Democrats threw the entire kitchen sink at this thing. They spent tens of millions of dollars trying to pick up this congressional seat. Its a marginal congressional district. I would rather be us, the republicans, than the democrats going into this race. Really . Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is with us. Peter alexander at the white house. And kasie hunt is on capitol hill where a scavenger hundred of sorts wrapped up a short time ago. More on that in just a moment. Garrett, i know youve been talking to voters in the peach state about these two candidates. What have you found out . Reporter craig, first of all, democrats are fired up about the chance to psibly elect a democrat in this seat for the first time in many of thei lifetimes. It would be the fist time a democrat has won in more than three decades. Theres a huge opportunity and theyve loaded a lot of political baggage into this race, a chance to send a signal to washington. Im also hearing from hardcore republican
Testimony will be following the financial dealing, the approaches and promises that were made about the meeting. And President Trump choosing sides, surprise, surprise, infuriating Republican Leadership by making a deal with democrats. We had a very good meeting with nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer. We agreed to a threemonth extension on debt ceiling. We begin this morning with Hurricane Irma, the worstcase scenario now looking like a category 4 or even a category 5 hurricane slamming into our own miami this weekend and the governor of florida expected to give us an update any minute. When we get that, we will bring it to you live. In the meantime, this storm is showing exactly what it can do. 180mileanhour winds blacking out much of puerto rico, killing nearly a dozen people in the caribbean, and almost wiping out one island completely off the map. We have a great team covering this storm all over the caribbean. I want to start of course with nbc news meteorologist bill karins, who is
Divers prying remains from the uss mccains crash in singapore raising new questions about whats behind the surge of faycal accidents involving u. S. Warships. First, President Trump addresses his base. A campaignstyle rally tonight in phoenix. Those chemoing track at home, this will be the eighth campaignlike event the president has held since his inauguration in january. If you notice, all of the rallies have happened in area where is the president did quite well in november, like pennsylvania, ohio, and florida. Todays trip billed as an announcement of a new policy in afghanistan, the president last night explained to the troops at ft. Myers in arlington, virginia, precisely why it was that his position on this countrys longest war has changed. My original instinct was to pull out, and historically i like following my instincts. But all my life, ive heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. Peter alexander at the white house and Steven K
States. But the implications will be felt here in washington as well. President trump endorsed moore even as most republicans deemed him toxic. Tonight the president tweeted congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. The write in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends. Thats his word. When jones takes his seat the republican grip on the senate will shrink to a ray store thin 5149 margin. At least one republican senator is openly celebrating tonight. Jeff flake of arizona, a republican, tweeted decency wins. In his victory speech tonight doug jones delivered a message of unity. Lets watch. I am truly, truly overwhelmed. But you know, folks, and you have all heard me say this at one point or another in this campaign, i have always believed that the people of alabama have more in common than divide us. [ cheers and applause ] we ha
President trump endorsed moore even as most republicans deemed him toxic. Tonight the president tweeted congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. The write in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends. Thats his word. When jones takes his seat the republican grip on the senate will shrink to a ray store thin 5149 margin. At least one republican senator is openly celebrating tonight. Jeff flake of arizona, a republican, tweeted decency wins. In his victory speech tonight doug jones delivered a message of unity. Lets watch. I am truly, truly overwhelmed. But you know, folks, and you have all heard me say this at one point or another in this campaign, i have always believed that the people of alabama have more in common than divide us. [ cheers and applause ] we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the c