Compare himself to . Apple is at the top of one important list but for what and there are others on that list, too. Hello, everyone. Its 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. The very latest headlines from the philippines, weve learn more than 1200 people are dead. They were killed when the biggest storm ever recorded typhoon high yen slammed into the nation. The death toll could have been higher but early warnings entmillions to shelters days before the storm hit. When theyll be able to go home remains to be seen. Now evacuations are under way in vietnam where the storm is expected to hit sometime tomorrow. Correspondent angus walker has the latest now from the philippines. Theyre beginning to survey the damage in the philippines after one of the strongest storms ever recorded swept across this island nation. The winds of typhoon hey yen came ashore clocked at 125 Miles Per Hour with gusts over 230. Equal to a category 5 hurricane. Few buildings are built to withsta
Be closer. The latest polls, what are we seeing on election day . Not a lot of drama. They believe mcconnell will win the race. It will be surprising if groims won. Two things. President obama won only 4 of the 120 counties. We assume grimes will do better. How much better will she do . That will tell us if hillary can campaign here in 2016. What is that going sound like . Is that a fiery speech that basically said the republicans necessary command and we are looking to stop obama from governing the last two years. Thanks so much. Perry bacon in louisville and lets move from kentucky to iowa. Joni ernst said she is not ready to throw support behind the current leader . Do you throw support behind mcconnell . Im not there yet. I have to win an election. He is playing it safe not wanting to shake anything else or is she playing ted cruz. Doesnt want any real connection to washington even to the bitter end. She doesnt want to do that. One selling point is to be able to be conservative and
The minority leader is up against Clinton Family friend, Allison Grimes. They tried to drown out the clinton length with comparisons to president obama. At a polling station there. Are you seeing democratic groups turn out for grimes today . So Allison Grimes is going to need nothing short of a miracle. She needs to see this look more like 2012 or 2008 where the president supporters came out for him here even though he didnt win the state. In Jefferson County where there has been extraordinary turn out, poll workers say it doesnt look like a midterm. It looks more president ial. She needs to run up the numbers with africanamerican voters to beat the fact that the polls show a widening chasm in Mitch Mcconnells favor. For grimes there, thanks for following that for us. Lets go from kentucky to iowa. Over there a 2ke78 krat is fighting hard to keep the seat for the party. Bruce braley is in a tight race with joni ernst with pig castration and taylor swift comparison ads. Ernst was ahead
deliver his message. and if you miss the message on television, the white house has promised that you ll find it on facebook, twitter, and even in your inbox. after an early fumble with the rollout, this is president obama on offense. driving hard to penetrate the gop defensive line. and he is playing to win. joining me now is ari melber, co-host of msnbc s the cycle and correspondent for the nation. suze kim, national reporter for msnbc. tara dowell, who is the democratic strategist, and susan del percio, republican strategist and contributor for msnbc. thank you all for being here. so susie, you re a first-time nerd at our table today. talk to me, is this what offense looks like? because we certainly know what defense about the obama care act looks like. is this sort of the president going out and saying, oh, yeah, it is obama care? i mean, i m obama and i care. i think, definitely, the fact that he s committed the next three weeks to every single day, hammering this message home
0 legacy, as the singular accomplishment of his two terms. and now following the relaunch of a new and improved and fully operational healthcare.gov website, the president is not only owning it, but doubling down. and putting a bright spotlight on the obama in obama care. this week, the white house announced that it is going to be all aca, every day, from now until december 2rd, enrollment deadline for coverage on january 1st. starting with the president himself, who has been pulling his best, you know, hustling almost every day this week, to make the hard sale on the affordable care act. this was his pitch on tuesday. i m going to need some help in spreading the word. i need you to spread the word about the law, about its benefits, about its protections, about how folks can sign up. tell your friends, tell your family. do not let the initial problems with the website discourage you. and this was president obama on wednesday. deliver his message. and if you miss the message on tele