good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. just a few minutes from now, ivanka trump will return to the witness stand in the fraud trial where her most used phrase has been i don t recall. and moments ago, we learned about a new legal maneuver from prosecutors. plus, with his daughter on the stand and republican rivals headed for the debate stage, donald trump looks to take back the spotlight with one of his signature rallies tonight. and a big blow to glenn youngkin s brand as virginia voters thwart his plans for a gop takeover for the legislature. what could it mean for presidential ambitions. breaking news in the hunter biden saga, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, sending the president excuse me. let s go to our nbc reporters. excuse me one sec. apologies for that, lindsey. let s begin in new york city. we re outside the trial in lower manhattan and from what we re seeing from ivanka today, stylistically she s
right now on ana cabrera reports, ivanka trump s turn on the witness stand. donald trump s eldest daughter just arrived to testify in the multimillion dollar fraud trial. we ve got live breaking news coverage. plus, big democratic wins on election night. contentious races in ohio, virginia, and kentucky all go blue showing the issue of abortion access is now a major liability for republicans. so what does that mean for 2024? . and happy debate day for all who celebrate. five candidates make the stage, but can any of them get out from under trump s shadow? thanks so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the breaking news shaking the political world this morning after big wins scored by democrats in key races in ohio, kentucky, and virginia all revealing the issue of abortion access is a major liability for the republican party. nbc s priscilla thompson in ohio where voters enshrined abortion rights into that
appearance in civil court. a live report from manhattan. a big election night for democrats across the country, with governor beshear winning re-election in deep red kentucky. it was a victory that sends a loud, clear message. a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. [ cheers and applause ] ohio voters overwhelmingly voting to establish a right to an abortion in the state constitution. glenn youngkin losing his grip on the state legislature and ending hopes to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which was his proposal. the u.s. is discussing a proposal with israel and qatar for a pause in fighting of up to three days. secretary of state tony blinken pushes back on netanyahu s potential plans to control security in gaza for an indefinite period. no forcible displacement of palestinians from gaza. not now, not after the war. no reoccupation of gaza after the conflict ends. no attempt to blockade or besiege gaza. no reduction in
new election wins, republicans are about to hold another presidential debate without their front-runner. both parties studying the results and assessing their 2024 strategies as donald trump s gop rivals are getting ready to take the stage. president biden is touting his party s new wins as defeats for trump and maga republicans. democrats political hopes rising amid fresh evidence their defensive abortion rights is a winning issue even as the president s bleak poll numbers are raising some serious red flags. and the state of new york just rested its case in the civil fraud trial against donald trump and his family business. this after ivanka trump s testimony and her attempt to down play her involvement in the trump organization. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, donald trump is deflecting blame for new republican election losses as he s set to skip another gop presidential debat
will be front and center. what a night, and what a difference 24 hours makes, right? just the music makes me happy. the election music. votes and results, not just polls. democrats scoring huge wins and abortion rights were front and center. [ cheering ] in ohio, voters have decided to make abortion a right under the state constitution. a solid majority voted yes. this is a state controlled, by the way, by republicans . in virginia, cnn predicts democrats will take control of the legislature. it s a setback for glenn youngkin, pushing to restrict abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. and governor andy beshear, a democrat, has won reelection. and by the way, he won as a democrat in a state that donald trump won by 26 points in 2020. a deeper dive on all of the numbers, what do we see? let s start with the top line. what we were watching last night, and compare it to 2020. three years have passed and we re only a year away from the next seleelection. this is important i