this hour in our country s history stands in contrast to a republican party devoid of an agenda, other than serving a disgraced twice impeached ex-president who tried to overturn and steal the results of the 2020 election. president biden described the 2022 election has a, quote, defining moment for the country, denouncing the gop s embrace of rhetoric that all too often has resulted in or coincided with violence, most recently with the attack on speaker pelosi s husband paul pelosi and his democratic predecessor president barack obama used his talent as a speaker, as a message deliver, as a leader, and lent his credibility as a popular two-term president to that message that democrats are right now the only ones, the only party, that believes in democracy and fundamental american values. it was something. watch. what we have to remind ourselves is that there s this common thread, there s this thing that binds us together as americans, a belief that no matter who we are or
voted against. i want to stop spending until we get inflation under control. the fentanyl crisis is so bad because joe biden and tim ryan have not done their job. our guy thought it would be a good idea to post on social media, raise money for the insurrectionists. the new power rankings are out. forecasting a 15-seat margin for the republicans. the fate of the senate still coming down to the four yellow toss-up states. we bring in mercedes schlapp and juan williams, fox news contributors. we can put the numbers back on the screen. action we said, you know, looks, gives more juice to the gop this week from last week. we re talking about a 15-seat majority in the house. the senate still a toss-up. mercedes, your thoughts on what you re seeing. trace, you re being too conservative. it s more than a 15-seat win. i believe it s going to be a strong red wave for the republicans. when you look at the generic ballot in these competitive districts, they re trending republican
hey, everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, the washington post and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us new york times politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. yeah, that s right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we d be feel better about where things stand now. w
suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
how the border crisis not only affects texas but impacts the entire country. essentially every state is a border state. we re seeing record number of immigrants coming across that border. record number of deaths from immigrants not only crossing the river but being smuggled and being killed during the high speed chases and also in different situations like we saw in san antonio, where we lost 53 immigrants smug nulled a smuggled in a trailer. migrants continue being smuggled into the country in staggering numbers and dangerous ways. for the migrants themselves as well as the people in these texas border communities. a group of 300 migrants just crossed the border into eagle pass. right before the sun rose this morning a group of 300, mostly single adult men from cuba. something we have seen every single day this morning. in fact, we re seeing two groups per day, which is the case again today. i want to show you the video you just teased with. an exclusive video from a pol