with the prime minister s statement on wednesday. while he opposes a pro palestinian rally being held on armistice day, he has ultimately backed the right to peaceful protest . and while ms braverman does have the tools and authority to remove the police commissioner, she doesn t have free reign to involve herself in daily policing decisions. so where does this leave the commissioner, mark rowley? to exit stage left at this point no matter how honourable, that might be the right thing to do would not be helpful for me policing perspective, and the last thing this weekend needs is something else that s not helpful. it needs a little bit of common sense and continuity and stability, and i suspect he would ve thought that him leaving would not provide that. our panel to discuss all this tonight, bryan lanza one political strategist who ran the donald trump communications department, and running but paul wall. but let s start with bryan. but there has been a lot of criticism
i know that feeling. cats love, they just love differently. we have to go. the lead starts right now. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. a lot to get into ahead. for the very first time in american history, the daughter of a former president of the united states has been forced to testify as a witness in a case against her father, the former president. ivanka trump on the stand. testifying in the civil fraud trial against the trump family business. emails in court today show that ivanka once proposed that her father lower his net worth in order to get a loan. what might that mean for the case? that is coming up. and also ahead, a woman from new jersey who was trapped into gaza. she spent nearly a month trapped there with her three kids. the youngest just 2 months old. we ve been telling her story ins is the tuesday after that horrible october 7th attack by hamas. they arrived back in the u.s. just two days ago. he s back in jersey and giving the lead the first
the voters have spoken. the message they are sending now today to republicans and democrats alike after last night s big election. it is debate day in america. donald trump is skipping, but the five candidates who are showing up, they are already planning sharper attacks. which candidate absolutely needs a knockout punch? and michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib censured over her comments about israel, how she s responding to the rare and stunning rebuke. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. forget reading the tea leaves anymore, forget analyzing polling data. this morning we have new and concrete data from the voters themselves who went to the polls in multiple states. democrats appear to be breathing a sigh of relief, republicans maybe some of them left scratching their heads about what this means today. one issue that voters seem to speak with a loud voice on yesterday is abortion rights. an increasingly conservative ohio
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 o
but the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers and numbers, my friend, don t lie. really election interference. it s all it is. ridiculous. the numbers are much greater. you have a racist attorney general who made some terrible. this showing as trump beating biden in five states. steve kornacki breaks it all down one year ahead of the election. overnight, new israeli air strikes on gaza city now surrounded by israeli tanks and troops where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain now cut off from escape routes from the south. and secretary of state blinken made unannounced stops in the west bank and baghdad after israel s prime minister netanyahu apparently rejected his calls to limit the air strikes and have temporary pauses to aid can get in and americans can get out. good day. former president trump is testifying in his new york civil fraud trial. the case that could collapse his new york real estate business. the judge telling mr. trump s attorne