balloon after it reveals it was capable of collecting evidence. the president s critics say it should have been shot down sooner. they had a chance to shoot it down over water and they did and recovered major pieces of it. have relations now between u.s. and china taken a big hit? no. no. owl speak to former defense secretary leon panetta whose criticism of the spy balloon and its response has caught the president s attention. and as the death toll rises to 19,000 people, and hope fades to find any more survivors, we ll talk to david milla land, the president of the international committee helping thousands displaced across turkey and syria. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 2024 campaign is right around the corner it seems with president biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than
a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner? high wind warnings for tens of millions. gusts up to 60 miles per hour. we re tracking it. a top executive from southwest airlines on the hotseat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holidays. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. alec baldwin facing new legal troubles from the family of the cinematographer fatally shot on the zest of rust. and remembering the composer behind dozens of hit songs, the legendary burt bacharach. what the world needs now this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. welcome. against a backdrop of lives lost, now in the tens of thousands, each single survivor pulled from the earthquake rubble in turkey and syria is a story of defying the odds. cause for celebration. an injection of hope for those still digging in search of life. one of those moments p
capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, also with us, frank figliuzzi, former assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi. he is also an msnbc national security analyst. ryan, what do we know and not know about the attack at this hour? reporter: well, the biggest open question right now, jose, is motive. there doesn t appear to be a lot of clear answers right now as to why paul pelosi was targeted inside his san francisco home early this morning. we do know that the attack was violent, and it was enough for him to be rushed to the hospital. he is in the hospital now and the spokesperson for pelosi s office says that he is receiving excellent care and is expected to make a full recovery. the speaker herself, though, was not in san francisco at the time. and of course, jose, this comes against the backdrop of an increasing number of threats directed at members of congress and their families. capitol police put out a report over the summer that said there s bee
we had literally people in pittsburgh and southern california walking into synagogues and shooting people while they were praying. sojerusalems is real in this country and around the world. and when you say i want to start killing jews, you inspire people. and he needs to be completely ostracized. thank you all very much. we ll continue this conversation. that does it for us. jose diaz-balart picks it up right now. good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. we are just two weeks away from election day. this morning people are lining up for the first day of early in-person voting across three more states. this after a critical debate in battleground florida. we ve accomplished an awful lot, but we ve only begun to fight. he won t even tell you if he will serve four years if you reelect him. i mean, come on, you deserve better than that. we ll break down where these races stand this morning and also this morning a russian court has rejected an appeal from wn
shameful. joining me is linda win, she is executive director of run api. natasha brown, cofounder of black voters matter, and of course erin haines, editor at large for the 19th and msnbc political contributor. mary very happy to have you ladies here. they are natasha, you look very tendonitis this morning, happy to see this morning. natasha, i want to kick it off with. you you are on the ground, moving and communities all over this country. and, i m curious what is your consensus about engagement when it comes to the people? are they hype and ready? once again, to battle voter suppression and at the polls, or will it take some convincing from community validators to get people engaged? and i just want to point out that someone tweeted me this morning and said, it s really not about enthusiasm when it comes to voting, it s about motivation. so i m curious your thoughts on that as well. yeah, you know they are not hype but what they are is they are pissed off. that we are se