in the house is up for grabs. brian: that means you have got to vote. going to hear from candidates in key races. marco rubio, yeah we are name dropping. lee zeldin who wants to be the next governor of new york. sarah huckabee sanders seems well on her way of being of governor of arkansas. j.d. vance also on the docket. don bolduc making history in new hampshire shocking the world is he going to go the rest of the way and then there is tudor dixon who seems to be rising in the polls with each passing day. steve: that s right. you have heard from so many analysts and pundits, we want to hear from you today on election day. so we are having breakfast with friends in four different crucial states where we will directly hear from the folks at those diners about the things that matter to them. ainsley: let s start with will cain is he live at the morning glory eatery that s in satellite beach, florida. brian, who is next? brian: you want to start with will. i like rachel c
attacked this morning by an intruder who broke into their san francisco home. first word of this came from pelosi spokesperson drew hamel, a spokesperson for the speaker said that paul pelosi is in the hospital receiving treatment but is expected to make a full recovery. speaker pelosi was not at the home at time of the attack. the suspect is in police custody according to san francisco police. cnn s manu raju is following these breaking details coming in from capitol hill. what is the very latest that you re hearing? reporter: this is a scary and staggering situation that occurred, according to san francisco police, at 2:27 a.m. this morning. that is what we are learning that an assailant broke into the home of the pelosis through the back of the house and attacked mr. pelosi with a hammer. now, according to the speaker s office, mr. pelosi is in the hospital. he s received care and expected to make a full recovery. they give more detail in the statement from pelosi spokes
happy holidays we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new york s erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out power for tens of thousands. in the latest update today, new york governor kathy hochul told drivers to stay off the roads and what first responders are discovering as they conduct rescue operations. going into homes, going into vehicles, and too many tragic times finding people who have not survived the experience. they re grieving inside, as we all are, for the families who are getting horrible heart-breaking news that their loved ones succumbed to the storm over the last day or two, and ou
the january 6th hearing is appealing to both. it s pushing people to feel u.s. democracy is under assault. many insiders, political pros, people who populate your tv screen all day had a gnawing feeling the presentation on thursday would not sway public opinion. the fact pattern should convince steptics to care more about the attack on the capitol and all of trump world s dishonorable conduct in the winter of 2020. but this is where the facts come into conflict with feelings. i m with jim sciutto on this one. the cnn anchor was sick of all the chatter whether any minds will be changed on thursday night. that s not our job, he wrote. our job is to report and disseminate the facts, and that s what we do. it s also a fact the american media has been so split apart, and that split affects every story we cover. it s like the weather. it has to be factored into everything all the time. fox news put the facts refusing to air thursday evening instead showing video while tucker carlso
the politics of perception. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. if it were still the economy stupid, then joe biden s presidency would be in much better shape. something else is at play here. yes, inflation is souring americans, but by many measures, the economy is booming. the economy is clearly grow ing. the gross domestic product is up 5.2% in the third quarter, even faster than previousliest mated. if gdp is rising, the economy is considered to be in solid shape and the nation moving forward. the dow jones rallied this week to a new high for the year. wages had been losing ground to inflation for two years, but since may, wages have return to outpacing inflation. and unemployment is at an historic low. the u.s. unemployment rate has been below 4% for 21 straight months, the longest stretch since the late 1960s. how about gas prices? they have fallen or remain ed steady for ten weeks. you barely reed about that, but if they were headed in the other direction, it would