steve, there is nothing better than seeing you on election night. give us an update. yes. a lot still going on. and let s start in mississippi. and the governor s race in mississippi. 2 now two-thirds of the vote in. republican incumbent tate reeves leading brandon presley by 11 points. two key points i think as you look at these numbers. number one is we ve been waiting all night for the largest county in the state that s hines county where the state capitol of jackson is, it s a core overwhelming democratic county. they just started reporting the polls. we re open later there because there were issues of ballot viability. it s 86 to basically 13 for presley. this is a big vote producing county. that s certainly an opportunity for presley to gain and for reeves to fall. in the rest of the state we ve been looking to see if there s a pattern because reeves won this race in 2019 by 5 points. we ve kind of been using that as a bench mark as results come in. is presley running
do their dangerous and difficult jobs. dana: homeland security secretary mayokas facing tough questions in a senate hearing underway defending president biden s border policy after illegal policies have hit record highs. they want an additional $14 billion to support operations along the border including temporary detention and processing centers and money for cities to expedite work permits for non-citizens. senate republicans are calling for solutions including resuming construction of the border wall and asylum reform. a full report coming up for you later this hour. also on capitol hill the house judiciary committee is holding a hearing on free speech on america s college and university campuses along with the rise of anti-semitism and violence against students supporting israel. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: good morning. nice to be with you. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. today s house hearing happens as reports
election before the really big election, we can say another issue is really, really giving the economy a run for its money. or lack of money or whatever. we re talking about abortion. consider abortion rights supporters winning a key ohio ballot measure. a democratic governor campaigning on reproductive rights holding on to win in kentucky. and a democrat picking up a seat on the pennsylvania supreme court after pledging to uphold abortion rights. the biggest of all of them, democrats taking full control of the virginia state house, presumably blocking republicaning from passing new abortion restrictions in a blow to governor youngkin. so you see what s going on? wonder why many democrats see hopeful signing for next year. not because they ll be focusing on the economy but precisely because they will not. abortion is a winning issue for them. we re all over it on your world starting now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. one election changed every one s mind about what will be cons
it was a victory that sends a loud, clear message, a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. democratic governor andy beshear of kentucky wins re-election in an otherwise deep red state. we ll have much more from that race and the other major results from election day straight ahead. also we ll bring you the latest out of the middle east. israel says its troops are in the heart of gaza city. it comes as the biden administration is warning the country about reoccupying the gaza strip at the end of its war with hamas. plus, we ll preview ivanka trump s testimony today in the civil fraud trial against her family s business. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we will begin, of course, with last night s election. after a historically strong showing in the 2022 mid-term elections, democrats continued their winning ways yesterday with major vic
massacre on israeli citizens living so close to the border with hamas killers. now the israel response, war. and they are on the ground and they have surrounded on that strip of land the city of gaza. israeli defense force with its ground offensive, their soldiers striking hamas command posts, weapons and infrastructure. they are also looking to push into the interior of the city and take out the terrorists who brutally attacked innocent israelis one month plus one day ago. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the israel military today says it has gained control of a hamas stronghold in the northern part of gaza. they are pounding those hostage-taking serial killers targets. [shooting] harris: president biden and the biden administration are still pushing for a humanitarian pause. others are calling for an all-out cease-fire. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, yeah, he is not planning to hold back. there will be no cease-fire, general cease-fi