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To do so. it is one of those things where the vast majority of people are on mariettas team. they dont want secrets being kept from them. >> this is a great example of the massive disconnect of whats happening in sacramento and between local government and local control, parents are fed up and the fight is here and we are happy for it. >> murietta is going to go on. you look at whats happening to the attorney general and the governor, at some point theyre going to team up, either theyre going to...

Decided to have in august? even though that republican super majority had just voted to eliminate august special elections, or do you think that it is a sense, from what you have heard on the ground, about an energy there. behind what voters believe on abortion rights. >> it was definitely a mix. abortion rights was a driver of this campaign, there is no doubt, but when you talk to many republicans they encountered. as weve been saying over the last month. weve encountered many republicans who a...

Ohio has a ballot issue that could have abortion rights in the constitution. voters approved the change in the constitution smoother. >> this was a complex issue. there are a lot of folks who did not want this to happen not just because of the november issues, the -- but for all the other ones coming. >> people came out and sent a strong message to the extremist super majority in the legislature that they believe in fairness, they believe in freedom, and they believe in the power to hold them ac...

Is that bad? >> $2 on the counter and said give me a ticket. >> they didnt sell them. i dont understand. i tried. did you? >> no. but its better teasing you about it. >>s thats good. >> here i am. >> what a development overnight. we have been talking about ohio yesterday and direct democracy what it was going to mean in the state. ohio voters have spoken. abortion rights advocates won a critical victory in a high-stakes special election. 57% of voters rejected a measure that was backed but state...

Ohio. >> red, red, red. voters overwhelmingly rejected a republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the states constitution. more than 3 million people went to the polls in ohios special election, voting to defeat issue one, which keeps the threshold for passing future constitutional amendments at a simple majority. >> this was all about abortion. >> rather than 60% super majority that was proposed. >> all about abortion. >> of course, this is all about abortion, ...

For safety. the humanitarian crisis that started at the southern border is reaching further across the entire country. officials in at least two northeastern states now demanding that the biden administration step in. and a history-making mega millions jackpot. details on the single winning ticket in last nights billion dollar plus drawing. and we begin this morning with the results of a special election in ohio that could have national implications for the battle over abortion rights. ohi...

It may seem like a mundane question about constitutional math, but you read between the lines, it is very clearly about abortion. republicans want to make it harder to rewrite the states constitution, which would make it easier to sideline attempts at expanding access. the august fight is anything but small time attracting big money from national groups and already big turnout from voters. lets get straight to ohio, where jeff zeleny is. explain whats going on there and explain the stakes. >> re...

Try to change the rules so something like that cant pass with a simple majority. theyre trying to change the rules so youd need a big super majority to pass something like that. theyre only trying to change those rules because they know they will lose when ohio votes on what they are doing. one of the things going on in american politics nationally and at the state level is between trump at the top of the republican party and this culture war stuff really failing for republicans politically, r...

In ohio polling right now by more than 25 points. and look at this, among independent women, among women not in either party, the republican abortion rights ban has got 85% support among independent women. and so ohio republicans have just filed a lawsuit to try to keep that measure off the ballot to keep ohio voters from voting on. next week ohio republicans will try to change the rules so something like that cant pass with a simple majority. theyre trying to change the rules so you need a big ...