Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 8 November 2023
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Wednesday briefing: Election results in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky; Ivanka Trump to testify; Legend of Zelda movie; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Abortion is health care. And abortion access is the law of the land in Ohio. |
| 0:11.0 | The election results are in and it was a big night for supporters of abortion |
| 0:15.7 | rights. That's where we're starting the show. I'm Hannah Jewel in for Jeff Pierre and |
| 0:20.0 | this is the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:22.5 | It's Wednesday, November 8th. |
| 0:24.7 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:27.4 | Abortion rights activists won big victories in three states yesterday. |
| 0:35.0 | In Ohio, voters passed a constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion access. |
| 0:40.0 | The pro-abortion rights position has now won on all seven state ballot measures since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. |
| 0:47.0 | In Virginia, Democrats took control of the General Assembly. |
| 0:51.0 | They flipped the House of Delegates and held on to the State Senate. |
| 0:54.0 | That means they can prevent Republicans from introducing new limits to abortion access. |
| 0:59.0 | And in Kentucky, voters re-elected governor Andy Bashir. |
| 1:03.2 | He's a Democrat who attacked his Republican opponent for supporting the state's near total ban on abortion. |
| 1:09.4 | So overall, the results appear to send a signal about voters feelings in blue states and |
| 1:14.1 | red states about protecting access to abortion and that could have big implications |
| 1:19.0 | for the 2024 election. Yvonne Trump will testify in her father's New York civil fraud trial today. |
| 1:35.0 | This is the case accusing Donald Trump and his business of exaggerating his net worth to get better deals from insurers and banks. |
| 1:42.0 | Ivanka is not a defendant in the case. to get better deals from insurers and banks. |
| 1:42.8 | Ivanka is not a defendant in the case, but she will be the state's last witness |
| 1:47.3 | following testimony from her father and two of her brothers. |
| 1:50.9 | The judge will then have to decide whether to impose any penalties. |
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