we begin this hour with breaking news, the final nbc news poll of the midterms is out now, just two days before the election. it shows a highly competitive landscape and what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. among all registered voters, congressional preference is tied at among likely voters, 58% say they prefer a democratic-controlled congress compared to 47% for republican controlled. our poll also finds democrats have no pulled even with republicans in enthusiasm, and identical 73% from both parties say they are highly interested. registering either a nine or ten on a ten-point scale. and when it comes to the most important issue, 23% of registered voters say it is threats to democracy. 20% say jobs in the economy, and 17% say the cost of living. earlier today on nbc news, leading members of both parties say both issues will propel them to victory. we have great candidates, people are showing up to vote. there is no this election is a
good to see you i m yasmin vossoughian. we are following news on several fronts today. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. a mission to kill, a suspected serial killer caught in california after a reign of terror as he was out hunting for his next victim. we are going to have a live report on that coming up, we are also covering politics everybody. just 23 days until the midterm elections. that will decide who controls congress. we will take you live to georgia, where everybody is watching for the latest in the senate race there. a day look before early voting begins. also, caught on camera. a republican elections official taped stealing democratic signs. we are going to look at what else republicans are doing leading up to a whole bunch, today. will he actually do it? speculation today that the former president may actually say yes to testifying before the january 6th committee. we will have that to you, live as well. shocking showing california. stopped in
Rising more than anticipated. Of 495,000. Ce it looks a little bit better than had been anticipated and the contrast of the existing numbers they came out earlier in the week. The university of negation consumer michigan economist looking for a reading of 93. 1. Missing estimates, much like a consumer comfort number from bloomberg itself. Its own gauge of Consumer Sentiment coming up earlier today that was worse than estimated. You have the s p homebuilders etf. It looks like a little bit of a leg down. We will give it a few minutes to kind of shakeout. Erik New Hempstead home sales is not the only information out. Julie it was a veritable feast, much like matt miller eating pumpkin pie on the side of the set just a few months ago. Yes, i saw you doing that. Erik called out. Julie if the pregame for thanksgiving. You look at major averages and we are seeing a little bit of an increase. If you look at all the Economic Data this morning, its hard to get every set read. It was mixed. We h
Thank you for joining us, everybody. Here on markets now, i am connell mcshane. Into the trading session, stocks are extending their holiday run. A lot to talk about, peter schiff will, in a minute. Juan williams later on. But we will start with Lauren Simonetti in the stock market. Lauren 105 million shares trading hands down here, but not only up arrows, but record highs. The nasdaq flying higher as is the s p 500, if youre keeping track, which we are. Counting todays close, 50 record highs counting todays price, 50 record highs for the Dow Jones Industrial average in 2013. We haae not seen a number that big since 1995 when we had 59 record closes. December, as you know, is historically one of the best months of the year for the stock market. Today is the best day of the month for the stock market. Amazon. Com. It was up quietly, but this year up 59 . 1 million customers became new prime numbers. Connell thank you very much. Today is one of the best days to be in the stock market. 80
Ready hello, im Darren Jordan dough. With a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera democrats in the United States will retain control of the senate operate close mid term election victory in nevada. Catherine cortez musto defeated. Her republican opponent adam black salt, was endorsed by donald trump to fight. But shortly after the nevada result was announced, the u. S. President reacted to the democrat when i tell you was congratulations, senator schumer, hes got a majority again and were focusing now on on georgia. Feel good about where we are. And i know im a cockeyed optimist. I understand it from the beginning, but im not surprised by the turn out. Im incredibly, please turn it in. I think its a reflection of the quality of our candidates and the theyre all running on the same program when anybody was running on what we did all stay in sticky with. So i feel good. Im looking forward to a couple years. My kind of has more now from washington d. C. In these mid term el