Morning. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Right now on Ana Cabrera reports, the president ial candidates return to the trail. New reporting on an aggressive postdebate face with the Harris Campaign. Why they think states like North Carolina are now in play. Plus, were in one ohio City Thrust into the political spotlight by Baseless Claims by Donald Trump about migrants and pets. And thousands out after francine lashes louisiana. Were tracing the storm. And later, history made among the stars with the first ever commercial spacewalk. Good morning. It is 10 00 eastern. 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Kamala harris and Donald Trump return to the Campaign Trail after their confrontational debate. That faceoff drew 67 Million viewers. And now Vice President harris is hoping to use her strong showing to fuel an aggressive push in battleground states. It starts with two rallies in North Carolina today, a state democrats now see as a prime pickup opportu
The network at nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. I will see you tomorrow. Thank you for joining us. Super happy to have you here. It is september nine today and you know what that means. Obviously, it means happy birthday, North Korea and i hoped you remember to get them something nice. It traces its founding to this date in 1948. Today was full of terrified North Korean citizens marching through the streets dressed Identically Doing Synchronized things with flags and banners all pledging loyalty till death to this third generation of totalitarian dictators who have ruled that country since its findings in 1948. The cult of personality that is the North Korean dictatorship involves essentially the worship of the Kim Family Is Gods on earth. And today on the occasion of North Koreas birthday, the chinese president and the president of russia Vladimir Putin send warm congratulations to North Korea and warm congratulations to kim jongun praising his dictatorship promising c
Birthday, North Korea. Hope you remember to get them something nice. North korea traces its founding to This date in 1948. And so today was full of palpably terrified North Korean citizens marching through the streets dressed identically, Doing Synchronized things with s flags and banners all pledging loyalty until death to the third generation of totalitarian dictators who have ruled that country since its founding in 1948. The cult of personality that undergirds the North Korean dictatorship involves the worship of the kim family as gods on earth. Today, on the occasion of North Koreas birthday, the chinese president , Xi Jinping and the president of russia, Vladimir Putin, sent warm congratulations to North Korea. Warm congratulations to kim jongun, praising his dictatorship, promising Closinga Relations and cooperation in the future. And at some level, maybe the Birthday Card from China And Russia for North Korea makes d sense. I mean, both China And Russia do border North Korea, a
Thanksgiving dinner there. You know plenty of people could fit it s true i gotta say, having been in the mix for so many debates and so many different ways that you have worked, are you actually looking forward to it tomorrow or are you bracing yourself? both. I think i can t stop thinking about the fact that they have never met in person. And there s so many dynamics to i also as a fellow prepper, i admire that about the vice president. But it also means you need to prepare and then be agile, so i just think that will be interesting to watch. Re and how does she deal with the trump s of it all? so both, bracing and also interested. How about you? i mean, i feel like coming out f of the most consequential presidential debate that has everal happened in u. S. History. Every. Playing the odds means this should be a normal one, right? boring maybe. Nothingor about this campaig isbo boring or normal. I don t know. I feel like we re all just sort of ready for everything. Ready for anything.
We might not know. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, the final day of voting is 59 days away. That used to mean wed be that many days in a couple of hours away from figuring out who would be the next president but maybe not this year for at least two reasons. First, by all accounts, the race is razor thin. New Cnn Polling of six Battleground State shows a dead heat while harris has the edge in michigan and Wisconsin Trump has the advantage in arizona, theres no clear leader in pennsylvania, georgia, and nevada overall too close to call and its not just cnn, a variety of other respected pollsters have similar results. The real clear politics average for pennsylvania as of yesterday, trump 47. 2 who harris, 47 point to the washington post, just by illustration of another measure, nevada is a tie North Carolina and arizona, its trump by less than one. Georgia trump Plus Two michigan, harris Plus Two Pennsylvania Harris plus three Wisconsin Harris plus four curiously, youve got Pollin