unique in the scheme of things when we talked about football, damar hamlin is going to be here tonight. that's our expectation. we don't know yet if he will play. he's only seen action in one game so far this year. but the fact that he is returning to play in football is remarkable, when we look at what he went through last season. it was ten months ago on this field when damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and suddenly collapsed over what looked like a routine play. he has since been back to cincinnati. he has since played football again. we are waiting to see if he will play football in cincinnati. either way, this is going to be something to watch not just from his perspective, but his teams as well, remember, his teammates were clearly emotionally distraught, tears running down players eyes, and this team is coming back to cincinnati for their first game here since that happened. we will be watching that as it unfolds and we will have an exclusive sit-down interview with damar talking about the return to cincinnati tomorrow morning. that also. that's incredible, jesse.

you're not going to be the only one watching. a lot of folks are going to watch his hopeful return to the field. thank you for that, jesse care. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. hi, hi, everyone. and yasmin vossoughian. welcome. if you are sticking with us, we are very thankful for that. you have the split screen moment in the israel-hamas war. on the one side, more strikes by israeli defense forces in gaza, leaving victims and destruction behind. on the other side, the u.s. ramps up diplomatic efforts across the region. will this intense fighting and talking lead to results? we have multiple reports across the middle east for you coming up. from abortion rights to accusations of voter influence, what you have not heard yet about this weeks off year election in some states. we have a live report on that. do you swear to tell the truth

and nothing but the truth? that's the first question former president donald trump will need to answer in court. what we are learning ahead of his testimony in the civil fraud trial. plus, this. >> we are not ready to give our freedom to this [bleep] terrorist putin. that's it. that's why we are fighting. >> president volodymyr zelenskyy is sharing what he is saying about help for the united states and what is unfolding in the middle east as well. we begin with a detail out of the middle east at this hour. there has been a, quote, complete interruption of all communications and internet services in the gaza strip. that is according to the palestine telecom company. earlier today, u.s. secretary of state tony blinken made a surprise visit to the west bank. he traveled to meet with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas amid ongoing discussions about the future of gaza. the visit by america's top diplomat came amidst claims by hamas that as many as 60

hostages have been killed as a result of the israeli bombardment of gaza. nbc news has not been able to independently verify that report. i want to go to the ground in israel. joining us now is nbc news correspondent jay gray from tel aviv. good to talk to you once again. conditions in gaza are seemingly getting worse every hour of every day. give us the latest of what is taking place over the last 24 or so especially after the visit of the secretary of state. >> no question that we have seen an uptick in what is going on in gaza. some on the ground there relay that this is perhaps the most intense fighting they have ever seen. we know that troops have expanded their footprint inside of gaza. they are surround in gaza city with the intent, we are told by the idf, to move into that area and eliminates some of the hamas infrastructure they believe is inside.

we know that there was a strike which also hit the all maghazi refugee camp. we are having the air sirens here. we are going to unfortunately have to scoot out and get to the shelter. i apologize for that. >> yeah, no, yeah, absolutely. >> jay gray, please get to safety along with the crew as well. that has happened in numerous times from our reporters who are risking their lives on the ground they are both in israel and our nbc news team on the ground in gaza as well amidst this ongoing war between hamas. it's best to keep them safe at all times. we are thankful to jay and his team. they can hopefully get to a safe place rather quickly. during secretary of state tony blinken's visits to the occupied west bank and other parts of the middle east this weekend, he reaffirmed the u.s.'s commitment to humanitarian assistance in gaza. palestinians should not forcibly be displaced. aaron gilchrist is with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware to talk more about this. give me some takeaways from

blinken's travels and what the united states is doing to secure a humanitarian pause to get more hostages released along with more americans across that rafah border. >> i think what we are seeing is the secretary trying to do some damage control, partially with the strip is made to the middle east this weekend. he's making that first stop in israel and moving on to jordan and then back to the west bank and then to baghdad as we saw this afternoon before he took off for turkey. in those conversations, he has talked about the effort to control some of what we are seeing come out of gaza. he acknowledged that there was so much suffering that has happened there and so much death that has happened. he talked about having conversations with the israelis that they're not only -- the need to execute this war but he talked to them about how they are doing it. he said that was a key part of

keeping a handle on what the israelis are doing. he said he talked a lot with them about what they can do to minimize and further reduce the amount of civilian harm which is happening as israel is operating in gaza. the conversations that he had with arab leaders while he was in jordan and again in the west bank, so much of that conversation focused on the humanitarian efforts, the humanitarian aid which has been getting into gaza and be unable to widen the entrance for that age, meaning to get more of the aid into gaza to help people who are there. he talked to so many of these different partners in the region about trying to make sure that the conflict doesn't spread outside of gaza, that there are not other actors who become engaged with what is happening there. i think we heard the secretary speak a little bit about talking to the partners -- we talked about that with the palestinian leader in the west bank today. i want to hear what he said

about what he -- >> has the p.a.'s plan a very important role right now in the west bank and trying to keep stability there. as you project forward to the future, what we all agree is that in defining that future, in shaping the future for gaza, for the west bank and ultimately for the palestinian state, palestinian voices have to be at the center of that. the palestinian authority is representative of those voices. >> in the immediate future, yasmin, the secretary says that a humanitarian pause, he feels, would be an appropriate thing to do to get hostages out, it condition that the israelis -- also to get more aid in. he has people on the ground right now having those conversations about how to do a humanitarian pause, where and how to do it, and exactly what conditions would have to be set up to make that something which

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in less than 24 hours, former president donald trump is expected to take the stand in his own defense as part of his new york civil fraud case. a trump ally told nbc news today that trump plans to take advantage of the media attention, the fundraising, and that he remains defiant. trump's two adult sons don junior and eric testified last week and gave nearly identical defenses, pinning blame on their accountants. ivanka trump is set to take the stand on wednesday. we want to bring in justice reporter ryan reilly. he's the author of sedition hunters, how january 6th broke

the justice system. ryan, congratulations, first of all, on the release of your book, by the way. secondly,, let's get into this testimony. we saw eric junior testifying this past week. eric got a little bit contentious on the st donald trump, the former president, is going to be testifying monday, ivanka on wednesday. what are the expectations for the testimony from the former president? >> yeah, i think it's whether or not he gets heated as well, whether the apple farce far from the tree. donald trump has gotten a little bit angry. lawyers can get under his skin a little bit. he's not someone who is used to having his authority questioned. we have been seeing him lash out like that our reporters when he was at the white house. it's curious to see how much they end up getting under his skin a little bit. we can probably expect a similar defense than we saw it with his sons as well as one ivanka testified on wednesday, when she comes up.

we will see them on the same page about blaming their accountants and whatnot here. this really gets at the heart of his broader reputation and something that really gets at him because it's all about his business, this idea that he was inflating his assets and acting like a bigger success than he actually was, that tends to irritate him. like our reporting has said from nbc, i think he will be making a big spectacle out of this and trying to take a test run before we come up to these various criminal trials. it's a lot easier to testify in a civil trial then in a criminal trial. i wouldn't expect that we would see that in the jacks mitt case when that gets around to a trial in march. >> ryan riley, thank you. we appreciate it. gop contenders this weekend are coming off of the annual gop florida freedom summit. the florida state turned out to be a grinding battleground for the state's governor ron

desantis and former president donald trump as well. nbc's marissa parra is standing us standing by for us in key biscayne. talk to us about what we have been hearing over the last 24 hours or so. >> hey, yeah. when it comes to the actual stage that we saw this weekend, what we saw in terms of jabs was one-sided. trump and his usual style was throwing jabs at desantis. we did not see that from desantis himself. that's not really his style. we saw asa hutchinson, chris christie throwing jabs at donald trump. those were met with boos. that's not a surprise. that's what we have consistently seen among candidates. this is the hometown, florida state, the hometown for desantis and trump. there is a lot of pressure for them as they are trying to win support here in their home turf. there is that home turf battle going on. what you might have noticed if you were watching was that that was displayed on a screen behind both candidates this weekend. one thing that is interesting

is that during a moment when the former president was naming states which did covid right in his estimation, he did not acknowledge florida. you're going to listen to that and we will explain it on the other. and take a listen for yourself. >> we had covid and we had to take care of it. we had a lot of things happen. we had a lot of amazing successes. we did a great job at covid. we never got the credit for the job we did. we let republican governors keep their states open, many of them did. henry mcmaster, south carolina did a great job. south dakota did a great job. tennessee did a great job, a lot of them. they kept them open. >> [screaming] >> what might have been hard for you to hear was the crowd. there were people in the crowd chanting florida. he just smiled and moved on,

not wanting to give a point to his opponent here. as we have spoken about, desantis, it's not really his style to attack trump on the stage, especially in front of a crowd. that is something the optics are just not in his favor if he's going to be doing that. yasmin, certainly the battle remains to be seen. we have a debate happening on wednesday and then. there is counter program in with the trump team because, as we know, he has not been at the previous two debates. he won't be at the debate this week. he is having a rally here in miami miles away in a city called hialeah outside of miami. >> marissa par for us, thank you. i want to go back to jay gray in tel aviv who was able to come back to his camera after you had to leave for air raid sirens. i'm thankful that you guys are safe. i'm glad you were able to get back. we have talked specifically

about another refugee camp that has been bombed as well. talk us through more of what you have been hearing on the ground. you have been hearing on the ground >> we move to a shelter and have gotten the all clear. let's talk about on the ground in gaza, the footprint expanding, more troops moving in, a quick moving into the area. they've surrounded gaza city with the -- the idf says to go inside and debilitate some of the main operational structure is between gaza city. they believe that is where a lot of the structures are located. that is why they are preparing to move in. we know that the airstrikes have continued and some are saying that the last 24 hours

have been the most intense they have seen there in gaza. one of the refugee camps was hit. the idf said, and i'm quoting it here, they are reviewing circumstances surrounding that explosion. the health ministry in gaza run by hamas says that dozens are dead and many more are wounded as a result of that blast. we have heard from the idf on several occasions that they are targeting hamas where they are and in many cases they say that has been in areas highly populated by civilians. they say that they are taking every precaution they possibly can to protect those civilians, what hamas has said repeatedly is that they are attacking civilian areas within gaza indiscriminately. unfortunately, as you have pointed out many times, yasmin, we cannot independently verify that. we can't get into gaza to look into some of these things. all right -- thank you, appreciate it.

straight ahead everybody, ukrainian presidents, speaking exclusively to nbc news. what he has said about one of his own generals, saying the war with russia has reached a stalemate. people trapped in gaza, finally crossing the rafah border up to egypt. we're gonna have a new report from there, after a break. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. pneumococcal pneumonia? i help others. but i need to help protect myself. honestly? i couldn't afford to get sick. i want to be there for this one. i can't if i'm sick. pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease. you may be at risk if you're 19 to 64 with certain chronic conditions. or if you're 65 or older. don't pause a moment longer. ask your doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia today.

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gaza, contributing to what is being called a, quote, horrific nightmare, according to the united nations world food programme. nbc's megan fitzgerald is in cairo, with the struggles experience by so many trying to escape the war. through the rafah crossing. >> for three and a half days, there was hope that the thousands of foreign nationals, including hundreds of americans, would be able to escape the horrors unfolding inside gaza, making their way across the rafah border crossing into egypt. but saturday afternoon, those gates closed. the palestinian border officials say they will not open the rafah border crossing until injured palestinians are able to make their way into egypt. meanwhile, we continue to hear the calls from arab leaders calling for a cease-fire. you know, secretary blinken -- calling for humanitarian pauses. but both agreeing that more aid needs to get to the enclave, at a faster rate, as millions of people trapped inside continue to suffer. meanwhile, we've also seen the

trucks that were carrying the food, the water, medical supplies, the life saving supplies have also stopped crossing. there were no trucks that entered the enclave today, creating an even more dire situation. back to you. >> all right, thank you to megan fitzgerald for that. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, speaking exclusively to meet the press today, rejecting claims that the war with russia had reached a stalemate. he reiterated calls for more air defense systems, and weapons from the united states. >> our military, -- they are coming up with different plans, with different operations, in order to move forward. and to strike russia unexpectedly. but they're handed, it is impossible to do without weapons, without -- proper weapons. >> meanwhile, as the war approaches the two year mark, zelenskyy was asked how he

continues fighting, after all of this time. >> i have a lot of power when, but even feeling strong, and have a lot of energy. it doesn't mean, if we want to fight all our life. because, the price is high, like i said. because, the war takes the best of us. but, we are not ready to give up our freedom to this [bleep] terrorist putin. >> after the break, house speaker mike johnson, making his first mark on congress. we're going to talk to democratic congresswoman on his leadership, and republicans ability to work across the aisle. up first though, aid for israel is now in the senate's hands. majority leader chuck schumer says the gop bill is d o a, the latest on capitol hill. st on capitol hill ier card is made for people like sam, who make- everyday products, designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder, that orders fresh beans for you.

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on capitol hill, we are rapidly approaching a deadline to fund the government, just under two weeks to. go and it is coming as the new house speaker tries to go it alone, on aid for israel, pack passing a package that also gets irs agents -- with republican votes. all, as the president and senate leaders say it is doa. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent julia tsirkin from capital to talk more about this. julie, bring us up to date first on what we're hearing on this package ahead of a possible government shutdown, in just a few weeks time. >> well yasmin to be honest

with you, we aren't really hearing much. we are hearing a lot of plans being floated around, including ones that democrats, especially on the other side of the chamber, the upper chamber in the senate, would not accept, right. and you have speaker johnson today, who said on fox and he isn't working all weekend to try and come up with a stopgap government funding measure, because it is very clear that with the deadline of november 17th less than two weeks away, they will just be unable to pass any kind of fully spending bills, in time to fund the government for a full year. you also have the separate issue to contend with, and that is the national security supplemental package. not only for aid to israel, but eight ukraine as well as the border here. and, house democrats by all accounts are waiting for the senate to try and send them something that they could potentially accept. senator bernie sanders was asked about all of this this. morning he is one of the democrats who has been calling for humanitarian aid to the added to an aid package for israel. here is what he said. >> i think it's terribly

important. and as we debate -- you want this money to change your military -- . and the other point is, we have to give hope to the palestinian people. i don't know how you can have a cease fire, a permanent cease-fire with an organization like hamas. which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos, and destroying the state of israel. >> yasmin, that last point from senator sanders is an important one, because we have been hearing a growing chorus, if you will, not so much for a permanent cease-fire, but for some kind of pause, in humanitarian aid, a pause in the bombing from israel to gaza, to try to get some of those innocent civilians out. as you heard from our reporters on the, ground that is certainly going to be something that we would hear more and more of in the coming days. >> i know you have some new reporting out that i want to ask you about julie. this post from congresswoman rashida tlaib is getting some backlash, amongst fellow democrats. walk us through it. >> well, rashida tlaib is not only one of three muslims

members of congress, she is also the only palestinian american member of congress. and when we have had these moments, these moments of fighting, not only between israel and palestine, or hamas, or any of these conflicts in the region, we have often heard republicans criticize her for her position. she has always been unapologetically pro palestine. she has criticize the israeli government. she did however over the weekend, post on x, criticizing the presidents response. saying that he was in or backing, essentially, israeli genocide of palestinians. she also tweeted a common slogan we have been hearing, from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. defending that slogan. we probably heard some backlash from some democrats in this case. jewish, democrats including florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, including the michigan attorney general, dana nessel of the state where rashida tlaib herself is from. this is all relevant, why? because we are again seeing a another censure attempt coming from congresswoman marjorie

taylor greene, a republican of georgia, that first attempt to censure to leave for what marjorie taylor greene says are antisemitic comments, that did not work. it failed, with a bipartisan majority last week in the house. but once again, greene said she will again attempt a neither censure resolution, against tlaib. i'm curious to see if any of these jewish democrats would potentially join that effort this time around. it is certainly a -- in the house, and certainly tensions are rising when it comes to this issue. >> all right julia tsirkin, course thank you julie. appreciate it. i want to bring in -- the democrat in michigan, to talk more about all of this. congresswoman, thanks for joining us on this, appreciate it. could you just quickly weigh in on this attempt by congresswoman marjorie taylor greene to try to censure one of your other colleagues, where she talib, based on her views on the israel-hamas war. >> look, i think one of the principles of our constitution is freedom of speech. i think that's why you saw the vote last week, many of the republicans that voted to take

that motion did not agree with what she was saying, and quite frankly if it's marjorie taylor greene that's offering this resolution again, i think that just the very sponsor herself, who has been and made antisemitic remarks and it calls into question. i don't know what is going to happen during this next week. i have had a very tense weekend, but i have a very significant jewish communities, and very significant muslim american communities. there are clearly very strong feelings, people interpret words in different ways. i am one of those people that tries not to use a phrase that has a deadly meaning, two people. but, it is a very tense time. and words have meaning, an impact right. now >> it certainly. as we can't say that enough, it is an incredibly tense time. and in a lot of differing communities right now. i want to talk a little bit about what is also happening in the house when it comes to the passage of some of this

legislation. you've got a new speaker in place, speaker johnson. not necessarily someone who is experienced in handshaking and getting funding, and getting legislation across the aisle. he has this stand-alone israel funding bill. schumer is saying it is dead on arrival. biden is saying he's going to veto, it even if it gets to his desk, where it seems like it is not even going to get to. where do you go from here? >> well first of all, i believe in being respectful and civil towards whoever i am working with. and, i certainly want to say that this speaker is more civil than some of the other candidates were. i think this last week, he put forth when -- you put forth a kind of foreign aid amendment or bill, that he put forward, that even the president himself said that he would veto. and that democrats wouldn't vote for, and that's not a very auspicious beginning. i mean, mitch mcconnell didn't support.

it and we do have, in less than two weeks, we have got to do something to continue to fund the government. and i do believe that there is a desire on the part of most republicans not to shut the government down either. i think that would be very irresponsible. i think the speaker has a very difficult job, he has a very divided caucus. you are watching him deal with a very divided caucus. on hand, i don't know what is going to happen. because you've got a divided republican caucus, a divided house, and a divided congress. and those are not the greatest of circumstances, in this very tense war that we are looking at right. now >> and it is interesting, congresswoman. because, the israel aid package is something that both members of the democratic party and the republican party are on really the same page on. obviously, there are some holdouts, when it comes to ukraine aid. and, we know republicans want immigration on some of this legislation as well. i am wondering if you feel as if the speaker has kind of messed up here, in trying to

pass this legislation in the way that he did, knowing that this could have been a win for him, with his first legislation out of the gate. >> so you know, it wasn't a win this, week that is where i'm going to tell. you we know that the senate want to take a different approach. we have to do something about ukraine funding. by the way, we have got to do something about immigration. we needed to do it for decades. republicans and democrats together, are just afraid to take this issue on. and yet, we don't have -- but it shouldn't be mixed in with all of these other very complicated political pictures. when you do too many complicated things on the same bill, you get nothing. we need to deal with each of them quickly, and we are not going to immigration, who knows if those -- but there are a couple, we've got to do with aid to ukraine, humanitarian aid to gaza in in the israel package, and funding the government in the next two weeks. and these are very serious -- >> i'm glad that you brought of aid to ukraine.

we heard from president zelenskyy earlier today, he was on meet the press with my colleague. and, [interpreter] -- who is a member of the ukrainian paul -- talks about the position that ukrainians find themselves, and especially amidst the israel-hamas war, where the media has shifted their eye more towards them, along with lawmakers as well, as to what is happening specifically in gaza, and what happened on october 7th in israel. and she says this. i cannot begin to tell you how it feels, being here in ukraine, talking to people whose ability to fht depends on the decisions that are being made somewhere, so far away. this is what she told the hill. what do you make of that? and what is your message, considering the position that ukrainians find themselves in, two years into this war? and we know russian president vladimir putin has seen this as an opening to him, a win for him, as attention shifted away from that war. >> well i'm not sure he doesn't think the war in the middle east is a win, i i don't have

all of the facts and i won't speculate on some things i'm about to speculate on. but i want the people of ukraine to know that they are not alone, that it isn't just america. we cannot be the world's policeman. we have to work through the united nations and other multinational groups to protect democracy, to protect equality of all people. i am so worried about, yes i am worried about ukraine, and we are not forgetting, they need to know that many of us in the united states congress know how important it is to continue to support them. this violence in the middle east is, the hamas massacre was devastating, but when you are watching 2 million people in gaza, with either no food, no water, no electricity. and what is happening there, it gets people in -- but we have to approach this in a very multi national way.

we have to approach it with other countries. we have to give ukraine the support they need. and quite frankly, we have got to deal with the simmering problems that have led us to where we are today, in the middle east. and, i don't want to see anybody else die, which unfortunately isn't going to be the case. but i don't want to see an innocent baby of any background, any religion, any culture die. and we need to figure out how we are going to stop this violence right now, and then deal with the problem between not wanting to do -- >> representative debbie dangle, it is always a pleasure to have you on. and, to share your honesty with our viewers. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right still ahead everybody, the third and final republican primary debate is only days away. what candidates need to say to get young voters on their side. and on tuesday, -- there are polls in some key elections. inside the abortion battle on ohio, and how virginia governor glenn lundt youngkin is looking to turn his state completely read. we'll be right back. ht back.

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republican governor glenn youngkin's administration is sending out tax rebate checks this week, just days before the election. it is drawing scrutiny, as republicans are looking to take over the state senate. gary -- is in virginia for us. harry, the latest on this. gary if you will, talk us through the stories behind these checks, and what voters are focusing on this election. >> hey there yasmin. yeah, this is all because of a budget surplus, something that states all over the country have. and in this case, money went from the surplus back to the residents of virginia. in this case, it was $400 for families that were qualified, in $200 for individuals. but what doesn't usually happen is that these checks came with a note, saying thanks to governor glenn youngkin, you are getting this money back in your checkbook, and back in your wallet. it would also doesn't let you julie happened has been happening on election, weeks in the weeks leading up to election week. so democrats certainly think there is some funny business happening here. republicans are just saying this is what happens when we have a budget surplus. and glenn youngkin had a

defense earlier today, spoke about that quite a bit. he was not shying away from it. he also talked about public safety, he also talked about education. he also talked about the economy here in the commonwealth of virginia. but one topic he had not talked about was the topic of abortion, . and is something that republicans have largely shied away from talking about, while democrats on the other hand have been doing nothing but talking about the issue of abortion. and in this area, in this -- it is district 16, the republican candidate for state senate is a practicing ob/gyn. i had a chance to talk to her about the issue of abortion, and why republicans don't seem to make it a big deal. >> what we are talking about is finding a way we can go forward together, and not keeping this something that consumes an entire campaign, when we could be talking about things like our kids learning loss, and their ability to afford college, and the other things that matter to families. there's no oxygen in the room for that, because all of the democrats want to talk about this abortion. it is time to talk about other

things, that will make a big difference for every virginian family. >> so early voting has wrapped up here in the commonwealth of virginia. we are told more than 750,000 people voted early, those numbers don't exactly match what happened in 2021, but the governor was on the ballot that time, he hasn't. >> all right gary -- thank you gary, appreciate it. so, issues from abortion to cannabis legalization, climate change, they are motivating young voters, both in this year's election, and of course in 2024. but a new york times poll showed biden trailing in a lot of key swing states, also had some particularly concerning news for democrats, when it comes to one of their key demographics. it found that while non-white voters under 45 supported biden by 39 point margin, back in 2020, that lead has shrunk to six points. and for white voters under 45, trump actually has the lead. i want to bring in victor -- co-host of the ig and politics

podcast for this. victor, thanks for joining us on this. i appreciated. so, we are talking about the ohio abortion referendum, and then the governor's races in kentucky and mississippi and elsewhere. what are you going to be watching for, this election day? >> yes so, every one of those elections, there is no doubt that the margin of victory is going to be very close. that is what happens -- but what that means also is that younger voters can be a key difference, and we have seen that in elections this year, in state and local elections like wisconsin, where you have a supreme gorgeous this up on the ballot, and young voters really turnover made their voices heard. i think part of the reason why that was because that supreme court justice candidate focus a lot on abortion. i think you are seeing that in states all across the country, this time around as, well wary of democrats really leading into that abortion messaging. and i think that is something really important. because for young voters, that is the generation that actually experience what it felt like to have a fundamental right overturned, by the supreme court. and ever since then, we have seen republicans in state after state do everything they can to

make it harder for young women, for women, for girls to access reproductive freedom. i think that is going to be a really animating issue, heading into tuesday. but also like you said, there are other issues up for election, things like marijuana legalization. you know, gun reform. these are all issues that really affect young people, i think young people are really paying attention. and, they could be the key to fighting back during a lot of these races where that margin is going to be really close. >> so, let's talk about the presidential election. do you feel that -- [interpreter] he was challenging president biden for 2024. immediately after, that you actually tweeted out. this don't know about you, but i'm still going proudly, i am still going to proudly cast my ballot for joe biden in the primary and general election in 2024. there is no president who has ever delivered more for me and my generation, and we are going to do everything we can to get joe biden reelected, in 2024. you just talked about a little bit of it, and that is reproductive rights, abortion rights. what more can the president do, can his campaign due to

mobilize young voters. with his poll numbers not looking so great right now? >> yeah, i think no one is excited about the poll numbers. the poll numbers that we saw this morning. i think it should cause concern for a lot of key democrats. but at the same time, it is important to remember a few things. we are more than a year out from election day, 2024. there is a lot that could happen. his opponent, donald trump, faces 91 criminal counts. and there's only 20 at worse for donald trump. so, there is that. but there is also a lot of president biden's policies, that have still yet to be found by. people and what we see from this administration are a lot of things that young voters care about, things from gun violence reform to climate change, to this week, combat-ing emerging technologies with artificial intelligence. there is a lot of movement on issues that young people care about, things that will affect young people. and i think the campaign really has to lean into those, issues and really make it clear just how much this president is delivering for young people. we can talk about new candidates all we want, but at the end of the day, the record speaks for itself. and what we see from this

administration's time and time again, they -- get overlooked, they get underestimated. but we see this administration delivering on repeated instances, and i think that is what we really important. but, also meeting young voters where they, are not just on social media, but also going to college campuses and really listening to young voters, listening to what we have to, say and making young voters feel like there is something for us in 2024. and i think the more that the campaign can do that, the more that the campaign can draw that contrast doing what they are doing and all of their policy victories, and what president trump is doing, and just like the chaos that we are seeing on the other side, that is what we really important for young voters, to turn out next year in 2024. >> if there was a piece written in rolling stone, the title of it is -- change course on gaza, or loose in 2024. and within this piece, there was a quote from the political director for the sunrise movement. saying ts, making a massive mistake, the president is making a massive mistake, not only, morally but politically and electorally, if he continues to ignore the majority of people in this country's plea, for a

cease-fire. how do you think this is going to affect the youth vote when it comes to the presidents reelection? >> i mean, there is a lot of talk about this issue. there are a lot of people both jewish people and muslims, who are talking about this issue, and just how big of a factor it is for them to go out. and whether or not they're going to vote in 2024. but here is what i think is going to be really important, and we have started to see from president biden, is that he is listening to these communities more than i think we have ever seen from any president. , and it is really important. this week alone, he announced two major pieces of things that i think it would be really important for young people to see. and i think there is a lot that happened that sort of gets lost in the weeds. but first is, he announced new measures to combat antisemitism on college campuses, which is on the rise. and in college campuses like columbia and corn, all across the country. but he is also established, for the first time ever, a nationwide task force to combat islamophobia. i think that is also really important. he is doing everything's purview to make sure that people feel protected, and he

is calling out civilians who are being killed on both sides, and that is going to be really important. but you, know there is so much, notice there is so much misinformation right now on social media. but we have to be able to sort for this. and i think president biden is doing everything he can to show coup to communities that he is listens, him and that he is trying to reduce as much as possible the number of civilian casualties, on both sides. and, i hope that reaches through to them. >> victor -- thank you so much, appreciate it. the after strike, hitting a potentially critical junction, the union saying is now reviewing a quote, last, best, and final offer for the major hollywood studios. and the new york city marathon just wrapping. and we've got the winners and they're on believable performances, in the race. we will be right. back ht back and i saved hundreds. with the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. oh. [dog barks] no it's just a bunny! only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ right now get a free footlong at subway. like the new deli heroes. buy one footlong in the app, get one free.

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sag-aftra, the union representing actors in there are now more than 100 a strike, says it is reviewing a quote, last, fast best and final offer they received four major hollywood studios. details of the offer have not yet been made public. sack after releasing this post on x, which says we are reviewing it, and considering our response within the context of the critical issues addressed in our proposals. the strike is the longest tv and film board stoppage in the union's history. all right, i watch the front runners this morning, it was incredible to see the women going so fast at mile ten, right by my house. runners are still finishing up, the new york city marathon as we speak. but big winners cross the finish, line just a couple of

hours ago. -- of ethiopia, set a new course record of finishing the 26.2 miles in just under two hours, and five minutes. that is so darn fast. the women's champion is -- helen o barry. she completed the race in around two hours and 27 minutes, a mere five minutes off the woman's record. if i could tell you these women, when i saw them passed my house, they were tracking. it was so incredible! i mean, we are talking about seven, six mile maybe 5:30, imagine going that fast for 26.2 miles. congrats to all of you, you deserve it. you are probably feeling horrible, but amazing. and it is such an impressive achievement. that wraps it up for me, i'm, sukhodolov aachen the chair and excited and sunday two pm eastern, and my colleague simone kicks it off right now. >> t off right now. >> greetings everyone, you are