i m yasmin vossoughian here in new york city. you hear the music. you have seen the ads. you maybe have gotten one of those text messages, campaign text messages. it means we re almost there. one day away from the midterm elections. this morning with just hours left to make the final pitches, candidates, they are hitting the trail across the country. 42 million americans have already early voted. but it is election day turnout that could make all of the difference. and in a topsy-turvy election year, the issues driving folks run the gamut. the main thing is we vote for people who are willing to accept the results at the ballots. abortion, firearms. inflation. just all the policies and the changes. just cutthroat. try to vote for the lesser of two evils is my way of thinking about it. that last point there, the lesser of two evils, that mind-set can make all the difference. our final round of nbc news polling showing that democrats and republicans are now neck and ne
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
this hour in our country s history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gop s embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosi s husband paul pelosi and his democratic predecessor president barack obama used his talent as a speaker, as a message deliver, as a leader, and lent his credibility as a popular two-term president to that message that democrats are right now the only ones, the only party, that believes in democracy and fundamental american values. it was something. watch. what we have to remind ourselves is that there s this common thread, there s this thing that binds us together as americans, a belief that no matter who we are or
attacked this morning by an intruder who broke into their san francisco home. first word of this came from pelosi spokesperson drew hamel, a spokesperson for the speaker said that paul pelosi is in the hospital receiving treatment but is expected to make a full recovery. speaker pelosi was not at the home at time of the attack. the suspect is in police custody according to san francisco police. cnn s manu raju is following these breaking details coming in from capitol hill. what is the very latest that you re hearing? reporter: this is a scary and staggering situation that occurred, according to san francisco police, at 2:27 a.m. this morning. that is what we are learning that an assailant broke into the home of the pelosis through the back of the house and attacked mr. pelosi with a hammer. now, according to the speaker s office, mr. pelosi is in the hospital. he s received care and expected to make a full recovery. they give more detail in the statement from pelosi spokes
shotting where is nancy when the speaker entered the house. she was not there. new video shows a smashed glass door. police responded to a wellness check. we re not sure if that is a home alarm or a call from paul pelosi. it happened around 2:30 a.m. when they encountered this. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding the hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers tackled the suspect and disarmed him and took him in to custody and requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. martha: so it s not clear from the chief s comments who was holding the hammer or whether the suspect brought it with him and used it to enter the home or whether mr. pelosi grabbed it after he heard somebody breaking in to his home. the a 82-year-old remains hospitalized. doctors are treating him and told he will make a full recovery. we don t have any updates. we know speaker pelosi is on her way to with