i m yasmin vossoughian here in new york city. you hear the music. you have seen the ads. you maybe have gotten one of those text messages, campaign text messages. it means we re almost there. one day away from the midterm elections. this morning with just hours left to make the final pitches, candidates, they are hitting the trail across the country. 42 million americans have already early voted. but it is election day turnout that could make all of the difference. and in a topsy-turvy election year, the issues driving folks run the gamut. the main thing is we vote for people who are willing to accept the results at the ballots. abortion, firearms. inflation. just all the policies and the changes. just cutthroat. try to vote for the lesser of two evils is my way of thinking about it. that last point there, the lesser of two evils, that mind-set can make all the difference. our final round of nbc news polling showing that democrats and republicans are now neck and ne
my friend called me and she was hysterical. she said sandra has been killed. i was like, oh, my god. as soon as she was killed, we all knew who did it. as the months went on, we just realized that this guy is going to get off. how is this happening? just keep praying. that s all we can do. there aren t a lot of murders in paradise. people still talk about this one. just a darling girl with two darling children. it is a story keith morrison followed for nearly ten years. how? when? i got a call from her boss, said she hadn t showed up for work. they found her in the car. i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. just didn t deserve that. a small island, a small pool of suspects. ryan, her lover with a past i had no idea he was a drug dealer. and darren, the soon-to-be ex-husband. that morning he called in sick. was darren polygraphed? he didn t pass. and the lover? he didn t do that good either. without much else to go on, this ca
what kind of convinces? when you say suspend all arms sale. is that something you d consider? i m not going to get into what i d consider or have in mind, but there will be consequences. president joe biden warns there will be consequences for saudi arabia after a major oil production pipe. we ll also have this comments on the war in ukraine straight ahead. and they come as russia continues to pummel civilians after an explosion on a russian bridge. meanwhile back here at home, the justice department picks away plans about the mar-a-lago documents and calls on the supreme court to allow the investigation to continue. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this wednesday, october 12th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the latest in ukraine where crews are assessing damage and working to restore power from widespread russian missile attacks. russia carried out at least 28 more missile strikes yesterday compared to
classroom. not jesse. doctors will edition of supermarket showdown, a brand-new segment, the fives show tell where we will reveal our ultimate brown bag lunches from our school days you do not want to miss lesley answer fan mail russians but first, millions of students headed back to the classroom, we will give you tips on how to succeed but let s take a trip down memory lane with our school photos. [laughter] i didn t know. senior year. big 80s hair. you think inflation is high. oh my goodness gracious. [laughter] jimmy failla morning a fresh haircut. very nice. amazing. i look like the toughest girl in prison. [laughter] jimmy was apparently the most high school winner of just about every superlative. true story, i peeked at the age of 17. [laughter] class chatterbox, class clown and stuff like that. and obviously most likely to succeed. here s the judge looking like she doesn t want to get in trouble. [laughter] so cute. it s that school uniform. i
overturning roe v. wade. many have already watched trigger bans on abortion take effect in their states. while conservative lawmakers have a cartoonish message to keep women from fleeing to blue states where abortion is still legal. and president biden must not only preside over this chaos, but use it to drive voters to the polls leading up to crucial midterm elections in november. across the national abortion fight, it is far from his only domestic challenge. as this july 4th weekend has been curtailed by the same record inflation, rising gasoline prices, that have hampered democrats agenda and dented the president s approval numbers for months now. i would be lying if i said our democracy was not in peril this independence day. and i won t patronize you with the easy prescription of vote harder, because marginalized communities will tell you, it s not that simple. so as we mark the nation s 246th birthday, what does fighting back look like? and do democrats have enough tim