so we can be the leaders nationwide drop prices because inflation is driven by energy prices but also create livelihoods in our community and protect our nation from foreign adversaries who take advantage of the fact we are not energy independent right now. earlier that day oz hosted a round table in bucks county alongside maine senator susan collins. the focus bipartisanship. for most oz has been trying to convince swing voters in philadelphia suburbs that he will bring balance to washington. senator collins warned voters fetterman is too extreme to get things done in the senate. john fetterman has said i will not work with joe manchin. he has also said i will be the 51st vote for chuck schumer. that s not what we need to solve problems. less than an hour from the event at least nine people were shot in a mass shooting in philadelphia saturday. record rising crime in philly is a focal point of oz s efforts to sway suburban voter routinely attacking his opponent being t
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
right now, the stage is set for what could be an historic election if democrats can defy trends. if you ignore the fear mongering, if you ignore the cynicism, if you vote, then we will keep this country moving forward. and you look at all the polling data. if y all show up and vote, democracy s sustained. not a joke. as donald trump uses his campaign rallies to road test a likely run in 2024 and ron desantis. let s see. there it is. trump at 71. ron disanctimonious at 10%. this hour, we ll have reports from five states. pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, nevada, and arizona. and check in on critical governors races across the country. we ll also take a closer look at fears over intimidation tactics at polling places and concerns over online misinformation already spiking after mass firings at twitter. good day. i m andrea mitchell at msnbc election headquarters in new york. president biden is spending his final days of the campaign defending normally safe democrati
we are in it now, the final full day of campaigning in the last hours of this election, as we come on the air, with our nbc news team, all across the country, covering it all this hour, live, we ve got reports from our campaign correspondents, with the candidates talking to voters, and breaking new reporting on the races that are going to decide the balance of power in washington. a balance of power that tens of millions of people are already weighing in on. you ve got some 40 million ballots already cast, right? sure, election day is tomorrow, but a lot of people are not waiting. this comes after lawsuits are already coming in over absentee and mail-in votes and a potential first for congress, the new faces who could be headed to washington, and why there s never been anybody like them in congress before, we ve got a look at that later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you now from our election headquarters in new york city, we ve got our nbc news team set up across th
amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. political heavyweights hit the campaign trail this weekend hoping to drive turnout. we ll hear their closing messages. and champions once again. the houston astros claim their second world series title in six years. of course cory wire is standing by with the highlights. and nobody won the power there ball jackpot. and jack dorsey is apologizing to employees. what he had to say in the wake of thousands of layoffs. welcome to a new week. thank you so much for waking up with us. we re grateful that you re starting it with amara and i and i m grateful that she didn t win the billion plus dollars in the jackpot. i was going to share with you. i m pretty sure i would have been up here by myself if you won. that s true. lots of news. first, just two days and counting until the high stakes mid-term elections. the candidates and their heavy hitters are out in force on this final weekend of campaigning, hoping to rev up their suppor