majorities and avoid the shellacking he experienced in 2010. i will speak to michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about the battle for the house and cheri beasley on whether democrats can pull off a surprise in a traditionally red state. jon meacham will join me. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from california where nancy pelosi s husband, 82-year-old paul pill pelosi was attacked with a hammer. he is recovering at the hospital. we are expecting a press conference late they are hour. we will bring that to you live. joining us from san francisco is nbc s jake ward and nbc news terrorist analyst jim kavanaugh. jim is a retired aft special agent in charge and hostage negotiator. first, jake, this is a violent assault with a hammer against the 82-year-old husband of the speaker in line for the succession, of course. what other details do we know? reporter: we know at this point that at 2:27 a.m., the house you see behind me h
kill paul pelosi. the lies being spread by elon musk, donald trump junior, even some republican-elected officials about that attack. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the biggest names in american politics hit the battleground states, right now president biden is on his way to florida to help charlie crist in his battle against ron desantis. in georgia, mike pence and governor kemp, two republicans, who have angered former president trump, at their peril for not backing his lie, are working together to help re-elect kemp against a challenge from stacey abrams. former president obama continuing his campaign tour of battleground states. today in nevada where he will be trying to help the endangered democratic senator and governor, both tight races there. our reporters are in place ahead of the big campaign events. joining us now, nbc s ali vitali in miami gardens, nbc s guad have a nation as. ali, the president is facing criticism for his campaign a
The NV GOP released a statement on the litigation, citing efforts to prevent out-of-state interference and condemning the state s Democratic legislators for stonewalling Republican Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo s election reforms.
but the safety cortez masto during a midterm in which there were great headwinds in the state and nationally, and then you had all of these stories we re in about how they re great machine erected by harry reid, that included the culinary union was faltering in the wake of his death last year. i think those stories were premature. it struck me listening to senator schumer john that you hadn t referencing harry reid, the legacy of harry reid not only in nevada but to the u.s. senate. chuck schumer knows, he knows about the machine, that harry reid built, he built the architect of the area reid machine. rebecca lam, who was a name that most people don t know, but she was the one who was the architect of harry reid machine for a decade and a half. and she went back and talked to the democratic senators, if you cycles back, because they all want to know where the magic came from. and the magic is still there, but the magic is really quite simple. they just have the resources, they ha
i think the stories we re a brit premature. it struck me listening to senator schumer that you actually had him referencing harry reid. the legacy of harry reid, not only in nevada, but to the u.s. senate. chuck schumer knows, he knows about the machine, that harry reid built, he built the architect of the area reid machine. rebecca lam, who was a name that most people don t know, but she was the one who was the architect of harry reid machine for a decade and a half. and she went back and talked to the democratic senators, if you cycles back, because they all want to know where the magic came from. and the magic is still there, but the magic is really quite simple. they just have the resources, they have tremendously dedicated staff people that work with, and for lamb. they were able to pull this race off any year, with very few people thought that they