let's now bring in my political panel, jennifer rubin, opinion columnist for the washington post and atic strategist. jennifer, let's start with this week's election results. voters in ohio approved a measure to protect reproductive rights in the state and abortion figured prominently in virginia as democrats won control of the state assembly. has this become the decisive issue for democrats electorally? >> it certainly looks like it. i think it was overwhelmingly the message that glenn youngkin thought would win him control of the state legislature, and it backfired spectacularly. voters do not want this. they don't want extremism. they get one government telling women what to do. and republicans refused to believe this or if they find themselves unable to really represent the people because they were scared to death of their own base. i would also add, very big issue in virginia up and down the ballot. the whole idea of, quote, parent to control, which is really cold board for banning crtc, picking on trans kids, editing out american history, that also lost. it lost all the way up a

my political panel is back, jennifer rubin, nayyera haq, and former congressman, david jolly.ed states approach to dealing with israel has garnered lots of criticism from some factions of the democratic party. but the biden administration's response, and the way in which they have handled israel's why fuel has been helped to be secured, aid deliveries are happening, as well as brief daily humanitarian pauses. i think if the president were outwardly criticizing prime minister netanyahu in public, those things would not be happening. so how else can the white house continue to exert pressure over an ally, to further protect civilian lives. but also balance the need to quell with some parts of the factions at home. or do they just say whatever to the factions? >> simone, the reality is, the traditional political lines around support for israel and our alliance with israel are getting blurred. but only around the edges. the core alliance between the u.s., the west, and israel, remains intact. i think that is the posture you are seeing joe biden take. which is to still provide the

jennifer reuben. she is also an msnbc political analyst. she is the host of the podcast, jen rubin's green room, and the author of the book, resistance, how women save democracy from donald trump. also with us is norm ornstein, he's a senior fellow emeritus at the american enterprise institute. he is the co-host of the words matter podcast. good morning to both of you, thank you for being here for what is becoming irregular segment for the three of us on the dysfunction in congress. jen, let me start with you. there is a new poll out this morning by the new york times in, siena college. it shows that in a hypothetical head to head between donald trump and joe biden, trump is leading in five of the six battleground shape where the poll registered voters. i guess, we have to say, we are a year out of the election. but does this surprise you? and what factors do you think are in play here that help trump pull ahead? >> i really don't take it all that seriously. to get into the weeds just a little bit, nearly a quarter of the voters in this poll didn't vote last time, which suggests they