when the weather is good. a golf driving range and now a tent city that will only get larger. first wave after arriving from texas. it will be more than more like the city providing three meals a day. fluff and fold laundry service. phones, video games, wifi and popcorn machines for the initial 500 men housed there. eric adams saying the key word here is care. history of this country has always been tied to welcome in those who are fleeing harm. that is the spirit of this country. it must be done in an organized way and i believe that we will always be responsible as new yorkers to make sure whoever comes here we re going to do our job and that s what we ve done. i think new york has been a role model on how to effectively use our infrastructure to address the crisis and make sure we treat people in a humane way. that s what we have done. dana: laura engel is live on randall s island. what have you seen today? we haven t seen any buses yet. today is the day that the
right now, the stage is set for what could be an historic election if democrats can defy trends. if you ignore the fear mongering, if you ignore the cynicism, if you vote, then we will keep this country moving forward. and you look at all the polling data. if y all show up and vote, democracy s sustained. not a joke. as donald trump uses his campaign rallies to road test a likely run in 2024 and ron desantis. let s see. there it is. trump at 71. ron disanctimonious at 10%. this hour, we ll have reports from five states. pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, nevada, and arizona. and check in on critical governors races across the country. we ll also take a closer look at fears over intimidation tactics at polling places and concerns over online misinformation already spiking after mass firings at twitter. good day. i m andrea mitchell at msnbc election headquarters in new york. president biden is spending his final days of the campaign defending normally safe democrati
line, the stakes could not be higher. republicans need to pick up one senate seat and five house seats to take control on capitol hill. a new nbc news poll finds registered voters are tied at 47% when it comes to which party they want to control congress. the poll also finds democrats are closing the enthusiasm gap in this election. voters from both parties highly interested in the elections. we have already seen the enthusiasm play out as more than 41 million americans have already voted by mail or in person through early voting. but that s not stopping the heavy hitters from hitting the campaign trail for one last effort to rally support. president biden will travel to maryland to push for democrats, while former president donald trump will rally republicans in ohio. we re also keeping a close watch on two states that could determine control of the senate. pennsylvania and georgia. that is where we begin this hour. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent mora barrett from
paul pelosi, the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, brutalized in their home. the police say this attack happened overnight after the man broke in. the speaker was in washington. her 82-year-old husband is in the hospital, the speaker s office says to make a full recovery. a police briefing is scheduled for this hour. at this moment we re trying to fill in the big question, what was the motive? the male suspect is in custody. sources telling cnn the as assailant used a hammer to beat mr. pelosi. we re joined with important breaking news. what can you tell us? reporter: john, it appears we may actually have the motive or part of the motive. i was told by a source briefed on the attack that the assay lapt who talked paul pelosi was actu actually in search for speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. that before the assault occurred, in other words, before he attacked pelosi, the intruder confronted him saying, where is nancy, where is nancy? john, this is from a source who was