netanyahu made with the far right is raising alarm bells not just in israel, but in the u.s., one dem says it could hurt u.s. and israel relations. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. alex witt picks up with more news right now. >> good morning to all of you. i am alex witness here in new york. officially after a week in the midterms, there's heavy hitters in play. president biden is heading to florida to help democrats there, and former president barack obama heads to nevada where democrats are fighting to hang on to a key senate seat.

republican congresswoman, liz cheney, is helping a democrat in a tough fight in michigan, and former president, mike pence, is drop into georgia. one of the women accusing republican candidate, herschel walker, of pressuring her into having an abortion is defending her allegation in an on-camera interview but not using her real name. >> i kept this to myself for 30 years. i protected him and i wanted this to remain private for obvious reasons. >> walker is denning her allegation. we will have details on all of it ahead for you. plus the suspect in the attack against speaker pelosi's husband, paul, and what the new complaint alleges he told police about his plans for the speaker. beyond the legal aspects of this case, the increasingly dangerous

rhetoric and online conspiracy theories is an added complication for investigators. here's what the san francisco d.a. told nbc news. >> the main hurdle right now, when we have so many people putting out misinformation, quite frankly, into the public. >> and one what republican candidate said about the attack that led to laughter and cheers. we start with the final weeks sprint to the midterms, and ali vitali is joining us, and blayne is in georgia. the president is heading to florida this hour, in fact, where he will take part in an event for val demings and then

for charlie crist. >> reporter: you have to look at miami-dade county. this is one of the places that has been for many years a democratic stronghold, but in recent years we have seen republicans chip away at democrats' ability to holdfast here, and president biden is going to try and lift the senators, in the senate race against marco rubio, and then the governor's race where crist is taking on ron desantis. trump lost this county in 2016 by 30 points to hillary clinton, and then four years later, he only lost here by seven. that gives you an idea of how republicans have been able to get into the area, and for biden, this is a trip that kicks

off a week of travel as we head into the mid-term elections. he will be here, a place that i was actually with him when he stumped here in 2018 in the last midterms, and then, of course, going forward he goes to new mexico and pennsylvania giving that familiar message, trying to make clear to voters this is not a referendum to him and democrats, but to him it's a choice. >> point well taken on that point. let's go to you, darsha. he will meet barack obama and they will be there for fetterman, of course. >> reporter: we are about to see a whole lot of action in pennsylvania. you have biden, obama and trump all here on the same day stumping for their candidates. look, there are a lot of factors at play here, right?

trump won this area by double digits in 2016 and again in 2020, and because democrats have lost ground in places like lucerne, and the counties around philadelphia, i am talking montgomery county and the suburbs there will be so critical for democrats. the other question is, looking at the two different races, we have two important seats open here, senate and governor. josh shapiro has been leading in his race by double digits, and fetterman and oz, they are neck and neck and some polls showing them within the margin of error. can shapiro sort of lift up fetterman, and can fetterman ride shapiro's coattails here and can the presence of biden

and obama help boost democratic turnout. and on cnn he addressed some of the concerns about his health and the questions around transparency. listen. >> we also have been very transparent in terms of showing up at a debate and transparent about events, and we have been clear in the debate and during this interview, i have been using captioning as well, and we have been transparent to give the voters their choice. >> the fetterman campaign denied requests for medical records. look, i talked to voters about that debate. of course, there's a lot of discussion about fetterman's health and performance, and a lot of voters i talked to were

really concerned about his answer on fracking, even more so than his health, where they want to make sure their candidates have a solid position on that because energy, natural gas is so important here in the state. meanwhile, looking at oz, i mentioned he has trump coming to stump with him, and he is trying to move into the moderate camp and win over some democrats, and so being on trump with trump and doug mast reonyo. >> fetterman might improve between now and then, and he's working on that and that's something voters ought to consider as well. and then let's move to you, blayne. there have been more than 1.6 early voting in-person voters in

the state. how enthusiastic are the voters there as we head into the final stretch? >> reporter: certainly at a record-breaking pace. those are record-breaking numbers here in the state of georgia, and this is a state where the elections have been watched closely and voting have been watched closely, so when we see this pace of record-breaking turnout every single day since early voting has begun, it's something significant and something the candidates want to continue. we are seeing the duelling bus tours taking place among the governor's race, and stacy abrams is trying to hit all 159 counties before election day, and so is brian kemp. this is a reliably red area, and this is where we are going to see the governor having a bus stop tour with mike pence later today at the shop behind me. this is the second time the two appeared together this year.

you will remember pence came to georgia in the final hours of the governor's race, and he tried to get him across the finish line there and did so mightily. the person not coming here to georgia, of course, former president trump as well. when i talk to both camps, they are looking who is voting. the campaign manager for abram's campaign said they are encouraged by the record-breaking early voting numbers, and they are encouraged by the black voting turnout, and more have come out in this period than in 2018, and that number is slightly higher than what we saw four years ago and they are encouraged by that. there's 1.6 million new voters here than last time, so the number of registered voters have grown significantly since the last time these two candidates squared off in 2018, and both

are trying to make the closing argument to get them to come out and bring their vote before next tuesday. >> those new voters, i will tell you, a lot because of the efforts of stacy abrams right there and that's a good thing. thank you, ladies. we have matthew dowd, the founder of country over party, and also chief strategists for the bush and cheney 2004 presidential campaign. and also with me, a democratic strategist, and good to see you both here. matthew, you first. we will drill more in on georgia's race, herschel walker responding to that interview to a second woman that says he urged and paid to have her have an abortion. take a listen. >> when i saw the first woman come forward a few weeks ago, he immediately called her a liar

and said i never signed anything with the letter "h," and i knew i had many cards from him where he signed the letter "h." so i believed then that she was telling the truth. >> abc news noted this also. jane doe is a registered independent and told them she voted for donald trump twice and she's not motivated by politics but she says what matters more is the truth. well, this morning walker claims it's a lie and says in part, this was a lie a week ago and it's a lie today, and the entire democratic machine is coming after me and the people of georgia, and i am not intimidated and they messed with the wrong georgian. and i don't know about you, and this woman, she said she's not part of the democratic machine, and it feels like the gravity

has been suspended in the race for walker, and what does that do with seven days left, matthew? >> first, i agree with you. her political background, she is not part of a democratic machine, which is the standard republican response today, mostly deny anything that happens and blame it on the media or democratic party. i think georgia is one of the states where it was always going to be a state where the race was going to be decided by two or three points, it's that kind of state and democrats and republicans are lined up and there's a few in the middle. this race was dead even two weeks ago. i would give warnock a one or two point advantage today, especially as these things keep coming up straining walker's credibility. we are so polarized, there are

very few votes today up for grabs. >> i appreciate your point. we have to talk about the votes casts already. the single largest age group registered in georgia is the 18 to 24-year-olds with more than 853,000 registered, however, only just over 65,600 have voted. that is 7.78% -- i did not just figure that out on my own. i am reading that, right? these are historically the voters that will back democrats. are democrats expecting them to get out and vote on election day or sometime in the next seven days, and if not what can they do to get them to turn out? >> when you look at a state like georgia where stacey abrams starting at the end of her election four years ago has been working for this moment, and you

have folks like cliff albright, and he was a friend from college and involved in black voters matter, and he was laying the groundwork, you know, bring a number of voters out across the ethnicity and generation to be in this moment. i think all of that infrastructure ultimately will come through and benefit -- and benefit democrats. what is concerning, if there was a bit of concern that i have, it's that, you know, back in 2008, we were really involved in a momentous election cycle with obama on the ballot, and even in the primary with hillary clinton. one of the incredible themes of that time were how young voters were taking their parents and grandparents to go and vote they were so engaged, and grant it that was a presidential election, but when you think about affirmative action is

being discussed and debated right now in the supreme court, which has profound changes for young people in higher education, particularly african american and latinos, you would want more of that energy driving voter turnout, because of the profound changes in the lives of young people for the next generation, so i hope the democrats can make that argument in these final days. >> yeah, we are definitely going to be talking about that which is going on in the supreme court in just a minute. >> before i let you go, the "pittsburgh post-gazette" supporting mehmet oz. my question is do endorsements like this matter at all anymore? >> no. first of all, the "pittsburgh post-gazette" endorsed donald trump against joe biden, and so it has become right wing.

every major statewide daily newspaper in texas endorsed all the democrats statewide in texas. i would guess that if one or two of the democrats win, it will be a surprise in texas. newspaper endorsements don't matter in the high profile races. they matter more in down ballot races for state rep and races people have not heard about, and newspaper endorsements don't matter here. >> thank you. here's a programming note for you. new york governor, kathy hochul, will be here at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. and then new details on how that man accused that attacked pelosi's husband planned to attack the speaker her self. and then the new delay from

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the suspect of attacking paul pelosi is back in court today.

the 42-year-old faces federal and state charges in connection with the attack of the pelosi home on friday morning. the federal complaint alleges he had zip ties, a rope and tape. he told police he planned to hold nancy pelosi hostage and break her knee caps if she lied to him. joining me now, erin mcloughlin. what we heard in the court filing was outstanding. >> reporter: we are expecting the suspect's first public appearance since his arrest on friday. there were some question marks over whether or not he would appear in court this week given that immediately following his arrest he was admitted to the hospital. yesterday san francisco's district attorney saying he's

expected in court later today facing a raft of state charges ranging from elder abuse to attempted murder, if convicted, facing up to life in prison and he's facing two separate federal charges. in today's appearance, the question mark over his reputation is also expected to be settled and it's possible the court could appoint a public defender, also the district attorney says she will be pressing for a no-bail situation for the suspect saying that he's a danger to san francisco as well as the outer areas of the city if he's allowed bail. >> that is pretty extraordinary. he is facing life in prison, potentially. ken, according to the doj filing, he admitted to breaking into the pelosi residence and intended to hold speaker pelosi

hostage. what else did it say? >> he acknowledged he wanted to torture the speaker of the house and he wanted to question her, and if she lied, and he assumed she would lie, he wanted to smash her knee caps with the hammer, and he said he hoped she would be wheeled into the senate, and so clearly a political motive here which is why the justice department brought the rarely used charge of assaulting a relative of a federal official with the intent to harm, and he came with a backpack of equipment, zip ties and ropes, and he got up to the second floor and surprised paul pelosi in the bedroom, and he

knew paul pelosi called the police and decided to remain there, and he said surrender was not an option, so marinating in conspiracy theories and extremist rhetoric that appears to have motivated him to do this deed, alex. >> wow. okay. let me ask you about all of this in general, because this is a -- it's a vicious story about an elderly man being beaten with a hammer by an intruder, and yet we have some on the right making light of it. let's play something arizona gubernatorial lake said -- >> well, pelosi has security --

well, her home doesn't have it. >> the filing says there's no evidence that these two men knew one another, and essentially both the police investigation and the suspect's interview with the police tell the same story, he planned to carry out a kidnapping and he broke into the house and there was no advance warning or anything saying they knew each other, and that debunks the conspiracy theory out there, and then all the equipment he had with him, this was clearly a man that wanted to try and kidnap the speaker of the house, and that's what the justice department emphasized in their filing. >> thank you both. meanwhile in florida a two-day sentencing hearing is under way for parkland school shooter, nikolas cruz.

families have been delivering impact statements. the 24-year-old faces life in prison without parole for the massacre at the high school, and it's a decision that many victim's families have criticized and here's what we have heard so far from some of them. >> you are, unfortunately, living proof that evil does exist in our world and you have proven you have nothing positive to contribute to society. >> i hope your every breathing moment on earth is miserable and you repent for your since and burn in hell. coming up, a win for former trump, at least temporarily. the latest on the fight over his taxes. and then will the supreme court

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roberts -- joining me from capitol hill is nbc's garrett hague. what can you tell us about the move from the supreme court and how and when potentially lawmakers plan to respond to it? >> the former president was due to hand over the tax returns by this thursday, so here you have an emergency stay granted by the chief justice, and he oversees the relevant circuit here and says he wants more time to hear out and review the arguments made by trump and the ones that will be made by the weighs and means committee. and the former president said he should not be forced to hand over the tax returns, and here you see the stay with the weighs and means committee needing to

file a reply by november 10th. now we know they won't see the documents before the 2022 midterms. this doesn't mean they won't see them at all. they continued this fight through the years, and i expect the committee to have the filing in by november 10th and pursue this by the end of this congress when things could change hands complicating the effort to secure the former president's tax returns. given the nature of this fight, alex, no indication the committee will stop their pursuit short of this goal. >> you mean they are out of town and that hinders your ability to chase them down, my friend? i am disappointed. just kidding. thank you. appreciate that. let's go to the major question looming over the supreme court. are the justices posed to

effectively look at the affirmative action policies at both the university of north carolina and harvard. justice thomas said this about diversity. >> i have heard the word diversity quite a few times and i don't have a clue what it means. it seems to mean everything for everyone, so tell me what the educational benefits are? >> joining me now is harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy to the attorney general, and he is now a legal affairs columnist for the "los angeles times" and a good friend. let's get into this. that comment from thomas and from others from the

conservative wing, what does it tell you about the understanding of affirmative action and how they would likely rule? >> really remark pbl. >> yeah. >> it tells me a lot about their hostility. this concept has grounded the court's allowance of programs that are somewhat race conscience in universities for 45 years, it has been repeated four times and 5-4 opinions thomas has always dissented on. thomas is old school, and he's like what are the educational benefits? of course, the court in upholding affirmative action programs has been looking with a much broader lens towards the affects not only in universities but on societies generally, and if you get rid of this the military will be in trouble because this is the pipeline for

leaders and they need to reflect america, and businesses will, et cetera, and many different groups filed things like that. so thomas' comments were so blinkard, and like if this doesn't show me why reading, writing and arithmetic doesn't show this, then i don't get it? >> i don't either. they were able to prove the educational benefits of it, and he needs to be better educated on what these schools have done in the past -- >> we are going to get an overruling, and this is humongous, and it's not just universities themselves. they are the pipelines for the leaders of america, as justice

kagan said on the other side. what does it mean for law firms and hospitals and the military -- >> corporations and businesses. >> they need leaders that are able to be effective. that's why so many groups are in there saying, yeah, this is tough medicine and everybody agrees but it's still medicine. >> definitely a domino affect on that one. and let's take a listen and get your reaction with this ketanji brown jackson comment. >> now we are entertaining a rule in which some people can say the things they want about who they are and have that valued in the system, and other people won't be able to because they won't be able to reveal they are latino or african american or whatever. >> weigh the strength of that argument with me and if it could sway any of her potentially

dissenting colleagues? >> no, the table is set for what they are going to do. it goes to a core argument between liberals and conservatives, and conservatives want to advance the notion of a completely color-blind society, and jackson is saying race is part of the person, and if a school wants -- you know, to have this kind of person, likewise, a person that has been discriminated, and it's a philosophical difference between what affirmative action is doing for universities and society as a whole. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thanks. up next, an interest rate hike is looming. what you need to know about today's federal reserve meeting.

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inflation, just the costs of living. we have spoke to a lot of people here and they will tell us they do not really feel like politicians in washington, d.c. represent them. lot of people we spoke to say they don't trust the election process at large, but they say they will still vote. in 2020, former president donald trump won 65% of the rural vote among white rural voters, and he spent a lot of time campaigning in and around communities like this one and it paid off. listen. >> i hear people say they feel overlooked, they feel forgotten. do you feel that is true here? >> definitely. definitely. you go where the bigger votes are and check on those people a little more. >> trump spoke in a town about 30 minutes away. what did it mean when you had a sitting president, a politician

come so close to where you lived? >> a r it was huge, a little glimpse that somebody cared. >> reporter: the population in this county has declined in recent years, but when donald trump's name was on the ballot, he won this county with 80% of the vote. what we have noticed in our reporting is that white rural voters in communities like this in georgia have gotten the message that they matter, they, at the very least, feel like republicans see them, but black rural voters in places like anson county, north carolina, they are having a different experience. >> i have to say, welcome you both. your tandem reporting as been extraordinary. what are folks there telling you ahead of the midterms? >> well, alex, you know,

representation really does matter here because anson county is a community that looks similar, and they, too, have seen jobs leave and a walmart shutdown and a school system that was hit hard during the pandemic, and they tell me politicians rarely come through here, and cycle after cycle after voting for democrats, they have not seen much change. they are not flipping for trump, but their time is better spent if they just stay at home. take a listen i had a conversation with one black voter that was engaged in the community here but doesn't feel like voting with change much. do black rural people feel seen? >> no, people don't understand until you actually walk in our shoes. even now when i get pulled over, they will be aggressive until they see the military id, and then it's buddy, buddy.

people don't have no hope. >> reporter: you just met james flowers right there. he's raising his 8-year-old daughter here in anson county, and he served his country in the military for six years and loves his country but told me, you know, at times he is not sure his country loves him back as a black man who is living here and feels he's not represented or seen whether it's by local politicians or people at the national level. he wants people to answer his questions before he feels like people here should keep showing up and giving him support. when it comes to major races, you know, beasley has been going to some of the rural counties trying to make up lost ground, but in a state as purple as this one, you can't afford to leave votes on the table. it's these voters like james you have to reach right now to make a difference in a state like

north carolina, alex. >> when i heard the context of your story, antonia, it was hard to listen to james and talk about how he was a army veteran and would get pulled over by police and that situation was hard to hear. about three quarters of a percentage point hike potentially. right now the dow is down a little bit. there you see it there this morning, and investors are bracing for this decision. joining me now, ben white, a chief economic correspondent. we have the labor department reporting today, and job openings rose unexpectedly in september to 10.7 in september from 10.2.

how many more rate hikes could we be in for? we have had five this year. >> yeah, we have had five and had them really quickly, alex. it's rate hikes we have not had this many this fast in a very long time. and 11 million open jobs, and what that tells us is the labor market is still hot and still tight, which means wage pressure is there, and it will tell the fed we can't pump the brakes just yet, and there's nothing on the data on inflation that suggests rate hikes don't have much of an impact, outside of having a housing market. tomorrow we will get three quarters of a point, and what investors will be looking for is any signal they think they can slow down in december, go a half point and slower after that, and at some point, alex, it has not

happened yet but it will drive up unemployment eventually. the question is when can the fed pump the brakes on all the hikes, and it's just not yet. >> you heard from ellison, those voters there in georgia, their biggest concern is about cost of living and how the price of everything is going up. they want this fixed like, asap. if we look at the average interest rate, ben, it's on a 30-rate fixed rate mortgage now about 7% according to the latest data, and this is from the mortgage data association, and credit cards, they are closing in on 19% from 16.3. that's from bank rate. so is this potentially doing more harm than good? >> yeah, in the short term, it's doing harm in the housing market, it will bring down prices and sales, and that's a fairly significant part of the

economy that drives a whole lot of behavior and spending, and it's doing harm there and driving up interest rates in credit cards, and people are using credit cards more than ever, and people had savings in the pandemic, and now people are spending down their savings to keep up with prices. that's unsustainable. credit cards with higher rates, and you have to pay it and that's unsustainable. what the fed would love to see is hikes to bring down inflation relatively soon. i think it's safe to say repeat inflation in the summer, but their first goal is to get inflation some negative impacts and people are starting to say, you will have to pause relatively soon or the consumer is going to get crushed, people are going to get crushed, businesses are going to stop hiring and investing in ways that would cause recession.

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