we begin this hour with breaking news, the final nbc news poll of the midterms is out now, just two days before the election. it shows a highly competitive landscape and what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. among all registered voters, congressional preference is tied at among likely voters, 58% say they prefer a democratic-controlled congress compared to 47% for republican controlled. our poll also finds democrats have no pulled even with republicans in enthusiasm, and identical 73% from both parties say they are highly interested. registering either a nine or ten on a ten-point scale. and when it comes to the most important issue, 23% of registered voters say it is threats to democracy. 20% say jobs in the economy, and 17% say the cost of living. earlier today on nbc news, leading members of both parties say both issues will propel them to victory. we have great candidates, people are showing up to vote. there is no this election is a
by this time tomorrow, donald trump will have retaken the stand at his new york civil fraud case. how big a gamble it is this far into the trial? plus, about last night, something happened that is raising questions about donald trump blurring political and legal lines. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re begin with breaking news. a tornado and some devastation in tennessee. at least six people are dead, including two children after severe storms tore across the south. those powerful tornadoes ignited fire, snapping power lines, and destroying homes. at least two dozen people have been injured, and power is slowly being restored to thousands of customers. the threat is not over as the same system is moving east. today, millions in the southeast and mid-atlantic face more severe weather. torrential rain, and heavy winds definitely expected. flooding is likely. some places will get snow, and
aware of drone attacks on the uss carney, and commercial vessels that happened earlier today. let s go right to and miss nbc s erin standing by for us at the white house. what more do we know about these developments in the red sea? alex, our pentagon team has been able to confirm from defense officials that the uss carney destroyed a houthi drone today in the southern red sea. w ase understand it, that drone was headed towards the ship at the same time itsaw at least one ballistic missil fired at commercial ship. that ship goes by the name unity explore. the carney responded t that ships distress signal at the time, and had to oot down another houthi drone that was headed towards the two ship at that point. this all apparently happened over the course of several hours today, and the official here alsosays that multiple commercial ships were attacked by yemen-based houthi missiles today. at we re getting from the houthis, and you should understand the source here, ayhat the
Meeting with congressional staff. The partial Government Shutdown now on day 16 and a breakthrough is not expected any time today. Theres no end in sight. Meanwhile, President Trump joining a staff retreat at camp david. Before leaving, the president said he may decide in the next few days whether to bypass congress and declare a National Emergency to build the border wall. Setting the scene for us, msnbcs Mike Viqueira at the capital and Geoff Bennett at the white house. Geoff, the president appeared to be signalling a concession of some sort on his end. Tell us more. The definition of what constitutes a border wall is becoming more and more flexible by the day. This might seem like ancient history now, but it was six days ago that President Trump feeted, an all concrete wall was never abandoned as has been reported by the media. You have Mick Mulvaney saying they are willing to take this all concrete wall entirely off the table thinking that democrats might be able to get behind some
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