people need to have patience. they need to wait. wasn't until saturday after election day in 2020 when we knew who was going to win the election. it could be thursday or friday but there could be a pert of uncertainty if it is as close as the polls suggest it could be. >> well two things are different. fewer people will vote by mail this time, a lot of people voted by mail last time because of

the pandemic and also, trump was discouraging early voting last time and is encouraging at this time. it is very hard to look at the numbers and figure out if it means anything in terms of who has gotten any kind of benefit. i think the key point is to be patient. all the votes will be in but that takes time to be processed and not every state moves quickly. especially pennsylvania, wisconsin, they have special rules that delay the processing of their ballots. those are two crucial states and states where it is very unlikely, if the race is close, we will know what the winner will be by the time we wake up on the day after election day. >> it will be a nailbiting few days, that is for sure. in the meantime, what to make of donald trump's big rally in new york city next weekend if he is sending a deeper message in just a moment. ♪ ♪ moment. ♪ ♪

♪♪ good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to train for beginning again what decision 2024 in the home stretch with just 10 days left for the race for the white house. knew today, early voting begins in michigan, florida, illinois, new jersey and california, making it now 33 states voting in person. more than 38 million ballots have been cast in some states with voter starting out in record numbers. candidates are laser focused on the battlegrounds. tim walz is in arizona, donald trump also in michigan but later on he will be in pennsylvania. also in pennsylvania today, president biden, john fetterman, doug emhoff, bernie sanders and elon musk and jd vance. yesterday rally goers in northern michigan were left

waiting an extra three hours in cold temperatures while he did a podcast with joe rogan. here is what he said about north korean leader kim jong un. >> i got to know him very well. we had no problem with it. if you have a smart problem, if you have a smart, really, the right president, a smart president, you will not have a problem. i say to people we have a bigger problem, in my opinion, with the enemy from within. >> yesterday the vice president shared the stage in texas with beyonci as she zeroed in on protections for women's reproductive rights. >> look, donald trump doesn't trust women but i do. we trust women. we understand what that takes. [ applause ] >> and with colin all red in the united states senate with congress to restore reproductive freedom, i will probably sign it into law as president of the united states. >> more new reaction from voters who sat out the 2020 election but they do plan to vote this year. listen to what they said about what could change their minds about drop. >> if trump came to you, what

do i need to do to change your mind to vote for me? what would you tell them? >> probably to try 20 years ago when he was younger and a little bit more relevant to, um, my perspective and point of view. >> i would tell him he needs to watch his mouth a little bit. if you could really try to, you know, be more respectful to people. >> here is what they say could change their minds about vp harris. >> if harris came to you and asked , what do i need to do to change her mind to vote for me, what would you tell her? >> i don't need to know you are great and about your family, i need to know what you will do for the economy and what is your plan for the border, your plan for everything. need to know what your stance is . >> i would ask where she has been the last 3 1/2 years? >> we are reporters and analysts in place with all the new developments ross. we go to nbc's aaron gilchrist

ahead of the vice president's rally with former first lady aaron -- michelle obama. aaron, welcome back. the vice president has arrived in michigan. what are we hearing from her? >> the vice president took several questions from reporters who are traveling with her on these several stop she has been making over the last few days and the vice president started out by speaking about the conflict in the middle east. we know that president biden convened a meeting of his national security team earlier today. of course, the vice president is part of that team. they discussed developments in the middle east after the israeli strikes on iranian targets late last night that the administration says the president was briefed on last night, again, briefed on again this morning. i want you to hear what the vice president had to say about what they learned about the strike in iran last night. >> a couple hours ago i got off of a lengthy and important conversation with the national security team and, of course, we maintained the importance of

supporting israel's right to defend itself and we are also very adamant that we must see de-escalation in the region going forward and that would be our focus. -- now this is obviously an important issue the vice president has been focused on in her official capacity as vice president but also something that has come up as part of her campaign. we know in michigan, there is a large community of people who have been very vocal about their concerns for the palestinian people and after we have seen some of the conflict arise across the lebanese border, there has been concern voiced about people caught in

the middle there, as well. it is not unusual the vice president would choose to speak about that landing in michigan today. of course, the thrust of what we expect to hear from the vice president today when she arrives here in kalamazoo is really focused on getting out the vote. she and former first lady michelle obama will be on the stage behind me together for the first time, as a matter fact, on the campaign trail, talking about the need for people to actually take some of the enthusiasm we have seen around vice president harris' campaign, take some of that enthusiasm and actually put it into action by going to the ballots and devote. we know 36 million people have voted early, alex, as early voting start statewide here in michigan today, that will be a key part of the conversation we hear from the vice president and former first lady michelle obama. spent 10 bucks they will garner the same kind of energy and enthusiasm beyonci did and michelle obama is super popular. we will see. thank you again. let's go to ann arbor, michigan and nbc in bed julia franco. trump has been on the stage the better part of an hour and he is still talking with not many people nearby. what are we hearing from him? -- alex, that is right.

he participated in a rally in traverse city, michigan last night. today he went after the vice president for so much we have heard him criticize her on the last few months, knocking her on the economy, on immigration but today he also talked at length about early voting, noting it started statewide here in michigan today. we are here at a polling place that has been busy since it opened and michigan secretary of state says about 20% of actively registered voters have already cast their ballots, that includes early in person and mail in voting. just generally, he expressed confidence with 10 days ago that he is looking forward to winning michigan, he says, he says he criticized detroit a bit but said he will make a great again. want you to hear how he described the state of the race. take a listen. >> 10 days from now we are going to win michigan. we are going to defeat kamala

harris. [ applause ] >> we will make america great again and we will make detroit great again, finally, after 45 years. >> reporter:, alex, up next for the former president up later today he will be in another battleground state in pennsylvania as he and harris compete for these critical purple state voters with 10 days to go until november 5. >> 20 me now we have democratic strategist and former advisor to the obama campaign and nbc political interests and former press secretary to vp candidate paul ryan. it is good to see you both again on a saturday. trump will rally at madison square garden tomorrow night and then former secretary of state hillary clinton compared that to an infamous 1939 rally hosted by a pro nazi group . take a listen to her. >> trump will actually reenact the madison square garden rally in 1939, i write about this in my book, president franklin

roosevelt was appalled that neo- nazis, fascists, in america, were lining up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in germany. >> what you make of trump holding this rally at this location 10 days out and how do you think it will affect his supporters? >> this is trump choosing to play, you know, game of fascism. this is a guy who literally stole his mantra from that very rally, make america great again, it was said in the madison square garden by those neo-nazis. trump is not as ignorant as many people believe he is. yes, he is a bad decision maker, yes, he takes his cues from a lot of fascists and a

lot of dictators but he knows exactly what he is doing. this is not happen chance. this is the same type of situation where, you know, he decided he would give a speech and a rally in a town that had been overrun by white supremacists and lit black businesses on fire. that was not by accident, either. he appeals to racists. this is a guy who appeals and believes that his base is people who want to take america back, people who don't want to see immigrants, people who believe in his narrative that immigrants come into this country and make america trash. he need somebody to blame. right now, with the white supremacist politics he is running, anyone is to blame who is not a member of his white supremacist based. if you are black, brown, indigenous, if you are of immigrant background, that is what he is doing. every time we see him do this, we will see him do this at medicine square garden, he will do these things. >> i want you to react to that, as well. let me amplify this question to

you with what we heard from the vice president on that tarmac in battle creek, michigan. three airstrikes, targeted once against iran in tehran last night, she addressed the issue of the middle east. i am curious how much you think that issue will play into the election in 10 days? >> well, it will play out significantly in michigan, as aaron talked about. there is a huge islam and muslim population in michigan. they have been very upset about the administration's handling of the war in gaza and in their minds they are too supportive of israel. i think the argument they are trying to make is you may not like kamala harris but i promise you, donald trump will be a lot worse. it is not necessarily that people will be voting for trump

but do they stay home in an election this close, does that matter? i think any sort of escalation of that battle or conflict throughout the region is not good news for harris because it brings it back into the news. i do have to say, i find that madison square garden, that conversation silly. look, what hillary clinton said there is completely obnoxious. i am as critical of donald trump as anybody but people going to madison square garden garden that night are not gathering for a nazi rally. i don't think setting foot in madison square garden makes anybody a nazi. that is the kind of rhetoric that just tells people it doesn't matter. they are going to say anything they want. going to madison square garden you are a nazi. i can't tell you how much that upsets people who are on the fence on donald trump and say

they are just out to get him and they will say anything. i don't know why it has to go that level. >> i understand what you're saying but regard to the messaging that donald trump will deliver inside that arena, and accusations of nazi -- fascism not only from hillary clinton kamala harris who agrees with that, you have this from so many former trump administration officials, noticeably this week john kelly. he said he absolutely embodies the definition of fascism. don't you think that is something that should come out in madison square garden ? there is reason to say, look, there is similar is him here. >> no, i don't. i don't think madison square garden has anything different to do with the rally he is

having right now as it relates to not see as a. what hillary clinton said is that people who gathered that day were there to pleasure allegiance to not he is a man that will happen again at madison square garden. that is so disrespectful to a lot of people, i don't support donald trump i think he's a bad guy but people who go there are not pledging their support to not he is in which is what hillary clinton said. >> okay but they are pledging their support to donald trump. do you agree -- >> but i think actually you can it is not casually throughout. because donald trump is that madison square garden, that means it is the same as a nazi rally 80 years ago. >> duly noted, thank you for that. let me ask you, ameshia, harris, who is set to speak at the ellipse on tuesday, the same part between the national park and the white house, that is where donald trump spoke on january 6, 2021. it is billed as her closing argument. how important will this speech be providing a visual contrast of the violence that trump inside it? >> i think it is going to be very important. it is going to be important for her. i don't think she can create more of a contrast to what we saw this election cycle and

what we knew donald trump to bay. i want to speak what you said a moment ago when donald trump said he would have a rally in the same site that is in remembrance for the tulsa race riots, he knew what he was doing there, just like lee knows he is doing this at madison square garden and choosing to do this not only leading weight fascist language, that only fashioning himself after those fascist authoritarian sums and leading the most xenophobic campaign anyone has ever seen, we need to take him seriously when he shows us who we really as of the people closest to him, his joint chief of staff, his own chief of staff, people who are closest to him and his administration, those who were his cabinet members are calling him that. i think we need to take this man seriously and his actions. >> i will ask you both to stay with me, please. there is yet another october surprise. how much impact will what this person have is saying have on voters? new revelations or have. early voting starts today in estate you don't consider about obama we will tell you

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new today, six more states at early in-person voting. voters in michigan, florida, new jersey, new york and california have their chance to have an early say, making a 33 states voting in person. more than 38 million votes have been cast. we saw early voting records broken in a couple states. let's go to new york where

early voting, there we go, across several battleground districts that could determine who wins control of congress. what has traffic been like there and do you have a sense of which way voters are leaning? >> reporter: alex, there have been people here literally all day here today. if you live by me, there is a

line that stretches across the parking lot. earlier today it went up and down around the sidewalk. there is a line that continues inside the voting area. people are excited and energized, ready to vote, first day of early voting with 10 days to go until the election. boaters who walked past me in the past couple minutes told me they were waiting in line about 45 minutes to cast their ballots. now new york, of course, is a blue state. it is almost guaranteed that kamala harris will carry this state, however, even though new york is a big, blue state for the presidential race, the house races are competitive here in seven different districts in new york. and i want you to take a listen to what some voters told me about how they will be voting this time around. take a listen. >> i believe policy support more of the constituents of the area. i guess it is a more welcoming policy. >> yeah, i just think mike better represents how why, my view for the nation and what is best for the nation and in his case. >> the world series continues and people are excited and the ads in new york where i am

right now in district 17 and district 18, more than $42 million have been >> on these key districts. again, the winners here can really determine which party will hold the house. alex? >> i would just ask you, my friends, you do know i am from l.a., right? you do know who i am probably rooting for, not even probably, like, for sure. just saying. >> as a new yorker, we might disagree a little bit there. >> we will get to that another time. thank you very much. now to pennsylvania where already 1 million have cast ballots for that state's governor. could come down to a handful of those. alan smith joins me from pennsylvania where trump will hold his second rally of the day in a few hours. we have trump and his running mate jd vance finally making a final push in pennsylvania today. how do things look for the former president there? >> reporter: so the trump

campaign views pennsylvania much more favorably than even some of the other battleground states, alex, they are extremely confident about their chances in pennsylvania and trump has introduced a number of surrogates and they have crisscrossed the state. part of the reason for their confidence, they believe in and around philadelphia, particularly in the city itself, they will do better they were that they did in 2016 or 2020. >> all right, let me get to the new interview you have done with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. he knows it will all come down to his state and he says he is leaving at all on the field. how does he feel about harris' chances in that state? >> reporter: alice, he feels

really good about harris' chances of winning there. he said it could come down to a few hundred votes across various rural counties in pa which is a key part of the harris strategy. they want to limit trump's margin in the rural counties . they think that could protect them from any possible drop off in philadelphia. alex, this race is razor close and josh shapiro knows that. he has been campaigning across the state vigorously for the vice president in recent weeks. look, he thinks it will absolutely come down to the wire. we will see which way the keystone state will swing. >> what about elon musk? he has been there a lot. what about him and his investment in the state? ♪ >> reporter: interestingly, yesterday josh shapiro did not want to make much comment about what elon musk is doing in the state politically. now elon musk did make a call to the governor a couple weeks ago when he was at the steelers game in pittsburgh. he talked to the governor about making economic investments in the state, completely not tied

to the presidential campaign at all. i asked the governor, you know, do you think that elon is serious about making those economic investments here? he thinks he is. alex, he said that was irrespective of politics. they disagree greatly, obviously, on the candidates they are supporting this fall. >> okay, allan smith, thank you so much for joining us. in the meantime, digging into the details of a new poll in a surprising place where kamala harris is cutting into donald trump's lead . ead .

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oh... he used to be a competitive gamer but with the higher lag, he can't keep up with his squad. so now we're his “squad”. what are kevin's plans for the fall? he's going to college. out of state, yeah. -yeah in the fall. change of plans, i've decided to stay local. oh excellent! oh that's great! why would i ever leave this? -aw! we will do anything to get him gaming again. you and kevin need to fix this internet situation. heard my name! i swear to god, kevin! -we told you to wait in the car. everyone in my old squad has xfinity. less lag, better gaming! i'm gonna need to charge you for three people. now to one another new october surprise this week. the trump campaign denying an allegation of sexual misconduct from years ago. >> reporter: trump is facing

allegations of groping from model stacy williams who said it happened 30 years ago in trump tower when jeffrey epstein brought her to see trump. >> as soon as donald saw us, his arms were around me and he pulled me into him and then the groping started. and i just froze. -- williams is a democrat who first told her story publicly this week on a zoom call, survivors for,. abc news spoke to seven people who said williams told them about it between 2006 in 2020. the trump campaign knows the accusation came two weeks before the election and set it is quote, unequivocally false. >> i bring back amisha cross and brendan buck. brendan, the first question to you on this. does this even qualify as an october surprise. here is why i ask it. will it have an effect on the campaign and if it does not, what does that say? >> yeah, you could add this to the list of things in a normal

world that would be disqualifying for the president or at least a huge october surprise. look, i am really surprised that the harris campaign has not leaned into this attack more. not this specific one that just came out but of course, president trump was found liable for sexual assault in court not that long ago. there are so many critical and credible allegations against him and it does not seem to be much of a focus for the camping . maybe they just have polling that shows to your point people have heard this so many times and they just know that donald trump is a bad guy and they get it and will not change her mind about him. it feels like i really want to underscore the character of a person, someone who was found liable for sexual assault, that should register for a lot of people but they just have not pressed the issue. >> what are your thoughts on this? >> they have not pressed the issue because issue was pressed. we saw that, you know, everyone saw the polls did not change.

people want to support trump and they will still support trump and the people who will support harris were already supporting biden before harris got in that race. at the end of the day, what we know about donald trump is he has over two dozen credible allegations of sexual assault. we know he was found liable for rape and he is somebody with a long-standing history of being aggressive towards women and someone who says grab them by the [ bleep ] i will not say that word on the airways. we know these things and he is still fundraising and getting love from crowds. he was still chosen as a leader of the republican party. no, it has not made a difference. unfortunately, specifically they will show up at the polls and show it makes a difference to them and i don't think anyone else will grab hold of this. at the end of the day, much of these allegations, the most recent one aside, voters already know about it. they know who donald trump is and at the end of the day he has not moved the needle when it comes to the polls which is

the dead heat. i think the harris campaign is wasting their time to try to prove to people the misogynistic, the attack oriented individual trump is because he proves that every single day. >> let me correct you on one single point because there is a distinction. there is a distinction between rape and sexual abuse and the latter is what trump was on trial for. >> i didn't say that, that came from the judge. >> legally speaking, i needed to clarify that on what he was actually found guilty of or violated for. we see this widening gender gap. trump focused his attention on young men which seems to be successful to some degree. can he afford to lose a large portion of women voters who are the most reliable voters? >> yeah, to can see you that conversation, these allegations may have an effect because he is getting killed among women. they seem to know that.

they know the trump campaign seems to be doing nothing really to make up for that, other than, you know, random tweets where he says i will be great for women. that is not very convincing. what they are doing is trying to make up the difference with men. that is why he sat down for what is probably the longest presidential interview ever, three hours, with joe rogan. lots of young men listen to that. they hope to turn out a bunch of people. i think we talked about this, who were pretty adoring fans of trump but we don't know if they are reliable voters. they are getting killed with women. they are trying to make up the difference with men, young men, in a way nobody has done before. that could decide the outcome. >> you think anyone will really listen to three hours of donald trump going on and on? i am just curious. do you think these guys will sit down and hang out for three hours just to listen to that comput -- podcast?

>> his podcasts are typically two or three hours and millions of people listen to them every day or week. he would not surprise me if a lot of people actually do and politicians typically ignore that. >> brendan, actually, ameshia, i will ask you this one, the details of this poll is even more important. harris cut trump's lead in the economy by half fun last month. trump only lease by 7 points and harris lease by 10 points by voters not fully decided. trump recently had the slight edge in that one. does this tell you more than a generic head-to-head poll and? >> i think it absolutely does. it also shows her messaging has been cracking that poll, particularly around the economy, people who were stuck

in that generation, childcare, childcare support, donald trump was asked a policy question about childcare and childcare is childcare. i don't know what the hell that means. people don't, either. thing for her it is talking about housing, making sure people are able to afford their first home, increasing leveraging points for people who want to start their first home business, access makes a difference. i think her messaging about all of these economic issues and what that opportunity economy is is cracking through and making a big difference. >> i want to thank you both, as always. please come back next weekend. you know it will be even more anxiety ridden. we will get through it. some people are whispering that she signed her name on the dotted line. next, the former trump administration official urging fellow republicans not to vote for donald trump. r donald trum

10 days from what is being called the most important election of our lifetime, new letter signed by more than a dozen former trump administration officials backs former chief of staff john kelly's warnings that trump fits the definition of the fascist and would act like a dictator. the letter says, quote, because we know trump have worked for and alongside him, we were certainly not surprised by what general kelly had to say. joining me now as to who sign that letter is the assistant secretary for theft prevention and author of the book kingdom of rage, elizabeth neumann. elizabeth, good to see you again. for the record, in recent interviews, donald trump is denying accusations he is a fascist and he is the opposite

of adolf hitler, so he says. what, in your experience serving in his administration, informed you on whether or not he is a fascist and how he views power. >> it does not surprise me he would deny it because i don't think he knows what the meaning of the word is. he does not have a good grasp of history. what we do know and you heard in general kelly's statements, he has an admiration for adolf hitler. he has an admiration for today's dictators, for pain, for xi. he has this weird kind of obsession with him and it kind of also comes out in the way that he would dictate orders

and then when somebody would come back to him and say, sorry, sir, you are not allowed to do that, he would get frustrated. he seemed to really think that by becoming president he would be all powerful and on a number of occasions, especially early on in 2017, with the remark he had a lot more authority edited businessman that he did as president of the united states. as we now know from how he governed his businesses, flouting the law there, too, you know, he doesn't like abiding by the rule of law. so the reason i and many others have been sounding the alarm here is when he starts saying things like he will use the military and he will use the national guard in our streets to be able to enforce his orders, whatever his plans are, i think you need to take that seriously. he actually wants to do that. there will be no general kelly to tell him know this time. >> i know you served on president george w. bush's security council after the september 11th attacks but you endorse vice president kamala harris. was it a clear choice for you? >> this is hard, all right? in that i am a conservative.

i don't affiliate with the republican party anymore because of what donald trump did to it. i am definitely a conservative still. from a policy perspective, i have to believe there will be things that she stands for and policy i disagree with. that is not what this election is about. it is a luxury to debate policy. at this point we have one candidate who is competent and has the character and integrity to take the oath of office and carry the oath of office out and another candidate who has already proven he will not keep the oath of office, that he will lead this country to more division into violence and will overthrow the constitution if it gets in his way. if you are casting your vote and are struggling, maybe you are a conservative or republican, like i am. you think i don't like some of her policies, i would encourage you to understand that this is

not that election. this is not an election about policy. this is an election about preserving democracy. we will fight policy issues on another day. the senate will be held by the republicans and there will be constraints there, as well, but there won't be any constraints on donald trump. >> elizabeth, stay with me right now. i just want to take viewers right now to michigan. this is a doctor's office. kamala harris is there to continue a focus on women's reproductive freedom, gather there are health providers and medical students and she will discuss how she will handle reproductive rights. let's take a quick listen before we returned to the conversation with elizabeth. >> recently, so i wanted to ask you, the experts, the trained and experienced folks who do noble and important work in healthcare to share a bit about how you are experiencing this moment in a way that can highlight the realities of this moment, the harm and the reason why people here in the state of

michigan should be concerned, even though they are not in texas, where i was and just left. but understanding if there were a national abortion ban what it would mean for women and people throughout the country. if you want to lead the discussion, i would like to hear from you. >> we will continue monitoring this. she asked a question of those medical students and they will answer that. let's get back to you, elizabeth. the threat to u.s. security today is from white nationalists and radicalized religious fundamentalists. you are at the dhs. you and others made a years long effort to get donald trump to pay attention to right-wing terrorism but could not convince him to take these threats seriously. how did he react to your warnings? >> you just dismiss them. there was a point when he had been criticized quite frequently about his words have showed up,

in example, in the el paso shooter's manifesto in the moment he started to receive criticism, charlottesville was the other comment him away he received a lot of criticism for saying there were good people on both sides and as much as you would try to educate him on here is where the threat is coming from or here is what we need to do about it, all he would do is kind of, it was a trigger for him. he would just go want to defend himself. i was like, can you just step aside and focus on the threat here? it was always about him. you know, there's another side to this, too. i did not see it necessarily at the time but upon reflection i started to realize that one of the things that donald trump rises the most is loyalty. when you come into question him, anything, about his beliefs or his approach, like

he says it is disloyal. one of the things he values in other people, like white supremacist that support him, he sees them as his people. even if he might disagree with them, we don't actually even know what the man believes, he sees them as a core part of maga and he does not want to lose that. he would encourage and incite things , send a dog whistle to them for them to perceive them as coded language directly to them. we certainly saw that in 2020 during the election period and in the lead up to january 6. number of violent extremist actors showed up because they thought their president called them there for? stand back in standby. elizabeth, it is always a pleasure to talk to you. come and see us again soon. another new chapter in the middle east crisis. what could come next ahead. ah much more. take your business to the next stage when you switch to shopify. ♪ i'm gonna hold you forever... ♪

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♪♪ breaking news in the middle east where israel says it has completed retaliatory strikes on iran. the attacks targeted tehran's military centers and appeared to have aborted the oil and nuclear sites the biden administration warned against striking. once again, matt bradley from lebanon. with the biden administration saying the strike should be the end of the direct military exchange between israel and iran, what are you hearing?

>> reporter: it should be the end, that is what everyone in the region was to see, this was the threat an hour ago, this could really break out into a full lawn regionwide war to engulf the middle east and bring in other players, like the united states, directly in a conflict with iranians. so far, looks like this very calculated, pretty mild strike by the israelis, relatively speaking, has not done that i may not do that. we have that combination where just about every government in the entire region is saying the israelis were the aggressors and firing i guess iran. this was, from the israeli perspective retaliation for the iran 's missiles fired at israel on september 1, it was not an attack but retaliation. israel assassinated high level

figures in tehran and in lebanon. so, you know, this is the situation. it could get worse. it is a very, very dangerous moment. everything so far we have seen so far, alex, looks like it is calibrated perfectly to allow both sides, the israelis and the iranians to take a face- saving step back, sort of an exit ramp. we have been hearing hardline voices in iran and israel seymore needs to be done, we need to escalate further but it looks like what is important here, the israelis did not attack nuclear sites or oil installations that could have sparked further retaliation from the iranians and crucially, it looks as though they haven't been seeming to do this the last several weeks, listening to washington. we were talking about this earlier, talking about how it looks as though the israelis have not been listening to washington. they have been taking matters into their own hands, even though president biden bear hugged netanyahu after the attacks and offered support. now it looks as though the israelis are finally listening to diplomats and taking their

word and stepping back. >> i appreciate all of that expertise and insight. thank you so much, matt bradley, for that. coming up next, we turned back to politics and check on early voting and in los angeles. angeles.

a new look now at the number of early votes cast across the country by the nbc news camp. the number of mail in an early voting in person ballots cast already is approaching 40 million. let's go now to california where early voting just started a couple hours ago. alex, how is it going so far and how do people feel about the election? >> reporter: well, alex, we are in the suburbs of los angeles and i expected to see an electric that was slightly sluggish after the l.a. dodgers won last night in the world series but that is not what we saw this morning. we saw a line of people out the door.

californians are reading -- raring to go on this first day of early voting but it is a democratic state. the latest voter registration numbers show 46+% of the state is democrat. president biden won the state by over 5 million votes. if you are wondering the last time a republican won the state, you have to go to 1988 for george hw bush. i spoke about how people are thinking about the election. listen to this man. >> trump is always fighting. they are racist. so, i think we will be better with the democrat, you know? with harris. i can't say nothing wrong about her. never see anything wrong. crime is everywhere. nobody is going to stop it. [ laughter ] so i think she did good when she was here. >> reporter: vice president

harris made her name here. she started off as, of course, the attorney general of the state, and then became senator. this is where she rose to public prominence, alex. >> thank you very much. let's bring in meghan hays, democratic strategist and former assistant to president biden. good to see you, my friend. broadly speaking, should democrats or republicans be concerned about early voting or is that essentially taking away from the election day vantage point? >> yeah, i think it takes away from their election day vantage point o'donnell trump wanted people to get out there early vote when the campaign said they shouldn't do that, voter fraud happens during early voting so i think it is just people and republican seeking advantage of early voting, if i am a democrat, i would not worry much. i don't think there is much there. it will just, you know, come

out on the wash on election day. >> let's talk about last night. superstar beyonci joined harris on stage for the houston rally capping a big week of hollywood endorsements for the vice president but it is taxes. it is not likely to turn blue for harris. what kind of impact is expected for publicity around the event like this with beyonci in houston? will that carry influence in the swing states with the race is tight and last question, will support for colin allred in his race against ted cruz include in this calculus? >> it is a huge calculus in texas. you know, it may not turn blue but they are getting closer and closer as they were in 2014 so every time democrats can put a spotlight on texas it gets closer and closer to turning blue and becoming much more competitive.

i think the colin allred race is how polls are showing and that is part of the calculus. i do think the upper vice president should have the spotlight on what could happen to the rest of the country when republicans could take over and take away reproductive freedoms for women. they have the most restrictive laws in the country and people in texas are feeling that. 35 people, an incredible event is everyone so. she is taking the time to say this is the contract i have provided you, texas has really restrictive laws around reproductive freedom and it will look like this in the rest of the country of donald trump is elected. >> she tries to distance herself of president biden and his policies. how challenging is that for the vice president and do you think it is necessary? >> i don't think it is challenging. she is on the campaign trail talking about a new way forward, talking about the future. you know, the administration

has accomplished a lot of great things that are coming to fruition now, especially inflation is coming down, gas prices are coming down but i don't think she needs to distance herself or anything. you know, we don't have anyone out there making racist comments or controversial statements, they need to create a controversy somewhere. the president is campaigning for in different ways. a lot of people out there in support of her presidency but donald trump doesn't even have the support of you.support of we begin with decision 2024 in the race for the white house.