. >>> and now a tale of chowchilla that tells one of the shocking stories that you have never heard, the shocking story of a school bus of children who were buried underground before orchestrating their own dramatic escape. the incident captivated nation and became a turning point of the treatment of childhood trauma. this is a preview. >>> chowchilla was a wonderful place to grow up. >> they were innocent children. >> never did i think that something like this could happen. >> how does a school bus show up missing. >> i did not want to go down there. >> it was like somebody just took them up off of the planet. >> was it a thrill crime? >> your guess is as good as mine. >> it is a mystery. you had no answers. >> they recovered a journal encrypted. >> i have never seen anything like that. >> the kidnappers hit this town right in the heart by taking children. >> all of the way through, they thought they had thought of everything. >> we had been buried alive. i thought to myself, we are going to die, we are going to die getting the hell out of here. >> when we got home, we thought that

. >> chowchilla sunday, december 3rd, on cnn >>> and we have another key race for you alert in the commonwealthkentucky, looking at the governor's race there, and andy beshear the incumbent democratic governor has pulled ahead as the votes have come in. he is now almost 20,000 votes ahead. governor beshear has 58.2% of the vote. the republican attorney general daniel cameron has standing by for the last polling places to close in the commonwealth of kentucky, voting is also about to end in virginia, where we are following a very consequential battle. gop governor glenn youngkin and his party are hoping that republicans can win full control of the virginia general assembly. the house of delegates. that would clear the way for youngkin to advance his conservative education agenda as well as his proposed restoring actions on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. virginia's off year elections are often seen as bellwethers of bigger presidential battles ahead. as we close in on the end of voting and kentucky and virginia in this year, let's check back in with eva mccann, who is covering the governor

. >> the chowchilla. >> sunday, december 3rd, on cnn. >> closed captioning is brought to you by csl,e creosote sweeping log helps clean your chimney. >> you've probably been meaning to clean your chimney with csl. it's so easy. burn just once every 60 fires. csl the log with a chimney sweep on the box. >> tonight, voters deliver a verdict and deliver two important wins for democrats in cherry red states. i'm abby phillip in washington. and i'm laura coates in new york. >> and you're watching cnn's special live coverage, election night in america. and cnn's projecting two very big and very consequential bulletin board wins for democrats tonight in kentucky. striking the democrats will retain the governor's mansion. andy beshear defeat beating rising republican star daniel cameron. also tonight in ohio, cnn projects the right to an abortion will now be written into that state's constitution. it's evidence that abortion and the issue of abortion has staying power more than a year after the supreme court erased roe versus wade. >> and we are also waiting on some important results out of