will his strategy work as many americans are more focused now on the economy. i ll ask the white house press secretary. and the cnn, cnn gets an exclusive, firsthand look now at a massive attack drone that s part of putin s arsonal. we ll go to kyiv where a critical situation is unfolding as russia strikes again and again. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with our midterm countdown and the crucial choices facing voters. with just three weeks to go. three weeks before the election day. cnn national politics reporter, eva, is following some of the hottest races out there beginning in the key battleground state of georgia. with three weeks until the midterms, voters are already flocking to the polls in large numbers. in georgia, the state set a midterm turnout record for early voting with more than 130,000 voters casting ballots monday. on the trail today, republican se
multiple crimes, including conspiracy and money laundering. he is in a lot of trouble. we will get to all of that in just a few minutes. but we must begin this evening s broadcast in the united kingdom where it is already four in the morning on friday. and that nation is just beginning its full full day without a screen. elizabeth the second died at her castle in scotland earlier today. she was 96 years old. people kept out near buckingham palace in london, all night long, paying tribute to the only monarch they have known for more than 70 years. she range longer than any other british monarch in history. the late queen s eldest son inherits the throne. he is now king charles the third. tomorrow, he is expected to return to london from scotland to speak to the nation. nbc s keir simmons has more on queens elizabeth and her extraordinary life. the palace first announced this morning doctors were concerned about her health. then, around 6:30 local time, posting a statement on
now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. ll good evening, alex. we are of course going to discuss the pennsylvania senate debate tonight. we are also going to consider a local race in pennsylvania, a state in legislature race, as an example of how important all of those other offices are on those big long ballots that we are all going to fill out that we have governor and senator and all of that. but we have to keep going down and concentrate on all the rest of them. and at the end of this hour, we are going to be joined by a guest i have been trying to get for a full three years now. the three year campaign to get jen o malley dillon succeeded. succeeded she was, of course, joe biden s presidential campaign manager. i will never forget that it was jen o malley dillon who gave press briefings the day after election night, saying, joe biden has this won, which i then communicated to everyone any with complete confidence. and then on
and all of that. but we have to keep going down and concentrate on all the rest of them. and at the end of this hour, we are going to be joined by a guest i have been trying to get for a full three years now. the three year campaign to get jen o malley dillon succeeded. succeeded she was, of course, joe biden s presidential campaign manager. i will never forget that it was jen o malley dillon who gave press briefings the day after election night, saying, joe biden has this won, which i then communicated to everyone with complete confidence. and then on saturday, when joe biden was officially called by the networks, all my friends thought i was wicked smart because just listen to o malley dillon, i remember that moment too, it was the opposite of what triggering is. i guess reassuring is the world. yeah, exactly! she spoke with such confidence, such normalcy, such intelligence. it was actually an incredibly important role she played in what was a chaotic moment, as s
circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy