Previously anymo lly named lyin. Todays campaign in texas, wednesday will be wisconsin, friday hell be in north carolina, saturday hell be in illinois northwest of where the president will rally tonight, his predecessor former president barack obama is kicking off his own campaign in nevada as democrats try to pick up a senate seat in the state. Early voting kicks off in eight states today. So far by nbc newss count, the votes are coming in. As of october 22nd, over 5 million votes have been cast early or absentee. Lets start out with the late fres the white house. Joining me is hans nichols. Reporter im going to talk over the helicopter taking off right now. Its no longer lyin ted cruz. President trump has a new nickname for the senator from texas. It is now texas ted or beautiful ted. You can take your choice. Sounds like he spoke almost 10 or 15 minutes on a range of topics including the kashoggi case and saudi arabia. He repeated again that he didnt want to lose billions of dollars