22nd, 24th week, the point of fetal viability, and that is the additional language that you will see exported to those red states, to the swing states, when folks try to do the ballot next year. again, in a place like south carolina, a place like arizona, a place like florida, i think you'll see language allowing for restrictions at the point of fetal viability. there is a test tonight in a red state like ohio, giving that type of provision for a prescription along with the constitutionally mandated right to an abortion. if that counts -- would be politically successful, it clearly is in ohio, and i think that that creates the roadmap for other states, for supporters at this next year. >> we are going to see a lot of playbook development this evening. i want to get into the specifics here on issue one. it was being positioned on the right as a vote of late term abortion. to be clear, if one does not allow abortions to birth on it when. what it does do is a law for abortions around the 23rd week of pregnancy, and then after that, it allows for the health of the mother to be taken into account. if you want answers that if a doctor believes in an abortion, it's necessary to safety life or health at the mother, even though in the pregnancy, then the doctor could legally perform an abortion. now, there is a lot of discussion tonight about what might happen if issue one felt, because the republican majority in the ohio supreme court could have temporarily reinstated a temporary six-week abortion band has no exceptions for rape or incest. we don't think that will supersede what has happened tonight. we have a lot to discuss about what this means for voters in ohio and what it means as an active issue for democrats and republicans in 2024. i want to bring in now, representative chantal brown from ohio, who can talk to us a little bit more about what is going on interstate and what it portends with the rest of the country. >> representative brown, thank you for joining tonight. let me first get your reaction to what has gone down in your state. it looks like voters are voting yes on enshrining the right of reproductive choice in the state's constitution. >> yes, thank you for having me. i would be remiss if i did not think the voters and volunteers who worked at tirelessly to make sure people understood what issue one was about, the importance of voting yes on issue one. as he stated, this is the extreme abortion ban to had no exceptions for rape or incest. it also gives doctors the freedom to get emergency care for miscarriages and access to contraceptives like birth control pills. i could not be more proud and excited about the results that have come in, and i want to thank you candy voters and volunteers who have worked to make it possible. >> i do want to ask you about the attempts by republicans commissioner that this thought pass. the cannery between ballot issue one and august, where supporters of abortion rights were encouraged to vote no, and then there was a another ballot issue, or supporters of reproductive freedom were encouraged to vote yes. there was the poaching of i believe 26,000 voters in late september from the voter registration rules, which is tightly up against the voter registration that nine. some folks were worried about whether it would discourage people from going to the polls, or prevent them from going to the polls. there was even which on the ballot itself, which framed this as a choice around late term abortion, and referred to the fetus as an unborn child. those efforts did not seem to have deterred the voters of ohio for making this a constitutional right for the state, but did you make at them, as they were unfolding? >> i think people heard the message loud and clear, messaging still matters, issues are important, and they made their voices known that the powers the belongs to the people. what we were telling people as it relates to issue one is that it would allow them to make their own health care decisions without the interference of government or fear of being criminalized. that is the bottom line, and that abortion care is health care. as you can see, just like in august, when there was a lot of confusion, this was -- i deemed it as the undercurrent our first step in a two-step dance, but the night was the main event. people were prepared. we started sending the message out in august that he will start voting no in august and in november. people were paying attention. i could not be more proud of the voters. despite republican effort to try to continue to take away our freedoms, suppress, suffocate and ni our voices at the ballot box, the people continue to show up and show out an ohio. i couldn't be more proud again, because so often, so goes ohio, so goes the nation. what we know in cleveland, which is a part of the district i represent, nothing is given, everything is earned. we knew going into the race that it would be a difficult fight, but we worked incredibly hard -- and we were able to deliver incredible results tonight. >> what is your message to national democrats, who may be feeling a bit on their heels with the recent polling? they came out and in your times earlier this week about president biden's chances in 2024, and his numbers vis-à-vis head to head matchup with donald trump in 2024. what advice do you give too worried democrats at this hour? >> there is a not their sayings in politics, there is only two ways to run, on a post or scared. those numbers are very frightening. listen, again, this is not going to be an easy fight. we are ready to roll up our sleeves and work hard, but i would remind voters that polling is just a snapshot in time. the polls don't vote. as we know, when it comes to putting specifically with president joe biden, they have never proven to be favorable to him, but he has always shown when people count them out, they don't know how to count. >> democratic congresswoman chantal brown, thank you for asking the time. congratulations on the within a. >> thanks. >> i mentioned before that we got to the ohio results, that republicans in the state were trying to paint democrats as the radical ones on the issue of abortion. we are seeing a similar strategy play out tonight in the state of virginia. joining me now is congresswoman jennifer mcclellan from virginia. she is a democrat. congresswoman, thank you for being here. for people to have not been following what is going on in your state, governor youngkin is trying to paint republicans as the moderates, sensible one for embracing a 15-week abortion ban, and democrats, as the extremists who abortion on demand until the end of pregnancy. looking at what happened in ohio, how do you think that the governor's efforts are going to fare this evening? >> i don't think that they will fare well. first of, all the voters of virginia want our abortion laws to remain as they are now or be even less restricted. over three fourths of virginia voters, that is what they want. they understand that the decision about when and whether to have an abortion is between pregnant people and the providers. not glenn youngkin, not politicians enrichment or any other capital. they're coming out accordingly. we have seen high turnout in these off, off year elections. that's because people know that their rights are on the ballot, their rights are on the line, and we have worked really hard to make virginia a safe haven for abortion access. it's the only state in the south without a ban, and virginians are coming out today to show that is how we will keep it, and they are not buying what glenn youngkin is setting. >> a talk a little bit more about whether virginia's the last bastion of hope for people needing reproductive choice and the, south and the degree to which that resonate for folks inside virginia, they sent agree, who are more insulated for folks that are in the deep south, concern for the regional citizens who did not have the same freedoms that they do. >> absolutely, back in 2020, i worked to carry a bill that got rid of medical unnecessary restrictions to abortion that were legal under roe. virginians wanted to. when roe fell, they understood that all of the parkas could be undone, and they did not want to be undone, and they were angry. i heard all over virginia, and i traveled all over virginia this year and campaigning for over 50 candidates and 82 events, and people were upset that they were the first generation at their family to lose the constitutional right. and that in virginia, knowing the governor youngkin, with the trifecta, would ban abortion and nowhere between new mexico and the atlantic ocean, would you be able to get an abortion if you and your provider felt that that was the right thing to do in your case. and virginia voters do not want to. >> jennifer, in terms of governor youngkin, he has been seen at the vanguard of some of the republican policies that have become sort of national strategies. he was one of the first people to seize on the idea of crt to try to weaponize it for social division and political gain. he is a leader in row testing this notion that republicans are for a moderate abortion limit. they are not calling the 15 -week ban a ban. they're calling it a limit, trying to suggest, as i said before, to that democrats are the shin once. they are not even limiting choice saying, reasonable people favor the myths. can i ask you, given his success on crt, is their expectation that no matter what happens in virginia tonight, youngkin's laboratory testing on abortion could be something that we see replicated by republicans across the country, who understand that their party is not with the american public on a very important issue that drives voters to the polls? >> look, i would say that, first of all, when governor youngkin became governor and started to govern, virginians pushed back on his extreme agenda, even related to the curriculum in our schools. when he tried to rewrite social studies standards, virginians came out in droves to say that we want a full, complete accurate history tasha our classes, including how racism of the past impacts our policies and communities today. they made that loud and clear. they made that lot and clear in the polls. that is partly why they're coming out to vote today. they don't want the 60 maga agenda, even if it is wrapped up in a smile and red face. >> virginia congresswoman jennifer mcclellan, take a pretend to, i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up, we will continue to bring you all of these life election results as they come in, plus, what it means for the expected 2024 matchup between joe biden and donald trump. there is a whole lot on top this evening, stay with us. the republican governor tate reeves nearly by a five point margin back in 2019 seeking his second term against democrat brandon presently let's take a look what's going on in mississippi not all the votes have been counted at a lot of them have. 86% are in right now reeves, 52 kressley 46.6. >> the screen says too early to call but i can tell you it's timing is everything. >> nbc news has says formally declared team reeves a republican incumbent governor reelected in mississippi to a second term the timing on this is interesting because brandin presley the democrat had actually conceded this race, about an hour ago but we wanted to make sure the mississippi is a little new unique it's a runoff state. it was clear for a long time here that reeves was gonna head about presley but it's a run of state, 50% run he has to get 50% plus one to win tonight if he had fallen under that number with an independent candidate it was possible for reeves to fall under 50 still and get forced into a runoff that's when the delay was all about but now enough is in that reeves can formally be cleric buyer decision dusk a winner. of a second term. , in terms of the margin here. this is breaking down pretty similar to how it did 2019. five point reeves win in 2019, 5.4 nights right now there's still some votes to come in and be counted what. just happened from the decision desk we got a big batch of votes in just moats ago, from the biggest county in the state. that's hinds county, overwhelmingly democratic as you can see across christian winning by 59 points. it counts for almost 10%, of all the votes that are cast statewide. now we've got 80% of the vote in right there, i think what's key here is, the polling places are actually kept open, pass the state scheduled closing time ton in hinds county. because of issues with valid availability today, so that democrats have been hoping as the rest of the state filled in and reeves lead statewide. but they would get a big lake kick out of hinds county, and maybe elevate pressley, ideally for them as lead or at least bring down reeves enough, to force that runoff. as more and more votes have come in, it were up to 80% in hines county. you can see again, 59% margin for pressley, he won democrats county in the 2019 governor's race. 5:56 points. and again, when you think about it. democrats in 2019, law statewide by five. that means they need to basically on average, to be improving their performance by five points in every county. if they were to make up that difference. they approved it by, by three points. in their best county. it's an example of why pressley, still good for a democrat in mississippi. but it's not enough, there are some categories we can show you the state. where he actually did improve significantly, on how democrats fear 2019. so there are moments that we are looking at this, for instance i can show you. de soto county, this is suburban memphis, fast quoting. it is a republican area, but almost all the votes are in right here, the margin is 17 points forte reeves. taylor's gonna win this somewhere around 17 points. reeves margins in this county, this is pragmatic county. margin of four years ago was 23. actually here is a county where pressley did, what democrats were hoping he would do. gave the kind of gains, of the tomato performance in 2019 that they were looking for. there are counties like the i could show you, throughout the state. that's right throughout the night, depending on where you're looking in the map or what was being reported at the time. it look like there were some pathways, for pressley in this race. what happened was, as the night wore on. reeves was able to counter those democratic gains, in some key places. i think this was really one for, tate reeves tonight. take a look outside of jackson, outside the capital city. these two big counties here. madison county, fourth largest county in the state. almost all the votes are in, you can see tate reeves is gonna bring this by four points. in 2019, there was kind of momentous occasion in mississippi politics. the democrats in the 2019 race against white reeves, one madison county. it was the first time in more than three decades, that i carried the county. so they came into the night thinking, they could win it again. and the question was, could they expand on the margin. again this is a big county, in terms of population. so if democrats are already won it, it could improve on that. that would really put pressley in a much better position, but instead it seems to have reverted to form here reeves is gonna carry. that's a huge disappointment. huge disappointment for democrats. is that became clear. again outside of, right side of jackson, and south of madison county. is the second largest county in the state, big suburban republican county. this is where tate reeves grew up, ranking country not on the votes counted yet. but you see it's a 34 point, basically advantage for reeves over pressley. reeves won this thing back in 2019, he won it by 26. again, this is one where pressley wanted to bring that number down. it went up by ap points. that is a big county. again, there was some process of games for pressley 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[applause] kentucky is on a historic win streak, the two best years of economic development in the history at the commonwealth of kentucky. we are building the brent spence companion bridge without paul's. [applause] we are for leaning the entire mountain park way [applause] . and we are pushing i 69 forward so fast, that indiana scrambling to catch up [applause] . we're bringing clean drinking water to our counties, and we are running high-speed internet access to every home in kentucky. [applause] we're building the two biggest battery plants on planet earth. [applause] and the cleanest, greenest recycle mill in this country. [applause] we have record high budget surpluses and record low unemployment. we have created almost 50,000 new jobs, 27. 8 billion dollars in new private sector investment, so tonight, i stand here excited, and optimistic about what we will do these next four years together. [applause] [crowd chanting] >> or more years! for more years! for more years! >> over the next four years, it's time for a couple of things. first, it's time to get our educators the big pay raise that they deserve. [applause] it's time for universal pre-k for every kentucky child. [applause] we are going to keep attracting new jobs and industries, building our workforce, building the kentucky that we have always dreamed of. it's amazing that we're here, because we have been through a lot to get there. devastating tornadoes in the west, historic flooding in the east, and after each, i have made a promise, a promise that i would help rebuild every home and every life. thanks to the people of kentucky, and thanks to this election, we are going to see that promise there. [applause] >> you are listening to kentucky democratic governor andy beshear, who in recent weeks was expected to have a somewhat tight battle against daniel cameron, the state a. g.. but with 87% of the vote in, they got a governor, democrat, has a healthy six point lead. i want to bring in former house secretary and presidential candidate julián castro. mister secretary, listening to the incumbent democratic governor of kentucky, who has a healthy lead, and the race has been called for him taking a victory lap there, this is not about the right or left, it's about projecting team -- after one against someone, showing division, not so division, politics is over. granted, this is the state of kentucky that donald trump won by, i believe, 20 points. and a democrat who survived to be a two term governor here, re