and lindsey riser at a watch party here in new york. megan, this faceoff was described in the new york times as the most significant and politically charged match in the history of the world cup. which leads me to the question, how much pressure are both of these teams facing? i mean on and off the pitch? reporter: yeah, look, a lot of pressure here. what this reminds me of is the 1998 game between the iranian and the united states. of course, that was about 24 years ago and during that time, that game was called the mother of all games because of the political tension between the two countries. but when you take a look at this game, you know, there s so much more going on. like you mentioned, we saw the iranian just days ago standing silent as their national anthem rang out. seemingly standing in solidarity with the women of their country that are fighting for basic
impacted, people are starting to recover from their injuries. 18 at least injured and recovering in the hospital. barrett hudson was at the site of the shooting over the weekend and spoke with lindsey riser. he was shot several times. he told her about what he experienced. take a listen. seven bullets went into me. i am so thankful. i am very thankful. all seven bullets miss mid organs, my spine, my kidney, my colon. saturday night, i thought i was dead. my last phone call was to my father. i told him i was probably going to die, i had been shot. i have so much hate, so much love in my heart over this situation and how we could prevent, stop this with gun laws in the future. i don t know how many more times this has to happen. reporter: a lot of raw emotion still running high. a lot of speculation about how
preparing for takeoff. after several stops and starts, nasa is hoping to launch the first test flight of the artimus tomorrow morning. it s the first step in nasa s plan to get astronauts back to the moon after 50 years. lindsey riser is live for us. over the last couple of days, i ve been asking folks, especially steve kornacki, is today the day? i m going to ask you the same question. is tomorrow morning the day? is it finally going to happen? reporter: if you ask nasa, they say, it s a go until it s not anymore. but the weather conditions are favorable. 90% favorability right now. the energy feels different. i was here a month ago. this feels different. people are so excited. they traveled here.
it s been almost 20 years since new york elected a republican governor. but that might change tonight. joining me tonight from summers, new york is lindsey riser. kathy hochul is facing a challenge from leah zeldin, he s been single edits, and this would be a big change for this state. what are you hearing from voters? reporter: so right now, candidates are having to spend more money, more time here in this area. typically a blue stronghold, but we ve been seeing some really competitive races. for example, that governor s race. hochul has been enjoying wide margins over zeldin, but lately, he s been cutting into that. a mid october quinnipiac poll had her only four points ahead. when we talk about groups spepd spending money here, hochul has
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