kill paul pelosi. the lies being spread by elon musk, donald trump junior, even some republican-elected officials about that attack. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the biggest names in american politics hit the battleground states, right now president biden is on his way to florida to help charlie crist in his battle against ron desantis. in georgia, mike pence and governor kemp, two republicans, who have angered former president trump, at their peril for not backing his lie, are working together to help re-elect kemp against a challenge from stacey abrams. former president obama continuing his campaign tour of battleground states. today in nevada where he will be trying to help the endangered democratic senator and governor, both tight races there. our reporters are in place ahead of the big campaign events. joining us now, nbc s ali vitali in miami gardens, nbc s guad have a nation as. ali, the president is facing criticism for his campaign a
Cnn this morning continues right now. Good morning. Lets start with five things to know for wednesday, september 27. This Breaking News out of north korea. To country has decided to expel u. S. Army private travis king who crossed that the north from south korea in july. And its debate night in america. Seven republican candidates take the stage in california tonight to make their ways to voters. One person will not be on the stage, donald trump. He is going to give a Primetime Speech at a nonunion auto parts manufacturer in detroit as the United Auto Workers strike continues to day 13. With three days and 16 hours left, the Senate Unveiled a bipartisan plan to avoid the loo looming government shutdown. Speaker ke speaker Kevin Mccarthy is trying to get members in line. In philadelphia a dozen people under arrest after a big group of looters ransacked an apple store, a lululemon and a foot locker. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. We begin with the Breaking News out of north ko
I now feel as though beto o rourke he has to have that end of june circle, that debate in miami, he has to be it circled because if not then when? it gets late early out here. yogi barra, right? at some point here when you have this many credible serious candidates if your poll numbers are going like this, that is bad, bad news, and that s what beto o rourke looks like. people, i think, have begun to smell the stench of things aren t working out for him and you have to change that or it s a self-perpetuating cycle. he s getting dangerously those do close to that. he did have a new proposal laid onnen this show. also another candidate you have given a d to before is elizabeth warren. you can turn things around. progress happens. it s just at some point every week that goes by becomes one week closer to when voters actually vote and people s opinions start to form. it s very hard to change those
The the last republican to win it, george h.w. fwhu bush in 19 do it anywhere, that s the place. we have a story in the paper to quote that great philosopher, yogi barra. deja vu all over again. 2012, romney folks said, we think michigan, minnesota, pennsylvania, are coming onboard. seeing great movement. went up on tv, the super pac, romney famously went in for a late rally in philly, in the bu burbs and lot all three of those states. when a campaign in a final week is looking at a map and don t have a panel to 270 with the states they ve been campaigning in the last few months they look for new states. what romney did four years ago and trump was in new mexico, michigan and now wisconsin. part of going on with polling, you never really know what the bottom or top is. until it reveals itself. on friday, when the clinton campaign was blindsided by director comey, it was, oh, my
Welcome to the final state dinner of my presidency. but, in the immortal words of a great italian american, yogi barra, it ain t over till it s over. i know michelle, after last week, let me be very frank, your speech is better than your tomatoes. and thank you so much. that was the obama administration s final state dinner at the white house tonight. the 11th hour with brian williams is next.