dana: yeah. hi, bret. bret: welcome, i m bret baier. will he or won t he. we ask west virginia senator joe manchin the question on everyonens mind in a different way. large numbers of social media posters say usama bin laden was actually right. we ll tell you what they are talking about and the fallout from this viral moment over the last 24 hours. and a scathing ethics report spells big trouble for an embattled republican congressman. bret: but, first, breaking tonight, we re being told israel and hamas are working on a deal for the release of dozens of hostages. also this evening, israel says it has recovered a laptop used by hamas terrorists inside that gaza hospital, used as a staging area by the terrorists. it reportedly contains information about the prisoners. and the body of one hostage has been found had inside gaza. correspondent alex who he begann israel. the idf says it found the body of that hostage outside of gaza s largest hospital. she was a woman in
given the news around the world with the middle east on fire the border issue hasn t gotten the attention it needs. he testifies on the senate side. migrant encounters hit the highest levels ever recorded. we re monitoring that. we want to start with what has been a big blue night for the democrats. they overcame the president s dismal poll numbers racking up some big wins on election night. question, what does it mean for 2024? we ll chew on that for some time. good morning. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. chances are that mayokas will say the border is closed. bill: good chance. dana: i think he will probably say that again and again. let s talk about politics. big night for democrats. kept the governorship in kentucky. also in virginia democrats kept the senate and flipped the house. those results have denied republican governor glenn youngkin s bid to control government in the state of virginia. the commonwealth there. it was a race heavily de
69-year-old jewish man during duelling protests over the war in gaza, now being investigated as a homicide and a possible hate crime. we re expecting an update on the case any minute now from the ventura county sherrive in california, he s taking to the podium. we ll have that for you live. sounds like he s about to speak. let s go to ventura county, california. for the ventura county sheriff s office. i d like to thank you for coming to this press conference on such short notice. ideally we would like to have had this press conference last night, but would have been logistically impossible to provide the public with accurate and timely information. today we hope to be as transparent as possible, but understand this is an active and ongoing investigation. and we will not provide any information which could potentially compromise the integrity of that investigation. i want you all to know we sincerely value your role in delivering messages to our community, and today s cas
it s election day in america. voters across several states are heading to the polls with dozens of key offices on hot-button issues on the line. and the outcome could reveal the mood of the nation less than a year before the presidential election. actually, 363 days before november of 2024 to be exact. the ballot issues include abortion rights, marijuana legalization, taxes and foreign spending on elections. meantime, kentucky s democratic governor andy beshear is seeking a second term in that red state. virginia s republican governor glenn youngkin is hoping to take full control of the legislature in richmond. and a cousin of elvis presley is trying to shake things up in mississippi and become the first democratic governor there in nearly two decades. we ve got cnn political director david chalian here to break it all down. david, let s start with the key issues of abortion. yes. we re going to see abortion rights sort of through several of these states today, boris. in o
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