But today a powerful moment of unity and silence. [ no audio ] Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving woman in the senate and a champion nor gun control and gender rights dies at the age of 90. The emotional tributes bridge a divided washington. The tension and the impact as any hope of averting a Government Shutdown is looking bleaker by the hour amid republican infighting. A key vote failing in the house today. And breaking in new york the State Of Emergency as torrential rains trigger flash floods, roadways and subways inundated. It is a nightmare for commuters. And the Breaking News for michigan the uaw president called for an additional 7,000 autoworkers to go on strike. Or nbc News Reporters are following all the latest developments and we begin in washington with Rare Displace of raw emotion after the death of legendary senator Dianne Feinstein. Ryan nobles is following this for us. What are you hearing today, ryan . Reporter well, chris, you were right, you described it perfectl
Bill in is the news of the moment. Fox news confirming that democratic california senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. She was currently serving a sixth term in the senate, winning election in 1992. Described as the year of the woman in that election. She would become the longest tenured woman serving in the u. S. Senate. Rest in peace, god rest her soul. We watched her with her Health Continueing to decline over the past year. A fighter to the end. Im bill hemmer. Dana has the day off today. Welcome to the coverage of the ongoing story. Im jacque heinrich, this is americas newsroom. She has battled Health Problems and multiple hospital stays battling shingles earlier this year. She missed a pair of votes yesterday afternoon and she was also absent from a Senate Judiciary committee meeting. The senior senator from california was 90 years old. Bill one of the images that comes to mind immediately is what we saw recently, the effort she made to fly across country and reall
Stuff. Seven republicans swear it off tonight at the Ronald Reagan library in california. And of course, you know, just one a basic political level, two questions coming out of tonights debate, the obvious one, anything that happened in the second debate, will it have impacts on their standing in race. We had one debate already that first debate last month appear to have no major effect on the polls at all. There was only one candidate who got a significant polling bump, and that was the guy who did not attend. Donald trump got the largest bump of all the candidates out of the first debate. Again, he was not there. The stakes are higher this time around, candidates fundraising boost out of this debate to get their campaigns to keep going. And also to qualify for the next debate. They all have to get momentum out of this. Previous years, republican president ial primaries, by this time in the calendar highprofile candidates had already started dropping out. So, if past is prologue, its
Im Rachel Maddow here in msnbc with my beloved colleagues, chris hayes, joy Reid Stephanie ruhle. Great to all be together in this difficult time we will be joined by California Governor Gavin Newsom in a little bit. He was there at the debate, god bless and we will get his take on what went down tonight the debate is just now wrapping up after two hours of talking stuff. Seven republicans swear it off tonight at the Ronald Reagan library in california. And of course, you know, just one a basic political level, two questions coming out of tonights debate, the obvious one, anything that happened in the second debate, will it have impacts on their standing in race. We had one debate already that first debate last month appear to have no major effect on the polls at all. There was only one candidate who got a significant polling bump, and that was the guy who did not attend. Donald trump got the largest bump of all the candidates out of the first debate. Again, he was not there. The stake
Jansing reports. Lets get right to it. At this hour, did they plan for that to happen . Stunned reactions on capitol hill, when a key witness called by republicans says the Current Evidence doesnt support impeaching the president. The mattress defense, bob menendez faces his colleagues for the First Time Since allegations of bribes and gold bars. Can he convince any of them that he doesnt need to resign . Trumping the debate, the republican front runner skips the stage and says he could cross names off his vip list. And the candidates spend more time fighting each other than fighting to bridge the gap with donald trump. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with ken dilanian at the surprise testimony today at the Biden Impeachment Inquiry. What happened . Reporter well, chris, the republican star witness, Constitutional Law Professor jonathan turley, a frequent guest on fox news perhaps didnt deliver the kind of testimony that the republicans wer