we are delivering and you think results matter. so now it's time to put it in the hands of the voters to ask them to send a team to richmond to work with me and not against me. i believe we will hold the house and flip the senate. we have demonstrated that's a license that voters should extend to us after 2021 where we swept in across the state races and flipped the house. >> that was virginia governor glenn youngkin on a consequential election day particularly in his state. today abortion rights are taking center stage in key races across america. in virginia the state legislature up for grabs. republicans are seeking full control in richmond as youngkin pushes to restrict abortion after 15 weeks. ohio voters deciding if abortion rights will be enshrined in that state's constitution. >> kentucky, a democrat is fighting for re-election in a deep red state. in mississippi the republican incumbent facing a tougher than expected challenge from elvis' cousin. harry, you are not elvis' cousin. >> no. >> these are the days you were made for. what is most important to you today? >> they are my jam, as i like to say. i love off year. lets go to ohio first where there is a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. now, we have a decent clue how this will go. another ballot measure took place in august, ohio's issue 1, a proxy vote for abortion right. 57%. this time around, the wording is flipped. you have to vote yes for abortion rights. there has been some sort of haggling over the ballot leverage in ohio. the secretary of state, the republican secretary of state, didn't put the amendments language in, put his own language. that worrisome abortion rights folks have to wait to see what happens. nationally, there have been six other ballot measures since the dobbs ruling on abortion rights and the abortion rights side has won every time from the deep red states likes kentucky to the very blue ones like vermont. if it passes in ohio tonight, that will become the seventh state to enshrine abortion rights since dobbs. >> so interesting to see the numbers in red states. what about the governors races? >> there are two governors races that i am keeping my eye on. kentucky. andy beshear versus the attorney general. kentucky is a red state these days. trump won kentucky by 26 points in 2020. keep in mind, it's democratic. there have been only three garoppolo governors in the state in the last 75 years. so kentucky beshear a slight favorite. mississippi, the democratic candidate no, democratic has won since 1999. presley is, as you put in that that's, elvis' second kuds u cousin. might get him over the top. >> you will hear the word trifecta today. mostly as relates to virginia. why? >> because republicans are going for the trifecta. they hold the house. dems hold the senate. the governor holds the governorship. all 40 seats up. this could be one of our best clues heading into 2024 where the country stands. we will have to wait and see what happens. >> this is his jam. >> did you notice he point to the side? >> yeah, he loved that. >> he is prepared. it's his jam. it is day. you were looking at dueling magic walls. john king has his own personal wall. he doesn't let harry or myself touch the magic wall. it is only john king's personal wall. he joins us now. chief national correspondent. you have been speaking to voters. how is the issue of abortion resonating with virginians? >> a fascinating test case. the abortion rights forces have won everywhere. joe biden two years ago won virginia three years ago, won virginia by ten points. then glenn youngkin comes along and sneaks in a victory. the republican governor says i have found the way back for republicans in the suburbs. northern virginia, richmond, youngkin didn't win but ran five or six points stronger than trump enough to make the difference. after all those adoption defeats, glenn youngkin says i have a path back to the suburbs and i will win the suburbs become even by pushing new abortion restrictions. >> a change of seasons in loudon county and a choice that will echo well beyond virginia. >> abortion is tough. i have two girls. i feel personally that every woman has the right to do what she feels is right for her. >> a registered republicans, a suburban voter who changed red to blue. >> abortion and guns. >> voted early for the democrat in a critical state senate race here. >> flyers every day for the last month. it's a lot of money wasted. >> republican governor glenn youngkin is among those spending millions. >> flip the senate! hold in the house, flip in the senate. >> he is not on the ballot but his presidential ambitions are. he thinks he can reverse the republican collapse in the suburbs, even while backing new abortion restrictions. if voters give him a full republican legislature, he says virginia will ban abortion after 15 weeks with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. >> no more are we going to allow bureaucrats to tell folks that parents don't belong in the classroom. >> no abortion nmention in his rally speech. >> for tax cuts t police, are you for this, too? >> it's clear where i stand on this. we are running a advertising campaign. >> here is the truth. there is no ban. virginia republican support a reasonable 15-week limit. >> maga republicans want to ban abortion in virginia. criminalizing abortions is wrong. >> it is a giant test of whether republicans can end a streak of punishing election losses since the supreme court tossed out roe v. wade. >> discussion around abortion is won between an extreme position from the left and a reasonable position from all republicans. >> the youngkin events look like a presidential test run. this is the fast growing richmond suburbs. democrats hope to unseat a youngkin ally and prove the abortion debate cuts their way. >> there is nothing reasonable about passing abortion. >> during the covid lockdowns it was schidonovan who worked to g kids back in the classroom. >> rachel calls herself a conservative independent. supports donald trump, prefers a six-week abortion ban but is open to compromise. >> i don't support abortion. if you get it to 15 weeks, i think perhaps that's a fair middle ground. >> loudon county is 40 miles west of washington, d.c. it's red when van fleet moved here 18 years ago. loudoun home to shy of 100,000 people then. it is hor than four times that now and 20% of the county's voters are asian. >> my neighbors are indians, vietnamese, korean. i'm chinese. if you talk about diversity, this is very diverse. >> it's also more democratic out here. >> it bothers me. >> south carolina born gladys burke is part of loudoun's evolution. she leans blue, takes issue with youngkin's education agenda. >> this thing about not teaching black history in the schools. not recognizing our black history, because i lived it. >> undecided on the state senate race that could tip the balance of power. >> i have never been tohis torn before. >> you are open to some restriction? >> absolutely. >> even if she votes republican this time, she says youngkin is wrong to think virginia will turn to rednecks year. >> biden, biden, biden. >> you like him? >> absolutely. i think he did a dwraub. >> and the face of virginia's shift. her last republican vote george h.w. bush. the last time a republican nominee carried loudon county. ready to cast a fifth democratic vote for president next year but with hesitation. >> i don't think he is the perfect one, but if i have to pick between him and trump, who i would never, ever, ever vote for, it would be biden. just pray. >> that's for next november. first, this year's big test. that test today is going to tell us a lot about 2024. if you look up here, loudon county where you saw her, she would vote for biden. you heard her hesitation. he not perfect. abortion is on the ballot. so are the suburbs. the american suburbs. do they stay with abortion rights? do they stay with president biden? is glenn youngkin on to something here? we will watch today, not only for abortion rights and the climate in maeshs suburbs as we head into next year. >> talk about the counties in virginia. when we wake up to results in the election, or get them tonight, what is virginia going to tell us about 2024? >> number one, on the abortion issue, has governor youngkin found the compromise spot. can you keep the anti-abortion base that would like a ban, keep them onboard for 15 weeks and pick up swing voters. you saw gladys burke, she is wrestling. last night she said she is still undecided. it will be game-day decision. we often talk about the black vote, often talk about the latino vote. the asian population has exploded in this part of skrirgz in the last 20 years. a giant swing constituency. the tough trump language turned asian voters. they are starting to drift back. a growing swing constituency in virginia tonight. red sox and county level democrats, it that's what john king does. >> i knew it. donald trump's contentious testimony ripping the judge instead of answering questions. did you help or hurt his fraud case? we will ask trump's defense attorney next. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting calls for a ceasefire saying that will not happen unless hamas frees the hostages but he said he was open to short humanitarian pauses.s. we will bebe joioined by j john on whehere the thihings stand de whwhite house.e. ivanka trump is set to testify tomorrow in the new york attorney general's civil fraud trial against her father and the family buzz. her testimony will come after trump yesterday turned a manhattan courtroom in a mann day of-time. during four hours, trump clashed with the judge. i'm sure the judge will rule against me because he always rules against me. the judge responded you can attack me, do whatever you want, but answer the question. then things got heated the judge asking trump's lawyer to control his client, warning this is not a political rally. that was a simple yes-or-no question. we got another speech. control him. if you can't, i will. i will excuse him . do you understand that? during testimony trump leaned into the microphone and said this a very unfair trial and i hope the public is watching. the civil fraud trial brought by new york' attorney general letitia james seeking $250 million in damages and to bar the former president from doing business in the state of new york. that could spell the end of his business empire. david schoen was an attorney on trump's defense team in the second impeachment trial and speaks with trump regularly. one of the president's attorneys said in 33 years i have not had a witness testify better. do you agree? >> i don't know, i don't have any idea what he means by that. i think from president trump's perspective, you know, it was a good day for him in that he stood up to what he believes to an unfair proceeding, america believes to be an unfair proceeding. i am not sure why they called him as a witness, frankly. this case is becoming or has become a circus, and i think this just added to it. i think the judge, one of his comments epitomized the situation when he said i don't want to hear what he has to say. i am not sure what purpose was served except i think it will help president trump in the polls. i think he stood up to a court he believes to be unfair and for, like, every american who supports him, you know, he called him a bully, that sort of thing. i think that serves him well in the polls politically. >> david, you are forgetting the second part of the statement. quote, we are here to hear him answer questions and most of the time he is not. i take you on your point about what judge said, but that's the totality of what he said. would you have advised trump to take the fifth if you were his counsel? >> well, first of all, that's not in his personality, as you know. >> he did it a lot in the deposition. >> yes. but this is a very public forum. and i think that wanted to stand up to this judge. this is one of the cases in which i think much of america feels it's unfair. an attorney general who campaigned on getting trump and then you have a case which a -- with very unusual law. this executive law 6312. we hear fraud. it doesn't require any showing of materiality, losses, any showing of victims. it strikes people as unfair and he kind of spoke for those people yesterday. >> have you talked to trump since yesterday, since his testimony? >> talk to or communicated with? >> either? >> i have -- >> any form. text. >> i have communicated with him. >> what did he say? >> i wouldn't say what he said nor would i say what i said. he feels he needs to stand up to this kind of thing. he thinks he is being treated very unfairly. as you know, this case and all of the cases are being tried on a couple of fronts and he is, you know, the leading candidate for the republican party for president and i really think you are going to see him soar in the polls after what happened yesterday. >> does he care if he loses this case, if it helps him politically? >> of course he cares. he cares about all these cases. he takes them quite seriously. he thinks fundamentally they are drin about a political agenda and they are very unfair and he feels very strongly about that. >> i want to ask about the law on one part. seems like the prosecutors for the a.g.'s office got admission from the president when they got him to say when she asked repeatedly did these banks review the documents. a quote from trump talking about the valuations it that were presented to him before they went to the banks. quote, i would look at them, see them, and maybe on occasion have some suggestions. do you think that the prosecution made some headway there on trying to get toward intent with that admission from the president? >> i would think that that had to be sort of the central purpose was to put him directly into the statements. but i think -- i have to say, i admire the fact that he didn't shy away from that. look, there is so much more going on with the banking business. i talk to developers all the time about this. some feel very strongly about it. some never trumpers feel strongly about it. the banks made a lot of money on this. nobody lost anything. to the extent the a.g. argues, had he actually stated the values properly, the banks could have made more if fees. i don't think you find a sympathetic audience for that. number two, he would have gone to a different bank. >> doesn't matter if there is a sympathetic audience for the banks. the other point is you give numbers, you get more favorable loans. that's really the crux of it. and there doesn't need to be a victim for him to be held civilly liable. trump said yesterday on the stand that, quote, big bankers are going to straighten this out. who are the big bankers? >> i really don't know what their plan is for the defense. who they intend to call as witnesses. i am sure they will sffind some >> trump testified, quote, has a disclaimer clause where you don't have to get sued by the attorney general of new york. he knows, you know, this judge ruled months ago that that worthless clause is worthless. as a defense, it is, right? >> i don't think it's worthless as a defense. he knows that the judge ruled that. i think the banks clearly have an independent obligation of due diligence. this is more evidence of that, that, you know, they have given the disclaimer. no bank is lending him money without doing their own due diligence on these properties. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu weighs in on who should control gaza a month after the war against hamas began. john kirby from the white house joins us live next. three men arrested in a drug bust in massachusetts. look at that. that is fentanyl laced heart-shaped candy. in total, 220 pounds of it, or $8 million worth, was taken. it is believed to be one of the largest single location seizures of drugs in the northeast. attorney general garland said the justice department will not stop until everyone responsible for the fentanyl poisoning epidemic is brought to justice. bold. daring. expressive. contra costa college allows me to be whoever and whatever i want to be, providing the stage, the canvas, the tools to use my voice and write my story. find your passion and create your future at contra costa college. start today at contracosta.edu i think israel will for an indefinite period have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it. >> one month into the war with hamas, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is giving his first indication of israel's plans for gaza after the fighting ends. this comes as more airstrikes could be seen slamming gaza city overnight. the idf says it secured a hamas military stronghold in northern gaza and struck a cell of ten terrorists in an anti-tank missile cell. joining us is john kirby. admiral, appreciate your time. what we just heard from the prime minister, there has been a lot of discussion about what would happen after the military conflict is done. the president has made very clear he believes that holding gaza, that essentially a reoccupation is a not a good idea. what was your takeaway that you heard from the prime minister? >> the president still believes that a reoccupation of gaza by israeli forces is not good for israel, not good for the israeli people. prime minister 9/11,netanyahu s to his plans. one of the conversations that secretary blinken has been having what does post-conflict gaza look like, governance look like in gaza. whatever it is, it can't be what it was in october 6, can't be hawley. a lot of these questions are asked amongst ourselves, our partners and israeli counterparts and we will keep having the conversations. >> one the nations that would be involved is saudi arabia. they are hosting a summit of muslim leaders this weekend. there are reports that iran's president will attend that summit. what does that tell you? what's your response to his attendance? >> i don't know that it tells us anything too specific, phil. i think we will have to wait to see how it plays out and see what kind of a role. if they show up, what kind of a role they play. our perspective is, iran is a destabilizing actor in the region, they support groups like hezbollah and hamas, supporting militia in iraq and syria, and they are also supporting putin's war in ukraine. so it's difficult for us to see where iran would have some sort of meaningful constructive productive discussion about conflict resolution at this point given they are the arsonists here. but we will have to see what happens at this meeting this weekend. >> you mentioned the rocket attacks on u.s. personnel, also one-way drone attacks, as well as 38 or 39 u.s. personnel who have been injured in those attacks or a number of attacks that have occurred. does the u.s. believe at this point the threshold for an expanded conflict has not been crossed yet? >> we are still working very hard to keep this conflict from widening, deepening, escalating. the attacks on the troops are deeply concerning. we have retaliated the last week or so. we will evaluate next steps. we will do whatever we have do to protect our troops in iraq and syria, make sure we make a strong statement about force protection and how much that means to us. but we haven't seen another nation, state or actor move in demonstrable major muscle movement ways to deepen and wide-this conflict yet. that's one of the reasons the president added so much more force posture to the region, including an ohio class submarine, which is now in the central command area of responsibility. if we have to make additional changes, we will do that, too. >> did you think you would see the day cencom would tweet out a picture of an ohio class submarine in transit? >> it's rare for the unite