right now on "andrea mitchell reports," less than a week before the midterms, the president will give a major speech tonight from washington on why he believes the future of democracy is on the ballot. barack obama has been crisscrossing the country for democrats. liz cheney crossing party lines. >> the basic question that you should be asking yourself is, who will fight for you? >> if the people in our party are not doing the job they need to do, then we're going to vote for the people in the other party, because we are americans above all else. this hour, a deeper dive into online misinformation campaigns in the wake of the attack on paul pelosi. this time, looking at pennsylvania. new reporting on how capitol police missed seeing the break-in live on video despite a security camera on the house.

new we action to a north korean barrage of almost two dozen missiles, setting off alarms in south korea and new intelligence that kim jong-un is helping to arm russia against ukraine. ukraine's ambassador to the united states will join me here as well on a new report in the "new york times" that russian generals are talking about using low-level nuclear weapons in the war. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. key senate races across the country, they are tightening, in the house and the senate. among the new major developments today, liz cheney endorsing another democrat. our reporters are covering the candidates and voters who will be deciding which party controls congress and key statehouses. joining me first are nbc's vaughan hillyard in phoenix, then nbc's shaq brewster in wisconsin and nbc's ryan nobles

in concord, new hampshire. vaughan, president obama traveling to arizona today at a critical moment for both senator mark kelly and for katie hobbs in her close governor's race. >> reporter: i realize it's almost a cliche to suggest voter turnout in the final days will make or break the outcome of the election for both of the candidates. not only for governor but also for the senate races. you look at the new fox news polling that is coming out. if you look at the senate race, you have mark kelly up by just one percentage point over republican blake masters. then you go and turn to the governor's race and it's flipped. you have kari lake up one percentage point over democrat katie hobbs, the current arizona secretary of state. you have seen polling shows either candidate up by a couple points in both races here. that is why when you are walking around the greater part of phoenix talking to voters, you are -- who do you think, mark

kelly or blake masmasters? both candidates on both tickets, who they are is very well documented. it's a matter of who is going to show up. that is why you see barack obama rolling into arizona to hold a campaign rally here. you will see mark kelly and katie hobbs on stage together. there's been caution on the democratic slate of candidates to campaign together as a united democratic front in this longtime traditional republican state. back in 2018, doug deucy won the governor's race by 14 points. it's conservative but resistant to donald trump and his allies, those candidates. that's the question mark in the final days. who is able to drive out the voters in arizona? >> to shaq, governor tony evers, the other democratic incumbent candidate and mandela barnes

have events. they are in a similar situation to what we are seeing in arizona. >> reporter: at both levels, you feel the heat and intensification pick up as this campaign goes on. i left an event with senator ron johnson who is on the stump. his rhetoric has been picking up, his attacks against mandela barnes have been getting sharper. he says he doesn't support america, he doesn't support wisconsin and he is using his own words. barnes is out with a new campaign ad going after ron johnson for support for tax policy over the past six to 12 years. one thing we are seeing in wisconsin, just like vaughan was saying, it's about turnout. both are talking to their base trying to drive up turnout and energy. that's why what we are seeing here at this early voting location is you are getting that turnout in the state of wisconsin. 500,000 people have cast a ballot in this state in blue

areas like madison, more than 27% of the voters have come out to the polls. they know it's going to be close. the focus is on turning people out. >> ryan in new hampshire, the new hampshire senate race was an after thought. the republicans didn't think they had a shot at it. then a few weeks ago, the republican started closing in on the incumbent maggie hassan, which is what we have seen republicans gaining in the polls across the country. he started getting money from the national party. >> reporter: that's right. tonight is crucial to determine who will win this race, which now is basically a dead heat. a new poll out this morning shows the republican with a lead. it's the first time we have seen a poll showing the republican with a lead in the race. tonight, the two are on a debate stage. it's going to be seen by many granite state voters.

we talked to both candidates, the incumbent and the challenger. we found maggie tracking back to the middle. she's finding ways to distance herself from president biden. she brought up her independence from joe biden and talked about the myriad of issues where she criticized him and his administration. her opponent talking to a big crowd last night. more than 100 people, a doubling down on some of the big right wing issues which there's a lot of passion behind in the republican party. we will see as the other guys have said, turnout will be massive. this state could be among the many that could determine control of the state and the house as well. >> thanks so much to all of you. former maryland congresswoman donna edwards and brendon buck.

i want to talk about liz cheney. she campaigned for the michigan congresswoman who has been separating herself from joe biden and from the caucus and nancy pelosi before everything else that happened last week with nancy pelosi's husband, saying she would not necessarily endorse her for another term, all of that. liz cheney campaigning for the first time for a democrat, elissa slotkin and now endorsing tim ryan. let's watch a little bit of cheney last night in michigan. >> this is, by the way, the first time i have ever campaigned for a democrat. [ cheers and applause ] and i have to tell you that it was not a hard decision at all. we have to elect good people.

we have to elect people who are competent. we have to elect people who will do the work. we have to elect people who take their obligation seriously. and all of those things describe elissa slotkin. >> it was remarkable seeing that and seeing what she had to say to judy about tim ryan. tim ryan is a progressive democrat. elissa slotkin is a better fit for liz cheney. that's a leap for liz cheney. she's really unique among party leadership in congress to have taken such a stand and knowing she was going to lose her race. >> yeah. i have never seen this before. i appreciate her having the courage of her convictions. i guess what i worry about is she stated she wants to make the republican party a better place. i worry for her that running around the country and endorsing democrats is going to make it very difficult for fellow

republicans to listen to her going forward. one of the things that has tended to happen to a lot of never trump republicans is they ultimately become indistinguishable from democrats. i don't think she's necessarily going to do that. she needs to be careful. at some point, you are no longer seen as a republican. if your goal is to make the republican party more serious, more thoughtful, care more about democracy, you need to make sure that you are not just lumped in with the other side. i appreciate the sentiment behind what she's doing. i hope for the long-term she keeps an eye on her ability to make the party a better place, because i think that's really important. i don't know the democrats need a lot of help to focus on democracy. republicans do. >> what do you make of the president's speech tonight, focusing on democracy, not the kitchen table economic issues, but basically trying to tell voters that saving the democracy is a kitchen table issue, it's fundamental to keeping our

government. the fact that you have former president obama as the president -- the democratic president who is crisscrossing the country and joe biden being somewhat shunned by candidates like maggie hassan. he is doing his speech from washington. >> look, i think you always want to put your best messenger out there. he is the best messenger democrats have to appeal to some of the voters who are in the middle, independent voters, and to drive the base. we know that these elections are going to be very close. from michigan to ohio to arizona and across the country in these states, house and senate races are going to be decided by a really thin margin. it's going to be important to turn up that base. i think the president has been across the country talking about the economy, putting forward his solutions to the economy, a lot

of things that have been accomplished by the administration. i think this closing argument is designed to appeal to voters to let them know what's at stake. i think it is true that if you don't have a functioning democracy, you will not have a functioning economy. i think that that's an important message to get across to voters. the challenge for democrats and republicans right now is that these races will be decided by turnout. whatever the parties can do -- i think the democrats are doing that, to drive turnout, is going to make the difference in a lot of elections and in control of both the house and senate. >> thanks to both of you. the suicide mission. new details about the man who attacked speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul and what he says he intended to do. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. is msnbc.

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the man charged with attacking speaker pelosi's husband is being held without bail after pleading not guilty in court tuesday. investigators revealed that david depape told police he was on a suicide mission and that he had other targets, including a professor, other politicians and their relatives. nbc today confirming by "the washington post," capitol police had a live video feed from the home but no one was mron tore -- monitoring it during the attack. joining us now, ben collins, barbara mcquade and carol lennock. carol, why weren't they monitoring it in real time? >> it's a great question. one we have been working on for

the last 36 hours. what we discovered was essentially that as part of an effort to ramp up security at the speaker's home -- she's the number one recipient of death threats in congress by a far margin. in an effort to amp up security they added live camera feeds outside the back of her home in multiple locations. they don't typically monitor these feeds when she is being protected by a security detail and not at the home. in some respects, this makes people crazy. how could you not look at the camera to see the break-in in real time? i understand the pelosi family is asking that very question, as are other lawmakers. on the other hand, the capitol police are overwhelmed by the security responsibilities they face. they have hundreds of cameras they have to monitor, hundreds. it may actually exceed 1,000.

we are trying to get to the bottom of that. it's impossible to hire enough people to monitor these in real time. there's a triage decision made at the command center. we have a security detail with the speaker. she's safe and sound with us. we don't need to monitor the back door of her home. >> barbara, what do you make of that reporting and the level of security that's not there because of the demands? >> i think whenever you are trying to prevent a terrorist attack, there are always vulnerabilities. you can't stop someone determined. that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. i think the idea that people's families, like speaker pelosi's husband, are not at risk is really a foolish one. if you want to hurt somebody, the best way is by hurting the people they love the most. i think protection for families is something that congress ought to look at as a result of whether it's the january 6th committee or other efforts about changes in the law that the

threat has increased dramatically in recent years. we need to address that through spending appropriately to protect not only public officials but also their families. the other thing we need to do is in addition to responding to these attacks is to stop stoking them in the first place. the reason nancy pelosi gets so many threats is because there are so many political rivals who cast her as the devil, who demonize her. look at any television ad across this country and you will see images of a very sinister looking nancy pelosi trying to tie political rivals to her and her agenda. it's not just about her ideas. it's about demonizing her. we need to make our political candidates take note of this and vote with other feet by telling candidates that this kind of behavior is not acceptable. >> yeah. it's been going on against her for years, since 2009 at least, or even earlier. ben, let's talk about disinformation, the kind of disinformation that infected the mind of this alleged suspect.

president trump, just adding to the chorus of lies about the pelosi attack. here he is on a radio show just yesterday. >> it's weird things going on in that household in the last couple of weeks. you know, i probably -- you and i are better not talking about it. but the glass, it seems, was broken from the inside to the out. it wasn't a break-in. it was a break-out. >> just totally not true. all the things that have happened since adding to the pain of the victims here, paul pelosi and his family. it's the kind of thing that also was clearly in the online social history of this suspect. >> yeah. this is the double whammy of american life we have. once you are a victim of a political terror attack or terror attack or school shooting or something like that, immediately thereafter you become the subject of a massive

disinformation campaign that when it is tied to the richest person in the world, like elon musk or the former president, like donald trump, that myth becomes more important to uphold to those people. so they don't look wrong or weird. than the actual truth itself. that's what's happening here. by the way, it self-perpetuates. this guy attacked nancy pelosi because he was told lies about her eating kids on the internet. then even though every single person, every party to this, the suspect david depape, the person who was attacked, paul pelosi, the police, every single person around this and the video as well says the same thing, that myth can't fail, because politically, it is too onerous for the myth to fail. right now, donald trump is pushing this conspiracy theory. on fox news, they are asking the question. elon musk never apologized for this. it is because the ecosystem

benefits you pushing these lies instead of owning up to the truth. >> barbara, just switching gears. i want to ask your reaction to lindsey graham losing that supreme court appeal. is he going to have to testify in the georgia election probe? >> yeah, i think he is out of cards to play. we have seen this move now by a number of people who have received subpoenas. file frivolous lawsuits, push it to the supreme court in hope hopes you can delay and throw a hail mary. every once in a while you get a judge who grants you relief. in this instance, i think he delayed the inevitable, that he will have to testify. he will have the ability to object to questions if there's a basis to believe they would incriminate him or that they would interfere with the speech or debate clause. by and large, these are questions about the calls that he made trying to find out answers to questions or maybe to

influence the outcome of the election. he will have to answer them. >> ben, barbara and carol, another big break on a big major story from carol and her colleagues at "the washington post." thank you so much. on alert. north korea firing nearly two dozen missiles overnight. the latest from the region next. relentless courage. a unique look inside the war in ukraine and those who have stood strong in the face of russia's military. 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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north korea has fired an unprecedented barrage of 23 missiles, one reaching closer to south korea than ever before below the maritime boundary between the two countries. south korea returning fire with air to surface missiles. now the u.s. is discussing possible responses. nbc's janice mackey fryar has more. is this a precursor to the

nuclear test planned for quite a while? >> reporter: this is likely the prelude. we had a very historic and very dangerous period overnight with these 23 missiles, at least, being fired in all directions, going east, west, and, of course, the one that landed close to south korea's territorial waters. that's the first time since the country split. air raid sirens were sounded. that's very rare. as is retaliation by south korea. they sent up fighter jets, firing three air to surface missiles, making a point of saying, those missiles also hit near this disputed maritime border. even in a year where there has been a record number of north korean weapons tests, this was relentless today. that's not all. they were firing artillery, too.

more than 100 rounds of artillery being fired from the east coast. as you said, the timing is not coincidental, with the u.s. and south korea conducting annual military drills in the region. huge drills, thousands of military personnel from both countries, 240 aircraft flying a record number of sorties and practicing to ward off the sort of threat that we saw today from north korea. north korea had warned the two countries to call off the drills and threatened that they would, quote, pay the most horrible price in history if they did not. so we are seeing this reaction from north korea. of course, the concern being the expectation of, what is next? the probable nuclear test. kim jong-un's seventh nuclear test. hasn't done one since 2017.

all of the satellite and intelligence from the u.s. and south korean agents suggest that it's going to happen soon. all of the preparations have been made, and this nuclear test could happen, frankly, any day now. >> that is truly alarming, thank you so much for all your reporting. senior russian military leaders talked about how moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon against ukraine, according to reporting by "the new york times," citing multiple senior american officials. president putin was not a part of the conversation, but the fact that senior russian military leaders were, even having the discussion alarmed the administration. nbc news has not independently confirmed the report. joining us is the ambassador, ukraine's ambassador to the united states, as well as carol guzie, a photojournalist, and a

soldier in the ukrainian national guard. remarkable images. madam ambassador, you wrote an essay. it's an essay about -- you open by talking about the ukrainian photojournalist, he was such a hero, so remarkable. i want to talk to you about that in a moment. first, let me ask you about the overnight news. first of all, the fact that north korea is arming, according to the white house, arming russia with artillery shells for its depleted weapon supply against your country. are you aware of that? were you aware of that? how do you react? >> we would not be surprised,

unfortunately, because as we see russia suffering one defeat after another on the battlefield in an honest fight, they resorted to terror against our civilians, our infrastructure, essentially eliminated heat and water supply before the winter. they turned to iran. we saw they turn to belarus. in a sense, dictators, uniting in helping each other. we hope we together will be able to stop them. with all the air defense and everything else, not allow them to create more damage in ukraine. >> this alarming report from "the new york times," is that something ukrainian intelligence has picked up, that russian generals are talking about tactical nuclear weapons? >> they don't have any red lines. all the atrocities we saw in bucha, everywhere in ukraine, everything that we saw, there is no red lines for them. on the other hand, they want to

scare us. we should not be scared. we should stay the course and we should win. ukraine and all civilized countries. >> the hammering that your country is taking right now, how is that sustainable with kyiv being attacked relentlessly, water, infrastructure, energy supply, heading into the winter, how do you hold out under that kind of attack? >> it's horrible. it's devastating. it's very hard on people. it's inhumane. but we will not surrender. >> do you have concerns about the midterms with restlessness, let's just say, especially in the republican party but also some democrats talking about less money for ukraine and now nbc news has a report in fact, that president biden was getting angry even in a call last june with president zelenskyy who has been so heroic and is so admired, but president zelenskyy

was asking for more aid and president biden is under a lot of pressure here. do you worry about not getting aid you need? >> our discussions are always constructive between the presidents and between everyone here. actually, the support that we feel from american people is so strong. i don't see that being changed. that support has always been very bipartisan. again, we both our countries are democracies. there could be changes. changes are good. this is what differentiates us from russia. but i'm positive this fight is about values. we both countries, both nations share the same values. we really hope that the support will stay. i'm positive that the support will stay, because we have to listen carefully to what putin says and we have to defeat him while it's still in ukraine. >> this remarkable book could do a lot towards explaining to americans exactly what you all

face here. let me bring in your colleagues who have worked on this book. carol, i have admired your photographs for years. you have been in every war zone. you are back from ukraine. you are going to return most likely. so many pulitzers. you photographed the elderly women. talk to me about them. we can share some of the pictures. >> i did a lot of general coverage in ukraine. as i was following a group called angels of kyiv, a humanitarian group of residents that formed to help feed the elderly and bring medical supplies to residents. it was while there was shelling on the outskirts. i started seeing ladies who stayed. i felt like, what would it be like if it was my mother, my grandmother, their potential targets? this is a war of terrorism. it's not a traditional war

fought on a battlefield between soldiers. there's so many targets in all of ukraine that are civilians. the toll is massive. they are such enchanting women. they are so strong and brave. some of them can't leave. most of them won't leave. they choose to stay for their own particular reasons. i found them to be inspiring, their spirit, determination, tenacity. >> your picture convey that. we all followed the siege of mariupol without any visibility into what was happening. you captured really the horror of it from inside. can you talk about what it was like during all those weeks and weeks in that steel plant? >> in in february, russia started full scale attack.

it was heavily shelled and bombed for 90 days. >> what made you take pictures? you wanted to document it. we want to show some of the pictures now. what inspired you to do that? >> i wanted to send a message. i want to send a message that my brothers in arms, to all ukrainians and all people who support in the fight. i wanted to take picture with symbol. i think it's symbol of victory. victory of good over evil. >> the beam of light you speak of, this picture is the extraordinary cover of it. ambassador, when we talked about

max, he was -- he went missing in action. his body was found maybe a month later. this was only weeks into the war. it was march 13th. you wrote about him. >> yes. he was a dear friend. one of the brave journalists, so many, who we have everywhere in ukraine helping to show the truth. he never thought about himself. he was a very beautiful human being. full of light. the fact that russians would not only target our civilians, not only target our mothers and children but specifically target people who have press on their vests. >> he was wearing the gear which says press in big letters. he had two gunshots. >> exactly. this war, like targeting talented press officers, a photographer, just 26 years old.

targeting old women who will not leave, like my mother, who would not leave ukraine. she came back to bucha as soon as she can. targeting press just shows how inhumane this aggressive regime is and how this war is about the values, the democracy. it is defending democracy and our way of living in ukraine for all of us. >> do you think there will be accountability for war crimes? >> i'm sure it will be, and we will not stop until there is accountability. we all need it. not only to punish those who did this horrible crimes in ukraine, but to prevent all others. we need to send a very strong message that it's not okay in the 21st century to do this to a peaceful nation. >> thank you very much. thank you for your heroism and the record you have shown.

carol, so many pulitzers, more to come. so much gratitude. the book is simply remarkable. >> thank you. coming up, confusion, distrust and disinformation in one battleground state, in pennsylvania. what it might mean for the vote coming up next. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. this is gloria. she hasn't worked this hard to only get this far with her cholesterol. taken with a statin, leqvio can lower bad cholesterol by over 50% and keep it low with two doses a year. side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath.

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and was in pennsylvania. it's great to see you. thank you for joining us. i was struck by your story, having been in pennsylvania last week and monitoring the debates. we will hear the president address this in part tonight when he talked about the challenge for voters to separate fact from fiction. we don't know what we are believing. walk us through some of the examples you saw in the critical race in pennsylvania. >> what's so striking about pennsylvania, maybe not unique, is there's so much disinformation out there. anywhere you look really, you face the challenge of separating fact from fiction. it goes both ways. which is controversial for some to say. some say the republicans tend to produce more disinformation, especially about the ballot issues and so forth. but honestly, in any direction, you will see false posts, accusations that are not founded

on reality. some of them go viral. they reach tens of thousands, even millions of voters. a lot of people are monitoring this. social media platforms try to address it, they try to de-emphasize some of these posts. the fact is, they can't keep up. so anywhere you go, you are going to encounter -- anywhere you look online, but also offline, you will be encountering a swirl of accusations. it's hard, i think, for ordinary people to keep track of what is real and what's not. >> it can be petty as to a false claim from republicans that john fetterman had a tattoo of the l.a. criminal gang, which he does not, to a photoshop of dr. oz supposedly kissing his

handprint on the hollywood hall of fame. >> yes. some of these you could say are amusing, that they are the memes you see on the internet that make you laugh or smile. you know, there's something to that, i think, that people -- we don't want to be in a police state where you can't make fun of politicians. that's part of the american tradition. but i think the more insidious examples that have spread, raising questions about character of the candidates, raising questions about policy -- policy almost never comes into this. it is about creating an image or tainting the image of one of the candidates. some of these -- the tattoo issue is an effort to go after his work on crime or what have you. again, there was one that foe --

photo dp -- photoshopped a sign to say no. millions of people saw that. whether they believed it is almost beside the point. it's out there in the atmosphere. >> nearly a million people -- people have voted with mail-ins. there's misinformation about mail-in balloting. donald trump has tried to say the results in pennsylvania will not be real like he did last time. we were there watching the hand count. all the courts said was not necessary, there was no fraud there. steven, you are digging into something that's so important, especially as we approach this election. thank you very much for all of your reporting. >> thank you.

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with control of congress at stake and the elections only six days away, more potentially troubling news for democrats. the cook political report moving ten house races in blue districts in the direction toward republicans including in new york, oregon and california. joining us now is incumbent democrat running in one of those races, congressman josh harter. thanks for being with us. so your race went from likely democrat to leaning democrat. so it is edging toward republicans. how much is redistricting making it harder for you to reese the voters? because what we've been told, 74% of the stockton area is new

to you. and according to cook, that means that you have to introduce yourself to all of these people. >> we do. california has an independent redistricting process. and right way do it, not drawn by politicians in dark rooms, this is still some what have the core district we've had, same place that my grandfather settled to start a peach farm. and issues have remained the same. lowering health care costs, protecting our farmers, keeping the community safe. but we have to fight every day to introduce ourselves to a lot of people that haven't seen us on the ballot before. >> is harder this year because the president is under water? he is in washington tonight giving a speech about democracy which is an urgent theme for many voters. maybe not at the top, but important that he is talking about it. but he is not out there

campaigning. and i'd suspect you haven't invited him to come to your district. >> everywhere i go, i hear how hard people are struggling. prices are rising, people are hurting, health care, gas, housing costs especially in california. you know, one mom told me that she can either pick her kids up from school or drive to work, but she can't afford do both. and so we have to make it clear what we're doing to fight inflation. it is my number one job and we need to make sure folks hear it. but at the same time, it is not all about policy. i have a 7 month old daughter and when i'm out on the campaign trail, more people ask me about baby pictures than detailed policy platforms. >> and not about baby formula? there have been a nunl of bumps along the road for the administration. are people aware of all the things that joe biden has done? because the other problem the white house has had is in describing all the legislation that they have passed.

you were part of that. >> absolutely. i think sometimes the democratic party just like my daughter where you give her a new toy and she forgets about her favorite toy from five minutes ago. we need consistency. working class districts like mine have been left behind for a long time and they felt that. they need to hear every day on the progress that we've been making. one good example is the work to cap the price of insulin. half my district is diabetic or pre-die beth tick. my dad is an opt tomorrowist and every week my dad has had a patient who has gone blind because of unmanaged diabetes because they can't afford the insulin. and the bill we passed a month or two ago is going to cap the price of insulin for medical care beneficiaries. it is a game changer for my community and as you said, a lot of folks don't know we did it and they don't understand the contrast.

one of the most important issues in my race is that my oen says he would have voted against that bill to cap the price of insulin alongside every single republican in the country. we need to make sure people understand that over the next six days. >> it is extraordinary. i'm still trying to get over the fact that half your district suffers from diabetes. that just seems, you know, awfully high. i don't know the numbers on the overall population, but boy, that is incredible. thank you for the snapshot from your district. good luck out there on the campaign trail. and that does it for andrea mitchell reports. follow us online, facebook and twitter. go phils. 7-0 last night. home run derby. home game tonight. first lady is going to be there as well. chris jansing picks it up after these messages. chris jansing picks it up after these messages this week is your chance to try any subway footlong for free. like the subway series menu.

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