Today, ireland paid final respects to singer activists Sinead Oconnor who died almost two weeks ago. Hundreds lined her streets to pay the respects. The coffin made its way past our old home, which is in keeping with her old high risk cost them. Sinead oconnor was 56 when she died. That time now, for the source, with Kaitlan Collins. And Breaking News from ohio connectivity uncounted, as we have a crucial new witness test on Abortion Striker in america. More than a year after rose reversal, more on that in a moment. Plus, all shook up again as a failure to relaunch another the shovel of the Desantis Campaign. Will the latest shakeup make a difference . And after reading trumps new Election Interference in the, and a former official theorem said that his blood ran cold. The army thats take on the possibility of trump using the military to stay in power. Im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source. We start with Breaking News for you this evening, because cnn can now project that ohio voters have rejected issue one. This is a Ballot Measure Champion by the states republican led congress, that would have made it harder to change ohios constitution. To add an amendment. This is an effort by republicans to, basically change the rules before there is going to be a key vote on Abortion Rights come november. After seeing what happened in six other states. Either protecting Abortion Rights after wont versus wade was overturned, or restricting them. If issue one had passed, there would have needed to be a 60 supermajority to change the states constitution, instead of just a simple majority. But now, that is not happening, after the voters of ohio have spoken. Cnns chief National Affairs correspondent, jeff zeleny, isnt ohio tonight. Jeff, ive been tracking this all day. As people have been going to the polls. They werent sure what this was going to look. Like what happened here . Caitlin, we are at the vote no party. You can see they have actually been predicting victory. Slightly before our production. Largely because of the strength of the early vote. More than 700,000 ohioans had voted going into election day. And that strength continued throughout election day. So even as the numbers continue to come in from across the state, we can now project that the vote no wentz. And you can hear the applause behind me here. What this means is the beginning of the process. This is the beginning of a Major Campaign over Abortion Rights. And one of americas classic battleground states. Ohio of course, has been trending red in recent president ial elections, but abortion now will be on the ballot in november. And the threshold to in shrine Abortion Rights in the constitution will be 50 . That is what is at issue here. This is a twostep election if you will. Republican leaders were trying to make it more difficult to raise the bar for what it would take to pass the November Ballot measure. They wanted to make a 60 threshold, well that amendment was defeated today. That issue was defeated today. So, the beginning of this next Abortion Rights question and battle starts tonight in ohio. And, there is a Broad Coalition of supporters, and you can hear it behind me here, from labor to positions, to just rankandfile people. Who did not like the process that this one through. So vote no winds. Tonight in ohio, the campaign for Abortion Rights, which clearly will be a very Large Campaign with outside money pouring in. That begins in the morning for the November Ballot question. Kaitlan . I guess a sense of what we have been hearing here, is is this about voters being upset that this was a vote that they 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 are opposed to Abortion Rights, but they do not believe that this summertime Special Elections was the way to change the State Constitution. Two former republican governors, taft, and kasich, have been campaigning across the state saying that the State Constitution should not be changed in this way. The threshold should not be raised. So there definitely was a sense of, some describe it as a power grab. When you talk to Secretary Of State, franklin wrote today, he distressed that. He said clearly this was not a chance to push something through. He may have been right about that, because the reality is, the vote no proponents came out. In large, large numbers. To support this. But it was about Abortion Rights. Also about minimum wage. There was going to be a question about raising the minimum wage on the ballot. Perhaps next year. And this was also part of, there is no doubt that ohio now stands in the list of k places like kansas healthy, michigan, kansas, and standing on Abortion Rights. Again, one step of the process. The real step happens in november, when the abortion is on the ballot. Here in ohio. Yes, the implications of that. Jeff zeleny, thank, you we will check back in with you. And were gonna speak with democratic ohio congresswoman, Chantal Brown in just a moment. But i want to start now with mike, he is the president of the ohio writer like. Mike, you are hoping that this was going to pass tonight. Why did this fail . Caitlin, thank you for having me on your show, look, theyre still over 7000 precincts that still needs to have the results started. Were expecting 1 million and i have votes, were not ready to call it on either side just yet. We still think the votes are out there. We are really good at same day voting in the Republican Party. We are Still Holding out, we dont think it would be called necessarily. Are still here, but the no side is winning, of course at the end of the day we still want to count all of our votes. You still think that there is a chance . I do, i think 7000 precincts. Its not in the nation, but in the state of ohio. So there is still time. Were going to let the process play out and see where we are at but at the end of the day we have been focused on november since january, this is just up one in the process, and we will be ready to go come november. I will say, cnn is obviously, really accurate with these protections. We dont make these early, we have these when we make a very good assessment of what the vote looks like on the ground. I, mean the big news is you are still waiting to see the final call. When this comes through, if it has failed, why do you think that it failed . This was a battle worth having, we needed to have a decision with the state of ohio all 88 counties. Do we want to protect our constitution from outside special interest . Whether they be liberal or conservative Special Interests, or do they wanted to be for sale . In the state of illinois, they have a 70 threshold to change a constitution. We said if its good enough for the blue state of illinois, it should be good for the red state of ohio. Voters decided tonight, but its a battle worth having. Its a question that we shouldve all as the night, and we did. The voters will respond, and the voters always get it right. Is that what its about . It is about special interest . Because even the ohio Secretary Of State, frank la rose, said quote, this is 100 about keeping a radical pro abortion amendment out of our constitution. Did that hurt your efforts here to get this to pass . Now, look, the strength of our side, our yes it was a diversity of our coalition. For myself, in my wife amy, of course, 100 percent about abortion and enshrining late term abortion in our State Constitution. Our Second Amendment was involved, the chamber of commerce, the ohio bureau. We were all in this issue tonight. And vote yes on issue one. But the state made it about abortion. Is that white felt . Not at all, the voters are smart, they know abortion is a tip of the spear this november. We know they qualified for the ballot weeks ago, we knew this was coming. And when the Special Interests are done with us, theyre gonna come for the Second Amendment, theyre gonna come, as you said, for a minimum wage. And so many other issues. Our farming industry, agriculture is next. So we have it tonight. Well still see what the results of this election. Whether we protect our constitution or not. But its bigger than abortion, its a better way of life. Where midwestern see, with midwestern values, we have the chance here to protect our constitution. Be like other states, like illinois. What do you say of people who are critical of the timing of this . Even former republican governor of the state, taft, said that a question this big should go to voters in november, not in the summer Special Election which the republican Super Majority there had just boarded to eliminate . Did they mess this up in the camp of people like you, who are trying to get this passed by scheduling this vote in august, and not doing so in november . At the end of the night, we had a great Voter Turnout today. In all 88 counties, early voting, same day voting, has been tremendous. Or the voters know there was an election. We didnt lose any ground here. We are approaching gubernatorial turnout here in a lot of county. Sub borders are smart, they knew there was one issue on the ballot. There is no city council races, other races, so the borders are smart. They knew there was an election today. And they responded. We will see here in 45 minutes to an hour whether final results may or may not be. But the fact that it was in august, did not weigh one way or the other. I think just to remind our viewers. Cnn has called, us and said that this vote is failed. I know youre saying that youre still waiting to hear it. What do you think this says about what is gonna happen, come november, when that amendment about protecting Abortion Rights is on the ballot . Do you think that this means that it could pass . As jeff just said, in the early reports, that there are a lot of republicans that are prolife that may have voted no on this issue tonight, that will be with us, shoulder to shoulder come november. Look, we have marijuana and abortion on the ballot this november coming up. I believe our faith based community, in all eight 80 counties will reject the vote. You dont think that this is a message from the voters, that republicans misjudge how Abortion Plays and politics . I dont think so. In june of 2022, the Dobbs Decision came out, and 90 days later, governor mike, a prolife governor, was reelected with 64 of the vote. Prolife republicans won entirely down the ballot in ohio. Thats 90 days after the Dobbs Decision. If there was gonna be some tsunami of prochoice voters, it wouldve happened in 2022, and just never occurred. We did say that when i drove of course. Many expected it was going to be a republican red wave in the midterms. And that didnt happen. Mike gonidakis, well see what happens come november with that measure in your state. President of ohio right to life, thank you for your time tonight. Thank you so much. For more on this i want to bring in Ohio Democratic congressman, Chantal Brown, thank you so much for being here. What do you make, lets go start with the idea that this has failed . That this issue has failed. And that obviously, abortion advocates want to this, those who favor having choices, having abortion, people be able to make those decisions wanted this to fail. What is the response to that tonight . First and foremost, thank you for having me. And i want to thank the voters, and the volunteers who showed up, and showed, out in ohio for this. What was a rushed, and in my opinion, an illegal election. I think what it shows is that the power remains in the hands of the people. Issues are still important, and that messaging matters. What do you make of what mike just said . He says that he doesnt think that the timing here had an effect. The fact that it was a Special Election, happening in august, this was the only issue that voters were voting on and casting their ballots on tonight. Do you think that is why this failed . I think it failed, or it is going to fail because people are paying attention. Despite their suppressive efforts to try to hold an election in, what i would describe as a sneak attack, people were paying attention. I am so grateful of the number of voters that showed up, and showed out early in ohio. To make their voices heard. This was about protecting a 100year president that had been set in ohio. A simple majority rule. Their efforts to try to raise the threshold to 60 for future elections, as well as changing the requirements to get us in a Citizen Led Initiative on the ballot, we are really sinister and sadistic. And when we think about the fact that currently right now, we require 44 counties of the 88 to get signatures to get something on the ballot. And they wanted to change it to 88. That means that one single county couldve held up an entire constitutional amendment for the entire state. And so, that is not democracy. That is not representative of what the people in ohio won it. This was about freedom, and i think the people of ohio demonstrated that they wanted to protect their right to make their own health care decisions. And that is what this barometer and litmus test demonstrates in the state. And i believe that history has proven, ohio is the pathway to victory when it comes to american politics. And, so we look at this as a litmus test, and we are thankful that when the votes are all counted, that this issue will have failed, and we will not only have saved democracy in ohio. But potentially across the country. Do you think that this means that that vote in november on protecting Abortion Rights is going to succeed . I am optimistic. Listen, we have to take each election one at a time. But what we know is currently, polling indicates that 58 of ohioans would want to in shrine and protect the right to make your own health care decisions. And despite the extreme maga republican sneak attack, to try to make that no longer the case, the people, again, showed out and were paying attention, and despite the efforts to try to silence the voice of the voters. I want to talk to about a poll that cnn came out with today, on abortion, that showed that 64 of majority of adults say they disapprove of the ruling. Essentially believe that, essentially were arguing that they dont believe that enough members of your party, or of those who favor Abortion Rights have done enough to protect it. Whether at a state level, or on a federal level . I mean what do you make of that, and how can you change those voters minds . I think we saw, we got a taste of that today. And listen, we did get a majority of voters. We passed legislation in the house that was stalled in the senate, but i want to say this. When the Dobbs Decision was made, ohio was one of the states that had a ten year old victim who had to flee the state to go to indiana to Access Health care, to access an abortion. And so, when we think about that, when we think about issues around our state, this election was critical to helping people make that decision. And i think its also important to point out, that this was a nonpartisan, if you, will result. Democrats and republicans alike, believe in protecting the one person, one vote, simple majority rule. So despite what polls, and across the nation may say as it relates to republican versus democrat, when it came to this issue, is she won, we were able to bring both democrats and republicans together, and that demonstrates what happens when the people come together, the votes are successful in the country succeeds. And we should know that abortion law that you noted there is on hold right now. Being reviewed by your supreme court. Thank you for joining us on Breaking News tonight. Thank you for having me. We will have more on what this vote means on a National Level when we return. Not just whats happening in ohio. But what are the ramifications for the nationwide. Plus, major leadership shake up in the Desantis Campaign. As the president ial hopeful is struggling to catch up to the trump train. We never just see the numbers. We see the people. Marcus detroit, its just changed so much. You can see what it once was. And then, i think about what it can be. As an entrepreneur, its about how i can give them the t