And welcome to politicsnation from atlanta, georgia. Tonights lead, a split down the center. The midterm elections are just 16 days away, 17 states have already started voting in advance of november 8th. 12 states will join that list this week. And a brand new National Poll from nbc news suggests that americans have their minds made up about several things ahead of next month. President bidens Approval Rating is holding at 45 . The highest number he has enjoyed in over a year, yet still lower than democrats would like with their senate and House Majorities hanging in the balance. Voters remaining evenly split on congressional preference. 47 preferring democrats in control of congress, 46 preferring republicans. The Passion Driving Voters this Election Cycle is unprecedented. With seven in ten americans expressing high interest in this midterm election, a likely indicator that we can expect record turnout next month, but with that, our country remains deeply polarized. Eight of ten amer
west, weeks after the rapper s anti-semitic and hateful rant. cbs jonathan vigliotti reports tonight on the rise of crimes against jewish people. and, health watch. cbs news meg oliver, on the triple threat. the nations top doctors sound the alarm about a possible surge of covid, flu, and r.s.v., all at the same time. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday. law enforcement is on alert tonight after we learned disturbing new details from the deadly shooting monday at a high school in st. louis. police found a notebook in the gunman s car. inside, a handwritten note, and ultimately a window into his motive. the 19-year-old shooter was a former student. he managed to get inside, even though the building was locked, with seven security guards on duty. two people were killed, including a 15-year-old student, and a teacher who was
send the nation into a fall, which raises prices for everyone if we do not cut social security and medicare. i ain t going to do it. there you go. thanks, bud. thanks, joe biden. thanks, biden. he did it again. thanks, biden. desantis doesn t have a lot of control. you can say thanks, biden. ron desantis airport is really bad, but miami airport? come on. that s part of the joke. this shows mika s humor. she knows that desantis it s not his airport. miami-dade. yeah. south florida, miami-dade. but it s not-not but that s the joke. you blame the hurricanes and iran, thanks, biden. the level of stupidity reaching new highs. incredible. president biden, that was him right there, speaking with staffers at the democratic national committee headquarters in d.c. yesterday with the message that republicans would,. thanks, desantis. if they take over congress in the upcoming midterms. you blame somebody for something that they have nothing to do wit
speaker. at home we re watching a major test of former president trump s influence over the republican party. in the five states where voters are headed to the polls today to vote in primary elections, all eyes will be on the slate of candidates who the former president endorsed and have embraced the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. will that message resonate with republican primary voters? today will also be a big test for these three house republicans who were among the ten who voted to impeach the former president. will they survive after taking a critical stand? one of today s biggest tests will happen in kansas where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll have the latest into the massive implications of that vote. let s get right into it with nbc s steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you looking for this morning? a couple things, jose, you touched on. i think this referendum in
being under police investigation himself. authorities now confirming a long history of calls from the home. also tonight, in the face of unrelenting pressure, prime minister boris johnson resigns. his own party and cabinet ministers leaving him no choice. the final scandal forcing him out of office. and what happens now. a rare look at some of the u.s. veterans on the ground in ukraine. an elite group of american volunteer medics operating near the front lines, preparing far for a top secret mission. newly released video shows the moments a baggage handler stole a plane from seattle s sea-tac airport. flying for several hours before crashing. what investigators are saying about how he did it and the mystery that remains. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating george floyd s civil rights. chauvin with a message to floyd s family. president biden awarding the nation s highest civilian honor to 17 americans. a wide