Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. The un has warned that the middle east is on the brink of imminent catastrophe amid fears of an allout war as israel and the iranbacked group hezbollah in lebanon carry out large crossborder strikes. Israel said hezbollah launched more than a hundred rockets from lebanon towards them. Hezbollah said the attacks were in response to the wave of explosions of pagers and walkietalkies that s widely believed to have been carried out by israel. In haifa, hospital patients have been moved to underground facilities, schools have been closed and gatherings restricted, as well as in other northern areas up to the lebanese border. Meanwhile, israel said it carried out more air strikes on targets in southern lebanon, destroying thousands of hezbollah s rocket launchers. The un chief antonio guterres said he fears the conflict between israel and hezbollah could risk lebanon becoming another gaza. Our senior international
early votes cast could break turnout records. also tonight the state of emergency in florida. hurricane and tropical storm watches up as subtropical storm nicole takes aim. we ve got the new track. the new numbers on child rsv cases. 77% of pediatric hospital beds filled nationwide. what parents need to know. the chaos at twitter under new owner elon musk. after laying off nearly half its workforce the company reportedly scrambling to hire some key workers back. and is facebook next in line for mass layoffs? and the world record powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from our nbc news election headquarters. with 40 million early votes already cast, millions of election day voters will soon add their votes as the first poll openings here in the east are now just hours away. control of congress and the direction of the country to be decided. democrats defending their slim
more fair and more equal and more free. the time to stand up to this growing left wing tyranny is right now. so now it s all up to the voters. and most of them say inflation is issue number one. i like to drive everywhere, but these gas prices are crazy. 6 1/2 dollars for a pound of hamburger, that s a lot of money. and president trump fires the first shots across the 2024 gop bow. mike pence at 7. mike s doing better than i thought. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. we are now t minus two days until one of the most hotly contested midterms of our lifetimes, and turnout could exceed the midterm records set in 2018, and by one estimate, nearly $17 billion have already been spent. republicans, they may be favored to win the house, but who controls the senate could hinge on voters in pennsylvania. so that is why president biden, former presidents obama and trump were all
an epic battle for control of congress is heading into the final stretch tonight. with only two weeks until election day and miles to go for the candidates out there on the campaign trail. let s get right toe hottest battlegrounds. pennsylvania. where the senate race could be decisive for democrats. cnn s chief national affairs correspondent is there for us. on the eve of a critical debate, all eyes are on pennsylvania. in the fight for control of the senate. as democratic john fetterman and republican, mehmet oz, share a stage for the first time. a new cnn poll shows fetterman with a narrow edge. 51 to 45%. just outside the surveys margin of error, as oz works to boost his campaign two weeks before election day. the race to fill the seat of retiring republican senator, pam toomey, has played out as a bitter, long distance duel with a sharp focus on fetterman s recovery from a near deadly stroke in may. it s the elephant in the room. having a stroke. at a weekend campai
people. for undefeated tennessee, that s a well-earned spot. they are not alone. no, this is going to be tough. georgia s got a 25-year-old sort of veteran quarterback if you can say that at 25. the two teams are easily matched. it will be a great game. we absolutely will. carolyn, thank you for that. thank you for letting me spend time with you. early start. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. don lemon here alongside poppy harlow and kaitlan collins. it is wednesday morning. we re excited to be here, thank you for starting your day with us. we have a lot of big news. a big day for the economy and president biden s political fate as the fed makes a overmajor decision days from the midterms. and news on the attack of nancy pelosi s husband. we ll take you live this morning to san francisco with the details. it s called a real life house of cards inside the kremlin. why russian mercenaries are fighting for power as putin s military in ukr