good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. just a few minutes from now, ivanka trump will return to the witness stand in the fraud trial where her most used phrase has been i don t recall. and moments ago, we learned about a new legal maneuver from prosecutors. plus, with his daughter on the stand and republican rivals headed for the debate stage, donald trump looks to take back the spotlight with one of his signature rallies tonight. and a big blow to glenn youngkin s brand as virginia voters thwart his plans for a gop takeover for the legislature. what could it mean for presidential ambitions. breaking news in the hunter biden saga, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, sending the president excuse me. let s go to our nbc reporters. excuse me one sec. apologies for that, lindsey. let s begin in new york city. we re outside the trial in lower manhattan and from what we re seeing from ivanka today, stylistically she s
maybe pandas will return to the national zoo at some point. tom, thanks. that s going to do it for us. katy tur reports starts right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. it might have been a rocky week for president biden in the polls, but democrats are doing just fine at the ballot box. so what gives? in virginia, republican governor glenn youngkin failed to get gop control of the state house. democrats there held on to the senate chamber and regained the house. how much of it had to do with youngkin s bet on a quote, reasonable 15-week abortion ban. in deep red kentucky, democratic governor andy beshear was able to win a second term, beating out his trump-backed rival, daniel cameron. was it abortion that helped keep beshear in office or was it trump who helped keep cameron out? in reddening ohio, it is clear voters roundly rejected republican efforts to restrict abortion, voting to enshrine the right into the state s constitution. all of it great news for democrat
right now on ana cabrera reports, ivanka trump s turn on the witness stand. donald trump s eldest daughter just arrived to testify in the multimillion dollar fraud trial. we ve got live breaking news coverage. plus, big democratic wins on election night. contentious races in ohio, virginia, and kentucky all go blue showing the issue of abortion access is now a major liability for republicans. so what does that mean for 2024? . and happy debate day for all who celebrate. five candidates make the stage, but can any of them get out from under trump s shadow? thanks so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the breaking news shaking the political world this morning after big wins scored by democrats in key races in ohio, kentucky, and virginia all revealing the issue of abortion access is a major liability for the republican party. nbc s priscilla thompson in ohio where voters enshrined abortion rights into that