will be front and center. what a night, and what a difference 24 hours makes, right? just the music makes me happy. the election music. votes and results, not just polls. democrats scoring huge wins and abortion rights were front and center. [ cheering ] in ohio, voters have decided to make abortion a right under the state constitution. a solid majority voted yes. this is a state controlled, by the way, by republicans . in virginia, cnn predicts democrats will take control of the legislature. it s a setback for glenn youngkin, pushing to restrict abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. and governor andy beshear, a democrat, has won reelection. and by the way, he won as a democrat in a state that donald trump won by 26 points in 2020. a deeper dive on all of the numbers, what do we see? let s start with the top line. what we were watching last night, and compare it to 2020. three years have passed and we re only a year away from the next seleelection. this is important i
trial against the trump organization. one message from last night s election, the country is still deeply divided politically, of course, but voters did speak with one voice on one issue, at least. abortion rights. the votes, the data, the lessons for democrats and republicans as we charge into 2024. america s top diplomat escalates his opposition to a cease-fire in gaza and now secretary of state blinken says there may need to be, quote, a transition period in gaza at the end of the israeli-hamas conflict. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. all right. just a few moments ago, ivanka trump arrived at the courthouse. very soon she ll be in the courtroom to testify in the $250 million civil fraud trial against her father and her brothers and the family business. she will face questions about her role in said business and the alleged scheme to inflate their net worth. there she is right now. ivanka trump walking through the ha
had to cancel everything for getting covid and she is so freaking impressive every time i speak with her, i can t stand it. i just kept thinking about what she said, the lowering of the our of elected officials. we need to raise the bar. it should be there making people s lives better, not just that they are not breaking the law. and to be clear eyed about what this is, what public service is and what heroism is, and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very very smart person and i m looking forward to her being act in office at some point. she has not ruled that out. politics is in her blood, that s what she said. thanks. thanks for joining us, i do apologize for not being here in this chair this time last week, i was out sick, i finally got covid, i think i m one of the last people in the country who have never had it before but i finally tested positive for weekend a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped make it an easier bout. i rested up, i
hard things. the question i leave you with tonight is what does that mean for you? on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you tomorrow. you tomorrow. i was out sick. i finally got covid. i think and one of the last people in the country who had never had it before. but i finally tested positive like a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped me get an easier bout. i rested up, isolated from everyone. i took a five-day course of paxlovid which honestly is kind of grows while you re taking it. but it is, in my opinion, totally worth. it it s only five days of pills. by the end of those five days of the paxlovid, i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly, i was testing negative. and not a risk to other people. so, anyway, i m back, i m sorry, i missed you here last week. also had to cancel and reschedule the remaining book tour
and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very, very smart person and i m looking forward to her being back in office somewhere, someday, at some point. she s not ruled that out. politics is in her blood. appreciate it. have a great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. i dopologize for not week here in this chair tis this time last week. i was out sick. i think i was in the last people in the country who never had it before, but i finally tested positive about a week and a half ago. i m vaccinated, so that helped me get an easier bout, and rested up and took a five day course of paxlovid, which honestly is kind of gross while you re taking it, but in my oin totally worth it. it s only five days of pills. by the end of my five days i had no fever, totally reduced symptoms, and most importantly i was testing negative and plot a risk to other people. anyway, i m back. i m sorry i missed you here last week. i also had to cancel and re