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00:00New York City has its first Muslim and first socialist mayor.

00:0534-year-old Zoram Mamdani defeated both former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

00:09and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

00:12Two million New Yorkers cast their vote,

00:14the largest turnout for a mayoral race since 1969.

00:19Despite concerns by some that Mamdani's anti-policing

00:22and tax the rich platform would drive businesses from America's largest city,

00:27he's officially taking a victory lap.

00:29But now comes the hard part, actually governing.

00:33Will New Yorkers get free buses and subsidized groceries paid for

00:36with huge tax increases on the rich?

00:39We shall see.

00:39Across the Hudson River to another closely watched race.

00:42In New Jersey, Democrat Mikey Sherrill beat her Republican rival Jack Cittarelli,

00:46even with polls tightening to a razor-sharp margin as Election Day approached.

00:51She made her campaign a vote against President Trump,

00:54which resonated with enough voters to make her the first female Democrat

00:57to lead the Garden State.

00:58And in another statewide race with national interest,

01:01Democrat Abigail Spanberger bested Republican Winsome Earl Sears

01:04to win the governor's seat in Virginia.

01:06She's the first woman governor of the Commonwealth.

01:09Also in the Old Dominion, the much-talked-about attorney general's race

01:13was won by Democrat Jay Jones.

01:16You remember this guy.

01:17He was elected despite a series of controversial texts

01:21where he fantasized about violence toward his Republican rivals back in 2022.

01:26The friendly skies are not so friendly these days with the government shutdown.

01:32Heavy delays, cancellations, full-on ground stops.

01:35And if you ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about whether there's a light at the end

01:39of the tunnel, the answer is this.

01:41If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos,

01:48you will see mass flight delays, you'll see mass cancellations,

01:52and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it

01:57because we don't have the air traffic controllers.

01:58The reason? By this time next week, air traffic controllers will have missed a second paycheck.

02:03Duffy says many just can't make ends meet, saying they've taken to waiting tables

02:08or driving Ubers while they wait for the shutdown to end.

02:11And pressure has been mounting from unions and airline leaders for Democrats to end the standoff

02:15after many U.S. airports have all but ground to a screeching halt

02:20due to the toll the shutdown is taking on overworked and underpaid air traffic controllers.

02:25Now, the air traffic controller situation was already pretty bad going into the shutdown,

02:31but now about 13,000 of them are working without paychecks,

02:35and the FAA says 50% of air traffic facilities are understaffed.

02:41By now, you've heard that former Vice President Dick Cheney died at the age of 84,

02:46his family revealing yesterday morning he passed away due to complications of pneumonia

02:50and cardiac and vascular disease.

02:53But as of Tuesday night, President Trump had failed to comment on Cheney's death,

02:57though Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt offered this.

03:00I know the president is aware of the former vice president's passing, and as you saw,

03:04flags have been lowered to half-staff in accordance with statutory law.

03:08In accordance with statutory law?

03:12Not exactly warm and fuzzy there.

03:14Though perhaps it's not all that surprising.

03:17One of Cheney's last public appearances about three years ago was in support of his daughter,

03:22Liz, as she delivered a blistering speech aimed at Trump and his supporters.

03:28President George W. Bush, with whom Cheney served, called him a, quote,

03:31calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges,

03:35and said his death was a loss to the nation.

03:38For more on this story and everything else you could possibly want to know,

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