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
we begin in china where we ve just had a slew of data that shows how deep the impact of both the pandemic and its demographics is having on society and the economy. data from the national bureau of statistics shows china s economy grew by 2.9% year on year for the last three months of 2022. that beat expectations reuters expected the economy to grow byjust1.8%. for the full year growth came in at 3% far below china s official target of 5.5%. excluding the year covid hit in 2020, this is china s worst showing in nearly 50 years. also today, the news that china s population has shrunk for the first time in more than 60 years a change that is expected to have deep economic, social and political implications for china. for more on that let s go to katie silver in our asia business hub. tell us more. that s right. the bi . tell us more. that s right. the big figure tell us more. that s right. the big figure that tell us more. that s right. the big figure that we ve tel
and gender studies realizing the momentum they had over the summer is melting faster than joe biden s ice cream. one lefty saying i am wishing the election were in august. sorry, jack, they re still in november. the reason democrats are throwing a pity party is a batch of polls that has republicans, including a brutal one in new york times, chose independent women swinging sharply toward republicans in the span of a month. nancy pelosi still in total denial. let s talk about rising inflation concerns along with crime giving momentum, new momentum to republicans after the democrats were closing the gap. i think that much of what you ve said i don t agree with. that is to say, new poll is an outlier poll, what weave through with the legislation under leadership of president biden who has done a spectacular job, he s had a better two years than most presidents you can name certainly in the recent generations. yeah, good-bye. joy behar, failing to live up to her name, the
we start in florida, where the state is being battered by hurricane ian. this is the scene live in tampa bay, showing the sunshine skyway bridge, which is getting battered by the heavy wind and rain. there are warnings of catastrophic damage, both from the high winds, which are gusting at up to 235 kilometres per hour, that s around 145 miles per hour, and from the heavy rain. combine that with what experts are saying could be the highest storm surge on record, and there are fears for the safety of thousands of people. azadeh moshiri is in tampa for us. a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida s coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the