battleground states where early voting is already under way. plus, president biden heads to new york to tout his efforts to boost the u.s. economy. as a new report shows the u.s. gdp grew by 2.6 points. we ll break down what that means for the state of our economy. in washington, a source familiar with the deliberations tells nbc news that attorneys for former president donald trump have accepted a subpoena issued by the house january 6th committee. also this morning, the u.s. is out with new sanctions against iranian officials as security forces clash with crowds gathered in the hometown of mahsa amini. we ll bring you a live report from tehran. we begin this very busy hour with our top story there, just 12 days left until the midterms. at this time, over 13 million people have already cast their ballots in the election which determines the control of congress. and the temperature is rising in places like arizona where phoenix police are investigating a break-in at t
jdbalart@msnbc. yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news right now. good to see you. it is thursday morning. i m yasmin vossoughian live for you here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this morning. right now a jolt of good news on the economic front. 12 days out from the midterms which could very well be decided by how voters feel about the economy. the gdp grew more than expected and how the white house is responding to that. new urgency and new questions in two of the most consequential races of the midterms. first in georgia, a new allegation against herschel walker. the antiabortion republican denying a claim from another former girlfriend who came forward anonymous saying he drove her to get an abortion decades ago. i am a registered independent and i voted for donald trump in both elections. i do not believe that herschel walker is fit to be a u.s. senator. walker is firing back, calling the allegation a lie and saying he s done w
tomorrow morning. jose diaz-balart picks up live coverage right now. good morning. it s 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. 13 days before the midterms. candidates across the country face-off on the debate stage, including in pennsylvania where senate candidates john fetterman and mehmet oz sparred on a host of issues. in fetterman s first debate since suffering a stroke. on capitol hill, a key member of donald trump s inner circle testifies. plus, the president of the united states warning the leader of russia as the kremlin is insisting ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb. and we re keeping an eye on the white house as the president is set to speak later this hour about what the white house calls new actions to provide families with more breathing room. and we begin with our top story. in 13 days voters will head to the polls for the pivotal midterm elections. candidates made high-stake pitches in four intense debates last night. pennsylva
18 past the hour. right now russia s vladimir putin is giving new remarks on his war on ukraine. we re monitoring this event. but it s happening right now, 5:18 p.m. moscow time. the body of joshua jones, a young american killed while fighting in ukraine, has been identified and handed over to ukrainian officials according to the state department. officials say that there will be a return of his remains to his family shortly. and the united nations nuclear watchdog is spending inspectors to ukraine to investigate claims that ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb. joining us now from kyiv, foreign correspondent matt mcbradley. also with us is lieutenant general steph twitty, former deputy commander of united states european command and an