Said, much bigger than the 7. 0 earthquake of 2010. The problem right now is they don t have equipment nearby, rescue equipment that is sorely needed, and the prime minister has called a state of emergency, but i m not quite sure how quickly they can get the resources out to people to help save some lives. Right now they are releasing they are confirming 29 dead, but i m afraid that that toll is going to rise rather dramatically in the next few days. Gary, something you know so well. 2010, and you just mentioned the number of casualties, that the numbers will probably grow. You remember how the big problem was rescue and hospital resources being mobilized? that was a big cause of 300,000 people being lost in 2010. How are those specific resources today in 2021? reporter: well, not much. A lot of the rescue is done by international community, the u. S. , canada and other countries sending help. Since then, unfortunately, haiti has not really shored its emergency preparedness. As you kno
at this hour, breaking news, the senate is now voting on a doomed border deal. can critical aid for ukraine and israel, though, still be saved? democrats will make a move to find out. a stinging defeat for nikki haley in nevada, trump wasn t on the ballot, but she still lost by double digits to an option labeled none of these candidates. fani willis s fight, the new support for the fulton county d.a. as trump tries to have her disqualified from his georgia election case. and a big map costs how much? the growing backlash as fast food prices take a bigger bite out of your wallet. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we want to begin with all of the dysfunction on capitol hill. nbc s ryan nobles is following that. a couple of horrible, terrible votes for the republicans last night. but now another vote. tell us what s happening and how this all fits together? reporter: yeah, chris, what we re expecting is actually a series of votes in
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
thursday, who knows. let s take a look at some of the key states that will be voting and ultimately determine the shape of congress. let s start out in arizona. a state that took days to project the 2020 presidential winner. interestingly in arizona, the later ballots were good for the gop in 2020, which was a reversal of what happened in 2018. and this one they re going to be talking about. some states, later ballots are related to gop. and some states are good for the democrats. let s go to one of those states where it s better for the democrats in 2020 and 2021. you may remember there was in fact a 2021 senate runoff in georgia. and it was not determined who won those runoffs, and told the wednesday after the election. so it took a long time to count. it took even longer that general election back in november of 2020. here, the later counted ballots were good for the democrats in 2021, and in 2020. remember biden keeps getting gaining gaining. then ultimately biden over to
democracy, will all be decided today. the candidates have made their final closing arguments to rally an american public that is at once anxious, angry, and exhausted. are you ready to win this election? i m sick of talking about american decline. i think it s time we started to do something about it. please send me to washington, d.c. we re winning this. we ain t talking about no runoff. we re winning this. i believe in democracy. i certainly believe in a free and fair election. this is a transformative election. it s going to send a loud message to washington. we ve always done democracy better than anywhere else. and we are not going to stop now. y all ready to close this thing out? today we stand united as one voice. and i feel thean a massive vict shocks the world. i m ready for it. are you? well, now it s up to the voters. with millions heading out to cast their ballots today, we re keeping an extraordinarily close eye on the voting process nationwid