hey, everybody. good morning to you. i m yasmin vossoughian here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. speaker nancy pelosi s husband violently attacked in the couple s home overnight. what we know about the attack and mr. pelosi s condition at this hour. plus, it s official, the world s wealthiest man now in charge of one of the most powerful global tools for spreading information. twitter. the changes he s looking to make there. could we see a return of one former notorious tweeter? the former president. a big boost in the peach state showdown between raphael warnock and herschel walker. tonight barack obama hitting the campaign trail in the state of georgia with just 11 days to go until the midterms. early voting already breaking records there. how much of a difference will this make? and right now alarm bells sounding across this country. doctors, hospitals overwhelmed by a new challenge. covid-19 combined with a potentially bad influenza season and now we re se
the support for jackson. schools and water systems and health care. reporter: black people in mississippi have risked and in many cases given their lives fighting for the rights and freedoms that america promised. it is history that s not lost on macy and fellow jackson state students planning a voting event. why is it important to get people engaged in the voting process? jackson is a prime example of when you are not out voting in your local elections, a lot of things you would think are a natural born right like clean water is not. reporter: in mississippi, where despite being the blackest state in america, no black person has been elected statewide since reconstruction. getting people to the polls is only part of the fight. voting itself is not enough. you have to be involved on every front of the political advocacy space, not just election day. the other side has been
relief to jackson residents facing a water crisis. tremaine is joining us. it s great to see you. talk to us about what you heard from the students there. reporter: that s right. we are at the jackson state university where generations of civil rights activists and civic-minded thinkers and doers are here. ahead of reproductive rights and water infrastructure, a must generation of students here at jackson state university are stepping up and making their voices heard. let s take a listen. manpower. how do we get the cases out is what you are seeing. reporter: within days of the water crisis, macy brown, a junior at jackson state university, had a plan to deliver bottled water to residents who couldn t get it on their own. where is this coming from? people. reporter: she joined the
nail-biter from now until the midterms, even if you are looking at the sky the whole time. thank you both. coming up next, everybody, the power of the vote. at jackson state university in mississippi, once the epicenter of activism for black people fighting for equality, students are carrying on that spirit. jackson is a prime example of when you re not out voting in your local elections, a lot of things that you would think are a natural born right, like clean water, it s not. a thing go righ it takes two to make it outta sight one, two, get loose now! it takes two to make a- get double rewards points this fall. book now at bestwestern.com.
areas. title claimant i m joined now by alessandra jerolleman, a disaster a disaster resilience expert and assistant professor at jackson state university. she s lives in new orleans and has evacuated to arkansaw. in the first instance, i want to say i m glad you re out of the immediate to say i m glad you re out of the immediate harm s way, that ou ve the immediate harm s way, that you ve left the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for arkansas. - the immediate harm s way, that you ve left for arkansas. but - you ve left for arkansas. but can you talk us through the impacts of this hurricane, what people are going through in the worst affected areas goes yellow absolutely. in many areas, the worst is still to come. . , ., ., come. but we are starting to hear from come. but we are starting to hear from the come. but we are starting to hear from the lower - come. but we are starting to hear from the lower lying - come. but