Michael steele here in washington, d. C. Rolling out the heavy hitters. The Support Vice President harris is receiving from President Obama on the Campaign Trail. Plus, the quote, depravity on the Campaign Trail. The dark, dangerous lies republicans are spreading in the aftermath of hurricane helene. North carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein is here to respond. Grab your coffee, settle in. Welcome to the weekend. We are now just 31 days from election day. 31 and there is still a lot to do. That is why former President Barack Obama will hit the Campaign Trail for Vice President harris next week in pittsburgh. This is the start of a battleground to her that he is launching. As for the Vice President , she held events in detroit and flint, michigan yesterday. While there, here is with motors from the muslim and arab communities. Her campaign is also ramping up for the latino and black voters. Here is Nba Legend Magic johnson, urging black me to show up for the democratic ticket. K
Values of fairness, dignity, and opportunity. With just five weeks to Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump make their pitch to voters on the economy and immigration with strikingly different approaches. He prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. You have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out. Whose message is resonating in this final sprint . Steve kornacki has the results of the latest poll. Plus, faceoff. Are you better off now than you were four years ago . Senator Jd Vance and Tim Walz get ready to meet for the Vice President ial debate this week. This is not about power. This is about public service. Will the Vp Nominees have the last word before Election Day . My guests this morning, republican Senator Marco Rubio of florida and democratic Senator Mark kelly of arizona an wrongfully convicted man and the 20year journey that changed both of their lives. I am not an anomaly. There are hundreds of thousands of wrongfully
Last week, a grand jury indicted u. S. Senator bob menendez. This past week, dozens of members of his own party have demanded his resignation. I have been watching along with all of you as it is citizen and also as his daughter. I will not be reporting on the legal case. That said, my colleagues across msnbc and nbc news, they have aggressively covered the story. Theyll continue to do so as they should. Now, to capitol hill in the possibility that a Government Shutdown could be averted despite todays twist from House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy, the clock, still ticking. No less than six hours to keep the government funded. As we speak, the ball is in the senate score to as the Senate Passed a 45day continuing resolution, keeping the government funded through november 17th. It includes money for disaster relief. It does not include further aid to ukraine. Todays vote in the house was overwhelmingly bipartisan. 335 for, 91 against. This outcome, a lastminute development for weeks hardline Re
military truce. u.s. diplomats are scrambling to extend that agreement since a number of hostages are still being held captive. also, the red cross that was supposed to gain access to them, has not had access. we know a key part of the ongoing talks is getting adult males released. it s been women and children so far almost entirely with a few exceptions. we know israeli troops are at the ready, prepared operat operationally, along the truce lines in gaza should this pause expire and military actions resume. let s start here with jeremy diamond. jeremy, you re in israel. we saw people in the street celebrating. they re hoping for the arrival of some more hostages coming from gaza. reporter: yeah, that s true. when we got here earlier this evening, there were just a few people, but word spread quickly that the group of hostages was set to come through here on their way to the air base in front of me. what we saw earlier in the last hour was these scenes of absolute jubilat
earlier i spoke with matthew schmidt, a professor of national security and political science at the university of new haven in connecticut. i asked him about why the russians would use tactics which are designed explicitly to terrorize the civilian population. what the russian troops are trying to do right now, what they ve been ordered to do is essentially to put so much pain, put so much horror into the civilian population, that that forces zelenskyy to negotiate from a position he may not be ready to negotiate from. on the other hand, it also forces him to act before he s ready, particularly in the donbas right now. so, you know, the new general dvornikov can sit here and use this kind of policy, this strategy of committing war crimes and terrifying the civilian population, to control the negotiating standpoint of his enemy. well, we heard from the russian president, vladimir putin, actually talking about