. >> that was new york city's next mayor bill de blasio. he will be the first democrat to hold the office since 1989. tonight de blasio who was new york's public advocate beat joseph lota. today the exit polls suggest his win cuts across every voting block imaginable from gender to race to income to religion. and seemed to do so by tapping into the city's frustrations with inequality. we're back. steve kornacki, jeff nichols and karen finney. stop and frisk is a policy that has sort of catapulted to national prominence. partly in the wake of the zimmerman trial, partly because we've had a broader national conversation about what criminal justice and the prison industrial complex looks like. federal judge found it unconstitutional. that decision was reversed by an appellate court. meaning the next mayor is going to have a huge influence over what the nypd does. this is a huge substantive victory night for people who want to see changes to that policy. >> it's important to know the court didn't reverse the decision. they granted a stay. so no

democrat bill de blasio has been declared the winger. randall pinkston is in brooklyn following the election. what can you tell us? >> john, the count is still underway, but at this point it appears bill de blasio may have a landslide victory over republican joe lhota. what is really interesting is that new yorkers feel the city is in much better shape than it was 20 years ago when the first republican was elected mayor, giuliani followed by bloomberg. nonetheless they decided it was time for a change. minutes ago this auditorium was filled with people listening to the acceptance speech by bill de blasio. he made a strong reiteration of his primary campaign points that he was going to do what he could to close the income gap, to deal with trying to buy -- developers to buy into building affordable housing. he said that what the city needs to do is make sure that everyone has an opportunity to rise based on the strength of their abilities and their hard work and not their zip code. >> it doesn't matter where you were born, what you look l

bill de blasio raised far more money. explain that in terms of gm a labeling? >> when we talk about politics we have to operate on certain levels as we perceive the many different aspects of it. people are desperately trying to send signals to their politicians. the money power was very much in play. the gubernatorial candidates one. chris christie, new jersey, they were candidates that the business communities were supportive of. they had real financial advantages and as you go across the country you will see the two realities. often there is a lot more money that comes from outside the community when the race is going on. also, the most important thing is that even at the city level we are starting to see independent expenditures with money flowing from all sorts of different sources. that is be À la the. it is so hard to focus in on the labeling of things in washington state. that is the ugliest .anifestation here you have a western state that produces a lot of food and, frankly, that has it is fair to say around seattle and other communities the sensibilit

bill de blasio. what is he about? it's all coming up next. at afraud could meanuld blower credit scores. and higher interest rates when you apply for a credit card. it's a problem waiting to happen. check your credit score, check your credit report at experian.com. >>> new york's got a brand new mayor electric this morning, his name is bill de blasio. the man who quoted charles dickens in his campaign skeechs is the new face of the big apple. take a look at those numbers. how often do you see that? 73% to 24% against his republican opponent joe lhota. and equality was a big part of his campaign. take a listen. >> when we call among the wealthiest among us to pay just a little more in taxes to fund universal pre-k and afterschool programs -- [ cheers and applause ] -- we aren't threatening anyone's success. we are asking those who have done very well to ensure that every child has the same opportunity to do just as well as they have. [ cheers and applause ] that's how we all rise together. >> i want to bring in national correspondent deborah f

bill de blasio is recklessly dangerous agenda on crime take us back to. bill de blasio take. our it's a it's not specifically referencing stop and frisk but it's pretty clear that the ad the loading of the practice how does this type of fear mongering play into the larger problem here. right i mean let's be clear activists people from the a.c.l.u. and all sorts of people you know last year in june over ten thousand new yorkers actually held a silent march against op interest and they have put centrally in this issue the idea of racism and how the n.y.p.d. systematically uses races and just very quickly when this. during the trial two n.y.p.d. police officers who were whistleblowers rock recordings even where they sure that their supervisors for instance this one officer in the bronx actually was told that he's not targeting enough of the right people at the right time and the right place that's right this is recorded and when asked who that is he says you know they're all black kids ages fourteen to twenty twenty one so we know that reese ism is a central part of the way in w

bill de blasio take. our it's a it's not specifically referencing stop and frisk but it's pretty clear that the ad the loading of the practive how does this type of fear mongering play into the larger problem here. right i mean let's be clear activists people from the a.c.l.u. and all sorts of people you know last year in june over ten thousand new yorkers actually held a silent march against op interest and they have put centrally in this issue the idea of racism and how the n.y.p.d. systematically uses races and just very quickly when this. during the trial two n.y.p.d. police officers who were whistleblowers brought recordings in where the is sure that their supervisors for instance this one officer in the bronx actually was told that he's not targeting enough of the right people at the right time and the right place this is recorded and when asked who that is he says you know all black kids ages fourteen to twenty twenty one so we know that reese ism is based on the way in which stop and frisk is carr

turn out was light because democrat bill de blasio was expected to win by a large margin. if he wins he'll be new york city's first democratic mayor in 20 years. >>> republican governor chris christie has won another term in new jersey. in virginia, the governor's race is still too close to call. democrat terry mcauliffe facing off against republican ken cuccinelli. the count

bill de blasio won handedly. and i don't want to put words in your mouth, but it certainly seems like you might have some concerns about his positions on issues like stop and frisk and perhaps raising taxes. >> well, bill de blasio and i aren't going to agree on everything but we certainly agree on a lot of things. i had a great meeting with him this morning where we talked about how we can help in the transition. we've created a book for him, electronic book where he can look at every agency and see what's needed, the people that are there and the issues he's going to have to face, short-term and long temp. and we agreed to get together over the next few months. i have a very big interest in making him a better mayor than i was. we have built a lot and given them a lot to work with. but the bottom line, i'm going to live in new york city and i want his administration to be successful and our administration to do everything to transfer everything that we're doing over. and some things will look easy, and when he

it backed bill de blasio big time. and if he wins tonight, the wfp is going to be on everybody's radar screen and they could soon have a tea party-size role. you've got grassroots dynamics, on the right you have the tea party, you have the wfp. >> sounds like mma. you said they're the opposite of the tea party, what does that mean when you say that, what is the tea party to you? >> the tea party to me is a party that believes in liberty, whereas progressives believes in liberty and justice for all. >> you don't think the tea party believes in justice. >> i believe in liberty. as an african-american, you don't have to work hard to sell me on liberty. but we say liberty and justice for all. that means you have to worry about low income people, lesbians and gays. that's been left out of the tea party. >> i think that is oftentimes the perception, but i think it's an unfair perception. what tea party believes is very much freedom and responsibility as well, that means a responsibility to help your neighbors and not let peo

here is bill de blasio. >> the people of this city have chosen a progressive path. >> that is bill de blasio, landside win after pledging the raise taxes on wealthy new yorkers to pay for pre-k and afterschool care. more on bill de blasio here. the first democrat elected mayor of new york in 24 years. see the number there. won 73% of the vote last night. that is absolutely huge. an audacious liberal, that's what the "new york times" is calling him, and he assumed the mayorship january 1st. bill de blasio, 52 years of age, 6'5" haul. in his youth, they called him big bird with a beard. his marriage is interracial. his wife is a writer. and the new mayor elect has been known to introduce himself as bill de blasio, not a boring white guy. with me now from new york, errol louis, cnn political commentator and writer at new york one news. everything you need to know about de blasio. >> that was pretty good, actually. >> you like that? i want to start with the family. a rather unusual history. not your typical political family, is it? >> no, it's not. in fact, we were trying to sort of figur

wait until bill de blasio is new york city's next mayor. my next guest is working hard to make sure that doesn't happen. you might want to pay attention. joe is convinced with the federal government has been doing with abandon. and joe lhota says it will be felt far and wide. welcome back. neil: the banks havenot paid their fair share, you say. but a lot of the biggest employers have not done enough. it's implied that you want hem to fork over more, right? >> there is no doubt, my opponent wants anyone who makes money to fork over more money. i said this during the debate and he doesn't refute it. he says i'm only going to tax the rich and he defined them as anyone who makes $500,000 or more. last time i heard that, barack obama said it in the payroll tax went up in the middle class always gets hit the worst. neil: you mentioned something as well. and no response back. to this issue, the biggest employer in the city, the reverberations could be that they start charging more for loans and this is something that will impact the country when h

you may have seen the commercial. >> this tuesday vote for bill de blasio or don't. either way he has got this. already the mayor. >> already mayor, jon. >> jon: wow. >> mayor de blasio. he is coming now. >> jon: whoa he is so tall. crazy how tall he is. i have to say when you see it like this he is enormous. >> he is almost implausibly tall. >> jon: almost comically tall. >> so big. such a big man. [ laughter ] there we go. >> jon: did he just ask you for money? >> of course he did, jon. we no longer have mayor money itsbawgs. unless hes up a woman and tosses her from the empire state building. >> jon: you are going to talk about him with his standing next to you. >> he can't hear me up there. their lack of management experience will be woefully insufficient in the face of wall street lobbying. nothing, jon. only hears the birds and the occasional jet. >> jon: he really is Ë bxb$,℠,x applause]d >> jon: welcome back. now -- i will say this, new york's mayoral race not the only election tomorrow n. virginia voters will decide between two truly remarkable gubernator

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de blasio used to be an aide to bill clinton back when he was president and as we know clinton actually introduced the army was crime barry expanded the uses for which the death penalty can be heard when the first things he did is flew back to arkansas to preside over the execution of the mentally retarded black man so i'm not so sure even though the blasio has actually run a really good camp being a ground stop and frisk which is a wonderful shift from the previous democratic mayoral candidates who you know frankly alienated like in the teano vote in new york he has actually run a refreshing campaign around speaking out about stop and frisk but i'm not holding my breath that he's actually going to dismantle the program good point it could be just and their rhetoric just to get votes there a lot take a look at the. opponent the campaign ad for new york republican mayoral candidate show a lot of. build the blogs yours recklessly dangerous agenda on crime take us back to. build the plants and take. our it so as not specifically referencing stop and frisk but it's pretty clear that the ad

(cheers and applause) bill de blasio. and as a wealthy new yorker, i am terrified this guy ran on tax geigs like me. do you think that's going to happen? >> well, if you make more than $500,000-- . >> stephen: oh, yeah, yeah, oh yeah! >> which you don't have to disclose your entire 1040. >> stephen: oh i won't. >> he wants less than 1% more than you pay in taxes right now so that-- . >> stephen: what? >> every four-year-old can go to prek in new york city. >> stephen: why should i give my-- (applause) >> stephen: why should i be giving up 1% of my income so some stupid kid can go to prek. they can't even read yet, why are they going to school. >> you have a point about the failed toddler problem. we should give up o on more four-year-olds. >> stephen: at a certain point, you have to just you know, not throw good money after bad. (laughter) >> nevertheless, it looks like 's going to give it a shot. >> stephen: so do you think that is actually going happen? i know that is what he wants to do. but does he have the votes in t

bill de blasio looks to win handily. in boston voters will choose between two democrats to succeed the mayor. the motor city will look to two democrats to save the city from bankruptcy, a former police chief and turnaround specialist mike duggan, who if elected would be the first white mayor in 40 years. in minneapolis they will use rank choice voting selecting first, second, and third choices from among 35 mayoral candidates including an occupy wall street activist named captain jack sparrow. but of course. but it is bill de blasio in the new york race that holds implications for the democratic party. with talk of a new progressive kpermt in the nation's largest city. de blasio ran away with the democratic primary by successfully tapping into bloomberg fatigue, early option to its controversial stop and frisk policy, all of which was part of a game changing tv spot now simply called the ad featuring his 16-year-old son dante talking about police tactics. asked to sum in world view one part roosevelt new deal, one part e

bill de blasio beat republican joseph lhota. he called his campaign a progressive one. calling a tax to fund pre-k. there is something new yorkers will have to get used to, he is a devout red sox fan. yeah, i said that. >>> speaking of boston, state representative marty walsh will become that state city's 48th mayor. the democrat won a narrow victory. in detroit mike duggan will be tasked with leading that bankrupt city. the former ceo with hopes of bringing revitalization. he is also detroit's first white mayor in five years. >>> elsewhere around the country colorado voters approve a measure to tax marijuana. pot will have a tax slapped on it next year. >>> and the astrodome could soon be headed for demolition. voters there rejected a multimillion dollar plan to renovate the structure. before the vote city leaders said they would recommend the wrecking ball if it failed. >>> now to the sensational admission of crack use from toronto's mayor. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. but, no -- do i? am i on it? no. have i tried it? probably one of my drunken stupors probabl

bill de blasio is slated to become the first gm to lead new york city since 1989. polls have given him huge leads. and in new jersey, governor chris christie is hoping for a second term. barbara would ypaints him as so who wants to be president, not governor. and now to the latest on obama care and the fight to fix it. if you tried logging on this morning, you probably noticed it was off line. operators temp operators temporarily shut down the sight to make updates. >> perhaps the most important lesson the president failed to learn was you have to tell the american people the truth. and when he told the american people that you could keep your health insurance if you wanted to keep that plan, period, he said that time and again, he wasn't telling the truth. >> but governor, on that point -- >> i think that fundamental dishonesty has really put in peril the whole foundation of his second term. >> romney also responded to the reports can dumped governor christie for health reasons. he said the governor provided health will records and there were no concerns. >>> time

bill de blasio coasts to a victory by a 3:1 margin crushing joe lhota. tea party lost in alabama mainstream republican candidate bradley byrne edged dean young in the primary race for congress. ♪ and a big, big victory for chris christie, a top party hopeful for president of the united states, he, too, distanced himself from the tea party, winning big in a blue state and setting himself up nicely for 2016. >> i want to promise you tonight i will not let anyone, anything, any political party, any governmental entity or any force get in between me and the completion of my mission. >> to virginia now, the botched obama care rollout may have hurt democrat terry mcauliffe and his race for governor but not badly enough to spell defeat. he survives a nasty slugfest with tea party republican ken cuccinelli by three percentage points. ooh he just squeaked by. we assembled a full roster of correspondents and analysts to walk us through the results and what they mean to the rest of the country. first up, state of virginia and candy crowley. welcome, candy. so oba

i want to say congratulations to bill de blasio, who became new york city's first democratic mayor in 20 years by getting an amazing 73% of the vote here in new york city. [ applause ] or as new yorkers are saying today, "you suck, de blasio!" [ laughter ] "i voted for you yesterday!" that's right, bill de blasio won new york city's race for mayor by crushing his opponent, joe lhota, the former head of the new york subway system. although i thought it was a little harsh when de blasio told lhota, "all aboard the l train." [ laughter ] i'm just kidding. i'm just kidding. [ cheers and applause ] but the election is over, but it wasn't without some drama. they're saying a lot of the voting machines in the city were actually malfunctioning. in fact there were so many glitches in last night's election, bill de blasio won the mayor's race and "dancing with the stars." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: two shares. >> jimmy: yeah, thank you. two shares, and -- reference to yesterday's show. anyway. there's a mayor that's in a little trouble, actually.

bill de blasio sat down with the man he set to replace, michael bloomberg. he won by a whopping 49 point margin declaring voters as a chosen progressive path. "washington post" writes it this way, de blasio's administration will be a laboratory of sorts for modern progressivism and anti-establishment activists can effectively manage a sprawling municipal government and lesson growing in equality between the rich and poor. joining me now, mark murray. some of the people that sent out this people of bloomberg and de blasio, some of the body language. there's no love lost between the two of them. they've not had a great relationship and does mark this change in the city. >> i think there are two things going on in this election. one is the fact that you had bloomberg fatigue after him being in office for 12 years. often times when you have a change election, whether on the presidential level where somebody has been in office for eight years or new york, where may are bloomberg was in the office for 12 years, the person you often replace is the exact opposite or

. >>> bill de blasio could become the first klatt elected mayor of new york city since 1989. polls give him sizable leads over republican joe loada. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is hoping for a second term. democrat barbara buono has so far failed to dent christie's popularity with independents. >>> detroit voters pick their next mayor, businessman mike dugan and sheriff ben aeny napo are vying for the job to lead the debt-ridden city. in colorado, voters will weigh in on a controversial taxing scheme for the sale of legal marijuana, and 11 counties will decide whether to pursue splitting away and forming their own state. >>> the nfl is investigating charges that a miami dolphins player was bullied by a teammate who sent him racist and threatening texts. the dolphins suspended guard richie incognito for conduct detrimental to the team, and "the miami herald" reports that it plans to cut ties with him. incognito allegedly sent messages that were racist and threatening. he says the charges are false. >>> dolphins tackle jonathan martin left the team last week and has

de blasio. >> i believe bill de blasio and his approach to public safety is reckless. >> reporter: de blasio says on the issue of public safety, civil rights are at stake and that it's time to end the city's more aggressive policing strategies like stop and frisk. >> we can be safer, in fact, if we take the foundation, the core of what we have, and build upon it a better working relationship between police and community. >> reporter: his opponent is backed by his former tough on crime boss, rudy giuliani, who along with michael bloomberg are the mayors credited with reducing crime, cleaning up the city and making new york a good place to live. yet he remains nearly 40 points behind de blasio, a dyed in the wool progressive positioning hmself as the anti-bloomberg. >> after 12 years of mayor bloomberg, it's time for a real change in this town. >> reporter: de blasio has promised to close the money gap between new york city's rich and new york city's poor. >> it's resonating in particular with minority and low income voters. >> reporter: loda, who served as the city's budget director un

bill de blasio, behind them an asian american, behind her, an african-american. now don lemon with a portrait of new york's very modern family. >> from our family to your family, i give you the next mayor of new york city bill de blasio. >> meet new york's new family. the modern family appeal. >> and once again -- >> one, two, three. >> he is bill de blasio, a former cle former college activist. >> that inequality, that feeling of a few doing really well while so many slip further behind, that is the defining challenge of our times. >> he promised voters he would combat income inequality and plans to raise taxes on the wealthy to plan and she is new york city's next first lady she talked about her attraction to de blasio. >> i didn't date very many men. >> did you tell him that? >> i did. >> daughter kiara. >> they are very stylish. >> reporter: then there's dante who's afro became the campaign prop. >> unfairly targets people of color. >> on an issue base, it did things in terms of the democrat mog gra fee of the city, in terms of his family values. there was no

the city's public advocate, bill de blasio, crushed republican joe lhota and the remainder world race to replace billionaire mayor mike bloomberg. de blasio is set to become the first democrat to lead new york city in two decades. in his campaign, his signature message focused on what he called a talent is cities. last year, the poorest 20% of new york households earned about 9000 dollars, and the richest 5% earned an average of nearly 400 $37,000. -- 430 $7,000. during his victory speech in brooklyn, de blasio bow to tax the rich and service of universal prekindergarten. >> the best and brightest are born in every neighborhood. we all have a shared responsibility and a shared state and making sure their destiny is defined by how hard they work and how big they dream and not i their zip codes. -- and not by their zip codes. [applause] call on the wealthiest among us to pay just a little more in taxes to fund universal creek a an afterschool programs -- universal pre-k and afterschool programs -- [applause] threatening anyone's success. we are asking those who have done very well to en

. >> the new mayor of new york city bill de blasio. it's election day. break it all down with mark preston and the director of the university of virginia center of politics and the author of "the kennedy half century." thank you for staying up so late to break this all down. let me start with you mark preston. give me an overview of how significant or relevant any of what happened tonight may be come a general election in 2016. >> hugely on many levels. let's look at what happened down in alabama. we have the republican establishment winning beating back a tea party candidate down there in a race that could have gone the other way. we're looking at chris christie right now who clearly is the front runner at least at this moment, piers. he's the front runner for the presidential nomination. will he stay there? unlikely. we'll see somebody else move into that spot as we move ahead. then in virginia right across the river here in washington, d.c., we've seen a democrat take back a seat that's been held by a republican in a state trending blue. a lot of impl

de blasio made his opposition to the current use of stop and frisk a huge part of his campaign but now that he's elected what powers does he actually have to change this policy r t correspondent ana stasia churkin up reports. twelve years under mayor michael bloomberg has left a legacy of the controversial stop and frisk policy six hundred thousand stop and frisks in one year which is more than the black male population of the whole city. the policy allows the n.y.p.d. to stop interrogate and search new yorkers on the streets without a warrant overwhelmingly in communities of color it became a huge issue in the city's most recent vote it is racist immoral and illegitimate it treats black and latino people especially young. people like criminals now new york has elected a new mayor and let me say it all of you from the bottom of my heart thank you one of mayor elect bill de blasio is distinctive positions in the campaign a stance against the police policy as it's currently used in illegal back and forth most recently city lawyers had a federal appeals court overturned the appointment of

next week democratic nominee bill de blasio is expected to win the new york city mayoral race he's been a critic of stop and frisk and he released a statement in response to yesterday's ruling saying an extremely disappointed in today's decision we shouldn't have to wait for reforms that both keep our communities safe and obey the constitution. i was joined earlier by ortiz on a saucer target to talk more about this case and i first asked her in light of this ruling from yesterday what's the next legal step well sam up now that judge sheindlin which as we have to say you can see is considered by the judiciary community here in new york to be one of really the top judges and a very good professional and she has been following the stop and frisk policies for years and that trial when she. consider the application of some of the stop and frisk policies unconstitutional lasted ten weeks certainly she was somebody who is very familiar with the topic now that she has been booted off this case by this appeals court what's going to happen is a new judge will step in to look into exactly what it

de blasio. a 52-year-old former college activist and open supporter of anything raugian rebels and -- >> that inequality and that feeling of a few doing very well while so many slip further behind, that is the defining challenge of our times. >> reporter: he promised voters he would combat income inequality and plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund public pre-k. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> she is his wife, new york's next first lady declared she was a lez beeian in this article. she talked about her attraction to bill de blasio in the hefg post. >> i didn't date at. >> and their daughter, with her signature ring of hair flowers. >> they are very stylish. >> and then there is dante. >> and he's the only one that will end a stop and frisk era that unfairly targets people of color. >> it did things in term of the family values. the ad touched so many themes at one time. >> reporter: it was enough to convince new yorkers to replace a single wealthy 5'7" billionaire businessman with the

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staying on ray kelly has made it very clear he doesn't want to say on this commissioner if bill de blasio is mayor so it's looking like ray kelly might get a seven figure job at j.p. morgan and i think that that and he has some experience with this bear stearns yesterday exactly he was doing corporate security over bear stearns back in the early two thousand and kind of in between his two times as new york police department commissioner and now i mean this kind of in in just but not totally do you think that stop and frisk will now be implemented out you can work out and i think that's one of the reasons i'm going to tell you is guy you know they're like wow i kind of like what this guy is doing with all that surveillance of muslims we could use a little of that surveillance over j.p. . morgan no they said that the major thing that he would be involved with is actually cyber security which is a huge issue for banks you write remember that bloomberg businessweek cover that said very loudly the chinese are stealing your. i mean cyber security in particular d.d. o. s. attacks are a huge issu

de blasio made his opposition to the current use of stop and frisk a huge part of his campaign but now that he's elected what powers does he have to change the policy r t correspondent ana stasia churkin reports. twelve years under mayor michael bloomberg has left a legacy of the controversial stop and frisk policy six hundred thousand stop and frisks in one year which is more than the black male population of the whole city. the policy allows the n.y.p.d. to stop interrogate and search new yorkers on the streets without a warrant overwhelmingly in communities of color it became a huge issue in the city's most recent vote it is racist immoral and illegitimate it treats black and latino people especially. young people like criminals now new york has elected a new mayor and let me say it all of you from the bottom of my heart thank you one of mayor elect bill de blasio is distinctive positions in the campaign a stance against the police policy as it's currently used in a legal back and forth most recently city lawyers had a federal appeals court overturned the appointment of an official

should i mention bill de blasio's wife used to be a lesbian. this family represents culture challenges that enveloped part but not all of america. to cultural conservatives this doesn't look like their country at all. in other words, to bigots, intraracial marriage is a scary thing. >> he's got his finger on the pulse. >> he writes it at a time when the president of the united states is the son of a biracial couple. he's talking about iowa won by big margins. it's pretty crazy. >> what amazes me about this jonathan, the thesis, today's gop is not racist, then richard cohen says it's not racist then goeston to discuss a decidedly racist view. >> in the paragraph before he's making a comparison to dixiecrats and tenor and tone before today's seemingly more enlightened politics. that being said my colleague richard cohen, who i like and respect, what he says after that is just -- it's reprehensible. the gag reflex. i tripped over that sentence several times trying to figure out what exactly is he trying to say. richard is no tea party conservative