by republican gubernatorial candidate lee zeldin. he confrontee confhed the curret governor , kathy hochul, on the stage. violent crime wave, leavinger hochul to wonder, you know, mysteriously, wh y do you care so much about this issue of crime? governor , here s a hint. people are dying now.s st both tooter dixon and leeead zeldin will join us straight. had also georgia senated candidate herschel walker will be here. but we begin tonight in the great state of pennsylvania. the commonwealthe mmonweal, whe, he will join us in a momente mot with reaction to one ofry the most well, i guess you can. say, unusual debates in tonig american history.p is now, tonight, it s official. the cover up is over democrats, the media mob, the fetterman campaigncampai, they were all ln to all o if us .ly john fetterman is not mentally ,physically, cognitively fit to serve. he should no st be running for the senate. and in a word, what we saw last night was painful. i ll give hil hard to watch
tonight, how many lives may have been saved. children s hospitals, overwhelmed. pediatric beds at capacity, as the country sees a dramatic rise in r.s.v. we speak with an emergency room doctor. how concerned are you about a long winter of illness? i m concerned. o donnell: and, putin watches his troops nuclear drills. cbs s holly williams gets reaction from inside ukraine. from the nation s capital. o donnell: go e to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday. tonight, there are major developments that could potentially shake up the midterm elections in two key political battlegrounds. the breaking news from georgia: republican senate candidate herschel walker is denying new accusations that he paid for another woman to have an abortion three decades ago. the accuser says she is afraid of retaliation, and wants to remain anonymous. and, in pennsylvania, there is concern tonight from democrats after the senate debate between john
independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the company s electric vehicles can drive themselves. we ll get to that. willie? let s begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there is a new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing the candidate of pressuring her into having an abortion. the women appeared anonymously yesterday with her attorney, gloria allred. she claims she became involved with the former football player in 1987 while he was married and became pregnant with his child in 1993. she said walker encouraged her several times to have an abortion and she eventually went to a clinic in dallas to have the procedure but she did not go through with it, which she alleges made walker upset. she claims he then drove her to the clinic and waited outside in the parking lot for hours until she came outside. here s what she said about
battleground states where early voting is already under way. plus, president biden heads to new york to tout his efforts to boost the u.s. economy. as a new report shows the u.s. gdp grew by 2.6 points. we ll break down what that means for the state of our economy. in washington, a source familiar with the deliberations tells nbc news that attorneys for former president donald trump have accepted a subpoena issued by the house january 6th committee. also this morning, the u.s. is out with new sanctions against iranian officials as security forces clash with crowds gathered in the hometown of mahsa amini. we ll bring you a live report from tehran. we begin this very busy hour with our top story there, just 12 days left until the midterms. at this time, over 13 million people have already cast their ballots in the election which determines the control of congress. and the temperature is rising in places like arizona where phoenix police are investigating a break-in at t
jdbalart@msnbc. yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news right now. good to see you. it is thursday morning. i m yasmin vossoughian live for you here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this morning. right now a jolt of good news on the economic front. 12 days out from the midterms which could very well be decided by how voters feel about the economy. the gdp grew more than expected and how the white house is responding to that. new urgency and new questions in two of the most consequential races of the midterms. first in georgia, a new allegation against herschel walker. the antiabortion republican denying a claim from another former girlfriend who came forward anonymous saying he drove her to get an abortion decades ago. i am a registered independent and i voted for donald trump in both elections. i do not believe that herschel walker is fit to be a u.s. senator. walker is firing back, calling the allegation a lie and saying he s done w