for pennsylvania s open senate seat. the first and only face-off between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz quickly spiralled into a series of biting personal attacks. much of the attention leading up to the debate was focused on fetterman s stroke in may and how it might affect his performance. safe to say it did. at times he struggled for words or lost his train of thought. oz did not draw attention to fetterman s trouble. instead he focused on painting fetterman as, quote, extreme using that word over and over. john fetterman takes everything to an extreme and those extreme positions hurt us all. let s also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he s never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate. mush two words together but it knocked me down, i m going to keep coming back up. fetterman especially lost his footing on the subject of fracking when questioned about a 2018 interview when he said he would never suppor
it s a choice, a choice between two fundamentally different versions of america. in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? i m not here to compare anyone s atrocities or tragedies their families have dealt with. i m here to continue to expose sins that our world continues to put in darkness. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. well, it is friday, november 4th, 8 a.m. here in london. that s 4 a.m. in new york. and 1 a.m. in california where u.s. president joe biden will be waking up today just four days until the mid-terms. mr. biden spoke at a campaign event near san diego on thursday night. this weekend he ll appear at a pennsylvania rally with his old boss, former president barack obama. across the u.s. candidates are making their final pitches for control of congress and dozens of governorships are on the line in texas where democrat beto o rourke
people when he plowed his suv into a christmas parade. the deadly school shooting in st. louis. the warning the shooter s family gave to police and their pleas to take a gun away from him months before the rampage. vladimir putin overseeing nuclear drills as russia pushes unproven dirty bomb allegations against ukraine. and the american fighter killed in ukraine two months ago finally on his way back home. hospitals filling up with children infected with rsv. what parents need to know. the critical shortage in a medication millions use to treat adhd. and he went from homeless to shooting college hoops. the basketball star inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. just 13 days before the midterm elections and a flood of political ads are
just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. but how will voters see today s numbers as they head to the polls? plus, donald trump very big on the very for 2024. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? [ cheers and applause ] but will federal investigations catch up with him first very? and kevin durant tries to talk about the anti-semitic comments that got his teammate kyrie irving suspended and now forced to clarify what he meant. welcome back to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper. it s crunch time. four days left for candidates to make their closing arguments to voters before tuesday s election. the trend suggests the republicans are well positioned to take the house, but control of the senate rests on a knife s edge which means every race is criminal. democrats got a moral boost today shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs last month. but a separate measurement of the unemployment rate ticked
civilians continue to flee the ukrainian city of kherson as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . air strikes in me and more, the military defends the attack in which 50 civilians were killed. and putting ties with the rapper calling his anti semitic postings on social media hateful and dangerous. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak is spending his first night as prime minister in downing street. earlier he was officially appointed by king charles. the 42 year old is the country s youngest leader in modern times and the first prime minister of colour. he spent much of the day appointing his government ministers and has already held phone calls with world leaders including president biden. our political editor chris mason looks back on an historic day. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes,