the news continues, the source with caitlin collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, he became the base of abortion rights in a deep red state. the personal story that may have helped sweep the democratic governor to victory. she is here tonight. plus, the fbi seizing the phones and the ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight he has nothing to hide. after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago, over a scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mccready, once back into politics. he is here to make his case for a second chance. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. making abortion access presenter of their campaign and their campaign ads, democrats are moving to get more evolution right measures on ballads next year in 2024. they have not seven consecutive wins since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. candidates put it at the center of their campaign that are not just winning in blue or purple states, but also those that are deeply red. abortion could be the defining issue again in 2024. we have already seen president biden campaigning on it. you can see how democrats are prioritizing it by how they are spending on it. since the beginning of just this year, democrats have spent more than $74 million on ads about abortion. compare that to the $60 million that republicans have spent. the contrast is even starker when you look at a state like kentucky where you saw and heard from the democratic governor on the show this week. he won re-election. that is where democrats spent $1.3 million on ads this fall. republicans, when it came to abortion, spends nothing. kentucky has a near total ban on abortion. it was this ad that many people believed help -- helped the republican governor beat his opponent. 21-year-old, heavily to fall. >> i was raped after 12 years of abuse. anyone -- never understand what it is like to stay in my shoes. this is to you, daniel cameron, to tell a 12-year-old girl she must have the baby of her stepfather, who raped her is unthinkable. >> you can see why it was one of the most powerful ads of this election cycle. the governor is hoping it will help resonate past election day. >> it is one of the most courageous young women i have ever met. in kentucky, we have the most extreme and -- abandon america. a 13-year-old raped and impregnated by her stepfather but have no options. it is basic empathy for someone who has been violated. i hope our legislature will pass those exceptions as soon as they come back. >> hadley devol is here with me tonight. hadley. i am so happy that you are here. thank you so much for just being willing to come on and tell your story. i want to talk about that powerful add in a moment. first, i would like to go back to the beginning, when you first told your story publicly in a post on facebook. what was it that made you do that? >> the overturn of roe v wade had a lot of people speaking out on social media in ingredients. it got to me. it was people that knew me personally that did not know that part of my story. so, i just wanted them to know that i see their posts, other people see their posts. it is not always black and white. >> the message that you wanted to send , even if they were pro- life and i thought that was something to celebrate. you thought maybe they were not thinking of circumstances like the one that you were in when you were just 12 years old. >> exactly. >> what was the reaction to that post like? >> it went pretty viral. a lot of people were sharing it. people were telling me that they never looked at it that way. they had no idea that kind of stuff can happen in their town. it got a lot of conversation started. >> were you nervous when you first typed that message out to actually post it and share it with everyone you knew? >> yeah. i was really nervous. i knew i was putting myself out there to be judged and be vulnerable. i just felt like it was something i had to do. >> after you heard from the governor's office, asking if you would be interested in telling that story in and add for his campaign. how long did it take you before you said yes? >> i said yes the day that i got the phone call. they told me they wanted me to be a part of an ad. what i was going to be talking about. i said absolutely, i will. >> what kind of impact do you think it had ? >> i think it opened a lot of people's eyes. i think putting my face out there with the words, not just making it something that you hear about, i am a real person. people started looking me up. people have been messaging me, talking about me to their therapist and everything. i think that is really made a difference. >> what do you mean to their therapist? have you heard from people that were telling you that your story resonated with them? >> yeah. i had a therapist reach out to me and say that my name is being brought up in different sessions with different people around, not even just kentucky, but in indiana and ohio and all of the surrounding states. >> of course, you know some of those , ohio is a state where voters went and voted to make sure they have the right to an abortion this week. i imagine you probably also heard from people who had similar experiences to yours. >> yes. i have heard a lot of people come to me and say thank you for saying the words that i can probably never say. i had other people tell me that i am the reason that they have been able to find their voice and find their strength. that in itself means so much to me. >> hadley, that is amazing. to hear from other people who went through something as dark as that and you know that you were an inspiration for them and you gave them the freedom to tell their story. >> yeah. >> is it hard for you to talk about? >> it is not easy, but talking about the healing is very healing for me. knowing that there is a little girl out there that looks out -- up to me. i am probably helping her push through, just knowing that just because something happens to you, it doesn't mean that we stop there. we have to keep going. that means so much to me knowing that there are little girls out there that look up to me and it makes it worth it. >> it is one thing to share it in a written post and it is a different thing to do it on camera in a powerful way that you did. you know, when you look back at that ad and see the impact, did you ever think you would have that much of an impact on the race? >> no. i knew it was going to be a big deal, but i didn't think that it was going to get as big as it did. >> yeah, it is just national attention. i think what is important for people to remember is they watch this race, your home state has a near total ban on abortion. there is one exception, it is of the life of the mother is at risk or if her health is. there are no exceptions for rape, incest. i know they have made that part of his campaign. he wanted to change that. as you know, he is dealing with a republican supermajority in the state legislature. it is a big climb. it is an uphill climb. if you can speak to those lawmakers who are in frankfurt and have this power to change this if they wanted to, what would you say to them? >> i would just ask them to look at their daughters, their granddaughters, their nieces. any woman or little girl who is significant in their life and think that it was me at that one point, and it could be somebody else the next day. it is still happening. it is very real. i just wanted to take that into consideration that abortion is not black and white. there are many great areas in it. those gray areas should be taken into consideration, no matter how small they say the statistic is. a lot of the times it is not even reported correctly. so, those numbers are not accurate. >> don't you think that is because so many of these girls and women this happens to, you were 12 years old, you were a child. a lot of people are scared, even adults are scared to come forward into report their sexual assaults. >> yeah. it is very scary. >> what do you hear from your friends? you are now 21 years old. what do you hear from your friends about this and how they are thinking about using your story and how powerful they are, now that roe versus wade has been overturned. this is an issue that so many women in the u.s. are dealing with now. >> i get a lot of support from my inner circle, of course. they knew about the abuse a long time ago, whenever i first came out. they were right by my side through everything. throughout the ad, as big as it did, i have gained so many more people and so much more support and we are all in this together. >> yeah. we heard from the governor this week after he won. he talked about how it is people like you, not him. it is people like you and you cited your name who believed in that change. he doesn't think that you are done, either. he will continue to speak up for people who feel like they don't have a voice. do you plan to do that in 2024 and just even beyond that? >> yeah. that is always been a really big goal of mine, to be able to speak out and allow a helping hand to girls that i relate so much to. when i was a little girl, you know, i was looking for somebody to help me. somebody to help me find my strength, my voice. knowing that i am moving into that direction, i am definitely not going to slow down now. >> if any of those little girls are watching your interview right now, what would you say to them? >> i just want them to know they are not alone and they never will be alone. keep digging for your voice. find your strength. there is power in women sticking together. we just need to stick together. >> i am just blown away by your composure and your grace and your ability to come out and speak about this. i know a lot of other people are, as well. i want to thank you again for being willing to come on here and talk about it with us. >> thank you. >> hadley devol, inc. you so much. the mayor of new york had his phone seized by the fbi. it is a dramatic escalation of an ongoing criminal investigation tied to his campaign. also, we are tracking new major military action in gaza. what is really forces s is -- - targrgeting toninight as theher breakthrouough in hoststage negogotiations. . thatat's next. stunning new details tonight into the seizure of eric adams electronic devices. all part of a federal probe into if his 2021 campaign received illegal donations from the turkish government. sources telling cnn that fbi agents approached the mayor on the street, monday night this week, telling his security detail to step aside. the agents climbed into the mayor's waiting suv where they showed him they had a warrant for his phones, his devices. he handed over two iphones, and ipad, possibly more upon returning home. they were reportedly, to the new york times, later returned to him. this seizure marks a dramatic escalation of a federal probe into the campaign, just days after the fbi raided the home of his chief fundraiser. to be clear, adams has not been accused of any wrongdoing tonight, and he denies that he will be responsible for any. he has come under increasing scrutiny diaz prosecutors are zeroing in on his inner circle. this is what he told reporters on wednesday. >> the federal government came up with charges against you and prosecutors with charges against you. >> i will be surprised if i am the one after following the law. >> telling cnn in his statement, as a former member of law-enforcement, i expect my staff to follow the law and cooperate with any sort of investigation. i will continue to do exactly that. i have nothing to hide. joining me now is cyrus vance junior, the former manhattan district eight units. thank you so much for being here. you're the perfect person to talk about this with. what kind of evidence do they need to get a warrant to get the mayor of new york's fun -- phones and his ipad. >> good evening, caitlin. in order to get a search warrant, if it was for the materials taken from the home of his campaign, finance fundraiser. the mayor's cell phone and ipad, the governor had to demonstrate a written document called the affidavit. that there was probable cause to believe that a crime was committed and that evidence of that crime would be either in his house or wherever the word was executed, or in the mayor's electronic phone and ipad. now, that doesn't mean that the mayor has done anything wrong. that is a standard that the court will consider before it grants a search warrant. it authorizes in this case that the federal government can enter the premises of the fundraiser or to seize the copy and take information from the mayor's personal electronic device. >> i am glad he made that point. just because they were able to obtain a search warrant doesn't mean that he has done anything here there is a lot we still don't know. but what are they looking for these devices? >> well, as i understand from the news, which is not a full and complete picture. it would appear, according to the news, that they are looking for information related to fundraising in the 2021 campaign. if you have read as i have read, there are allegations that non-americans who were not eligible to donate used straw party donors, individuals who were citizens of the united states to make contributions to the campaign and presumed to be reimbursed by those american citizens for making those contributions. the federal laws are different than the state laws. the federal laws will probably be focused on mail fraud, wire fraud, violations of campaign laws. >> i think that is something that is important here, this is not the first time that mayor adams or people in his orbit have been under the scrutiny of law-enforcement purity was actually on the show a few months ago. we talked about the investigation being done by your former office, the manhattan district attorney's office. they had just indicted six people, including a former new york policewoman in this straw donors came to his 2021 campaign. i want you to listen to what he told me about his allegations at the time. >> were you aware of any of that? what is your response to those charges? >> no, not aware at all. i follow the rules. the district attorney is conducting his investigation. he did so and it was clear that our campaign had no participation in that. it is just an unfortunate situation, but i have a lot of faith in the date -- d.a. office. >> i should note it is not everything, but he think he should be concerned tonight? >> well, i think mayor adams is probably concerned for understandable reasons. first and foremost, he is the mayor of the city of new york. this is a distraction for him and for the citizens. i take him at his word as i think we must. he is a former law-enforcement officer. he has indicated that it was his direction to make sure that the systems that monitor the campaign contributions, that show the campaign as it should had, were operating. but, of course, it is a dramatic fact that the federal government is going to court to get a search warrant to allege the level of proof that i described to you that there is evidence of a crime and a crime has been committed. the device is the mayor possessed may have had evidence of that on them, as well. it is something that is a sobering offense. he has excellent counsel, lorie johnson. they have immediately gone out to make sure that the mayor is cooperating. there is so much that we do not know. much of which will be speculating if you try to fill in the lines at this point. >> as always, thank you very much. >> thank you. good night. ahead, there is a new bombardment in gaza tonight as israeli forces say they are operating with what they call any arena that threatens the state of israel. this comes as the biden administration has given one of its most direct cocondemnationo yeyet of thehe g growing civili dedeath toll. . the latestst is ahead. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. israel is intensifying its military operation in northern gaza with heavy bombardment tonight. we saw a notable shift in language. the secretary of state on the evolving situation. one of his most direct condemnations yet of the growing civilian death tolls that were received in gaza. >> much more needs to be done to protect civilians and to make sure that the humanitarian systems reaches. far too many palestinians have been killed. far too many have been suffering these past weeks. >> those comments are coming as cnn is learning that the administration has gotten stark warnings from american diplomats stationed across the middle east. the u.s. could be losing support with arab countries for a generation because of its strong backing of israel. we have learned today that israel borders on 1200 people killed during those brutal october 7th attacks. that is a change from what we previously thought was 1400. israel, not explaining the revised number in full, there are questions about that. joining me tonight is dan seymour, a former policy adviser and under george w. bush. he is the co-author of the new and timely book, the genius of israel, the surprising resilience of the divided nation in a turbulent world. dan, i am so glad to have you back your tonight but i want to talk about the book, a lot. those comments from secretary lincoln, do you think that shift in language from the u.s. leads to a shift of policy in israel? >> probably not but i think what lincoln is dealing with, he is bouncing around, you have seen him bounce around from capital to capital. you are seeing many things for many of those capitals according to spokes he has spoken to who are familiar with the conversation. the biting needs to end soon, these images all over the media palestinians getting killed is a problem. not before israel finishes off hamas. finish off hamas. many of these countries want hamas wiped out. this is a huge headache for many of these arab countries. they want to hamas wiped out. the images are a problem and they want israel -- they want the united states to put pressure on israel. israel has agreed to these pauses. the tension for israel is, the more that it is rushed, the more that it is finish it up, finish it up, finish it up, that is when they have to operate more indiscriminately. if they are given time and space, they can be a little bit more targeted and focused. >> for those countries that want israel to complete its mission and do so sooner rather than later, i mean, israel is objective here . they do not want to just diminish hamas, but eliminate hamas. is that even doable? >> you are exactly right. israel does not return to the status quo. it is not interested in being returned. they are removing the military stability. we think of them as a ragtag militia. we saw on october 7th, you saw it firsthand with the damage they had had, it is like a real military operation now. real training, real logistics, real fundraising, real weapons supported by iran. they can get rid of a lot of that, if not all of that infrastructure. they can kill or arrest all of the senior commanders and everybody who was involved in october 7th, based on the ai technology they have. they have identified most of the hamas operatives in commanders that were involved in october 7th. they can kill or capture all of those people, or most of them, like o