you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to, alex witt reports. the race to the 2022 midterms is nearing the finish line. and just three days, in a matter of hours, the results will begin coming in for what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, a trio of u.s. presidents bringing their star power to the campaign trail in this final weekend. president biden, and former president obama, will be in philadelphia together later today. that because after biden makes a stop in illinois, and obama holds a rally in pittsburgh, this in the next few hours. then former president trump will be in western pennsylvania rallying for republican candidates. more than 38 million americans have already cast their vote ahead of tuesday s elections. earlier today on msnbc, some candidates and key contests stressed the importance of reaching those voters yet to cast their ballots. races in the state are always close. our last three
and is expected to meet national security adviserjake sullivan. blinken told the un security council on tuesday that he would work with the chinese foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. but talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to resolve disagreements on other issues, including trade. earlier this week, beijing restricted the exports of graphite, of which it produces 90% of the world s supply. graphite is a critical metal used in many products including electric cars. the us responded by advising its top tech firms which included nvidia to stop exporting some of their latest ai products to china. soaring demand for its chips has driven nvidia s share price up by more than 200% over the past year, with china being its leading buyer. joining me now is rory green, chief china economist, and head of asia research, at ts lombard. thanks for being with us today. what you expect to come out of these talks? , ., ., you expect to com
hilda heine is the former president of the low lying and vulnerable marshall islands. in a letter to the cop president seen by the reuters news agency she said reporters of the uae s reported ambitions were deeply disappointing and undermined the integrity of the cop presidency. in dubai, world leaders are dealing with warnings that we are nowhere near where we need to be to curb global warming. in the opening speech, the un secretary general said the earth s vital signs are failing . and king charles urged global leaders to rise to this unmissable opportunity with a sense of emergency. but when it comes to cutting down on fossilfuels, cdp formerly known as the carbon disclosure project argues that there isn t one major oil or gas company that has plans in place to phase them out. sherry madera is the ceo of cdp. i asked her if carbon capture will play a big role in the the future. i think carbon capture is one of the areas that we need to think of together col
wind and solar energy. before we get to those business stories, reminding of our breaking news. a temporary truce between israel and amassing gaza, that s lasted for seven days, has now expired. it ended at seven, local time, five o clock here in london. israel s military says it has resumed combat against i maths in the gaza strip and has accused the palestinian group of violating the terms of the truce and firing towards israeli territory. these are life pictures taken from gaza into southern israel. hamas you can see their plumes into the skyline explosions can be heard. the military also said a rocket was fired towards gaza towards israeli territory around an hour before the truce was scheduled to expire. the israeli military saying hamas had indeed violated the pause inviting. returning to the business news for the day. faster than a porsche, and tougher than bullets that s the boast of tesla boss elon musk about the company s cybertruck. and on thursday he made goo
guests were shown videos of the truck resisting a hail of bullets racing a sports car in sharp contrast to what happened two years ago where stuff was thrown at the window and the window broke. pulling huge loads before the first customers got to drive their purchases away. one us magazine has called the project musk s adolescent video game fantasy . but tesla hopes the cybertruck with its controversial design will grab attention in an increasingly crowded market for electric vehicles amid a tough consumer environment. michelle fleury has more. the road he hasn t been easy. the last time elon musk took to the stage to promote the electric car company s cybertruck, its windows ended up being smashed. for two years later, as the company starts delivering the futuristic product to buyers, the problem has been fixed with customers there in person at the tesla factory in austin, texas to collect their cybertrucks and elon musk put on a show to mark this historic moment.