i can t remember the exact quote, but remember when churchill said britain needs an ass kicker. churchill said many wonderful things. those particular phrases i don t remember. you re the historian, not me. everybody attributes everything to churchill, and then like the greatest churchill quotes ever, he didn t say. all the things churchill said but didn t say, i m laying claim to them. take them. tim ryan took that one, though, and i think he owned it quite well. it is a close race that could determine the balance of power in washington. the democratic nominee, congressman ryan will join us in just a moment. but first, nbc steve kornacki is standing by at the big board to break down where things stand with the midterms less than a month away. we are at go time. the rage is here, and i m a little nervous. he s pissed off, look at him. he s trying to hide it. i know. we re following the latest from ukraine as russia escalates attacks on civilian areas. g7 leade
nevada, you have up and down the ballot some election deniers there, same goes for arizona. a lot at stake out west and across the country. nobody s going to sleep on the west coast tonight, back east, because, man, some of the most important races taking place. control of congress is up for grabs. republicans are favored to win the house, where they need a net gain of five seats. the smallest number of seats the out of power party has needed to flip the house since 1932. michael, let s put perspective on this again for our friends joining us on the west coast right now. in 2010, how many seats we picked up 63 house seats, which was the most the party picked up since 1928. and that was after barack obama had a massive landslide victory. right. bill clinton won in 92. 73 republicans get elected that year. and in 2018, you actually had, when donald trump was president, democrats didn t do quite as well, but they had 40 seats. so it s going to be really interest
pete: that s what s at stake and likely not to have the gavel because if you look at the most recent power rankings, not only could it be a red wave but a red tsunami if you re looking at fundamentals across the country. will: it was a beautiful weekend here in new york. it s 70 degrees, it s new york city marathon. it s a big day in college football. could set up for a beautiful week. rachel: i m still impressed with how quickly you got out for the doughnut segment. like you must have sprinted. will: told you i like doughnuts. pete: you made your way out there quickly. did you know it s the first blood moon in three years on election morning. rachel: wow. pete: there ll be a big red blood moon on election morning, november 8. tell me that s an accident. just saying, i read a lot of random things. will: should have seen his eyes. i don t know if you could see his eyes as we described that . rachel: we ll all be in a different state, each of us. florida, wisconsin and pennsylv
abigail spanberger between the suburbs of alexandria and richmond is in a slightly democratic district but only by about a point or so. that s the kind of district that republicans need to top fl they are to have a good shot at the house majority. loudoun county, if democrats lose this, it s a shine of a huge red day. she is certainly and heavily favored. a couple senate races, polls close at 7:30 in ohio and north carolina. these are difficult states for democrats in a tough year like this, ohio in particular, a red state where tim ryan is overperforming. democrat doswell in those states, it could be an indicator they re performing their marks and could uphold control of the senate. finally, new hampshire. you ve been talking about this. this is fascinating. it s the earliest of the most competitive senate races to close, closing at 8:00 p.m. maggie hassan is favored against donald bolduc who has claims of
their running on this distraction, which is really if you think about it, it s a criticism of the american people. how dare you vote for a better life for yourself and your children. i don t think it s going to work and nor should it. pete: like this cab torr, i m gone cantor, i m going to change my name nor democracy and run for something. i d be on everyone s ballot. your race against tim ryan is a lien republican. should things go the way we this 1234 voters turn out and vote for you? what is the first thing you d do follow ago victory? what s your focus? yeah, we talked about the energy crisis that affects ohio in particular, but i m going to talk about the border crisis here, and we have to get control of the southern border. you know, ohio is the third state when it cops to fentanyl over comes to fentanyl overdose death in the country. we know the cartels are bringing the fentanyl into the country through the wide open southern border. joe biden and tim ryan