countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won t let up. it has been catastrophic rain that just won t stop. we ve seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. what s the weather update, pedram? reporter: major hurricane, category 3 with 100-mile-an-hour winds. it s not far away from cochran town, capital of turks and caicos. it is passing across the region right now. you ll notice very symmetrical. a wind field that expands 150 miles away from the center where tropical storm forced winds are still going to b
at 9 am eastern. plus, abortion rights forces, defeating sealing kentucky s fate as a abortion free state. the one who ran the campaign to save it in campuses, is we talk to her later this hour. men, it s not something you usually need to do to prepare for election day, but this year i think a lesson on these grand meaning of gaslighting is in order. that s coming up. velshi starts now. good morning to you, it is sunday, november 6th. i m ali velshi. we are two days away from election day, the first results of the 2022 midterms. this election will determine how the balance of power will shift in congress, and state leadership across the country. which is gonna lay the groundwork, and have crucial implications for the 2024 elections historically in the mid term, the sitting president almost always loses seats in congress. that s a pattern democrats are looking to break but it may be difficult considering their slumber jordy s in both dreamers of congress. republicans nee
polling, breaking down exactly where the fight for congress stands. and another hour of velshi begins right now. begins right now as some day november the 6th, or two days away from election day, 2022. we begin this hour with brand-new nbc news polling showing where things stand ahead of tuesday. there is some good and bad news for each party. when it comes to control of congress, it is the dead he with 47% of registered voters wanting democrats and 47% warning republicans, essentially unchanged from last month. however, an overwhelming number of voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction. 72% compared to just 21% who say things are going in the right direction. 47% of voters say they want to, quote, great deal of change in the direction that president biden s leading the country, more than during the first terms of president donald trump and barack obama and bling bill clinton. as for biden, 40% of registered voters approve of his job performance, while 53% d
democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs. a source shows this is the man who broke in earlier in the week. they have blurred his face. they have not identified any suspects in the case. items were taken but the hobbs campaign says it hasn t been able to get a full inventory. the campaign says hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of violent threats since she declared, which she blamed on her republican opponent. quote, let s be clear, for nearly two years carrie lake and her allies have been insighting threats against anyone they see. these are the direct result of a concerted campaign for lies. carrie lake pushing back. i m saddened that hobbs and her camp would try to pin this on us. it s defamatory and it s wrong and it s so obvious what s happening. her own party is attacking her. she s trying to deflect her own abysmal campaign and the fact that, you know, nobody even knows where her campaign office is. person who broke into it probably didn t even realize it wa
races, the major news out from the nbc poll. the last one before the election on tuesday. democratic voters i would pull even in the question of enthusiasm. serving now at exactly the right time as candidates in the most powerful surrogate make their closing arguments. this for me is not so much a decision between a democrat and a republican. between right and left. as much as is a decision between right and wrong. together as a team. will win a championship. and that s what i will say right now. i think we re going to win because people are very frustrated at the direction of our country. we have been everywhere. and i am telling you we re going to win this race. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high. if you support the decline of all america then you must vote for the radical left democrats. the house is on the ballot. character, character is on the ballot. a couple of minutes, i m gonna be talking back to tie magazine. more requests than circ