it was in portsmouth, virginia. this is where individuals would have been chained in public to have their backs struck with some kind of a leather strap as a public punishment for whatever crime their owners had deemed they were guilty of. and virginia, while it was not necessarily a place that had the highest population of enslaved laborers in the nation, it was the hub for the domestic slave trade. so richmond, for example, was home to numerous auction houses in which a person who was hoping to buy enslaved laborers would actually come to richmond with a specific purpose in mind of buying these people to then take back to their respective plantations. so the artifacts that we have in this section focus on that industry. richmond actually profited very much in the mid 1800s from the domestic slave trade. we have a cain here that was owned by a slave auctioneer. this is a person that would have run the auction. the collar would have been worn by an enslaved virginian. these pieces highlight the inhumanity of an inst

and this new government for virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predominantly were supportive of the confederacy. so virginia takes her vote for succession, the last vote, the majority of virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and join the southern confederacy. those delegates from northwestern virginia who were overwhelmingly against it, would come back to the mountains in west virginia, they would have mass meetings, public meetings to decide what west virginia would do. and they decided they needed a place for more formal convention and that wheeling would be the place to have that convention. it would be safe, given that it's stuck in this wedge of land between the great and powerful union states of ohio and pennsylvania. so there was safety there. and so it provides a place for them to meet to formulate a plan and to embark upon one of the most incredible experiments in our american history. and the only successful secession needed in america

, virginia -- wyse , virginia. posted by the university of virginia college of wise and the southwestern virginia technology council. the evening anchor. -- questions ofsking the candidates and i will be keeping track of time. we will work to cover as much ground as possible the candidates and in-depth opportunity to discuss issues affecting southwest virginia and the commonwealth. we have made every possible effort to ensure the fairness of these questions and the exchange central to our democracy. the drivers re-of review and an effort to advance the public interest. the questionnaire will ask each candidate a question in the by a previously determined coin cost. candidates will have a rebuttal time which will be counted down on the wa -- the floor. time hascandidate's expired, i will ask him to yield the floor. candidates should speak during the designated time and refrained from interrupting each other. let us begin. [applause] let us welcome our other candidate, x gillespie -- ed gillespie. cheering out of you

this is virginia. we are proud and we are inclusive. >> i agree that we are proud and inclusive, but i don't agree with you that we are doing great. i love the commonwealth and the reason i'm seeking the governorship as i know we can do better and i feel called to serve because i truly believe that my policies will get us unstuck and that is what is at the center of this election. last year, 51% of them took a four year college degree and i would venture to guess everyone here this evening either has an adult child or niece or nephew or family friend that has moved out of the commonwealth. i was talking to a woman in houston texas who grew up in fairfax county. she was unable to find a job and was living in texas now. she loved to be closer to home and her parents with love to have her closer but she was forced out of the commonwealth to find a career path as we have a lack of opportunity if you can keep your answers to 60 especially the couple you both requested, mark you are next. >> the issue of san

capital is astate symbol of not only virginia, but of virginia, people who have served in public service and of virginia and principles that have gone on to inform american principles of self-government. walk into this building every january and you feel the public halls beating within, with its newer legislative wings and its brand-new underground extension that welcomes visitors to the capital. itself, on one level, is a pretty good fine arts museum, with a sizable collection of paintings and of sculptures. it is also a really convincing civic classroom. we get about 118,000 visitors each year coming to see the capital building. they are coming to see it for all kinds of reasons. some of them want to visit a recognized historical attraction. some of them are coming here forces -- civics education. some are coming to participate in the process of self-government. all of them, i hope, will gain an appreciation for a time-tested workplace for enduring american principles, many of them having been engineered here in virginia going all of the way back to the beginnings of our general assemb

and i am proud of you, virginia. you have made this the greatest state in the greatest nation in the world and together, we are shaping a virginia that once again leads the nation. so now, let's get to work. thank you, all. and may god bless our country and the commonwealth of virginia. good evening, and thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span.org are listed on the c-span radio app. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. mr. speaker, may i proceed? thank you, speaker shepherd. and to senate pro tem jimmy hickey, and to

virginia is at home against virginia tech. that would be a huge team. >> robyn: absolutely with one senior on the team. very impressive season for virginia. regardless of the outcome of this ballgame. >> rich: very impressive senior on the team as well, that is monica wright. she has 26 in this one. jackson a miss. duke will hang onto it. jasmine thomas, the floater. look at the hard work. krystal thomas was given an in the 2nd half. monica wright was fouled. line. tonight. 36 points for monica wright. not bad at all. >> robyn: look at monica wright. (g a lot of the shots taken, getting fouled on the shots and going to the free throw line. >> rich: getting a foul on that. her fourth personal. 3:04 left and duke -- in control. 24-4, that's where joanne mccallie will be. 12-1. and certainly, duke fans are hoping not only that the blue devils can take care of business on sunday, but somebody in the top 5 spot ahead of them, will stumble in the conference tournament, or a late season game this weekend. >> robyn: that's while you p

they are victories for virginia. we an cleebd them by working together and doing what takes to build a new virginia economy from the bottom up. and if you look at the numbers, it's clear we are making substantial progress. when i took office, virginia's unemployment rate was 5.4%. over the course of this administration, it fell to as low as 3.7% which represented the steepest decline in any governor's term in 32 years. claps /* /- today as more and more vanyians responds to our strengthening economy by returning to the workforce is higher and now the second lowest rate of any major state in america. in total, virginia has created 167,100 new jobs in the last three years. these are important indicators that our efforts are working and that our trajectory is indisp e indisputably upward. but we should also remember that these numbers actually represent real people with real stories. i would like to take a moment to tell you about a few people who have benefitted from actions that we have taken working together. one of

back in the old days, and i have seen virginia since the early 50's, virginia was democratic. but, very conservative if democratic. -- very conservative democratic. southern democratic. it switched to republican in the 1970's getting with governor lyndon holden who was elected in 1979, the first republican governor of the 20th century. if democrats get their vote out, they will win because there are more democrats than republicans. the problem democrats are having or giving the -- is getting the vote out. republicans are much more enthusiastic because they think they have a candidate who can win. they have not been in office for 10 years. host: our guest is larry sabato. we have a line for virginia residents, 20274 880003. republicans, 20274 eight 8001. independents and others, 202748 out of -- 202 748 8002. i wanted to ask you about a poll on issues important to virginia residents. one issue that has jumped in the past month is education. 15% of the people responded in september. that jumped almost 10 points to 24% in october. what does that reflect? guest: it reflects that r

that is what the people of virginia want from us. last year, i promised i would govern to get things done. i said that my goal would always be to do what was best for the people of virginia. i promised i would work with anyone to make our commonwealth work better for all virginians. i believe there is no better place in this great country of ours to live, work, and raise a family, then virginia. let's renew that commitment to working together, to build a commonwealth, where every person, particularly every child has the same shot at a healthy, safe, and successful life. i am here tonight to tell you that the state of the commonwealth is strong. we are poised to make it even stronger. since i took office, we have announced more than 41,000 new jobs, with more than $8 billion in new capital investment. that means 41,000 more virginians who can pay rent, or mortgages, buy groceries, and school supplies, and put paychecks to work in local businesses. these new jobs represent people who can live in their home towns, instead of leaving for

virginia initiative. after two years of discussion and debate there is a clear path forward and it is now time to take action and start working toward creating a healthcare system i veterans need and deserve. thank you. that concludes my statement. >> thank you. >> chairman isaacson and members of this committee. on behalf of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america and more than 425,000 members and supporters, thank you for the opportunity to share our views on the to share our views on the commission of care report. there few issues more important to the healthy transition home of our generation of veterans then ensuring an exceptional and sustainable va. we know from research our members are increasingly turning to the virginia for healthcare. in our most recent survey 29%% of members reported using the virginia exclusively, up six percentage points from the previous. those using the virginia in combination with others insurance is currently 63 percent, of five percentage points. as more veterans retur

the virginia state capitol is a symbol of not only virginia, but of virginia people that served in public service and virginia principals that have gone on to inform american principles of self-government. you walk into this building every january and you feel the public puzzle pulse beating inss historic landmark and brand new underground extension that welcomes visitors to the capitol. the capitol itself is on one level a pretty good fine arts museum, with a sizable collection of paintings and of sculpture. it is also really convincing civic classroom. we get about 118,000 visitors each year coming to see the capitol building. they're coming to see it for all kinds of reasons. some of them want to visit a recognized historical attraction. some are coming here for civics education. some of them are coming here to participate in the process of self government. and all of them, i hope, will gain an appreciation for a time-tested workplace for enduring american principles. many of those principles having been engineered in virginia, going all the way back to the beginnings of our general as

this new government over virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia, predominantly, were supportive of the confederacy. so, when virginia takes her vote for secession, the last vote on april 17, 1861, the majority of of the virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and to join the southern confederacy. those voters from northwestern virginia, who were overwhelmingly against secession, they would come back to this side of the mountains in west virginia. they would have mass meetings, public meetings, to decide what northwestern virginia would do and they decided they needed to have a place for a more formal convention and wheeling would be the place rest to have that convention. it would be safe, given that it is this wedge of land between the great and powerful union states of ohio and pennsylvania. there were safety there. it was a place for them to meet, to formulate a plan, and to embark upon one of the most incredible experiments in our american hist

wade in the virginia constitution. mr. youngkin: my opponent is comfortable not letting truth get in the way. this week, the washington post gave him more pinocchio's in his characterization of my position. i am pro-life. i believe in exceptions for rape and intestine when the mother's life is at risk. my opponent is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate today and is marketing virginia as a place to get an abortion. susan: time is up. mr. mcauliffe: i will be the jobs governor. i support a woman's right to make her own decision through a second trimester. that is what i support. 80% of virginians agree with what i just said. they do not agree with glenn youngkin, who got caught secretly on tape saying he would ban abortions and defund planned parenthood. i will go on offense for jobs. susan: time is up. at this point, the candidates have a chance to ask each other questions. each is 15 seconds to ask a question. then, the other candidate has 60 seconds to respond. as a result of a coin toss, mr. mcauliffe will ask first.

virginia -- the first thing is to bring jobs into rule virginia ural virginia. when you do this, that helps the economy and certainly helps with the public schools. we have a plan right here in wise to expand the university of virginia wise and bring higher-level talent into this area. talents attracts talent. with that will come they opportunity -- welcome the opportunity for research. one of the first places to start moke we are under paying right here in the commonwealth of virginia. about $7,500 less than the national average. we're going to recruit you also retain teachers, we have to make sure you put our money where our mouth is and make sure k-12 public education is a top priority. at the high school level, we have brian moore -- we have brought in more technical allowng and make sure we our children to think creatively. k-12 is important. in a new area, there are two things you ask about. schools and health care. these will be top priorities of mike in the next four years. >> thank you. you have 90 seconds. >> we need to adjust the population of crime,

to maryland to virginia. our live team coverage starts right now. >>> thanks for joining us on this election night, i'm brian bolter. >> i'm sean nancy. >> we're going to take the national vote. mitt romney has 50% of the vote, barack obama 48% of the vote. none of that really matters though, because as you well know, it all comes down to the electoral college and that magic number, 270, which we're going to talk about extensively. >> virginia is a key battleground state. you can see right now. with 73% of the precincts reporting, still a very close race. >> democrat congressman senator jim web is vacating. it's been like this all night. 73% of the presents reporting george allen slightly in the lead over tim kaine. we're watching those northern virginia counties being countedment we know a lot of those will probably end up in tim kaine's column. >> let's move over to maryland now, where ben cardin is easily winning reelection tonight. also tonight, you can see he won handily there, 58% of the vote to 25% of

virginia loses, the inside presence. their only inside presence in the season but they get a shooter. >> matt: inside they go and the first pass coat of the basketball to new jersey. >> daymeon: a guy who is taking advantage early in the year and, of course, that. >> the three-pointer to get auburn on the board. auburn 8 of 31. knocks down the threes tonight. speaking of threes, zeglinski can really knock them down. landesberg. that that is his first basket and a foul on the play on all vance. a chance to go to the line for a chance at the old fashioned three-point play. >> daymeon: virginia tried to spot out the mismatches from landesberg. landesberg is a tough guard. when you look at auburn, i'm such coach he saw that auburn's guards are smaller. sullivan, reed and waller. 6'2" and 63. landesberg will have an opportunity to post up just like you saw on the last play. >> matt: landesberg with his first three points of the ballgame. reed splits the defense. gives it to hargrove. jeff lebo says reed and hargrove have to h

and there's a new south in virginia. virginia is now a swing state. virginia especially its northern suburbs around the washington area where i understand the turnout is pretty strong, that's terry mcauliffe, the democrats' territory. i think the government shutdown clearly hurt ken cuccinelli, the republican who is identified with the tea party. and identified with antagonism to government. antagonism to the federal government used to be a watch word of virginia as well as the rest of the south. virginia is now a mixed state up for grabs. tea party candidates are going to have a hard time winning in a state like virginia. >> and, david, the exit polling taken by voters as they left the polling places today showed no big love nor the tea party. >> no. 43% of the people who were polled today say they opposed the tea party. if you look at all the big issues that animated the political debates over the last couple months whether it was cultural wars like abortion or the government shutdown, we see a very strong reaction to this electorate against the con

this is not abnormal in west virginia, this is what west virginia is. it is one of the most opening -- one of the most open and accepting places. we want to represent west virginia. nobody ever asked us to say -- >> from the mountain state of west virginia -- >> i started doing the very early because i wanted to. i wanted to people -- i wanted people to know where we were from. there were times in public radio popular.t was not they wanted you to be nowhere so people could put it on their station and seemed like it was produced by their station. you will always know it is from west virginia because that is who we are. if you don't like that, you don't have to run the show. we will tell you where we are from. we want to represent west virginia, hopefully, by the personality the show has. we want to try to reflect what we think is a west virginia personality. by that i mean we are straightforward, we are warm, , wendly, we are not cute like the people we put on, we like the audience very much. and we want to give them something. west virginians are genero

in virginia. let me tell you what would happen to our budget. hundreds of millions would come out of education. you could see thousands of teachers being laid off at a time we need to compete on a global basis, as i talked about cyber security and all these very important new businesses, we're not going to be able to do that because money will come out of education. it is important for me to have the medicaid expansion and when i talk about my budget, i say it is important to figure out how much money you have and then you prioritize and put the money in, but his plan, $1.4 billion a year, doesn't say how he would pay for it, 6 billion over the course of the next four years. vince callahan, former republican chair of the house appropriations committee said it would put a hole in the budget. the idea you can put 6 billion out of the budget, not take the medicaid expansion, didn't want the transportation 6 billion. it is like me saying i came here on a unicorn. >> mr. cuccinelli, 90 seconds to respo

from what becomes west virginia, and part of the army of northern virginia. they never fought against each other eye to eye. there were times where they were not that far apart, especially in the shenandoah valley. that was my interest. my co-author, his interest was that he has a whole ton of relatives, ancestors who had fought in the regiment. he has been interested for years and years. we decided a couple years ago to collaborate and put out this book. question?nd to your anymore? well, i'm going to ask the young man, i didn't know him at sheppard. i already retired. maybe if the cameras can get it, he has a veterans metal that was issued by the state of west virginia of your great-great-grandfather? >> great uncle. >> would you bring it up and show it to everybody? sorry to put you on the spot, cameron. come on up. tell them about your great uncle. of the onlys is one metals that was still in charleston up to a year ago, when i finally was able to claim it. when i years ago, started digging into west virginia history, i was a reenactor. i found out i had

they went back to virginia. they thought, well, we'll try it in virginia, and they took it to circuit court in virginia, and i was there that day when they argued it, and now masi has these brilliant young attorneys from washington, yale, law review-type attorneys, and who look like when they started this, and the circuit judge rules, no, you can't try this. it doesn't belong in virginia. >> host: right. >> guest: they, again, there's this threat again, take to the supreme court of virginia. >> host: pending hearing there? >> guest: no, i'm thinking, no way, this is a conservative court, are they going to let this thing -- the yellow pages of this thing after 14 years, are they going to let this be tried in their state? no way. a few weeks ago, they ruled namingsly that the trial could go ahead, and in the 27-page opinion is magnificent. >> host: really? >> guest: it's not couched in all this legal woulds or could haves. it's a bold statement saying what was done was wrong, and it is basically a condemnation of

the virginia state capitol is a symbol not only of virginia but virginia people who served in public service and virginia principles that have gone on to inform american principles of self-government. and you walk into this building every january and you feel the public pulse beating inside this old historic landmark with its newer legislative wings and the brand-new underground extension that welcomes visitors to the capitol itself. the capital itself is on one level, a pretty good fine arts museum with a sizable collection of paintings and sculpture. it is also a really convincing civics classroom. we get about 118,000 visitors each year coming to see the

went to virginia military institute, and then east of virginia medical school. i took a commission in the united states army, serving eight years. i served during desert storm, taking care of wounded soldiers. i've had the privilege of taking care of sick cheildren and thei families over 25 years, serving in the virginia senate, i passed the smoking ban in restaurants and concussion protection for our student athletes. i understand the student way, excuse vision on how we take virginia to the next level. thank you so much. >> all right. let's dive right in. mr. gillespie i'll begin with you. we received hundreds of questions through facebook from virginia voters, concentrated it so it was only open to virginia voters and you might not be surprised one topic has come up more than any and last month's violence in charlottesville, which of course prompted a national debate about confederate monuments. you and mr. northam have taken two different positions, they should stay with the proper historical context. mr. northam supports their removal. i'll ask you both a f

virginia's way of life, period. so it turns out he's the profite prophet of what it would be rather than jefferson and his letters are full of i'm trying to save the university from jefferson so he is pulling something over on jefferson that he is going about writing to his friends and his brother about don't worry about their ideas of the future. or a very pious christian and he's one of the leaders of the university's writing from the inside to take it over and doesn't get anywhere until jefferson dies. it's going to be a real influence over what the university will become in the 1830s and 40s and 50s. you have to go to the microphone or i can repeat it for you. >> article in the "washington post" mentioned that there is another book by one of your former colleagues on the same ground but what i learned if i read those books flex >> you should read my book. [laughter] if you are going to read to come you should read mcguinness and warren nelson. it's a collection of essays which is or about the long run of the his

no against virginia. and that is why on november 6 i'm asking you to vote no to senator kaine and vote yes to virginia's future. thank you very much. >> senator kaine, your final. senator kaine: virginians in my 24 years of being elected life and getting around the state are positive and welcoming and inclusive and innovative people. and my theme of virginia that works for all is not just an expression what i tried to do but an expression of what i hear from virginians. let's pull together and do good things for our commonwealth and country. that's how i have led all along. that's how i have led in the senate. getting bill after bill passed. corey may think it's nothing to build a 355 ship navy or battle opioid. he thinks it's nothing to expand career and technical education or medical research, but virginia thinks it's something. when corey stewart says take virginia back, virginians don't want to go back. there is nothing in the rear-view mirror that looks better to virginia than what we can see in the

threats to virginia and the u.s. it was part of his state of the state address from richmond. >> the joint to simply will come to order. --joint assembly will come to order. [indiscernible] the members will stand and receive the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] joint assembly and guests, please be seated. as speaker of the house of delegates and president of the joint assembly, it is my pleasure to present to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable ralph s. northam. [applause] gov. northam: please be seated. well, good evening. madam speaker, madam president, lieutenant governor fairfax, ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for inviting me to speak with you tonight. to my wife, pam, to attorney general herring, justices of the supreme court, members of the state corporation commission, and my cabinet and staff, thank you for your service to this commonwealth. you know, we do this every year. this speech is one of our rituals as virginians, is when elected

today, we are in the west virginia state capital. it's in charleston, west virginia. we are close to the south bank of the canal river, located in canal county, which is a centralized location in west virginia. with virginia became a state on june 20, 18 63. the first capital was located in wheeling, west virginia, in the panhandle. it was far enough away from the fighting during the civil war. and it was also the location of where the conventions were held when we were deciding to become our own state. the capital was moved to charlston for its more convenient location. wheeling is very out-of-the-way, in a very mountainous state, made it very hard to travel up to that part of the area. if you walked around capital grants today, you would notice the most iconic statue we have is the lincoln walks at midnight. it is modeled after the poem. abraham lincoln was the president that proclaimed this as the 35th state. the outside of the dome is done in a zinc and copper alloy. it also has a lead lining to it. on top of that is a goldleaf. likeeaves are done to look various

areas in virginia. looking at social distancing, looking at being able to educate individuals on why this is important, and also how we enforce that. so, as soon as you know that is in place and it is safe to move forward, then we will allow people to go back to the beaches. another point i would make, we are living in a new day. the times of going out onto the beach and being in large gatherings, we just can't do that anymore. as long as this virus is with us, again, we have got to be vigilant and to know that it is unfair. it has been so challenging for people. i think they understand it. we can't see it. we know that it is out there. we see people hospitalized, the people on the front lines working each day. we had 41 additional deaths in virginia today. it is out there, and virginians need to understand it and really, americans need to understand it. we are in a new day and we really have to be careful. as you know, bob, i am a physician, a child neurologist. i practiced medicine for 37 years. i hav

and actually said he will promote virginia businesses to come to virginia it is shameful. >> i would like to see a release of the table somebody actually saying that. and then to be caught on tape secretly that when he is governor he will go on the offense to ban abortions he said i will not go squishy on you but. i want everyone in virginia to listen closely and then to protect women's rights and i was governor they tried to put those in had a not been elected in 2013 there were not be a women's clinic open today i support the laws on the books today which 80 percent of virginians support that is what i support as governor businesses will not come to a state where they put up walls around the state and is against gay marriage is against abortion and that is his religious right and i respect his right for his opinion but i can tell you this but the businesses i brought to virginia amazon microsoft they are not coming to a state that discriminates against women. they are not. >> i just can't understand how you can so comfortably lie to everybody spirit that's what you been doing all n

i know the folks down in southern virginia give you a hard time from being from northern virginia that's very key in an election as well. if you're representing the state you want to relate people in northern virginia to get that big chunk of votes. >> absolutely. i think as everybody sitting here contemplating driving to work i'm the only candidate

to virginia, i would represent virginia to d.c. fundamentally what i do in the senate is i listen to virginians and i either solve their problems or take their solutions and trying to get washington when a family came to me and to help them. told me their daughter died of cancer at age 11 and told me we spend less than 1% of research money in this country on pediatric conditions, i passed a gabriella miller research act, and four years after the passage, we have put more than $50 million to the cause of pediatric research. virginia, problems, and solving. virginia and solutions. i stood in a county yesterday with stakeholders who had worked diligently to try to preserve 6000 acres of the george washington national forest. as a wilderness. i introduced a bill to take advantage of their stakeholder work last october. it passed as part of the farm bill. acres. preserve 6000 virginian solutions are a national model. second, it it is about work. when virginia veterans tom in -- told me their unemployment rate was higher than the nationa

by coming together to build a virginia that we can all be proud of. a virginia that leads. together, we will build schools and launch our students to new heights. together we will build communities by reclaiming the neighborhoods from crime, together we will build jobs and a riproaring economy that will lift up all virginians. so join me tonight with a vision for leadership and let's build back virginia together. let me thank you all. i'm excited to be with you all tonight. it was all an act. he wants to ban abortions, let's be clear. he's against marriage and says the single most important issue facing virginia today is election integrity. i don't think that's the case. i will work in a bipartisan way as before. that's why governing magazine made me the public official of the united states of america. i was proud of that. so much of the reason he is running for governor is because of donald trump. i want every virginian watching tonight, i'm running for governor for you and if you elect me i promise you this i will raise the minimum wage to $15 and get paid sick days and p

governor northam was educated at the virginia military institute and eastern virginia medical center and served in the united states army, so thank you for your service. governor northam is committed to building a virginia that works better for everyone, no matter where they live. please join me in welcoming governor ralph northam. [ applause ] >> good morning. i looked at the schedule for you all, you all are getting up early in the morning, i am impressed with that. as a child neurologist, we like to get up and make our rounds early, so this is a good time of day. it is good seeing some friendly faces from virginia. i know you all are from all over the country and perhaps the world, so welcome to washington and if you get a chance, come on across the potomac river. it is not that far away. matt, thank you for your kind introduction and for the opportunity to be here and just to say a few words and maybe let you know where we are with medicaid expansion in virginia and how we got there. the first question though that i want to address and i am often asked is why would a pediatric ne

virginia. no surprise youngkin hit the hot button issue of education once again. >> this place where the virginia promise comes alive. the children dream the biggest dreams and all they have to do is go get it. that's the virginia where parents are fundamentally involved in their children's education. >> last night as part of his closing argument democrat terry mccauliffe went negative and did not tell the truth. >> with all that going on, glenn youngkin is closing his event with donald trump here in virginia. >> early voting hit a record high in virginia. more than 1.1 million ballots cost and the most expensive governor's race in the commonwealth of virginia, more than $115 million spent. this hour glenn youngkin is greeting supporters in chantilly, virginia. >> sandra: he will join us in just a bit. mike kicking things off for us. >> bill: as a back drop, what do you watch at home tonight when the election returns come in starting at 7:00 eastern? this is loudon county, the most talked about

virginia? mr. youngkin: i believe that there is good future in the infrastructure bill. and i look forward to those funds coming to virginia and putting them to work. one of the realities is when you have an offshore wind project that i wholly support, but you have people who never run a business, never negotiated something before, negotiate all of the supply chain is not in america, not in virginia. we should have negotiated american content, virginian content in that. that's what you get when you elect people to office who don't know how to run a business. they end up giving up opportunities and then coming back and trying to make it up after they missed the boat. mr. todd: before you jump in. do you support the $3.5 trillion package the democrats are working in congress or do you think that number should come down? mr. mcauliffe: it is so frightening to listen to him -- we don't make it yet. we don't make it here in america. this is all a crazy talking points. like trump again. we need to bu

all without putting up a single dollar of virginia taxpayer money. as some of you may recall, expanding medicaid coverage to working virginians is an issue i have felt very passionate about for the last four years. i will tell you this -- i am passionate. i am passionate because i know as many of you do the benefit it would bring to our economy and to our budget. i am passionate because i have met hospital administrators ral communities who say they needed to survive. i am passionate because i've looks mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters in the eye and learned how they cannot care for their families and they cannot deserve lives they because they cannot get the health care they need. you can end the waiting peri period. - waiting you can end the hurt. hospitals are struggling to stay open because they can care for these virginians but they are not being reimbursed for their expenses. put the politics aside, it is time to expand medicaid in the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] gov. mcauliffe: as you prepare the nexto write chapter, i hope you me

in west virginia. starting at age six, he taught himself on the dirt surfaces of his neighborhood's backyard. when it rained, his sister said it was called the mud wallow. do you remember that at all? the mud wallow. but nothing ever stopped him. jerry later reflected that "everything i did, i tried to do perfectly. not just well but perfectly, and it hasn't changed i don't think too much, has it. we ended a great senior year, jerry spent it in high school with a west virginia scoring ,ecord of 1501 points approximately 60 major colleges and universities tried to -- toical -- or recruit recruit jerry, but he decided very intelligently that he would stay in west virginia, and he went to west virginia university in 1956, donning his famous number 44 jersey. he set 17 mountaineer records, was named the ncaa's most outstanding player in 1959 and was a two-time consensus all-american. wow. west virginia won 87% of the games in which jerry was in the line-up, and one the southern conference all three years h

of virginia. 13 electoral votes in this state. the current unemployment rate, 5.9%. 2008, president obama won the state by over six percentage points, the first time a democrat won the state of virginia since 1964. joining us from the university of virginia is the director of their politics center. larry, what are the issues being campaigned on in virginia? guest: the same issues as. every as the economy is for most, i suppose. if there's any special flavor into virginia, we cover all 50 states at the center for politics at the university of virginia, if there's any special flavor here, virginia depends on defense to a greater degree in than any other state except for alaska. we are second in per-capita defense expenditures. there's a special flavor on federal spending, because governmental employment is so important, not just in northern virginia, which borders on d.c., but also in hampton roads, the hampton roads area off virginia beach and the surrounding localities. host: what are the demograp

find a way to bulldoze through various and move of virginia -- move virginia's economy forward. find a way for a good job. find a way to build the infrastructure to sustain our momentum. find a way to change lives for the better. right now, at this moment, we can make the right choice, and take the next step forward, together. let's get to work. thank you, and god bless. the greatest state in the greatest nation on her, thank you ray much. -- thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] coverage watching live of governor mccullough's address. he laid out his legislative priorities for the session which began today. we're about to give the republican response brought to you by delegates rob bell and senator frank russ of clarksville. the governor discussed the need 12 public in k- education, higher education, as always transportation infrastructure projects. he discussed. >> on the next washington journal, matthew leaves and the associated press on the of li

i grew up in northern virginia and southern virginia. we used to cal call fairfax county north virginia, like it was west virginia a separate state. a different universe. it is a major partly of the state and drives the state economy and heavily depend ant upon and linked to the government. there are 56,000 federal contractors that are squeezed on the shutdown and that is part of the state that doesn't vote like the rest of the state. >> the urban areas are trending momoderate and the rural areas e going more conservative. the rural areas the southside of virginia, those areas are probably align more with the tea party. the tea party doesn't have much traction in northern virginia. it's not fertile ground for the republican party. the split in the republican party is visible in virginia. where you have pragmatic business types in northern virginia and the old south in the other part of the state. >> how much has the tea party helped in the state. >> >> it's not clear that the conservative base will come out in strong numbers. there is ar

the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. and welcome to our latest special exhibition that is entitled determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. it is part of the -- of the statewide confederate -- commemoration of significant events that happened in virginia. and for the mentally shape the course of american. shaped the course of american history. it is called american evolution 2019. and the determined exhibition is a legacy project of that statewide commemoration. and in particular, determined commemorates the 1619 arrival of the africans in virginia. it looks at the ensuing 400 years and traces the legacy of slavery in virginia through emancipation, segregation, the modern civil rights movement up until the present day. one of the unifying themes is the struggle for equality. it is ways inplores various which black virginians have fought for equality and that means freedom from enslavement and oppression. whether that means fighting for equal justice and equal access for opportunities. it is for the considerat

of virginia. we then returned to the governor and expressed that we thought it was in the best interests of the commonwealth. and i thought he agreed that it was in the best interest of the commonwealth. in order for us to start the healing process, thatat he step aside and allow us to turn the corner. amy: can you describe your response toto what happened saturday? by then, the virginia legislative black caucus, which you led, had said he should resign. but then he holds this news conference. del. bagby: yes. we were beginning to hear the rumors about him not resigning. hims attributing that to getting his ducks in order, preparing for his transition. but then, once we saw the press conference, i think alall of uss wewere disappointed in that pres conference. i think the governor missed the mark on that one. amy: one of the few people who had come out kind of in support former virginia democratic congressmember jim moran. speakiking on abc's "this week," moran defended northamam's rered and sasai

west virginia needs help. i think it ought to be on the desk of the next president of the united states. mr. ames: thank you, senator kennedy. now, gentlemen, we have concluded the formal portion of the program. and we come to the portion which will be questions and answers. i will remind you again the questions have all been sent to "the charleston gazette" by its readers and that they have been screened by the editorial board of "the gazette" to avoid repetition and select the best of the hundreds that were received. now, the ground rules regarding the answers of questions are as follows -- questions will be asked of you alternately and you have two minutes in which to give your answer. at the end of the two minutes, the buzzer with which you have now become familiar will sound as it has before, and you will stop and i must ask your cooperation in observing that. the candidate to whom the question was not directed -- some have been directed to both -- but the candidate to whom the question was not directed w

my focus is on virginia. it is why we were the best date -- the best state for business, why we were the best managed state and the best state to raise a child, high median income and low unemployment. my focus on virginia is how we have been able to bring down veterans' unemployment, do smart things like allow exports of crude petroleum. i will work with this president when he is right, but i will stand up against him when he is wrong for virginia or wrong for the country. compare that with a 100% trump guy who said president trump was standing up to vladimir putin when everybody who watched that , knew he was bowing down to him. thank you. [applause] ms. woodruff: thank you. we're going to let stuart thomas, the president of the vba , formally say farewell. >> thank you for participating in this debate. let's give both candidates a round of applause. [applause] weekend,smakers this our guest is democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. as a member of the senate foreign relations committee, he talks about t