vladimir putin illegally annexes four regions. there s no checks on mr. putin. can the west keep him under control? plus the road to 2018, virginia becomes a battleground for one of the most competitive house races in the country. you look across the spectrum, the number is 218. i spent time in a district that could prove decisive. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is picking up the pieces after a devastating storm. the numbers and images are staggering. at least 67 are dead in florida, four in north carolina, more than 850,000 still in the dark this morning. hundreds of thousands now essentially refugees days after hurricane ian swept ashore and swept away life as many know it. already more than a thousand civilians have been rescued and evacuated according to the governor s office. we re getting a clearer view of ian s map-altering impact. entire stretches of florida s coastline are gone. once sprawling community like sanibel island
[crowd chanting u.s.a.] all right, we got to do a show. all right. we re broadcasting live from beautiful west palm beach in the free state of florida, and in just 12 days, you ll decide the future of our great republic. tonight in just a moment we ll be joined by governor ron desantis, florida s first la lady, casey desantis will be with us. any marco rubio fans in the house? marco rubio will be here. senator rick scott will be here. rick scott fans here? all right. both desantis and rubio are poised for massive election day. governor desantis is up by a whopping 14 points in a university of north florida poll. the same poll shows senator rubio up by seven points over democrat/radical/socialist/lef tist leftist. tonight, momentum is absolutely for the republicans. we start with a lot of good news tonight. it s not unique to florida. new poll by rasmussen out today, yesterday, hershel walker was up by two points. as of today, rasmussen has herschel up by five. in north caro
we re gon around, i feel really good about our chances. we re gonna keep this and keep up a seat. we have a chance of winning the house. that s when i m optimistic, i really am. biden will also be in new york this weekend, campaigning with governor kathy hochul, who is in a surprisingly tight race to keep her job. she ll join me here live in just a few minutes. voters have made it clear across this country, the economy is at the top of their agenda, and today, we had the latest gut check on that economy with the final jobs report just before the midterms, msnbc s peter alexander breaks old. president biden today we ll cutting the better than expected jobs report 261,000 new hires last month. even as the federal reserve tries to slow the economy, and tame inflation. folks, our top economy continues to grow and out jobs even as gas crisis continue to come down. we ve got a lot more to do. but fears of a recession still linger. republicans seizing on the slight uptick in
republican took over new york. and the warning it sends across the country. and one week ago, he told elon musk welcome to hell. tonight, that hail-scape is a whole lot worse. as the 11th hour gets underway on friday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are down to the wire. four days before the election day, and with control of the senate and the house on the line. there is no room for error. there s also no rest for the president on this final campaign weekend. president biden will be trying to get out the vote in illinois and pennsylvania. he ll have company in the keystone state for two former presidents, biden will headline a rally with president obama, while donald trump is also campaigning there this weekend. this afternoon, biden said he thinks things are looking good for democrats. we re gonna win this time around, i feel really good about our chances. we re gonna keep this and keep up a seat. we have a chance of winning the house. that s when i
hey, alex i filled out my california bill today, at the kitchen table, i had to vote 59 times. four candidates, and for propositions, including 16 judges, and i m opposed to electing judges, but i have to. 12 of those judges i ve never heard of, so i look to the l.a. times website for their endorsement guidance, and all that. but it is a real hunk of homework, that we all have to do, all the way down that ballot, every single office, we see now more than ever how much a state legislatures matter, there are officers a lot of people have ignored in the past. everything matters, democracy is all over the spell of this year, you got, of potential debt realign. yes, i think there s a silver lining to all of this, conspiracy theory and fearmongering over election integrity. one of the good things we ve actually paid attention to are those down ballot races, and the importance of those. and also championing the men and women who decide to raise their hand and say hey, i can help r