you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to, alex witt reports. the race to the 2022 midterms is nearing the finish line. and just three days, in a matter of hours, the results will begin coming in for what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, a trio of u.s. presidents bringing their star power to the campaign trail in this final weekend. president biden, and former president obama, will be in philadelphia together later today. that because after biden makes a stop in illinois, and obama holds a rally in pittsburgh, this in the next few hours. then former president trump will be in western pennsylvania rallying for republican candidates. more than 38 million americans have already cast their vote ahead of tuesday s elections. earlier today on msnbc, some candidates and key contests stressed the importance of reaching those voters yet to cast their ballots. races in the state are always close. our last three
massive layoffs at twitter. the cuts primarily affect workers responsible for fighting misinformation, potentially hobbling twitters capabilities before the crucial midterms. nbc s jacob has more from san francisco. thousands of twitter employees are out of a job. after roughly half the staff received this message by email friday, today is your last working day at the company. elon musk saying in a tweet that he had no choice, all of this just seven this after he acquired the company and only three days before the midterm elections will test footers ability to handle misinformation. according to sources inside the company, the layoffs hit teams that filter out hate speech, add context, and study how algorithms can make misinformation worse. bad act there s will now try to take advantage experts. if the environment on twitter is going to duck grade and erode, especially as we ve seen a lot of motivated far-right actors jumping in,