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
. remember, the power in america lies where it always does, in your hands, the hands of the people. it s election day in america. the only thing that could get you singing at 5 a.m. i am a little delirious. it s 5 a.m. good morning, everybody. how are you doing? i m excited to see what happens today. me, too. we talk so much about the speculation, the day before the mid-terms is the worse and now we find out what s decided. this is a marathon. we re going to be here for a long time so get used to our faces, everybody. thanks for joining us. polls begin to open in less than 2 hours. 435 house seats and 35 senate seats are on the line. so, too, is democracy. with election deniers poised to win key races or refuse to accept losses. cnn reporters are on the ground in the key battleground states this morning and here in the studio, our team has our eyes all over these critical races as well. americans are not just choosing candidates today. they re also weighin
election. we ll walking through this potentially major development in just a moment. putin attempts to impose marshal law in parts of the country he annexed. on capitol hill, the top republican in the house is warning that financial support for ukraine could take a hit if the gop wins control of that chamber. good morning and welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we re going to begin with new evidence connected to donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to a federal judge, trump signed legal documents claiming voter fraud in georgia. knowing that information was false. it involves one of the architects to overturn the case. he ordered him to turn over 33 new documents including e-mail that s the judge says demonstrate an effort by trump and lawyers to press false claims in federal court. according to the ruling, one of the documents includes an e-mail exchange in which eastman tells or members of trump s legal team that th
date of birth matches a georgia resident who died in 2020. 2,506 ballots were cast by individuals whose name and date of birth matches an incarcerated felony. 4,502 illegal ballots were cast by individuals who do not appear on the states voter rolls. that s january 4th, donald trump, two days before the january 6th attack on the capitol speaking in georgia and making those claims about election fraud in georgia he knew were false, and now a judge says trump and his legal team also knowingly made those false claims in court. that s a problem. we ll have some new reporting on that. plus, an eye opening conversation with pennsylvania democrats. is abortion really a make or break issue for them in the midterms? and should president biden run for reelection? we ll play for you what voters are saying in a new focus group with elise jordan. and when asked if he would vote for trump if he runs for reelection, former vice president mike pence dodges the question and instead, hint at
repairs are occurring. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. thank you for the privilege of your time. alex witt picks up with more news right now. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. breaking across the pond, a political earthquake. just 44 days, that is how long prime minister liz truss was in office before resigning just in the last few hours. i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. this makes truss now the shortest-serving prime minister in 301 years. one british journalist wrote in the new york times days ago as political pressure mounted, quote, he was boris johnson s departing gift, a human land mine to level the ground for his possible return. in a sign of just how tenuous her standing was and perhaps how brutal uk politics can be, a british newspaper began tracking a hea