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
generations. we know in our bones that our democracy is at risk and we know this is your moment to defend it, preserve and protect it, choose it. i want you to know we ll meet this moment. every freedom loving american needs to understand the time stands up to this growing left wing tyranny is right now. if you want to save your rights and liberties, you have to start by dealing a humiliating rebuke to the radical left of this election. this is so important, this election. the current and former president delivering their final speeches of this midterm campaign. but donald trump had a lot more than this election on his mind. we re also going to hear the closing pitches from the candidates themselves and several key races that could determine the balance of power in washington. plus, how speaker nancy pelosi gives her first interview since the brutal attack on her husband. we ll have all of that for you straight ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tue
that legal battle. also, trump s name coming up in these grand jury proceedings. if you ever catch your news on the phone or on the internet, you have probably seen more than one news alert from the washington post and new york times about the doj criminal appropriate i will break that down with a very special guest joining me in moments. but for the rest of those news reports, whether you heard about them or not, is this, the grand jury is pursuing questions about donald trump, which thus means, potentially, his alleged crimes. two top aides, the vice president pants, asked about the electoral fraud scheme, and now new today, news that a star witness from those hearings, cassidy hutchinson, cooperated with the federal criminal probe. and that appears to be intensifying. well, it is happening, donald trump is being investigated. today, federal prosecutors are asking questions and digging deeper. web would trump 2.0 look like, do you think we got the abuse of the power,
the country after he certified the 2020 election results for president biden. they held dueling rallies last night. that s why we re in the fight for the soul of our state. we re doing this for a reason. we got more wood to chop. let s bring this home. i m asking for your vote and your help and your support. this has been a race of people versus politicians. you see pence coming in and all the other governors, the rhino establishment politicians, career politicians coming to georgia to make their case. we ve taken our message to the people. i m running against an incumbent governor struggling to get to 50%. harris: the winner takes on unopposed democrat stacey abrams and it could mean a rematch with governor kemp who won in 2018. abrams is still hearing it from angry voters after she called georgia the worst state to live in. i wouldn t say it s the worst place to live in. i lived in chicago and i think it s a lot more expensive and a lot more dangerous to live in.
Possibility, but now were getting to the point where its put up or shut up now his. Attorneys say that they dont call it. Im going to call any more witnesses. And so based on that, it seems like theyre not going to call them. But in trump world, you really dont know until the very last second, do you . And they really dont have to tell us du that very last second. Now, if he doesnt, it will put a lot more weight on Michael Cohens testimony. And today cohens credibility, its quite another hit with the revelation that he had stolen money from the Trump Organization more on that in a new york minute. But there was another person on the hot seat today this time and i rolling sayyed, giving witness who annoyed the judge so much . The judge cleared the courtroom to dress him down. Im talking about robert costello, a former adviser and Michael Cohen and took the stand for the defense today and describe an april 2018 meeting that he had with cohen about the Stormy Daniels payments. Now, from t