cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera reports," the president set to speak this hour on the aftermath of helene, the death toll now approaching 100 as search and recovery efforts unfold across the southeast. we'll take you to north carolina and one city experiencing unprecedented tragedy. plus, israel conducting targeted raids inside lebanon as fears grow for a potential ground invasion. we're in the region. also, back before a judge, the suspect on a second attempt on donald trump's life returning to court, facing new charges including attempted assassination. and later, we're one day away from the vp debates as the new polls give us insight into the 2024 race. ♪♪ good morning. thanks so much for joining us, it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00

a.m. pacific. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news. the president set to speak from the white house this hour, about the devastation in the aftermath of helene. the destruction is really unbelievable, stretching all across the southeast. the death toll currently standing at 99. the number is set to climb, still, with search and rescue efforts continuing this morning. a third of the deaths in north carolina, where the historic city of asheville saw the worst of it. at this hour, authorities are still searching for the missing. and the community is just struggling to cope without water. without food, power, gasoline or cell service in so many of those areas. joining us now, nbc's george solis is in asheville and nbc's gabe gutierrez is standing by. george, the aerial images from that shot is really breathtaking. what is the situation this

morning? rare, good morning, ana, the situation is really heartbreaking. some areas have become passable after the waters have started to recede. this is the arts section, yesterday, where i'm standing would have completely covered my head. now we're looking at the aftermath, the businesses here. the businesses starting to assess their businesses, their lifelines here, really, everything. it's hard to watch. look at the cars toppled behind me here.ust a snapshot. as you mentioned, the death toll is climbing. yes, there is some cell service in this region but it's still not enough. and there's no time line on when water will be restored and that's a huge deal for so many in this community. this morning, the devastating effects of helene, reaching far and wide as residents come to

terms with a tragic reality. >> i don't think we can rebuild. >> reporter: floodwaters, downing bridges, and submerging entire times like chimney rock, north carolina, now destroyed. and large swaths of communities like asheville, north carolina, still under water. from above the city, heartbreaking views. >> i've never seen anything like this. i mean, there are buildings fully submerged. >> my mother lives in a nursing home. we tried to get there today. we just can't. >> reporter: some people kayaking to safety. we were there when water rescues got under way. and the storm also devastating florida's gulf coast, dangerous surf flooding homes and streets. helene with 100-mile-per-hour winds ripping out storms. throughout the south and beyond, cars that survived the storm. >> the lines are moving very

slow. >> reporter: at a standstill, waiting for hours to fill up at the pump. while in north carolina, many roads are impassible, making rescues even more difficult. and the meaning of the true scope and damage and loss is still unknown. >> what mother nature can do and the damage, it's just incredible. >> reporter: yeah. and i can tell you, frustration here growing that there appears to be that lack of federal response here. at least some kind of footprint to really start helping the community. one of the bright spots, silver lining, so many here have actually banded together to share the resources while they last. we do know the president is expected to visit helene's impacted regions, as long as they don't impact with those, as you mentioned, ongoing search and recovery efforts, ana. >> that region is so impacted across the board. we see that standing water and brown murkiness behind you. thank you for reporting. gabe, speaking of response, what can we expect to hear from the president this morning? >> reporter: hi, ana, the

president and biden administration and white house certainly facing the questions about a federal response. to address some of them, we expect the president to speak here within the next hour. now, yesterday, the president put out a statement saying that there are more than 3300 federal personnel who are responding to the region. the president has signed declarations for several states, georgia, west virginia, alabama and virginia. vice president harris put out a statement and has cut short her west coast swing heading back here to washington to get a briefing here this afternoon at fema headquarters. the people administrator was also in florida over the weekend. and president biden was asked whether the federal government had given all the resources it could. or whether they could do more. the president saying, no, we

preplanned and gave a significant amount of it even though they haven't asked for it yet. as you just heard from george on the ground there are questions whether the federal government can do more. we expect to hear from president biden here at the white house in a few moments, ana. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. joining us now, two asheville business owners who are just beginning to see the extent of their damage, drew wallace owns the bull and beggar restaurant in asheville. and the saloon studio. thank you for joining us. i know it's a difficult time for both of you, we've seen the pictures of the restaurant, the salon, all look so devastating. erin, how are you holding up, what's top of mind for you this morning? >> we're doing okay. thankfully, all of our family is safe. we've done all that we can in the salon to take out all of the things that are salvageable.

and really it's just waiting until we can rebuild. thankfully, all of our community has come together really well to help take care and support each other. but i know there are people still that need help, food and waters. >> we were just looking at the pictures inside your salon, we could see how high the water was before receding, and just how so much damage there. drew were you in asheville when this all hit. you're now staying elsewhere. you shared images from inside of your restaurant. and we have those as well. what's your sense of the damage you're facing, and the biggest concern this morning? >> in terms of bull and beggar, we entered it yesterday, it's like a big area of sludge. right now, without water, there's nothing to be done in that area. we're making sure most of our team is safe. i ended up having to go to

columbia, south carolina, with my family, so i'm conflicted to not be there and help out as soon as we can. we're ready to turn it back around as soon as we can get work. >> drew, were you inside the restaurant when this was happening? and what was going through your mind, what kind of efforts did you make in those moments of, i would assume, panic? >> wel, we -- i left the house and was standing on the bridge watching -- watching the river kind of crest with our community. and it was great to see everybody. and we all talked about how it wouldn't go over the loading dock in front of the restaurant the bull and beg are, from since the 1916 flood in that parking lot. within 15 minutes of standing on that bridge, it was apparent the water was coming. i got to higher ground and salvaged what i could.

>> erin, at what point, did you realize helene was not going to be like normal storms? take us through that moment for you. >> well, we went down there to look at the salon friday. the river was already so much bigger than we'd ever seen before. and the water was still coming up the back point. so that's the point that we really realized that things were going to get out of hand. >> what's left for your community right now? >> well, i lot of our community, the ririver, our district is ha been impacted. within days it wiped away hundreds of years of history and community. it's going to be a long road for rebuilding. but i know that a lot of us are obviously wanting to rebuild and try to bring it back together. >> drew, your family has been uprooted. what is that like for you right now? and what do you need most? >> i don't -- you know, actually, erin is a good friend

of mine, so it's nice to see a friendly face and community member. i get my hair cut at balm salon. when i was on the bridge, i realized how tight-knit asheville was. it's seems kind of celebratory to see all of the people we knew, but, obviously, it turned pretty dark after that. but it's conflicting to be here. but having to get my family out, hopefully, we can start working on the restaurant family and rebuilding the restaurant. >> i'm so happy that both of you are safe. erin, the president will speak in just a few minutes. what do you want to hear from president biden? >> i would love to hear that, you know, more support is coming. so, asheville, i have seen get something support. i know surrounding areas are in need. blackrock, marshall and chimney rock, i know they were

completely devastated. i know that things there would likely become ugly there quicker. so i would love to see support coming further outside of asheville as well. >> erin and drew, we wish the best until your recovery. it's just getting going. thank you so much for joining us. now to some breaking news overnight in the middle east, israel launching air strikes in central beirut. its deepest strikes on lebanon's capital in 18 years. and it comes after israel expanded its attacks on hezbollah and other iranian-backed groups killing the leader necessary r asrallah. and more attacks against the humanthys another aligned group. all of this while the ground invasion of idf in lebanon

appears to be imminent. as you can see there, secretary of state antony blinken spoke this morning urging diplomacy, while addressing doubt. >> hassan nasrallah was a brutal terrorist, whose many victims included americans, israeli, civilians in lebanon, civilians in syria and many others as well. lebanon, the region, the world are safer without him. >> let's go to the region. nbc's matt bradley is live for us in beirut. matt, these latest strikes were in a much more central part of beirut. how significant is that? >> reporter: well, it's only a matter, anaana, compared to wha we've been seeing from the israelis which shows the israelis are willing to strike outside of the areas which will they've been concentrating all of their fire for the past

several weeks. this is part of the uptick that israelis are coordinating in the country. in the east, in the southern part of lebanon, a shiite, lebanon hold. and we saw that strike in the suburb south of beirut. so, this is the first time we've seen strikes, again in central beirut since 2006. and now, we're getting ready for another first since 2006, the potential for an israeli ground invasion into lebanon. that would be the first time we see israeli boots on the ground since 2006, except for, and we now have confirmation of this to nbc news, there has been some isolated infiltration of israeli troops into southern lebanon over the last weeks. and cautioned to the nbc news and outlets it doesn't necessarily mean that a ground invasion is imminent, but that is increasingly what we're

hearing. yolav golent indicated the uptick for a potential for the israeli attack. and all of this is happening as the israelis seem to be going methodically and taking out palestinian and arab leaders of groups in lebanon. we just saw pflp, people's front in lebanon, and a hamas leader and his family were killed. over the past 24 hours, it looked as though the israelis are certainly not finished and not confining their attacks to hezbollah. ana. >> what kind of retaliation might we see for the killing of nasrallah? >> reporter: well, we heard from the deputy head of hezbollah, the man second in command to hassan nasrallah, he spoke.

this is the first time we've heard from any leaders since friday. he said that hezbollah has been holding its kind of main weapons in reserve. at least he implied that. he said they'd been doing the minimum. and he said they are ready for an invasion ground invasion. so we're continuing to see hezbollah firing over into israel. but this is a group that is badly maimed. a very powerful military force, powerful in the world that is very much in the back foot. and their girding for an israeli ground invasion. if there is retaliation it will most likely be defensive and on the ground in their own territory. >> there's so much to track right now, matt bradley, thank you. we'll have more on helene's devastation and a potential one two punch as folks in florida are looking to rebuild. plus, new polling showing

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at steenhatchee, florida, where governor ron desantis is giving an update. you can see the destruction behind him, in the news conference. one of the hardest hit areas later this hour. stay tuned. in just over an hour, the suspect in the second apparent assassination attempt of donald trump will be back in federal court where he'll face additional charges including attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. nbc's jesse kirsch joins us outside the courthouse in west palm beach. so, jesse, tell us more about the new charges and what's happening in court this morning. >> reporter: yeah, so, ana, briefly, routh, a convicted felon had been facing just two weapons charges. and there was some questions about the former president's campaign about if the federal prosecutors were pushing tough enough charges, effectively,

against mr. routh. and after that, we did see what was expected which were further charges including that assassination charge brought out. five charges, attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in a crime of violence. assault a federal officer, that is a reference to the fact that he allegedly was pointing a rifle at a secret service agent. he's also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and being in possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. he's facing those charges, and as you mentioned, in just about an hour and 20 minutes. we're looking for a plea from him, guilty or not guilty, to see how this proceeds. >> jesse kirsch, we know you will keep us posted. up next on "ana cabrera reports," a midwest mano y mano when tim walz and jd vance

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hurricane helene, they're also making several stops in key battle grounds as mr. trump escalates his personal attacks. a swing state split screen, former president trump in the rust belt, vice president harris in the sunbelt, rallying overnight until nevada calling out the former president he won't do another debate. >> as you say here in las vegas, i'm all in. i'm all in. even if my opponent is ready to fold. >> reporter: vice president harris also slamming mr. trump for his role in killing that bipartisan immigration bill earlier this year in what he calls fans flames of division and fear. >> look, we need a problem that cares more about solving problems than playing political games and demeaning people full time. >> reporter: the vice president pressure off her visit in arizona, earning an endorsement from the state's republican

senator jeff flake. >> she wants to have a tougher policy than the biden administration has employed. and i think that that's certainly needed. >> reporter: but former president trump blasting the vice president on immigration. >> she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions. >> reporter: while also escalating personal attacks by insulting her over the weekend. >> kamala is mentally impaired. think about it, only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country. >> reporter: even some republicans pushing back. >> now, he's questioning her mental competence, i think that's insulting not only to the vice president but to people who actually do have mental disabilities. >> reporter: but mr. trump doubling down sunday. >> crooked joe biden became mentally impaired. sad. but lying kamala harris, honestly, i think she was born that way. >> reporter: and in the same speech, speaking about crime. >> see, we have to let the police do their job. and if they have to be extraordinarily rough --

>> reporter: and after last year, suggesting police should shoot shop lifters as they leave stores, now proposing a free period of violence as a deterrent. >> they have to be tough. now, if you have one really violent day, one rough hour. and i mean real rough, the word will get out and it will end immediately. >> and tomorrow, the focus shifts to the running mates who are get the ready for their first and only face-off, jd vance has been holding press conferences with tom emmer playing the part of tim walz helping to get ready. and another source walz is doing his prep with camp north star, with pete buttigieg playing the part of vance. lots to watch tomorrow night. >> hallie jackson, thanks. joining us now, harris campaign person ian sand. ian, nice to see you.

the past president pushing back after saying mentally impaired. what's your response? >> well, you hear president trump say that, you know what's missing, issues that matter to the american people. issues that they care about in this election. they don't want this dark, divisive, chaotic activity from donald trump. they want to hear what the candidates are doing for them. that's exactly what vice president harris is doing. today, we're talking about health care. this morning, we released a report of donald trump saying he wants to put people in pre-existing conditions back into high risk conditions. that means higher costs for people with pre-existing conditions. and 9 millions that have pre-existing conditions could lose their coverage. that's what existed before the affordable care act. vice president harris has a different view. she's proposing like she cast

the vote to cap insulin at $35, and prescription drugs to 2,000 aids year. she's proposing that for all american. those are the things she's spending her time on the campaign trail for issues that actually matter to bringing their costs down so they have a more affordable cost of living while donald trump does the same old insult comedy tour. >> so, she wants to talk policy. you're right, we're not hearing a lot of policy from donald trump. this is what we're hearing, though, as he's on the attack against the vice president. this is in pennsylvania yesterday. >> you see these guys walking out with air conditioners, with refrigerators on their back. craziest thing. and the police aren't allowed to do their job. now, if you had one really violent day, like a guy like mike kelly, put him in charge, one rough hour, and i mean real rough, the word will get out. and it will out immediately.

>> he seems to be referencing shop lifters there. what are you hearing there? >> well, we see just in the last week that our crime stats are actually down this year under vice president harris and president biden's leadership. donald trump has invented a dystopia that he is living in. and he's trying to tell his base of supporters that the country is something that's very different than, i think, the vast majority of the country feels. i think that people want to look to the future and they want to turn the page on this sort of divisive darkness that donald trump is offering. i think that when vice president harris is on the campaign trail she's offering a real patriotic vision of this country saying she loves this country. and you hear donald trump spending all his time trashing the country. i think it's two very different visions of the country. here's is very dark, divisive, taking us backwards. and hers is forward looking. to turn the page on this divisive darkness and actually

focus on people and making people's lives better. as she's on the campaign trail, that's what voters are hearing. we have a month left to election day. i think donald trump is saying this stuff because he's scared. he's worried. about beating her, a second debate. he's clearly lashing out and moody because he doesn't want to go to the debate stage again. he's retreating to maga world with the insults. it's not going to work because the american people are on to his game, and i think they want to hear a more positive image which is what the vice president is offering. >> well, americans will be able to see the full screen with vice presidential candidates tim walz and jd vance. the. >> listen -- >> how is it going? >> it's going great. this is the fun part. >> so, what are your expectations for this debate?

realistically, how much impact do you think it will have. >> well, look, it's another opportunity to see the contrasting positions for america. governor walz is an amazing partner for the vice president. he's going to talk about their shared agenda to bring down costs for the american people, and expand so more people can have jobs and protect people's health care. something about jd vance that people don't realize, the more they see him the more they dislike him. he's one of the more unfavorable candidates in history. look, he's a slick guy, he's a yale graduate and wrote a book and did interviews about it and about his candidacy for vice president. he's going to be slick. he misdirects, he's dishonest. and governor walz is going to speak to the people as he has over the course of the campaign. he's an average guy, coach,

school teacher, that people can relate to. when he shares the vision that the vice president are running on to help the american people, i think jd vance will be saddled with having to clean up the mess of what was donald trump's first debate and a sharp division in the country that america is ready to run the campaign on. >> thank you. now, i want to take you to georgia where governor brian kemp just in moments there about the damage from helene in part. here is his message. >> spoke to president biden last night about 5:00, just about the storm, and devastation in the state. vice president harris and i have been playing phone tag. i know that former president trump will be in valdosta today, getting a briefing from our folks, but also hearing from the locals with regards to storm response. i know senator warnock is here today.

and the senator was in valdosta when we were there. we were in conversations with congressman rick allen and congressman scott yesterday. just know that we'll work in a bipartisan way in disaster relief in this state with our federal and state and local partners. we submitted our emergency declaration. this is something very rare. this will help us, i feel certain it approved by our federal partners. also, i've been texting back and forth and got an email from the fema director yesterday and with director stalls last evening and if there's anything we need to know about that. just on the power update, at one point, our highest total of

outages was 1.3 million customers. and emc told us saturday, in valdosta, representing a lot of the rural counties in the hurricane that was the worst they'd ever seen they had 500 poles broken. this storm, they have 1,000. our emcs have restored 208,644 customers. they 435,000 out at peak. obviously, our dmcs are dealing with rural areas, it's harder to get to, there's a lot more trees, long stretches of roads that they need to go down. so just keep that in mind as they continue to respond. georgia power at peak had 820,000 customers out. they have 370,000 out. so, i know i lot of people are frustrated with power. but just know things are getting done. and when you have, literally,

several hundred thousand people that are back online now, that allows them to move resources to really affected areas like augusta, which i think the next couple of days unfold, you're see even more consolidated efforts in communities like this, valdosta and other hard-hit areas. the entire counties that are without power. and we'll continue to do everything we can. at last count, georgia power had 15,000 people that were responding to the storm. when you think about not only the linemen but other people organized in the response. marty and i had the opportunity to visit with some of the line crews this morning, prior to the press conference, i asked them what they were working on. they're trouble shooting and fixing things that they can fix with what they've got on their trucks. but they're also doing a lot of reconnaissance work, if you will, sending information back to the supply chains, the lowing them know how many poles they

need. how much wire they need. how much transformers they need. how many switches they may need. even though it may seem at times there's not a lot of work going on, there's a lot of work going on. it's so much damage, so much coordination and assessment that it's going to take some time. just know that they're working extremely hard, and we're very appreciative of that. the ceo for georgia power, ken green, has been saying this is the most devastating storm they've ever had to deal with in the state of georgia. they feel like they have over 5,000 poles that are damaged. and over 9,000 spans of wires that are down. so obviously, it's a massive storm. lastly, before i turn it over to general wilson on the department of transportation with us today, most state routes are now passable, at least one lane open. we do still have 573 damaged

traffic signals. we've repaired 417. if the media could help us get the word out to citizens, if you come to an interaction when a traffic signal is out. treat that like a four-way stop. no matter how big that intersection is. treat that as a four-way stop. we've have had very dangerous things happen over the last couple days by people not adhering to those rules of the road. and blowing through, you know, signals that are out. so, if y'all can help us spread the word on that, we would be grateful. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to general wilson. then you'll hear from director stallings, and congressman allen. and then we've got a host of officials as well. >> you're listening to georgia governor brian kemp there speaking about the aftermath of helene in the state. georgia power called this the most devastating storm. talked about lives lost, a

firefighter, 27-year-old mother, 7-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl among the victims. now, you have a live look there where the president is set to speak in just minutes from the white house. talking about the damage and recovery across all of the states in the stos. we'll bring you the president's remarks just as soon as he takes that microphone. up next, we want to go to nbc's guad venegas joining us from treasure island in florida. guad, another state hard-hit, what's the scene there? >> reporter: ana, there's so much destruction around me, i don't even know where to start. this is one of the areas where the storm surge essentially brought everything from the gulf with a lot of sand. it looks like sand dunes. this is a street, by the way. but the sand was brought in. the residents here tell me they had about five feet of water. depending on how low their properties were. some are a little higher. many of these have a garage downstairs, so everything in the garage was damaged. and a lot of them have the

bedrooms upstairs. those are okay. but most of these properties have had the electrical wiring damaged. there's no running water. there's, of course, no power. as i walk down the street. i'm looking at dumpsters, motorcycles, vehicles that weren't there before the storm. if i turn over to this side. i want to show you this one vehicle, because there's so much destruction, it's hard to pick one thing. there's a car jammed in between these two properties. that car, i'm told by the owner of the building behind me, was about 100 feet in the other direction. it was picked up by the water. and the water just shoved it in. that's where it's sitting right now. that's just one example. this is what we're looking at in this neighborhood here in treasure island. and a lot of the properties in this direction have been buried by the sand. so, authorities are going to have to clear the sand. they've done it on some other streets but not here, as you can see. after they clear the sand, then the homeowners, the residents,

will have to come in and begin assessing the damage and cleaning up inside of their property. so that's the type of damage that we saw here from the storm surge. not so much from the rain or the wind. this is just the water that came in and caused all of this damage, ana. >> yeah, looking at how the land literally moved. pushing in all of that sand and the amount of things displaced in that one neighborhood, guad, that's a city that's seen its share of hurricanes, right? how do the residents see helene compared to other storms? >> reporter: well, you know, one of the things about this part of florida is that every year we have hurricanes that come through. every year, we have authorities asking residents to prepare. and usually, we have this entire part of the florida coast with the surge alert. so they'll say, you know, there's a possibility, maybe one, four, five, six feet of surge. and often, residents will evacuate and prepare, and the surge won't come. so, as i've been asking some of

the residents what was different? they said, well, this time, the surge came, and it was worse than expected. that's what is different. for a lot of communities, the storm surge came in with so much power, two to three feet in some places, they're saying five feet in other areas. when you get the water that comes in from the gulf, the force, the way it comes in, it only takes a minute with that water inside a property to damage everything. appliances, vehicles, wiring. the power is out. i mean, you get the force of the gulf coming in. that's what we saw in all parts of tampa bay and all along the coast with the hurricane. for now, we're still assessing the damage, the search and rescue teams were operating up until yesterday. there's a lot of work to be done. this area part of the treasure islands area in the tampa bay area. it's only open -- some of these areas are only open to residents and home owners to come in with this cleanup process, as authorities do the work they

have to do. with all of the sand, of course, with the power outages and there are some workers also helping. they are asking the public to be patient, because it's very difficult to come in. a lot of people are eager to come in, in their vehicles, and they aren't allowed. many residents have to walk on. it's because they need to clear the way to allow them to be able to bring in the vehicles and continue with this cleanup process, ana. >> guad venegas, we appreciate your reporting. again, any minute now, we'll hear from president biden about the storm devastation and what he's doing to help. you see them setting up there. also ahead, some warning signs for democrats when it comes to one key group of voters. can they turn things around with just over 30 days left until november. ♪ me and my friends ♪ ♪♪

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we are a little over a month away now from election day. 36 days to be exact. and we have some new polling. a new view of a potentially decisive factor in november. the latino vote. that demographic now makes up the second largest eligible voting bloc in america. the latest poll shows vice president harris has a 14-point lead over former president trump among latino voters. however, that is the smallest edge for democrats in years. let's discuss all of this with nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board.

also nbc's david noriega in the battleground state of nevada. msnbc contributor paula ramos. her brand-new book is called "defect-ers." >> let's go, steve, break it down for us. >> yeah, a 14-point lead among latinos for kamala harris. the key is, what has this looks like in past elections, recent elections? past elections, barack obama won the latino 43 point. hillary clinton, 38, joe biden by 33. look at here, that drop in that number down to 14 points in our poll. this has been one of the key questions since 2020. when we saw republicans make some gains with latinos then. can they lock them in? can they expand them? our polls suggest they very well

may be expanding the polls. what's driving it? among men, the trump gender gap. and there is an an age gap, younger, under 50. harris only ahead by three points. over 50, look at that, leads by 30 points. then layer those on top of each other, gender and age. you start to see more divides. men, under 50, trump with an advantage of nine points over harris. harris leads men, over 50. look at the gap with trump with young men, harris with older women, a lot of woman in between, a giant gap. and we also have this. we talked about an education divide. we talked about this with white voters. one of the features with the white electorate. you see it here, starting to see it with a hispanic electorate. men without eye four-year degree

voting for donald trump by a margin of 14 points. women with a collegedegree go to the other way, 26 points to harris. this is also interesting, religious gap, catholic hispanics, harris is leading big, 20 points. protestants, total reversal. >> i want to go to david who has been talking with latino voters there in swing state nevada. we know, david, that in this polling, economy is still the top issue for latino voters just like we've seen it loose the broader electorate. what are the shifting views and some of these demographic notes that steve just gave us tell us? and what does it look like on the ground there as both campaigns are trying to make inroads? >> reporter: yeah, ana, so, i am on the east side in las vegas which is the latino part of

town. and i've been speaking to voters for a few days and a couple things stand out. first of all, it is near universal that the first answer i get when i ask people what are the main issue they care about is the economy. particularly, the cost of living. pretty much without exception. beyond that, there's diversity of opinions. the impression i've gotten here, this is a community torn between the two candidates and as the polls shows they're torn between the two candidates and two parties more so than they have been, you know in the last 20 years. and that comes talking to voters. they're torn within households. they're torn within the community. they're even torn within themselves choosing who they're going to vote for which values ultimately guide their decisions at the ballot box. i want to play you clips from a couple interviews i did recently over the course of the weekend at a park, where i am now, where there's a youth soccer game. i was talking to parents. i'll play you two separate clips. -i talk about what i concluded

from both, take a listen. >> i love what donald trump did for us as a candidate while he was in presidency. i don't know what she has to offer because she's new. so that's kind of like taking a chance on her, you know? that's what i mean. but i do like how she is doing a lot of things for small businesses. >> for four year, he was in office doing really good, kamala, she's already in office [ bleep ] you know, there's more work. we were able to afford. >> reporter: that first voter, she told me she's about 60/40 s trump, but i also met her husband who did not want to go on camera and he says he's voting for harris and they had an argument about it that morning. households are torn, people are torn. as far as how the campaigns are reaching out, the story is that

the democrats in the harris campaign is vastly outspending the trump campaign, and has, i would say, a clearer vision of who this community is and how they're trying to reach them. they've spent more than $13 million on ads in hispanic media markets, more than 20 times the amount the trump campaign has spent on the same. they're spending, also, lots of money on field outreach. of course, the question is, we don't know if that is going to translate to votes in november, ana. >> david noriega, thank you for that fascinating slice. steve kornacki, as always, thank you for bringing us the polling. i have to warn you, we may get the president's remarks during this segment, so forgive me if i have to interrupt. i'm curious to hear what you think about the data. we have hispanic voters under the age of 50 who favor vice president harris by just five points. what do you think is behind that? >> look, i think the democrats

are seeing these numbers, the tendency is to say they're winning the latino vote. that's the story. but i do think the alarming part of what we just heard, someone like donald trump that is promising mass deportations, can even poll close to 40%. a way to explain some of the things we just heard, trump is really, really tapping into this economic grievance, this racial and ethnic grievance that a lot of latinos are feeling, particularly men, and that's part of the appeal. what i find so interesting about the numbers and the polling is that the margin really widens for the vice president when you ask latino voters across the board, who is the better leader, who do you trust more, who has better skill sets. they overwhelmingly choose her. what's so interesting is that those margins really start to shrink suddenly when you ask, and which party best represents your values. so what that tells me is that perhaps there is a deeper shift going on, where suddenly more and more latinos that are older

are rethinking this idea of where they feel more at home politically. that, to me, says it's a deep fundamental shift. >> and let's talk about specifically the young male voters in the latino vote. you've written a lot about this. we've seen a shift more broadly with the young male voters going toward trump since 2016, and steve just pointed out trump has a nine point advantage with latinos under the age of 50, the men. is this about aligning with trump on the issues, or is it something else? >> i think it's a combination of things. i think what trump is doing really well is really invoking a sort of discomfort amongst some latino men that are discomforted at the idea of the gender norms changing, the sexual norms changing, the idea of a woman in color in a powerful position. i think they're playing with a lot of the transphobia, a lot of the lgbtq culture wars and playing with this idea that trump is the man that will sort of take back the united states

to this traditional country, take people back to those norms. i think among a small group of latino men, that really resonates, they're seeing these changing gender dynamics happen, changing demographics happening and i think he's able to sort of invoke a sort of moral panic among some latino men. >> i wish we had more time. got to leave it there for today. thank you so much. just a quick programming note, tomorrow rachel maddow and team will have coverage of the debate between j.d. vance and tim walz. you can watch it here tuesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we're keeping our eyes on the white house where president biden will address his administration's efforts to help communities ravaged by hurricane helene. plus, all hands on deck as dockworkers are on the verge of a strike. how it could rattle our economy and impact your wallet. and i use this.

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welcome back. thousands of dockworkers at ports from new england to texas are preparing to strike tomorrow for the first time in nearly half a century. this walkout would be the biggest disruption to the global supply chain since the pandemic, impacting the flow of imported goods, everything from footwear to car parts, and it could have a major impact on the u.s. economy just weeks before november's election. nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans joins us with more on this. first, where do the negotiations stand? is this going to happen? >> it's been an impasse for months and all signs point midnight tonight there will be a strike and these 25,000 plus dockworkers will not be going back to work. and really what's at issue here is automation, the union doesn't want more automation at these ports, and wages, they want much higher wages and point to the mega profits made by the shippers in the past few years. >> what kinds of goods are going to be impacted and the broader impact on the economy?

>> from bananas to cars to canned goods and lumber, there's all kinds of stuff that goes through these big 14 ports, all the way from new england down to texas. so it would have a dramatic impact. jpmorgan says $3.8 to 4.5 billion a day for every day it's on strike, but it's cumulative, because every day you're shut down it can take up to five days to catch up. and the more catching up you have to do, the more knock-on effect for consumers. it could mean higher freight costs, as they try to find rail and air to send goods. that raises prices. some economists are worried about manufacturers who can't get the parts they need, and now you're giving fewer hours to your workers, so workers could suffer. retailers have seen this coming for months and ahead of the holiday shopping season, they have been stockpiling what they think you're going to need like shoes, clothes and gifts. holiday-themed stuff is already there and ready to go because a lot of big ceos saw this coming.

>> of course, supply and demand, the inflation issues, it's all connected, so we'll see. >> watch this space. >> christine romans, nice to see you. that's going to do it for us today. i'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. again, we're keeping an eye on president biden as he's expected to give remarks any moment now from the white house on hurricane helene and the impacts and his administration's response. stay tuned for is that. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart and we begin this morning with breaking news. any moment now, president biden will deliver remarks from the white house about the federal response to hurricane helene. the death toll from that storm has risen to at least 99 people across six states, with most of the deaths in the