Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning. Hump day. Fz good morning. Half way through. We have a lot of deve developments. A lot going on overnight. Lets start with five things to know. Voters in ohio showed up in a big way. Overwhelmingly rejecting issue one, an issue that would have made it harder to amend the constitution. Its a major win for Abortion Rights supporters ahead of a vote to ensure access to abortion. We are seeing a secret memo from an Unindictmented Coconspirator in the January 6th Case against donald trump. The New York Times got ahold of the letter, which shows the evolution of the fake elector scheme. Also this morning, hawaii is under a State Of Emergency right now as large wildfires rage. They are fuelled by winds from hurricane dora. The coast guard is rescuing people who have been jumping into the ocean to escape the smoke and fire. The police chief of montgomery, alabama, says its huk hewly likely 245 more people will be charged in the chaot
all right. andy scholes, thank you very much. great to see you. thanks for joining us. i m kasie e hunt. don t go a anywhere. cnn this s morning s starts r now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re starting your day with us. here are five things to know. president biden and xi jinping easing tensions a bit after their high-stakes face to face summit. the leaders both greeting to reopening some military communications. and president biden signaling new hope for what could be an eminent hostage deal at a news conference last night. he s been deeply involved in the negotiations and is mildly hopeful. also a pro palestinian protest turns violent in washington, d.c. we re told six capitol police officers were injured and several arrests were made. congress has averted a government shutdown. the senate passing a short-term fund ing bill last night. president biden expected to sign it before friday s headline. and thousands of workers set to walk off the job today
here. joyce, to you first. when there s been these initiate i-s on ballots, any of them that happened since dobbs tsupported or extended rights, they have fail ed. so place ohio, this piece of the puzzle, in that trend. we have seen this in california, vermont, michigan, montana, states where voters have been asked to vote on the issue on the issue of abortion. and repeatedly, voters have sided with protecting abortion. we even see this in redder states like kentucky, where voters there, it was a double negative, they rejected not including taking abortion out of a state constuon protected right. so we have seen this in blue stes and red states. i think what you re seeing is there seems to be a gap between what gop lawmakers in state
unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the u.s. the google cybersecurity certificate was made to fill that gap and help grow the workforce that s keeping us all safe. ohio voters rejected issue one. this is a measure that would have changed the referendum law allowing an amendment to the constitution. this was driven by republicans ahead of an upcoming vote that has abortion rights on the ballot. so what does this mean for the state and for the nation? joining us now is political video reporter from the washington post joyce ko, aro lewis and ron brownstein. welcome to you all. so let s start with the trend