florida as well as tens of thousands of electric crews from all over the country. we do not have a complete picture of fatalities or injuries across florida as of yet. one death has officially been reported so far. we expect to hear more from authorities soon. almost 3 million people are still without power. it weakened to a tropical storm ian but back to a hurricane this afternoon as it heads for south carolina. the mayor of charleston, south carolina, is asking his city to shut down tomorrow. correspondent steve harrigan kicks off our coverage, charlotte county florida with the latest. good evening. good evening, bret. help is pouring into florida from across the country but still in pockets like this one it is largely neighbor helping neighbor. after going across florida s peninsula, hurricane ian north and along it led to coast. the numbers are staggering. more than 2.6 million floridians without electricity. rainfall totals approaching 2 feet in some places. heavy wind
three days, 19 hours, 59 minutes 55 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. i m steve kornacki coming to you from, well, not three in rockefeller center, our usual location instead i m at the historic, royal famous in lexington, kentucky. heart of the sixth congressional district tomorrow it s gonna be the biggest day in horse racing. the breeders cup championship races, featuring some of the best forces from all around the world. but tonight, we re here to talk about the election. the midterms. now just days away. the final by candidates all across the country here building towards tuesday night already. tens of millions of votes when all is said and done, we re anticipating the turnout level for this midterm election is going to shatter all existing records. we could be north of 120 million people who cast votes. the interest level is extremely high. the stakes are high. let s take you through what that looks like again. if you need a r
election night, i m steve kornacki. coming to you from, well, not from and rockefeller center are user location for our friday night. instead i m at the historic, world famous keenan course in lexington, kentucky. the six congressional district in kentucky. tomorrow is going to be the biggest day in horse racing. the breeders cup championship races. featuring some of the best for service from all around the world, but tonight, we are here to talk about the election. the midterms. now just days away, the final piece is being done by candidates all across the country, here, building towards tuesday night already, tens of millions of votes have been cast in this election, when all is said in that we are anticipating a turnaround in the midterm election. it s going to shatter all existing record, north of 120 million people who cast vote so the interest level is extremely high, the stakes are high. let s take you through what that looks like again, if you need a reminder here,
minutes, 35 seconds and counting until the first polls close on him election night. i m steve kornacki coming to you from, well, not three in rockefeller center, our usual location for our friday night election special. instead i m at the historic, royal famous race course in lexington, kentucky. heart of the sixth congressional district tomorrow it s gonna be the biggest day in horse racing. the breeders cup championship races, featuring some of the best forces from all around the world. but tonight, we re here to talk about the election. the midterms. now just days away. the final faces being put in by by candidates all across the country here building towards tuesday night already. tens of millions of votes have been cast in this election. when all is said and done, we re anticipating the turnout level for this midterm election is going to shatter all existing records. we could be north of 120 million people who cast votes. the interest level is extremely high. t
our hearts leslie. thank you for the laughs and for the light, for the love, and your incredible warmth. you will truly be missed. and on that beautiful and very sad note, i wish you all the best. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow so, here s how it worked in 2020. two years ago, almost exactly in october 2020, we reported here on this show on something that we first learned about from one of the great historic gigantic radio stations and the united states, that the michigan behemoth that is wwj radio in detroit, michigan. wwj has been on the air for more than 100 years. they re just a huge deal in american broadcasting history. they are still on the air today. they are still a big deal today. and just about exactly two years ago, on october, 2020, we learned about a story that was broken by a reporter at wwj, named sandra mcneill. sandra mcneill had gotten a tip fr