in recent years, brussels and buddha pasco have not seen i to why the hungarian prime minister, victor obama, says his policies are based on conservative christian and patriotic values. while many in the e u and elsewhere say, his government promotes hope of whoa big xenophobic. and anti democratic even authoritarian values. the european commission president ursula on the line is called hunger is new law on l g b t q writes shameful. the dutch prime minister mark router says hungary has no place in the e. u. any more, while luxemburg foreign minister has called for a referendum on where the hungary should even remain part of the you. what's been the response from the hungarian government? it's foreign minister says these remarks of fuel by what he calls hunger f o b or. so after the you case exit from the european union could then now be a hook, said the hungarian foreign minister peter c. otto talks throughout his era. ah, pdc auto 40 minutes of hungry. thank you for talking to al jazeera and talking to us again. this is the 3rd time i've had to you on this program, and it seems that every

victor? >> stephanie, thank you. >>> we turn now to politics. democrats sending former president barack obama out on the campaign trail to beef up their chances in the tight race for virginia's governor. republicans seeing that contest as a referendum on president biden and his agenda. abc's elizabeth schulze is outside of the early voting location in arlington, virginia with more. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: victor, good morning. we are less than two weeks out from election day here in virginia, but this razor-thin race for governor is about more than just one state. it's seen as a bellwether of the national political landscape. this morning, in the final stretch of a tightening race to decide virginia's next governor, democrats bringing out one of their heaviest hitters. >> you're going to decide this election and the direction of virginia and the direction of this country for generations to come. don't sit this one out. >> reporter: a fiery former president obama stumping for democratic candidate terry mcauliffe, a former governor who calls his republican opponent glenn youngkin

even though he was a republican, and endorsed barack obama to be the president of the united states. it was a very very significant moment, and victor, you will appreciate this, especially. correct me if i'm wrong, you went to howard university, is that right? >> i certainly did. >> and you know that he was on the board of howard university like you and me, he is a b biso i'm proud of that. whenever i would go to howard university events at the board or others, he was there, he had an enormous role to play making sure that the students of howard university, and other universities around the country would get an opportunity to do what he did. he was so grateful to this country for giving him that opportunity, the education he got at city college in new york. he wanted to give back, and always inspired me at these meetings to see him in action. >> enthusiastic supporter of howard university, other hbcus, and it's always good to see you, fellow bison, wolf blitzer. thank you so much. >> i'm a proud bison indeed. >> i know you are. >> let's turn to fred mcclure, the executive director of the leadership initiative at texas a&m university