president. all at the forefront as a nation once again heads to the polls. an election is not a referendum, it s a choice. at the center, control of congress with a 50/50 senate boiling down to a series of tight races that could tip the scale. the open nature of our border which john fetterman supports. trying to make himself not appear to be the radical leftist that he is. this is the man who spent 12 years in office misleading people. it s the voice of the voters that will prevail. which issues matter most to them in this final stretch. after roe, i ve never lived in this type of era. gas prices, food prices. everything is so expensive now. from the nation s capital and from just down the road from the u.s. capitol, i m steve kornacki, and we re eight days away from the midterm election that will decide who controls that building right behind me. the margins, they could not be tighter. democrats clinging to a senate majority thanks only to the tie-break
the campaign trial. in south korea, police are taking the blame for that deadly halloween crowd stampede that killed more than 150 people. mostly young adults including two americans. and the conservative supreme court majority takes up affirmative action today in college admissions. singling a possible reversal on another issue that had been law. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington on halloween. the attack on paul pelosi spurring a flood of conspiracy theories and disinformation including from twitter s new owner, elon musk, who tweeted an opinion, an opinion article from a low credibility source to his 100 million followers about the attack. and although many republicans have condemned the violent attack on the speaker s husband, republican governor glenn youngkin made light of the assault just hours after it happened. speaker pelosi s husband had a break-in last night and he was assaulted. there s no room for violence, but we re going to send her back to ca