amid "the new york times," the program that involves zoos around the world have not been as successful as advertised, and the national zoo insists the program they are involved in has been successful to help them maintain the species and take them off the endangered species list. the two pandas are arriving today for a ten-year stay at their new home here at the national zoo on connecticut avenue in d.c. ana, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you, my friend. now, from giant pandas to giant pumpkins, and there was an unusual call about an inflatable

pumpkin, and no officers or pumpkins were harmed. that does it for us today. i am ana cabrera reporting from new york. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am josé diaz-balart. we are now three weeks away from election day. voters all across the country are already casting their ballots to elect the next president of the united states. as of this morning, over 5 million people have already voted. as we head to the final sprint of the election cycle, both campaigns are pulling out all the stops to garner as many votes as possible before the 5th of november. former president trump is in georgia where early voting begins today.

joining us, don callaway, founder of the national voter protection fund, and olivia troy, counterterrorism program. >> reporter: hi, there, josé. in an 11-page ruling a judge voted election officials, election superintendents here in georgia must certify election results rejecting the vote to not certify the results of the presidential primary because she received what she thought were reports of fraud. there was a back and forth on whether local officials and election officials had a do the to investigation the fraud

before certifying the results, and the judge said the authorities have to certify the results about a week or so after the election, and that would be monday the week after the election. this comes as republican officials here in georgia have been trying to change election rules here to prevent what they see as widespread fraud, josé. josé, this comes as the early voting here starts in georgia, as you mentioned. we just heard from the georgia secretary of state who says this could potentially, he says, be record breaking in terms of turnout. so far, 71,000 people this morning have cast their ballots, josé. >> this is after how trump held a rally, and that rally was unusual, interrupted by two medical emergencies. >> reporter: yeah, it was a town

hall moderated by kristi noem, and there were two medical emergencies and the music turned into a bizarre dance party at times. you see the former president there dancing to "ymca" and other songs. >> it was my first trump rally. it was a town hall, and i just -- i did expect him to take more questions. i thought he would talk longer, however, i still will vote for him. i think he's a very good candidate, and i -- the concert was great. >> i felt like i was sitting in a room with him, just him. i could have been here another hour or two hours.

it was just great spending time with the president. >> reporter: former president this morning calling it amazing and a great evening. former president trump is expected here in atlanta later on today for a rally, again, as early voting kicks off here, josé. >> meantime, you are in detroit where harris is making stops. what is her message. >> well, the biden -- excuse me, the harris/walz campaign have been saying they want to make sure they don't leave any votes on the table. we are seeing the vice president and her running mate do a blitz of battleground states and the campaign focusing on black men in particular, and we expect to hear here in detroit at a radio town hall this evening that she has plans and ideas that will help the black community in particular and rolled out an

opportunity agenda for black men where she talks about creating a structure for loans for black entrepreneurs and there will be health issues focused on black men like prostate cancer. she was in pennsylvania yesterday, and north carolina the day before, talking to black community leaders, religious leaders as well, and at the same time there's an effort by the campaign to make sure they are talking about former president trump and their belief he did not help the black community in any great way in his first administration, and his second administration would be similar and more dangerous. in particular, the vice president for the first time at her rally yesterday in pennsylvania played a compilation video of trump talking about the enemy within was a phrase we heard the former

president use and he talked about using the military -- not the national guard but national guard and other parts of the military inside the united states. i want you to hear what the vice president had to say on the stage after playing the video last night. >> he's talking about that he considers anybody that doesn't support him or who will not bend to his will an enemy of our country. donald trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged. and he is out for unchecked power. that's what he is looking for. >> so that messaging about donald trump being out for unchecked power really speaks to what the vice president has been saying really for months now about donald trump presenting a danger if he were to become president again.

that's a message we can expect the vice president to reiterate over and over again on the campaign trail and at the radio town hall and at the same time weaving in her personal story and the ideas she has for the harris administration. i will listen to see how the callers, the people that call into the radio show will be posing questions to the vice president. it will be interesting to see how that audience approached her and what they want to hear answers to, not from journalists but from regular folks, josé. >> thank you both so very much. i want to get in to, don, thanking you as well. an article in reuters says the vice president is in talks with joe rogan's podcast for an interview and she is sitting down with charlamagne tha god today. >> remember, when you are talking about trying to reach

black men, you were reaching black men that already were coming out to vote, and now that the voting deadlines have largely passed, you are talking about how to get to a marginalized section of the electorate that will already come out and participate, and you have to find them where traditional democratic candidates have not gone. there's no sense in conceding the millions of eyeballs and ears that joe rogan and charlamagne tha god has brought to the table, and you might get enough to curb the tide, and you might bring new listeners into the fold. democrats will have to go out into places where nontraditional constituencies will be found in order to get together the harris coalition which is a new and novel thing.

>> how much do you buy into the narrative that african american men are in substantial numbers turning away from the vice president? >> i don't buy into it that much. listen, at first, african american men will be 85 to 86% for kamala harris and that makes us the scottie pippen to michael jordan votes. 85%, 86% is an overwhelming amount of support from one particular demographic, and yes, it's less than barack obama, but you have to remember that kamala harris is a substantial amount of time after the barack obama wave, in which all voters and not just african american men ask what the harris presidency means for me. we have never seen a

presidential candidate do this before and it's resonating from what i have seen on social media and the community. it has only been 24 hours but she has real policy in her hand that she can go out and sell to the african american community. i think the issue was overblown to begin with. >> don, i will not even get into who is pippen and who is jordan on this, because -- that's for another day's conversation. olivia, staying with the sports theme, my colleague spoke to men in an nfl game in atlanta, and some shares who they would vote for and others shared top issues. >> probably i will vote, probably for trump. >> trump. >> why trump? >> i enjoyed his policies. >> well, the obvious issue will be the economy. >> issues you care most about? >> economy. >> economy top issue for you? >> yeah. >> why? >> i mean, i'm working and i

live alone so that's a big part for me. >> olivia, just wondering if you think that's an issue that the vice president still has work to do on? >> well certainly i think she's working hard to reach the middle class and the hard workers across the country and she's talking about the economy in tangible ways instead of sitting on a stage and dancing about it, in contrast to donald trump who is not saying much these days. she's looking at tax credits and home buying credits and looking at all these things that are going to help those people that were just interviewed in that segment. i will say economists are saying, they are saying, look, the presidency under donald trump would lead to higher interest rates and his tariffs work the working class and manufacturing jobs across our country and these are things to keep in mind that donald trump

may be sometimes referring to the economy in broad ways, but the tangible benefits to the people that it will benefit are more important to pay attention to and i am seeing that more from kamala harris from what she's saying. >> speaking of paying attention to, tomorrow the vice president is set to sit down with fox news for the first time ever according to that network. what does that tell you? >> i give her tremendous credit that she is very focused on growing this coalition. i think she's going to fox news. she's going to try and persuade those voters and viewers. look, we are not going to reach the people sitting in the trump town halls, right, at these rallies. those people are diehard supporters. i am hearing from republicans and independent voters every single day who are watching the trump rallies and coverage and saying, what is going on here? i don't want this for the future of our country. and a lot of those viewers are watching fox news.

it's important for her to go out and talk to these people and address it and have honest and serious conversations and let the voters decide for themselves and she's effectively doing that right now. >> thank you both for being with us this morning. in 90 seconds, breaking news from the mideast. nbc news just learned the first u.s. troops arrived in israel. meanwhile, a dire warning from the parents of a hostage executed by hamas. back at home, look how the hurricane's power has permanently changed the coastline of florida. >> it's something we will never get back. a part of history is truly gone. who's winning? we are, my friend. we are. when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd i noticed things changed. breztri gave me better breathing starting within 5 minutes. it also reduced flare-ups.

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this point? why would officials here leak such sensitive information right now? >> so the troops going are part of this this missile defense system the military is deploying there. there's symbolism, and one part is putting money where your mouth is. sending troops into a dangerous area to further prove the u.s. government does believe they have a role in the defense of israel. beyond that, it really indicates what the u.s. and israel sees as a threat right now to that region. that is from missiles. of course, two weeks ago today iran launched about 200 longer-range ballistic missiles at israel, but that's not the only threat, josé. there's a threat from the shorter missiles that could be launched from hezbollah and other neighboring areas and other countries where hezbollah

operates. this thad deployment shows the us is concerned about that. it means as it is diving towards the target, the t.h.a.d. will bash into the incoming missile to take it out literally in the last moments before it lands. on the issue of who might have put out this information that you mentioned there, that the u.s. and israel had been in discussions about israeli targets, in their response against iran, remember, there's a lot of messaging that goes on here, josé. officials who might have put out information that would be potentially limiting in israel's response or retaliation against iran could have the motivation of hoping that by putting the information out there, it might work to force or encourage israel to actually limit their

response options, josé. >> interesting. and you spoke with the parents of an israeli american hostage killed by hamas. their pain doesn't stop as they reveal more details about what their son endured. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, josé. hersh was her world, and her 23-year-old son was found shot dead in a hamas tunnel along with five other israeli hostages, and they want to know -- they want the world to know how he died. take a listen. >> hersh was found on his knees -- frozen on his knees with his back against the wall. he had put up his hands. he only had one hand.

he put up his arms to protect himself. he weighed 115 pounds. 53 kilo when we buried him. i mention this because i think it's really critical that the world knows that that is how these hostages are being held. >> reporter: john and rachel repeated was assured by offician would not be executed by hamas and they see the story as a stark warning to the world and they want to get out there and spread this message about the urgency of the situation for the remaining 101 hostages, and to that end we were speaking to another family of another israeli hostage still in gaza. they told us today that there was a meeting with the hostage families and the israeli defense minister yesterday and he told

them that any negotiations for the release of the remaining hostages has stalled and said that there's no signs of progress on that moving forward. josé. >> thank you both very much. up next, what we are learning about the man arrested for threatening fema workers helping with hurricane relief in north carolina. plus, 34 senate seats up for grabs in november. we will talk about which ones could change the balance of power in the chamber. you are watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. (vo) at verizon every phone can be the new iphone 16 pro with apple intelligence.

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25 past the hour. this morning communities across florida are struggling to recover after two back-to-back hurricanes, right now nearly 200,000 people are still without power in florida while some areas are still experiencing active flooding, six days after milton made landfall. the devastation is widespread off the coast. the barrier islands on florida's west coast are digging out. >> nobody ever experts this. >> the key was devastated by the surge. chad wynn gave us a boat tour of the worst of it. >> something we will never get

back. >> while the manatee's swim unfazed, the key is likely changed forever. when the storm came in, it was so strong it blew a hole through the island. further down the coast, houses are decimated. that seawall is there to protect the houses but hurricane milton was so strong it picked up the huge boulders and hurled them into homes, in some cases, in their living rooms. in other areas water still submerges roads and homes and floodwaters rising days after milton hit far from the coast. biden promised 600 million in federal funds to support the recovery. >> there's a hot tub you can see. >> a buried hot tub? >> yep. >> jake and his wife own timeshares, and they are utterly

transformed. it will take the will of floridians like themselves to rebuild. >> you stand up on the tiki hut and you see the aqua water. that's why we are here. it's priceless. >> reporter: this mountain of sand is illustrative of just how hard hit this barrier island was hit by hurricane helene and hurricane milton, and the sand here has been cleared from the streets in the last two and a half or three weeks after the storm. back to you. >> thank you. meantime, the affects of hurricane helene are still being found including in the city of asheville, north carolina, where water services is starting to return after 2 1/2 weeks. the river arts district, 80% completely destroyed by the storm.

in the mountain areas, the search still continues for people unaccounted for. yesterday an armed man was arrested after making comments about possibly harming fema employees, authorities say. kathy park joins us from north carolina. what do we know about this? >> reporter: josé, good morning to you. yeah, we are entering week three of recovery efforts in western north carolina. when you look around we are still surrounded by devastation. even residents that didn't necessarily lose their homes are still dealing with so many challenges so many weeks into the disaster. thousands of residents still don't have power and many still don't have access to clean running water. in fact, yesterday we spoke with one resident, a single mom, who says she's resorting to a nearby creek and pulling water out of the creek using gallon-sized jugs bringing it back to her

home to flush the toilets but that's just one of the hardships she's facing right now. take a listen. >> it's traumatic and hard breaking to see such loss in such a beautiful place that has been destroyed and will never be the same. it's hard, being a single mom i have to have him with me everywhere i go, and he's rambunctious, and he doesn't know what is going on. no child care or schools are open. definitely reminds me of the pandemic but worse. >> reporter: josé, you heard it there, daycare centers are still closed. a lot of schools in the area still closed as well, so childcare is an ongoing issue for many families. i spoke with one family yesterday that said she's bringing her kids to work with her. i can tell you at the fema recovery centers throughout this county and also throughout

western north carolina, there are long lines and on average people are waiting about an hour to get any sort of aid. a fema spokesperson said they are committed to helping the survivors here in north carolina and they will stay as long as needed despite, as you mentioned, a lot of misinformation and the false reports that continue to run rampant in the community and practically nationwide and a lot of the residents are saying they are having to cut through the misinformation they are finding on social media, and they are concerned about their workers as well, the agency is, because over the weekend a 44-year-old man was arrested and later released. apparently he had a rifle and handgun on him. these are the things we are continuing to monitor and something that fema says that they are also watching very closely as we continue to protect their workers. josé? >> kathy park, thank you so very

much. if you would like to help those affected by the hurricanes, scan the qr code there on your screen. there's a list of organizations providing relief. if you need help to recover from the hurricanes, you can go to disaster assistance.gov, or call the number on your screen. and then new latino voter poll, and you will see that first here and we will tell you about their number one concern. now, why democrats hope to flip one seat to blue for the first time in decades. you are watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. p. she's going to crack down on price gouging and cut taxes for working people like me. i voted for donald trump before,

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36 past the hour. while all eyes are focused on the presidential race, control of congress also hangs in the balance. 34 senate seats are up for election this year and democrats are facing some challenges in their efforts to keep control of that chamber. with us now is founder of punchbowl news and a msnbc political contributor. and polls show a close race and within the margin of error, some of these polls. what would democrats have to do in order to win in texas? >> josé, they have to do a

much -- like what they have to do across the map. part of the problem for democrats in this particular cycle is that there are just more red states in play than blue states. in a presidential year it makes it difficult to bring a democratic candidate over the finish line victorious at the same time they are running on the same ticket with the republican presidential candidate, and in texas donald trump is expected to win by 15 to 20 percentage points. that would mean there would be a lot of people that vote for trump at the top of the ticket and then vote for the democrat at the bottom of the ticket. and he does have high negatives, and that's what allred is banking on. they are running on ads about the disaster storm in texas

where ted cruz was spotted on vacation to cancun to set the stage that cruz can't be trusted in the state of texas, but there's a sense that texas remains a white whale for democrats and they feel it in their grasp, but it could slip through again. allred has a lot of money and will at least make it interesting on election night, josé. >> jake, what senate race are you paying most attention to? >> let me echo what ryan said. if democrats thought they could win the state of texas, they would be putting more money into that state. if democrats thought they could mount a serious effort in texas, they would have 20 or $30 million on tv, and they don't. that's number one. if you talk to most republicans and democrats, they think democrats are going to win arizona and they think democrats

will win nevada. those two races according to republicans we have spoken to -- again, these are all people working with data that we all see as well and they are certain as we are, and they say the data favors democrats there to a large degree and you have to look at the tightening race in states like michigan and wisconsin that are obviously incredibly tight, those two races. and then a state like pennsylvania where republicans think if donald trump wins, dave mccormick could beat bob casey, and i am skeptical of that because of bob casey's large and sustaining lead. and those are the races i am keeping an eye on, and then you have the highlighted ones. dan osborn is running a tight race against fisher. the field is set to a large degree and you know what is difficult for us as reporters and people who follow this stuff

religiously is you have polls that say completely different things within the period of 24 hours and that makes it difficult to have an informed opinion. >> jake, i am just looking at the map we just brought up. florida is in that. how do you see that? is scott within -- in some polls it looks as though he's within the margin of error. >> remember, republicans have mounted a 1-million voter advantage over democrats in florida. a far different story than we saw just even a couple years ago. democrats, again, they have been making a lot of hey about florida and texas and saying they can compete there but their money does not match up with that, their spending does not match up with their stated hopes in those two states. >> meanwhile, joe manchin's seat

could flip, and that means they need tester to hold on to the montana seat. >> much like what they are hoping for in texas, they need to replicate in montana. in texas, tester is a three-term incumbent, and he's hoping his deep connection with montanans, and there's a lot of union members that said they would vote for donald trump at the top of the ticket and vote for tester down ballot. and trump could win by 20 points and that's a difficult mountain for tester to climb. >> thank you so very much. up neck, exclusive polling you will see here first on latino voters. plus, how one high school student is shedding light on a dark chapter in american

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46 past the hour. latina voters are expected to be crucial especially in battleground states that could decide the election. according to the pew research center, latinos are going to account for 15% of the voting.

we should note the research firm that conducted this poll has ties to democrats and president biden. with us now to talk more about this is frank, the president and ceo of the hispanic federation. amigo, always a pleasure to see you. thanks for being with us. how has your poll showed the race? >> latinos are committed to participate in this election. more than 71% of latino voters in battleground states are committed to come out and vote. this is something really important because some of the headlines have shown that probably latinos were not that enthusiastic anymore after the big enthusiasm shown after the

dnc, but our poll that is a larger and more comprehensive poll of latinos tells us latinos are motivated and will come out and vote in large numbers. >> you talk about motivation. this poll finds the top issues for latino voters are, first, the cost of living, inflation, jobs, the economy, housing costs, affordability. abortion and reproductive rights came in fourth and issues with the u.s. and mexico border came in sixth and citizen for latinos already here came in seventh. >> there also are the ones that had been slower in their recovery after the pandemic. for latinos, pocketbook issues are extremely important.

we have somehow been pigeon holed in topics that are not the top issues. what is important to note is that by doing this poll with the hispanic federation, we are also doing a cultural linguistic approach, making sure we ask the right questions and we include the issues bundled together, and we get very different responses. we are excited it will continue to grow the excitement and that's why now we are here in pennsylvania making sure to send a message to the latino community here in pennsylvania, especially that people participate if they have the privilege of being able to participate in this democratic experience. immigration is such an issue, political hot button issue. the associated press reports that ten times as many migrants

died in new mexico near the u.s.-mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago. telemundo reporting a gang is disputing the trafficking of migrants with other cartels in mexico, according to the secretary of security. where is the focus on the men, women and children who make the most difficult, harrowing, dangerous decisions and face the most difficult conditions, where is the focus on that? >> that's why in our poll it demonstrates that latinos really care about a humane and equitable solution to the broken immigration system. they feel that many of these progressive ideas are still in the heart of latinos. when you ask them about the border and you ask about immigration and also, what are the opportunities for people

that are already here? that is so important right now to continue talking to our community about issues that are of importance to them. when you talk about discrimination, when you talk about what is fair or not, latinos are on the side of making sure that there is real solutions to these very complex issues. >> it's always a pleasure to see you. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you so much. up next, a california student reopens a dark and little-known part of american history. how a high school research paper is bringing change. >> i think the message that i want to send is if we learn about our past, we can make sure it never happens again. plans. carry this card and you could have the power to unlock benefits beyond original medicare. these are convenient plans that offer all of the benefits of original medicare, plus extra coverage and

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56 past the hour. today is the last day of hispanic heritage month, honoring the influence latino

americans have had on this country and continue to do so. in california, the curiosity of one high school student about her past is shedding new light on a little-known and dark chapter of american history and the treatment of mexican americans. steven romo has more. >> reporter: as a junior in high school, tamara was tasked with writing a history paper on the great depression. >> i decided to write it with a latino angle. i didn't feel represented enough. >> reporter: researching, she was horrified to learn about the so-called mexican repatriation. >> president hoover deported 1 million americans, 60% were citizens. >> reporter: senator josh becker was shocked by the details, too. he along with state senator gonzalez co-authored a bill to commemorate it with a monument

in los angeles where many of the roundup took place. >> we have to do something. we have to act to more properly memorialize this, to educate people about it. >> reporter: the '30s were a period of tough economic times. >> the united states tumbled into an abyss of depression. >> reporter: some americans blamed immigrants for taking u.s. jobs. >> the government should see that the american citizens are employed before the aliens. >> reporter: leading the government to hold mass deportations and ultimately sending not only mexican citizens but also american-born latinos to mexico. >> the biggest shock was when i started talking to historians. they didn't know about it. >> reporter: she went through documents and letters from the time to piece together the suffering this cost. >> there was a lot of separation of families during the repatriation. many men who were at work were taken. anyone who didn't have proof of citizenship was taken.

>> citizens of the country and no due process. they were forcibly deported. >> reporter: an exact location and design have to be worked out. the goal is to unveil is it before the olympics in 2028. they hope this can signal a shift from silent shame of a dark part of our history to a celebration of triumph over adversity. >> our young latinos are empowered when they know their history and data. i feel very proud. >> reporter: what inspiration have you gained that you hope others can as well? >> i think the message that i want to send is, if we learn about our past, we can make sure it never happens again. >> thanks to steven romo for that report. as she said, those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it. finally this morning,

moments ago, a pair of 3-year-old giant pandas arrived at the national zoo in washington. they are in the trucks. they won't make their big debut right away. the zoo says they will spend 30 days in quarantine before they will be seen. they will be at the zoo for ten years. they each got their own individual limo. they are each in their own limo with their photo on it. it's how you gotta travel. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media and watch clips from this show at youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," this hour, former president trump will speak to the economic club