you have a situation where many people have -- many venezuelans have left their country, looked for something better in a country like peru or columbia or chile and have found every step along the way, they have found themselves blocked in trying to get to the u.s. and that is why they're traveling on foot and making this very dangerous passage to the u.s. >> the world turning their back on them and ignoring what is going on in that country today as has happened in so many countries in our area. julie turkewitz, thank you for everything. it really is a pleasure to speak with you. appreciate it. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show at

jdbalart@msnbc. yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news right now. ♪♪ good to see you. it is thursday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian live for you here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this morning. right now a jolt of good news on the economic front. 12 days out from the midterms which could very well be decided by how voters feel about the economy. the gdp grew more than expected and how the white house is responding to that. new urgency and new questions in two of the most consequential races of the midterms. first in georgia, a new allegation against herschel walker. the antiabortion republican denying a claim from another former girlfriend who came forward anonymous saying he drove her to get an abortion decades ago.

>> i am a registered independent and i voted for donald trump in both elections. i do not believe that herschel walker is fit to be a u.s. senator. >> walker is firing back, calling the allegation a lie and saying he's done with this foolishness. while in pennsylvania, we're hearing from jeff fetterman on his debate performance. as some in his party are questioning whether he should have been in the stage five months after suffering a life-threatening stroke. we're following a major development in the january 6th investigation. a source telling nbc news, attorneys for former president trump accepted that subpoena issued by the panel earlier this month. this morning, the new deadline that he is now facing. and then intensifying alarm this morning. hospitals are buckling under a triple-demic of respiratory illnesses including covid, flu and the one surging in children,

rsv. parents of these young parents now opening up about their terrifying experiences. >> terrifying. it's a serious illness with him being this young. he doesn't have an immune system to fight it off. i was on the border about coming or not to the hospital and i feel like i probably should have come a little bit sooner. >> let's begin with a countdown to the midterms now just 12 days away. joining me now ellison barber live for us in georgia, josh lederman on the ground for us as well, also with me cornell belcher, pollster for brilliant corners research and msnbc political analyst, and matt gorman, former rnc communications director and aide to jeb bush. welcome to you all, guys. josh, let me start off with you on this one as we led the show with those new numbers coming out about gdp growth.

some good news amidst all of the economic worries and woes in this country right now. the president also hitting the trail ahead of the midterms to tout these numbers. talk us through it. >> reporter: when you think about that dreaded "r" word, recession, that democrats, frankly all americans are concerned about, especially democrats as they try to make their closing message in this election, today's new economic metric certainly helping temporarily about where the economy is heading. and president biden trying to use that better than expected gdp to try to make the case that the economic steps his administration is taking, to bring down prices and put us on a better path are working and should be awarded with additional votes for democrats in these midterms. president biden saying in a statement that it is a testament to the resilience of the american people but also talking about how he believes that if

congressional republicans are to take control, they're immediately going to try to repeal the very steps that president biden says are putting us onto a more stable economic path, including as he points out, trying to repeal the inflation reduction act which is something they have committed to. but at the same time, you know, the white house very clearly attune today the fact that one positive economic metric is not going to solve all of the problems that people are focused on when it comes to the higher prices, the inflation still far higher than they want to be, ron klain, the president's chief of staff on our air earlier today discussing what democrats are still trying to do to fight that inflation issue. here's what he had to say. >> we are not coming to this economic argument late. we've been on this argument all year long. we're going to continue to be on this argument next year too. the economy and inflation is a critical problem. the president has put forward measures to address it. we passed them through the

congress. >> you'll see the president make a similar argument as he is appearing today in the syracuse, new york, area, talking about the infrastructure, the manufacturing jobs that he believes his administration has brought back to places like upstate new york, also appearing with new york governor kathy hochul in a much closer race than many had expected. so an opportunity for the president to try to give a boost to some democrats on the ground as well. >> we're going to be talking through that as well. first, i kind of want to focus on the midterm election specifically in the state of georgia. i believe herschel walker is speaking behind you in georgia. talk me through how he's responding to these latest allegations 12 days out from the midterms? >> reporter: yes, we're listening to herschel walker speak to a crowd of supporters right now. senator lindsey graham is on the campaign trail with him today. he has been for the past couple of days. he alluded, senator graham did,

to those allegations saying we have seen this playbook before and implying that he believes that the latest allegations are entirely politically motivated. herschel walker has denied these allegations. we and other reporters spoke to him at a campaign stop in dillard, georgia, he called the allegations a lie and said that he is done with this foolishness. he sat down with fox news yesterday evening and reiterated those comments. in one interview he was asked whether or not he knew who this woman is. he did not deny knowing her, but said that he is not going to get involved in a guessing game, that he said these allegations are a lie. he says this one is a lie as well as the figures abortion allegation and says his campaign is moving on. here's a little more of what he said in an interview last night. >> they would do and say anything for power and they don't realize that they mess with the wrong georgia right here. they're going to have to come through me to get to anyone else. if they can do it to me, they're going to come after you next.

>> reporter: so national republicans rallied around herschel walker after the first abortion allegation came to light. the one that was reported by the "daily beast," we're seeing that happen again this time around. in terms of this allegation, what gloria allred presented yesterday was evidence of some of the relationship between this unnamed woman who they are identifying only as jane doe and herschel walker, not direct evidence of an abortion. she presented some documents that she said were greeting cards sent to this woman, signed by herschel walker. she signed reporters a photo of herschel walker on a hotel bed. she said this woman took and a voicemail that he left her at some point. she claims this abortion happened in 1993. she said that herschel walker drove her to an abortion clinic, and encouraged her to have an abortion and paid for it. nbc news has not been able to verify the claims and documents, and herschel walker is denying it his supporters seem unfazed.

there's 200 people here on a weekday. and for the people here, at least, this is not something that seems like it's going to sway their support of this candidate. >> cornell, if you could pick up on that. i have folks coming to me and saying how is it that herschel walker is competitive in this case, considering the allegations that have been leveled against him and the type of candidate that he actually is. not only is he competitive, there's a possibility he could win this senate seat. i wonder if this is exactly the type of atmosphere that is ripe for a candidate like herschel walker, considering four years of the former president? >> why would he not be viable? how is he any different than donald trump? and in many ways, he's very much in line with donald trump. donald trump was -- is on tape talking about a -- assaulting a woman. so how is this any different? there is a -- there is a

hypocrisy and an a rejection of what was standard morality that we've seen in our politics over the last couple of years. it's startling. and, of course, that race is going to be close. donald trump got 49% of the vote in georgia. he got 2.4 million votes. and we shouldn't be surprised that those 2.4 million voters are going to lock in and not reject herschel walker because of his moral shortcomings just like they didn't reject donald trump because of his moral shortcomings. they're voting for something much bigger and tribalism is front and center. they've said as much, right? it is -- regardless of his moral failings, as long as he's going to cast a vote and as long as he's seen one of their tribal warriors, just like they saw donald trump as one of their tribal warriors, they'll put their morality aside for that. and they're being forthcoming about that, matt, right? and we have spoken about the

former president as teflon don. i'm wondering now as we take a look at herschel walker, are you seeing the same thing? whatever is thrown at him, ultimately it will not, it seems, take him down, especially when it comes to his core group of supporters as was just laid out. there's a group of people supporting herschel walker 12 days out from the midterms. >> his poll numbers have stayed relatively steady. i think at this point in the game, whether you're red or blue, people tend to put their jerseys on. there's a movable middle there, i won't deny. i think georgia will be probably the closest senate race we see on election night. but his polls haven't changed. look, warnock has spent tens of millions of dollars, cannot get above 48%. he's not a perfect candidate either. many things that republicans are worked with too. keep an eye on this race. i think at this point, unless you're manchin or susan collins, you're not running the president

of your party by seven or eight points. those days are gone. >> it seems as if the president is going to hit the campaign trial with this gdp number, it doesn't mean we're going to avoid a recession. but it's good numbers in light of some of the economic blows the biden administration is dealing with right now. the president's inner circle and party leaders have been hopeful that they can maintain control of the legislative branch. but they have begun discussing deep concern about several races pointing to the campaign's focus on the economy and crime, according to more than a dozen people granted anonymity to discuss closed door conversations. you heard ron klain say, we've been talking about the economy for quite some time. it is not late to the game. nonetheless, it's not resonating with the american voters.

>> it's not. while the macro numbers are good, you go in the micro numbers, gas prices are not good. look, democrats spent a lot of the summer talking about social issues. and, look, republicans, especially in the northeast, have been talking about crime, one other issue to keep your eye on, heating oil in the northeast. i'm from there. it's cold, getting colder. heating oil prices are high. it's more than the economy, but it kind of trickles down into other issues as well. >> what do you make of democrats even breaking a sweat in places they would normally not be worried about, like new york and new jersey? you're looking at the new york governor race. lee zeldin possibly has a run for that position. it seems like he's got an 11-point spread between him and kathy hochul. worrisome for a lot of democrats. look at that race. >> well, i'm amused by it. look, we don't have blowout races in the country. you don't have races where someone wins by six or seven

points. and so let's -- that's not realistic. we have close races in this country. go back to 2020, pennsylvania, 49/50, wisconsin, 48/49. the republicans need to expand the playing field. when you look at the ideal that this is supposed to be a republican wave here, this is supposed to be the view that republicans have a 2010 like year where they pick up 30 or some seats, there's very little evidence in the data. when you have toss-up races and solidly red states, see ohio, see north carolina, i would actually argue that quite frankly it's democrats who are quite frankly have taken some of that momentum, because, look, in a republican wave year, you can tell me that we're in a tie race in north carolina and ohio? that doesn't add up. >> and i'll be interested to see how these recent numbers are

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a rough winter. it's only october and doctors and nurses here and around the country are seeing much higher patient numbers than they typically see at this time, they they don't typically see until much later in the winter and we spoke to a mother overnight who had barely heard of rsv before she ended up here with her newborn son. >> reporter: more concerns of a triple-demic this winter. in arizona, rsv cases are up 344% over a typical season. >> terrifying. it's a serious illness. with him being this young. he doesn't have an immune system to fight it off. >> reporter: her two-month-old son rider was in the hospital overnight. what would you tell parents? >> trust your gut. i was on the border about coming or not to the hospital and i feel like i probably should have come a little bit sooner. >> reporter: last year and now this year, phoenix children's hospital has been dealing with

an unusually high number of rsv cases. though the facility is not at capacity, it's bracing for a rough winter. >> covid-19 combined with a potentially bad influenza season and now we're seeing rsv going up at the same time, that makes us concerned that we might get into this triple pandemic situation. >> in arizona, 87% of pediatric hospital beds are occupied, in texas, 91%. seattle children's tells nbc news, it's at 200% capacity in the er. >> 90% of kids end up getting rsv once by the time they are 2. we're seeing a lot of our rsv at once. >> reporter: parents worried sick across the country from san diego where this mother is caring for her baby. >> she was struggling to

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welcome back, everybody. new this morning, vladimir putin, once again, blaming the west for fueling the war in ukraine saying the west is playing a, quote, dangerous dirty and deadly game. those remarks were part of an address that he delivered just in the last hour. while in ukraine, the country's

energy agency is implementing a, quote, severe and unprecedented emergency power cut in kyiv to avoid a complete blackout. i want to bring in matt mcbradley and jamil jaffer. he served as chief council and senior adviser to the senate foreign relations committee. matt, let me start with you. take us through exactly what we heard from president putin over the last hour or so when it comes to his attentions moving forward in ukraine. >> reporter: it was another one of the greatest hits speeches from vladimir putin. it's nothing that we haven't heard before. a lot of this stuff is stuff that he's used before as a pretext to this kind of rambling sort of off-topic kind of speech, blaming the west not only for instigating the war in ukraine. he didn't mention ukraine all that much it was he was directly asked about it after the speech

by the moderator at this conference. but he brought in things like cancel culture, transgender children, these are the things that he's trying to position russia as fighting against as he, once again, kind of dances on the line between the culture wars, as we understand it in the west, as a figurative concept, culture wars, and actual war. he's trying to say that the russian fight against ukraine is a fight against all of the west and not just the west, but the elites of the west. and, again, this was looking more like a sop to right-wing figures in the u.s. trying to say that joining with putin, or at least not joining with ukraine, not supporting the ukrainian war effort, is making strides towards halting what he sees as western decadence, the sort of elite thinking that sees homosexuality as an okay thing, that pulls children from their parents. these are the kind of rhetoric that he's used and he's used it

more and more often rather tellingly as his soldiers have had to retreat from the battlefield here in ukraine. so it is a sign kind of of some of the desperation and i think if you look behind me, you'll kind of see it. he's been attacking electricity infrastructure here and that's why there's a lot of darkness all around me. >> let's talk about this. it seems as if to me in hearing what vladimir putin is saying, is that he's trying to distract from what is actually happening on the ground there in ukraine and reinvigorate any type of support that he feels as if he's lost domestically inside russia and distract away from the reality of what we know, the international community watching this unfold, which is russia is losing. >> exactly right, yasmin. i think matt is correct that when he says that vladimir putin is trying to take his own public away from what's happening on the ground. as matt pointed out, he only

answered and spoke about ukraine in regards to a specific questions about the deaths of russian soldiers. he blames the west. he says because they were pushing forward. they've been funding the war effort. it's a war that he started. it's a war that he brought against civilian populations in ukraine, going after the energy infrastructure, going after schools, going after apartment buildings and the like and this is a war that frankly ukraine is succeeding it in part because of support from the western united states but also because of their own courage and determination. >> if you will, stay with us, i want to talk about iran as well amidst all of this. there is no sign that protests this morning are winding down in iran after these massive demonstrations turned violent yesterday. keir simmons has more on this latest escalation. >> good day to you.

we're just getting more incredibly impactful images out of iran today in northwest iran, protestors apparently targeting buildings, throwing stones, there seems to be tear gas, once again, on those streets, those videos posted by a rights groups that say that is a number of government buildings have been taken over and all of this today surrounds the funeral of a man who was shot dead during the protests yesterday. >> a powerful image scene around the world, a young woman not wearing a head scarf stands on the roof of the car, hands in the air, as crowds attempt to reach the grave of mahsa amini and near the cemetery, this video captioned the resistance is glorious. huge numbers across iran determined to mourn and protest the des of the 22-year-old. the morality police targeting her for allegedly violating the

country's strict clothing code. in the capital, clashes with the security forces and the sound of gunfire. in mahsa amini's home down, they shouted women, life, freedom. and these demonstrators chancing freedom, freedom. enough of the despotism. images like this one, smoke rising, told of another violent crackdown there. live rounds were used and tear gas. the iranian authorities switching off the internet in the city, but a semiofficial news agency reporting at least 10,000 demonstrated. thousands of miles away, the white house announcing sanctions targeting more than a dozen iranian officials. >> our message to iran is very, very clear. stop killing your people and stop sending weapons to russia to kill ukrainians. >> a dramatic change from earlier this year when the biden administration was trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with

iran. but this morning, there is no sign of compromising tehran. no backing down by these young, feel protestors and the many men out on the streets in support. just underscoring how intense it is in iran now, 15 worshipers were killed at a mosque, a shooting completely unrelated to the protests. isis claiming responsibility for that. the government of iran blaming foreign terrorists. it emphasizes how extraordinarily brave these protestors are going out onto the streets day after day in support of mahsa amini. >> they certainly are. keir simmons, thank you for that. jamil jaffer, back with me now. as we take a look as to what's happening on the ground in iran, there are new sanctions leveled against the iranian government. they have not worked before. you see the incredible motivation, the bravery of these iranian people day in and day out, 40 days since the killing of mahsa amini. what else does the global community need to be doing to

support these iranian protestors? >> that's a great question, yasmin. one of the biggest challenges, as you point out correctly, we have seen repeatedly sanctions on iranian senior officials don't work. they aren't going to change the policy of that country. what we need to do now is be very clearly in support of the protestors. we need to provide them as much funding as possible. if that means getting capability into irans, so be it. they have active operations in iran. the united states and western allies need to support the protestors directly and help protect them from the attack that is have taken place against them. we've seen 180 people already killed since the protests began. 40 days is an important day following the death of somebody. that's what these protests are about. >> you have heard communications from inside iran. i have especially on my own social media, talking about the fact that they feel as if the u.s. media is not putting enough spotlight on what's happening there, especially when you see what these men and women are doing every day, putting

themselves in the line of fire. how important do you think it is for us to continue to cover this story, a, and do you actually see this making a difference when it comes to the government of iran? >> it's really hard to know whether it will make an impactful difference. the coverage needs to continue. it's important that the story of these women the people supporting them be told and the brutality of the regime be told to the american public and the public in the west. the problem is, of course, telling that story doesn't do the whole part of it. we need to do -- the u.s. government, our allies in europe need to be out there and actively supporting these protests and providing them capabilities, providing them internet access. we need a much larger approach to helping these protestors effectuate their claims and arguments against the iranian government. >> which it seems so far they have been apprehensive to do so. but, of course, this is a developing story. jamil jaffer, for now, thank you. still ahead, everybody.

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documents. ryan nobles is joining me now with more on this. also joined by lisa rubin. ryan, let me get to you on this one first. we have confirmation, obviously, trump attorneys have accepted the subpoena. what comes next for this investigation? when are we going to get the summation of all the findings? >> reporter: two good questions, yasmin. the first is that the former president has a series of deadlines he has to meet. the first being november 4th to hand over documents the second being november 14th where they've asked him to sit for a deposition. and the question is, will he adhere to either of these deadlines. the fact that his attorneys have accepted the subpoena, it opens the door for the two sides having a conversation about whether or not there's some common ground that they can meet on that would allow some level of cooperation with the former president. but few if any believes if that's going to happen. and that then will put the committee in a situation as to

how they respond to the former president not agreeing or cooperating with their subpoena, do they take the dramatic step of issuing a criminal contempt referral of congress. there isn't a lot of time for them to accomplish that goal. it all, of course, is against the backdrop about the committee wrapping up its work. if republicans are successful and win back the house majority here next week, there is a real possibility that this january 6th select committee is shut down and that means the committee will have a month or so to issue that final report. how that all works in to the information they're trying to glean from the former president is an open question. so there's still a lot of work for this committee to do and not a whole heck of a lot of time for them to do it in. >> absolutely right. >> lisa, let's talk about some of the questions that ryan put out there. let's talk betting for a moment. over/under, if he decides to testify. >> he will decide to testify, that's the way he's going to

characterize it to the american public, i wanted to show up but they wouldn't agree to conditions that would allow me to. will he show up? under the same set of rules that have governed all the other witnesses in this investigation, i don't think so. >> okay, so also this possibility of turning over documents, right? this ask, november 4th. any communications between the former president that he had leading up to january 6th or some extremist groups as well along with any communications the former president had with members of the january 6th committee, either likelihood either him or his team is going to provide any of this information? >> i don't think so. i think they'll make the committee chase him for it. i don't think he has a solid legal base to withhold them, though, and that's because to the extent that these issues have been litigated, the d.c. circuit has held that the committee has a need for these documents, that his executive privilege is not his to assert. that's how the january 6th committee came into the

possession of so many presidential records from the national archives in the first place. and trump tried to fight that. he went to the d.c. circuit. the d.c. circuit said, no, we agree with the lower court. justice thomas, the other aide, agreed with the committee. i don't think this is a particularly good argument if partner the former president, but i believe he will continue to play his playbook. >> so then it's a question of, do you hold a form president in criminal contempt, right, of this subpoena, what are the political implications of that? this is a much bigger conversation. this is not whether or not the january 6th committee believes the former president is guilt or not, we know what they think. we've read the subpoena and seen the investigation. they think he's number one on this whole thing. however, there are political implications. there's political fallout from holding a former president in criminal contempt and what that does to the country, right? >> sure. and the decision isn't congress's to make.

congress takes the vote on whether to hold him in contempt, but the enforcement is the responsibility of the department of justice. and we've had two prior -- >> which has an ongoing investigation from what we know. >> that's correct and has a secondary investigation into things having nothing to do with january 6th where the president faces very serious criminal exposure. if i had to guess, the house will take a vote in the lame duck session to hold him in contempt, that's not something that the department of justice will pursue. >> there were some questions as to why the january 6th committee did not subpoena the former president a little bit earlier. and i'm wondering as i think about this, is part of the reason because they didn't necessarily want to hold him in criminal contempt because they understand the political implications of that all? they're now up against a clock, right? part of the subpoena was really a summary of their findings? >> absolutely. and i think the numbered items in the subpoena where they're

asking for particular types of documents is illuminating. i don't think that's why they didn't ask sooner. this is an investigation staffed with lots of former prosecutors who have proceeded the way you might in a criminal investigation, start at the bottom, you try and get as much evidence as you can, you build your way up to the eventual target and here's where they landed and when they landed. >> lisa rubin, thank you. ryan nobles, good to see you, ryan, once again. we worked together way back when. welcome to the family. >> way back when. this morning, everybody, a stunning develop involving the chair of the foreign relations committee. a spokesperson for senator bob menendez confirming the senator is aware he's under federal criminal investigation but says he does not know the scope of the investigation. two people familiar with the matter saying he's being investigated. he was indicted on federal corruption charges back in 2015 that. case ending in a mistrial.

nbc investigation correspondent tom winter joining us on this. talk us through what we know so far. >> you're correct on the first part. the second part, we're thin on the details. obviously, we're working on it. trying to understand what this may all be about. a website was first to establish this. they cited a source that there was a subpoena that was received by an individual in conjunction with this investigation. as you said, this investigation was confirmed by menendez's adviser who said that if contacted by the authorities, menendez would try to answer any questions. they didn't understand the scope of this either. so we're all kind of in the dark at least publicly at this point as far as what this is about. but we do know, as you alluded to, this is not the senator's first brush with the law. he was investigated in late 2013 by the fbi in a case out of new jersey in convention with federal authorities in florida

who were looking into tying between menendez and a doctor who is an eye care doctor in -- what the investigation centered around was whether or not menendez received gifts in exchange for him helping out the doctor in his official capacity. menendez, as you alluded to, also was charged in that particular case that ended with a hung jury and a mistrial. the justice department decided not to try him again. the doctor was sentenced to 17 years in prison. you can imagine the amount of fraud that the judge determined to sentence him to that type of a sentence. he's since had his sentence commuted at the urging of senator menendez by former president trump. we'll have to see where all this goes. we're still working on it, myself and my colleagues, as we get details, we'll certainly bring them to you. >> we're assured that you are and you always do. tom winter for us, thank you. coming up next, everybody. as if folks were dealing with enough financial pressures, right, this winter you're

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