jdbalart@msnbc. yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news right now. good to see you. it is thursday morning. i m yasmin vossoughian live for you here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this morning. right now a jolt of good news on the economic front. 12 days out from the midterms which could very well be decided by how voters feel about the economy. the gdp grew more than expected and how the white house is responding to that. new urgency and new questions in two of the most consequential races of the midterms. first in georgia, a new allegation against herschel walker. the antiabortion republican denying a claim from another former girlfriend who came forward anonymous saying he drove her to get an abortion decades ago. i am a registered independent and i voted for donald trump in both elections. i do not believe that herschel walker is fit to be a u.s. senator. walker is firing back, calling the allegation a lie and saying he s done w
trying to expand their territory, but they ve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. we ll go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? i ll ask white house deputy chief of staff jen o malley dillon when she joins me later in the show. the mass exodus of health care workers just ahead of what s expected to be a brutal covid and flu season, the alarming statistics and what they mean for you coming up. we start with the midterms and a deep sense of late campaign uncertainty gripping some of the closest races in the country. in pennsylvania some top democrats are second-guessing john fetterman s decision to debate, appearing in pittsburgh yes
full court press to try to get their economic message out in the 11th hour. there are still questions over how big of a campaign footprint president biden will make in the next 12 days. over house republicans weighing impeachment hearings if they retake the majority. former presidents obama and trump set to kick off a tour of dueling campaign rallies to try to help turnout ahead of election day. an update on the tripledemic fears, with rsv, covid and the flu surging at hospitals. good day. the white house is feeling a sense of urgency to remind voters of their legislative victories, as republican optimism over retaking the house and senate grows by the day. the administration s immediate answer, get cabinet officials into battleground states to try to help candidates. mike memoli has been covering the story and joins us from syracuse, new york, ahead of the president s event there this afternoon. you write this is about reinforcing the president s economic message. it i
good to be with you this afternoon. i m peter alexander, in today for katy tur. and president biden is about to touch down in new york. yup, new york. not your typical battleground state, 12 days out from these crucial midterm elections. why? because republicans are pushing their advantage deep into the blue strong hold during these final weeks. the president will intensify his efforts to paint republicans as a threat to the economy and the wallets of every day americans in a speech this afternoon. he s going to speak directly to residents in the syracuse area. there he is specifically, an area that stands to benefit specifically from the economic legislation that he has passed in recent months. but is it too little too late? new polling from usa today and suffolk university suggests democrats have an uphill climb and voters prefer the generic republican congressional candidate over a democratic one, that is a nine-point game for republicans since july. suggesting most of the
country s strict clothing code. in the capital, clashes with the security forces and the sound of gunfire. in mahsa amini s home down, they shouted women, life, freedom. and these demonstrators chancing freedom, freedom. enough of the despotism. images like this one, smoke rising, told of another violent crackdown there. live rounds were used and tear gas. the iranian authorities switching off the internet in the city, but a semiofficial news agency reporting at least 10,000 demonstrated. thousands of miles away, the white house announcing sanctions targeting more than a dozen iranian officials. our message to iran is very, very clear. stop killing your people and stop sending weapons to russia to kill ukrainians. a dramatic change from earlier this year when the biden administration was trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with