no nation can allow its borders to be overrun. don t be hood winked. don t be bambooze the bamboo. power players making a final pitch in the last hours of the campaign. expected to be a referendum on president trump. the president vows to protect pre-existing conditions and saying he did not know the justice department would urge the court to throw them out. he lost his eye in war. whatever. and mounting criticism for an snl cast member. pete davidson made fun of a congressional candidate who lost an eye in afghanistan. welcome back to early start.
whatever. and mounting criticism for an snl cast member. pete davidson made fun of a congressional candidate in afghanistan. we will dive into that. good morning. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is monday, november 5th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. the midterms are one day away. 26 hours until polls open in the east deciding the 35 senate races and 36 races for governor. a new nbc news have democrats with an edge in the ballot. the latest washington post poll shows 69% of registered voters under 40 say they are certain they will vote. that is up from 44% in the last midterms. a lot riding on if democrats can flip the house.
no nation can allow its borders to be overrun. don t be hood winked. don t be bamboozled. power players making a final pitch in the last hours of the campaign. expected to be a referendum on president trump. the president vows to protect pre-existing conditions and saying he did not know the justice department would urge the court to throw them out. he lost his eye in war. whatever. and mounting criticism for an snl cast member. pete davidson made fun of a congressional candidate who lost an eye in afghanistan. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs.
reporter: senator klobuchar tweeted you played a good me. you are so good that you even got my daughter to text me on a saturday night. a first. who needs oo impersonation with an actual snl cast member. you want to humiliate me in front of my wife and my parents and alyssa freaking milano. reporter: she tweeted a phrase frame. she stayed impassivmpassive. sdp you re asking about black out, have you? reporter: expressive slip up. the real kavanaugh, matt damon and mckinnon all talked about their calendars. though the supreme dance routine was to die for. ginsberg chuckled. it s funny. remind you of yourself?
and now, ladies and gentlemen, here s johnny! there was only one real king of late night. hey, we ve got a real humdinger of a show tonight. johnny carson held court for 30 years. but when it came to politics, he chose punch lines over political attacks. razzing presidents like ronald reagan. did you see the picture in the magazine of reagan riding his horse on the ranch with george bush riding behind with a pooper-scooper? johnny carson wanted to be everything to everybody. he wanted to be a middle american kind of guy. bill carter has covered the media industry for more than 30 years. he was looking for the joke of it. he would look for the silliness of it. wasn t a member of the resistance, let s put it that way. well, i don t know, brian. my fellow americans i just don t know. you just remember those things, you know? former snl cast member, joe piscopo took his own jabs at president reagan. if you vote for me again in