politicsnation. tonight s lead, more hostages released. right now, right now, after nearly two months of hostilities, israel and hamas are in the second day of a cease-fire, and with that, a series of prisoner exchanges that has included women, children, and the elderly at this hour, after long and dramatic day that saw a few delays and a personal intervention by president jill joe biden, 13 additional israeli hostages have been released by hamas. eight children and five women, along with four foreign thailand nationals. israel, saying that the red cross has confirmed the release. they are on their way to the rafah crossing in gaza. meanwhile, 39 palestinian prisoners have been released by israel. have promised to continue tomorrow with the third round. but in the interim, the white house is trying to figure out how to push this truce forward into a lasting peace, and how to get as much humanitarian aid into gaza as possible. democratic senator, chemo smith, joins me
who think they might be having a good night. easy, easy. right. easy but but but. a court leaving the ballot open, diane, saying there are lines there in this race that we know is unusually competitive. it means you keep watching it. now let s come back to where we are as we wait. we still have no votes in in mississippi. we do here for another one. again, in this tough national climate for democrats, you have an incumbent democratic governor in a very red state, 56% of the vote in now. right. i told you earlier, watch down here. and a lot of them are starting to slowly fill in. right. these are the conservative counties. but daniel cameron getting only 51% of the vote there. let s just go back in time to 2019. andy beshear getting 46. so the incumbent did a little better. but here s what you look at here. go back to the presidential race. donald trump getting 74% here. and so the margins, the margins are not going daniel cameron s way. if you know that in the urban areas tha
failing and trump on the rise. ainsley: poll showing trump beating biden. lawrence: 51% saying no way in hell i will vote for president biden. washington national zoo, fluffiest chinese ambassadors and now going home. does not need candid diplomacy anymore. how dicey it s become. steve: it is 8 closuring in new york city, start with a fox news alert. democrats secured full control of the virginia state legislature. brian: party maintaining their grip on state senate and flipping the house of delegates also. we have eye on the races in kentucky and mississippi. ainsley: that was a shock, they did have the house and lost both. peter doocy has the latest. virginia pretty shocking. peter: virginia governor glenn youngkin had been saying they could have 15-week abortion ban. voters did not flip the senate and lost the house of delegates, this is potentially lethal to the theory glenn youngkin could ride a wave as dark horse trump alternative inure 22. abortion was
you re not going to be the only one watching. a lot of folks are going to watch his hopeful return to the field. thank you for that, jesse care. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi, hi, everyone. and yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. you have the split screen moment in the israel-hamas war. on the one side, more strikes by israeli defense forces in gaza, leaving victims and destruction behind. on the other side, the u.s. ramps up diplomatic efforts across the region. will this intense fighting and talking lead to results? we have multiple reports across the middle east for you coming up. from abortion rights to accusations of voter influence, what you have not heard yet about this weeks off year election in some states. we have a live report on that. do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? that s the first question former president donald trump will
his full throttle attempt to overturn the presidential election. by taking the precious time on this case, the justices have actually halted donald trump s federal election interference trial. that means that a deverdict is less likely before november s election. beyond justice delayed this case could reshape the presidency also and axios explains. quote, the next week may redefine the limits of presidential power for generations to come. andrew weissman and melissa murray are kicking off another hour back with us. i would just like to ask how how is this even a thing, melissa? if anyone listened to the oral arguments, donald trump asked his his lawyers are asking the justices to say you know, they gave examples of you can shoot someone and assassinate someone and a president could order an assassination and that should be covered because he needs immunity. that s a crime. so first of all, that s exactly right. some of the arguments that were made at that oral argument