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
given the news around the world with the middle east on fire the border issue hasn t gotten the attention it needs. he testifies on the senate side. migrant encounters hit the highest levels ever recorded. we re monitoring that. we want to start with what has been a big blue night for the democrats. they overcame the president s dismal poll numbers racking up some big wins on election night. question, what does it mean for 2024? we ll chew on that for some time. good morning. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. chances are that mayokas will say the border is closed. bill: good chance. dana: i think he will probably say that again and again. let s talk about politics. big night for democrats. kept the governorship in kentucky. also in virginia democrats kept the senate and flipped the house. those results have denied republican governor glenn youngkin s bid to control government in the state of virginia. the commonwealth there. it was a race heavily de
you re not going to be the only one watching. a lot of folks are going to watch his hopeful return to the field. thank you for that, jesse care. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi, hi, everyone. and yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. you have the split screen moment in the israel-hamas war. on the one side, more strikes by israeli defense forces in gaza, leaving victims and destruction behind. on the other side, the u.s. ramps up diplomatic efforts across the region. will this intense fighting and talking lead to results? we have multiple reports across the middle east for you coming up. from abortion rights to accusations of voter influence, what you have not heard yet about this weeks off year election in some states. we have a live report on that. do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? that s the first question former president donald trump will
donald trump is now counting on those three as portrayed by snl in his new york fraud trial. and today he whined, leave my children alone, like they were toddlers on a playground. and today donald trump jr. took the witness stand for the first time, answering questions about his role in the alleged scheme to falsely inflate the trump organization s assets. eric and ivanka are waiting in the wings. also tonight, arizona secretary of state adrian fontes joins me on set following his testimony today before a senate committee on the on going right wing threat to free and fair elections. and to election workers. but we begin tonight with new speaker of the house mike johnson s first official day at work. now that the people s house is back in session. we ve already established that johnson is an ultra right wing kris man nationalist who will probably push a nationwide abortion ban. but for the time being, the priority is recrimination and votes on dualing censure resolut
a strike inside gaza kills a hamas commander, but turn scores of civilians into collateral. that s tonight, on news night. and good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, a fight for the narrative, and to explain what these pictures really mean. you are looking here at a crater. this is the aftermath of what israel calls a wide scale attack. but it is also a gaza refugee camp, jabalya, where the idf claims a senior hamas commander was using civilians as shields. now, israel says that the strike erased the target from the battlefield. but as you can see there, it erased so much more. cameras captured the chaos in the month after the strike, the loud and frenzied race to pull people from that concrete. now, eyewitnesses told cnn that they saw children carrying wounded children from the rubble. cameras also filmed the eerie quiet. palestinian body bags lined up outside the building. today, we watched idf spokespeople come on to cnn several times to call the s