good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. as president biden gears up for one of the biggest speeches of his political career, can he use tomorrow night s state of the union address to address growing unease among his fellow democrats and drum out growing criticism from republicans over his handling of that chinese spy balloon? brand new polls show president biden isn t the only one facing discontent within his own party. donald trump is, too. the big difference, the dozen or so republicans who appear to be lining up to take trump on. will the bae hive make out better than the swiftys did? with sales about to get under way, the pressure is on ticketmaster to make sure it doesn t crash like it did in november. will today s test impact calls from washington to break up the country. we have a lot to get to. we start with the enormous political stakes in tomorrow night s state of the union address, a speech that will be watched by millions
midterms. exactly one month away. early voting under way with issues like abortion and inflation driing people to the polls. many say democracy itself is on the ballot. we have special stuff planned. want to get right to it with michael steele. you know the music, sir. en why the beat. i know it well. when you hear that early voting is under way and look at what s going on out here, i m coming right to you, regular beat viewers know we have a set up. coming right to you. what do you see right now in this homestretch? what i see right now are voter deciding to hunker down around a vote. the early voting, as you noted, has started. there s some anticipation and trepidation. the anticipation is voters are going to take seriously not just their concerns about the economy that s being stressed by some, but also the democracy. that it will matter the kind of men and women they select, choose to be an extension of them to be the best representative for them in the statehouse
voters are making it clear it s the economy, stupid. from the beginning, it appears to be hours before polls open in the united states. so which party can run away with it? as i said, the first polls up less than eight hours. we re all over it in georgia and in new hampshire, new york, pennsylvania, nevada, arizona, ohio, florida, so many races, so little time. so let s get right to it. very happy to have all of you with us. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. let s just say it is a rushed and frantic frenetic paced world. we begin in new hampshire where you ll find our hillary vaughn on what has turned out to be a real battle. hillary? hi, neil. this race has boiled down to two major issues, the cost of energy and the cost of things on food. things like eggs. we were at a diner stop in new hampshire with republican candidate don bolduc yesterday. this sign was on the door of the diner. it read due to the rising cost of eggs, $1 will be added to every order with eggs. th
thank you for getting up way too early on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. i mean, this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that was presidential joe biden in california last night. the latest stop in his jam-packed campaign schedule in the final days before the midterms. meanwhile, big name democrats are out on the trail in traditionally blue areas in concerns that gop messaging on crime could flip what were thought to be safe seats. plus, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters calls him out over a huge stash of campaign cash. those comme
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter