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
trying to expand their territory, but they ve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. we ll go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? i ll ask white house deputy chief of staff jen o malley dillon when she joins me later in the show. the mass exodus of health care workers just ahead of what s expected to be a brutal covid and flu season, the alarming statistics and what they mean for you coming up. we start with the midterms and a deep sense of late campaign uncertainty gripping some of the closest races in the country. in pennsylvania some top democrats are second-guessing john fetterman s decision to debate, appearing in pittsburgh yes
good to be with you this afternoon. i m peter alexander, in today for katy tur. and president biden is about to touch down in new york. yup, new york. not your typical battleground state, 12 days out from these crucial midterm elections. why? because republicans are pushing their advantage deep into the blue strong hold during these final weeks. the president will intensify his efforts to paint republicans as a threat to the economy and the wallets of every day americans in a speech this afternoon. he s going to speak directly to residents in the syracuse area. there he is specifically, an area that stands to benefit specifically from the economic legislation that he has passed in recent months. but is it too little too late? new polling from usa today and suffolk university suggests democrats have an uphill climb and voters prefer the generic republican congressional candidate over a democratic one, that is a nine-point game for republicans since july. suggesting most of the
public s help. he asked for any witnesses to please come forward to bring those responsible to justice. we want to go live to the scene where all of this unfolded. gloria, this was supposed to be a 4th of july celebration, hundreds of people there and now officials are describing this as a worst case scenario. reporter: yeah, boris. it s actually krincredible to hr the update from officials, the amount of people that were actually injured by this gun fire. we know that dozens of people went to the hospital, two of them sadly were killed, but it s incredible to think about the amount of people gathered here last night celebrating what was supposed to be a family event, a neighborhood event in celebration of the holiday. so many of them injured and to think about how many more could have been potentially fatally injured. now, i thought the mayor s message about gun violence in general was very striking.