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Leaked images of the Covenant school shooters'

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alleged writings were published Monday,

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after months of authorities refusing

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to release the so-called manifesto.

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We discuss the documents and

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the controversy surrounding their release. I'm

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Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief

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John Bickley. It's Tuesday, November

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7th, and this is Morning Wire.

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Former President Donald Trump took to the witness

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stand in his New York fraud trial, leading

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to several heated exchanges with the judge.

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I'm not here to hear what he has

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to say. That was what

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rang true and could not have been

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more honest, coming from the judge, who has

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already predetermined that my client

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committed fraud. And

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it's election day for millions of Americans.

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What are the races you need to watch, and what will they

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tell us about the 2024 presidential race?

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you need to know.

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Podcaster Steven Crowder has released what appear to be

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three pages of writings from the trans-identifying

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shooter who killed three children and three

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adults at a Christian school in Nashville

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earlier this year. The so-called

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manifesto of the Covenant school shooter

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has been the subject of much controversy and

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numerous records requests over the past seven

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months.

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Here to tell us more about the leak is Daily Wire culture

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reporter, Megan Basham. So

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Megan, my understanding is that the shooter left

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hundreds of pages of writing, and

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Crowder only released three of those. So

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caution is probably warranted in assuming

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just how much insight they might provide. But

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given that, what do the pages show?

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Yeah, so they appear to come from a sort

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of diary that the shooter left in her car

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in the school parking lot. She

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says she wants to, quoting, kill

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crackers with white privileges. And

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another page says...

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says, kill those kids, those crackers

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going to private fancy schools with those

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fancy khakis and sports backpacks

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with their daddy's mustangs and convertibles. She

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then directs a tirade of profanity

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at children with quote, mops of

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yellow hair. And she also describes them with

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a gay slur. And then one page

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shows the shooter's planned schedule for the killings.

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And she expresses a hope that she would

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have a high death count and that God

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would let her wrath take over her anxiety. But

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then as you said, Georgia, these pages are only a very

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small slice of the writings that this trans

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identifying shooter reportedly left behind.

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According to court filing, she had written at least 20 journals,

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a suicide note and a memoir and

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those were recovered at the crime scene and at

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her parents' home. And the public has obviously

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still not seen those. Now, typically

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with this type of crime, any writings,

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the killer left are released to the media very

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quickly. But that hasn't been the case here. Why

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is that? Well, there's been a very intense

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legal battle that's still going on right now

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over the suppression of these records. So

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the family of the shooter legally turned

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ownership of her writings over to a group

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of 100 families whose children attend

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Covenant Christian School. And they have

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actually fought to block this release, saying

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that doing so would give voice to a

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horrendous criminal. Now, Brent

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Leatherwood is the president of the Ethics and Religious

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Liberty Commission. That's the lobbying arm

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of the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the largest

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Protestant denomination in the U.S. And

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he's been leading this group of parents and he said

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in a statement that they've told their attorneys

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to leave no stone unturned to prevent

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any of these writings from ever seeing the light

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of day. And at the same time, in both

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his capacity as ERLC head

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and in his personal capacity as a Covenant

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parent, Leatherwood has lobbied in support

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of a red flag gun control bill. So

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in part, because of how all of this is

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being used in this gun control debate, along

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with the issue of her transgender identification,

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you also have a number of groups arguing that

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the public does have a right to see this so-called

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manifesto, which could shed some light on

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But according to reporters in the room judge

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anger on lost his temper with Trump

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and his attorneys on a few occasions anger

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on was irked that Trump was giving long

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speeches in response to yes or no

6:12

questions from prosecutor Kevin Wallace

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He also yelled at Trump attorney Alina

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Haber to sit down as she tried

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to argue that the judge should just hear

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out the former And as another Trump's

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lawyer Christopher Kice put it future

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president of the United States And

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Goring got so angry that at one point

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he threatened to dismiss Trump and quote

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draw every negative inference

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end quote I have one point Trump mused

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that this is a very unfair trial and

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I hope the public is watching He also looked

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at Attorney General Letitia James at one point

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called her disgraceful called the trial a

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witch hunt outside the courtroom He had also

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called her a racist. So by all accounts

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things got a little nuts Sounds like it before

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getting to that question of the public watching

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on the legal front What defense did

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we hear from Trump and was it consistent with

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what his sons testified to last week?

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Yeah, it was entirely consistent All three argued

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that they were only slightly involved in

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the allegedly inflated value of assets

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on loan applications They basically

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argued that they trusted their accountants the way anyone

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would that this is why you have accountants as

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we've stressed Trump has already been found liable

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for fraud It's just a matter of how

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much of the potential 250 million

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dollar fine he and his sons will be liable

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for and Importantly

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if Trump will be allowed to do business in New

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York State So his antics notwithstanding

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Trump was trying to distance himself from the

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actual transactions Though he did

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make the point that the loans

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were all paid back and nobody lost money,

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right? A crucial point there So back to

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public perception is this combativeness

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from Trump? Politically motivated

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does he think this helps his electoral chances?

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Oh, absolutely Here's how Andy McCarthy

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a former federal prosecutor put it last week.

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I think Trump figures legally any

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he has is going to depend on the appellate

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process down the road. And the

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judge has already told him legally how the case

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is coming out. So he's decided to fight

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it as a political case. Trump's

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lawyers thought that the testimony was great,

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calling his answers brilliant. And I do,

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I think they meant that politically, as clearly

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the judge who will decide the penalty

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wasn't a big fan, they're painting

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this as a political persecution,

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not a legitimate prosecution. So

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they think that having Trump rail against the unfairness

8:30

of the trial supports that assertion and

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will play well with the voters. Now

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this trial is not televised,

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but was Trump's dramatic testimony

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effective? And could this be a

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clue as to what we'll see in this Georgia case,

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which will be shown live?

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I think there's no doubt that Trump would have liked

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for this to be on TV. Video of

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the exchanges would have gone extremely

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viral, especially on social media, in

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a way that reading a transcript just can't.

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And in part, this is exactly why

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many courts don't allow cameras. To

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your second question, yes, this is

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how we should expect the televised trial in Georgia

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to go. And honestly, it's not clear what

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the judge will be able to do to stop it. I mean, throwing

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Trump in jail for being in contempt of court

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is very possibly exactly what Trump

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wants in order to prove he's being

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unfairly targeted. One thing's

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for sure, John, it ain't going to be boring.

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It's a good bet there. Dave, thanks for joining us.

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Thanks for having me.

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It's election day for millions of Americans

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with voters set to make their voices heard

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in a number of crucial races from Kentucky

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and Virginia to Ohio and Mississippi.

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Here with more is Daily Wire senior

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editor, Cabot Phillips. So, Cabot, tell us,

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what are you going to be watching today?

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Well, we'll start with the election that's gotten the most

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national attention. That's in Kentucky where

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incumbent Democrat Governor Andy Beshear is

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facing off with the state's Republican Attorney General,

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Daniel Cameron. This race will

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tell us a lot about the ability of Democrat incumbents

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to succeed in states for President Biden.

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is deeply unpopular. Now, you might not expect

10:02

a Democrat to be the favorite in a different state

10:04

like Kentucky, but Bashir has really

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tried to distance himself from his fellow

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Democrats, saying the election quote is not

10:10

about the White House and avoiding

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any connection with Joe Biden. Since winning election

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narrowly in 2019, that more

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nonpartisan message has appeared to work. He

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consistently ranks among the five most popular

10:22

governors in the country with an approval rating

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in the low 60s and does come

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into election day having quadrupled Cameron's fundraising

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call. Now, a month ago, this race appeared

10:31

set for a blowout with polling showing Bashir up by 16

10:33

points. But the final polls this week

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showed the two men dead even. Cameron has gained

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attention nationally as the first black man

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elected to a statewide office in Kentucky history.

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If he pulls off the upset here, the expectation

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is that he'll have national ambitions in the future.

10:48

Now we've got another high profile governor's

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race happening in Mississippi. What are we seeing

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there? Yeah, this appears to be the tightest

10:54

governor's race the state has seen in decades. But

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the combat Republican Tate Reeves and he surprisingly

10:59

tight race against Democrat Brandon Presley,

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former small town mayor and cousin of Elvis,

11:05

while polling is relatively scarce. His lead appears

11:07

to have narrowed from double digits down

11:09

to around five points. Reeves has been

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dogged by allegations of corruption after state

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auditors discovered that $77 million in

11:16

federal welfare funds had been mishandled

11:18

during his time as lieutenant governor. While

11:20

he was never charged and appeared completely

11:23

unaware of the scheme, Presley has sought

11:25

to tie him to that scandal and apparently

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had some success with voters. It's looking

11:29

like a surprisingly close race.

11:31

So heading up to the Commonwealth of Virginia,

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what's at stake

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there? Yeah, voters in Virginia will decide

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today whether to give Republicans total control

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of the legislature after two years of divided

11:41

government. Virginia is really a perfect

11:43

example of a state that went from purple to blue over

11:45

the last decade and appeared on the verge

11:48

of becoming a Democratic stronghold, but has

11:50

instead shifted back to Republicans after

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Governor Glenn Youngkin won a shocking victory back

11:54

in 2021. Now Youngkin is not

11:56

on the ballot this year, but the election is largely

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viewed as a result of the election. referendum on his performance.

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He's hoping Republicans will win control of the state

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Senate to go along with their majority in the House of

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Delegates.

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Now we'll end with Ohio. We have two important

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referendums on the ballot today. Tell

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us about those. So voters in Ohio will have

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the chance to weigh in on two really

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hot button issues, abortion and marijuana.

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On the ballot today is a measure that would amend the state's

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Constitution to establish the right to

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quote make and carry out one's own reproductive

12:24

decisions on matters including abortion

12:26

and fertility treatment. While the measure would restrict

12:28

abortions past the point of viability, which

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is typically around 22 weeks, doctors

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would still be granted the power to determine quote

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on a case-by-case basis whether

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the unborn child could survive outside the womb. Now

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back in August, Ohio voters overwhelmingly opposed

12:42

a separate measure that would have made it more difficult for

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this abortion proposal to appear on the ballot today.

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So with that in mind this referendum is expected

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to pass. The same goes for the marijuana

12:51

measure which would make Ohio the 24th state to

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legalize recreational weed. Alright

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well a lot to keep our eye on. Capit, thanks

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for reporting. Thank you. Alright

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that's all the time we've got this morning. Thanks for

13:05

waking up with us. We'll be back this afternoon with more

13:07

of the news you need to know.