i am in the west. i m mehdi hassan filling in for my good friend ali velshi. i want to start this morning with a little bit of a quiz for you. do you know where and when he went to college? do you know if you attended college? do you know where he worked? do you know if you are jewish or not? of course, you know all the answers to those questions. for republican congressman elect george santos, there have been tough questions, we really tough questions. over the past couple of weeks, he s been caught lying in spectacular and fantastical fashion about each and every one of those things and more. george santos did not attend or graduate from any institute of higher education. he did not previously work for citigroup or goldman sachs. he did not found an animal rights charity. he tweeted that, quote, 9/11 claimed my mother s life. five months later he, tweeted a conflicting statement saying his mother died only five years ago in 2016. we don t know when exactly george santos s m
early votes cast could break turnout records. also tonight the state of emergency in florida. hurricane and tropical storm watches up as subtropical storm nicole takes aim. we ve got the new track. the new numbers on child rsv cases. 77% of pediatric hospital beds filled nationwide. what parents need to know. the chaos at twitter under new owner elon musk. after laying off nearly half its workforce the company reportedly scrambling to hire some key workers back. and is facebook next in line for mass layoffs? and the world record powerball jackpot. nearly $2 billion up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from our nbc news election headquarters. with 40 million early votes already cast, millions of election day voters will soon add their votes as the first poll openings here in the east are now just hours away. control of congress and the direction of the country to be decided. democrats defending their slim
generations. we know in our bones that our democracy is at risk and we know this is your moment to defend it, preserve and protect it, choose it. i want you to know we ll meet this moment. every freedom loving american needs to understand the time stands up to this growing left wing tyranny is right now. if you want to save your rights and liberties, you have to start by dealing a humiliating rebuke to the radical left of this election. this is so important, this election. the current and former president delivering their final speeches of this midterm campaign. but donald trump had a lot more than this election on his mind. we re also going to hear the closing pitches from the candidates themselves and several key races that could determine the balance of power in washington. plus, how speaker nancy pelosi gives her first interview since the brutal attack on her husband. we ll have all of that for you straight ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tue
after all you want a beach bod not a bank by the body. [laughter] summit get this guy a training bra. [laughter] he is a 30-year-old guy with the body of kathy bates. speaking bank did you hear what s happening at goldman sach s? see transition everybody? there is a recession becomes reality and layoffs loom theg do perks that would used to enjoy it your job are disappearing i s faster than it will be goldberg s jewish fan base. [laughter] according to the new yorking they are taking away their free coffee perks for the goldman sach s employees. i know, stop the presses., or at least the frenchat presse. [laughter] w i knowhy. d that is why i sit here and you are in the audience. [laughter] so now those bankers will have to pay for it like the rest of us, just like i do for those massages. milt hemmer has such strong hands. sadly as in your post reports goldman sach s employees returned to work on tuesday tot find out they would have to pay for their crappy coffee, that is
being with all of you. tha i say at the end of every night, thank you for making this show possible. and we re going to be doing these live shows regularly. throughout the year.come joi and hopefully you can come join us one night. we d lovhae to have you. we re going to get to their questions. they re going to get the last word tonight. liked thhave you like the last e a new segment? you like that moment? yeah. it s pretty depressing. whe whenn i goti a c minus this wek that wasn t fun.to to ch also, we re joined tonight. we re going to check inh with newt gingrich will also be joined with congressman chip roy. leo, 2.0, terrell, 2.0 jimmy fallon, caliche, carly shimkus, matt gaetz will bez wil here. lauren bobert will be here and they will be in the hannity hot seat. coming up straight ahead as we continue the war, two holdouts, buinuet i startt i tonight with big newsgh on capitol hill. my sourceson are now telling me in no with every detail you dthw want this week long