warns the risk of armageddon is the highest s been for 60 years with putin squeezed into a corner. all that plus kanye west thinks it s all a joke. i thought the shirt was a funny shirt, i thought the idea of wearing it was funny. laughing off what a start that many don t see him in. we are looking into that story ahead. we want to start with georgia and the senate race turned upside down. republican candidate herschel walker s campaign continues to be flagged by new developments surrounding allegations that the staunchly anti abortion rights candidate paid for girlfriend you have an abortion. let s bring in ali, walk us through what new information we re learning. yeah, lindsey we have some context here. we know that democrats control the senate by the slimmest of margins. keeping that holds could easily come down to this crucial senate race. in just the last few days it is turned from a state that was too close to call to being roiled with allegations. reporter: t
a potential nuclear armageddon with russia. what his staff is saying this afternoon, as we take you live to the white house and to moss couple of i m hallie jackson in washington and with me now is nbc news correspondent josh lederman traveling with the president in hagerstown, maryland. tom costello and global markets reporter with us, too. we saw the big board red, not green like we ve seen earlier this week. talk about why investors are so spooked here. hallie, a number of top advisers telling me interest rates are heading even higher and wall street wanted to seat job wanting to see the job market start to cool and average hourly earnings increasing, and the chair fed has reiterated in the past in order to get inflation down, the job market needs to cool and until it does, interest rates will head even higher a rising rate environment has been challenging for the stock market. that is why the dow is down over 600 points right now. and for companies that increase their
support for a penny from colleagues. we had that support from all sides of the party yesterday. and last night borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised johnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race nominations close at 2pm that s when we should find out whether or not there has to be a ballot of conservative party members or if one person will be moving straight into number ten. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. i m lewis vaughan jones some other headlines. the us, britain and france condemn russia s claim that ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive dirty bomb on its own territory. disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. opening statements in the case are expected to begin on monday. and david tennant makes a surprise appearance
before the supreme court. plus, the gop rallies around henching walker, a day after a bombshell report that claims he paid for a girl s abortion. and there s a new home run team in at least the american league. yes, we ll show you the moment that aaron judge broke roger maris record. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a new twist in the battle over the classified documents that former president donald trump kept as his mar-a-lago home and club, after he left office. the former president has filed an emergency request, asking the supreme court to now intervene by allowing the special master to review the roughly 100 classified records that federal agents seized from the florida state back in august. specifically, the trump team asked the highest court in the land to vacate part of the ruling issued by the 11th circuit court of appeals. that ruling all
time and now it s my time with you as we mark 63 days until americans head to the polls. and today let us begin the faulkner focus countdown clock to november 8th. president biden lashing out at his political opponents saying he hopes to hold onto his party s slim majority on capitol hill. critics labeling him as dividing biden after his speeches in key battleground states like wisconsin. it is only an hour show so we just drilled out some highlights. president biden: i want to be very clear up front. not every republican is a maga republicans but the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, division. extreme maga republicans don t just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they embrace political violence. i m not talking about the extreme maga republicans. think about it. think about it. harris: republicans know how to fight back. you have to call your opposition names when you got nothing else to p