good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. breaking overnight, big democratic wins in several key states on this off year election cycle. abortion rights proving to be the main driver of their success. what this means for 2024 and how that could affect the republican candidate's strategy tonight during the third gop debate. we'll have a preview. inivanka is now on the stand in her father's $250 million fraud case. overseas, israel says its troops are in the heart of gaza city as its military steps up its ground offensive against hamas. the white house warning israel about its plans to take over security in gaza. we'll talk to senator mark warner of virginia, chairman of the intelligence committee, about that and more. and we begin this hour with big victories for democrats and abortion rights. yesterday's elections. in ohio, voters added the right to an abortion to the state constitution. seven states voted to protect abortion rights since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year. in kentucky, nbc news projects democratic governor andy beshear defeats republican attorney general daniel cameron after a campaign which abortion rights played a role. in virginia, democrats appear to have held on to their state senate majority and took control of the house of delegates, it is a rebuke of governor glenn youngkin who hoped the republican-led legislature would pass a 15-week abortion ban with exceptions. mississippi, republican governor tate reeves defeated brandon presley for his bid for a second term. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson in columbus, ohio, nbc news reporter gary grumbach in richmond, virginia, and steve kornacki at the big board. so, priscilla, what are voters saying there about how a red state like ohio was able to pass this abortion amendment in a very clear manner? >> reporter: yeah, jose, well, it may have had something to do with the way this amendment was written. while it does enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, it also allows for the state to place limits on access to abortions after the point of fetal viability. so around 22 to 24 weeks. and as for how voters here are reacting, those who were in favor of this amendment are overjoyed. we were in the room at a watch party last night as this decision came out. and the crowd erupted in cheers. i want to play some of the conversations we had with folks right after that decision was announced. >> it is unlike any other feeling i have ever felt, just overwhelmed with joy for democracy and for freedom of people. >> politicians need to understand and hear that we are going to show up, we're going to show out when it comes to protecting conditions that impact our communities, our people, our family, and they won, we won. >> we put our hearts and souls into this. we showed up for those who could not show up. we fought for those who were voiceless. >> reporter: and as you might expect, antiabortion advocates are waking up with a very different feeling today. some of them calling this decision heart breaking. but also not backing down, saying that they fought for 50 years to overturn roe v. wade, and they are going to continue this fight. so, no change in messaging, no change in tone, and that is going to be a big question looking ahead to 2024, where this issue of abortion is going to be on the ballot in a number of swing states and red states, looking to the same thing as ohio, many with very similar language to what we're seeing in ohio, putting limits on abortions at a certain point. so we will certainly be watching to see how it all turns out next year. jose? >> indeed. and, gary, it appears virginia democrats not only kept control of the state is not, but flipped the house of delegates. this is a big defeat for the governor of that state. >> reporter: yeah, jose, if was a repudiation of everything governor glenn youngkin said he wants to get done, from the economy, to education. but chief among them, the issue of abortion. governor youngkin has been very clear about his plans, what he wanted to get done. that 15-week with exceptions ban on abortion, voters yesterday were also very clear with what they wanted, which was to keep things the way they are right now, which is 26 weeks and one day. i want to introduce you to a guy by the name of schuyler, he just won a race outside of richmond, that youngkin was hoping the republican state senator incumbent in that race, who is also an obgyn would really win. here is what he had to say about his win. >> i think our victory and victories across the state are a sign that folks want progress to continue. they want us to focus on the things that matter, whether it is their kids' schools, whether it is bringing down healthcare costs, creating a dynamic economy, protecting our environment, you know, trying to reduce gun violence, and they certainly don't want us taking away women's rights. >> reporter: so the next two years are going to be a big test of whether governor glenn youngkin is the consensus builder that he says he can be, especially as he may be looking forward to 2028. jose? >> priscilla and gary, thank you very much. steve kornacki joins us from the big board. looking forward to the recap of some of the victories. we were focusing in on kentucky yesterday and what the governor there needed to do. it was kind of a growth pattern for the governor there. >> yeah, beshear who had barely won this governorship in 2019 expanded on what he won, he won by 5,000 votes four years ago, about .4. this is now going to be a five-point victory for andy beshear, a 70,000 vote margin. we improved in what we were talking about yesterday was that beshear had already in 2019 won and done well in some areas where democrats at the federal level, presidential candidates, don't. in 2020, joe biden had won two out of the 120 counties in kentucky. last night, andy beshear won 26 of the 120 counties in kentucky. i think what is most notable really is when you start to look at this portion of the state, the eastern part of the state, traditionally what has been coal country in kentucky, if you went back a generation or two, overwhelmingly democratic in these areas, but in the last 20 or so years, they have completely swung the other way at least in presidential elections and going republican. you're looking at counties, these blue counties that beshear won are counties where trump was getting 70, 75% of the vote in 2020 and yet beshear was able to win a whole bunch of them last night. so, he also got massive margins in core democratic areas, fayette county this is the second biggest in the state, this is where lexington is, university of kentucky, he got 72% of the vote out of there. 66% there four years ago. even in a core democratic area, he got bigger margins, high population area like that. that can add up fast. the biggest county in the state, 20% of the state, jefferson, where louisville is, beshear gets 70%, he got 67 there four years ago. he maximized his strength in the big population democratic areas, but he also won over a lot of voters from counties that trump was carrying by massive 45, 50 point margins. in that sense, it is interesting to see part of the story, i think is a state like kentucky, where, again, if you went back just 20, 30 years ago, democrats were very competitive at the presidential level in kentucky it no longer that way. but there are a lot of voters left in kentucky who remember voting for democrats who spent a lot of their lives voting for democrats, who no longer feel an affinity for the national democratic party or joe biden, but they still could look inside their state for a race like governors. not a federal race. and they might see a candidate like beshear, who polls say they liked, they thought he was doing a good job and they're still willing, a lot of them are willing to vote for a candidate like that, even if that candidate is a democrat. that's what we saw in kentucky last night. >> steve kornacki, thank you so very much. appreciate it. up next, ivanka trump is on the stand right now testifying in her father's civil fraud trial in new york. what she's revealing so far about the family business. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. than your bipolar 1, and you can help take control of your symptoms - with vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar treats depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar 1 in adults. proven, full-spectrum relief for all bipolar 1 symptoms. and in vraylar clinical studies, most saw no substantial impact on weight. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles or confusion which may mean a life-threatening reaction, or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be permanent. high blood sugar, which can lead to coma or death, weight gain and high cholesterol may occur. movement dysfunction and restlessness are common side effects. sleepiness and stomach issues are also common. side effects may not appear for several weeks. ask about vraylar and learn how abbvie could help you save. ten past the hour. right now in a new york city courtroom, former president trump's eldest daughter ivanka is testifying under oath in the $250 million civil trial that threatens her father's business empire. while she's not a defendant in the case, a former president and his two sons, adult sons, are accused of inflating the value of various trump properties, the banks and insurers to secure more favorable rates. they deny any wrongdoing. joining us now, msnbc anchor lindsey reiser from outside the courthouse and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of alabama law school. lindsey, what are we hearing so far this morning? >> reporter: jose, very interesting to see some of the trump family dynamics at play here. ivanka trump being the first family member that we're seeing not go to the defense table before going to the witness stand first, and, remember, she has her own attorney here, and she is already trying to separate herself from the organization and the case. you mentioned she is not a defendant anymore. she was dropped in june as part of an appeal because the statute of limitations. so she is solely a witness today. and she started very confident and cooperative on the stand, soft spoken, the judge asked her twice to speak up. we're getting into the phase where she is a little bit more evasive. many of her answers have been i do not recall when asked about certain communications or documents involving deals that she was involved in, but the attorney general's office saying that she secured and negotiated loans to obtain favorable terms, based on fraudulent statements of financial conditions and the attorney general saying she will try to distance herself, but she was very much involved. ivanka saying she hasn't worked or gotten paid by the trump organization since 2017. and saying that with these statements of financial condition that she, of course, knew that the organization had financial statements, but wasn't deeply entrenched, relied on her accountants, similar to the defenses we heard already from her brothers. now, there is also been some asides between trump's attorney and the judge, with the attorney objecting about relevance. at one point the judge saying, again, are you going to object to every document and then most recently there was a document signed by donald trump and he had objected asking why is she receiving, why was she dragged from her home on this and the lawyer for the attorney general's office getting upset saying she was the one who was negotiating these deals top to bottom and negotiating interest rates. remember, it is those interest rates that are at the heart of the case in part because the attorney general's office contends those interest rates should have been higher given the higher risk given the lower net worth and cash on hand other than what they represented, jose. >> and, so, joyce, there is a lot of back and forth as lindsey was saying, on the witness stand, you know, the whole issue of this document that was utilized to secure this loan, do you remember, i don't remember it, i don't recall, i don't remember. what's your reaction to what we're hearing out of the court this morning, joyce? >> right. i think it is a fascinating series of exchanges because, of course, the judge is considering damages. how much of their ill gotten profit the trumps will have to disgorge. the attorney general is painstakingly going back to the beginning with this testimony and ivanka trump was involved in the initial creation of this banking relationship with deutsche bank. some of the documents she has been asked to look at this morning have raised significant questions about whether those financial statements in fact comported with cash on hand and with the wealth valuation that they were putting forward to secure those interest rates. so this is straight up the middle. the core of the attorney general's case on damages. >> and so, joyce, what is her, like, exposure? does she have any legal exposure on this? >> not in this case. ivanka trump was dismissed as a defendant because her involvement with the organization predated her trip to the white house where she was a senior adviser for the president. and that meant she was outside of the statute of limitations. the attorney general's only permitted to go back a certain number of years when charging defendants. her involvement in the trump organization precedes that. but the careful tight rope she has to watch here is like any other witness who is testifying under oath, she could, if she wasn't truthful, subject herself to the penalties of perjury and that certainly is something that the attorney general will be very alert for today. >> and, joyce, the last time ivanka trump testified about her father was before the house january 6th committee where she acknowledged her father lost the election. the times called it, quote, a major embarrassment for the former president. what does it tell you about what we could expect today from her? >> i'm not sure that it is very predictive in this case. because for the trumps, there is always politics and business. and certainly for ivanka trump, she'll want to do anything that could avoid tarnishing her reputation, but at the same time it seems unlikely that she would gratuitously do thing to impact rest of her family. i think the real problem that she has in this testimony is she doesn't know exactly what is coming, she has begun to assert the bad memory defense as she is shown documents from 2011 and later, that talk about the origin of that relationship and the real problem she faces is just how far will she go to save herself but still remain in the good graces of the family and her father. >> lindsey reiser and joyce vance, thank you both so very much. appreciate it. the world leaders in the g-7 call for a humanitarian pause in gaza as israel says troops have entered the heart of gaza city. plus, the house censures democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib over her comments on the war. we'll play that for you next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. hi. my name is kim and i am 41 years old. i've been given the opportunity to work from home, so that means lots of video calls. i see myself more and i definitely see those deeper lines. i'm still kim and i got botox® cosmetic. i wanted to keep the expressions that i would normally have, you know, you're on camera and the only person they can look at is you. i was really happy with the results. i look like me just with fewer lines. botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make frown lines, crow's feet, and forehead lines look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness may be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not receive botox® cosmetic if you have a skin infection. side effects may include allergic reactions, injection site pain, headache, eyebrow, eyelid drooping and eyelid swelling. tell your doctor about your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions, and medications, including botulinum toxins, as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. see for yourself at botoxcosmetic.com. right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new deli heroes. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. it's a pretty big deal. kinda like me. order in the subway app today. he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a baby grand piano. you're replacing me? 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>> reporter: the military says they're tightening their net around gaza city. they say they have the city encircled. they're now moving toward the center of it. and they say they are look for hamas' senior leaders, the men who they say are responsible for planning and ordering the october 7th massacre of civilians inside of israel. they say they believe these men, including hamas leader are in that network of tunnels underneath gaza city and they say they are determined to get to them. there is a so-called humanitarian corridor open today for palestinian civilians to leave gaza city to head south. around 15,000 people left yesterday. the crowds appear to be similar today. but we do think there is still hundreds of thousands of palestinian civilians who remain inside gaza city despite those calls from the israeli military for them to leave. we could see the northern edge of gaza city when we were inside the strip with the israeli military on sunday. and, jose, viewers might be wondering why would palestinian civilians choose to stay inside gaza city when the fighting is so fierce there? 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