it's election day in america. voters across several states are heading to the polls with dozens of key offices on hot-button issues on the line. and the outcome could reveal the mood of the nation less than a year before the presidential election. actually, 363 days before november of 2024 to be exact. the ballot issues include abortion rights, marijuana legalization, taxes and foreign spending on elections. meantime, kentucky's democratic governor andy beshear is seeking a second term in that red state. virginia's republican governor glenn youngkin is hoping to take full control of the legislature in richmond. and a cousin of elvis presley is trying to shake things up in mississippi and become the first democratic governor there in nearly two decades. we've got cnn political director david chalian here to break it all down. david, let's start with the key issues of abortion. >> yes. we're going to see abortion rights sort of through several of these states today, boris. in ohio it's actually on the ballot, as you noted. there's an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution. since the dobbs decision came down a year and a half ago, six states have had abortion measures on the ballot. all of them, the abortion rights, pro-abortion rights side of the equation, won those contests. we'll see if ohio keeps that up. and also in virginia battle for control of the state legislature. we've seen governor youngkin out there. abortion rights has been central to that as well in a lot of these key state senate districts that have a lot of suburban populations where democrats have seen success on an issue like abortion rights governor youngkin's trying to have a different path. >> we've also got governor's races in some ruby red states. kentucky and mississippi. >> yeah. ruby red to say the least. donald trump won kentucky by 26 points over joe biden in 2020. you've got andy beshear, probably the most popular democratic governor in the country even though he's the governor of a very deep red state, and rising star in the republican party the attorney general in the commonwealth, daniel cameron, in a close battle. and i think, you know, a key question here is can beshear even with his popularity overcome the political dna of kentucky especially with biden -- where biden is right n now. and in mississippi the elvis presley connection. tate reeves dealing way public corruption scandal. this would be the shock of the night. it may be close but if the democrat presley actually defeats the incumbent republican governor of mississippi that would be a shock. >> and obviously -- go ahead. >> no, go ahead. >> i was going to say we noted 363 days before the election next year. very early. but if you were reading the tea leaves what would you be looking for tonight that could be an indicator of how things may wind up? >> as we tick through it i think these are the factors to look for tonight. the abortion impact is the potency of the issue still there for democrats or pro-abortion rights supporters. the biden factor, he's dismally unpopular with the american public right now. is that a wet blanket on all democratic efforts that we see at the ballot today? and glenn youngkin, the governor of virginia, big test. he's put it all on the line to win unified republican control of the legislature, enact a 15-week ban but also his conservative agenda. if he wins he'll be a big winner tonight. and if he loses, i don't know what the path forward is for glenn youngkin. >> potential presidential aspirations there on the line. >> that's what i mean. those may get complicated if he loses this big bet tonight. >> a lot to look out for. david chalian, thank you for walking us through that. we just heard a lot of talk about virginia and glenn youngkin. cnn's john king spoke to voters in that state. here's his report. >> reporter: a change of seasons in loudoun county and a choice that will echo well beyond virginia. >> abortion's tough. i have two girls. i feel personally that every woman has the right to do what she feels is right for her with her body. >> reporter: nanette mees is a registered republican but one of the suburban voters who changed virginia from red to blue. >> abortion and guns, those are two big things. >> reporter: mees voted early for the democrat in a critical state senate race here. >> five flyers every day for the last month. it's a lot of money wasted. >> reporter: republican governor glenn youngkin is among those spending millions. >> holding the house, flipping the senate! holding the house, flipping the senate! >> reporter: youngkin is not on this year's ballot but his presidential ambitions are. youngkin thinks he can reverse the republican collapse in the suburbs, even while backing new abortion restrictions. if voters give him a full republican legislature, youngkin says virginia will ban abortions after 15 weeks with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. >> no more are we going to allow bureaucrats to tell folks that parents don't belong in the classroom! >> reporter: yet no abortion mention in his rally speech. >> you said you're for tax cuts, you're for parental rights, you're for more funding for police. isn't it strong leadership to say i'm for this too? >> it's very clear where i stand on this. we're running a big advertising campaign. >> here's the truth. there is no ban. virginia republicans support a reasonable 15-week limit. >> maga republicans like juan pablo segura want to ban abortion in virginia. criminalizing abortion is wrong. >> reporter: it is a giant test of whether republicans can end a streak of punishing election losses since the supreme court tossed out roe v. wade. >> discussion around abortion is one between an extreme position from the left and a reasonable position from all republicans. >> reporter: the youngkin events look like a presidential test run. this is in the fast growing richmond suburbs. democrats hope to unseat a big youngkin ally and prove the abortion debate still cuts their way. >> there's nothing reasonable about banning abortion. but that's exactly what republican chevon donovan wants to do. >> during the covid lockdowns it was chevon donovan that really worked to get our kids back in the classrooms. and i'm deeply appreciative for that. >> reporter: rachel kulak calls herself a conservative independent, supports donald trump, prefers a six-week abortion ban but is open to compromise. >> i don't support abortion. but if he can get it to 15 weeks i think perhaps that's a var middle ground. >> reporter: loudoun county is 40 miles west of washington, d.c. it still leaned red when jean van fleet moved here 18 years ago. loudoun was home to just shy of 100,000 people then. it is more than four times that now and 20% of the county's voters are asian. >> my neighbors are indians, vietnamese, korea, and i'm chinese. and if you talk about diversity, this is a very diverse area. >> it's also become more democratic out here. does that bother you? >> it bothers me, yes. >> reporter: south carolina-born gladis burke is part of loudoun's evolution. she is an independent who leans blue, owns a promotional products business and takes issue with youngkin's education agenda. >> this thing about not teaching black history in the schools, not recognizing our black history. because i lived it. >> reporter: but still undecided on the state's senate race that could tip the balance of power. >> i've never been this torn before. >> reporter: but you're open to some restriction. >> absolutely. oh, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: even if she votes republican this time, burke says youngkin is wrong to think virginia will return to red next year. >> biden, biden, biden. >> you like him? >> absolutely. i think he's done a great job. >> reporter: nanette mees is the face of virginia's suburban shift. her last republican vote for president, george w. bush back in 2004. that is the last time the republican nominee carried loudoun county and virginia. still a registered republican but ready to cast a fifth consecutive democratic vote for president next year. but with hesitation. >> i don't think he's the perfect one. but if i have to pick between him and trump, who i would never, ever, ever vote for, it would be biden. and just pray. >> reporter: that's for next november. first this year's big test. john king, cnn, leesburg, virginia. >> our thanks to john king for that snapshot. look, all of this is happening as five republican presidential candidates gear up for their next debate tomorrow. and once again the front-runner is skipping it. instead donald trump is going to be counterprogramming, holding a rally a short drive away in hialeah, florida. cnn's jeff zeleny is live for us in miami ahead of the debate. jeff, what should we watch for tomorrow? >> boris, this debate may be the most important one yet, and here is why. we are just about two months before the voting begins in the 2024 republican primary. and quite frankly time is running out for some of these candidates to make their moves in this race. so what we are looking for first and foremost, there are five candidates on stage at the debate tomorrow evening, the smallest we have seen so far. it started in august with eight candidates. it's slowly been whittling down. and we are seeing a consolidation here. but the two candidates at the center of the stage, florida governor ron desantis and nikki haley, the former south carolina governor and former u.n. ambassador, have been on a collision course for several weeks if not months. and look for that to continue tomorrow. there is no doubt that these candidates are trying to win the race, if you will, for second place. of course the former governor of new jersey chris christie has been going after donald trump. vivek ramaswamy, the ohio entrepreneur, still trying to show some life in his campaign. and tim scott, the south carolina senator, also on stage. so it really is a key opportunity for nikki haley to continue her momentum and for florida governor ron desantis in his home state here to try and show that he can be the leading alternative to donald trump. but boris, as we said, time is running out in all this. but as we watch the election results today when voters are going to give us some indication of what they're thinking on abortion, on crime, on education, other matters, this is all part of a piece of what the candidates are trying to do tomorrow night here of course as we are now one year away from the general election next year. so even though it seems like separate pieces of the puzzle here, it's all part of the ongoing campaign. but tomorrow night there is no doubt, boris. i will say the florida governor in his home state knows he needs to make a move here to stay very active and alive. we'll see if he does it. boris? >> a make or break moment potentially for ron desantis. jeff zeleny, thank you so much for that report. still to come on cnn, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu giving new details about a potential post-war plan for gaza, saying israel will have overall security control for gaza for an indefinite period. what exactly does that mean? plus, donald trump's legal and political schedules colliding. the former president hitting the campaign trail tomorrow as court resumes with his daughter ivanka trump taking the witness stand. and later, the department of education warning that federal funds are at stake if schools fail to combat antisemitism and islamophobia on campusus. you're w watching "c"cnn news central."" we're baback in justst a few minutes. it's now been one month since the hamas terror attack that ignited war with israel. today israel's defense minister said israeli ground troops are now at the heart of gaza city targeting hamas commanders and infrastructure. our colleague cnn journalist ibrahim deman has been trapped in the enclave for 28 days and he's been showing parts of his family's saga throughout the month. now his family has fortunately escaped to egypt, but they can't get away from the ongoing tragedy of war, including leaving family behind. here's more from ibrahim. sharing that story with us. for the latest on the ground in israel let's go now to cnn's nic robertson who's in sderot for us. nic, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has talked about what he expects to happen after hamas is eradicated. but what he's saying, there's a lot to read into there. >> there is. there's an assumption the idf is going to succeed on the ground and eradicate hamas, and i think that is still certainly open to a lot of concern that that may not be the case. but the implication of what the prime minister is saying is that israel would take over again the security and some sort of leadership function in gaza once hamas is gone. and that would be sort of stepping back to 2005 when israel pulled out of gaza and gave it back to the palestinians under palestinian full control back then. but what we're hearing at the moment and what we're seeing at the moment is that while the idf is making gains, they're in the heart of gaza right now we understand fighting in those very densely populated streets in urban combat and they're supported by airstrikes that are using precision lower explosive yield weapons to secure the troops' safety but also to avoid civilian casualties, while they're in that environment, it's clear that hamas is not being entirely defeated. in the past hour here we've seen three different salvos of missiles, two to the center of israel and one sort of coming over our heads here perhaps a little bit going a little bit further south. and there is an assessment here that perhaps the prime minister is actually running out of time to deliver on that. and i think we got a hint of that in his address this evening when he said we're working on the diplomatic front around the clock to give our military the leeway to finish their operations. and i think that's an indication at that time prime minister recognizes that there's huge pressure from his ally the united states and from his arab neighbors to avoid civilian casualties, have a humanitarian pause. and that would have a knock-on effect on the idf's ability to defeat hamas. so to say that israel will have a security role going forward in establishing a new dispensation of security and political leadership in gaza at the moment, as i say, that is an open question and one many well-informed journalists here with a lot of experience, israeli journalists are questioning. >> nic robertson, thank you so much for the jupt. let's dig deeper now with sdavi sanger. he's a white house and national security correspondent for the "new york times." david, great to be with you. let's dig into the question that nic posed. an overall security responsibility in gaza for an indefinite period. >> boris, it's really fascinating because as nic said, they gave that up in 2005 for a reason. and the reason was that they determined they didn't want to be running gaza, they didn't want to go deal with a constant guerrilla war there. so what shape that would take is truly sort of hard to imagine right now. i've heard a number of different proposals from american officials. one is that you basically build a several miles deep dmz between gaza and the rest of israel so they would see anybody coming over the border and stop presumably the kind of attack that you saw on october 7th. i've heard proposals under which they let the palestinian authority run the civilian operation but the israelis hold on to the security side. and then of course that exposes israeli soldiers who are inside gaza, which is why they left. so a really hard set of choices. but we're not there yet. they would have to first get to whatever the end state's going to be of this invasion. >> to that point, it seems like the u.s. and israel don't see eye to eye on a number of things, not just potentially what happens if and when hamas is eradicated but also even the potential for pauses for humanitarian reasons, to get aid in, to get civilians out. what does it say to you that these sides aren't seeing eye to eye? >> well, it's pretty remarkable. the president, president biden started off by saying we want to help eradicate hamas and has provided israel with the aid, proposals for more aid and the arms to go do that. but that conversation has shifted in the past couple of weeks. we have a remarkable scene at the end of last week of secretary of state tony blinken showing up in israel calling for these humanitarian pauses and the prime minister, prime minister netanyahu basically saying no and moving ahead with more bombing including bombing that has got significant civilian casualties. i'm told that the conversation between president netanyahu and president biden yesterday was equally stiff. so there's clearly not a good conversation under way here. and it tells you something about the limits of american power. the united states provides $3.8 billion a year in security assistance. the president has proposed three times that, given the current situation. but prime minister netanyahu nonetheless has said i'm going to do this my way. and that's the core of the dispute, which is what's an acceptable level of casualties. >> and when it comes to biden there's a complicated picture domestically politically for him that he has to deal with as well, division within his own party. >> there is. you know, it's really remarkable. if you think about the two big defining international conflicts of the biden presidency, ukraine and israel, in israel the criticism from biden is almost all from the left, from progressives who say you're not thinking enough about the palestinians, you're being complicit in this bombing and we don't know what the level of casualties have been but clearly they've been in the thousands. in ukraine the criticism is all from the right. there it's really the republican party and those who subscribe to president trump's -- former president trump's view that don't want to give continued funding which seems somewhat remarkable since the opponent here is russia, having invaded a sovereign nation. but their basic view is not our fight. and the president's trying to navigate these two simultaneously. that's not easy. and of course they could end up being combined in one bill as the president has proposed in an effort to put together enough votes in the middle to get funding for both israel and ukraine. >> and with the presidential election looming some 363 days away as we were just discussing a moment ago i want to focus on the domestic political situation in israel because there have been protests in the streets against prime minister netanyahu. he also faces a difficult political situation even at a moment where you would think that his country would be galvanized behind him. >> well, boris, he was in trouble before this happened. right? clearly there was a huge intelligence failure and a huge response failure. just the amount of time it took the idf, the israeli military to make it down to the areas where the terror attack was under way. at some point when the war ends there's going to be a big investigation of this and that's going to i think reflect pretty poorly on the government he was running. so it's hard to imagine how he survives this when the war is over. people don't want to sort of take that in. his other problem is that he has not talked very much about the hostages, the israeli hostages, and that's what the protests have all been about. the other day he met some of the hostage families, but i think it was for the first time. >> well, they apparently according to the reporting demanded that he consider this everyone for everyone proposal from hamas, the 240 hostages in exchange for some 6,600 palestinian prisoners that are being held in israel. is that a tenable solution to the hostage crisis? >> hard to know. we have seen very lopsided swaps before. a number of years ago for one israeli soldier there were hundreds released. i'm sure that the prime minister thinks, though, that you know, some of those released the last time were involved in the terror attack and including the commander of it, or inspirer of it. so i'm sure he's worried about that along the way. these humanitarian pauses they're talking about seem to be related to whether or not they can negotiate some hostage releases. some american officials i've talked to, though, can't imagine why hamas would release many of these hostages because it's their last leverage over israel. once they're gone, then the israeli forces would be free to do whatever they feel they need to. and maybe they feel that way now. >> a significant point. david sanger, we have to leave the conversation there. appreciate your perspective as always. >> great to be with you. >> thanks. so from the courtroom to the campaign trail, we have new details on former president trump's plans to upstage tomorrow's republican debate in florida. and meta adding new restrictions on artificial intelligence for political ads. what that means when you log onto facebook and instagram. when we come back. just one day after his historic and chaotic testimony in the civil fraud trial against him donald trump is again hinting the campaign trail. this as his daughter ivanka prepares to take the witness stand tomorrow. the attorney general's office in new york says it will rest its case after her testimony. the former president spent hours in court yesterday, and his performance signaling what's to come as his legal problems and the race for 2024 collide. let's take you to west palm beach now with cnn's kristen holmes, who's been covering the trump campaign. kristen, trump is set to hold a rally tomorrow. he's trying to counterprogram that third republican presidential debate. obviously some contentious moments on the witness stand yesterday. have you heard from his team about what we might expect? is that testimony going to come up tomorrow night? >> well, boris, that remains to be seen. we know donald trump isn't one to mince words, and likely he is going to bring it up because he is still very angry about it. but one of the things we've been really reporting on is how it's going to look when donald trump is bouncing between these trials and the campaign trail. and you're really getting a firsthand look at that right now. not only did donald trump appear all day in court in his own civil trial, he also then came home to mar-a-lago and made calls on behalf of two candidates for governor, one in kentucky, one in mississippi, at telerallies to try and support these candidates that he has endorsed. now, this is going to become less and less manageable. the thing to keep in mind here is we really haven't gotten to the point in the trials in which donald trump is forced to appear every day. that is going to look a lot different when he's trying to also run a 2024 presidential campaign. but i do want to get to that event tomorrow night in hialeah, actually where you're from, boris. so if you want your family to stop by i can say hi to them. but it's just down the road from the rnc debate in miami. and the reason why this is so interesting is because it's clearly and according to many republican operatives i've spoken to, a slap in the face to the rnc. and now they've taken it a step further. they used to have the further two debates, some of donald trump's top advisers still at the debate, still there in the spin room afterwards, talking to reporters. now they're doing something different. they are having their own spin room with donald trump's surrogates in hialeah after the rally. now, of course for anyone who knows what a spin room is they're trying to spin you on the fact their candidate did the best. so a little bit confusing there how exactly it's going to work since it's only a candidate for one person, a rally for one person and it's their candidate. but it is going to show you that they are just trying to take control of this entire race. they are essentially pretending that he is already the nominee, and that has been their argument for why it is that the rnc should stop holding these debates, because he has such a big lead on the other candidates. but again, when we talk about this, there was a chance that his testimony yesterday could have spilled over into tomorrow before that event. but we're just getting closer and closer into a situation in which he will be juggling a litany of trials with the campaign trail. >> and kristen, quickly, after several failed attempts to avoid the witness stand ivanka trump testifying tomorrow. she's going to be answering questions from prosecutors. has the trump team told you anything about her upcoming testimony? >> reporter: no, they're really not talking about it. it's not surprising. donald trump really did not want to be involving his children, particularly ivanka. as you'll remember, she stepped away from any kind of politics after he left office. she and her husband jared kushner live in miami. they don't work in politics. and really for all intents and purposes are not around donald trump very much. and that is how many people around ivanka have said they want to keep it. so we have not heard that. but i have heard from sources close to donald trump who said he's been particularly angry that his children have been involved in this case, that they are taking the stand. of course they will be watching to see what happens tomorrow. >> kristen holmes, hope you enjoy your time in the city of progress. hialeah, florida. thanks so much. let's get some perspective now from cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elliot williams. elliot, let's start with ivanka trump taking the stand. what are prosecutors trying to accomplish with her? >> sure. now, to be clear, she was a defendant in the case initially but they ultimately for statute of limitations issues because the claims against her were pretty old, so they had to take her out. so she is appearing as a witness. now, i say all that to make the note that she certainly has information about the functions of the trump organization and what prosecutors are trying to get at in this case in general is who knew what about how the trump organization kept its files, valued properties, kept its bookkeeping and so on. so she may have something to say even if she's not one of the people who's personally held responsible in the end. >> on the question of what we might hear trump say tomorrow night, it's almost certain he's going to say something about his testimony at this campaign rally. we've seen him over and over again transparently challenge the gag order that's against him. he's already been fined $15,000. do you see a path where judge engoron perhaps pursues some other avenue to try to restrain the former president? >> i don't think you really have another avenue to restrain the former president. you can just keep fining him. and this is the problem with gag orders. there's a really fine line between what an individual can say and what they can't. and particularly a candidate for office. so for instance, if he were to say "i am innocent and assert my innocence" and frankly even "the whole system's aligned against me," you could probably get away with that. now, if you say i'm innocent, the system's aligned against me, and the judge is a socialist who kicks puppies, that's probably going to cross the line. now, there's grayer areas than that. but any court is going to have to use a scalpel, not a hachtd to carve up statements that step up to but not over the line. he will probably do that it's been his m.o. >> he's had some words about the jurnlgs the clerk, the a.g. we should point out no evidence judge engoron is a socialist who kicks puppies. that is yet to be proven. when it comes to the other cases donald trump is facing do you think when it comes to prosecutors in fulton county, georgia or the classified documents case in south florida or here in d.c. with the election subversion case, do you think they're watching that perhaps considering how they might approach potential trump testimony? >> that's important because number one, this is a civil case. the one in new york city. he can be made to testify in a civil case. prosecutors in criminal cases can't call him to testify. now, his attorneys might do so. and even if he does it's generally not in a defendant's interest to testify because he can step in it and get himself into trouble. the reason why he testified in this case, he really kind of had to, boris, because of the fact that the judge had already found that there was fraud in the case. they've largely already lost. it was sort of a bit of a hail mary, you had to put the defendant on the stand to just try to talk himself out of trouble. doesn't look like he did yesterday, but that's really the only card they had in their hand. >> elliot williams, appreciate the expertise. >> thank you, boris. >> thanks so much. when we come back, a cnn exclusive. education secretary miguel cardona says that federal funds are at stake for schools if they don't combat antisemitism islamophobia. we have details on that in just minutes. the death of a jewish man at dueling protests in southern california is being investigated as a homicide. 69-year-old paul kessler suffered a head injury on sunday and bystander video shows kessler laying on the ground bleeding. officials say he fell backward during a physical altercation with a pro-palestinian demonstrator. >> the sergeant contacted the victim, identified as 69-year-old paul kessler, a thousand oaks resident, who was lying on the ground. mr. kessler was conscious and responsive. the sergeant observed what he saw was bleeding from the head and mouth. on november 6th at approximately 2:43 a.m. the sheriff's communication center received a call from the hospital staff in reference to the earlier incident involving mr. kessler. at 2:53 a patrol deputy and sergeant arrived at the hospital and we're told that mr. kessler had succumbed to his injuries. >> the ventura county sheriff's office says the events leading up to his fall are still being investigated. so far the 50-year-old suspect has not been arrested and is cooperating with investigators. as we're seeing an increase in threats, the department of education is warning schools their federal funding is at risk if their fail to combat antisemitism and islamophobia on their campuses. he want to bring in cnn's renee marsh because you sat down with education secretary miguel cardona. what were his thoughts on the rate of incidents like these getting higher? >> well, first off, boris, very urgent messaging coming from the department of education. and when i sat down with the secretary yesterday he had a clear message both for jewish students and muslim students, and that message was, and i'm quoting, "i've got your back." but to this new letter that went out to both k through 12, colleges and universities, this letter is from the civil rights office within the department of education, and it says, and i'm quoting, that they have a legal responsibility under title 6 of the civil rights act of 1964 to provide all students a school environment free from discrimination and adding on to that, if these schools are not able to do that they could very well risk losing their federal funding. and here's the secretary on that point. >> how aggressively will the department of education pursue actually pulling funding in these scenarios? >> withholding federal dollars is in our toolbox. that wouldn't be the first thing that i would do. i would want to provide support for these universities, provide guidance. and if there are egregious acts i want to make sure we're investigating them. ultimately if we have to withhold dollars for a campus refusing to comply we would. >> all right. well, the secretary also saying that they've actually seen an uptick in the number of complaints that they've received at the department, eight to nine, but they expect that number is going to continue to rise. >> and rene, i understand the secretary also told you that he was going to go to capitol hill to seek more funding to try to expedite some of these hate incident investigations. but obviously, capitol hill is a bit of a dumpster fire right now, isn't it? >> to say the least. that's right. so yesterday he sent a letter to the speaker of the house, johnson, and asked for increased funding for the office of civil rights because they do see that they will need that increased funding in order to expedite some of these hate investigations. i did check with department of ed. they say that the speaker's office has acknowledged receiving the request but no additional information on when that could come through, boris. >> it's obviously a challenge to keep campuses safe. rene marsh, such an important story. thank you so much for doing it for us. >> sure. >> of course. so police just gave an update on an armed man they arrested near the u.s. capitol. we want to take you straight to cnn's melanie zanona, who's been tracking this for us. melanie, what are we learning about the suspect? >> reporter: yeah, scary moment here on capitol hill not too long ago. the capitol police said their officers were alerted to a man who was walking in a nearby senate park and holding a gun. the officers then said they located the suspect, saw him walking with his gun pointed down, walking away. they told him to stop and put his gun down. he did not. so the officers tasered him and then took him into custody. police chief tom enger says they are probably going to be charging him with possession of a firearm on capitol property. and he also revealed a little bit more about the suspect. they said he's a 21-year-old male and that his driver's license said he was from atlanta, georgia. they also said that he was a registered sex offender. but it's unclear what he was doing here or what his intentions were. and the investigation is still ongoing. here's a little bit more of what the police chief had to say at a press conference. >> he just -- he remained facing forward and had another officer who -- plainclothes officer who was at the corner, he was walking toward that officer, and -- but there were a group of officers behind him. one officer with a taser. the other officer stopped, allowed the other officer with a taser to go up behind him, and he was shot with the taser. again, fell and dropped the gun. >> reporter: the police chief also said that the suspect left behind a bag, that they have searched the bag and found nothing suspicious. but the investigation is still ongoing. this really comes at a time of heightened awareness on capitol hill right now because there's a rise of antisemitism, rise of islamophobic behavior, and so a lot of the capitol community was very concerned when they heard this information. but the police said they responded quickly and that there is no longer a threat and the investigation is still ongoing, boris. >> i'm glad that no one was hurt. melanie zanona, thank you so much. so still to come on "news central," lebron james says his son bronny may return to the court soon if he clears medical tests. we have details when we come back. so... i know you and george were struggling with the possibility of having to move. how's that going? we found a way to make bathing safer with a kohler walk-in bath. a kohler walk-in bath provides a secure, spa-like bathing experience in the comfort of your own home. a kohler walk-in bath has one of the lowest step-ins of any walk-in bath for easy entry and exit. it features textured surfaces, convenient handrails for more stability, and a wide door for easier mobility. kohler® walk-in baths include two hydrotherapies— whirlpool jets and our 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recovering after that successful heart surgery that the james family said was likely a congenital heart defect, a birth defect. listen, it looks like lebron says bronny is going to be on the court sooner than later. here's more of what lebron had to say about it yesterday. >> every week he gets to do more and more and more. we have a big moment at the end of the month to see if we can continue to go forward. if he's cleared we'll be not too along away from him being on the floor and back with his teammates and playing in game situations. >> bronny is just 19 years old and dad lebron is 38. he said he's dedicating this entire season to bronny. and he maintains one of his goal is to be on the court at the same time in the nba with bronny. >> that would be something to see. look forward to seeing bronny get back on the court. thanks for the update. it's election day across the united states. our teams are fanned out across the united states covering key races. we're going to break them 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