given the news around the world with the middle east on fire the border issue hasn't gotten the attention it needs. he testifies on the senate side. migrant encounters hit the highest levels ever recorded. we're monitoring that. we want to start with what has been a big blue night for the democrats. they overcame the president's dismal poll numbers racking up some big wins on election night. question, what does it mean for 2024? we'll chew on that for some time. good morning. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." chances are that mayokas will say the border is closed. >> bill: good chance. >> dana: i think he will probably say that again and again. let's talk about politics. big night for democrats. kept the governorship in kentucky. >> also in virginia democrats kept the senate and flipped the house. those results have denied republican governor glenn youngkin's bid to control government in the state of virginia. the commonwealth there. it was a race heavily defined by abortion. >> dana: reproductive rights were on the ballot in ohio. the seventh state to protect access to abortion since the supreme court everyturnd roe v. wade. >> bill: president biden calls it a win for democracy. his poll numbers continue to flounder. there is a ton to get to. let's start in chicago with garrett tenney who begins coverage there. good morning, garrett. >> good morning. this is another big win for abortion rights and it shows that more than a year after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade this is still a big motivating issue for voters. even in red states like ohio where republicans currently control the legislature and most major state offices. voters overwhelmingly voted to enshrine abortion rights in the ohio constitution, 56 to 43% guaranteeing a woman has access to abortion up to the point of feet all viability. that will be determined by her physician. the measure also overturns a state law banning abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest that was being blocked by legal challenges. both sides were implementing lessons learned from the mid-term elections and pro-life groups were op mystic a win would give them momentum heading into next year. >> that would give the pro-life movement some momentum going into 2024. and would be the end of the abortion industry's winning streak on ballot measures in the state. we have seen a lot of success in ohio, throughout this campaign. we have been more pro-active and aggressive. knocked an more doors in ohio and i think in ohio we found a winning strategy that can be applied in several other states going forward in 2024. >> pro-life groups will have to re-evaluate the strategies. several more states are expected to have abortion on the ballot. president joe biden is trying to grab onto that success and energy issuing a statement that says in part ohioans and voters across the country rejected attempt by maga republican elected officials to impose extreme abortion bans. this dangerous agenda is out of step with the vast majority of americans. florida, south dakota, missouri and arizona are among the states expected to have abortion on the ballot. but as we saw last night in other races, it is likely going to be an issue in races across the country. >> bill: you are playing hurt today. i feel like i need a cup of tea and you deserve one. thank you, garrett. the senate leadership fund american crossroads. steven, we have a ton to get to. give us your view of the results from last night as we chew on them today. >> absolutely. it was not a great night for the republican party especially in virginia and kentucky as you have discussed. there is no way to sugar coat it. in addition republicans have a continued problem with politics of abortion. we've been saying since june that the party will have to start to deal with that more effectively or more election nights like last night. i do think that the pro-abortion forces are able to create this choice between no abortion access and abortion access and voters will go in that direction to counter that republicans will have to talk about what they believe in, which is some amount of abortion access. quite a lot under a 15 week limit versus absolutely no legal protections for the life that's inside the womb. unless that happens, unless republican candidates and politicians really start to talk about where they are and persuade people they aren't going to win on that issue. >> dana: i thought that youngkin tried to be up front on it. tons of ads, 40% of the ads were about abortion in virginia from the democratic side. glenn youngkin was willing to talk about it. he didn't shy away from it. that didn't work, either. >> i think he has a great message on it and one that does connect with voters. the problem was in many of these campaigns you had unrelenting advertising by the democrats accusing republicans in many cases falsely of supporting no abortion access whatsoever. and there wasn't a lot of response on the airwaves pushing back on that. republican candidate would run and ad or two and deal with it generically. that's a false attack. they wouldn't say where they stand. it is something you have to dig into and say where you are and why you stand for it. that didn't happen. >> bill: there will be deep analysis on this. ohio is different from virginia. virginia is different from ohio. virginia went between 1964 and 2008 not voting for a democrat for the white house. barack obama changed that and they've only gotten blue ever since. i this i the anomaly is when youngkin won in 2021. it stunned everybody but we have to recall, steve, that it was three months after the withdrawal from afghanistan, which was fresh on the minds of many people. and just a quick answer on that before i move on to some abortion issues here. >> that was some of it. the other part about glenn youngkin when he ran two years ago he focused just entirely on quality of life issues. not an ideological campaign. he was very focused on making life better for virginians and people responded to that. i think when we get more in the ideological issues it is harder to connect with voters and sometimes we're preaching to our own choir and don't realize nobody else is listening to what we're saying. >> dana: let me ask you another question. we're getting lots of messages this morning. some people say the republicans have a fundraising deficit. and also others are saying they have a get out the vote problem and early voting is a problem. are all three true? can all three be remedied? >> i have think all of them can be. i'm not -- i haven't looked at the voting patterns to determine whether we fell short on early voting. we do have a fundraising challenge, republicans versus democrats, it's true across the board whether it's low dollar fundraising, democrats are able to raise a lot more money. on the abortion issue one of the reasons they want to push that button is it has raised hundreds of millions of dollars over the couple election cycles. we do everything we can to try to level the playing field for candidates. candidates as well will have to step up and do as good a job as they can on fundraising to be able to compete in a general election. >> bill: looking at 2024 we did the research late yesterday. battleground states considering some sort of abortion issue on the ballot next november. arizona, colorado, nevada, pennsylvania, maybe iowa, maybe florida in some form or another. nothing official just yet. those are the ones considering it. something we have to look at 12 months from now. thank you, we could go on for hours and like to but there is a ton to get to. thanks. >> i could, too. >> dana: thanks. >> when she chants from the river to the sea she believes it. she believes israel should be eradicated. after a long string of anti-semitic remarks and hate-filled rhetoric censure is a good consequence. >> you have no place in the united states congress if you can't condemn it. >> dana: the house voting to censure rashida tlaib over her anti-israel rhetoric. the final tally 234-188 with four members voting present. chad pergram live on capitol hill with more. this is unusual. >> good morning. rashida tlaib is now the 26th member in house history censured for their conduct. bipartisan lawmakers including 22 democrats voted to sanction her for anti-semitic language. >> when you utter the phrase from the river to the sea, you aren't simply calling for the creation of a palestinian state, which is fair game. but you are calling for the destruction of israel as a jewish state, a line that no member should ever cross and so it's the right of congress as an institution to vote for a censure that condemns hate speech. >> she said she didn't call for the -- that language is part of the hamas charter. throb said she add vow indicated for peace. >> my criticism has always been of the israeli government and netanyahu's actions. no government is beyond criticism. the idea that criticizing the government of israel is anti-semitic sets a dangerous precedent. >> gop georgia representative marjorie taylor greene authored a second resolution but the house dropped that last night. she won't revisit an effort to discipline greene for anti-gay comments. >> censures have become -- i think we need to bring down the rhetoric, to bring down the temperature and so i won't be introducing it. >> democrats also withdrew a plan to penalize gop florida representative brian mast comparing palestinians to nazis. the house wrestled with five censure resolutions for the past two weeks. it seems that's over in the house for now. >> dana: chad pergram on capitol hill. thank you for that. a house democrat who voted yes to censuring congresswoman tlaib and he will join us live later this hour. 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[shouting no] >> dana: boisterous crowd in chicago city hall furious over the flood of migrants pouring in from the southern border and coming north. [shouting] >> dana: protestors were blasting their representatives and demanding the city's sanctuary be put on the ballot. things didn't quiet down until a recess was called and adjourned. voters say the last word is up to them. >> good government requires consent of the people. what the mayor needs to do is lay out a plan publicly. he needs to submit it to the city council. and then the people can be heard through their elected representatives and then we'll get to a consensus or an understanding of what the city is going to do. >> more than 20,000 asylum seekers have arrived in chicago since august 2022. probably not going to end if the policy doesn't change. guess what, bill? next summer the democrats have their convention right there in chicago. >> bill: we'll be there for that come august of 2024. talk about the money right now. this is the tip of the iceberg what they will experience. >> dana: and winter. >> bill: new york is a perfect example. look at us, okay? see what we're going through. see what's coming your way. >> dana: winter in chicago and new york is no joke. these people need shelter, an on going problem. >> bill: authorities in california ruled the death of a 69-year-old jewish man to be a homicide. paul kessler died after an injury he suffered from a pro-palestinian protestor hit him in the face with a bull horn. he then fell to the ground, hit the pavement. smacked his head on the pavement in addition to the smack in the face. the mainstream media down played his death as just another altercation. just watch here. >> 69-year-old man who suffered a head injury at a pro-palestinian and pro-israel demonstration has died. >> authorities are investigating the death of a jewish man after a confrontation with a pro-palestinian supporter. >> california is trying to come to grips with why 69-year-old paul kessler lay dying after a confrontation. >> bill: the police came out yesterday and gave a long explanation there in california. this is the statement from the holocaust memorial in jerusalem calling out the world's silence on violence against jews. ventura county sheriff's office has yet to call it a hate crime. the holocaust started with words and small-scale violence. today we're once again seeing public apathy and validation of anti-semitic rhetoric and violence. see how the story changes in california as we go through it, if it changes at all. 22 past. meet this woman. >> we don't have a list of the hostages. we don't know their condition. i don't have anything. so i need your help. i'm so proud of being an american, being an israeli as well. but i do need you now because there is nothing helping me now. >> dana: doris leber in an emotional plea for help during a news conference held by house republican leaders. you saw her live on "america's newsroom." her son guy has been missing since the hamas terror attack on the music festival october 7th. many of the atrocities carried out that day. doris joins us now. thank you for being here. after you gave the press conference yesterday with house republican leaders, you then went on to have many meetings. i think it would be helpful for us to understand what was the reception that you were getting and you asked for help. do you think you will get it? >> i hope so. it's help that i need. i need action now, you know. we've been waiting for over a month now and nothing is progressing. so this is a time to take action, anybody that can influence or do anything, there is no more time. there are babies there, elderly, sick people that need attention and i need my son back. >> dana: you certainly do. what would action look like to you? >> what do you mean? >> dana: when you say you need action. obviously we want the hostages to be released unconditionally and immediately. that should be the number one action. when you say you would like to see some action, does that mean congress -- our congress passing some support in terms of resources or are you looking for additional types of action that would be maybe more something kinetic on the ground that would help get them out? >> both. anything. anything that can help. negotiations must be conducted or started or shared with the people because, you know, we're lost here. we have no information whatsoever about our loved ones. and we were meeting with very powerful meetings from both parties and yeah, that's my plea right now. we need to do something. it's, you know, the sympathy that we got is heartwarming, no doubt. but it's not a time to sit and, you know, be sympathetic, it is a time to see what we can really do to get some kind of progress here. >> dana: representative ritchie torres is from new york and he had some comments that i think are very interesting about cease-fire versus hostage release. listen here. >> i find it troubling that more energy has been spent calling on israel to enter a cease-fire rather than calling on hamas to surrender and release the hostages. >> dana: as we have a relationship with qatar and we could put more pressure there perhaps. i know the state department is doing their thing. you met with members of both parties and you felt that the support was there. do you think that the pro-palestinian perspective on capitol hill or in washington, did you find that to be small or was it troubling? >> that's -- it's good to have, you know, voices heard out and everybody has his own voice. but at this time, this is not a question of pro-palestinians or pro-israel. it has nothing to do with it. there are civilians. a human right laws and they were crossed. so it's everything together. i don't think it's helping. the pro-palestinian problem is, you know, goes back and it's probably something that will not be solved. i wish it would. in israel today, a quarter of the population are arabs if they are christian or muslim and we live very good together and i really hope that would be the case, but that's left for politicians or, you know, diplomacy. >> dana: you want your son back and we want that for you as well. doris leber, thank you for joining us today. >> bill: god bless you, doris. unprecedented testimony. special counsel sat down for a closed door interview yesterday with the house judiciary committee. never happened this way before. so what did they learn about the investigation of hunter biden? we'll check in on that plus this. >> i call upon my fellow colleagues from both parties to say yes. we would stop the holocaust. we will not stay silent as the 21st century holocaust unfolds before our very eyes.