Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. And good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with a scandal in battleground, North Carolina, that could have national implications. Mark robinson is facing pressure to leave the race after allegations he made racist and lewd comments on a pornography site, including declaring in one post that he was a black nazi. Robinson who is North Carolinas lieutenant governor, is denying the allegations and vowing to stay in the race. This is not us. These are not our words. This is not anything that is characteristic of me, nor has it ever been. Folks here also know my character. They know who i am. They know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice. This is not things we would ever say or even think. Cnn published the string of incendiary comments it says it found on the Message Board dating back to 2008, well before robinson began his political career. Nbc
Right now on Ana Cabrera reports deadlocked. The battleground where Kamala Harris has an advantage. Plus, trumps 2016 opponent on the 2024 landscape. Her new comments this morning about trumps tone in this race. He is more incoherent. Good morning. Thanks to have you with us. Its 10 00 a. M. Eastern. 7 00 a. M. Pacific. I am Ana Cabrera reporting from washington today. We begin with new polling showing a deadlocked race for the white house. All eyes on a handful of states that could decide it all. Today Kamala Harris will be in one of them with oprah winfrey. It shows the gop narrowly leading in that state. As for former president trump, hes off the Swing State Beat today in d. C. At an event combating antisemitism. Vaughn, start us off, trump rallied in a blue state, New York, Last Night. What is the thinking behind these latest string of events . Theres a lot right now. Number one, Donald Trump is his own Chief Strategists and is the one calling the shots. He was in new York Yesterda
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, irans interference game, what the fbi is revealing about hackers who tried but failed to interest Joe Bidens Team in documents stolen from the Trump Campaign. Plus, what will the former president is saying about it. And its the Blue Dot in an ocean of red, but now a fight is brewing over a Nebraska District with a single electoral vote, so critical it could decide the president ial election. We have new reporting. Plus, a possible Mass Tragedy averted, how police track down a Missouri Teenager who allegedly had a fully loaded handgun with an extended magazine right outside a school. And are we witnessing a new phase of the war . Israel and hezbollah Trade Fire after a series of Pager And Walkietalkie explosions that left the entire region on the brink. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Ryan Nobles covering these new revelations about iranian i
States that could decide the outcome feel about both candidates. Post Debate Polling from the New York times and Sienna College has this race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump deadlocked nationally. But its a different story when you zoom in to battleground pennsylvania. Vice president harris is up 4 points among likely voters there, albeit within the margin of error. Well dig deeper into the numbers, including why the share of voters who wanted to learn more about harris before last Weeks Debate have largely remained unconvinced. New Quinnipiac Polling also has the Vice President leading trump in pennsylvania as well as in michigan and wisconsin. Though all three of those key State Results are also within the margin of error. In other words, a dead heat. So what are both candidates doing today to connect with voters . Harris is continuing her battleground sweep, shell be in Michigan Today alongside Oprah Winfrey for a live Stream Event aimed at urging americans to register to vot
All time. They didnt correct her once, and they corrected me on everything practically, Nine Times. The audience absolutely went crazy. And the real i thought it was i walked off and said, that was a great debate. I loved it. Well, i mean, yeah. You know, the stage hands were going crazy. Did he know there was there was a Hound Dog howling up in the balcony of abc. You know, Peter Jennings brought it originally. Willie, the crowd went crazy. What debate is he talking about . Is he confusing the debate with the Taylor Swift concert . Our crowd in the studio, joe, every time i provide a piece of analysis or as you did there, they go bananas, leaps to its feet. Yeah, baby, Come On. Sometimes they go into The Wave when theyre in here. Oh. Its fun to watch. Not the weave, The Wave. It energizes you. I mean, theres so much there. They say, who is they saying he is the g. O. A. T. . Calling himself the g. O. A. T. talking about the rousing ovations he got in a completely empty constitution ce