you forward as these results come in for the very latest numbers 24/7, go to nbcbayarea.com and stay tuned with us for today in the bay, beginning at 5 a.m, our team coverage on decision 2024 will continue until 7 a.m, but before that, i'll be back with another local news update just ahead in 30 minutes. we'll see you then. good wednesday morning. americans waking up to a political shockwave overnight. >> a return to power for donald

trump, elected the 47th president of the united states. good morning. it's november 6th. this is "today." american people for the extraordinary honor of being elected. your 47th president and your 45th president. this will truly be the golden age of america. that's what we have to have. trump's path to victory driven by issues like the economy, a surge in support from hispanic voters, and a gender gap led by young men. this is my first time voting at all at like at all. republicans also scoring major upsets to seize control of the. this is a new dawn of

republican leadership. this morning we're going to break it all down. what went right for trump and the republican party? what went wrong for harris and the democrats, and what it means for america's future today, wednesday, november 6th, 2024. from nbc news. this is a special edition of today decision 2024 with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio one a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. it's wednesday morning, 7 a.m, out here on the east coast. we're glad you're with us. this is a special edition of today on the morning after the election. good morning. hoda. good morning to you, honey. a lot of people bleary eyed. they were up late watching the return. some people were up late working the returns, but the results are really clear and decisive. yes, the results are in donald trump set to make a historic return to the white house. the former president, now the president elect. nbc news projecting he

has eclipsed the 270 electoral college votes needed. and here's the path to victory. trump has busted through the blue wall, winning both pennsylvania and wisconsin. he also carried the south, including those key swing states of georgia and north carolina. president elect trump claimed victory during a speech at his watch party in florida, saying voters have given him a, quote, powerful mandate for his agenda over the next four years. also this morning, we are closely watching the battle for congress. we can tell you republicans have seized control of the senate. they flipped several seats. the house is at this point still up for grabs and may not be known the outcome there for several weeks. we're covering it all. let's get started. nbc's garrett hake, who covers the trump campaign. sun's coming up garrett, good morning to you. savannah, good morning to you. and yes, donald trump's victory in this campaign, as stunning as it was complete, knocking joe biden out of the race over the summer, then overnight defeating kamala

harris by winning at least two out of the three so-called democratic blue wall states. now, the first president to be reelected to nonconsecutive terms in more than 100 years is coming back to washington with what he calls a powerful mandate from the american people. look, what happened. is this crazy overnight, a stunning victory for donald trump, with nbc news projecting the 45th president is now set to serve again as the nation's 47th. this will truly be the golden age of america. the former president flipping back critical battlegrounds he lost in 2020, celebrating his victory with supporters in the early morning hours. this will forever be remembered as the day the american people regained control of their country. trump, trading in his often fiery rhetoric, instead calling for unity. it's time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. it's time to unite. and we're going to try, though notably not mentioning president

biden or vice president harris or their supporters in his remarks. instead focusing on his next term with a republican controlled senate. america has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate on stage with his family. trump, also touting several high profile allies, including robert f kennedy jr, who he said will have a role in his next administration, and spending several minutes praising billionaire elon musk, who spent tens of millions of dollars supporting trump's campaign. we have a new star. a star is born. elon running mate jd vance also taking the stage. we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the united states of america. the former president winning with a coalition driven by white voters, men and first time voters, a group he lost in 2020 but won this year. they came from all corners union nonunion, african american, hispanic american, asian american, arab american, muslim,

american. we had everybody and it was beautiful. during the campaign, trump had focused heavily on immigration. painting the immigration debate in dark terms. black voters are furious with kamala over illegal immigration. it's destroying their communities. his support with black and latino voters higher in key swing states, latino men in particular, flocking to trump, favoring him by a ten point margin after backing joe biden by 23 points four years ago. the economy, also a major focus, tying harris to incumbent president biden, also seeming to pay off with voters in the all important midwest states. as trump reflects on his last campaign. this campaign has been so historic in so many ways and looks ahead to leading a divided country. we're going to help our country heal. at 78, trump is now also the oldest person to ever be elected president and

the first convicted felon. he does still face additional criminal charges, many of which are likely to be dropped by a justice department he will control. now begins the work of a transition and selecting cabinet officials, a process that could be aided greatly by the republican senate that will be joining donald trump in washington next year. savannah. all right. garrett hague, thank you very much. the co-chair of the harris campaign spoke to her supporters overnight, saying the vice president will address the nation today. nbc's chief white house correspondent, peter alexander, joins us live now. hey, peter. good morning. hi. good morning to you. we're outside the naval observatory, the vice president's residence. what? only in a matter of months will become home to jd vance and his family. last night at howard university, kamala harris's alma mater. it started as sort of a joyful, optimistic scene. but as the poll, as the results came in, as polls closed around the country, the scene there really dramatically changed quickly. a much more somber scene, glum looks, blank faces staring at the giant screen there.

ultimately, they turned off the audio on the massive monitor and turned music on to try to buoy the spirits of those in attendance. we do expect to hear, as you noted, from vice president harris, at some point later today, speaking at howard university, we are told both to her supporters and to address the nation as well. there was a party elsewhere in town for her donors. the situation there was described as a funeral. the bottom line for kamala harris's team is that they were unable to sort of have the numbers they needed in key demographics underperforming, particularly in some of those critical counties in crucial battleground states michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, certainly among them. this morning. and harris faced some major headwinds. her allies say coming into this, she was hampered by people's views of the biden administration, particularly on the topic of the economy. her effort to sort of cast donald trump as a divisive fixer, as a divisive figure, to put abortion rights front and center, obviously was outweighed by americans real concerns about

the economy. two thirds of americans saying that they believe right now that they're dissatisfied or angry about the state of this economy. we expect to hear from her later. but i'll tell you what we are hearing from her allies this morning is that they don't put this on the shoulders of kamala harris. they feel like she competed everywhere, went to places even hillary clinton missed in 2016. nonetheless, it wasn't enough to win it back again for the democrats. back to you guys. all right, peter, thank you so much. let's get right to the big board crunching these numbers. nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki up all night but looking fresh as a daisy. so let's look at that for all the talk about the polling ties. in the end, this is a pretty decisive victory for donald trump. take us inside it. yeah a couple of ways to look at it. savannah. you see some of these battleground states michigan, nevada, arizona not called. trump is ahead in all three of those. there's a very good chance trump is going to go seven for seven in the core battleground states. but the victory he's put up here goes beyond those battleground states. these are the electoral votes. let's flip it over and

show you what the popular vote looks like right now. you can see trump right now with an outright majority of the popular vote. an advantage of more than 5 million votes nationally over kamala harris. and where that comes from is some states we don't talk about much, but big, big state states like new york. now, kamala harris is going to win here by about 11 points. but just check out what this is in terms of a difference from 2020. that's cut in half from joe biden's margin. if you looked inside new york city, here, especially the working class areas, the outer boroughs of new york city, the bronx, there you go. some major gains for trump there that have really kind of been unthinkable for republicans for a long time. you see it to these kinds of gains in a state like new jersey. you see it in a state like maryland. they're still blue, but they're a lot less. you see, in a state like illinois. look at this. one 5147. we're over 90% of the vote. and harris is going to win. she's not winning like joe biden did just four years ago 17 points right there. so you start getting those gains for donald trump in those big blue states. i mean, that adds up to millions

of votes. that's why he has this popular vote advantage. that's why i think there's a very good chance he's going to end up winning the popular vote for the first time. and it would be the first time in 20 years since george w bush 2004 that a republican has won the national popular vote. all right, steve, we have lots to unpack here. we'll leave it there for now. thank you very much. hoda, over to you. all right. as we mentioned, the other big battle of the night is control of congress. nbc news is projecting republicans have taken back the senate, though some of the tight races will determine the margin and the future of the house still up in the air. nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles is here with that part of the story. so the senate is a lock. yeah, the senate. and this is not a surprise at all. hoda, we knew that the republicans were in the driver's seat here. and as we take a look at the map, it looks pretty clear that they are going to pick up at least two seats and they have the potential to pick up maybe three or even four more seats before all the vote counting is done. let's take a look at where they got their biggest wins. west virginia being the first state we were able to call that

almost immediately after the polls closed. they also picked up a win in ohio that was a race that democrats had some hope that sherrod brown, the incumbent there, would have a shot at beating bernie moreno. it didn't work out that way. and then the state that we're watching really closely right now is montana. tim sheehy, this is still too early to call the navy seal, though, leading the incumbent jon tester, there. right now, the question is not if the republicans have the majority. we know they have it. it's just how big that margin is going to be. so republicans won the presidency. they won the senate. so now it's about the house. and you say we won't know these numbers for quite a while. it could be maybe a month. wait, what? yeah. i mean, it really depends on which one of these states or which one of these districts it takes to count. right now, 54 seats are still not called. the republicans have the advantage right now, a three seat net gain. they, of course, control the majority right now. but so many of these races are tight. and this could shift back and forth as the vote counting process plays itself out. one of the reasons it could take so long is that many of these districts, every state, has

different rules for how they count. the votes, when the votes come in, and how that process plays itself out. so yeah, we're going to have to be patient before we know who won the house. all right. ryan, thanks. okay. joining us now jason miller, senior adviser to the trump campaign jason, good morning to you. good morning. so about last night. tell us about former president trump now president elect trump. his reaction behind closed doors. you were with him. you were with him in 2016. it's been a long road. yeah. so president trump was in very good spirits last night obviously after winning not just the presidency, but in a manner that was such an overwhelming landslide, winning the popular vote. he's on track to get 312 electoral votes. and for those scoring at home, that's even bigger than what he was able to do in 2016. and savannah, let me explain why that's such a big deal, because we have such serious problems in front of us with our economy and with the border, and americans want it fixed now, i think a major reason why president trump won is because he made it clear

how he was going to improve the lives of every american, and the fact that he can do it right away, he doesn't need one or 2 or 3 years to figure out where things are. and how things in washington work. he's done it before. we had that great economy. we had that secure border. he can do it right away. so he talked about having a mandate, which is political speak, for saying, i have such a decisive win that i'm going to go in there and i know the american people, or at least half of them are right behind me for what i want to do. so what does happen on day one? he talked about mass deportations, for example. he's talked about just again last night saying, okay, robert f kennedy jr, you know, you have our health care apparatus. do what you want. is that the kind of thing that we're going to see right away? those tariffs for example. yeah. so one of the things that a lot of folks know is that with executive orders and things you can do with the presidency, some things you can put back in plac. so think about it for a moment. all of the secure border policies that we had in place with president trump, he can simply flip the switch and put

those back into place, just like they were before. they didn't need an act of congress to break the border in the first place. when we think about energy exploration, how we get back to drilling, which ultimately then will bring down prices, bring down inflation, he can do that on his own. other things of course, will take legislative action and things of that natur. but right away, president trump can put so many things into place. and again, that is why people are so optimistic and so upbeat about what their personal finances with their personal safety, can look like. he's done it once before. he'll do it again. you know, we look at these results and they are decisive for the trump campaign. but you also look at a country that's deeply divided. i mean, it's a 50 over 50 country right now. the former president, president elect trump, talked about healing and turning that page. what do you think that looks like for him? well, number one, you take a look at what that coalition was that delivered president trump, the win. i thought a stunning statistic. and this actually came from the nbc news exit surveys, was the fact that president trump earned the votes

of one out of every three voters of color in the united states. think about this. this isn't the republican party of old. president trump has completely remade the republican party to be the party of the working class. you think about the teamsters, the union workers, the folks who want to keep the auto industry. but you think about black voters, latino voters think about the arab american voters in michigan who rallied around president trump. his win is already starting to show how he can bring that together. president trump also last night name checked a number of democrats and supporters who aren't traditionally a part of politics and definitely not republican politics, who can help him in that effort. this will be a big, broad coalition that he puts together. we have two transition co-chairs, and howard lutnick and linda mcmahon, who have already started to assemble some of those. and i know president trump, as we saw from that first term, he has a way of being able to put people in place that are going to be successful and who can deliver. hope is back in america. all right. trump campaign adviser jason miller, thanks for your time this morning. appreciate it. thank you. 716 should we take a break

from politics? could we please. we got to check. look at this breath of fresh air. hey, guys. good to see you. good morning. good morning to you. it's a it's a dry morning and we have been having so little precipitation. 11 million people at risk for elevated fire risk. and parts of vermont and on into new new england. red flag warnings. any new fires, if they start, they are going to spread rapidly. and we've got a tale of two countries as far as temperatures are concerned, eastern half of the country with a ridge is up 10 to 25 degrees above average. you go out west, it's 10 to 20 degrees below average in fact, denver 33 degrees for a high today, 63. in vegas that's ten degrees cooler. but indianapolis, concord, richmond down to new orleans. we're talking temperatures 5 to 12 degrees above average. could be a record today for bangor, manchester, rochester, new york, charleston. look for nashville to set a record at 81 degrees today. and then temperatures

start to cool off as you get to the north by saturday. 53 in boston, 62 in cleveland. nashville, though, stays nice and mild with a temperature of about 75 degrees. rest of the country we are looking at heavy snow developing in the rockies out west. gorgeous day, plenty of sunshine up and down the west coast. we're looking for flooding likely, though, ahead of all that moisture that's going to come from tropical storm, i should say. now, hurricane raphael, we're going to be watching that record highs in the mid-atlantic into the northeast. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30s. when you have an intellectual disability, simple things like getting a job and being part of a team can be tough. but with an organization like best buddies by your side, anything's possible. join our movement this saturday and sunday. jersey mike's is donating 20% of sales to best buddies. so come and support the

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track decision 2024. i'm kira klapper. we begin this morning with the race to fill the u.s. senate seat left vacant by the late senator dianne feinstein. democrat adam schiff, facing republican steve garvey. nbc news has called this race for schiff, who grew up in the east bay and went to stanford. the winner of the special election will hold the seat until january, and then the winner of the regular election will take control. california now has two male senators for the first time in more than three decades. in schiff's new role, he promises to carry on feinstein's legacy. nobody will be able to fill diane's immense shoes, but her memory will be my guide and tonight, i am so humbled to be your next united states senator. thank you. california. as tough as it is tonight, because i hate to lose, sometimes we lose the

battle. but we will win the war if we stay together and fight together. and voters across california deciding on ten propositions on this year's ballot. perhaps the most contentious and the most talked about is proposition 36. it passed overwhelmingly 70 to 30%. the proposition increases penalties for repeat shoplifters and drug dealers. it also gives judges the power to mandate drug treatment. the proposition had many supporters, including small business owners, repeat victims of burglaries, and smash and grabs. major retailers like walmart, target, and home depot also supported the measure. meanwhile, proposition six, which would ban forced labor for inmates. right now, inmates who do not have an exemption must do chores around prison, including cooking, cleaning, even fighting wildfires. but the passage of proposition six would make it

voluntary. the race is still too close to call, but for now, californians are voting no. that means forced labor would remain in place in state prisons. meanwhile, proposition five would allow local bonds for affordable housing and public infrastructure. it, too, is too close to call, but it's leaning toward failing. prop five needs 55% voter approval to pass. among the other big votes, we're keeping a close eye on two recall efforts in the east bay. the recall of oakland mayor sheng thao. earlier last night, the mayor spoke to our nbc bay area's velena jones, telling her that although the numbers are not in her favor, as you see on your screen, she is optimistic she will keep her job. and as well as another major shakeup in the east bay. we are talking about the push to recall alameda county district attorney pamela

price. that race still not able to be called at this hour, but voters do seem to be leaning toward removing her from office as well. and who will be san francisco's next mayor? mayor london breed is trying to hold off four challengers currently danielle laurie is leading, but that race is still too close to call. san francisco uses ranked choice voting, so first, second and third. as a result, we might get a winner in a couple more days and we continue to move you forward as all of these election results come in for the very latest numbers 24/7, head to nbcbayarea.com and stay tuned for today in the bay beginning at 5 a.m, our team coverage on decision 2024 will continue ♪♪ welcome back at 7:30 on the east coast on this wednesday

morning. some people just getting up at this very moment, the nation waking up to a new reality in washington. donald trump securing the 270 electoral votes needed to return to the white house. >> and then some. he becomes just the second president to win non-consecutive terms. who remembers grover cleveland 132 years ago? >> if you watched last night, you do. >> we've got to go back to the 1880s for that. let's show you how donald trump did that. right now he is sitting at 276 electoral votes. wisconsin put him officially over the top. and you could see several states including michigan, nevada and arizona too close to call at this hour. >> republicans will re-take the senate after flipping seats in west virginia, ohio and now montana. >> as for the house races, republicans are holding a

hi, hoda. savannah. good morning. look, the trump campaign made a pretty big bet about what group could tip the election. young male voters who had never cast a ballot before. guys, it appears that gamble has paid off handsomely as early exit polls right now showing first time voters narrowly going for trump after going for biden by a 2 to 1 ratio four years ago. this morning, president trump's campaign celebrating a major strategic victory. this will forever be remembered as the day the american people regained control of their country. the former president's outreach to male voters seemingly paying off in 2020 and 2016, about 4 in 10 men under 30 supported him yesterday. nearly half cast a ballot for trump among men who turned out for the first time, 62% supporting trump, while 36% supported harris. the trump campaign has taken an unconventional approac,

including appearances with unconventional media figures popular with male voters. trump even saying he consulted his son barron for advice. a little bit. i mean, he tells me about all the hot guys, people i never heard about. and a key late campaign appearance on top podcaster joe rogan show. i'm doing very well. you know really well in the polls. but i think that's so this week. i happen to believe in reverse. i only believe if they're good. no, i like them this month. rogan later endorsing trump. democrats pushing for support from women who went for harris by 54%, according to exit polls. but still not enough to carry her to the finish line. the trump campaign, also bringing on prominent supporters who leaned into that gender divide. when dad gets home, you know what he says you've been a bad girl. you've been a bad little girl, and you're getting a vigorous spanking. part of trump's outreach, one of his biggest boosters, billionaire elon musk. he's a character. he's a special guy. he's a super genius. we

have to protect our geniuses who contributed tens of millions of dollars in an effort to get trump back in the white house. musk, focusing on a get out the vote push appearing by trump's side on the campaign trail. this is no ordinary election. the other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. and a controversial plan offering $1 million checks to registered voters who were willing to sign a petition supporting the first and second amendments. but musk, now part of the inner circle spending election night at mar a lago with trump. the trump campaign telling nbc news that trump wants musk to lead a commission on government efficiency as he celebrates trump may be bringing the world's richest man to the white house. oh, let me tell you, we have a new star. a star is born. elon, here in battleground north carolina, women outnumbered men in terms of registered voters by about 550,000. yet still dropped three percentage points from where they were in 2020. now

widen the scope. according to nbc news exit polls, harris receiving 54% of the vote from women. for biden, that was 57% four years ago. savannah and hoda, back to you. that is a stunning statistic. all right, sam, thank you. so we've got hallie jackson and kristen welker with us once again. and our chief political analyst, chuck todd. chuck, he who has been awake the longest shall get the first question. well, it's you know, so let's talk about this. i mean, we were talking last night or two hours ago about this political realignment in this country. i mean, everything you thought you knew about politics is pretty much on its head this morning. it is. you know, i remember four years ago talking with a few people, going, you know, donald trump could put together a multiethni, working class coalition if he didn't alienate certain voting groups. well, that part didn't matter. he's put together the multiethnic working class coalition and it's a majority of the country. it's over 50%. and the democrats allowed themselves to essentially, they accepted the party of elites mantra. they accepted the party of suburban america and walked away from rural america, essentially, and

didn't try to get that back. and when you start to look at it, that that seems to be culturally how they've lost this group of voters. it was one thing to lose working class whites. now they're losing working class hispanics. and you know, this keeps up. they'll lose working class african americans. what's so interesting because it's not about demographics, where democrats always are talking about demographics, that's their identity politics. that's play this note this note, this note. it's a big mistake. and now there's a different dividing line. and it has to do with class, class, working class, educated, college educated, not college educated. that's that's the dividing line. and every time we say not college educated, you know what that sounds like? yeah, it sure does. yeah. and that's part of it's part of it. it's part of the this sort of disconnect between sort of elite institutions and this trump coalition. and the conversation that elites have been having with themselves, like right now. yeah, that's a good one. but just to say it, that that is that is how it is in the exit polling. and that's

how they phrase it, which is why it is. and this is an academic, but it's how it comes across. and it's been weaponized and it's been weaponized quite effectively. and i get it. i mean, you do what you know, what you're trying to explain and what somebody hears are two different. let me ask you something that sam said that surprised me. and maybe everybody knew this, but i was sleeping and woke up. biden outperformed harris in women this year, compared when he ran. compared to when? when she's running right now. biden outperformed her. we kept saying that we thought there was going to be this big gender gap, that women were going to come out in droves for her, but they came out more for him four years ago. well, look, i think the this biden election and i've i've believed this for the last couple of years that we've we've all sort of misinterpreted why biden won. biden won because of covid. and i think there was a lot of people that ascribed a lot of other things to it. oh, people were tired of donald trump or i think some some democrats conflated january six, which happened after the election, right with and that that somehow and didn't fully

appreciate that. but for covid, trump probably would have won reelection. they did like him on the economy. they did like what he was doing on the border. and i think ignoring those two things for as long as they did in the biden administration, i think, put them in this hole. well, it's also interesting, too, because biden ran kind of first of all, as a transitional figure. so people weren't expecting that he necessarily would run for a second term. but also, he had always been something of a centrist. but, i mean, i don't think he governed that way right away. i mean, there was a sense that he was trying to do more than perhaps people had voted him into office to do more than people were comfortable with here. and what you saw for kamala harris here was this when she took the top of the ticket, was attacked back toward the center. i heard not to get too in the weeds on tom suozzi in new york. and the immigration position, but he successfully was able to win a special election by talking to the center on an issue that republicans had owned. and clearly, based on some of the exit polls here still do. by taking a more sort of border

security, border safety position that the harris campaign then in many ways adopted. right. and used that same kind of messaging when she would talk about this issue that was while fourth on the list of top issues was still important to a big slice of the electorate. well, and big picture, more than 70% of the electorate feel as though the country is in the wrong track. and when vice president would, harris would get questions over and over again. how are you going to govern differently than president biden? she said, i'm not going to be a continuation of the biden presidency. but she rarely gave specific details. and so many voters, i think, were looking for some of those specifics to make their answer. our exit polls, which came the very first one that came out, said that voters had told us their number one issue was the state of democracy. and we have talked about this a lot, and it's worth delving into. that is a phrase that means different things to different people. so for democrats, state of democracy might mean, oh, it's january 6th. is donald trump going to be a dictator for republicans? it means my way of life is threatened. what my values are threatened. both see

an existential threat to their country and to the way that they live their lives. well, and when you look at that, what choice did we give voters? i always say that that question, we gave them five choices. four of them were issues. and one is the state of the democracy. we told them what was the most foreign policy, immigration, economy and abortion and then state of democracy. and so what they're really we don't have the right punch. okay. it's but it is some sort of it is the way of life. it is it is this idea where the left believes trump's un-american and the right believes the left's un-american. right. this whole socialism, you're trying to take the country and totally change it. and these cultural issues. i mean, trump ran this this ad during every sporting event talking about where a kamala harris, a position that she took transgender, paying for reassignment surgeries for, for prison inmates, and they never answered that. and that ad ran on a loop. it's the culture wars. and it was on display. it

has been effective in past elections. it was effective here. one democratic lawmaker said, we need to have a reckoning. we need to reorient and rethink how we are connecting with voters. chuck, the nap with your name on it, my friend. i'm ready. thank you very much i think so, all right. so i might have to pick football games for my friend mr. kornheiser, but other than that, then i get to go to bed. all right. thank you so much. all right >> when we come back, guys, we will turn our attention to the economy's impact on the election and the world's reaction to and the world's reaction to president-elect trump's upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast.

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challenges all around the world. we've got the wars in the middle east and ukraine high on the list. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here in studio one a. it's good to have you here in studio. donald trump was saying, and he said this at many campaign stops, i will end these wars quickly. yeah, that's what he's been promising. that's what he's said in his acceptance speech that he's a man of peace, that he's going to bring calm and he's going to end the wars. and he has these two active wars that he has to deal with right now. one in the middle east, all across the middle east. it started out in gaza, then moved to lebanon. it's involved iran. that's an active war. and i think that war could get worse in the in the short or medium term. and if you look at what prime minister netanyahu has said, you know, he's falling over himself with excitement. this morning. he's having a very good day. a lot of people wondered if netanyahu was

running out the clock, hoping there would be a donald trump victory. that's what a lot of people in israel also believe that he was waiting, didn't want to sign some sort of cease fire agreement, was waiting to have any kind of negotiations with the biden administration. didn't want to have negotiations with the biden administration was pushing it off, hoping that this scenario was going to come true, to potentially save his own, his life. and he has he has a long term policy. he stated it very clearly what he wants to do to the middle east. he stated it in the un. he believes that there needs to be more action, more action against iran in particular. so i think you're going to see netanyahu very happy that his his middle east changing agenda could now have support in an old ally of his. let's talk about ukraine, president zelenskyy put out a statement last night. one of the first statements, one of the first statements. he knows there's a new sheriff in town. fawning statement. yes, yes, it was a very friendly statement. and donald trump has said i'll end the war in ukraine in 24 hours, which ukraine hawks and people who are concerned about

its territorial sovereignty said, you ended in 24 hours. if you're going to give, you know, force ukraine to give up territory. yeah, i've met president zelensky many times and interviewed him over half a dozen times. and i know that zelenskyy and his inner circle are very concerned that when trump says he's going to end the war in 24 hours, that when he calls president zelensky the greatest salesman, he doesn't mean that as a compliment. he means that every time zelensky came to the united states, he was able to sell the war in ukraine and get billions of dollars in support, which is a pattern that president trump has said that he wants to end. he's going to end the war. he's going to make it cheaper. that's all very good news. if you're vladimir putin and i can just imagine going back to ukraine soon, i have a feeling i'll be heading back. i came here to be part of this. this is the biggest story in the world right now for all of these reasons and seeing ukrainian troops without enough ammunition, without enough support, pulling back and feeling very betrayed by the united states. so he says he's going to end wars, but we'll see. he's got these two wars and very different approaches

between israel and ukraine. we just scratched the surface here, richard, but we'll continue to cover it. of course. thank you for being here. good to have you. absolutely. and here at home, of course, the economy was one of the big issues that drove voters to the polls, fueled by lingering concerns over those high prices. the battle against inflation. let's bring in nbc senior business correspondent christine romans. christine. good morning. good morning. look, the numbers might say inflation is back down to 2% or manageable. people aren't voting that way. and the mood of the country, it's very clear they are sick and tired of higher prices. and really, it turns out in the light of the day after the election, it was really donald trump's election to lose. on the issue of the economy. when we asked people, you know, what your financial situation is compared with four years ago, an astonishing 45% said it is worse off. that is the highest number of worse off that we've seen in five election cycles presidential election cycles. it's even worse than the great recession, which was a really damaging time for the overall american economy. the overall american economy right now is fine. this this president

inherits a solid u.s. economy, but still, big unease about inflation. and then you ask about in the last year, has inflation caused you and your family a severe hardship or a moderate hardship? 75% said, yes, that is a huge, huge number. a lot of people are waking up this morning. we have a new president elect, and they're looking at the stock market to see how does that look? it's looking pretty good. this morning. it's booming. you already had stocks hitting record highs. you had stocks up 50% under joe biden. they were up 60 some percent under donald trump. his first term. they are up big time right now. look at the dow jones industrial average 1385 points is what is forecast to open higher here today. nasdaq up big two. when you look at small cap stocks these are small companies. those stocks are even doing better. the idea here is if donald trump has control over congress, he would be able to slash regulations in a way that would allow a lot of these small companies to cut their costs and to make products or sell things much more

cheaply. and so that is good for their investors. so investors this morning are cheering. you've got tesla stock up. the idea that donald trump is not a big fan of ev subsidies. and investments. so if he gets all of that that's good for elon musk because he has the scale. he's the biggest player in town. so gutting some of those investments in the inflation reduction act would be good. ironically, for the biggest ev maker. and bitcoin cryptocurrencies are up big today too. the idea there'd be less regulation there. again tariffs less taxes, less regulation. that's been sort of the mantra of the trump administration. we'll see what happens as we go forward. this is still just the morning after. and also i will caution that the day after a big event, sometimes things are overdone in the stock market. the stock market goes up and then it can correct a little bit. but at least this morning there are big moves in the dollar in bonds and just about everything. again, just like richard engel said, this is the biggest story in the world right now in t world right now in terms of money. money. protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower

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we are back with al who is tracking a hurricane threat this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys, and good morning to you. well, we've got hurricane rafael

now. as we watch this thing, it is currently 160 miles south, southeast of havana. 100 miles an hour winds. it's moving northwest at a pretty good clip. 14 miles an hour. right now we've got tropical storm warnings for key west. so we're watching that. obviously hurricane warnings for parts of cuba right now. category two storm. now here are the european models. you can see they're basically most of them move this whole thing off to the west. however, the american ensemble of models basically brings it somewhere between new orleans and houston. that's pretty much, i think, what we are looking at right now. the national hurricane center path keeps it as a category two storm. and then eventually it weakens into a tropical system. you can see the cone of uncertainty from new orleans just to the east of houston. we will be watching this 40 miles an hour winds unless there is rapid intensification with this thing, it will just be a

lot of rain, some wind. hopefully not that big of an impact. for today, record highs up and down the eastern sea board. again, we've got some moisture from rafael making its way up into the southeast. there may be some flooding along this, also some showers along this front cold, especially as you get down into louisiana. heavy snow developing in the rockies today. first big winter storm and very windy along the west coast. we're looking at sunshine and seasonal conditions. although temperatures actually out west anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than average, guys. >> i have a mother in arizona that will be happy to hear that. >> new numbers coming in this morning with donald trump set to make his

as we track decision 2024. i'm kira klapper. we begin with the district 16 congressional race to replace house lawmaker anna eshoo. it's certainly one of the most closely watched bay area races. and here's where things stand right now. former san jose mayor sam liccardo appears to have a comfortable lead, but there are still many votes to be counted. last night at his election night event, liccardo did not yet declare victory. but the former san jose mayor did talk to our crew about what he would do if he were to win the seat as the mayor of the first city in the country to file a lawsuit against trump to protect daca dreamers. we fought for many, many fronts, and we're necessary to protect our community. i'm going to fight and protect our democratic institutions, and we're going to fight where we have an opportunity to actually work together on something i'll find that way. evan low, meanwhile, attended a watch party in mountain view packed with his supporters. and as the night ended, he had still not conceded

despite that wide gap in the results. low told the crowd he has been there before. you might recall during the march primary he finished neck and neck with joe simitian for second place and then won in a recount. that's why i'm advocating on these key issues, supporting that of the middle class and workers. you mentioned also other communities like half moon bay, and we realized that there are many undocumented farm workers who are working hard but putting food on the table. and it's imperative that we as members of congress and our public officials, advocate for the safety net. that is so important for everyday residents in this district. no matter who wins. this will mark a big change for the 16th district. retiring congresswoman anna eshoo has held that seat since 1992. meanwhile, voters across california have been deciding on ten propositions. overnight, we learned that voters rejected proposition 33. that decision means voters said no to allowing cities and counties to control rents on any type of housing

that includes apartments, condos and single family homes. san francisco was among those supporting the measure. meanwhile, proposition 32 increases minimum wage. it would raise it immediately from $16 to 17, and then on january 1st, it would go up to $18 for larger companies in 2026, it would raise for smaller companies. opponents argue prices would go up for consumers and layoffs would happen to save costs. proposition 32 is still too close to call but is leaning towards failing. we also want to give you an update on measure k. the san francisco measure would permanently close a two mile stretch of the upper great highway and turn it into an oceanfront park. right now, the race is still too close to call, but approval is narrowly winning at this point. the no on k group say that measure k does not consider the needs of the community that drives on that roadway every day. meanwhile, supporters say the city needs

more parks and they want to help preserve the coastline. and we might have a major shakeup in the east bay with the recall of oakland mayor sheng thao. the current numbers are still too close to call, but 65% of voters are supporting the removal of tao from office, 35% are in opposition, and in alameda county, voters are deciding whether to recall district attorney pamela price. that race is still too close to be called, but voters as well seem to be leaning toward removing her from office. at 459, we are moving you forward as these results come in for the very latest numbers 24/7, head to nbcbayarea.com and stay tuned for today in the bay, which begins right now. we hope you have a great wednesday.