catch me tomorrow and following my friend and colleague, i will be back next saturday as well at two pm eastern. and symone starts right now. greetings, everyone. you are watching symone. we are keeping an eye on capitol hill. senators are working through the weekend to try to come up with a framework for immigration and border security measures. senate democrats are hoping this will help republicans get on board, given very egan urgently needed aid to ukraine and israel. but even if the senators strike a, deal house republicans and progressive democrats are in no mood to compromise. i like this. what is ahead and what is at stake. plus, polls show a majority of americans think abortion should be illegal. but in post roe america, voters are trying to protect women s rights and by changing their state constitutions. we are talking to the speaker of the house in pennsylvania about their efforts to preserve abortion access. there is also a lot of buzz about the color purpl
memorable state of the unions in the past. welcome back. we begin this hour with the breaking news in turkey and syria where tens of thousands of emergency workers continuing the frantic search for survivors from the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake responsible for killing more than 5,000 people already. more than 23,000 people have been injured. turkey s president erdogan saying that ten cities within his country are disaster zones and declaing a three-month state of emergency. countries pledge their support. matt bradley is in turkey. turkish officials say they have made 8,000 rescues. what are you seeing there today? reporter: yeah, we have not seen anyone taken out alive from this building, one of 6,000 here in turkey that the government says have been completely levelled by those twin earthquakes, some of the most devastating, most powerful this region has ever seen. this neighborhood is reeling from this event, even though this appears to be one of the only buildi
and good evening to you and welcome to ayman tonight. we are following two major breaking news stories. the u.s. military has shot down that suspected chinese five a loon. and at a democratic national committee has voted to officially shake up the presidential primary calendar. then, trump legal trouble. one former associate might be flipping on his old boss. and making history. three black state attorneys general will join me to discuss their historic elections. police reform, and finding republican policies. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. let s kick off this hour with some breaking news. as we mentioned, the u.s. military has shut down that suspected chinese surveillance balloon off the carolina coast on orders from president biden. at about 2:40 pm eastern and f 22 fighter jet fired a missile at that balloon, puncturing it, while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near myrtle beach, south carolina. president biden said this right after the balloon was
And welcome to politicsnation from atlanta, georgia. Tonights lead, a split down the center. The midterm elections are just 16 days away, 17 states have already started voting in advance of november 8th. 12 states will join that list this week. And a brand new National Poll from nbc news suggests that americans have their minds made up about several things ahead of next month. President bidens Approval Rating is holding at 45 . The highest number he has enjoyed in over a year, yet still lower than democrats would like with their senate and House Majorities hanging in the balance. Voters remaining evenly split on congressional preference. 47 preferring democrats in control of congress, 46 preferring republicans. The Passion Driving Voters this Election Cycle is unprecedented. With seven in ten americans expressing high interest in this midterm election, a likely indicator that we can expect record turnout next month, but with that, our country remains deeply polarized. Eight of ten amer
good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city