the oscars have certainly had their shocking moments. but none of these have had the cultural impact of the slap heard around the world. so here s the scene. chris rock s on stage. he s presenting one of the awards, best documentary. the most interesting thing that has ever happened in the academy awards happened when most people went to get their second beer. chris rock spots. jada pinkett smith. will smith s wife sitting in the front row and she s rocking this bald head. i think she looks better without hair than most women look with hair. chris rock says, jada, i love you. she adds to can t wait. the entire audience laughs, including will smith. she shoots. will this look like him? like she is not amused and then will like. like hitting a light switch. jumps up on stage, stalks right to chris rock. then like a pitcher in the bottom of the knife rearing back stance. when violence spiked at the oscars. that s the moment we knew crime was out of control in liberal cities. fir
with missile strikes in major ukrainian cities. calling it retaliation for an attack on a vital russian bridge. plus, one of donald trump s attorneys is questioned by federal investigators about her signed statements on classified documents found at mar-a-lago. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 11th. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in ukraine. we re learning new details about yesterday s massive attack in kyiv and other major ukrainian cities. according to ukraine s deputy minister of defense, russia launched 83 missiles, half of which were neutralized by air defense systems. across ukraine, more than 95 people were injured and in kyiv alone, at least 14 people were killed. the missile strikes damaged critical infrastructure, knocking out power lines and cutting off water supplies to several cities. at least 35 residential buildings were also hit along with museums, parks, and a popular pedestrian bridge in the center of kyiv.
i can t remember the exact quote, but remember when churchill said britain needs an ass kicker. churchill said many wonderful things. those particular phrases i don t remember. you re the historian, not me. everybody attributes everything to churchill, and then like the greatest churchill quotes ever, he didn t say. all the things churchill said but didn t say, i m laying claim to them. take them. tim ryan took that one, though, and i think he owned it quite well. it is a close race that could determine the balance of power in washington. the democratic nominee, congressman ryan will join us in just a moment. but first, nbc steve kornacki is standing by at the big board to break down where things stand with the midterms less than a month away. we are at go time. the rage is here, and i m a little nervous. he s pissed off, look at him. he s trying to hide it. i know. we re following the latest from ukraine as russia escalates attacks on civilian areas. g7 leade
him. ohio needs an ass kicker not an ass kisser. the sedition trial is back in trial for the oath keepers today. a live report from the d.c. courthouse. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the war in ukraine appears to be at a turning point. russia continues to hammer cities, knocking out power across the country. richard engel is in ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister says the russians are focusing against the country s energy infrastructure. what s the impact having across ukraine with that? reporter: it is having an impact, even in cities where the war hasn t really had much of a day-to-day consequence so far. in the city of lviv, for example, close to the polish border, now there s large sections of the city that are without power. there have been air strikes in kyiv. there s this city of kyiv, since the early days of the war, has been spared the daily violence. it s far away from the front lines. a sense of normalcy had returned to the city of ky
pictures of and the storm is still going strong. chad meyers is standing by with the latest on the track but we begin with laila santd ysantiag on the scene for us. reporter: on the southwest part of the island hurricane fiona made landfall. we are dealing with rains and wind gusts and flash flooding right now on the ground. but the big story in terms of impacts to the u.s. citizens on the island is there is an island wide power outage going on for an hour and they don t expect that power as this natural disaster comes in. the timing here is part of the story. remember nearly five years ago to the day i stood here as hurricane maria left the island without power for months. the video is dark because there s no power but listen to the exchange. [ speaking nonenglish ] she says when the power goes out she gets real anxious and tense and worried. she is worried what she will find at her house. reporter: the governor saying that mud slides are part of the concern and urging