newsroom. i m jim acosta live in washington. just 16 days to go until the midterm elections. we are now getting multiple reports of voter intimidation as millions try to cast their ballots early. take a look at these images from mesa, arizona, where armed individuals wearing masks and tactical gear were stopped near a ballot drop box. maricopa county officials calling them, vigilantes, who are disrupting the voting process. the state also getting reports of so-called ballot watchers, who have set up near drop boxes to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott jennings. let s get straight to it. al, let me start with you. i want to show those pictures again. they are disturbing. this is what a lot of people anticipated, heading into this midterm election cycle, because of the
who might win, what they might do with the power of elected office. the poll finds 81% of democrats believe if the gop agenda is not stopped, america will be destroyed as we know it. 79% of republicans say the same about democrats, the nbc news poll also 57% of voters saying next month raises for u.s. house, senate are more important to them than in the past midterm elections. this all comes as early voting surges in several battleground states. new reporting from today s new york times reads quote, days into early voting in the 2022 midterm election. states across the country have seen a surge of voters casting ballots at in-person voting sites, and by mail. the latest sign the 2020 election ushered in a transformation, the way americans vote. experts say the signs of overturn turnout will be strong. but they re quick to caution that it s still early in the voting calendar. many states and some have not started. earlier on msnbc, house speaker nancy pelosi laid out the c
Under pressure in the south of Ukraine, Russia fired missiles and drones into Ukrainian-held Mykolaiv on Sunday, destroying an apartment block in the ship-building city near the front and said the war was trending towards "uncontrolled escalation".
thank you alicia, russia fired vessel sunday destroying apartment blocks into ukrainian held city. russia military officials saying that the war was trending towards quote, uncontrolled escalation. the white house denying russia ukraine. dirty bomb in order to blame it on russia. police have identified the suspect in a dallas hospital shooting that killed two employees saturday. dallas police say 30-year-old nestor hernandez was on parole for robbery. prison officials say he had been granted permission to visit the hospital for the birth of a child, he had an active ankle monitor on, the victim has not had been identified as motive remains unknown. hurricane rosalind, slammed it and mexico as a powerful category three hurricane sunday. killing at least two people, it s been downgraded to a tropical storm. but still, lashing the region with heavy rain and dangerous flooding. more american voices right after the short break. the short break. help comfort your loved ones.
it goes on clear. no mess. just soothing comfort. try vicks vapostick. nearly nine months since russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine, the russian defense minister warns the war is headed for, quote, uncontrolled escalation. meanwhile, in western ukraine, a ukrainian official says that russia is pulling back its military officers from the illegally annexed kherson region. russian-enthralled authorities are also evacuating residents ahead of an expected attempt by ukrainian troops to take back the city. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is covering all of these developments. there s a lot happening, fred. what s the latest? well, you re sbabsolutely right. there s definitely a lot happening across the country. if you look at the main things, it s russia continuing to hit the energy infrastructure here in ukraine with some of those long-distance assets that they