Major Disaster Declaration Today for North Carolina, where the Category 4 storm has unleashed heavy flooding. Asheville and other cities remain mostly under water. Some are still searching for Loved Ones tonight. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper calls his states residents, desperate for help. Our prayers and condolences go out to those families in this terrible time. Even as the rain and the winds have subsided, the challenge for people there increases. People are desperate for help, and we are pushing to get it to them. A massive effort. Many people were cut off because roads are impassable. They dont have power or communications. Please know we are sending resources and coordinating closely with local governments, First Responders, state and federal partners, and Volunteer Organizations to help those impacted by this tragic storm. Because its so difficult to get trucks in by land. More than 2. 4 million households across several states including Florida And Georgia remain without p
59 of registered voters say americas best days are still ahead of us. Five years ago before the pandemic and the 2020 election almost three quarters of voters agreed that it was ahead of us today, 76 of voters say the federal Government Isnt doing enough to help the Working Class that response was higher by 20 points, then for any other group of americans are poll asked about no surprise then that Working Class voters are the group that both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are focused on today, Kamala Harris is heading once again to the Mustwin State of pennsylvania. The Vice President will focus on american manufacturing at a speech in pittsburgh where shes planning to draw a sharp contrast with Donald Trump. Shell say quote for Donald Trump, our economy works best if it works for those who owned the big skyscrapers, not those who build them, not those who wire them, not those who mop the floors on this issue, harris has a lot of ground to make up by 11 points likely Voters Trust Trump
You will no longer be in danger. You re not going to be in danger any longer. You will no longer have anxiety from all of the problems our country has today. You will be protected and i will be your protector. Trump s extremely weird pitch to win over women voters. The adjudicated rapist will be women s protector, just like he protected e. Jean carroll, the three wives he cheated on, and the random women he grabs because when you re a celebrity, they let you do it. Also tonight, the middle east is on the brink of a regional war with israel and hezbollah trading attacks. And the timing of this escalation is having an impact on the presidential race here at home. And we begin tonight with a stark historical parallel. The united nations as we know it now began to come together in the summer of 1945, with world war ii nearly over and europe in ruins in the wake of adolf hitler s sixyear blitzkrieg across the continent that killed tens of millions of people, including the 6 million jewish m
Might see some new evidence in this case before Election Day, because here, Judge Chutkin is allowing prosecutors to submit hundreds of pages of evidence and arguments that they have gathered against former President Trump related to efforts to subvert the 2020 election. And the reason shes allowing this is because she believes the Supreme Court it has issued her a task and that is to look through the allegations here. And the evidence and determine which portions of this case maybe immune from prosecution under their ruling granting former President Trump, but other president s partial immunity for official acts. So this could potentially be filed on thursday. It will be filed under seal so its possible that she could release this at some point before the election. But of course, jake, if trump is reelected, both of smiths cases will be dismissed. And paul, as you know, there are lots of other legal threads to the election. This afternoon. For example, theres A Critical hearing in mis
Pets. Can you even remember a time when something like that would have been disqualifying . Because i cant anymore republicans now elected trump three times. Democrats lost to him half the time. This election is still inexplicably close. Unfortunately, some americans watched that and thought, i dont like how kamala laughed when he called immigrants dog eaters. That wasnt very president ial. Wow. That sums it up. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is monday, september 23rd. With us, we have the host of Way Too Early, white House Bureau Chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Nbc news national Affairs Analyst and a partner in chief political columnist at puck, John Heilemann. Good to have you with us this morning. We have six weeks to go until Election Day. Theres new Nbc News polling out showing a major shift in the 2024 race. In the latest survey, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former president Donald Trump by five points, 49 to 44 , among registered voters nationwide. Although, that result is