strong showings and turn-out in some of the most conservative areas in queens. it looks as if this may be a long night, despite the optimism here. we are seeing peter king and mayor ed koch now speaking to the crowd. [ cheering ] >> greta: i was going to ask why th

mr. weprin serves serves in albany, and nobody likes albany. when you look i don't think you can dismiss the fact that it could mean a lot about what is to come even though so much time is left between now and the elections everything could change and this could clearly than an after thought by the time people go to the polls last year. jon: we are looking at live pictures right now of the president in raleigh, tkaur ham, north carolina, air force one has just touched down there. he will be making a peach in a little less than two hours from now trying to tout his jobs plan. what are you hearing, david, about the whispers that are being said in washington to the president's people about the message that this sends? >> reporter: this is never good, because this helps republican fundraising, it helps enthusiasm and it scarce democrats. i think the message to the president is he needs to focus on jobs and the economy which he has been doing in september and he's got to see if he can turn this thing around. there is a lot of time. he's going to end

mr. weprin a democrat is also a real hawk on israel. mr. turner has athe crmocrat in islamic community center to build in downtown manhattan. the so-called ground zero mosque. seeing the republican candidate ahead in the polls in this race has had national democrats spending half a million bucks in recent days trying to save the seat from becoming a casualty of anthony weiner's new dizmo. i made that word up. polls in new york closed an hour ago in new york. we're awaiting the first returning. joining us from queens, new york, andrew siff for wnbc. you're at republican bob turner's campaign. how do things seem there? how excited are people? >> people are pretty excited, rachel. former mayor ed kotch is on his way, who crossed party lines to vote for bob turner. he was one of the voices who at least according to the polls has been successful in convincing voters along this queens/brooklyn border, this quirky area, to send a message to president obama. as you mentioned, the polls showed bob turner ahead by six points then the democratic money

mr. weprin said i will find from the inside. and i side i will oppose the president and we have to send him a message tha his policies will not be tolerated. megyn how big a issue do you think that is? new york in general has a high jew is population and it tend to vote democratic and yet we saw something very different yesterday in your district. >> i think israel was a very important issue for the large part of the population. jobs and the economy were still the overarching issue but israel was very important to a large number of people, and they do not trust this president. megyn bob turner, thank you so much for coming in. all the best to you and congrats. >> thanks. megyn it's not over yet, don't get in my shofplt he'll learn, he's a political outsider, see. >> it's true, sorry, i thought we were done. megyn you sit there, it's not over yet. plus folks an important campaign reminder, fox news and a little company you might have heard of named google are getting ready to host the next republican presidential debate on septem

mr. weprin.ink there is a better approach with this one lone voice and practical independent penal, then i'm your guy. >> we identified our voters early on. we have a lot of union households in the district. >> reporter: even if this heavily democratic district, one poll shows the president's favorability rating is less than a third at 31%. >> i think people are tied to the status quo and there has to be a major change in washington. >> reporter: is this a test of obama? >> yes, it is. i would vote democrat all the way. >> reporter: the polls close in 7 hours. by the way, he doesn't live in the district. megyn: in five minutes, jacqueline kennedy like you never heard her before. what she thought about some of the most influential people in modern history, including her stunning take on the reverand martin luther king. healthcare front and center in last night's gop primary debate. michele bachmann taking under the charge to repeal the president's healthcare overhaul. >> the only way to eradicate

mr. weprin is of that faith for them to not elect him in this district that its heavily democratic, i don'tr estimate what a change in this election is. are they fed up with anthony weiner and everything that happened. how good is your argument that there is a larger ramification and an indication for the future. >> the indication we have that is very clear is that the president's policies are not only not working but also in this 9th congressional district of new york and others across the country, including nevada the president has very high negatives because of his inability of his policies to create jobs and opportunities for the american people. and this was very apparent. the president had negative ratings of up to 60%. and when a president carries this kind of baggage into these kind of special elections it r rereverb rates all across the country. the playbook that the democrats were counting on for 2012 they will have to reconstruct. jobs and job creation is the issue in this election. and the president has failed on that issue. martha: going back to this issue of religion, there wa

mr. weprin's vote on same sex marriage here in new york state.pparently, the robo calls portrayed his vote against a vote against god even though weprin is an orthodox jew himself. >> pete sessions is a chairman of the congressional committee and says new york have put washington democrats on notice. eric cantor calls it a major victory. this seems a little bit stronger than when the democrats won that seat in upstate new york about six months ago after a scandal forced the vacancy of that seat. again, very curious to see if they did some post poll analysis and talked to some people. how many people looked at what weiner did and how he embarrassed those people by what he did and said we're going with the republican. >> i don't know if that had so much to do about it. in that district, as far as registered voters democrats to republicans, 3-1. so did the democrats not show up? or did the republicans just all come out? i mean, when you're facing those kinds of odds of being able to come out on top on that, many people pointing to the fact that isra

weprin by eight points. turner called his victory a message to washington. >> this message will resound for a full year. and will resound into 2012. this is a referendum and we're ready to say, mr. president, we're on the wrong track. >> the president's approval rating sits at just 43% in this district. more bad news for the white house. in nevada where republican mark amaday crownsed kate marshal by 22 points, 58-36, he won in all 17 counties. you can explain away both special elections on a localized basis, but the fact is, this is the july-august hangover that has stung the white house, presidential approval ratings nationally at low points for the president. yes, there were local reasons why new york 9, weprin made orthodox jews upset on his views over gay marriage, there's a lot of localized ways to explain this away, but if the president's job approval rating had been higher in this district, he might have been able to come in and help. the fact is he couldn't come in and help. the district will be disappearing just like new york 26. democrats had a hard time getting a good candidate. it's still a wake-up call for democrats. the white house will argue what happened last n