have this weekend? >> you always spray it. >> you got to close it down. the thing is -- >> open the hits. >> go through the ball. >> such a headache. >> finish high. >> you finish high but also you want the belly button aimed where you want the ball to go. over here your 2 iron is going to spray that way. >> just be quiet. >> teach a clinic. >> people buy clubs this wide, i don't get that. >> we'll see you on sunday "today" we're excited about it. >> emma thompson is on. >> are you serious? talking about your favorite movie of all time "love actually" in depth. >> she leans over and straightens the -- >> that does it for us. jose diaz-balart picks up msnbc's live coverage right now. >> we're sorry, jose. we are. >> it's up to you. good morning, it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific.

i'm jose diaz-balart we begin this busy hour with breaking news. the brand new jobs report shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. which is higher than expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from last month's 3.5%. this as the hispanic unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. the black unemployment rate remains mostly unchanged and there you see the numbers at 5.9%. it's the last jobs report before election day on tuesday with the economy and the cost of living ranking as the top issue on voters' minds headed to the polls. joining us with more is business and data reporter brian chung. whatever your takeaways. >> i want to rehighlight again the numbers we got about an hour and a half ago. in september we had 315,000 jobs added. the new jobs for october showing

261,000 jobs added in the month. but something that caught a lot of attention was the 3.7% unemployment rate that we clocked in as of october. that was a little bit higher than the 3.5% that we got in the month of september. now you do see some bouncing around so that jump is noticeable. but not necessarily all that distinguishable. but the question is where are the industries we're seeing some of these job gains. if we look at the breakdown. we saw a big contributor to the job gains we saw in the month of october was in health care. up by about 52,000 a noticeable change there. especially in an industry specifically in nursing that's been pretty ravaged since the pandemic. but also leisure and hospitality, a lot of restaurants getting job gains up 35,000 manufacturing also with the supply chain issues easing up about 32,000 as well. overall the job story remaining intact ahead of the midterms. inflation not necessarily the job market remaining on the tops of minds for voters, jose.

>> brian, just kind of boring down a little bit into the different groups within our nation and the unemployment rate there. latino unemployment also ticked up, african american remains solidly the same but it's kind of high. >> it is high. with the black unemployment rate, for example, we did see a more substantial up tick in the unemployment rate earlier in the year, call it in the middle of the summer. it has fallen as has the overall national average to the 3.5% we saw in the month of september. that was the lowest since 1969. it's jumped back up a little bit to 3.7%. some of that is compositional. we saw a contraction in the labor force. essentially the total of the amount of people working in addition to the amount of people actively looking for work. you have to look deeper to see why that's happening. but broadly speaking, some concern that again if the unemployment rate ticks up further than 3.7% will that be

more disproportionately in the communities of color as opposed to other communities, something we have to continue to watch in the months to come. >> thank you so much. always a clear explanation of some complicated numbers. thanks. twitter employees are waking up to company emails telling them if they still have a job after elon musk took over the company. musk is looking to cut half of twitter's workforce. they said in a message to employees that the layoffs are being done to put twitter on a healthy path. employees have now filed a lawsuit over a law that requires 60 days before a mass layoff. joining us is jacob ward in san francisco. good morning, what are you learning about the layoffs today. >> reporter: good morning, as you mentioned twitter employees here in san francisco and across the world are over their morning coffee checking to see if they

have a job as of this hour. we knew rumors were persisting that elon musk planned to lay off perhaps as much as half the workforce of twitter. and as yesterday nbc saw an email that went out to employees informing them to check their email this morning to figure out if they've been locked out or perhaps receive notice at personal emails they would be laid off. this comes at a time when twitter is going to be one of the main avenues of disinformation, misinformation, going into the midterm elections. so we're seeing report after report, in some cases on twitter itself from employees in groups like an algo rhythmic transparency research group, one that looks into the ways in which algorithms can look into misinformation like our entire team has been laid off. we know, as you mentioned, there is a lawsuit in the works against twitter.

it's been filed on on behalf of five twitter employees, four in san francisco, one in massachusetts, basically saying you cannot lay people off, pointing out according to federal law if a company is larger than 100 employees it needs to give everyone 60 days notice before it can lathem off. there are more stringent penalties for that kind of layoff without warning in other countries such as the united kingdom where you can owe days and weeks on top of any fines imposed. elon musk seems to be aware of those laws, in one mocking tweet he mocked those laws. so we're seeing again enormous layoffs at twitter this morning and the possibility of legal action coming up on the heels of that, jose. >> jacob ward in san francisco this morning. thank you so much. we're headed into the last weekend before the 2022 midterm elections. now just four days away. and a last minute endorsement

was made in the closely watched pennsylvania senate race. oprah winfrey announcing her support for democratic candidate john fetterman instead of his mehmet oz. this as a trio past and present descend on the trail this weekend. former president obama and president biden set to campaign for fetterman. and former president trump for oz near pittsburgh. last night the former president hinting at another presidential run. this morning they're discussing a complain launch on november 14th, according to three sources familiar with the discussions. joining us is blayne alexander and shaquille bruster.

georgia broke an early voting record again yesterday. what's getting people so engaged? >> reporter: let's talk about that record. more than 2 million in-person ballots cast. the number we've seen in 2022 is higher than we saw during the entire early voting period in 2018. so it's already beat that number and we have this last day still to go. so, you know, candidates on both sides in this governor's race they're not just looking at the numbers but looking at where those ballots are cast. this is cob county a suburb of atlanta, it went blue for joe biden in 2020. and republicans believe they can pick up votes for brian kemp for people who may have strayed away from him at 2018 because he was so closely aligned with former president trump. so when you talk to voters here, as we've been doing all morning,

any one of them can give you a different issue that's top of mind when it comes to what's driving them to make a decision. and they have issues on which candidate is the one to solve the issue. listen to two voters i spoke to today. one who said they voted for stacey abrams, the other for brian kemp. >> stacey abrams. i'm not a fan of someone telling me what i can and cannot do with my own body or any younger woman who can have children, exactly. i think it's important for us to make knowledgeable and informed decisions. and it's important to me that we have that choice. >> if there's one issue that stands out to you as just top of mind when you choose your candidates? >> inflation. cost is a -- of everything is rising. i go to the grocery store, it costs me almost double what it cost me about a year ago. so that's the top. my top concern right now.

>> reporter: and that second voter you heard from, jose, her name is trina, she said she voted for governor kemp. officials are saying because this is the last day of early voting expect to see more people turn out today, all of them trying to get their votes in before election day. jose? >> shaq's milwaukees deputy director for elections was recently fired. what happened there? >> reporter: the deputy director was fired and also likely facing charges in the next couple days because she fraudulently sent ballots to a republican representative in the state. she was trying to prove a point. she said in wisconsin military members can request a ballot without showing any id or without being registered to vote. so she went online using the state system using her own private time, typed in names and had ballots sent.

the da said criminal charges are pending. but you had the mayor and election officials saying while this is a serious breach of trust in milwaukee. they are emphasizing this is not going to impact any of the votes cast so far. more than 600,000 in the state of wisconsin and will not impact any election results on november 8th. >> shaq, you spoke with wisconsin senator ron johnson, who is running for re-election. what did he have to say? >> reporter: yeah we spent some time following him on his bus tour going through rural wisconsin over the last couple of days and he told us he's cautiously optimistic. we know the polling shows him with a slight lead well within the margin of error. he said he's optimistic but wants to run through the tape. we've seen him on the trail step up attacks against mandela barnes saying he has disdain for his country, cop tempt for

wisconsinites. one thing we've also seen is him using that story we heard out of milwaukee. using the lawsuit in green bay filed by the republican national committee using that to ask questions about the results and legitimacy of next week's election. i want you to listen to his response when i asked him if he would commit to accepting the election results next week. >> i sure i hope i can, i can't predict what the democrats might have plan. >> it depends on what you see? >> it has to. let's see how this plays out. >> reporter: when we caught up with tony evers, my colleague caught up with him after one of his bus tour events, the democratic governor in this state said what you saw out of milwaukee was an example of the system working. there was wrong doing and the person will likely be charged. he said that's serious business.

took a different approach saying he has faith in what we're seeing in the way elections are done in the state of wisconsin. jose. >> shaquille bruster and blayne alexander thank you. stay with us for coverage of the elections tuesday night 3:00 p.m. pacific with rachel maddow, joy reed, and steve kornacki. meanwhile catch the podcast, "the revolution with steve kornacki". check it out wherever you get your podcasts. still ahead, why the demand for vasectomies is sky high. live with the unusual way doctors are answering that call. labor secretary marty walsh will be with us to take a deep dive into the labor numbers. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." watching diaz-balart reports. ing crew. t.

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morning. the husband of house speaker nancy pelosi is out of the hospital after he was brutally attacked in their home last week and a preliminary court hearing is scheduled for this afternoon in san francisco. the accused attacker is not expected to attend. joining us with the latest aaron mclaughlin in san francisco. what is the latest there, erin? >> reporter: jose, good morning. paul pelosi waking up this morning for the first time inside his home since last friday's brutal attack in which he sustained injuries to his skull, his hands, and his arm. he was being treated in the hospital arriving back here yesterday afternoon, the pelosi family releasing a statement saying it is thankful for the beautiful outpouring of love, support, and prayers from around the world. paul is grateful to the 911 operators, emergency responders, trauma team, icu staff and the entire medical staff for their

excellent and compassionate life saving treatment he received after the violent assault in our home. paul remains under doctor's care as he continues to progress on a long recovery process. this as the second court hearing for this case is scheduled to happen here in san francisco just hours from now. the suspect, as you mentioned, is not expected to appear in court as this is largely a procedural hearing. we're also waiting further details about the federal charges that have been filed against the suspect, 42-year-old david depape, it's unclear when those arraignment proceedings will happen. jose. >> nbc's erin mclaughlin in san francisco. thank you so much. turning to the breaking news, the october jobs report shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs. the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%. joining us now is u.s. labor secretary marty walsh. always a pleasure to see you on

these fridays. what do these numbers tell you about the state of the jobs market? >> when you look into them, it looks like we're seeing slow, steady growth here. getting back to a position maybe a little bit pre-pandemic that these job gains are great. seeing unemployment numbers low. we saw the unemployment number tick up because more people got into the workforce. but slow, steady growth into our economy moving forward. other than a complete shutdown in our economy that's what people want to see as we continue to battle inflation. >> so the unemployment ticked up slightly among hispanics, black unemployment also ticked up to 5.9%. what do you see in those communities? >> again, i think it's more people getting involved in the workforce. last month we had an all-time historic low in hispanic unemployment, and it shows us in the black unemployment number that we still have work to do. there are lots of folks in the black community in america

eligible and looking for work and we need to continue to create pathways for jobs into people. that's something historically the black unemployment number has always been higher. but we need to make real intentional work there to get people into decent paying, good paying jobs and give them the opportunity to get into the middle class. >> i was struck last week when you warned that a catastrophe is coming for the economy of the u.s. due to a lack of immigration reform. what did you mean by that? >> yeah. i was doing a show and they took a clip of it and it went viral, i guess in some ways. what i mean by it, we really need to think about the future of our economy in the united states and the amount of job openings available in that we just don't have enough workers in the workforce to fill those jobs. and there's an opportunity for us in our country to do immigration reform that creates a pathway for citizenship, deals

with issue we're dealing with immigration right now and historically immigration has been dealt with as a bipartisan issue on a bipartisan level. when i talk to businesses in america and they ask me what's going on with immigration, i let them know that we need to get both sides to the table to sit down. the president filed a bill on immigration reform, one went through the house, didn't make it through the senate. but i think we have to have an honest conversation about immigration reform and not -- the conversation about the border as well. you can deal with the issues at the border if we have an honest conversation with immigration and not conflate the two. >> i think that's a really important point, mr. secretary. also growing concerns of a risk of recession and inflation is causing a lot of strain on families. you know that. for those worried that they could be, for example, be laid off soon, what could you tell them? >> well, i mean, there are jobs available. and i'm kind of of the mindset we're doing everything we can at

the department of labor with workforce development, training, apprenticeship programs. we're working to make sure that people in jobs, whether a lower wage job or they want to change their career, they get skilled up to different jobs and we need to continue that system of moving people into good paying jobs. there are jobs right now in america so if folks are laid off, they're able to find a job. if you're working in one industry, stay construction, i'm a former construction worker. and you want to leave that sector, you get laid off and you maybe want to go to tech or some other sector, we need to make sure there are programs in place on a local level to help you guide into those areas. >> secretary marty walsh, always a pleasure to see you, i thank you for being with us on this friday. breaking news this morning, happening right now, the founder of the oath keepers, stewart rhodes is on the stand testifying in his own defense.

rhodes and four other members of the oath keepers are on trial for seditious conspiracy. ryan riley is outside the courthouse. what's the latest this morning? >> reporter: that's right, rhodes has taken the stand, being examined by his own defense attorney. he's gotten emotional at times, talked about watching the september 11th attacks happen when he was in law school. he talked about why he founded the oath keepers. how he thought that they should have a sense of -- members of the military needed a sense of purpose. he talked about some trouble that he thinks the military has with transitioning people back into civilian life. he's pretty compelling on the stand. it's been an effective witness thus far because he's a little bit charismatic. but based on what we heard in the testimony so far where we have audio of him saying he's

ready to hang nancy pelosi and the guns and weapons he bought after the january 6th attack and all of the communications he tried to get to then president donald trump about invoking the insurrection act and stopping the peaceful transfer of power, he's a high mountain to climb in terms of convincing the jury that he's not really a threat. that's going to be tough given the overwhelming amount of evidence that prosecutors have pointed to in this case, including a lot of his text messages and signal messages he sent all throughout the course of this in the leadup to january 6th and after january 6th as well. because that's a major component of the government's case because this plot didn't stop on january 6th. it was continuing afterwards about trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power up to the day of joe biden's inauguration. >> i thank you very much. appreciate it. up next, new reporting on how important the issue of abortion is to many latino voters and challenging some

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29 after the hour, we have breaking news concerning former president trump's plans for 2024.

nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the latest. kristen, what do you know? >> reporter: this is significant, jose. our political team has been working on this reaching out to sources who are familiar with the former president's thinking. and two sources close to former president trump say that while he has already all but announced that he is running for president again, he will likely make it official sometime this month. likely after the midterms. they also cautious, jose, that that date could slide. let me just remind you of some of the things we've heard from former president trump. he has been teasing this for quite some time at his rallies including overnight in iowa where he said i ran twice, won twice and did better the second time than the first, of course the facts don't bear that out. and now to make our country safe and successful and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. all but leaning into an

announcement overnight. but one gop senator says that mr. trump will announce sooner rather than later. he is ready to go. and this senator would be shocked if the former president doesn't run again. so that just gives you some context and some thinking. i want to take you back to covering the trump white house, jose, and just remind our viewers that quite often a date or an idea would be floated and that would sort of be a trial balloon and the former president would consider how it would be received publically before making a final decision. so i want to stress right now, jose, while this is the thinking, the date could slide, the timing could slide and nothing is official yet. still this is significant. it's one step closer to an official announcement, jose. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you so much. demand for vasectomies is skyrocketing after the end of roe v. wade.

requests have quadrupled over the last year. so they've turned to a mobile clinic to provide vasectomies. maggie, what can you tell us about the clinic? >> reporter: there it is behind me, it's a little bit in the distance, doing it for patients' privacy. it is lit rally clad in cartoon sperm and honk if you had a va connect my. the message is clear and the demand is real. this is being day two across missouri in st. louis yesterday, springfield today, missouri tomorrow. offering along 60 free vasectomies to men across missouri since the demand has surged in the wake of the roe v. wade reversal. we spoke to three patients yesterday about their experiences, why they wanted to do this. listen to what they said. >> you just finished your vasectomy. >> yes. >> how did it go?

>> great. it was awesome. >> wasn't bad at all. i should have done it at 35. >> if i knew it was this easy and quick. i thought it would be an hour or something like that to get it done. i would have got it done a long time ago. >> reporter: now all three of those men said they had recent conversations with the women in their lives, their partners, who clued them in basically or talked to them more about what women go through for reproductive care, how expensive it is, arduous it is. one of the men you heard from, he was very fired up about roe v. wade, he said i'm coming in here, this is his metaphor. it's easier to take the bullets out of the gun than to force someone to wear a bullet proof vest. a lot of conversations being had here and the demand surging. >> maggie, vasectomies aren't the only measure people are taking after the fall of roe v. wade. planned parenthood said

sterilizations are up? >> reporter: exactly. they're comparing numbers that came in over the summer as they're tallied up compared to a year ago. the number they threw out. july 2022, they had 18 female sterilizations at one local clinic, compared to three that same month a year ago. so they're up six fold basically in the wake of roe v. wade. basically the message we heard from a lot of people, including some women we talked to yesterday they're worried about other reproductive options like sterilization and vasectomies taken away in the future. they're doing it now just in case that happens. jose. >> maggie vespa in springfield. i thank you very much. now to new reporting from "the washington post," which points to a shift in how latino voters view abortion rights and the importance when deciding how to vote. joining us now the reporter from "the washington post." great seeing you.

what are you learning in your reporting? >> so the post poll that we conducted not too long ago found that latinos, the majority of them are in favor of abortion rights. that goes against a lot of long-held assumptions and beliefs we've had about this generally democratic electorate, conservative on issues like guns and abortion. but we found the opposite is true. latino voters are very much in support of abortion rights. and therefore, could be, you know, that issue could be key in some of these close races where latino voters matter. >> and silvia, a pew research center poll said 57% of latinos said abortion should be legal in all or most cases. but the polls have changed in how they view abortion. what did you learn about that? >> it was interesting. so 20 years ago, it was true that latinos largely did think that abortion should be illegal

in most cases and that has changed over time. and the experts i spoke to, basically attributed to two things. one they said the youth of the latino vote right now is a very big driving factor. when we looked at our post poll you could see the youth were in favor of abortion rights, opposed to those like 65 years and older. so that's one factor. like the youth of the community. and the second, too, is that latinos have now been here for generations and generations. so they're less bringing kind of cultural assumptions or standards from home countries and homelands and more and more reflecting the current political electorate like any other american. >> you also reported on three latinas running for congress. what did you learn about how these latinas are talking to voters there? >> yeah. that was super fascinating. so you have these three border

districts that are being challenged by three republican latinas endorsed by trump. they're basically running on two platforms for one using the republican rhetoric when it comes to the economy, raising wages and those more fiscal looks at thing. and then the second thing i found a lot of those three latinas are banking on leaning into the culture wars. saying democrats don't understand your communities, using latinx against us. they're talking about being daughters or dissen dends of immigrants but saying they came the legal way. so they're really running from there on those platforms. >> that's a formula they hope will take them to victory. see how that turns out after the 8th of this month. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks. up next, north korea

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at least five games without pay. the team said they suspended irving because he did not say he has no anti-semitic beliefs. he apologized on instagram hours after writing in part, to all jewish families and communities that are hurt and affected from my post, i am deeply sorry to have caused you pain and i apologize. i have no intention to disrespect any jewish history regarding the holocaust or perpetuate any hate. that's his latest comment. millions are going into school board races -- millions of dollars with even governors getting involved. picking their favorite candidates. joining us is sam brock. you spoke with school board members and teachers. how is this impacting them? >> reporter: jose, good morning. there is nothing more personal to parents across the country than their children and children's education. this phenomenon right now, the attention and money we're seeing on school boards started with

covid but it's become big money and good politics for conservatives. for a good portion of the country -- >> they're going to shutdown the meeting. >> reporter: school board chaos like this in dearborn, michigan is common place. what began as reaction to covid policies and masks. >> none of the them wear them correctly. >> reporter: has evolved to subjects parents hold near and dear to their hearts. >> to find our education system where it is now happened over a course of decades. >> reporter: sarah is a school board member and cofounder of moms for liberty, a group that advocates for parental rights in school. for her she said the tipping point was talking about gender identity in the classroom. >> do you think parents would be surprised to know which pronoun. >> for example, when we grew up it was name and date. now it's pronoun name and date. >> the group is demanding access

to what their children learn. >> if you're promoting things you know certain families do not support, so again that's the woke ideology goes full circle. >> reporter: for high school history teachers barbara and richard in south florida's broward county, the reality is different. >> are people talking about gender identity in classrooms, to your knowledge? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> it's not a topic that you talk about. we teach students. >> and yet it's become so high profile, why do you think that is? >> politics. >> it sells. >> reporter: among ziegler's powerful allies, florida's governor, ron desantis. >> we believe in education, not indoctrination. >> desantis has endorsed 30 school board candidates this election cycle, including ziegler, 19 have won and 16 are in a runoff on monday.

the 1776 project has spent nearly $3 million, according to s.e.c. filings across the u.s. >> the republicans are realizing their base of support is expandable. >> reporter: dr. robert stein is a professor of political science. >> i've seen it here in harris county, is they build a bench, what makes a good candidate is someone who has run for office, won and raised money. >> reporter: whatever the topic of contention may be, there's little doubt the strategy is working. >> it's a playbook that you see in states over than florida. >> do you think republicans are winning from that playbook right now? >> they're killing it. they're absolutely killing it. what are we talking about? we're hear because of that. >> reporter: if you look more closely at some of the states where groups like the 1776 project are spending their money it's a lot of battleground states, whether it's virginia, florida, texas, pennsylvania,

all that money being raised, half of it is coming from donations less than $200, truly reflective of a grass roots movement. jose. >> sam brock in miami, thank you. up next new tensions between north and south korea. we have details in a live report next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." diaz-balart reports. peaceful state. full plate. wait, are you my blind date? dancing crew. trip for two. nail the final interview.

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f-35 stealth fighter jets this morning in response to that swarm of north korean military aircraft. as we've been talking about, there are 100 or so american fighter planes taking part in large scale joint military exercises with the south koreans right now. those american pilots were put on alert. they weren't ultimately scrambled against the north koreans. on the diplomatic front, the u.n. security council is going to meet later today in new york to discuss the situation here on the korean peninsula. jose, right now, it is not looking like they are actually going to vote on any resolutions. it looks like this is just going to be a chance for the united states and its allies to voice their deep concern about what the north is up to. and the reality is, u.n. security council resolutions on north korea only really work if the u.s., if russia and china can get together and agree on them. jose, right now tensions are so high between the big powers over ukraine, over taiwan, that it is

looking very unlikely that the u.s. is going to be to get russian and chinese cooperation to try to impose any kind of new sanctions on the north, to try to punish them for this behavior. the russians and the chinese vetoed a u.n. security council resolution on north korea back in may. it doesn't look like there's been much diplomatic progress since then. in the meantime, the south koreans are trying to fish that intercontinental ballistic missile that the north fired yesterday out of the sea of japan. they believe it was the north's most advanced missile and they're trying to bring it out of the bottom of the ocean and see what they can learn. >> thank you so much. with us this morning, david igantius. great seeing you. how concerned are you about this provocation of the north? the south scrambling 80 jets

overnight. there's an escalation. how concerned are you with this? >> i think this is the most serious crisis we've had with north korea in some years. i think it comes at a time when there's so many other international crises that it's especially troubling. we'll see more and more tension on the way to the bali summit where xi jingping, president biden, perhaps president putin from russia will all be meeting in the middle of the month. i wonder if that is the reason that kim jong-un is choosing to create the crisis now. he wants more attention. he's been out of the limelight while other crises took first rank and so he's jumped back in. unusually strong language was used by the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin yesterday in speaking about this threat. he said any use of nuclear

weapons by north korea would be the end of kim jong-un and his regime. you don't get language like that from the u.s. secretary of defense often. they're taking the provocations here very seriously. >> let's talk about that g-20 meeting later this month. is there anything that could come of it? xi jingping will be there, most probably. probably not putin. is there anything that can come substantial out of that? >> the expectation had been that this would be for xi jingping a kind of victory lap after his effectively coronation as china's party leader for another five years at the party congress last month. he'll be meeting with germans and other foreign leaders. the u.s. had been planning to try to engage xi. there's an expectation of a meeting, face to face, between xi and president biden at the summit and an agenda for the u.s. to try to find a way to

engage this newly powerful xi on issues of joint concern. in the past, dealing with north korea's provocations has been one of the issues on which the u.s. and china cooperated. as relations have deteriorated, that cooperation has ended. i'm sure there will be a question this week, right now, can we get china part of a coalition to restrain xi before he tests a nuclear weapon? that would be a much more significant escalation of this crisis. >> and, david, i want to turn your attention to iran. a u.s. official tells nbc news the u.s. estimates about 280 people have been killed in the recent protests there. president biden made a comment last night about freeing iran before saying demonstrators there appear on track to free themselves. what is the situation in iran and we see iran getting closer and closer to russia, giving those drones, et cetera? >> so what we're seeing in iran, jose, is, i think, an

extraordinary citizen movement that began with young women protesting the death of a 22-year-old kurdish woman who had dared to take off her head scarf, defying the religious morality police as they're called in north korea. the demonstrations are in they're seventh week. women and girls, their friends, they come into the streets, the regime has been unable to stop these protests. this is a serious one for the regime in tehran. >> i think back on the protests in history, the spring of prague, 1968, it was so important that the world supported it. it seems as though there needs to be more support for the people of iran. >> i would love to see the biden administration speak out about this regularly. this is absolutely central. the change in iran would have a

transformative effect on the region. i hope the administration understands that and continues to speak out. >> david, it's great seeing you. thank you for being with us this morning. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. i'll see you tomorrow night on nbc "nightly news" saturday. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. thank you for the privilege of your time. yasmin vossoughian picks up with more news after this quick break. re news after this quick break. . downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh waaaay longer than detergent alone. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load. and enjoy fresher smelling laundry. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. shop for downy unstopables online, including our lighter scent. [coughing] hi, susan. honey. yeah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad.

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♪♪ good morning. good to see you. i'm yasmin vossoughian here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is the top issue on voters' minds right about now ahead of tuesday's elections. it is the economy and we just got a final glimpse on where things stand on that front, the october jobs report out this morning showing more jobs added than experts expected. the unemployment ticked up a