Welcome to the beat I'm already Melber and I can tell you it is election day in America right now.

We're watching these critical races in Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi at

this hour polls now closing in the eastern counties of Kentucky.

Other states will be entering their final hours of voting here across the nation in the next hour

or two and I can tell you Steve Kornaki will be with us at the big board this hour to break down the key

races the ballot measures and what we're already starting to learn.

The president of Planned Parenthood also here to discuss abortion rights and

issue already driving voters to the polls in big

important states like Virginia and Ohio. I don't believe that the government

should be involved in any kind of choice that has to do with a person's body.

I support anything that allows for unborn life to be born.

My number one is pro-life and I'm going to vote pro-life.

I am absolutely concerned about voting for reproductive rights.

That's just some of what we're hearing from voters. about voting for reproductive rights.

That's just some of what we're hearing from voters going in and out of those polling

locations today and that is the big story.

We have that for you in this hour tonight and through the evening broadcast here on MS NBC.

Now our first and top story on the beat right now

is defendant Trump back on the stand, the fallout,

and the consequences of a fraud trial

that is consuming him and his adult children who have their roles under scrutiny at Trump

or whether they were involved in this alleged fraud.

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