house is up for grabs every two years. and it s that time. ainsley: and there are a lot of early bird voters who are heading to the polls and we are hearing from candidates in many of the key races this morning including don bolduc, brian just interviewed him. we also heard from tudor dixon, she was on the first hour of this show. they joined us with their final pitches. i have held the hands of moms and dads wondering how they are going to put food on the table. we have a moral imperative to help granite staters in america so they re not choosing between eating and heating. we will bring back education. we will bring back safe communities and support our police officers and we will support businesses become a partner to businesses and bring back the american dream in the state of michigan. brian: she was fired up this morning. also this morning we are going to hear from senator marco rubio, there s his picture. congressman lee zeldin. dr. mehmet oz. sarah huckabee sa
but making headlines after her apparent audio malfunction meant she did not answer a tough question on covid lock downs. her republican rival is calling foul on her. you can decide for yourself. john: one of several hot governor races. a live look at miami-dade county, republican voters outnumbering democrats at the polls by around 7,000 as of this afternoon. sandra: that s welcome news for republican governor ron desantis, fighting off charlie crist who is now a democrat. john: the race in georgia. sandra: stacey abrams in a rematch against brian kemp she long claimed she beat the first time around. john: as far as president biden is concerned, all comes down to the senate. the president s agenda and his legacy is on the line tonight. we have fox team coverage of the races that will make all the difference. bret baier will be at the helm later on. for now, standing by to be with us. bryan llenas on the keys in the keystone state, and hillary vaughn on new hampshire
ukraine. and with vladimir putin s new and intense missile barrage. in kyiv, a fragile calm shattered by bomb after bomb after bomb. air raid sirens sending residents sprinting for shelter. wide ranging attacks striking at least ten cities across ukraine in the country s west. the south, the center and the east. and it killed civilians, 11 right now, that we know of. and knocking critical infrastructure offline. in kyiv, motels like this, a pedestrian bridge engulfed by an explosion. subway platforms filled with people seen or calling back to the very early days of vladimir putin s bloody war. elsewhere, i rush to put out cars on fire. black smoke, choking blue sky, life again on hold because of those bombs. ukraine s president said putin showed the world today he s a terrorist. the russian dictator making a brief appearance on t vis said the strikes were in response to a supply line. and putin promising more fire and brimstone should ukraine go after russian targets. trans
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
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe