folks, three days. three days man. until one of the most important elections, one of the most important elections in the lifetime is going to shape the outcome is going to shape outward the country for the decades to come. and the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. two years ago, two years ago, you use that power to make donald trump not only a former president but you made him a defeated president. president obama also urging voters to head out to the polls, worried about the future of democracy under gop leadership. fundamental rights are on the ballot. truth and facts, and a logic, and reason, and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high! biden and obama rallied voters in philadelphia, former president trump also made a pitch to voters in the keystone state. he s in western pennsylvania stumping for his hand hit candidates. and as voters head to the polls, they re gonna determine which party controls congres
hey, everybody. good morning to you. i m yasmin vossoughian here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. speaker nancy pelosi s husband violently attacked in the couple s home overnight. what we know about the attack and mr. pelosi s condition at this hour. plus, it s official, the world s wealthiest man now in charge of one of the most powerful global tools for spreading information. twitter. the changes he s looking to make there. could we see a return of one former notorious tweeter? the former president. a big boost in the peach state showdown between raphael warnock and herschel walker. tonight barack obama hitting the campaign trail in the state of georgia with just 11 days to go until the midterms. early voting already breaking records there. how much of a difference will this make? and right now alarm bells sounding across this country. doctors, hospitals overwhelmed by a new challenge. covid-19 combined with a potentially bad influenza season and now we re se
i m katie fang in for ari melber. we begin with a reminder of the violent threats facing our country s political leaders. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was violent aassaulted in his san francisco home with the assailant reportedly shouting, quote, where is nancy? mr. pelosi, aged 82, was home alone. police say the attacker struck him multiple times in the head with a hammer. he had a successful surgery for a skull fracture, according to the speaker s office. and doctors expect a full recovery. the united states capitol police say nancy pelosi was in d.c. at the time of the attack guarded by security, as she is at all times. a pelosi family member telling nbc news the suspect was trying to tie up paul, quote, until nancy got home. it was when the suspect wasn t looking that paul called 911. when the police came, the suspect said, quote, we are waiting for nancy. sources identified the suspect as a 42-year-old berkeley resident. there were posts where he po
we re gon around, i feel really good about our chances. we re gonna keep this and keep up a seat. we have a chance of winning the house. that s when i m optimistic, i really am. biden will also be in new york this weekend, campaigning with governor kathy hochul, who is in a surprisingly tight race to keep her job. she ll join me here live in just a few minutes. voters have made it clear across this country, the economy is at the top of their agenda, and today, we had the latest gut check on that economy with the final jobs report just before the midterms, msnbc s peter alexander breaks old. president biden today we ll cutting the better than expected jobs report 261,000 new hires last month. even as the federal reserve tries to slow the economy, and tame inflation. folks, our top economy continues to grow and out jobs even as gas crisis continue to come down. we ve got a lot more to do. but fears of a recession still linger. republicans seizing on the slight uptick in
polling, breaking down exactly where the fight for congress stands. and another hour of velshi begins right now. begins right now as some day november the 6th, or two days away from election day, 2022. we begin this hour with brand-new nbc news polling showing where things stand ahead of tuesday. there is some good and bad news for each party. when it comes to control of congress, it is the dead he with 47% of registered voters wanting democrats and 47% warning republicans, essentially unchanged from last month. however, an overwhelming number of voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction. 72% compared to just 21% who say things are going in the right direction. 47% of voters say they want to, quote, great deal of change in the direction that president biden s leading the country, more than during the first terms of president donald trump and barack obama and bling bill clinton. as for biden, 40% of registered voters approve of his job performance, while 53% d