tv Andrea Mitchell Reports MSNBC November 1, 2022 9:00am-10:00am PDT
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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," one week to go. midterm campaigning is in overdrive as both parties push to turn out their base voters. we will have reports from across the country as former president obama, president biden, former vice president pence all hit the trail. horrifying new alleged details about the intentions of the man charged with trying to
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kill paul pelosi. the lies being spread by elon musk, donald trump junior, even some republican-elected officials about that attack. ♪♪ good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. as the biggest names in american politics hit the battleground states, right now president biden is on his way to florida to help charlie crist in his battle against ron desantis. in georgia, mike pence and governor kemp, two republicans, who have angered former president trump, at their peril for not backing his lie, are working together to help re-elect kemp against a challenge from stacey abrams. former president obama continuing his campaign tour of battleground states. today in nevada where he will be trying to help the endangered democratic senator and governor, both tight races there. our reporters are in place ahead
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of the big campaign events. joining us now, nbc's ali vitali in miami gardens, nbc's guad have a nation as. ali, the president is facing criticism for his campaign approach, not having big rallies. today he is showing up in a state trending red in recent elections. what is he hoping to accomplish in florida? >> reporter: this is a state that biden campaigned in in the 2018 midterms. it's the same approach we are seeing now. try to drive out turnout in those blue areas of the state. if you look at the way this state shook out in 2020, it did trend more red, which is to say trump won by a bigger margin here in 2020 than he did in 2016. it was still just a matter of three points. but in a state like florida that's typically so tight and so swingy, it was a notable margin of victory for trump. so the goal here for democrats, although this is a state that
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typically is tight, is to try to drive up turnout in these urban areas like miami, like fort lauderdale, where democrats have traditionally done well. it's a shifting landscape on the ground. you watch in miami-dade county, you watch the way republicans have made inroads, specifically hispanic voters. if you look at the results in 2020 for trump, the way he was able to win -- to lose by just a matter of seven points as opposed to 30 points, it's a reminder of the way the electorate is shifting and the ways republicans have been successful in speaking to voters who they may not have had to their side before. i think if you look at the governor's race here, if you look at the senate race here, the race does tilt in favor of the incumbents here on the governor's side, ron desantis, on the senate side, it's marco rubio. the thing to think about for
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desantis -- this came up last week as i was covering the only debate we will see from that candidate this cycle. this is really being looked at as a springboard for him to what's next. not just another term as governor, but also to a potential 2024 run. it's notable that biden is here. but trump is coming this weekend notably to stump for rubio. desantis not mentioned at all, being seen a shade being thrown to a guy who really does at least his 2018 election to trump but biden here trying to turn the tide. >> guad, to las vegas where perhaps the most in demand person on the trail for democrats is, of course, former president obama. they need all the help they can get in nevada. this race is neck and neck in the senate and could end up deciding the senate. >> reporter: high in demand obama. we have seen moments in georgia, wisconsin and michigan. some go viral. this is the type of momentum the
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democrats want in nevada. we could decide the future of the u.s. senate here. it's one of the most vulnerable seats. republicans want to flip that seat. catherine has spoken to the voters of nevada. this is a state that supports abortion. we have barack obama coming today to a state where he has had a lot of support. he will be joined by john legend at this rally. when you come to the state of nevada, there's unique factors about this place at the moment. you have a large number of non-partisan voters in this state. in fact, the last numbers showed a large increase in non-partisan voters being registered,
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especially in counties like washa. a large number of those are latino. it's expected that one in five voters during these midterms will be latino. you have barack obama, who has strong support from the latino voters. years ago, he chose the state of nevada to make the daca announcement. they hope this close relationship with the community that, by the way, many experts have said latinos could decide this election in the state of nevada, they are hoping obama will re-energize the voters, latino voters, others to come out and vote. those that are still undecided, non-partisan in this state, with a close, close race. the polls being released this week say it's too tight to call these races. of course, as you mentioned, the governor's race. incumbent facing lombardo. these are the big races in nevada. >> in nevada, of course,
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famously, it was the harry reid machine. harry reid has passed. it still exists. but we have to look at how the service workers, the casino workers are going to turn out. isn't there a lot of disappointment among many latinos across the country that the biden white house has not managed to do more to preserve and save daca, which is now on the cusp of expiring? >> we have seen voters upset. we have seen, as we have spoken to the latino voters, we have seen the same reasons that upset them that are upsetting other people in the state of nevada. they are suffering through the issues that come from the economy, from inflation. yet, when we have spoken to a lot of the union workers and people in the service industry, most of them have told us that although they are upset at the
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current administration, many of them have told us they don't have a candidate on the republican side that they think they could support. we will have to wait and see how the election turns out. >> thanks to both of you. blayne, let's talk about georgia. it has been focussed on the senates. the governor race has been overlooked. there was a hot debate. now you will see two prominent republicans, who have been political punching bags for donald trump, join forces for brian kemp against stacey abrams today. >> reporter: absolutely. mike pence is going to be the first of them. they are going to hold a bus stop tour right behind me where i'm standing here. this is actually going to be the second time mike pence has been with brian kemp this year. it was his kind of election eve appearance back in may during the primary that helped him get across the finish line and deliver a mighty blow to david perdue. governor kemp is hoping his appearance will do the same with
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stacey abrams this time around. polls have consistently shown the governor has a lead over stacey abrams by differing margins. the latest "new york times" poll is just outside of the margin of error. neither is putting too much stock in that. for brian kemp, he said on campaign stops that democrats out worked republicans for the past cycles when it comes to ground game, when it comes to early voting. he said quite simply to his supporters, we can't let them do that again. you see him here. it's a red area about an hour north of atlanta. when it co comes to early votin numbers, this has the highest percentage of its constituents that have turned out. they are here to make the case that more people need to turn out. they need to get ballots in. they are not taking any votes for granted. when it comes to stacey abrams, she's not putting a lot of stock in the polls. she says that polls don't show an accurate snapshot of the electorate coming out.
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>> ali, guad, blayne, thanks to all. the man suspected of attacking speaker pelosi's husband paul is appearing in court today in san francisco. david depape facing federal and state charges, including attempted murder and kidnapping. we're not sure which charges were the federal charges. the state charges will be in court today according to the d.a. an fbi affidavit confirming the attack was politically motivated. he viewed pelosi of the leader of the pack of lies told by democrats, in his view. he planned to, quote, break her kneecaps if he lied and he thought she would lie. he wanted to wait for her and wheel her into congress. he thought to show members of congress there would be consequences for their lies. this is all in his -- from his mind or his intentions as he stated it to authorities. the details are horrifying. but the lies about that attack persist online.
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to an extraordinary degree, pushed by elon musk to his 100 million followers, by republican members of congress, by donald trump junior, even circulated by ted cruz. a point made by san francisco's d.a. to miguel almaguer. >> the main hurdle when we have so many people putting out misinformation. >> joining me now is senior reporter on the disinformation beat, what a busy beat it is, ben, ben collins and former d.c. chief of homeland security and intelligence. the speaker's office says it's going to be a long recovery. he is still in the icu. the lies have multiplied since we spoke yesterday. they have proliferated like wildfire. partly, that's elon musk's takeover of twitter. >> that's exactly right. andrea, in the disinformation space, on friday there were
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people trying to go and confirm what the guy's beliefs were based on these blogs were his. we knew the blogs right away. in that vacuum, it was filled on the far right with complete lies. complete myths and fairytales they were building, like erotic stories, on the donald, where they were telling incredible lies that they built based on dribs and drabs of reporting about what happened. they still believe this. if you were to ask anybody on the pro-trump platform, they would tell you a sexual fairytale. it's absurd. but it's the thing that they think to this day. the myth has to persevere over there regardless of what the truth is. >> the fbi, homeland put out a warning about political violence
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and threats on saturday in advance of the election. we have seen plenty of data from rand, from carnegie, other think tanks that it's coming from the right by a big margin. disproportionally from right wing conspiracy groups and extremist groups. yet this kind of thing just keeps spreading and does not get knocked down. >> part of the problem, andrea, is that the country hasn't had any truth and reconciliation from the 2020 election. in fact, we have had the complete opposite. we have had political figures, and as you mentioned individuals on the right, that have continuously spread this lies about the 2020 election in an environment where conspiracy theo theorists, qanon and unstable individuals thrive and look for stories like ben talked about. there's no -- it's no secret to many of us in the homeland
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security space why things are getting a lot worse as opposed to better. we hope state and local authorities will take a cue from the bulletin and look at securing not only vulnerable places and crowded spaces that elections are taking place in next week, but also start tracking some of the very dangerous individuals that may or may not actually be putting things out on social media about their intentions. >> let me just play something which just happened with kari lake in arizona. she's an election denying republican running for arizona governor, mocking the pelosi attack at a rally yesterday. >> it is not impossible to protect our kids at school. they act like it is. nancy pelosi, she's got protection when she's in d.c. apparently her house doesn't have a lot of protection. [ laughter ] >> it's a laugh line, ben collins. let me ask both of you to weigh in on this.
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that just elevates it. with her audience and with candidates like kari lake, this is a laugh line, a man who had his skull fractured, who had serious injuries to his arm and hand, the horror that they are going through to an 82-year-old man to be hammered, according to the self-acknowledged comments to authorities by the suspect. >> yeah. it's a tacit endorsement. that's what you see, instead of owning up to crimes, they laugh it off or claim that it didn't actually happen. this is a very scary moment for us if we're going to accept this as part of our discourse as part of this country. somebody can be bludgeoned with a hammer friday and by monday it's not just a laugh line, even when the truth is out, even when charging documents are showing stuff like this, marjorie taylor greene is posting about it and donald trump junior is putting
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memes about it on his instagram account. we are in the middle of a shift in how a large part of the country views their media. it's not about the truth to these people. it's about advancing a narrative. it's about winning. it's about owning the libs. we have been living in that reality for a long time. the difference is that wasn't a majority of people in the senate or congress. maybe the white house for four years, but it wasn't a majority of people in the republican party. now after midterms, it may be. >> as i said yesterday -- let me repeat that republicans have been targeted justice kavanaugh and alito mentioned it. liz cheney could barely campaign. susan collins, talking about protection at one's home. it's both sides. but a rand corporation study from 2020 shows the majority of
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domestic terrorism threats, two-thirds are coming from the far right versus one-fifth from the far left. how does the pelosi attacker fit the larger domestic threat? what are you telling candidates? >> not to speak about the specifics of the pelosi incident. we have beentracking this for a few years. what ben can tell you is that far extreme individuals have been around for a long time. okay? what you have seen over the last two years is a shift in some of the individuals who were marginalized before. now their thoughts, the conspiracies have gone mainstream. you have elected officials, almost endoring and underwriting some of the thoughts or starting them. you mentioned elon musk and his spreading of disinformation. he has 100 million followers. you can't take that back once it gets into the wild. the protection of our political
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figures, the protection of our political process is extremely important. we're going to see how it unfolds over the next week or so. but i hope that everyone who is watching is taking a serious cue. words have meaning. they have consequences. just because it's a laugh line or a punch line for some politician, there is somebody out there who is very, very sick, that's watching that and wants to take action upon that. we're looking at the growth now of individuals mobilizing from radicalization to violence. >> on the point of elon musk -- let me point out that senator murphy wants to look into his saudi connections, financing. it's all private now that he has gone private. there's no way we are going to know that. they have subpoena power. we don't. but there's the fact that tesla is dependent on supply chain and manufacturing and the like and other sources on china.
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the whole influence -- foreign influence on twitter, ben, is going to be a big story for all of us to cover. ben and donel, thanks. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. reports." this is msnbc. i grew up an athlete, i rode horses... i really do take care of myself. i try to stay in shape. that's really important, especially as you age. i noticed after kids that my body totally changed. i started noticing a little pudge. so i took action! coolsculpting targets, freezes and eliminates treated fat for good. no needles, no incisions. discuss coolsculpting with your provider. some common side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort and swelling. you've come this far... coolsculpting takes you further. visit coolsculpting.com why give your family just ordinary eggs when they can enjoy the best? eggland's best. the only eggs with more fresh and delicious taste.
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as candidates try to persuade voters they are the ones to best address their top concerns, there's new data suggesting republicans may be winning the argument. joining us now, tharen johnson, he served as southern regional director for president obama's 2012 re-election, robert gibbs, charlie sykes and writer kimberly adkins-store.
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in the new data, voters are most concerned about the economy. no surprise there. it's one of four leading issues. within the five leading issues, but within the top five, republicans are ahead of democrats in four out of the five. this is a big hole that democrats have to dig out of on the issues them services. right? >> i believe in southern states like georgia, we have the best ground game. we have really attractive candidates that have raised resources they need to talk about those issues that you mentioned. the economy, abortion, health care, affordable housing, public safety, gun violence. these are things that republicans talk a lot about. but democrats have shown we can have solutions to these problems. i'm optimistic about our ability to communicate to voters on these issues and to really be
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bold and be intentional about what we're going to do policy-wise to give the people the resources they need to get over these issues. >> robert gibbs, in the last hour, the cook political report, a reliable source for all of us, shifted ten house races in republican direction. that's another signal that they may have some momentum right now. >> yeah. i think that's true, andrea. you see it, too, with where republicans are starting to invest money in some of these house races. these are tending to be bluer and bluer districts, districts that president biden was successful in. sometimes upwards of ten or more points. i think the concern as you showed is an issue set that feels like it's moving away from democrats and momentum in a way that feels like it's move agway from democrats. i think the senate races are probably a bit of a different mix. i think it feels very much still
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like a tossup as the house feels harder to control for democrats. >> part of this, just to follow up with you, robert, for a moment, is redistricting. because some of the incumbent democrats are running in seats where they have to meet all sorts of new voters. that includes katie porter in california. >> yeah. moving katie porter's race to a tossup has garnered a lot of attention from democrats this morning. she was never in a great district where she was in california. but i think if you look at races like the dcdccc chair, he is in district with new voters. you have interest to deuce your yourself -- you have to introduction yourself as well as wage a battle on issues that isn't in your direction. >> charlie, i want to talk about some of the toxicity on the campaign trail.
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>> what do people think to be cracking jokes as a republican candidate and have an -- it's a laugh line to talk about an 82-year-old man with a home invasion being hammered, broke his skull and injured his arm and hand. >> what are they thinking? they think that this is what their base wants. they think there will be no consequences for engaging in this kind of behavior. i think this is very ominous that we have moved not just simply to normalizing political violence but that it has become internalized as a laugh line. we have had threats, growing threats of violence. as i have written, i also feel
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this weekend marked kind of a turning point, that the right rather than being sobered by this attack, has turned it into a joke, memes, spread toxic conspiracy theories, lies. the truth is not going to be able to catch up quickly to all of that. they are feeling so confident, they feel the wind at their back that they think they can do this without paying any price. that may be the new political reality that we are in right now. >> kim, following up on that, ever since former president trump told a rally he wanted to punch a protester in the face, there has been tolerance among republican lawmakers for this rhetoric, despite the dangers and condemnation of the pelosi attack from many republicans, including the leaders, in both houses. >> yes, we have seen in recent years this really consistent ramping up, not just of the
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polarity and partisanship and rancor in this conversation, but the increase in the use of violence. we have seen people with ads where they are holding guns and members of congress that send christmas cards where the family is holding ar-15s. it's the normalizing of violence that i think is creating this confluence of factors coming together, and that's how you see something like that. i actually agree with senator collins in fearing that someone might be killed if there isn't a specific call from the side where the majority of these kinds of violent rhetoric is talking about. it's rancor on both sides. but the violence is coming mostly from one side, to tone it down because lives could be at stake. >> robert, there's a really interesting story that steven lee meyers wrote in today's "new york times" about misinformation in pennsylvania. he drilled down, coming from
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both sides, both campaigns. it's been a dirty campaign as far as it goes there really unhappily, as far as election security and integrity is concerned. just in terms of the whole vibe there. but you have an election denier running for congress. anti-semitism being used by the republican candidate in particular. as long as donald trump, for instance, endorses candidates and we have election deniers running, refuses to condemn violence, what do you see going forward? >> i think the aftermath of the pelosi attack describes pretty perfectly where our politics are right now. right? there's not a lot of people that think they should check their rhetoric on the campaign trail as we have seen. the internet has been flooded with disinformation, everything from this is a false flag, the
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government set this up, to a whole series of vast conspiracy theories that the fbi largely put to rest, i think, at least from their perspective in their court filing indicting the person seeking to assassinate nancy pelosi. it doesn't speak well of our politics going forward. charlie is right, republicans around the trail saying this stuff not because -- not just because they think it will get them votes, but because they know it has no consequences to costing them in other places. i think that's a dangerous point of no return for our political rhetoric and what is going to come beyond the 2022 elections. >> charlie, i want to shout out your piece, what the hell is wrong with these people, your morning shot. i haven't even raised the subject of some of the political ads where people are pulling out
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shotguns. candidates -- the republican head of the republican campaign -- congressional campaign committee, in his re-election ad, pulling out guns and validating and exploiting violence in their ads against their opponents. >> you do have the congressman who will have a picture of himself firing a gun saying fire nancy pelosi. that has consequences. the number of candidates who have bedecked their christmas cards with ar-15s. also, just the increasing celebration of people like kyle rittenhouse. how can kyle rittenhouse become a hero among republicans and on the right? he shot and killed two people. he shot another person. and yet, there is this sense that somehow he was heroic. the retrofitting of the assault on january 6 into a patriot
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uprising. you heard that rhetoric from the man who tried to assassinate nancy pelosi. all of these ideas have real consequences. it doesn't take a lot of disturbed individuals to act on all of this, which is one of the reasons why there's always been an assumption that there would be some sort of restraint and responsibility in the use of rhetoric, because you know there might be a disturbed individual who will take it too far after you demonize, dehumanize the other side, that they might act on it. the risks just keep rising with no indication whatsoever that anyone is prepared to dial this down, this rhetoric down. >> thanks to tharon, robert, charlie, kimberly. pressing pause. the supreme court, the chief justice, temporarily blocking a congressional committee from -- the ways and means committee getting ahold of donald trump's taxes. why and what happens next?
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president trump. chief justice john roberts blocking the irs from handing over trump's tax returns to the house ways and means committee tomorrow as scheduled while the supreme court considers its next steps on trump's request to block it permanently, despite two federal courts that ruled the house has a right to demand the records. this means that they will have to wait a while. kelly o'donnell, who covers the supreme court, i'm told -- i know you have probably checked this. the chief wants some briefs from both sides by next week, meaning it won't be until after the election certainly. and then it will be whenever they decide or ask for a argument or whatever. it will be a while longer. they have been waiting forever. they argued the ways and means committee, they have a constitutional right to see the tax returns. it's stated in the law. he, of course, has been arguing that they are private.
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>> reporter: the background here is that for a very long time, we have been accustom to presidents who voluntarily release their tax returns. donald trump refused to do that. he did some financial disclosures but always kept a tight grip on his tax returns and would say it was because they were under audit. the ways and means committee, which is the tax writing committee of congress, had tried in many different iterations to get those returns. they do have the power, because they oversee the irs, and they are able to say, we want to examine how is the irs conducting an audit of a president's tax returns? that's part of their purpose in trying to get them. of course, there are political overtones this on all sides. it's an electric issue. the former president, going to the highest court, asking for help here because he does not want those tax returns to be public. he certainly does not want them in the hands of a democratic house committee. what the chief justice is doing here -- when these emergency
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applications go to the court, one member of the court has the prerogative to deal with it as an individual and then choose to invite the rest of the court in on this. because of the timetable that you set out, that the irs was given a deadline and was about to release those tax returns, chief justice roberts has put that on hold. he asked the parties to provide more information by november 10th. you note that's after the election. the ways and means committee would be able to respond to the brief that the former president put forward. part of what he says is this is separation of powers, the executive branch, a president, the congress, the legislative branch, and that this would have a chilling affect on future presidents. that's part of the argument here. what we don't know is -- it's not easy to make a correlation between a temporary stay, the high court giving some breathing room on an issue, as things proceed, and any ultimate outcome.
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we don't know that this is a signal of where the court would go. but it's allowing this to proceed legally and to hear from the ways and means committee responding to what the former president's lawyers laid out in a 38-page brief to the high court. more to come on this. whenever you have the words trump taxes in a sentence, it gets a lot of attention in legal circles and in our conversations. >> absolutely. kelly o'donnell, thanks so much. one of your many hats. a double tragedy last night in chicago. two gunmen driving up to mourners attending a vigil and firing into the crowd. 14 people were shot, including three children. the youngest only 3 years old. >> it's an unfortunate situation to find a 3-year-old and young people being shot in this particular case. it's heartbreaking to people go out to memorialize someone and ultimately become victims. that's a challenge.
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>> police say there is no known motive for last night's drive-by. they are investigating 32 other shootings that hit chicago this weekend. the families of those who died in the parkland massacre in florida speak out before the man who killed their loved ones is sentences. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. this is msnbc. a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,... i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. check. when uc held me back... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when uc got the upper hand... rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief. lasting, steroid-free remission. and a chance to visibly repair the colon lining. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin cancer; death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred.
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today family members who lost loved ones and victims who survived the parkland shooting got their chance to directly address the shooter during his sentencing hearing in florida after a jury rejected the death penalty sentence. this is going to be a two-day process. he admitted to murdering 17 people in 2018. he is going to receive life in prison. in powerful statements, the people he impacted shared their heartbreak. >> a year ago in this very building, you told us that you had remorse for what you did.
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where was your remorse when you saw my father injure and bleeding out on the floor and decided to shoot him for a third time? >> if killing 17 innocent people and wounding 17 more does not warrant the death penalty, then what possibly does? >> you don't know me, but you tried to kill me. i will have a scar on my arm and the memory of you pointing your gun at me engrained in my brain forever. >> sam brock has in the courtroom. sam, watching those people getting to know some of the parents and other victims over these years, has had such an impact on all of us, on you covering it, on me. what impact does it have on him? there's no way to know, right? >> reporter: that's a great question. you saw the video.
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he is stoic. he is emotionemotionless. he basically doesn't move. it's like he is a passive observer. for the family members and loved ones who spoke today, they have been waiting for this moment for four years, to directly talk to nikolas cruz. there were victim impact statements during the death penalty face but there were no limits. here, no limits, not on the subject matter or the decision. every single family had something inciteful that broke your heart. a mother said her 17-year-old, the last text was a heart face emoji on valentine's day because her mom bought her a tookie. that mother said, you beat your mom. another young woman said that the moment, biggest life event to date so far has been the death of my sister shot and killed in a school. now in my early 20s, it's capped by this decision to not see capital punishment for nikolas
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cruz. in florida, you need a unanimous verdict. three of the 12 decided there were mitigating circumstances strong enough to not come to that conclusion. that led to moms like patricia oliver, whose son died on that day. to vent her anger. here is what she said. >> you are a natural evil killer. i thought that the devil did not exist until death put us in front in this path. you are living hell is about to get started. >> reporter: one teacher followed those comments who was shot in the kneecap was saying this, justice has not been served. we are forced to breathe the same air of someone who did not want us to take another breath. back to you.
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>> sam, you know, like you, i was trying to read his eyes to see, did he react at all? there's no way to know. it's not worth our energy. sam brock, thank you very much. election day, not here but in israel, where, yes, again, a familiar face is trying to stage a political comeback. we will go there next. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. she wished there was a way to make it last longer. say hello to your fairy godmother alice and long lasting gain scent beads. try spring daydream, part of our irresistible scent collection. ♪♪ what will you do? will you make something better? create something new? our dell technologies advisors can provide you with the tools and expertise you need to bring out the innovator in you.
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it's election day again in israel. the country's fifth election in less than four years. what yogi barra would deja vu all over again. ousted president benjamin netanyahu trying to stage a political comeback for a third time with a surging far-right water. netanyahu cast his ballot earlier today hoping to return to office. if he wins he could with reforms, quote/unquote, supporters proposing cancel his trial with possibly convicted jail for corruption charges by
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changing the legal code. we're following today's election from jerusalem. great to see you. turnout is high. highest turnout so far. we don't know for whom since 1999. is there any, any indication that arab israeli parties are participating, which they did the first time getting elected to the knesset last time, their parliament, or sitting this out? >> reporter: yeah. andrea, that is the question asked in campaign headquarters across this country right now, because as you said. the arab israeli minority in this country, about 20% of israeli citizens, are of palestinian origin could have a major impact on the election, if they turn out and vote. right now turnout in the area is looking lower in arab areas than jewish, traditionally they vote later in the evening. three hours left of voting. we'll see if they turn out. if they do in large numbers that
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could actually dilute the power of netanyahu his far-right party and allies. if they don't, netanyahu has a larger share of election pie all to himself trying to form a majority government, andrea. >> the chance they could put together briefly a coalition? could take weeks. right? either side. >> reporter: this could take weeks. could take weeks. some people here say the real politics begins after election day, when all the politicians get together in the back room, haggling, horse trading, trying to put together a coalition. a key part of netanyahu's strategy reach 61 seats in parliament is support from the far right, andrea? >> one knesset parliament vote in the latest poll, pre-election poll. wonderful, beautiful law, historic law. thank you, from jerusalem.
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