.♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> a new poll shows terry mcauliffe surfaces, and he's the only governor with support at 47% joins us. in the commercial break i was looking at the rest of the numbers and everybody else combined including those who don't know who they're going to vote for, they just match him. so he's doing pretty well right now. >> yeah, alex, that's right. interesting because there are five candidates, but terry mcauliffe is leak you said, in this poll surging ahead here at 47%. no other candidate in that poll even breaks double digits. it is interesting. you and i have talked about this in the past, alex. this whole governor's race in virginia for democrats and republicans is a litmus test for both parties and what direction they want to move in especially in a post-trump era for republicans. you have state senator amanda chase who herself has characterized as donald trump in high heels. she's someone who supported the insurrectionists in january 6th and she's definitely opinion taking herself in that direction and it's a question whether republicans in virginia will follow suit with that

what do you bring to the table that terry mcauliffe doesn't? >> absolutely.u for having me, i'm excited to be here this morning, this is a question about the future, and i'm excited to usher in what the new face of democratic leadership looks like shoulder to shoulder with people and special interests and dedicated my entire life to public service as a former public defender, hoping to navigate a broken criminal justice system and a foster mom for eight years and helping people regger to to vote and virginiians identify themselves with me because i walked in their shoes and i'm seeing the challenges and that's what they're looking for right now in the next governor, a governor who is right for this moment, moving virginia forward and not back. >> do you think terry mcauliffe will lead things backwards? is it a problem that he has been a part of the democratic establishment for so long? >> i think it's time to shake up the status quo and change politics as usual. listen, we have historic challenges that we're facing going forward. it's not only the economics a

terry mcauliffe was before ralph northam, a high recognition in the state.nd especially in this covid crisis. where education is on the line, jobs are on the line and the economy is still very much recovering. folks are looking towards a more familiar face. there are two other candidates, guys. jennifer mclennan. should they make it to the nomination and win, they would be the first black woman governor in virginia and first black woman governor in the country. so there's history on the line here as well but i got to tell you, based on all the recent polling we've seen, terry mcauliffe seems to be the favorite as the race continues into june. guys? >> always a bellweather for the rest of the country. >>> winner of the most diverse oscars ever. enough to make up for 100 years or so of academy awards struggling with diversity issues? we'll have that next. with dive issues we'll have that next >> tech: every customer has their own safelite story. this couple was on a camping trip... ...when their windshield got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repa

the first week in of early voting and terry mcauliffe came by this voting location, bringing with him. he had actually restored some of those folks' rights. this has been a big issue for them in the race. but i got to tell you, yasmin, despite the fact that the polling numbers are very, very high for terry mcauliffe, his message today was that he's hoping democrats don't take their foot off the pedal, essentially. >> all democrats, don't think this is going to be easy. i think that people think, oh, the democrats are going to win all this. we're a purple state in an off year. we're going to have ten house delegate seats in play. donald j. trump has driven the turnout and he's gone. >> reporter: so, yasmin, that's interesting to me that he brought up donald trump there because in reality when you look at the bigger picture aspect of this race on the republican side, state ner amanda chase is actually the favorite. she's someone who's a first herself as donald trump in high heels. she very much is taking that direction of the republican brand of the republican party and seems to be succ

everybody here on the stage called my immediate resignation including terry mcauliffe 3 minutes afterame out. he treated me like george freudr treated me like emmett till, no due process, immediately assumed my guilt. >> tucker: like emmett till. he didn't explain why, they were absolutely real people and they accused him essentially of rape, he was emmett till, a kid from chicago murdered in mississippi? that's a hall of famer right there. mark steyn is a best-selling author. i don't think i've ever seen anybody ever go that far -- not just george floral floyd, but emmett till. >> what i love is the brazenness of it. he's in a pickle here because he's being accused by his fellow democrats. if he was accused just by republicans, the whole thing would go away. because it's believe all women unless they are accusing a democrat. but these other democrats saw an opportunity here so they are accusing. but if everybody is emmett till, nobody is emmett till. if everybody is george floyd, nobody is george floyd. so these comparisons arein completely insulting and ridiculous. and the fact of t

new polling shows terry mcauliffe has a significant lead.n arizona, a hand recount of ballots from the november election in the state's largest county is currently under way. the audit of 2.1 million ballots from maricopa county, sought by arizona's gop, kicked off friday but only for the presidential election won by joe biden and the senate race won by democrat mark kelly. election officials have found no evidence whatsoever of widespread voter fraud. >>> and breaking news out of washington, d.c., president biden today became the first u.s. president to formally acknowledge the killing of more than a million armenians. >>> breaking right now in a historic statement, the president has officially recognized that genocide. let's go to monica alba in washington, d.c. monica, welcome. let's talk about what the president's saying about this today and the significance of it. it's a big deal. >> reporter: absolutely, alex, and that's really because every u.s. leader before him had failed to get to this level. many had acknowledged the violence, the