they just took a lunch break. okay, shimon, we ll check back with you and we ll obviously be watching closely for when court resumes. appreciate that. i want to get some legal expertise in here. legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates with us as well as cnn legal analyst and civil rights attorney reeva martin. thank you for being with me. is rittenhouse helping or hurting his case? well, it was a risky move by the defense team to put him on the stand, it always is to put a defend on. but i think in this case given how the evidence has been presented by the prosecution that it is working for the defense. they presented a very different picture of a kyle rittenhouse than what we had seen in the media reports. this is kyle rittenhouse that went there to do good, to take graffiti off of a school, to render aid to help save a business. this was a very, you know, humanized kyle rittenhouse, and that s what the defense wanted to do. they wanted to paint him as a
and records of controversy conversations on january 6 have no bearing on the investigation? these are about who the president was talking to as people were breaking windows and climbing into the capitol. meanwhile, we re still awaiting the subpoena that the select committee is expected to issue this week for john eastman, the architect of trump s attempted coup. in fact, chairman bennie thompson now says a batch of 20 new subpoenas will soon be issued. and we re also learning many more witnesses have already cooperated. vice chair liz cheney confirmed to nbc news that they ve interviewed or deposed more than 450 people in connection with january 6. and she emphasized the huge amount of work under way, which she said is leading to real progress. it comes as republican operatives are organizing a legal defense fund to support trump s former aides and allies who have been subpoenaed. that s according to rolling stone which reports veteran operatives matt and mercedes schlapp are
it is 5:00 a.m. exactly in new york. thank you for getting an early start with us. i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. good morning to you a in the united states and around the world. the democratic governor is hoping he s not punished for his party s in fighting in washington. it is down to one man. a moderate senator who is once again pumping the brakes on democrats domestic agenda. while the president tries to push that agenda over the finish line, he remains overseas at the u.n. climate summit where he s expected to speak this hour. we have all angles covered this morning starting with the polling location in arlington, virginia. good morning. big day there. reporter: it certainly is a big day, christine. this race is incredibly tight that has national significance, and national implications going forward. not only for midterms for the next presidential cycle, but certainly how many candidates across the country are approaching their races going forward. and
thank you for being here. at this hour, americans throughout the country are making their choice and making their voices heard at the ballot box. it is election day, and the steaks are very high. several races expected to carry national implications with them for both republicans and democrats ahead of next year s midterms. the most high-profile race is in virginia where democrat all points bulletin hopes to return to the governor s mansion for the first time for the first time since 2018. he s in a tight race with republican glen youngkin. the race has been dominated by cultural issues really, but also former president trump has loomed large over this race as well. we have all of the key races covered for you. let s begin with sunlen serfaty live at a polling place in virginia. what are you seeing and hearing? reporter: well, kate, voting is under way here in virginia and has been for hours now. we re here at an arlington, virginia, polling center. this is a suburb just
the cutting room floor. there is free community college, lower prescription drug prices and paid family leave, which a majority of americans currently do not having a says to. joining me now, congresswoman joyce beaty of ohio, chair of the congressional black caucus and congressman jimmy gomez, madam chair, i will start with you on this one. i have heard you speak glowingly about this bill. so i know how you feel good about it. there are things we enumerated and opened up the show. i want to know your response to people who do feel disappointed, particularly paid family leave and the price of lower prescription drugs, which will be heavily felt particularly the black and latino constituencies in this country. what is your message to them this morning? while we made progress, $400 billion for child care and pre-k. as you mentioned, the $550 billion when we think of our fight for environmental justice. but what i will say to them is, it doesn t mean that we stop fighting to g