unbelievable story. but first, the race for control of the united states congress. the battle comes down to netting five house seats and one senate seat. that s what the gop hopes to do in five weeks. the four yellow states on our senate fox power rankings map. these are the biggest ones to watch. they are arizona where democrat mark kelly s lead over blake masters is now at six. in georgia, five points separate raphael warnock and republican herschel walker who is facing a controversy today. and in nevada, republican adam laxalt s lead over katherine masto well within the margin of error. he was with us yesterday. in pennsylvania, democrat john fetterman s lead is now to six points over dr. mehmet oz. that race is where we get started today with correspondent bryan llenas. hi, brian. the last poll you mentioned, usa today s suffolk university poll. it not only shows a narrowing of the lead over dr. oz but shows the number of voters that view fetterman unfavorably has sky
welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, september 14th. a lot to cover this morning with joe, willie and me. u.s. stocks tumble as consumer prices continue to rise as president biden celebrated the inflation reduction act. yesterday at the white house. we ll look at the next possible steps to help bring down costs for americans. plus, russian forces in retreat as ukraine keeps up the pressure. is this a turning point in the war? president biden says it s hard to tell. queen elizabeth returns to london. her coffin arriving at buckingham palace yesterday and will be carried by horse-drawn carriage to parliament later this morning where she will lie in state before monday s funeral at westminster abbey. we re following the latest on the trump records case. new information unsealed by a federal judge concerned that some government records may still be unaccounted for, and a warning from the doj about delaying its investigation. plus, lindsey graham takes an already comp
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the new wearable technology aimed at saving lives and serena williams back on the court. inside her return to wimbledon. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a rapidly shifting patchwork of abortion laws tonight as the battle in the wake of roe v. wade s demise spills from the chambers of the u.s. supreme court to state courtrooms across america. tonight abortion rights supporters in more than a half dozen states putting up legal challenges, trying to block abortion bans. many of the new laws designed to automatically go into effect following the court s decision including louisiana, where a judge temporarily halted enforcement of that state s trigger law. over the weekend in cities across the country thousands marched in protest to the supreme court s decision to end a constitutional right to abortions today senate minority leader mitch mcconnell savoring the court s decision after years of work. but new polling suggesting the decision is
vote. i will say get mad and vote. we re going to do what we can, but in the end, this is about november. we ve got to elect pro-choice legislators, governors, supreme court judges. we need to show the american people that when they give the democratic party and actually do vote for us, that we will be using and we are willing to use the power that they do give us in order to merit increased expansions in our majority. the supreme court overturning roe v. wade shifts a lot of the action to the states and right now, abortion is banned in nine states already via trigger laws. in at least 12 more states, the limit of ban of abortion could be in place in weeks to come. there are also a flurry of lawsuits. today in florida, there s a hearing for abortion rights groups asking for an injunction to stop the ban replacing its current 24-week ban. in ohio, plans parenthood trying to file a suit. more action as well in california. in michigan. we ve gotten this warning from a demo