how he plans to expand democratic control in 2023 and how not to celebrate black history month. we will reveal our worst of the week contenders. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s start this hour with the breaking news of the night the united states has shot down the suspected surveillance balloon off the coast of south carolina. officials say a f 22 missile jet took up the balloon with a single air to air missile. at 2:39 eastern this afternoon. nbc s gary graham joins me now from washington, d. c.. with the latest. gary, it s good to have you with us. what do we know about that decision-making process to shut down this blue and the evidence to collect the debris? as you can imagine,, eamonn you get our learning that this whole process was a team effort, it was a multi agency effort. the faa turned off all the arrivals and departures from wilmington airport from north carolina, from myrtle beach, from charleston. the air force is the one that shut down the ballo
abortion, about which party gets your vote on policy. but there are also some new polls that at the same time hammer home the deep, deep alienation with the current president of the united states. you re watching cnn s special live coverage, election night in america. i m abby phillip in washington. and i m laura coates. here in new york. i m abby. if you re a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky s democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that s really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the president
which would you rather? have of course, i think for democrats, there is no shortage of positive feelings that they should have with results like that, but as i have said, the actual specter of 2016 looms large. thank you, my friend, we ll have more on all of that, it is a big night tonight. moments ago, nbc news projected that the democrat andy beshear won the kentucky governor s race. again, we ll have more on that, and we ll have even more projections as soon as we get them in. i tell you them, give you all the information. polls just closed in states across the country, states including ohio and virginia and, yes, kentucky. and there are a number of candidates and issues that are on the path. tonight, all eyes are on the issue of abortion. last, year after roe v. wade was overturned, republicans across the country felt the black clash of a ballot box, especially in states where abortion was literally on the ballot. and now, tonight, republicans in multiple states are
primetime. tonight my name. my name is wanda. that s not what you told me? who are you? jesse: election day in america. we re catching the fraudsters. whoa! trump s maniac judge disrobes. this is the place where black and brown members repeatedly speak about racism and sexism, getting pushed off elevators. reporter: the squad exploding. plus [ bleep ] jesse: fox news alert. it is election night. lot on the line in virginia, new jersey and ohio and kentucky. some races have already been called. let s go to fox s political anchor bret beier for the latest. bret: the two governors races in kentucky and mississippi. we can tell you in kentucky, this cake is almost baked. it looks like the incumbent democrat andy beshear is going to win. danielle cameron, the former senior aide to mitch mcconnell, under performed where matt bevin was in 2019. looks like the insum bent democrat is going to win. not called yet, but getting close. in mississippi, much better for
country and giving us an early read on what they re thinking as the nation is heading into an unprecedented, unprecedented presidential election year. the contest american democracy as it s never been tested before. this is cnn s coverage of america s choice 2023. i m erin burnett. and i m jake tapper. we are about to get the first results of the night possible clues about the political trends in 2024 and the potentially historic and divisive rematch between president joe biden and former president donald trump. polling places just closed in the eastern half of kentucky. the commonwealth has one of two governors races tonight. new measure of the democrats strengths and weaknesses on republican turf. popular democratic governor andy beshear is fighting to keep his job in kentucky, where president biden is in louisville, kentucky. let s go to king in columbus, ohio. she s tracking the state s abortion rights ballot measure. king has there been last minute campaigning on thi