hi, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm kate snow. welcome to "nbc news daily." >> we begin this hour with decision 2022. ballots are still being counted across america right now after tuesday's midterm elections. >> several key races have yet to be called leaving the balance of power in congress unknown. here's where things stand at this hour -- in the senate, republicans would need 51 seats to take control. the balance of power will be decided by a handful of outstanding races now.

georgia's senate race between incumbent democrat raphael warnock and republican herschel walker is headed to a december 6th runoff after neither of those two candidates crossed the 50% threshold. in arizona, the senate race between incumbent democrat mark kelly and republican blake masters is still too early to call. nevada's senate race between incumbent democratic senator catherine cortez masto and republican adam laxalt, also too early to call. just a few hours ago the nbc news decision desk called wisconsin's senate race. republican ron johnson will hold on to his seat for a third term. >> party control of the house also still undecided now. there's a projection on your screen, many races are not decided yet. 218 seats would be needed to control the house by either party. neither has crossed that threshold. many house races are still out there, still waiting to be called. we're awaiting those decisions in key races. let's get right to the folks that we have out in the field

starting this hour in atlanta and then to philadelphia. the georgia senate race as we said headed to a runoff december 6th. how are the campaigns getting ready for that? >> reporter: we're already in game time. not long after this race officially went into runoff territory, the campaigns were already sending out emails to their followers asking for as little as $5, $15, $25 to save their campaigns. they're also making other appeals. check it out. >> we know that when they're finished counting the votes from today's election that we are going to have received more votes than my opponent. we know that. >> if you can hang in, hang in there a little bit longer. just hang in there a little bit longer because something good, it takes a while for it to get better. >> reporter: i spoke to one democratic strategist who said they actually like their odds here because it makes clear what

the stakes are. and again, raphael warnock's team has been here before. they're hoping they can galvanize some of the energy and experience to make sure they win this december. kate? >> thank you so much. two major victories in pennsylvania. josh shapiro will be the next governor defeating john mastriano. and john fetterman is heading to washington after defeating mehmet oz in the high-stakes senate race. >> this campaign has always been about fighting, for anyone who's been knocked down and got back up. nbc news correspondents rehema ellis is in -- in philadelphia tracking the races. fetterman and shapiro, both democrats, comfortably won their races. where did all the blue support come from? >> reporter: it cams from the people here in pennsylvania who decided that the candidates who were democrats were better

prepared to represent them in elected office. consider this -- in terms of what the exit polls said about what pennsylvania voters were concerned about. 36% of them said abortion was an issue that concerned them, and that was above inflation which was at 29%. and both shapiro and fetterman were candidates who said they were concerned about a woman's right to choose. that was a deciding point for many of the people here in pennsylvania. aaron? >> and let me jump in. it's kate. mehmet oz conceded the race to john fetterman today. what are you hearing from the oz campaign about what they think might have gone wrong? >> reporter: well, they think that they did not have that winning message. one of the things that we heard in terms of -- again from the exit polls, about whether or not people in pennsylvania thought that oz was a person who was more like them, and what they said was basically when asked the question was he a -- he h he been in pennsylvania long flouf

represent them, 56% of voters said no. that was a deciding issue for many of them. dr. oz in conceding this race was very kind, if you will, calling fetterman to congratulate him and said, "now we're facing big problems as a country, and we need everyone to put down their partisan swords and focus on getting the job done." it was an effort to say he was reaching out his hand and wanted to make certain that democrats and republicans in this state at least work together. kate? >> all right. thank you. we are also awaiting remarks from president biden at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. final results still coming in. it does appear that democrats escaped what could have been a landslide by republican candidates, some calling a big red wave. midterm elections have historically meant big losses for the party in power at the white house. let's bring in nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker. so there are a couple of ways to

look at this, right? it looks like the house is probably likely going to turn red by our projections. at the same time, you had democrats worried that they were going to be shellacked last night. how is the white house feeling about all the results so far? >> reporter: well, based on my conversations with top advisers here, kate, they, the president are fueling buoyed by these results. and the context that you provide is the reason why. the fact that historically speaking the party in power loses seats, loses a significant number of seats. former president obama lost 60 seats, former president trump lost 40 seats. so by comparison this administration argues these losses -- and again, we don't know the tally yet -- but they are just not going to be as high, as significant y.? well, they say in part because of the president's policies. also because of the issue of abortion, kate. i think you'll hear president biden address that in an hour

from now. the fact that exit polls showing that factor. and then the trump factor. in the closing days of the race, president biden took aim at what he called mega maga republicans, the trump branch of the republican party. they believe that that was effective and the fact that you have former president trump out on the campaign trail teasing a potential run for office himself, they think all of these factors together are what brought these better than expected results. we're going to hear from president biden about all of this, and we'll ask him about his own political future, as well. >> that's a big question right now, too. republicans have promised to investigate the president and his administration if they do take control of the house. they will control key committees. they can do that. how is the white house seeing that threat? >> reporter: well, i can tell you we've been talking to the white house and the president's advisers for some time about the possibility of the investigations that would likely be launched if republicans take control of the house. they would include everything

from investigating the president's son hunters biden to the origins of covid, as well as the withdraw from afghanistan. those are just a few of the things that republicans have signaled they want to investigate. and i can tell you that the white house has said they are preparing for that. they're bolstering their legal counsel to make sure they have the resources and team in place to deal with investigations. here's the big question -- what does this mean legislatively? will we see anything get done, or will there just be partisan gridlock? how will that complicate efforts by the president, by republicans, to reach across the aisle and try to work together to key priorities? will that be possible, or will we just see gridlock throughout washington? that remains to be seen. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you so much. we're following some breaking news from capitol hill now. two key republicans are announcing bids for leadership positions if indeed the gop takes control of the chamber. the current house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, announcing he will run for house speaker.

the role currently held by democrat nancy pelosi. and house republican whip steve scalise announcing he is vying for the house majority leader position himself. let's bring in nbc news senior congressional correspondent garrett haake now to help us understand how things are playing out here. garrett, mccarthy announcing this bid for speaker before we know who's going to have control of the house come next year. what kind of fight might he be in within his own parties? >> reporter: not much of a surprise there with mccarthy. he's coveted this job since 2014 when he first made a bid for. it he wanted it since 2019 when he became the minority leader. we're starting to say dominoes line up as mccarthy and scalise look for promotions in the new congress. for mckarths it's about taking the majority. that's the simple fact. if the republicans take the majority, he will have helped them add seats in 2020, add seats in 2022. there will be an enormous number of members who are personally loyal to him. that's going to give him a huge boost in winning the speakership. there's nobody who's come

forward to challenge him. although, he doesn't always have the trust of the far right. so it could get a little sticky for mccarthy, particularly if donald trump decides to oppose him. so far trump has backed him. that clears the path for mccarthy so far. >> fine line to walk for sure. i want to ask about steve scalise, too. he's looking to become the majority leader in the house. what sort of support does he have for that role at this point? >> reporter: scalise is the whip for the republicans right now in the minority. he got a ton of support. he's in the number-two position in the minority. he wants to move to the number two position in the jeter majority. he's afternoon been talked about as someone who could potentially challenge mccarthy for the top job in the republican conference. but scalise says he doesn't want to do that. at this point the two have been stapled together. they've run together for leadership posts after the last two congresses. they will rise and fall together most likely. but mccarthy stumbles, scalise

could be the man to pick up the baton. >> thank you. a democratic mega donor sells his crypto company on election day, and a debt ceiling showdown could be on the horizon. >> we have more from the cnbc "money minute." >> reporter: hi. let's start with truth social. shares of that company which plans to merge with donald trump's social media platform are substantially lower today after several trump-backed candidates lost in the midterms, tarnishing truth social's financial future. the stock is still well above where it had been trading in recent weeks thanks to buying sparked by trump's hints that he will soon announce another white house bid. the cryptocurrency market is reeling after a liquidity crisis at the ftx exchange prompted a bailout from a rival company. a well-known crypto advocate has made big donations to democratic candidates because of that situation. that's why you're seeing bitcoin, a lot of other

crypto-currencies plunk over the last 48 hours. and lastly, if republicans gain control of the house of representatives, we could see a big fight over raising the nation's debt limit early next year. analysts say that for the first time in years they see a significant risk the u.s. could be forced into a default. if you're wondering our national debt level over $31 trillion. >> thank you so much. coming up, the latest big tech company being hit by a massive round of layoffs. the shock waves n ow you can't always avoid migraine triggers like your next period. qulipta® can help prevent migraines. you can't always prevent what's going on outside... ...that's why qulipta® helps what's going on inside. qulipta® gets right to work. in a 3-month study, qulipta® significantly reduced monthly migraine days... ...and the majority of people reduced them by 50 to 100%. qulipta® blocks cgrp-- a protein believed to be a cause of migraines. qulipta® is a preventive treatment for episodic migraine. most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and tiredness. learn how abbvie could help you save on qulipta®.

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today a search for answers after two virginia friends were found dead last week in a mexico city airbnb. the families say they've been in contact with the u.s. embassy there, and they're working with authorities to get their bodies home. cory kaufman is following the story and joins us. what can you tell us about what happened here? >> reporter: we also are finding out there's a third death in this case. jordan marshall and candace florence were vacationing in mexico city with another friend, cortez hall, last week. they were there for day of the dead. florence's boyfriend says he was on the phone with her on the night of october 30th when she started getting sick. he says she told him something wasn't right, but the two got disconnected and he couldn't get her back on the line. her boyfriend then called the airbnb host to did a welfare check. authorities say they found florence, marshall, and hall dead. their families saying it's been a struggle communicating with

authorities. >> having to maneuver language barriers and travel and trying to get his body home. it's been a lot. >> reporter: now marshall's mom says they spent hours in a mexico city police station waiting for a translator to show up. she says the u.s. embassy was also closed when they got there, and they couldn't get into the airbnb to get his things. airbnb told marshall's mom their belongings have been sent to the authorities while the incident is under investigation. their bodies are expected to be flown to the united states in the next few days. aaron? >> all right. thank you. an iowa teenager is back in custody after escaping the residential facility where she was serving probation. 18-year-old piper lewis was controversially sentenced after she pled guilty to killing a man who she says raped her. lewis was arrested for the probation violation yesterday after esc her probation, if her probation is revoked, she could serve a full 20-year sentence in prison. facebook's parent company meta announced that it's cutting

more than 11,000 jobs, about 13% of total staff. ceo mark zuckerberg announced the layoffs to his employees today saying, quote, i want to take accountability for these decisions and for how we got here. i want to bring in nbc news correspondents tom costello. he's following the story closely for us. zuckerberg spoke about becoming a leaner and more efficient company. what's behind meta's decision to cut all these jobs, and where are the cuts being made? >> reporter: the bottom line is they grew too fast and spent too much money. just as their advertising revenue was shrinking. they have spent literally billions of dollars on what zuckerberg believes is the future for facebook meta. in other words, it's a virtual reality future. you put on these headsets and you can watch other experiences or engage virtually in other experiences. well, the trouble is that apparently that's not going over very well with the people they've tested it on. they've spent an awful lot of money. they hired a lot of people just

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councilman mae hann are separated by just about 4600 votes as of the last count. 48% of the vote going to chavez and 52% to mahan. the next update is coming at 5:00 tonight but if the workers finish sooner, we look at numbers before that. kris sanchez , bay area. >> download our nbc bay area app . it is free and available for apple and android devices. historic layoffs at meta. 11,000 people are learning today they are learning losing their jobs. employees will get four months milies. nd six mark zuckerberg blamed over hiring for inflating numbers and of course, there is the

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here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily" -- >> a university of kentucky student who was caught on camera physically and verbally assaulting a black student has been banned from the school. 22-year-old sophia rowsing was arrested after video of the confrontation went viral. in the video she can be heard using racial slurs repeatedly. prior to the school's announcement, her attorney said that she had planned to withdraw. casey anthony has given her first on-camera interview since she was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2011. casey anthony: where the truth

lies is a three-part series that will debut at the end of this month on peacock. in a statement, the director says she believes the series will, quote, cause the american public to look at this story in a new light. and nasa once again postponing the launch of its new moon lockout. this time it's because of the tropical storm that's threatening the florida coast. artemis was moved back to the launch pad last week following a series of delays. scientists were hoping for a launch attempt early on monday. the kennedy space center is under a hurricane warning right now. but the rocket is going to stay on the launchpad at least for now. >> one day. one day we'll get the artemis launched. talking about it for months. back to our top story, the midterm votes being counted right now. at this moment, control of both the house and the senate have still not been determined. dozens of critical races remain too close to call or too early to call. >> one race that is a linchpin for control of the senate is pennsylvania. democrat john fetterman defeated republican dr. mehmet oz last night. that means republicans must take

two of the three outstanding seats held by democrats, nevada, georgia, and arizona, results in arizona are not expected until thursday at the earliest. >> our reporters are spread out across the country covering the races and the results. let's begin with erin mclachlan from arizona. two high-profile races in the state. both still too close to call. talking about the government and the senate race. year at the pima election headquarters. what are you seeing? >>eporter: hey, here in arizona it's all about vote tabulation, and that's happening here in pima county at the election headquarters. in the room behind me, election workers running ballots through the vote tabulation machines. now just speaking to an election official who says they're still working to determine the number of ballots. they have less to count here in pima county. they expect that number later today. over in maricopa county, the largest county in arizona, officials this morning saying

they have about an excess of 400,000 votes, ballots left to count. and we're expecting the results in the coming days of what is a very tight race here for the arizona senate seat, as well as for the position of governor. kate? >> all right. let's bring in -- thank you. let's get more from las vegas. clark county officials just gave an update on the vote count. what do we know? >> reporter: kate, i'm looking at my notes here. we didn't get the information the way we wanted it or the way we wish we could get these numbers. so here's what we know -- we know that at the moment that u.s. senate race that everyone's paying attention to, cortez masto democrat looking for the rate versus adam laxalt, the republican. he's leading by 23,000 votes. we want what that means with the streets are left in clark county. there is where the vast majority of voters are in nevada. what we know is that today they

will be releasing new numbers -- this is from 14,718 ballots that were processed. these are the ballots that were picked up by the service on election day. now, they also tell us that they have an additional 12,000 ballots that were picked up from the postal service today. so these are the ballots. these are the mail-in ballots. but aside from this, there's also ballots that were dropped off in the drop boxes on election day. we did not get that number. it's hard to tell how many votes are still left to be counted. additionally with other provisional votes and other ballots that have to be cured. it's going to be difficult. what we know is that it's going to take a few days to know where we're at with the votes. tonight, the republicans will still be in the lead because the number of votes that are going to be tabulated and the information released is under those leads. kate? >> to make sure i understand, we don't know how many people dropped off ballots, is that the number we're missing? >> reporter: exactly. >> okay. >> reporter: the drop boxes which are at every location

center, they have drop boxes, they didn't tell us how many ballots were dropped into those drop boxes. that is the key number that we're still waiting for here in clark county. >> all right. it's going to be a while. i want to bring in shaquille brewster in wisconsin. some mixed results in wisconsin. you have the democratic incumbent governor winning re-election, and then the republican senator who was incumbent also winning re-election. how are things going there now? what are the campaigns saying? >> reporter: yeah, it was a big night for incumbents here in the state of wisconsin which reaffirmed its status as a purple state. you mentioned governor tony evers, the democrat in this state, winning his re-election last night. that is a sigh of relief for democrats in the state when they look at things like voting rights and voting rules for future elections and abortion laws in the state of wisconsin. then just about two hours ago we saw lieutenant governor mandela barnes acknowledge his defeat against senator ron johnson. ron johnson winning a third term to u.s. senate.

that's despite him being a polarizing figure heerg. one thing that we saw in that race, a lot of out money, a lot of outside influence. here in the state of wisconsin, you have republicans winning the senate race, democrats taking over and winning the governor's race, mixed bag here in this purple state. >> all right. shaq brewster out there, erin, guad, thanks to you all. let's bring in ali vitali, joining us from tampa, florida. two big races in florida, of course, the governor's race, the senate race there. they've both gone to republicans. governor ron desantis defeating his opponent by almost 20 points. how is desantis' team addressing this big win for them now? >> reporter: yeah, all of our friends and colleagues are in places where they're just waiting for results or with razor-thin margins. here in florida, it was a really clear-cut night. early on and exactly tracking with what we expected the entire time. both incumbent republicans here, marco rubio on the senate side and desantis on the gubernatorial side, easily

winning their re-election battles. and telling a larger story about what kind of state florida is now. it used to be a very swing-y swing state now it's in the red column. for ron desantis people seeing that he could have a strong spring board to a potential 2024 presidential bid. it's clear that former president donald trump, florida's other most famous resident politically, is thinking about the fact that desantis could have a future here. he's someone who i've widely heard talked about as i've been with conservatives and republicans traveling the country over the course of the last year and a half. desantis' name is always in the conversation. now as we turn the page from the midterms to the next cycle, we'll see if he actually puts his name in the ring or not. clearly people are thinking about it for him. >> all right. reporting from tampa. thanks. the house seat vacated by val demings in florida is now going to be filled by the first gen-z member of congress, democrat maxwell frost is the

projected winner in the state's tenth congressional district. he is just -- that's not the right picture there. he is just 25 years old. political editor for our sister network ls news joining me now. noah, what are the issues that helped lead frost to victory? >> reporter: he began his career as a gun-control activist but also campaigned on other progressive priorities such as climate change, expanding universal health care, access to abortion, ultimately he believes that government can be a solution to people's problems, a message that resonated quite well in his deep blue district around orlando. >> and we talked about young voters a lot leading up to the midterms. what are exit polls showing us about that group as voters? >> reporter: we saw a big surge from young voters going into election day. really the last minute there and on election day, especially in some key swing states that broke blue. you look at the national picture, and voters under the age of 30 broke toward democrats by a 28-point margin. it was even bigger in a lot of

the swing state. the motivation, abortion access, the economy, and president's plan to forgive student loan debt. it was 3-1 for approval for young people under 30. democrats starting to really make inroad on this younger generation of voter. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate it. and the lgbtq community is celebrating historic midterm victories today. democratic and republican candidates will represent some of the highest offices in the country. nbc digital has more on this. matt, i want to start with sort of the big picture here if we can. we had 678 lgbtq candidates that were on the ballots across the 50 states. the most ever, right, according to the lgbtq victory fund. so what's the logic here? why are we seeing such a huge number of people running from that community? >> there are a few reasons why. one is that we've had a historic number of anti-lgbtq bills