he took the lead for the first time tonight around a half hour ago. okay. and the big dynamic here is kathy barnette had been eating into what might have been a clear win for him. david mccormick coming up the middle as the more moderate, traditional republican candidate, ie not election denying. look, this thing is still tight. it s a o1.1 race. bucks county are coming in with a slight edge to oz right now. but this thing is well within recount territory. this isn t going away. what do row think is happening that there is a slight inch for him? i think trump s endorsement is making a difference. oz doing really well in coal country. something to really pay attention to. mccormick s strength is the suburbs in pittsburgh, where he grew up. but right now you see oz just edging ahead. but this isn t going to be over. this is going to be days. this is in recount territory. every ballot counts right now. 851. did you say days? possibly. we thought hours, maybe. hou
the president will visit a small local business that s benefited from the paycheck protection program loans as millions of americans eagerly await another round of direct payments to ease the financial burden of a year battling covid. joining me now to kick things off, my fellow chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, peter alexander, who s live at the white house. associated press white house reporter, jonathan la mir, and erin haynes, editor at large at the 91. peter, i have to start with you and this messaging strategy that we are seeing from president biden. talk about it, what is the goal here and what can americans expect from this bill? because that s the big question on everyone s minds. yeah, first of all, kristen, you look nice at that desk here this morning. let s walk you through what s going on. we expect president biden to leave here shortly to head to that local business that s benefiting from ppp, that loan like so many other businesses ac
One of the reporters on the story standing by to talk with us. Michelle obama speaking out candidly about this president in advance of her new book as the 11th hour gets under way on a friday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 659 of this Trump Administration and the president tries to turn his attention to the world stage as his selection to run the Justice Department acting attorney general Matt Whitaker is coming under increasing fire. Demands are growing for whitaker to recuse himself, pull himself out of the russia investigation portion of doj just as Jeff Sessions did before him because whitaker appears to have prejudged both the investigation and one Robert Mueller. And new reporting indicates that his previous business ties have attracted now the attention of the fbi. Before leaving for paris, trump was asked about the concerns over whitaker. Well, Matt Whitaker, i dont know Matt Whitaker, but i didnt know Matt Whitaker. Whitaker
Been tricky. Up in montana you have such a beautiful explanation of whats going on in the country there. Jon tester, okay. He is a democrat but he is one of them. Thats the pitch he has been making. Youve had the president go there thumping on him, and it seems to be paying off. Very close. You have 4 3 democrat seat, 51 republican. What is the big takeaway from this with six Seats Remaining . The republicans arent going to have to worry about confirmation battles anymore. Theyre not going to have to worry about the moderates of a collins and murkowski anymore. Theyre going to have the numbers. But right now we want to keep our sharp focus on two things. What we know for sure, wow did women make big difference for democrats tonight. Literally, when we look at the seats that theyve picked up so far, all of them are women that have made a difference. Now, their ages, their dispositions, their types of politics, these are going to be questions Going Forward for the democratic party, to se
That is where polls will be closed a few hours from now. Probably. Theres an issue there with extensive polling times. More on that in a second. Theres also another breaking story tonight to tell you about. The Washington Post reporting that President Trump has again begun talking about firing his attorney general, Jeff Sessions. His attorneys have reportedly pushed back against that idea. We will have much more on that story coming up. But first, as we said tonights big races. Later on tonight, about 11 00 eastern, were expecting to start getting numbers out of arizona, a key Senate Primary being decided there. The backdrop in that state, of course, the death of john mccain. Seat to be filled by appointment in the coming days. Tonight, though, its the race for the states other senate seat taking center stage. There, the action is on the republican side. Martha mcsally, choice of the Party Establishment, a major recruit for national republicans. She is facing off against one of john mc