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Strike. Will his visit pressure detroits Big Three Automakers to make a deal or drag him into an ongoing fight . Plus, a desperate push on capitol hill, with just four days until the government shuts down. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy trying to make a deal with hardliners in his own party before time runs out. And later, trump blasting an effort to constrain what he says as we learn more about his upcoming trials and former aide Cassidy Hutchinson commits to continued cooperation with prosecutors in an interview with msnbc. If or when im asked to testify, i will comply as fully as i have in the past. Thanks for joining us. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin at the white house where we expect to see the president leave this hour for a historic visit to United Autoworkers picket lines in michigan. That strike now in day 12, with thousands of workers off the job across 20 states. Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez is in wayne, michigan, maggie vespa 35 miles away in center line, michigan. Gabe, start us off. The white house says President Biden, the first president in modern history to visit a picket line will be there shortly. Talk about why the president wanted to make this trip, which we should note comes ahead of trumps speech to uaw workers just tomorrow. Reporter yeah, ana, good morning. The white house is denying that both things had anything to do with one another. They say the president is coming here to show his support for autoworkers. President biden, of course, has been considers himself the most pro Union President ever. He went to a picket line back in 2019 as a candidate, but, again, as you said, this is very significant because this is his first time as a sitting president , coming here. I want to show you where were at. Were in wayne, michigan, a ford plant where the workers have actually been out here since this morning for the better part of two weeks and actually i had spoken with this worker here, jr, right . You worked here for three years. What do you make of the president arriving here today . Do you think that autoworkers get the respect they deserve . I dont think so. We spend endless hours, 10, 12 hours a day in these factories. We dont get a lot of family time and you got people working at Mcdonalds Burger king making just as much as we are. We cant afford the vehicles were producing. This is more than just for us, this is for the Working Class too. Reporter you think that this is a big moment for labor overall . I believe so, yes. Reporter and what is your what would your message be to President Biden . Thank you for taking this into consideration and taking a look at this matter to help keep our economy moving forward and building stronger. Reporter thank you for talking with us. Again, ana, a worker here at this ford plant, been here for three years. You see the picket line here, we have been speaking with other workers here. They do support their leadership, they see it as shaking up the status quo here. This is very politically risky for President Biden. No matter the outcome of the negotiations, by inserting himself in here, it will essentially likely own the outcome no matter what it may be and if the strike does drag on, there is the potential that it could cost the u. S. Economy billions of dollars. Very important as the 2024 Campaign Heats up, ana. And the economy is always a big issue every Election Cycle. So, maggie, to you now, what is the latest on negotiations and could the president s visit have any impact on them . Reporter well, workers sure hope so. As you saw in gabes report, they have been tell us that for days, theyre grateful for any additional spotlight or pressure on the big three, noting that negotiations are stalled when it comes to all three contracts. The uaw has said they made up more ground with ford and more progress there in the last couple of days. In that scenario saying they still have a long way to go. On that point, the automakers are kind of a bit more, i guess ill say, vague as to whether or not the visits could milwaukee a dience. Ford releasing this statement overnight saying ford and the uaw, ill read this herere going to be the ones to solve this by finding Creative Solutions to tough i together at the bargaining table. Going on to say they have a shared interest in the longterm abily of the domestic auto industry, the iial midwest and goodpaying Manufacturing Jobs in the u. S. So basically not saying anything about the president coming to visit, not saying anything about the former president coming to visit, putting it back on the two parties that are actually at the table. Talks are continuing with all three contracts. A backdrop to this is electric vehicles and his administrations push for the industry to go all electric. Thats a Big Conversation were having with people here. Theyre concerned about the longterm security of their jobs with expertsayg that electric vehicles can take about a third in some cases of the labor to build and just yesterday, a bigline in the detroit area, multiple local papers reporting and the Company Confirming ford halted construction on a 3. 5 billion electric vehicle plant, basically saying they have done that until they can be sure that they can continue the work on that plant and their longterm plan with evs. Theyre not mentioning the uaw by name, tied to the halting of that construction, but a lot of people making that link with the obvious timing and just another layer as we await this historic president ial visit here in the detroit area. Appreciate your reporting, maggie vespa, Gabe Gutierrez, thank you, both. Well be waiting and watching as the president moves there from the white house later this hour. Now i want to turn to democratic congressman dan kildee of michigan. Thank you for being here. We have this new nbc polling that shows most voters disapprove of President Bidens handling of the economy. What are the risks right now for President Biden to make this trip . Does he in effect own the strike now if it drags on and on . Well, i dont know if hell own the strike, but we have a stake in the outcome of these negotiations. The president has a stake, people i represent, we have a stake in it, even if theyre not members of the uaw. I think the president s decision to go and visit with the striking workers is the right decision. Hes clearly a pro labor president. Hes not afraid to take a position. And i think in the longterm when this contract is eventually settled and the workers are going to benefit greatly from it, i believe that those who stood with the workers will obviously receive the gratitude of those workers. The countrys attention fixed on michigan today and tomorrow. It is worth noting, as goes michigan, so does the nation. The candidate taking home the great lakes state winding up in the white house the last four president ial elections. How big of a deal are these duelling visits from President Biden and trump . I think it is important that people take a measure of these candidates. I think with President Biden, he has a record of standing on the side of workers. Just the fact that over the last couple of years we have had a manufacturing in industrial policy that prioritizes facilities in the United States. And were seeing the benefit of that. Where as with President Trump there is a different history. I think shawn fain, the president of the uaw, got it right in referencing former President Trumps visit. He represents the millionaire and billionaire class that we are currently fighting against in order to get a fair share of the wealth that these workers generate. So, the records of the two are pretty clear and i think thats going to be clear to michigan voters. One analysis by the University Of Michigan found that if this strike lasts eight weeks, with all workers striking from the big three, it could cost 1. 2 million jobs across the country, over 120 million in state tax revenue, some 7 billion in personal income losses nationally. How concerned are you about the broader Economic Impact, not just michigan, but the whole country if this drags on . We have to be concerned with it. Thats why we hope the parties come together soon and have a resolution to this standoff and get back to work. But i also i think it is really important to keep in context that while strikes do represent some shortterm pain, the people are feeling, those people on the picket lines, theyre not earning their wages, but in the longterm, if we have a standard in this country that says that workers get the fair share of the wealth that they help generate with the work of their own hands, in the longterm, the Economic Impact is tremendously positive, and we know that from our own history. We have seen this take place even as late ago as far ago as the 1930s when the workers went on strike for 44 days. And what they did afterward is built the middle class of america. So the longterm effect is far more important than any immediate shortterm impact. Having said that, we would like to get this thing settled sooner rather than later and i hope the parties can come together and do that. Why do you think americans believe republicans are better equipped to handle the economy than democrats right now, according to our latest nbc poll . Well, thats a good question. I just think we have to look at the record. Politics are going to be what they are, polling is what it is. Look at the track record, this president has had greater job growth than any president in recent history, inherited a mess and turned it into a highly productive, you know, pro Growth Economy that is putting people to work every single day. Even with the shortterm challenges that were experiencing right now as a result of these collective bargaining negotiations. We still have seen dramatic job growth. So i just think we have to do a better job of telling our story and making it clear that these jobs didnt just appear by accident. It is because democrats in congress and the president of the United States have adopted policies that Support Growth and support growing the middle class, not just rewarding people at the very top. Shifting gears slightly, congressman, there are already economic concerns beyond this strike as you know. Were four days out from a potential Government Shutdown and right now it seems like speaker Kevin Mccarthy cant corral his own party to agree on something. But does that mean democrats are on the sidelines . What can your party do . Well, were ready to negotiate, were ready to have a conversation. We have already produced a bipartisan budget solution. We did that back in may during the debt ceiling negotiation. Democrats and republicans, twothirds of the congress came together around a bipartisan deal. The problem we see right now is that this entire standoff is not about the thousands and tens of thousands of jobs that are at stake in Contract Negotiations in michigan, this is a standoff about one persons job. This is a standoff about Kevin Mccarthys speakership, and he seems willing to put the entire economy at risk, to put the u. S. Budget at risk, because he made a bad deal with a dozen or so members of congress who will never support a bipartisan solution to this budget standoff. So do you think he keeps his job at the end of the day . Thats a good question. I think he sort of made this bet and now hes got to lie in it. It was a mistake he made when he entered into the Power Sharing Agreement with the most extreme members of congress, and there are consequences for the American People. There will be pain felt across the country if the government shuts down. I was with a group of organizations yesterday in flint and they described in detail the negative impact on families if the government shuts down and, again, this is about one persons politics, it is just really irresponsible. Real quickly, final question here, House Republicans announcing their plans for this first Impeachment Hearing against President Biden and this is going to happen on thursday. How are democrats going to respond . Well, ill respond by pointing to republican comments that they, you know, some republicans are telling the truth that they dont see any evidence that would support an impeachment. I think it is important to note, in the days before the government is about to shut down, where is the attention that republicans in congress . Not on preserving the economy, not on making sure services are available, that Social Security cards will be issued. No. Theyre focusing on a Fishing Expedition to go after President Biden. I think their priorities are wrong. I think the American People believe that as well. Michigan congressman dan kildee, i appreciate your time. Thank you for being here. When were back in 60 seconds, a political high wire act, more on Kevin Mccarthys dance right now as he tries to keep his speakership, four days away from the Government Shutdown. And how indicted senator bob menendez is trying to explain away the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash stuffed in his closet as more Senate Democrats call on him to resign. That is happening in the last hour. And later, more of our new nbc news poll out this morning, the issues that could be kryptonite for each party. Tonit. Whenever youre hungry, theres a deal on the subway app. Buy one footlong, get one 50 off in the subway app today. Now thats a deal worth celebrating. Man, what are you doing . get it before its gone on the subway app. Liberty mutual customized my Car Insurance and i saved hundreds. With the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. Oh. 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Ali, lets start with the shutdown. Four days left. What are these Bills Mccarthy is trying to push through exactly . Reporter effectively theyre trying to show good faith to his right most flank. As you mentioned. This is something the speaker attempted to negotiate with his holdouts over the weekend, pushing forward on four key Spending Bills that are part of the total 12 that appropriators have to move on, but right now they dont have the time. Effectively what would happen here if this worked out is they would hold votes on these rules today, on the four spending packages. That would be enough for conservatives to see that their Spending Goals are being heard and met, at least in these pieces of legislation and the future ones that will still be drafted and they could move on something look a cr that would buy them a little bit more time. When we say cr, we mean a continuing resolution that could fund the government for 30 or 45 days. That is something that mccarthy is trying to maneuver right now, which would both allow him to avert that shutdown and then also allow him to sort of keep in Good Standing with the hardline conservatives within his conference because, of course, the alternative, ana knows this so well, if many carthy is seen to be looking to the left, in some bipartisan fashion, that bypasses some of the conservative hardliners who have been such a thorn in his side, any of those singular members can move to oust him from his job, thats a threat they are openly wielding here in congress. And it makes mccarthys job that much more complicated. So when you look at the dynamics both in the house and across the congress, in the senate, the way that senators are trying to move on their own version of this, that could be a lifeline in any other congress but not this one, where mccarthys job is so closely tide to his conservative hardliners and the cats that have been so hard to herd here. Mccarthy seems to be walking a tight rope, trying to appease the far right members of his party and get this deal done with thousands of federal workers paychecks, the Government Services they provide, his own job, all on the line here. One House Republican lawmaker told nbc news, quote, he has a Career Altering decision to make. Do you think the stakes are that high for him . I dont think the stakes could actually be higher for Kevin Mccarthy. Were five days to a shutdown, barreling towards it. Ali laid out his latest strategy, hes had several different iterations over the past couple of weeks trying to find a way forward, particularly with those House Freedom caucus members who have more recently been emboldened by the fact that former President Donald Trump is saying that they shouldnt cave on anything, they shouldnt vote for anything, unless they get everything they want. Of course, trump had his own shutdown and that didnt work out very well for him. But when you look at speaker Kevin Mccarthy, you have members of congress coming back in today, trying to get the temperature, have they been able to cobble together something that will make them be able to move forward on a spending resolution or is he going to have to face the facts that maybe they cant get something done and all of a sudden it is going to be a package from the senate which would pass with democratic votes, but if he has to look to democrats to get this done, hell almost assuredly mean hes going to face a motion to vacate or somebody from the republican conference is going to say it is time for him to go. Ali, on the impeachment front, the first hearing in the House Oversight committee is on thursday, were learning that House Republicans are planning to call some witnesses, what do we know . None of them exactly surprising here, ana. They have a selfdescribed tax forensics expert, another tax expert who has talked to this committee before and a conservaveawyer who we often see on foxnews. But the point of this hearing is not necessarily to tread new nd, it is to do it with now the Almostialid Umbrella Title O An Impeachment inquiry that, of course, Speaker Mccarthy backed about two weeks ago, in an attempt to sort of quell and let the steam out of the pot with some of the more conservative hardline members. At the time, this was something that didnt exactly buy him much goodwill. Many of the members told me they felt that this was too little too late. But nevertheless, now we have them marching on dual tracks, trying to avoid a Government Shutdown and having a talk about spending and moving forward on this Impeachment Inquiry. An Impeachment Inquiry is not a full impeachment, but for the people who are running this investigation on the chairman front, this hearing, again, is sort of a reset for them to present what they know. Ali vitali and anna palmer, thank you. Anna, i owe you an extra question next time around. Thank you so much. From an impeachment effort to an indictment that is sending shock waves across washington this morning, three more Democratic Senators just this morning are now calling for senator bob menendez to resign in the wake of new bribery allegations. Now, menendez has rejected those calls to step down and instead staying defiant and hes defending the wads of cash investigators found in his home. For 30 years i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family Facing Confiscation in cuba. He didnt address the gold bars, he didnt address the luxury car. Nbcs ryan nobles picks up our coverage here on washington in washington on capitol hill. Ryan, the senator plans to be back there today, but as he returns to washington, as were reporting, hes getting more calls from his own party to go. Have the floodgates now opened . Reporter there does seem to be a slow creep of democratic members in particular who had called for other members of congress to step down under similar allegations, and are now doing the same for a member of their own party. Were up to six United States senators all from the Democratic Party who are calling on bob menendez to step down and what is interesting is that of this six, many of them are up for reelection next year. Sherrod brown in ohio, bob casey in pennsylvania, Tammy Baldwin in wisconsin, jon tester in montana, these are all senators who are facing tough reelection bids and want to show that even though there is another member of their party who is facing legal issues that they believe that the details that have come out, the evidence that emerged in this indictment is just too much and that he needs to step away from his position. Menendez struck a defiant tone in his press event yesterday, saying he intends to be the senior senator from new jersey, long after these allegations are adjudicated. But he has yet to say whether or not he plans to run for reelection. And already hes facing a potential democratic primary challenger in the form of congressman andy kim, who is also from new jersey, and there is the possibility that other democrats could jump into the race as well. But we know that he is now stepping away from his powerful position as the chair of the Senate Foreign relations committee, the question, ana, as he returns back to washington today, will he still be able to do the day to day work of being a United States senator with these allegations in the cloud of an indictment hanging over him . Well get the answer to that question, at least the beginning of the answer to that question when he arrives here on capitol hill later today. Ana . Ryan nobles reporting on capitol hill, thanks. Up next on ana cabrera reports, how Donald Trumps lawyers are responding to a Gag Order Request in his federal Election Interference Case. Plus, were at the courthouse where a January 6th Rioter who wanted to citizens arrest nancy pelosi is being sentenced today. The time he could spend behind bars. Sentenced today. The time hcoe uld spend behind bars you know that feeling of having to rewash dishes that didnt get clean . I dont. Cascade platinum plus. 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The only time well hear from any of the men and women deciding Donald Trumps fate will be when the foreperson reads the verdict. At the end of the trial. Joining us now is nbcs ken dilanian, with tia mitchell, washington correspondent for the Atlanta Journal constitution and former federal prosecutor paul butler. Tia, Georgia Courts typically prioritize transparency about all matters. We had the cameras in the court for just about everything so far in these proceedings. Talk to us about this significance of this ruling. Yes, i think it is very significant for the reason you mentioned. It is pretty unusual for a judge to shield the identity of jurors in a court case because of the whole fairness to defendants to know who has the fate of their case in their hands. I think this, number one, the judge has some recent examples of the effects of jurors being identified when the Special Grand Jurors report came out, their names were on the report, they immediately reported being contacted, being harassed, information being leaked about them. So i think the judge knows that there is a lot of attention on this case, there will be a lot of scrutiny and what they dont want is to perhaps have a pool that is not as deep or as representative of the community that it could be because people are scared or fearful or just dont want to have to deal with the problems that come with being identified as trump jurors. And you point out what happens after the grand jurors issue the indictment and then have their identities and addresses put out there, made public, and received some harassment potentially from that. Ken, lets pivot to the federal Election Interference Case as well. Trumps team just responding to the prosecutions motion for a partial gag order that would limit what the former president can say about the case, about witnesses. Walk us through their arguments against this gag order and what happens next. Yeah, i should say this is one of the biggest most consequential pretrial issues in any of these trump trials because this would affect what former President Trump can say on the Campaign Trail and it is part of his identity, part of his campaign for president is to disparage the prosecution and in some cases the judge in these cases. And what the prosecution has asked is that the judge impose a limited gag order that would prevent former President Trump and others on his behalf from making statements about the credibility of witnesses or disparaging and inflammatory or intimidaing statement about any party, witness, attorney, Court Personnel or potential jurors. That would obviously cover a lot of what were seeing the former president say on social media. And his lawyers are pushing back and saying, look, the prosecution may not like President Trumps entirely valid criticisms, but neither it nor this court are the filter for what the public may hear. The lawyers add, lets be clear, the prosecution hopes to create a Contempt Trap for President Trump and his attorneys. So this is a big deal, the judge is going to have to decide it, it will almost certainly be appealed and may go all the way to the Supreme Court. It is a real test for where is the line between the First Amendment rights of Someone Campaigning for president , and the ability of a judge to restrict what a criminal defendant can do to potentially affect the jury pool. And, paul, one of the moments cited in donald ums response to the proposed gag order is a press conference, special counsel jack smith held in which the trump team describes it as an incendiary attack against President Trump, falsely claiming that he fueled an unprecedented assault on the american democracy. Thats what the trump team wrote. Lets play that moment for everybody to hear. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government. So as a former federal prosecutor, paul, does that sound like an incendiary attack upon former President Trump . It didnt. It sounded like jack smith being very careful, stating the evidence that the people have a right to know. And, ana, this gag order is one of the toughest decisions that judge chutkan will have to make. Legally its justified. The First Amendment rights are not absolute and courts upheld gag orders in other places in which there are concerns about Public Safety or intimidation of witnesses. But like it or not, the fact that trump is a leading candidate for president makes a gag order more problematic. Think about mike pence. He could be a witness for the prosecution in trumps trial, so if judge chutkan issues an order restricting what trump can say about witnesses, how does that implicate the campaign, is it true as the indictment says that trump told you that you were too nice . Would trump be allowed to respond to that . And so that is the dilemma. And well see. We will wait and see how the judge handles this. It is in her court now. Paul, i also want to ask you about this interview that Rachel Maddow had yesterday with white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who you might remember from the house january 6th hearings, listen to what she had to say as it pertains to the two federal cases. Do you expect to be called to testify in any of the trump trials . I have fully complied with all Government Investigations and all entities thus far and i will continue to do so. You cant talk about whether youre going to testify . If or when im asked to testify, i will comply as fully as i have in the past. Paul, how credible would hutchinson be as a witness . Well, we already have seen her as a witness in the january 6th house hearings. She was extremely compelling. I think she would corroborate a lot of what Mark Meadowses had to say, but she would be a more credible witness than mark meadows because she is not under indictment in any criminal court. Thank you so much, paul butler, ken dilanian and tia mitchell. Well leave it there today, guys. Now to the federal courthouse in washington, d. C. , where yet another January 6th Rioter will learn his sentence today. Edward vadalian was found guilty of conspiracy and obstruction charges earlier this year and charged alongside the defendant who drove a stun gun into a Capitol Police officers neck. Nbcs ryan reilly is outside the courthouse. He writes in his book Sedition Hunters how january 6th broke the justice system. He didnt stun the Police Officer himself, so what more do we know about him and his role and what kind of time is he facing . Reporter yes, so the federal prosecutors want to send him away for ten years. Hes now after the last month his case is finally unsealed, even though he was charged much earlier. Ed is interesting because he wanted to citizens arrest nancy pelosi and testified about it and then after his trial, after his conviction in april, i spoke with him outside the courthouse and here is what he had to say. Any person has a right to arrest anyone if they see them committing a crime or if they have knowledge of them committing a crime. What are you going to arrest nancy pelosi for . Suspicion of knowing. Suspicion of what . Suspicion of knowing about the election interference. Reporter so thats something that prosecutors are now citing, saying that he continues to believe that he has the right to citizens arrest politicians he disagrees with on vague criminal allegations that dont would never hold up in court. He said they say hes a threat to the country and was involved in this training session, including organizing paintballing missions before january 6th, getting ready for some sort of civil war to break out as they expected and then ultimately traveled here and was hoping to replace members of congress with people he referred to as patriots. They all communicated together in a group they call the patriots maga gang. Okay, ryan reilly, keep us posted, thank you. 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Get started at betterforthem. Com we are back with some Breaking News from the Supreme Court this morning. The court rejecting a second attempt from alabama republicans to use a new congressional map that includes just one majority black district. The court ruled three months ago that the map violated the Voting Rights act. And an effort to redraw a new map is still making its way through the lower courts. Lets bring in nbc News Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley now. Lawrence, the court ruled on this a few months ago, blocked it a second time. Explain that and what did the courts say, what could this mean for the 2024 elections . Yeah, this was a very long shot effort by republicans in alabama, never really seemed very likely that the Supreme Court after issuing a big ruling just a few months ago that reaffirmed key provision of the Voting Rights act that said alabama had to go back and redraw its maps because it discriminated against black voters would suddenly change its mind three months later when alabama republicans had drawn a new map that still didnt allow black voters to have a second majority district in the state. So there was no comment from the justice today. It seemed like, you know, they were never really entertaining this with any great seriousness. In terms of the election, of course this black voters are more likely to vote democratic this gives democrats a chance to pick up a seat in alabama because now they have two majority black districts out of seven instead of one. With the house obviously being very closely contested right now, this decision could have real ramifications. Okay, Lawrence Hurley, thank you for the update, the Supreme Court rejecting for a second time a map drawn by republicans there in alabama. Now, the second Republican Debate of the 2024 Election Cycle happens tomorrow at the reagan president ial library in california. Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson failed to qualify this time. But, there you see him, the seven other republicans who participated in the first debate are all expected to be on stage. Lets bring in nbc news Correspondent Dasha Burns in los angeles ahead of the debate and former New Hampshire Republican Party chair jennifer horn. Dasha, how are the candidates preparing for tomorrow, what are you learning . Reporter well, look, ana, there is serious prep going on right now because the last debate there was some effect there. It did move the needle. It may not have done much to cut into trumps massive lead, you saw our poll that came out over the weekend, but it did shake things up among the folks that were on that debate stage. You saw nikki haley, Vivek Ramaswamy got more attention. The candidates on the debate stage on wednesday are looking to build on what happened the last time. And ron desantis has a lot of work to do right now. He is the one that everyone is watching because he has been slipping in the polls. He is still the top contender against former President Trump, but he needs to do a lot in this debate. And we did get a copy of a debate memo that was sent around to donors and supporters over the weekend where the Desantis Campaign laid out their strategy, they did go after trump on the Abortion Issue and criticized his strategy in iowa and beyond. And also said that in the last debate, you know, while candidates may take the opportunity to distract or level false attacks, that desantis is going to stay focused on the mission at hand. In the last debate, he did not really get attacked and he sort of stayed focused on his message and they felt like that was a successful strategy. So, you might see sort of similar approach this time around, ana. And, jennifer, we have some sound from voters in your state, New Hampshire, about what theyre looking for in the debate. Lets listen. I hope we can see on that stage is to see nikki jump ahead in this debate. I think shes the best candidate as of today. Im interested to hear chris christie. Hes been around. And he seems to be able to rise above the muck and is not a supporter of trump and hes one of the few people who called him out. The question might come up about who, if he is the ultimate nominee, who would vote for him. And i dont want to see any of them raise their hands. Jennifer, what do those answers tell you and what will you be watching for . Among other things, it lets you know that the moderate voice of New Hampshire is starting to really come out amongst these voters. They while they dont want trump and theyre expressing this antitrump sentiment, the folks youre talking to, i do think that trump is still going to maintain that significant lead in New Hampshire going into primary day. I still dont see a path where any of these other candidates defeat trump in New Hampshire. Ill be looking at ron desantis, hes the one who really lost the most since the last debate. He has gone back to fifth place in the first in the nation primary state. Hes focusing all his attention on iowa, which i dont think is a strong strategy for moving forward beyond those first couple of states. And, of course, that odd debate that hes got lined up with gavin newsom and the impact thats going to have on all of this is something to keep an eye on. Well talk about that in a moment. Before we pivot to that, i want to ask about the issues because we have new nbc news polling that finds the top issues for republicans and democrats to handle, and americans, it finds, trust republicans more on issues of border security, crime, and the economy, the last two i just listed, both all time highs for gop while democrats are more trusted to handle education, abortion, and healthcare. Any surprises there, jennifer . None at all. Those are immigration and the economy have been top issues for republicans for a very long time. What matters is what are they thinking about, what are the voters thinking about on election day. And regardless of whose fault it may or may not be, as long as folks are struggling to fill their car with gas, and they can feel the pain every time they go to the grocery store, those things are going to be very influential. At the same time, come general election, i think that just like we saw in the midterms, that people and voters, moderate especially, will be really focused, continue to be focused on issues like womens rights, a womans right to privacy what is happening at the Supreme Court today, with Voter Suppression attempts by the gop. All of these issues will be influential, but President Biden is one who is really going to bear the brunt of it unfortunately. It is interesting, you know, it is only october, right, and we have more than a year before the election. So thats just a snapshot, a sentiment, at this stage in the race. Right. Still very early. Dasha, we just learned about florida Governor Ron Desantis, soon to be debating. California governor gavin newsom. What is that about . Reporter November 30th in georgia, thats what we know so far. The Desantis Campaign is trying to frame this as sort of a proxy for a president ial debate. Desantis said shortly after accepting the debate that, look, biden is ultimately just trying to take the california Agenda National and he has tried to claim that biden might not be the nominee, that newsom might be the nominee. Newsom, of course, has shrugged off any idea he might try to challenge biden, but hes really trying to make this a moment, right . He needs to create some kind of momentum here and this is a way to grab that attention to try to create a contrast between florida and california, that hes been trying to do on the Campaign Trail. So, he needs any sort of spotlight, any sort of president ial type of limelight he can get and thats what hes trying to do here. Whether or not that will work, thats a question i think that maybe well get answered on November 30th, ana. Dasha burns and jennifer horn, thank you, both. And up next on ana cabrera reports, turning the page. The key vote today that could bring the hollywood Writers Strike to a close. 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This is welcomed news and obviously everybody in the guild out of work and needed the paychecks coming in, the end is in sight. We will see the east coast and west coast, parts of the Writers Guild of america vote, and the agreement, we will see concessions when it comes to residuals in the streaming era, and once that gets voted, hopefully unanimously today, and you might see the wga lift the ban on working. Even though it may not be completely signed, sealed and delivered, but you could see writers putting pen to paper and going back to work as early as this afternoon, potentially. You said this might mean new shows as soon as monday . Late night, daytime talk shows everybody has been missing, potentially as early as monday. Everybody has big staffs and you cant flip a switch and get everybody back, and now the actors have been on strike since july and have not had one meeting because the studios have been focused on the writers, and now they will shift their attention to the actors, and sagaftra is expecting to have a deal on the works this weekend. We could see everything, according to my sources, people back working, content, tv, Movies Being Made by thanksgiving. Sounds far away, and its really not because hollywood is a big engine, and all the businesses like drycleaning and construction, and remember, 17,000 jobs were lost from this shutdown, and we could see those back up and running as well. Which would be a huge, huge bonus around the holidays for them and their families. Thank you. Up next on ana cabrera reports, a report about millions of americans suffering from long covid. Long covid. Dan. coughing, sneezing. . Like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations . coughing, gasping. . 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