walker neck and neck. senator warnock and what he said today about herschel walker. and tonight walker making his closing argument. republicans needing just one to take back control of the senate. five seats to take control of the house. what we re seeing in the final hours, eva pilgrim and steve osunsami live in the battlegrounds, rick klein and rachel scott at the big boards tonight. the key numbers to watch as we head into election night. also on this monday night the state of emergency at this hour in florida. a hurricane watch now in effect along the eastern shoreline. nicole possibly hitting as a category 1 hurricane and making its way up the coast through several major cities into new york and the northeast. rob marciano standing by with the timing and track. he is in florida. speaker nancy pelosi for the first time describing the police at her door, breaking the news of that brutal attack on her husband. tonight, speaker pelosi asked how the assault could affect
hello. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi recovering in a hospital after a violent attack at the couple s san francisco home early friday morning. a spokesman for the speaker says 82-year-old paul pelosi underwent successful surgery for a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. police say a man broke into his home just after 2:00 a.m. friday and attacked him with a hammer. sources say paul pelosi was able to call 911 at the start of the attack and officers responded quickly, taking the suspect into custody. cnn s josh campbell has the details from san francisco. reporter: 82-year-old paul pelosi the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi undergoing surgery after being eviolently attacked with a hammer say the the pelosi s san francisco home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time. special call, medic, location reporter: police found paul pelosi fending off
days. tonight, we have learned the mother had been charged before. how did the system fail these children? overseas tonight, the stunning turn in london. she lasted just 45 days as prime minister. british prime minister liz truss resigning, with the uk facing inflation worse than the u.s., she enacted tax cuts for the rich. which sent markets tumbling. and now the question tonight, is the man she replaced, boris johnson, now planning an attempted comeback? james longman live in london. 19 days until the midterms here at home. president biden in pennsylvania tonight, where the senate race could determine which party controls the senate. biden there to support lieutenant governor john fetterman, recovering from a stroke, locked in a very tight race with dr. mehmet oz. what bidenne tonight, and we have new images of the mass exodus in the key city of kherson. russians trying to get tons ■of thousands to leave the city. so, what s coming next in that region? what president
heat. senator raphael warnock and his republican challenger, herschel walker, neck and neck. senator warnock and what he said today about herschel walker. and tonight walker making his closing argument. republicans needing just one seat to take back control of the senate. just five seats to take control of the house. what we re seeing in these final hours. eva pilgrim and steve osunsami live in the battlegrounds. rick klein and rachel scott at the big boards tonight. the key numbers to watch as we head into election night. also on this monday night, the state of emergency at this hour in florida. a hurricane watch now in effect along the eastern shoreline. nicole gaining strength, possibly hitting as a category 1 hurricane then making its way up the coast through several major cities right into new york and the northeast. rob marciano standing by with the timing and track. he is in florida tonight. speaker nancy pelosi for the first time describing the police at her door,
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