ballot measures. we will talk about the implications for 2024. overseas, today marks one month since hamas stormed into israel in a massacre that left many women, children and men dead. now israel may take security responsibility in gaza for an indefinite period after the war. back at home, dueling palestinian and israeli protests. in new york, two days after former president trump s testimony in his civil fraud trial, his daughter, ivanka, is set to take the stand tomorrow. today is election day with voters heading to the tolls to decide a series of implications. kentucky s democratic governor and mississippi s republican governor facing tough challenges as they seek another term in office. in virginia, the entire state legislature is up for grabs, and republicans there are hoping to take control of both chambers. in ohio, voters will decide to add abortion rights to the state constitution, as well as whether to legalize recreational marijuana use. shaquille brewster in
i m wolf blitzer in washington along with kaitlan collins. this is america s choice, election day in america your headquarters for all the crucial issues driving voters to the polls. key races are in mississippi, kentucky and ohio. the first polls close in hours from now. these races can help us get a sense of where the voters are. we ll see in abortion rights will continue to be the driving force so clearly in last year s election after the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. in ohio tonight, voters are deciding to enshrine the right to one in the state s constitution. and governors contests in kentucky and mississippi, along with control over the government of virginia, where all 140 seats in both the house and the senate there are up for grabs. . we have live team coverage of it all. jessica dean is in richmond, virginia. kyung lah, you re no franklin county, ohio. what have voters been saying as they cast their ballots today. reporter: what you re he
also this hour, hamas and its money, how the terrorist group is funding its side of the war, its big money tunnel exploration. my guest ahead was a finance tractker at the treasury department a historic day in a new york courtroom, donald trump taking the stand in the civil fraud case that could bring down his family empire in new york, new york. he repeatedly went back and forth with the judge who accused trump of rambling in long-winded testimony. trump today called the case election interference as he runs for president in 2024. he called the new york attorney general who brought this case a political hack and a racist. let s go to cnn s paula reid who is outside the courthouse. trump s strategy on the stand not surprisingly attack, attack, attack. his lawyers debating a motion for a mistrial. where do things stand? reporter: jake, after all the chaos and those contentious exchanges in court today, it does appear that the attorney general s office was able to elicit so
york civil fraud that could up end his business empire. the former president under oath for hours, sparring with the judge who pressed trump s lawyers to control her client. despite trump s vast legal troubles, a new poll shows he s leading president biden in most of the six key battleground states that could potentially decide the 2024 race for the white house. we re breaking down the eye popping numbers and the exp explosions rocked gaza one month after the horrific terror attacks. this as the u.n. secretary general warns that gaza is becoming, i m quoting now, a graveyard for children. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, the breaking news we re following. donald trump on the witness stand. and on the attack with the future of his family business at stake. the judge suggesting the defiant former president treated his civil fraud trial like a p
precisely what makes the united states strong. bowing to the politician s impulse to avoid responsibility and subvert our constitutional duty, that is what empowers our enemies and undermines the morale of our nation. whether the united states sends our young men and women into harm s way yet again is on us. not to cheer or jeer but rather to decide and stand accountable for. and so of course that decision ought to be made at the end of very public debate that requires not only our attention, but our contributions, and ultimately our assent. our names have to be on the line if we re going to offer up our fellow beings to stand in harm s way. for too long congress has deliberately and in a very cowardly manner shrunk from its constitutional responsibility for its own narrow, selfish, shallow political interests. but by taking itself out of the process of debating and declaring war, congress has taken the american people out of the process, and that, mr. president, is simply un