circle. and i didn t do it, be if it did happen, there s nothing to be ashamed after. that was a short lived defense. to a report that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re going to go through his evolving denials on that developing story. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, october 7th. we have pulitzer prize winning columnist from the washington post, eugene robinson. ed luce is with us. officer at princeton university, eddie glaude jr., and jonathan lemire is with us this morning. mika, we were going to get into the news i just saw ed there. i saw a little smirk on ed s face. and i just have to talk about it. you know, ed, we have an expression, we ve always had an expression when people have congratulated me for anything i ve done, i go, well, i m the tallest building in schenectady. your headline, i love this, america is history s most successful failing state, i would define what you re describing here, i m an upstate new york guy
soon as december. and herschel walker now says he s not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trump s decision to back walker despite his checkered past. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us live from the war zone. nick, this rapid ukrainian advance comes as vladimir putin laid claim to that troubled nuclear power plant. what s the latest on the ground tonight? ukraine s president zelenskyy clear that half a thousand square kilometers of territory in the kherson region have since the beginning of the month been liberated from russian control. that s a larger number of than officials said earlier today and it s part of the slow drip we saw ourselves just yesterday of territory r
the woman who said the gop senate candidate paid for her abortion now saying she also had a child with him. how the former nfl star is responding. the deadly stabbing rampage outside a las vegas casino. the search for a motive tonight. the massacre in a day care killing at least 36, most of them preschoolers in thailand. what we re learning about the attacker. two russians fleeing putin s draft escaping to the u.s. and requesting asylum. how they got to alaska. the major u.s. city taking drastic measures to combat its police shortage. what it s hiring civilians to do. and at age 100, he is showing no signs of slowing down. the marathon man inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. with recreational marijuana use now legal in 19 states, it has been easy to forget pot is still very much illegal under federal law, where the drug is classified right alongside lsd and heroin. but tonight president biden declaring it s time
a covert u.s. raid in syria, taking out a top isis leader. one of two leaders taken out. martha raddatz standing by. herschel walker, the republican senate candidate in georgia tonight, taking questions about the report he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion. as a candidate, he opposes abortion rights, no exceptions. rachel scott in georgia. the death toll rising after hurricane ian. more than 120 people killed in florida alone. and now the plan to set up some sort of an amphibious landing to try to get power trucks to areas where they re most needed. to january 6th, and tonight, the breakinging headline. the first member of the proud boys to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy. the war in ukraine tonight. and with russian men fleeing russia to avoid vladimir putin s draft, the russian nationals showing up in alaska, asking the u.s. for asylum tonight. in new york city, an nypd cruiser out of control. ten people injured, several in critical condition tonight. and
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