And hes thinking a different tune. One that politically speaking is even less risk big. Im going to tell you all about this and its important number x, and just, im gonna play it for you. Now lets, lets do it. Thats the all right, so before we get to that, as we begin this show, let me catch you up on the assassination attempt. Bobs lock you prime minister, robert fitz, so after being shot repeatedly yesterday, as you saw, as we were bringing you the story when we 1st uh, went on the air. Uh, he has come out of surgery, were happy to report a is now expected to survive as we left the show yesterday, we didnt know whether he was going to make it nobody did. While apparently he survived the surgery. Survive the shooting. However, there are a lot of questions that are being now asked about the Country Security and the countrys stability. Theres also this today, and this is another developing story that were following. As we begin this newscast, russian president pollutant is once again me
Thats going to do it for us tonight and but ill see you in a weird time at a weird place, sunday night 8 00 eastern, sunday night, me, brian williams, nicolle wallace, joy reid, a special election preview in our new supersized studios. Ill see you then. Be there. Sunday night, 8 00. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. You are just in time for another night of context, clarity and conversation with three days until election day. Its almost over. But honestly, that date is moot for nearly 90 million americans whove already cast their ballots. Perhaps you too. This time four years ago we were talking about many of the same issues. Donald trumps business dealings. Competitive swing states. Early voting. And more. Check out the New York Times front pages from 2016 and from today. They tell a similar story of two campaigns rushing to the finish line. Today both major candidates were in key battleground states. President trump is holding his fourth p
Line. Today both major candidates were in key battleground states. President trump is holding his fourth pennsylvania rally of the day. He won pennsylvania by a razorthin margin, less than 50,000 votes. A new morning call poll shows mr. Trump trailing joe biden by five points in pennsylvania but mr. Bidens lead falls right within the polls margin of error. So statistically they could be tied. Today in michigan joe biden reunited on the campaign trail with president obama. It was the first time theyve taken the stage together this election cycle. And what a cycle it has been. A spin cycle. And frankly, if youre like me, youre probably a little dizzy. Its been 555 days since joe biden announced his candidacy, back in april of 2019. Take a look at some of whats happened from then till now. It is just 659 more days. 477 days. 285 days. 100 days. Just three days till election day 2020. After months of speculation and frontrunner status in the early polls, joe biden announces his run for pre
In france. Hello. Armed separatists in the eastern ukrainian city of luhansk have reportedly been making fresh advances. Six separatists and 11 ukranian soldiers are known to have died. Many civilians are leaving. They are in control of a guard base and border guard post which ukranian forces were forced to abandon. Western leaders are threatening russia with more sanctions. David chater has this update from luhansk. Reporter the fact that the separatist fighters overran this border base after a fierce firefight is not just a humiliating defeat for kiev and their antiterror operation, it has strategic consequences. This is the base, the headquarters where they control and coordinate the russian border crossings, where they communicate with the border posts, which are emptying, and have no way of communicating with the border guards. That means a large blind spot is opening up on the russian border. It means the people in kiev, the government in kiev, the Security Services no longer hav