rally. >> prime minister netanyahu saying israel will have the security responsibility for gaza when the war is over. >> we have seen what happens when we don't have it. >> there are concerns what will happen when this war ends whether that's in a few days, weeks or months. polls are open in virginia, kentucky and ohio in a consequential off year election day. we're about to find out where voters stand ahead of 2024, abortion has been a dominant issue. >> we are watching key races for governor, a democrat is fighting for reelection in the deep red state that voted for trump. and mississippi, whether the republican incumbent is facing a tougher than expected challenge in elvis's cousin. voters will decide in abortion becomes a right in the state constitution, and virginia's state legislature up for grabs. republicans seeking full control as governor glenn youngkin pushes to restrict abortion after 15 weeks. we heard from him moments ago at a polling site. >> we're delivering, and i think results matter. now it's time to put it in the hands of the voters to ask them to send a team to richmond that can work with me and not against me. i think we can have a fantastic two years, if we can hold the house, flip the senate. >> let's take a closer look at some o. rf the races and issues stake. a lot has happened, no question about it. this is a good home base as we look towards what is going to happen today. the state of virginia, joe biden back in 2020, winning this race by more than 10 points. it's the largest margin of victory for a democrat since 1944, and yet when you move to 2021 and the governor's race, glenn youngkin ending up upsetting terry mcauliffe. this is why this day is so important. whether or not republicans are actually able to secure not just the governor's mansion but also the state senate and the state house. that is up for grabs. what else is a big issue here? abortion. youngkin has tried to flip the script after a number of democratic wins, abortion rights advocates across the country. he's tried to embrace the issue of a 15-week abortion ban. this will certainly be a test of that. obviously what happens in the suburbs here, which has been a strong point for democrats year after year in the state of virginia will be something everybody is watching. you want to switch over to the governor's races right now. you have two, and they're both in red states, two states that joe biden lost and lost handily in kentucky and mississippi. why are we watching these deep red states? when you look at the state of kentucky, it has a democratic governor. andy beshear has a high favorability rating for a democrat in the state, despite where joe biden's approval sits. joe cameron, a rising star in the republican party. whether beshear is able to hold on, that will be an open question. mississippi, it's still considered a lean republican race. elvis's second cousin is involved in the race, but democrats right now saying if turnout goes their way in the afr african-american community, perhaps there's a chance of an upset. the state of ohio, it is a red state. there is no question about that, but this could be yet another example of red state after red state after red state in the wake of the dobbs decision and the supreme court, voting with abortion rights advocates. that will be on the ballot, another opportunity, key issue we'll be watching throughout the course of the day. >> let's bring in cnn political analyst, and political correspondent for the "new york times," maggie haberman. i want to start with virginia and glenn youngkin, hoping that obviously they're going to take it all, take the legislature, but really pinning so much on 15 weeks. trying to thread the needle on the abortion topic, what are you looking for out of virginia with that. >> what i'm looking for is whether they're able to flip it at the senate level, how many seats they get and does youngkin use that not just on the 15-week ban which is obviously less restrictive than the 6-week ban in states like florida and iowa. does that fulfill the fantasy that a number of republican donors have that youngkin can become a late stage national candidate in the presidential race. that is what i'm watching there is the body language out of that. if not, youngkin is setting himself up for a pretty good position in 2028 when presumably there would not be what is the closest thing to two front runners? >> how realistic is the fantasy? in a candid, nondonor recitation of what's happening right now? >> i'm skeptical of late stage candidacies on whom, and i'm sure van has thoughts on this too, on whom donors pin their hopes. we have seen it not work a number of times, turns out you need more than eight weeks in a presidential race to get your sea legs, and youngkin has won one race. he's term limited in virginia. he can't run again. there is a number of republicans who would like to see this happen. if you're youngkin, and wondering whether ron desantis can get traction after kim reynolds endorsed him, you don't make the calculation that diving in head first is the best choice. we'll see. >> and you're young, and you can wait. >> and you're wealthy, and you can wait. >> good point. >> it's somewhere between a fantasy and a fairy tale, it's not going to happen, but what could happen is a nightmare for women. when you have a one party gop control these days, no matter how moderate youngkin appears, once you have one party control in these states, they lurch wait right on everything. so right now, in virginia, people will have to make a decision. they say 15 weeks, fine, on every other issue it's going to get worse and worse, more and more conservative. youngkin is a smart guy, he's not going to jump into this thing. trump is a run away train. the nightmare is for women in the state. >> what about andy beshear, very popular democratic governor in a red state. can he hang on? >> he might be able to. you got a black guy running for governor that all the black people are mad at. you've got cameron on the wrong side of every police reform issues, the wrong side of a black woman who was killed in her bed by police. never done anything about those type of issues. you have a doubly motivated african-american community, they like one candidate. >> watching walk the line on teachers has been fascinating, particularly in that state. what is interesting about today, particularly in the wake of the last two days is there's a chance that democrats come out of this maybe even flipping a chamber in virginia, winning on abortion in ohio, holding on to a democratic governorship in a red state in kentucky, and saying this is just more evidence that despite what the top line says about joe biden, we're doing great. we're winning specials. winning in off years, we should be fine. >> that's what democrats are looking for. there's no question. the issue of abortion has had republicans on the defensive for a year, a year and a half. and the expectation is that at least in some places this is going to be yet another issue on which democrats farewell. it's a big issue in kentucky, one of the issues in which andy beshear has repeatedly talked about cameron as extreme. whether that's going to be enough for biden to reassemble his coalition next yoear i thin is an open question. we are a year out. if you talk to everybody either around biden or in the democratic party, they will tell you that all of the polls they are dismissing is not real, actually are directionally accurate. that does not mean they are going to be accurate in 12 months. a lot can happen. abortion is going to be a big issue for democrats heading into next year. concerns about democracy and the stability of it are going to be a big issue for next year, and the question becomes what turnout is and whether motivated. >> fascinating day. m ahead, donald trump's contentious testimony in court, what did he reveal about his financial disclosures, did he help or hurt his case. a jewish man suffering a head injury, his death ruled a homicide. those details healed. ahead. aheaead. ahead. ahahead. ahead.d. ahead. aheaead. ahead. i think it went very well. i think you were there and you listened and you see what a scam this is. this is a case that should have never been brought. it's a case that should be dismissed immediately. the court was the fraudster in this case. >> that was donald trump after testifying in his civil fraud case against him and his business right here in new york during about hour fours of testimony. trump clashed with the judge, arthur engoron that told lawyers to control your client. letitia james is seeking $200 million in damages and trying to bar the former president from doing business in the state of new york, something that could spell the end of his business empire. elie honig with us. a big takeaway, outside of the bluster, the big take away legally. >> let's cut through the noise. there was legal, substantiative developments. the trump organization's alleged overvaluation of the properties, the question i have is donald trump going to sign on to those or disavow them. he not only is signing on to these. he's upping the ante. mar-a-lago, according to the ag and the judge was valued by a neutral valuer at about $20 million, give or take a few. now, the judge said it's actually worth 500 million. the ag said that, and donald trump comes in yesterday, and literally doubles down on that. he says, actually, i think it's worth between a billion and a billion five. and now donald trump is signing on to this t.. keep in mind, the judge was ruling that $500 million was a fantasy world. donald trump, true to donald trump form has not only was it what i said before, and it's more than that. his team is going to have to support that. are they going to be able to produce a valid expert to support the higher numbers. >> they can bring their experts in. >> what's the next big take away? >> the key financial documents is the statement of financial condition. last week when the trump children testified, day basically pushed the blame down, they said not us. donald trump echoed that theme. he said yesterday because we're bringing in the bankers, very big bankers, presumably he's talking about his accountants from mazars. we'll see if on the defense case they bring in people to say we prepared these and it was valid. that's going to be important, and that leads to the sort of third big point. this was a really important moment. i think a concession by donald trump. he was pressed. he tried to dodge. but eventually he said, i would look at them, meaning the financial statements. i would look at them. i would see them, and i would maybe on occasion have some suggestions. if i'm the ag's office, i'm seizing on this quote, he saw them and reviewed them in enough depth that he had some substantiative impact. that ties donald trump to the statements. he's going to have a hard time getting away from that. >> what about what's ahead? we hear from ivanka trump tomorrow. >> court is closed today because it's election day. ivanka trump will take the stand. she's not longer a defendant. the allegations were too old. she will be testifying. i think it's going to be much narrower, focused on specific financial transactions than donald trump's yesterday. the second thing to watch for is after ivanka trump finishes testifying, the ag is going to rest their case, meaning we're done, and then the defense, donald trump and the trump organization, they get a chance to put on their case. their lawyers have said that's going to take into december, maybe a month or more. i think we're going to hear from accountants, experts who will try to validate the numbers that donald trump offered up. that's going to be a substantial defense case, and finally at the end of it all, we will have a verdict. the judge has ruled for the ag, and against donald trump on one claim. there are six other claims, and then ultimately the judge will determine damages, the ag is seeking up to $250 million. that's the third big thing to watch for. >> elie honig, thank you. get back to you soon, phil. maggie haberman and van jones are back with us. i want to start with ivanka trump. what we saw trump do, to some degree, what we expected in the courtroom, swaggering out with the bombastic take on things. what is the expectation for ivanka trump, tried not to have to testify, appealed, isn't technically involved in the case. do we know what she has been doing to prepare? >> i want to just disagree on one note. i didn't expect trump to take ownership of the statements the way that he did. i didn't expect him to attach himself and not distance himself the way his sons did. that was surprising to me. in terms of ivanka trump, she is going to try to get in and out with as little damage as possible. i know there has been some prep going on. she has been very reluctant to do this. the fact that she was dropped from the case but also got they are own lawyer separate from trump lawyers has been a bone of contention in trump's circle. i expect that she is going to try to do as little as possible to inflame her father but also to distance herself from any questions the ag may have. >> take a step back on what you said about the former president, why do you think he took ownership? >> i think sometimes he says things under oath that he doesn't mean to say or that he has been coached not to say. i think that the performance that we saw in terms of him attacking letitia james, attacking the judge, describing it all in very political terms, that was all very planned. there's no question about that. and he is, to be clear. he is very very angry about this case. that is real. that i was not surprised by. but i was surprised by some of what he said that he will be used against him as damages are being assessed in this case. now, look, engoron, the judge, clearly has an opinion of trump already. i don't think there's any real question about that. has been questioning his credibility repeatedly. questioned his behavior yesterday. but this will all factor in to what happens next, and then the hope from the trump team is did engoron do things that they can argue on appeal means it should be overturned? they feel pretty good about that. we have to see how that plays out. >> that's a good question, on appeal, if he doesn't prevail, and found civilly liable, do you think engoron and letitia james, the statements prior to the trial, tweeting yesterday calling trump a liar before his testimony, do you think those give trump's legal team room for either injunctive relief or an argument against excessive damages? >> all of this stuff will play itself out. here's the reality. most people can't follow this stuff. they just can't. what all of this adds up to for a lot of people is trump is strong as hell. because most people with 91 counts and all of this sort of stuff, they would be crumbling. i don't want a traffic ticket. and so i think what you have to understand is there's something happening in the country where someone who acts this way, who's completely disrespectful, who flunked out of kindergarten just based on his attitude is gaining altitude in this krcountry. nobody can follow this stuff. all they can see is somebody who looks strong. you have an omni crisis, financially, geopolitically, a lot of people would rather have strong and wrong than weak and right, and that's the big picture here. >> to this point, you, i think, with jonathan swan. >> and charlie savage. >> on the idea he's shifted. the polls shifted dramatically. that series has been completely fascinating and under appreciated for what it means going forward, but the idea if he's convicted everybody is going to shift. bi biden goes down 4 or 5 down to up 8, 10, 11. >> it's a narrow slice. 6% of people said they would flip. which is enough in a couple of states to change the dynamic. we have been talking about, and van knows this as much as i do, we are talking about very close presidential races over the last two cycles. one was settled by 80,000 votes in three states and another by 40,000 votes in three states. anything that's marginal can have a real impact. do i believe there are some people that would be troubled by seeing trump convicted and sentenced to prison. that was the question in the poll. yes, i do. do i believe people might feel different in the actuality depending on what else is happening in the world. yes, i do. i think we're in totally uncharted territory and to van's point, what people are seeing with trump, and this is part of what trump was doing with this performance, this was about the headlines. his folks felt good about yesterday, and i don't think that was bluster. if you look at basically all of the coverage, trump lashes out. trump comes out swinging. it's not trump acknowledges he had impact on the statements and that's what they're looking for politically. >> the big surprise yesterday, blue tie. everything else, totally predictable. >> in a way that unsettled you or made you have faith about what's ahead? >> i agree. i didn't expect him to take responsibility for anything. he wore a blue tie. other than that, it's the same trump show over and over again, and the reason why, it's continuing to work for him politically. a 69-year-old man has died after a pro palestinian and pro israeli demonstrations in california. new reporting on what happened next. rising anti-semitism has many american jews fearing for their lives, and more of them are buying guns. that reporting, next. >> the reality is people don't seem to want us around. and it's hard. >> do you hear that now more than ever? >> now more than ever. it's suffocating, actually. you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? have we piqued your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible. these are live pictures, its the middle of the afternoon in gaza. the israel defense forces say they have secured a hamas stronghold in northern gaza. the idf said in a statement, fighter jets working with troops on the ground stuck a sal vo of ten te ten terrorists. >> israel for a different period will have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it. >> and he also said the enclave should be governed by those who don't want to continue the way of hamas. he also comments on the pressure coming internationally for a cease fire. >> well, there will be no cease fire, general cease fire in gaza without the release of our hostages. >> the hamas-controlled palestinian ministry of health in ramallah says more than 10,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel launched its counter attack after the hamas terror attacks a month ago. the u.n. chief has warned that gaza is, quote, becoming a graveyard for children, and last night, the u.n. security council failed to reach a consensus on a draft resolution aimed at halting the conflict. new overnight, people in ventura county, california, holding a vigil where a 69-year-old man suffered a head injury and died during a pro palestinian and pro israel demonstration. police are investigating the death, and the medical examiner is ruling it a homicide. cnn's david culver is live in los angeles. i want to start on this story. what's the latest from police on the investigation? >> reporter: this all happened, phil, sunday, in thousand oaks just north of where we are in l.a. the 69-year-old has been identified as paul kessler. he died of an encounter