we must vote knowing what at stake and not just the policy of the moment. but institutions that have held us together as we saw a more perfect union are at stake. we must vote knowing who we have been, what we re risk of becoming. president biden laid ous the threats to democracy. ahead of an election that he says will be a defining moment for our country. we ll have much more on his speech straight ahead. meanwhile, there are new details in the plot by donald trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific judge in mind. we ll tell who you that is. and also ahead, the latest from a major meeting in germany. the united states and allies are outlining the next steps in support of ukraine. good morning. welcome to way too early. thank you for starting your day us with. we ll begin with president joe biden s speech on the midterm elections and the future of our nation s democracy. the president delivered the remarks last night from washington s
pitch their closing messages to voters. we ll have a slew of new polling numbers to see what, if anything, is getting through. also ahead, this week s jobless claims are in. what the new numbers on of the of another interest rate hike tell us about the state of our economy. professor eddie glaude jr. and jonathan lemire are with us. and joining us, nbc news national political reporter marc caputo and republican strategist and nbc news political analyst susan del percio. it s good to have you with us this hor hour. we have new polling out this morning. a hotly contested senate race in pennsylvania, the latest emerson college the hill survey finds mehmet oz with a two-point lead over john fetterman, within the poll s 3% margin of error. 4% remain undecided. let s keep it in pennsylvania. another new poll shows last week s debate between fetterman and oz appears to have had very little impact in minds of voters. 48% of voters telling monmouth university they will definitely
d.c. courthouse where navarro is expected to arrive in about an hour and a half. we ve got a lot to talk about and the best people to talk about it. new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. nbc s pete williams. nbc s sahil kapur on capitol hill. ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of the beat. let me start with you, ari, because i saw peter navarro on your program last night. he did not appear, to me, to be a man who thought he might be in federal custody less than 24 hours later. that s exactly right. he didn t sound like that. he didn t talk like that. he said he was in some sort of discussions with doj. this began with his public statements about what he called a green bay sweep or an effort to overturn the election, something he thought was legal, he talked about, and defied the congressional request and subpoena to testify about it. he did tell me about it here on msnbc. i said to him last night, if you re going to describe these
mission. despite clear security new court documents reveal depape knew the ring camera outside the house captured his entry but defended and remained undeterd. he was inside the home alone with paul pelosi for nearly 30 minutes. arriving at approximately 2:00 a.m.? the complaint said a private security guard saw a man in the area with a large bag. even after hearing banging though, the security guard never called police. with the speaker at the houts, often the target of violent death threats, capitol police in washington, d.c., have the ability to monitor pelosi s san francisco home 24 hours a day. but during the attack, no one was watching the feed. the washington post reporting after seeing flashing lights, officers rewound the footage and could seat intruder break in. in court, depape, a canadian
into their home. the complaint says a private security guard working near pelosi home on the night of the attack saw a man dressed in black carrying a large bag. after hearing banging, that security guard never called police. nbc news has confirmed capitol police in washington, d.c., had the ability to monitor pelosi s san francisco home 24 hours a day, but during the attack, no one was watching the security camera feed because the speaker of the house wasn t home. still, the violent home invasion raising new questions about security for elected officials and their loved ones. nbc s miguel almaguer with that report. it is the top of the hour. white house chief of staff ron klain join us in just a moment on the heels of president biden s speech last night. and with just five days left until the midterms, candidates