[laughter] new jersey's great lieutenant governor, -- governor. pplause] i used to tell folks all the time, that i have the greatest job in the world. that for a jersey kid to be governor of the state where you were born and raised is the greatest job you could ever have in your life and i loved it, every day, i would get up and know i had a chance to do something great. i didn't do something great every day, but i had a chance every day to do something great for people i would probably never meet and certainly never know. but on october 29 of last year, that job changed. it's no longer a job for me. it's a mission. you see a mission is different than a job. a mission is something that's sacred. it's a sacred trust that was thrust upon me and you on october 29 of last year. and that mission, that mission is to make sure that everyone, everyone in new jersey who is affected by sandy, is returned to normalcy in their life and i want to promise you tonight, i will not let anyone, anything, any political party, any governmental entity, or any force get

in new jersey, chris christie re-elected to a second term as governor. we are awaiting a victory speech from governor christie. likely within this hour. in virginia, nbc news project, democratic terry mcauliffe pulled off a narrow victory. defeated, ken cuccinelli, with 96% of the vote in. mcauliffe, has 47%. and libertarian candidate, has 7%. nbc news also projects that democrat ralph northam is winner of the lieutenant-governor race. political director, chuck todd is at the headquarters in tyson's corner, virginia. chuck, how did this race find its way to a terry mcauliffe victory and rather narrow one? >> well, a rather narrow one. i think we can be reminded. virginia is virginia. a swing state for a reason. this is as virginia goes. so goes the nation. it's been that way for the last decade. when you look at the last two weeks. you can on one hand, look at the result tonight. and say the minute, ken cuccinelli was nominated. he was going to have problems in northern virginia. problems in suburban counties. i can tell you, i will give you two results t

that's yes went on meet the jerry, fox new jersey sunday, face the turnpike and this new jersey new jersey new jersey. >> chris christie 2016 just will not go away but today a staff on how chris christie will do against hillary clinton. some interesting numbers for you to chew on with those cheerios. as for the current president the health care law with his name on it gets some more bad news. we know just how many people signed up. write down your guess. "price is right" rules are in effect. what if you can catch a beer like buzz but avoid the hangover. professor says he found a way to do just that. this is way too early. >>> good morning, everyone, brian shactman, tuesday, november 12th. we have monday night football on paper. doesn't seem to be much of a match-up. some highlights four in sports. but we want to begin with t

new jersey's great lieutenant governor. s to tell folks all the time -- i used to tell folks all the time that i had the greatest job in the world. that for jersey kid to be elected governor of the state where you were born and raised, it is the greatest job that you could ever have in your life and i love it. every day. i would get up and know that i had a chance to do something great. i did not do something great everyday, but i had a chance every day to do something great for people that i would probably never meet. and surely never know. on october 29, the last year, that job changed. it is no longer a job for me. different from a job. a mission is something that is sacred. it is a sacred trust. that was thrust upon me and you. that mission is to make sure that everyone, everyone in new jersey who is affected by sandy is returned to normalcy in their life and i want to promise you tonight. anything, let anyone, any political party, any governmental entity, or any force get in between me and the completion of my mission.

in new jersey governor chris christie will be re-elected to a second term very easily. in new york city, bill deblasio will be the next mayor of new york. first time in almost two decades there's going to be a democratic mayor of new york city. bill deblaze yo will be the mayor of new york. john king is standing by. terry mcauliffe, that waste the clo -- was the closest of the major election. but terry mcauliffe eeked it out, maybe closer than some had projected. >> he eekd it out. this will be closely studied because virginia has become an important state in our national politics. it got close in the end because of obama care. no get president's health care plan and problems with the roll yut of the health care plan were at issue late in the campaign. more than half of virginia voters oppose obama care and broke overwhelmingly for the republican candidate ken cucinnelli. this is why this one got so close at the end. ken cucinnelli capitalizing on his personal opposition and voters' questions about obama care. how did mcauliffe win despite that? majority oppose the tea p

for me i'm governor of new jersey and my job is to run the state of new jersey. it's just something i think, in all seriousness, norah, you just -- dash folks in my position spout off opinions off the top of their head just wind up doing more harm than good. i'm not going to engage in that. >> let's turn now to politics, congratulations on your victory this past week. i want to remind our viewers how you won because you're a republican and new jersey is a very blue state you won 66% of independents. you won 32% of democrats. 51% of hispanic voters and 21% of african american voters. is there a lesson there for the rest of the republican party? >> the lesson is to govern, norah, and show up. let me explain what i mean. on governing it's about doing things, accomplishing things, reaching across the aisle crafting accomplishments. ours i think are significant. 143,000 new private sector jobs in the last four years. $2.3 billion business tax cuts to help create those jobs. reforming teacher tenure for the first time in 100 years in new jersey. reforming a broken pens

like that in the courtroom, you will get thrown in jail, idiot. >> he did not veto gay marriage in new jersey this year. that could put him in states by conservatives. >> he is credited with units jersey in a storm. but united republicans across the country is a lot tougher considering the divisions between the tea party and the gop establishment right now. chris? yoo carl, thank you. and we are sxwrojoined now by c tris tee. congratulations and welcome back. >> thank you i'm happy to be here. >> how interested are you in running for president in 2016? >> well chris, i'm interested in being the gov nernor of new jersey. we have a lot of thing to focus on. i know a lot of people are speculating on what may come in the future. i'm focused on being the governor in the future. >> you did some things on election day that national republicans can only dream of and let's take a look at those. you won 57% of women and 51% of hispanics and 32% of democrats. and you said the reason is in new jersey you have worked with the other side to get things done. >> i know that if we can do this in trenton, new

which has nothing to do with my record in new jersey and what i've done in new jersey. and we're proud of that record and i'm going to continue to work really hard over the next four years as governor of new jersey to make sure i continue to bring people together and accomplish things like lowering taxes, increases private sector employment, shrinking the size of government, all the things that are so consistent with the principles of my party. >> "time" magazine has your sell -- silhoutte on the cover of the magazine this week along with a headline, "the elephant in the room." more than any other question people wanted me to ask you how you feel about that? >> who cares about that? seriously. i'm on the cover of "time" magazine. it is certainly not the first weight joke that has been thrown my way over the course of the last four years, chris. it doesn't matter to me. i haven't seen the issue yet. i've just seen the cover, haven't read the issue yet. it doesn't matter to me. if you're going to be bothered by that kind of stuff you don't belong in public leadership. the

the governor of new jersey. that's why he went on meet the jersey, fox news jersey sunday, face the turnpike and this new jersey with new jersey new jersey. >> time for your "first look" of your dish of scrambled politics. this might be the strangest campaign against obama care. a group fund by the koch parties are throwing tailgate parties to educate young people p.m. it's more like a drunken frat party to discourage enrollment. >> members of the hilary super p.a.c. will gather to plot how mrs. clinton will win the presidency in 2016. >>> new polling finds strong support to raise the minimum wage. 76% of americans back increasing it from 7.25 an hour to $9. senate leaders say they will hold a vote on the legislation before thanksgiving. >>> a group in boston is exploring a bid for the 2024 olympics. the "boston globe" reports former presidential candidate memorabilia has come on board to bring the games to his home town. he ran the 2002 winter games in salt lake city. >>> senator john mccain is turning down ano

voters picking new governors in new jersey and virginia. s christie winning reelection against democratic challenger barbara buonon virginia gubernatorial race has been called. democrat terry mcauliffe beating ken cuccinelli and robert sarvis. in new york, democrat bill devalazio cruised to a victory, the first democrat to win

i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >> much closer this evening was that other gubernatorial race in the commonwealth of virginia, a contest that tea party-backed republican ken cucinnelli the state attorney general led for much of the night as election returns kept trickling in. though cnn ultimately called it for democrat terry mcauliffe little more than an hour ago as more districts from northern virginia reported back. mcauliffe is giving his victory speech right now. i want to go straight to wolf blitzer and john king back in washington, d.c. with the latest election night results. wolf, john? >> thanks very much, jake. these are the winners in the biggest contests tonight. in virginia, in the virginia governor's race the former democratic party chairman and clinton ally terry mcauliffe defeating the republican candidate and tea party favorite ken cucinnelli in a race that was more suspenseful than a lot of us expected. in new jersey a big win for republican governor chris christie, a possible

[laughter] new jersey's great lieutenant governor, -- governor. [applause] i used to tell folks all the time, that i have the greatest job in the world. that for a jersey kid to be governor of the state where you were born and raised is the greatest job you could ever have in your life and i loved it, every day, i would get up and know i had a chance to do something great. i didn't do something great every day, but i had a chance every day to do something great for people i would probably never meet and certainly never know. but on october 29 of last year, that job changed. it's no longer a job for me. it's a mission. you see a mission is different than a job. a mission is something that's sacred. it's a sacred trust that was thrust upon me and you on october 29 of last year. and that mission, that mission is to make sure that everyone, everyone in new jersey who is affected by sandy, is returned to normalcy in their life and i want to promise you tonight, i will not let anyone, anything, any political party, any governmental entity, or any force g

new jersey also voted tonight to raise that state's minimum wage. new jersey's minimum wage had been the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. but now it will go up to $8.25 an hour and there will be annual cost of living adjustments. governor chris christie had vetoed that, but tonight voters vetoed his veto. so the worst paid workers in new jersey are going to get a raise. >>> in colorado, voters were asked if they wanted to have a tax on pot to finance the construction of public schools and pay for things having to do with the regulation of now legal marijuana in the state. with 79% of the vote in, it looks like that one is going toward a yes in colorado. and in houston, texas, get ready to say good-bye to the astrodome. they have rejected a measure that would turn the astrodome into a convention center. that probably means that the 1960s era sports complex means that it will be demolished. who says elections don't have consequences. we've got much more ahead. stay with us. [ female announcer ] it figures...on your busiest day you see the gray. try r

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i want to show our audience this scene inside of new jersey, an area along the jersey shore.you can see the crowd gathered to hear from governor chris christie. as you look at this setting tonight, james, and the speculation that he may run for president in 2016, this has a very different feel than a governor being reelected in the garden state. guest: it really does. such a stark contrast with .epublicans kind of down they made a 90-stop tour. this contrast as evidence. there is so much paralysis and gridlock. both chris christie and terry mcauliffe running as candidates and chrisderate christie will take this huge margin and travel around the country for the 2016 presidential campaign if he will hispanics tie among to make a huge inroads. it was shaquille o'neal who cut an ad for him. that hugely is contrast between republicans in virginia and republicans in new jersey. in with #c-n join spanchat. he is a rino republican in name only. joining us on the phone from wnet in new york, thanks for being with us. let me ask you first about the results in new york city. blasio easi

he's just the governor of new jersey. that's why he went on "meet the jersey" "fox news jersey sunday" "face the turnpike" and "this new jersey with new jersey new jerseyopolis." (laughter) and i admire how despite all the speculation, christie stays humble about his future by bragging only about his past. >> on governing it's about doing things, accomplishing things, reaching across the aisle and crafting accomplishments. you know, 143, now new private sectors jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. 143000 new private sector jobs. 1423,000 new private sector jobs. 143,000 new private sector jobs. (laughter). >> stephen: wow! 143,000 times seven mentions on t.v. equals -- (laughter) (laughter) (cheers and applause) not running for president. frankly, i don't know why these sunday shows won't just leave chris christie alone! i mean, the man has got to focus on governing new jersey with michael j. fox and jimmy fallon! i just hope he has time to record his not running for president robocalls.

of new jersey.stion of legislative coattails. the democrats control state assembly in new jersey. could a big chris christie win carry in republicans, maybe give them control of one of those chambers? it seems unlikely it will happen. a lot has to do with the nature of the campaign chris christie has run. christie has not taken immense population in new jersey. not taken likelihood of a 20, 25-point within and said to voters not only do you need to re-elect me but a republican legislature. if i have a republican legislature i'll do x, y, z for you. what he's done is run a campaign that acknowledges this is a blue state, a democratic state. hey, i know you guys would just generally rather vote for democrats. but here is why i'm the one republican you can feel okay voting for. in addition to that one of the dirty secrets of chris christie governorship, one of the reasons he's been able to get through democratic legislature is he's made deals, alliances with democratic bosses. a big boss, george norcro

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want to take a quick look at new jersey before we move on. chris christie will say i'm the new republican national model. why? no gender gap. he won among women and men. he improved his standing even though he lost african-americans he split the latino vote. look at that. chris christie's going to make the point. look what happened to john mccain. look what happened to mitt romney. i can be competitive in the swing states where latino voters matter. quick footnote. would he make a good president? people of new jersey think yes. anderson, as we quick guard into chris christie, the voters were asked who would you pick between hillary clinton and chris christie. by a narrow margin they said we'd take hillary clinton. >> we'll wait to hear from chris christie. christie headquarters in asbury park you're looking there. the governor expected at the microphone any minute now. we'll bring you his comments. first let's check in with dana bash and hillary clinton call live headquarters in virginia. a lot of excitement there. >> that is an understate. pe

get back to work and finish the job for new jersey. that's what i'll do. i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >> chris christie basically launched his 2016 presidential campaign, was not shy about it. more with our panel and the big night for the republican party's new star, as well as a democrat who just took new york by storm. >>> i know that tonight a dispirted america, angry with their dysfunctional government in washington -- [ applause ] looks to new jersey to say, is what i think happening really happening? are people really coming together? are we really working, african-americans and hispanics, farmers and teachers, are we really working together? let me give the answer to everybody watching tonight. under this government, our first job is to get the job done. as long as i'm governor, that job will always, always be finished. >> that was new jersey governor chris christie speaking about one hour ago after his re-election victory earlier todd. joining me now, steve carnaky, and john nichols. and karen finney and former communications director for the dnc. that par

polls close in the state of new jersey at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. and in the state of new york, 9:00 p.m. eastern. we continue to watch the results in the virginia's governor race where it closed at 7:00. saying right now at nbc it's too early to call, but nbc's also saying that democrat terry mcauliffe is leading despite the early numbers. we're seeing with just 1% of the numbers in, mcauliffe outspent two to one in the final weeks. mcauliffe's ads aggressively attack cuccinelli women's stands. positions taken before this campaign were trumpeted from an ad blitz from mcauliffe. this view on divorce aired the most. more than 2100 times. and here it is. >> if cuccinelli had it his way, a mom trying to get out of a bad marriage over her husband's objections could only get out if she could prove adultery or physical abuse. he's focused on his own agenda. not us. >> mcauliffe used his views on women's issues and birth control and transvaginal probes. and violence against women to attack cuccinelli. it's a strategy democrats across the country may use in

we will tell you. >>> first, let's get straight back to new jersey. ote and the county prosecutor tells "new day" his intent may have been suicide. poppy harlow is live at the mall in paragraph mus this morning. good morning, poppy. >> reporter: good morning. his name is richard shoop, 20 years old. he lived very close to this mall. it was just after 9:00 last night that he burst in, carrying a gun that authorities say looked like an ak-47. it was made to look that way. it was actually a rifle. shooting what police say is six rounds, ultimately, though, he only shot himself. chaos at a shopping center in new jersey overnight. >> we heard four gun shots and everybody was scared. everybody was panicked. so we took everybody. we went in the back of the store, locked ourselves in with 13 people in total, including me. >> reporter: hundreds of police, s.w.a.t. and emergency teams swarmed the garden state plaza mall in search of a gunman, who authorities believe fired six rounds just before closing time. richard shoop was discovered dead just after 3:00 am,

new jersey also voted tonight to raise that state's minimum wage. new jersey's minimum wage had been the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. but now it will go up to $8.25 an hour and there will be annual cost of living adjustments. governor chris christie had vetoed that, but tonight voters vetoed his veto. so the worst paid workers in new jersey are going to get a raise. >>> in colorado, voters were asked if they wanted to have a tax on pot to finance the construction of public schools and pay for things having to do with the regulation of now legal marijuana in the state. with 79% of the vote in, it looks like that one is going toward a yes in colorado. and in houston, texas, get ready to say good-bye to the astrodome. they have rejected a measure that would turn the astrodome into a convention center. that probably means that the 1960s era sports complex means that it will be demolished. who says elections don't have consequences. we've got much more ahead. stay with us. >>> in the great state of maine, republican governor le page used the day tod

and those gubernatorial races in new jersey and virginia. with tea party republicans helping the gop take the house a year later. this offyear election probably not offering the same kind of prophecy. alex bag -- your reaction to the news out of new jersey, steve? >> shocked. it's going to be a late night in new jersey because we're going to have to wait until mercer county comes in. the interesting thing here is to think back four years ago to how chris christie got in that position anyway. christie's re-election over the inge couple bent, it had everything to do with jon corzine with how terrible his governorship had gone and the position of the republican party is nothing but the protest vehicle for voters who were feeling economic anxiety. tonight chris christie's re-election has everything to do with chris christie, and nothing to do with his democratic opponent. it has a little bit of the -- but chris christie, think about this, in winning tonight, and i'm guessing, we'll see what the final margin is, it's probably going to be in the ra

i mentioned new jersey, a second ago.es what is going on, there is a ballot initiative requiring minimum wage in new jersey to bump up to 8.25 an hour, and further, in constitution with guaranteed increases pegged to the rate of inflation, ralph nader likes that idea. what do you make of that? >> i think it is a big election issue next year. 70% of the american people want a rate of inflation adjusted minimum wage. a great economic stimulus. there are 30 million voters out there, making less today than workers made in 1968 adjusted for inflation. neil: what about the other workers, say, if you give them increases, pegged to inflation, my employer should demanded to do the same from me. a lot of those employers say, if i'm doing as well as rate of inflation sure, if i am not, my business declined 3%, i am screwed. >> well, america needs a raise, corporate profits are going through the roof, executive compensation, head of walmart and target make $11,000 hour. neil: what if their business is not that great. why should they

so a close race in virginia now, not so close in new jersey. no so close where you are in new york city. >> thanks so much. we'll be back through the hour but for now with dana bash at terry mcauliffe's headquarters. dana, what is the mood there? is it confidence or twitching? >> reporter: nothing quiet about the confidence and you would think they would be openly nervous what we heard about the numbers from wolf and john, but the reason they insist they are confident they will pull it out is because of the vote right where i am, where he is having this victory party in northern virginia. they are still waiting for a lot of the votes to come back and this is where they have been working very, very hard to boost the voter turn out. it always about voter turnout. we say that in every election but this kind of election which is off year, generally, they get less than half of the percentage of votes during a governor's race which is obviously off year and doing the presidential year. but this time they really were trying to boost it to maybe about 4

right here in new jersey. they will be watching us. >> christie is aiming for the widest margin of victory. he racked up a 750,000 vote margin and carried every one of the counties. virginia and new jersey usually vote together. if christie wins and cuccinelli loses, it will be the first time since 1985. forget about the streak about virginia going the opposite of what the presidential vote goes. how about that? since 1985 both have gone the same way in that governor's race. already on sunday, mitt romney was arguing the victory could be a sign of strength for 2016. >> chris could easily become our nominee and save our party. paul ryan and jeb bush and marco rubio. there is a long list of capable person, but he was one of the strongest likes. >> does ted cruz stand out to you? >> i'm not going to disqualify anybody, but i indicated the names that are most effective in becoming elected. >> one more story line as they take back over the party. this is a long time friend and ally. bill and hillary clinton have do

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the new jersey new jersey template could work in a general election but first, he has to sell it to his own party. candy crowley, cnn, washington. >> more now with republican strategist anna navarro, national hispanic chair and cnn political polster cornell belche. >> calls reporter idiots, says he doesn't need to mend fence, people need to understand who he is. it's appealing to people and could it be a liability outside of new jersey? >> look, some people are going to like him, some people are not. he's absolutely right. he cannot change it. this is who he is and this is part of what he brings to the table. an enormous amount of authenticity, which is something we complained about not having in our last nominee. this is something we actually crave and i think he also brings a dramatic change from what's in the white house now and after eight years we may be due for some of that change. anderson, you can't argue with the numbers. the guy got a third of democrats, a majority of latinos, he got 2-1 the independents, 57% of women. any republican that could come close to those numbers woul

where is he leading new jersey? they have a credit downgrade under his watch and nobody talks about that. they're the worst in every other state in job creation and the reason. this guy has a terrible record, given a total path. you ran unopposed. del believe the hype and do not join the cult of chris christie. >> you are missing the point about this. people like him. that is a rare commodity. >> i like the guy. i like a lot of people. but i don't want him to be president of the united states. he gets credit for one thing. his stake got hit by a terrible storm and he acted like a decent person. 49 other governors should have done that. that does not qualify you to be president. look at the book that just came out, doubled down. he is late, mean, rude, unpredictable. reason he is not vice-president. when you look at this guy closely and you get past all of the charm, there is a disturbing pattern. his happiest day and everybody jumped up and down and be happy but i will tell you right now the myth of chris christie i

. >> i love you, new jersey. thank you very much. >>> after his commanding win, chris christie is here, live. can he win over the tea party and unite republicans? >>> and what about texas governor rick perry? he's back in iowa. we get answers from both. christie and perry. only on "this week." >>> plus, nuclear talks with iran stall overnight. we have breaking details. >>> all that, and the powerhouse roundtable. a crack-smoking mayor. and john goodman. it's all here this sunday morning. >>> and we begin with two breaking stories. secretary of state john kerry leaving geneva early this morning without a deal over iran's nuclear program and information streaming in on that devastating typhoon. officials now fear at least 10,000 are dead. they haven't reached so many of the hardest-hit area. ginger zee is tracking this story. this may have been the strongest storm ever to hit land. >> it was fascinating, george, these images are just terrifying, horrifying. so many adjectives that you could use. we're starting to s

where is he leading new jersey to? new jersey has one of the worst credit ratings in the country, the bottom has fallen out. he got downgraded on his own watch. property taxes up. jobs down. poverty up. where is he leading people to? >> if you look at the poll numbers from the exit polls and how he led during hurricane sandy, he was spectacular. people saw him. he's the kind of guy, he worked with president obama, your friend president obama in a way, in a bipartisan way to say we're going to fix this and he did fix it. >> hold on now. everybody applauded that. >> that's leadership. >> that's what you're supposed to do. however, there's not a governor in all 50 states that wouldn't have shown up for work that day. and now you got problems with -- >> you got the obama economy. it's awfully hard to fix the obama economy. he's trying as best he can. but he's got washington screwing things up. >> he's worse than every other neighboring state, though. am i wrong? >> i can tell how serious this candidate is for 2016 by your

with all due respect to bruce springsteen, today is about a different boss here in new jersey. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the politics lead. election 2013. what happens today could change the political landscape in hundreds of cities. new york, boston, detroit and many more, all electing new mayors. and we are closely watching two gubernatorial races. one in virginia that could be a weather vane for political winds and the other, in new jersey, here, which could be the crucible for a 2016 white house run for governor christie. i board the campaign bus to spend the day with him, sitting down for an exclusive behind the scenes interview about everything from obama care to problems plaguing his party to his recent weight loss. >>> and one of christie's potential republican rivals in 2016, senator rand paul of kentucky, once again accused of not keeping his eyes on his own paper. making changes in his office after multiple plagiarism allegations if it will get people to leave him the hell alone, in his words. >>> greetings from asbury park, new jersey on this election day,