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
new election wins, republicans are about to hold another presidential debate without their front-runner. both parties studying the results and assessing their 2024 strategies as donald trump s gop rivals are getting ready to take the stage. president biden is touting his party s new wins as defeats for trump and maga republicans. democrats political hopes rising amid fresh evidence their defensive abortion rights is a winning issue even as the president s bleak poll numbers are raising some serious red flags. and the state of new york just rested its case in the civil fraud trial against donald trump and his family business. this after ivanka trump s testimony and her attempt to down play her involvement in the trump organization. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, donald trump is deflecting blame for new republican election losses as he s set to skip another gop presidential debat
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
i m jake tapper. this hour, the wait for answers more than a month into the israel-hamas war. hundreds of families still do not know the fate of their loved ones being held hostage. right now, two families are here in d.c., hoping u.s. lawmakers can help. they will join me in the studio this hour. plus, america s latest abortion referendum as ohio voters make abortion rights part of their constitution. even conservatives are coming to terms with the shift in tide sense the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade. take a listen. on the issue of abortion, in ohio tonight, we continue the losing streak in the pro-life movement. our pro-life movement, and i am part of it, needs to be better about the way we discuss this issue. and leading this hour, another historic day of testimony in the new york city courtroom. this way from ivanka trump, donald trump s oldest daughter. she just wrapped up her testimony and now states attorneys say they have rested their case. new yo
now it s ivanka trump s turn. donald trump s elder daughter on the witness stand and under oath in her father s civil fraud trial. what she just said about his allegedly inflated net worth. and democrats do it again, beating expectations on election night despite weak poll numbers for the party s leader, president biden. some top republicans calling last night a complete failure. ahead of the gop s third presidential debate. so how will the candidates respond? and where s donald trump? plus, the u.s. warning israel against reoccupying gaza after their war with hamas is over. so what should the long-term plan be? we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central . today ivanka trump is on the stand testifying in a new york courtroom as the fate of herr father s business empire hangs in the balance. the former trump organization executive is not a defendant in the $250 million civil fraud trial. an appellate court rem