polling, breaking down exactly where the fight for congress stands. and another hour of velshi begins right now. begins right now as some day november the 6th, or two days away from election day, 2022. we begin this hour with brand-new nbc news polling showing where things stand ahead of tuesday. there is some good and bad news for each party. when it comes to control of congress, it is the dead he with 47% of registered voters wanting democrats and 47% warning republicans, essentially unchanged from last month. however, an overwhelming number of voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction. 72% compared to just 21% who say things are going in the right direction. 47% of voters say they want to, quote, great deal of change in the direction that president biden s leading the country, more than during the first terms of president donald trump and barack obama and bling bill clinton. as for biden, 40% of registered voters approve of his job performance, while 53% d
that the election will be rigged. and you have to move to leave delegitimized a possible loss and roger stone proclaimed there will be a blood path if the election is stolen. when i interviewed reporters and months march, several told me they would form militias if he did not get the nomination of others heard the same. trump s loss could be a cause that unites to spread hate groups across the country, pull intentionally leading to stay in office he encounter governments like the bundys an oregon or neo-nazi rallies. didn t write that about the 2020 election, she wrote that in 2016 before that election. gas flip started podcast called ghastly nation. about the corruption in autocracy. they analyzed threats to democracy at home and around the world. the co-hosts of catalysts nation join me, as well as the author for well and
he s underestimated the blood path, the cost, and the consequences to his own country if he does take this kind of military action. but, certainly, what s happening in belarus, the planned military exercises for early february are an indication that we may be just steps away from that kind of invasion. senator richard blumenthal, i can t thank you enough for being with me this morning. it s so important to have your voice and your experience. i thank you for being with me. thank you, jose. coming up, president biden will be touting his first year accomplishments during his news conference today. immigration reform won t be on that list. up next, i ve got a great panel with me to talk about what s been done and what president biden still needs to do. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports do do you re watchin
citing the need to protect sources. the biden administration also says it briefed senators on the intel yesterday. as well as on the russian forces for ukraine, and vladimir putin is in beijing for the start of the winter olympics and met with xi jingping, and the two countries support each other s interest including a prevention of the expansion of nato. more on that as the day goes along. meanwhile, new turmoil for embattled british prime minister boris johnson after four of his top aides announced their resignations yesterday. johnson s director of policy quit her position first. followed by his director of communications. at 10 downing street. johnson s chief of staff and the prime minister s principal private secretary resigned later in the evening. this blood path comes as the british government continues to be rocked by a scandal known as party gate. johnson s office is under investigation for a string of gatherings over the past two
positions. ukraine is now close to being encircled. u.s. officials say by roughly 130,000 russian troops. the absence of panic in ukraine is nothing short of esurreal. it s people seem determined not to be intimidated. commuters calmly made their way to work this morning, though kyiv subway system is also effectively the city s biggest bomb shelter if there s an attack. it looks like business as usual, but scratch the surface and there s worry and a sense of being powerless. andriy tsapliyenko is a well-known war correspondent on ukrainian tv. reporting on ukraine s conflict with russian-backed separatists. thousands of the falon are honored at this memorial. you have to be just prepared for this. reporter: tsapliyenko told us a russian invasion would be a blood path. the fight for ourselves, for