Minute deciders with a history of making or breaking president ial campaigns. The candidates are making the final rounds. Trump and sanders hoping votes reflect their strong leads in the latest polls. Man, these polls, can we trust them . Hillary clinton aiming to close the gap on her democratic rival. For the republicans it seems a battle for second place and it could be anyones game when were talking about that. Lets begin our special coverage at this hour with joe johns who is in manchester. Polls opened early this morning, joe. What are you hearing from folks there . Reporter well, this is the gym at an Elementary School in manchester. I can tell you its been brisk, for sure. Thats the word i would use right now. As of 10 45 eastern time, that was about 15 minutes ago, a digital counter right here in this gym said 700 people had voted here in the ward 4 precinct in manchester, New Hampshire. So what that tells us, accordng to the officials is that the count is faster than in some o
States personal server. Good to be with you on this saturday morning. Im Frances Rivera live in new york at msnbc World Headquarters. Ten days before the president ial election and stunning move from fbi director james comey and the now the big question, might it change the trajectory of this race . Heres what we know this morning. In a letter to Congress Friday comey called for more investigative steps into clintons private email server. Nbc news learned the fresh look stems from fbi agents investigating former congressman Anthony Weiner and whether he sent sexually explicit texts to an underage girl. Weiner used a laptop that his wife also used. The email numbers are in the thousands and the fbi says it now must be reviewed as well. Hillary clinton received word of this latest twist as she was head for a campaign top . Iowa and heres what else she told reporters during a News Conference shortly after a rally in des moines. We have not been contacted by anyone. First we knew about it
Of ignorance. And musical chairs. Can new leadership at the dnc snap the democrats losing streak . This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im Peter Alexander in washington, in tonight for my friend chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. Were going to begin with the dramatic escalation of tensions between president elect trump and china. It begs a significant question. What is Donald Trumps end game, and how can he have an end game without consulting your secretary of state, which trump hasnt named yet . So what is he up to . Trump broke with nearly four decades of diplomatic protocol with china when he spoke to taiwans president. China does not recognize taiwans independence, views it as a renegade province. The u. S. Frankly doesnt either, not publicly. And no president nor any president elect has spoken with the leader of taiwan since at least 1979. When china objected to trumps call, he escalated the fight with a series of tweets, going after china for its currency deva
Of the people who died here. Thats because they are saying some people, it is evident who they are, they can match it with fingerprints. With others, there is nothing to identify, they are having to get some source of dna. They are asking family members if you think you lost someone here to preserve a toothbrush and preserve a hair brush and put it in a paper bag and hold on to it so they can get to them. At this point, they are saying they would not be surprised if they do expect that the number of people who died here in the oakland fire will increase. Stephanie, thank you. Fireworks lighting up the night sky in north dakota. Protesters celebrating a federal government decision to reroute the oil pipeline that was set to be built under lake oahe under the missouri river. Supporters fear a leak could cause environmental damage. The protesters say they are worried that the Incoming Trump administration could reverse their victory. We have cnns sara sidner with the latest. Reporter cele
Got caught up in a fake news story that could have ended much worse than it did. Plus a wintry blast, bitter cold in large parts of the country. Well tell you where the worst is headed today. Which begin with politics and new reaction to the New York Times and Washington Post reports with russia intervening in the president ial election. Harry reid earlier today told my colleague that the reports believe director jim comey had the information before the election. I do z not believe that comey was the new j. Edgar hoover. I thought that he would do the right thing for the country. Comey, who is of course a republican, refused to divulge this information regarding russia and the president ial election. Do you believe that jim comey should resign, in the reid . Of course, yes. Also new reaction from the rnc Communications Director on whether the president elect should have had a stronger response against russia in light of these reports. I am outraged. I dont think any foreign entity, any