announcer: this is cnn breaking news. our breaking news this hour certainly is breaking indeed. the january 6th committee has now released its final report just moments ago. it is here. i want to bring in cnn justice correspondent jessica snyder. jessica, i understand the committee is making very specific recommendations about how law enforcement and also of course legislative bodies ought to proceed now in the wake of this report and their findings. tell us what are you learning? reporter: laura, that s the big take away from this report. so it is 845 pages. the vast majority of that actually incapsulates eight chapters where they out the entire narrative surrounding up to and including january 6th. but the real meat of this is not until page 689, and it lays out about let s see 11 different recommendations this committee is making. i want to highlight a few for people. and laura you were asking before where can people go to actually read this entire report. it is up o
cast their ballots in this critical midterm election at stake. control of the u.s. house of representatives, control of the u.s. senate, plus control of governors mansions in state houses all across united states. the polls and political history point to a likely good night for republicans. since 1990, the president s party has lost seats in the house, sometimes in the dozens, when the president s approval rating falls below 50%. and biden s sure is below 50%. trying to ride that momentum, sources tell cnn that donald trump has been discussing with aides whether he should announce his 2024 presidential campaign tonight. it s all unknown as of now, but what is clear, we probably will not know the results in a number of the elections tomorrow night. it will likely take days to count all the ballots. so, what to watch out for in the meantime? beware of bad actors who will try to take advantage of these delays to spread false conspiracies about election fraud. let s take a momen
all in? we win and are we ready tomorrow to take back this country? are you ready to take this state back? [cheers and applause]. who s ready to send mark kelly back to space tomorrow? laura: now, we re going to hear from reporters and candidates across the nation tonight including our own mark meredith in ohio where donald trump is still delivering what was billed as a highly anticipated speech. but first, the great realignment. that s the focus of tonight s angle. with republicans about to take control of both the house and the senate, most democrats aren t interested in serious soul searching about how it all unravelled. for a bunch so worried about election denial, they seem to be preemptively questioning the legitimacy of the impending republican takeover. how concerned are you that the upheaval at twitter will result in a flood of misinformation, disinformation right before the election? and it actually goes beyond twitter. today there are reports that
early votes cast could break turnout records. also tonight the state of emergency in florida. hurricane and tropical storm watches up as subtropical storm nicole takes aim. we ve got the new track. the new numbers on child rsv cases. 77% of pediatric hospital beds filled nationwide. what parents need to know. the chaos at twitter under new owner elon musk. after laying off nearly half its workforce the company reportedly scrambling to hire some key workers back. and is facebook next in line for mass layoffs? and the world record powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from our nbc news election headquarters. with 40 million early votes already cast, millions of election day voters will soon add their votes as the first poll openings here in the east are now just hours away. control of congress and the direction of the country to be decided. democrats defending their slim
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe