for the ramparts we watch were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night as our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner banner yet wave for the land of the free and the home of the brave straight to a fox news alert violence escalating into debt overnight. the u.s. air military lifting the staff and family from the country. the state department maintaining the level four do not travel advisor as airports shut down and roads are blocked off. alexandria hoff joins us live from washington. good morning. will u.s. government employees have been evacuated there are still thousands of americans caught in the crossfire of the violent power struggle in sudan. last night president biden confirmed the u.s. was temporarily suspended operations are as if i did not sudan s capital and other cities has raged on into a second week now. defense secretary lloyd
brand-new fox power rankings are out, republicans holding the advantage and retaking the house. the senate is still up in the air. hello, well come, welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. mike: mike emanuel in washington. republicans are supposed to keep the advantage from the last power rankings but different side in the senate. toss-up races in arizona, georgia, nevada and pennsylvania will decide which party takes control. sandra: tight as ever, we approach the final weeks to election day, all of this as pocket book issues are likely to determine the outcome of many of these key races. recent polls show the economy, inflation, surging gas prices are top of mind for american voters. especially independents. mike: jackie and james in moments, but first alexandria, the election is likely to be decided by independent voters. that is exactly right, often hold the decisionmaking power and we are seeing the area of independent concern aligning more with republicans. the
night. alice wagner tonight starts right. now california has a lot on its plate, chris. but housing has they need to build more housing in upstate and given where they are in terms of environmental decline, the housing situation is complicated as well. thank you, my friend. thanks for being here tonight. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj. and using it to go after president biden so-called political enemies. here s garland testimony before the judiciary committee in october of 2021. more republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members, just to be clear that was a memo on protecting school board members. take a listen. a leave it at this, general garland, you weaponize the fbi in the department of justice, it s wrong, it s unprecedent
others not to limit themselves either. well i hope matthew knows we are all inspired, and lucky, i m one of those people who watched that acceptance video. i saw on instagram, i think i watched it 38 times, and i m so grateful to our affiliate in connecticut for sharing matthew s incredible story. and on that note, i wish you all a great great night. from our our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up, late i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj. and using it to go after president biden so-called political enemies. here s garland testimony before the judiciary committee in october of 2021. more republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members, just to be clear that was a memo on protecting
but housing, they really need to build a lot more housing in that state. yes. and given where they are it s complicated. yes. thanks to you at home for being here tonight. tonight we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj and going after trump. here he is in 2021 where the republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members. just to be clear, yes, that was a memo of protecting school board members. take a listen. i ll leave it at this, general garland. you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. it is wrong, it is unprecedented to this history in our country, and i call on you to resign. thank god you re not on the supreme court. you should resign as a disgraced judge. then in august of this year when the fbi executed a search warra