politicsnation. tonight s lead, record right now, we ve got two days left and 48 hours until one of the most impactful midterm elections in recent history. brand-new polls from nbc news show two days out, show the parties themselves neck and neck in a variety of ways. americans are mere even over the democrats should retain majorities and house and senate or rather republicans should retake one if not both chambers. 48% of likely voters say they prefer democrats in control of wisconsin. 47% prefer republicans. with two days ago, democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap. seven in ten voters from both parties now say they are highly interested in tuesday s election. still, president biden s popularity with voters is a concern for the democratic candidate. just 44% of voters approve of biden s performance. 50% disapprove. nearly half the country say it wants a massive change in direction from biden s first two years as president. the landscape has democrats, has got democrats
his college and work history and what republican leaders are saying about the controversy also this morning with the war still raging on, ukraine s foreign minister is hoping for peace talks by the end of february we will get expert analysis on that idea. plus, parts of the united states are still under multiple feet of snow this morning as the death toll from a major winter storm continues to climb in western new york rescue crews are going car by car searching for any stranded survivors this as chaos unfolds at some of the nation s busiest airports thousands of flights have been canceled, as many americans try to head home after the holidays. we will have the very latest on the travel delays. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire in for joe, mika and willie. also with us at the table msnbc and nbc news national affairs analyst executive editor of the recount, host of the hell and high water podcast, the man of ma
the body was and then, when they were just about ready to take her out, they said, you don t want to see this. she had been floating for three days. even to describe that, what does that feel like? it is horrible and i am an ex nurse. i don t want to see that. all right. let s cross over now to fort myers beach, where we are finding bring us up to speed on the latest. it is nighttime there. do these rescue and search efforts continue in the night even though there are challenges of working in the dark. no electricity and the perhaps the weather may not be cooperating. what is going on there? those search and rescue efforts are taking place 24 hours a day. we have been speaking with authorities who say they have people there during the day and at night. in fact, they have shared videos on social media, the sheriff s department, where you can see officers using lights. of course, it s not the same to do this at night as it is during the day. but the efforts do not
they were just about ready to take her out, they said, you don t want to see this. she had been floating for three days. even to describe that, what does that feel like? it is horrible and i am an ex nurse. i don t want to see that. all right. let s cross over now to fort myers beach, where we are finding bring us up to speed on the latest. it is nighttime there. do these rescue and search efforts continue in the night even though there are challenges of working in the dark. no electricity and the perhaps the weather may not be cooperating. what is going on there? those search and rescue efforts are taking place 24 hours a day. we have been speaking with authorities who say they have people there during the day and at night. in fact, they have shared videos on social media, the sheriff s department, where you can see officers using lights. of course, it s not the same to do this at night as it is during the day. but the efforts do not stop. unfortunately, today,
and i just thought that, you know, every election, every time there s a chance to vote and to say something, you have to go out and say it. we re going to discuss all that ahead. but in new york, there are four other congressional races we are watching closely. in new york s 12th congressional district, long-time democratic representatives jerry nadler and carolyn maloney were forced into the same race due to redistricting. nadler won that primary ending maloney s 30-year stint in congress. seant patrick maloney and jone were almost forced to run against each other, same way nadler and maloney were. but congressman jones is running in new s york s newly-drawn ten district. he is facing a crowded field including dan goldman, former lead counsel during donald trump s first impeachment, who spent millions of his own money in that race. goldman is currently leading the pack butnt the race still too close to call. tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc. th