i ll be back to continue our special coverage of the indictment of donald trump, joining my colleagues alicia and then the, simone sanders hand sound, and me, at eight pm eastern for more in-depth reporting. and analysis, but first, there s still two more hours of velshi on this saturday morning. coming up next, the latest on the trump indictment. what we know, what comes next, and what effect it s going to have on the 2024 election. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning. saturday, june 10th. i m ali velshi. for the second time in just a little over two months, the twice impeached ex president, donald trump, has been indicted. this, time by the federal government. yesterday, jack smith made his first official public appearance as special counsel to announce the historic indictment. he also underlined why it s so important that this case moves forward. adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the department of justice. and our nation
we begin this hour with breaking news, the final nbc news poll of the midterms is out now, just two days before the election. it shows a highly competitive landscape and what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. among all registered voters, congressional preference is tied at among likely voters, 58% say they prefer a democratic-controlled congress compared to 47% for republican controlled. our poll also finds democrats have no pulled even with republicans in enthusiasm, and identical 73% from both parties say they are highly interested. registering either a nine or ten on a ten-point scale. and when it comes to the most important issue, 23% of registered voters say it is threats to democracy. 20% say jobs in the economy, and 17% say the cost of living. earlier today on nbc news, leading members of both parties say both issues will propel them to victory. we have great candidates, people are showing up to vote. there is no this election is a
accountable for anything, is evidence of persecution and, as he likes to say, they re not coming after you, they re not coming after me, i m just in the way. , so you can expect that his core support, that 35% give or take of the republican primary voter base, it s not going anywhere. even after what most legal experts would say is a devastating set of facts revealed in this indictment. now, does that support help him in a general election? not so much. it will get him to 35% or 40%, but it s not clear that gets him over the 50% he needs in key states to win the presidency again. and there s been a number of recent polls that have shown that more indictments against him, federal impossibly in georgia, will cause his support in the general election to take a significant hits, but in the primary, i don t think that s this hurts him, in this bizarre
is tackle big problems. and we in my case, we fix broken hearts by working with everybody. raising the question, will trump s support help or hurt as he works to woo pennsylvania s voters? every vote one this weekend will count. the racist turned into a statistical tie in the home stretch. now, alex, it s not just the message but also the location that matters for democrats. it could very well come down to philadelphia in order to win here and win bag and get a lot of turnout. because the western part of pennsylvania in the rural counties here, areas like where trump rallied last night, those lean heavily republican which is why you saw former president trump makes sense, it s all about voter turnout. thank you. there s another tight race playing out in georgia, as early voting has wrapped up with record breaking volume.