for a criminal indictments, four criminal trials barreling towards him. and now the former president is openly threatening to weaponize the justice department against his political opponents if he takes back the white house. congressman jamie raskin is here with his reaction, and he s coming up first. plus, special counsel jack smith unveils a big clue about how he plans to prosecute his case. as trump s lawyers ask for his federal trial to be televised. the law firm of andrew weissmann and niel cattiel is here to weigh in on all of it. also today, resounding victories for democrats and crucial races all across the country, as republican culture wars fall completely flat. we ll talk about what it means for 2024 and beyond. and later, a trip to the forum, a bike ride through georgia with raphael warnock. we talk about the fight for democracy, the former president, and balancing his life as a pastor with his life as a united states senator. after a long stretch of dark po
from washington tonight. trial by error. that s the focus of tonight s angle. they might be asking why is public trust in the american judicial system declining? well, it s not simply the blm propaganda, flooding our schools, our universities, that s told young people that disproportionate kin car ration of african-americans equals racism. it s not just that respect for our justice system is also cratering due to democrats crusade both against trump and against traditional americans in general. now, for the most egregious example, look no further than trump s civil trial in new york brought by trump hating activist letitia james. judge arthur engram who looks like any random legal panelist on msnbc. he went so far as to mock trump s phrase about the perfect phone call. even using air quotes as he said it. now a conversation with the president. let me get this right. a conversation that the president had with zelenskyy is somehow fair game for a fraud trial that deals with
abortion, about which party gets your vote on policy. but there are also some new polls that at the same time hammer home the deep, deep alienation with the current president of the united states. you re watching cnn s special live coverage, election night in america. i m abby phillip in washington. and i m laura coates. here in new york. i m abby. if you re a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky s democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that s really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the president
youngkin account on twitter issued i m nasty ad ad hominem rotash which will be bad enough. but the high school student who tweeted about it. the youngkin team posted a photograph of islam with ralph northam, a yearbook photo and showing him in another person wearing blackface in a clue cuts clan robe. the caption reads, here is an event picture of ethan with a man that had a black kkk face in a yearbook. smeared a kid in high school because they didn t like what he tweeted. that truly tweet remained online for 12 hours before it was taken down. and even after it was deleted a youngkin operative continue to blast the high school kid. labeling him undramatic party official, a sort communications. up stencilled because he s doth he s a kid that cares about politics. the operative suggests that team young can only realize their blunder when they learned
next year as we come up on the midterm election. laura? laura: garrett, thank you. and great news out of minneapolis for the residents there who deserved a lot better than what they ve gotten. back to virginia where glenn youngkin is close to an incredible victory something none of the so called experts really thought he could pull off. but mcauliffe s campaign may not go down without a fight. one aide telling fox there is substantial amount of early vote left to be counted along with large numbers from places like fairfax richmond and other urban areas where we have outperformed the rest of the state. and just days ago, we learned mcauliffe hired notorious election fixer mark eli as who will no doubt be leading any effort to fight the results. joining me now is dillon rnc national committee woman from california who lived for a long time in virginia and jill vogel election lawyer helping the youngkin team.