With more on what to expect from tomorrow's big races on the president's lengthy interview as well,

and what is soon to be the longest government shutdown of all time, we turn now to our Politics Monday duo.

That is Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.

Good to see you both.

Good to be here.

So you saw William laid out there, all eyes tomorrow on this New York mayoral race. You've got Democratic Socialists, Zoran, Mamdani, leading in the polls against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. Meanwhile, in Virginia, you've got Democrat Abigail Spamberger running for governor against Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl Sears. And in New Jersey, another moderate Democrat, Representative Mikey Cheryl, taking on Jack Chittarelli.

And we saw this weekend, former President Obama, stumping for both. Take a listen to what he said.

Sixty minutes was forced to pay me a lot of money because they took so bad. It was election changing two nights before the election.

It's hard to know where to start.

Because every day, this White House offers up a French batch of lawlessness and recklessness.

Hey, wait, wait, don't boom.

Vote.

You're a little bit of the President Trump there.

We'll hear from him in a moment as well.

But Amy, when you look at this, what does it say to you about the Democratic message?

And what are you watching?

Yeah.

Well, as you know, I love a good election day.

And I especially love the very first election after a presidential election.

Because it is a chance to get the real political temperature.

We've been spending most of this year talking about what happened last year.

We talk a lot about polls. Here's the first chance where voters get to weigh in. Now, New Jersey

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