it s the top of the hour you re watching cnn news central and it is election day in the united states. we re closely watching several key races on major issues that could reverberate all the way into november 2024 either though joe biden and donald trump or any other republican presidential candidates are not on the ballot today there are issues that fire up their party s respective basises and here they are, abortion. democrats have seen win after win in red states over abortion rights. in virginia one republican is leaning into the abortion fight, convinced he can snap the republican party s losing streak on that issue. we re covering those votes and more. let s start with sunland tracking the virginia race. abortion is not on the ballot in virginia neither is governor glen youngkin, but those two things weigh heavily on the minds of voters. reporter: that s right. the governor has been involved in this race, and made his abortion proposal front and center in this campa
president biden fights back against growing call to leave ce ticket viral moments like this light of social media. i m going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the total initiative relative to what we can do with more border patrol and more asylum officers. ex-president trump? i really do not know what he said at the end of the scent of the don t think he knows what he said either that was painful i d love to bite and i work for joe biden he did not do well at all for. president biden is in full damage control mode growing calls within his pa a party form to step down. i don t debate as well as i used to. but i know what i do know, i know how to tell the truth president trump tries to ride the wave of momentum. the question everybody should be asking themselves it is not whether joe biden can survive a 90 minute debate performance, but whether america can survive four more years of crooked joe biden reaction pennsylvania senator joe biden a stau
us. we ll see you right back here next week. welcome to the program everyone. i m christiane amanpour in normandy, france. this week we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, a turning point in history and a triumph of democracy over tyranny. i m sitting at the american cemetery at colleville-sur-mer, which overlooks the normandy beaches which the allies invaded on june 6, 6, 1944. this lead to the liberation of western europe from nazi control. it s a reminder of the ultimate sacrifice that millions of people made to uphold democracy and to fight barbaric or authoritarianism today, with war raging again in europe, threatening democracy again. the legacy of d-day is more important than ever in his speech from the cliffs overlooking the normandy beaches, president biden touted the dangers of isolationism and the need to stand up to dictators every marine who stormed the beaches decided a feared dictator who had conquered a continent had finally met his mat
and she s so amazing thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. it ll be sad to say goodbye to pat sajak, but you can say hello to jake tapper is the leader starts right now the themes of the 2024 race today, democracy and revenge, the lead starts right now starkly different messages from two starkly different men, president biden s warning about democracy on the world stage, while donald trump to gain much more personal approach, plus a dramatic turn in the hunter biden gun trial defense scrapping. it s witness list on some level, leaving one major question about the case, yet to be answered. and the judge presiding over one of the most consonant sequential cases in america described as isolated in an experience with judge aileen cannon is really up against as she takes on the criminal classified documents case against donald trump welcome to the lead. i m phil mattingly info jake tapper. it s friday. we start with our world lead and president biden today drawing on the
now that s a great idea, nailed it good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom, america hill in for jim acosta 80 years ago today, the course of world war and democracy changed forever president biden joining other world leaders at this hour as they mark this milestone anniversary of d-day, the allied invasion of normandy. you see there of course, the french president emmanuel macron, as well as ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy. this morning, mr. biden meeting with a handful of the last remaining us veterans stormed those beaches, are parachuted behind enemy lines. as the men today, they re all around 100-years-old, making this anniversary, especially poignant as a world pays tribute to this greatest generation the man who, fought here became heroes. not because they re the strongest and toughest job or fiercest although they were. but because they re given an audacious mission knowing everyone on the new the probability of dying was real. but they did it anyw