It's Tuesday, November 7th, and he's got some contempt for this court, all right. We start here

In a historic moment, Donald Trump is called to the witness stand to defend himself.

Because it's just scared and this is a... is called to the witness stand to defend himself.

This is a case that should be anotherly brought.

It's got fiery fast.

Our reporter was inside the room.

Trump's not on the ballot this year,

but what happens today could color what comes next.

Whether you're pro-life or pro-choice, this amendment just goes much, much too far.

We'll get you teed up for state and local contests across the country,

and what happens after the ballots are cast.

The idea that we would need hundreds and hundreds of people to touch those ballots.

A deep red county holds its breath after conspiracy theories took hold of its polling places.

From ABC News, this is a special election day edition of Start Here.

I'm Bride Milky.

Today is election day.

Later in the show we'll be discussing the decisions voters are making in state and

local elections across the country.

But this also marks one year from election day of next year.

and at this point, the frontrunner in the Republican Party is a former president on trial.

It's almost impossible to separate Donald Trump's legal troubles from the political landscape of this country, one will affect the other.

And yesterday, for the first time in American history, a former president was called to testify in a case against him. This is a case that should have never been brought,

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