thank you. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. our first look at the results from cnn s new 2024 presidential poll. donald trump has a narrow lead among registered voters. the president has to do things that show people he can engage, he can handle the combat and debate. do you think the bidens policies helped you or hurt you? the bestning in the poll for joe biden is the date on it. 2024 top of mind this morning after yesterday s elections. big wins for democrats and for abortion rights. ohio voters decided to make abortion a right under the state constitution. in virginia, cnn projects democrats will gain full control of the state legislature and a major setback for republican governor glenn youngkin in virginia who had been pushing to restrict abortions after 15 weeks. and in the deep red state of kentucky, democrat andy beshear won re-election. donald trump won kentucky by 26 points in 2020. last night s results have left us with som
nobody knows what the crime is because there s no crime. nobody knows what the crime is. the d.a. didn t name the crime. they don t know what the crime is that s what the problem is it s a disgrace. this thing ought to be ended immediately. the judge ought to end it. laura: for several weeks, alvin bragg s team elicited testimony from their star witnesses, stormy daniels, michael cohen, they had virtually no relevance to proving the elements of the crime charged. given this as i said earlier, the motion for directed verdict should have been granted by any judge worth his or her salt. in other words, no reasonable jury could have found that the crime charged was committed because the evidence wasn t presented. but, that would actually require an objective jurist. but trump faced a badly conflicted one and one the left is obsessed with. with respect to judge merchan, i mean, i am like now, you know, i have like a man crush on him. he is such a great judge that it s hard t
paul: donald trump speaking at the faith and freedom coalition s road to the majority conference. we will be monitoring his remarks. in new york city, jamaal bowman tapping two of the far left s biggest stars for his rally in the bronx. fellow member of congress, alexandria ocasio cortez and senator bernie sanders at the rally as mr. bowman faces a challenge from a moderate democrat. welcome to fox news live. molly:it is wonderful to be with you. donald trump speaking in washington, then to pennsylvania and a rally in philadelphia. president biden is at camp david to prepare for thursday s presidential dba. we have fox team coverage. alexis mcadams live in philadelphia. reporter: a hot day in philadelphia but the former president isn t here yet. he is on stage in washington dc trying to start strong by gaining support near the capital talking with voters saying he s ready to get back to the white house and then to temple university where there s a long line of supporters wa
summer. the period in which presidential candidates kick their campaigns into full gear. but the start of this election year summer well it is anything like we ve ever seen before. in one week, president biden and donald trump will face off in a debate. to face voters to recon with the reality they re going to have to make sooner rather than later. today we got new details about how that debate is going to play out. independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. officially failing to qualify for the debate leaving biden and trump to share the stage next week. biden will be standing at the podium on the right of the television screen. while trump will be the podium on the left. the same configurations as the two debates held four years ago. trump got to choose the order of the debate, he s going to go last giving him the last word. trump has opted for less prep sessions. and the president continues to hold rallies. allies of the candidates would be working to manage expectations.