i'm alex witt in new york. iran martial law in ukraine.y annexed. it's part of the latest escalation of russia's war in ukraine that includes evacuations in some areas. more strikes across that country today. in the last few hours, our team in kyiv reported loud booms in ukraine's capital and kyiv's mayor

my friend alex witt has the latest. hi, alex. >> hello to you. thank you for that big incredible interview from which we are going to draw a lot today for our show. a wonderful sign up for me as always. i appreciate that. have a good week. >> sure thing. thank, you alex. you as well. a very good date all of you from nbc news here in los angeles. welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news on the midterm elections, now just 16 days away. a stunning revelation in the latest nbc news polling. about 80% of democrats at republicans believe the political opposition poses a threat that if not stopped will destroy america as we know it. we're going to get news of that received existential threat in a moment. also new from the polls, abortion remains a top issue for voters with 50% saying they are less likely to vote for a candidate who supports the overturning of roe v. wade. as for the number one issue voters see as the most important challenge facing this country threats to democracy that inches out of jobs and the economy. the sentiment supported by v

welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. developing this hour new report from the january six committee's questions swirl over whether donald trump will formally answer a subpoena from the panel. the former president avoiding the question in the 14-page response to the committee. a bit earlier today panel member reports trump testified live could be an option. >> that is going to be a negotiation i will only address that when we know for sure whether not to the president has tried to push this on to our lives. he's made it clear he has nothing to hide. so we are coming on the day we asked him to come in. he pushes off the on that we'll figure what to do next. >> also new today another member of the committee was pressed on why the committee did not vote to subpoena vice president mike pence. >> i think that is comparing apples to oranges. the former president was the perpetrator and the central figure in orchestrating the effort to overturn the 2020 election whereas vice president pence was somebody who is a key figure in st

welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now it's -- over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like power, water, cell phone service. here is fema director demon chris just short time ago. >> we have well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm and the power companies there have done a numbing job of getting the majority people back online. i think where the difficulty comes in, jonathan, is that there are so many homes especially in fort myers beach, area that are completely devastated. they are house by house because they have to go to that debris to make sure th

i'm alex witt in new york. iran martial law in ukraine. that's coming from vladimir putin in the four regions that he has illegally annexed. it's part of the latest escalation of russia's war in ukraine that includes evacuations in some areas. more strikes across that country today. in the last few hours, our team in kyiv reported loud booms in ukraine's capital and kyiv's mayor says air defenses have been shooting down russian missiles all over the city. we're going to get an update on all of it for you. >>> meanwhile here at home, the economy and politics are on a collision course. gas prices are up 20 cents in the last month. just 20 days from the midterm elections. in two hours, president biden will put the economy and energy front and center as he is set to announce he's releasing 15 million more barrels from our strategic reserve due to opec cuts and ease the pressure that folks are facing at the pump. >>> new polling out this morning reinforces the politics of this and the warning signs for democrats. the economy remains top of mind

i'm alex witt here at msnbc world headquarters in new york.aking across the pond, a political earthquake. just 44 days, that is how long prime minister liz truss was in office before resigning just in the last few hours. >> i recognize, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. >> this makes truss now the shortest-serving prime minister in 301 years. one british journalist wrote in the "new york times" days ago as political pressure mounted, quote, he was boris johnson's departing gift, a human land mine to level the ground for his possible return. in a sign of just how tenuous her standing was and perhaps how brutal uk politics can be, a british newspaper began tracking a head of lettuce to see if the embattled truss would last longer than the produce and it did. whoever succeeds truss, will be the uk's third prime minister this year. >>> meanwhile, here at home, any minute, president biden will leave the white house for a battleground pennsylvania. he's going to talk infrastru

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stay tuned, because my friend alex witt has the latest. hi alex. >> haiti you.e next saturday, sunday, or whenever we are crossing paths. >> all right. >> so you my friend, thank you. >> do you, alex. >> in the meantime, a very good day to you from msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with new details as the january six committee prepares for what could be its final public hearing on thursday. a former senior technical adviser to the committee says they could expect investigators to make critical connections. >> they have incredible investigative teams on the committee that if i only follow this until i holistic -- legal and militant strategies going on. you have the sides of that in a trial together, you could have a hell of a report. i think the investigative teams they have, they could put the different lines of inquiry into a report that gives a holistic look at how all of these players worked together, how they are marching to the tune of one drummer, and the drummer with donald trump who was the person who said this electi

but stay tuned because the amazing alex witt has all the latest. i, alex. >> can i just say you were apologizing beforehand for running late, and i was like, go. keep going. put this information out there about the pet rescues. i mean, it's so heartwarming what those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i'm really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. >> see you next time. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex -- reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it's making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongoing, with crews searching for survivors inside flooded and destroyed homes across that state. the coast guard is out today, assessing damage in several areas. survivors say, it has been a terrifying experience. >> it was ter

welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, a new development in that violent attack against house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. charges will be announced on monday. the suspect will be in court on tuesday. that is after paul pelosi was attacked with a hammer in his san francisco home. the attack was intentional. quote, not random. new details are emerging about the suspects blog posts. multiple senior law enforcement officers firmly with the case are telling nbc news that the posts take aspects of liberal anti establish ideas to more recent posts. they espouse positions typically associated with far-right extremism. both sides of the aisle are reacting to the attack. that includes vice president harris. >> i think that we are looking at a time in our country where there is so much discourse fueled by hate and division. anyone who professes to be a leader, they have to really understand the meaning and impact of there words, their posture. >> also developing, vice president biden voted earlier tod

welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin's military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let's go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? >> well alex, it's another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. >> with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck bomb that caused the blast on this key strategic bridge for russia. to shut military surprise

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. >> a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. developing this hour, new word on the condition of paul pelosi after the terrifying attack at his san francisco home. how speaker nancy pelosi speaking her silence, saying her husband is doing better and she's grateful for the quick police response. and comes as audio reveals how a 9-1-1 operator may have saved his life. all of these new details ahead, new reaction from both sides of the political violence. >> i think this was a deranged individual. you can say, people saying let's fire pelosi or the take back the house. saying go to violence. i don't to see attacks on any politician from any political background. >> it is important people realize it is not just this moment, this horrific attack. that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system. >> we are counting down to the midterms now nine days away. both party these sharpening their messages in this final stretch, democrats bring in one of their biggest weapons on the campaign trail former president obama a

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to alex wittts, we begin with a new twist on the mar-a-lago documents case, and the reporting for the new york times that donald trump may have committed to cutting a deal to trade white house documents as an exchange for fbi files related to his 2016 campaign russia investigation. we'll have more on that report in just a few minutes. also not this, our women are taking to the streets in washington d.c. and several states and cities as we count down 31 base so the midterms. the women's march is holding hundreds of events today and support of reproductive rights, will have a lot of reports for that for you. also overseas, a new setback for russian president vladimir putin. and after celebrating his 70th birthday, a massive explosion rocked a key bridge that links russia and crimea and ukraine officials refer to that attack as, quote a sick burn, no one has claimed responsibility. and new fallout from president biden's warning about the risk of nuclear armageddon. >> russia's top of using nuclear we

i'm alex witt in for hallie jackson from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we will get to msnbc correspondent erin mclaughlin and also white house correspondent kelly owe dodge. eri -- kelly o'donnell. erin, what is it like where you are and where do you see this current escalation going? >> around 8:00 this morning, we heard five explosions here in kharkiv, what is the second largest city in ukraine, striking, according to ukrainian officials electrical infrastructure in the kharkiv region, leading to power outages in the city itself, with ukrainian officials say a couple of hours ago, power was restored to the city. this kind of missile strike is actually not all that unusual for kharkiv. it's a weekly occurrence. nothing like what we saw unfold in kyiv, the capital today, in which missiles rained down on the capital, damaging the residential buildings, a child playground, a pedestrian walkway, a museum, and civilian targets, and that is what has so many ukrainian officials outraged, calling this a country-wide terror attack, on the part of the russian fed

you welcome to alex witt reports. developing this, new details of it is the government documents seized at mar-a-lago. according to new exclusive report of the wall street journal, to people in trump's inner circle are talking to the fbi about moving government documents in and out of mar-a-lago. abc news has reached out all parties were comments. we haven't heard back. another big development. the justice department annexed the federal appeals court to throw out the lawsuit challenging the seizure of the documents. they also asked to vacate the appointment of special master in the case. shut down in the georgia senate race could determine control the senate. democratic senator raphael warnock and republican candidate herschel walker coming several issues including the abortion scandal surrounding walker's campaign. >> georgia is a state that respects life, and i'll be the senator that protects life. and i saw that was a lie and i'm not putting to him. we have senator warnock, people that would do anything and say any

welcome to alex witt reports. developing for you this hour concerns over national security growing this weekend in the wake of a bombshell new report on those documents seized from mar-a-lago. nbc news confirms some of those classified documents in trump's possession included intelligence regarding iran and china. this is according to two people familiar with the matter. then the revelation comes as trump faces new pressure on another front, of the january six committee, formally sending the former president a subpoena. trump has been ordered to submit documents by november 4th and appear for a deposition on november 14th. in an exclusive interview with msnbc, president biden waiting in on his presidency as legal challenges. >> i'm not going to comment on what he should do, but i think the committee has handled it very well. >> what would you say to the american people if he didn't testify, do you think? >> well a portion of them, they would say that's great. to a larger portion, i think they would say, that was a

i'm alex witt in for katy tur. charges against paul pelosi's attacker could be in any minute as the speaker's husband recovers from surgery in the icu. a source says paul pelosi is awake and has cognitive function and remembers everything. david depape faces a string of charges including attempted murder and a parallel investigation into the friday assault. there is a lot we still don't know, though, but law enforcement officials have confirmed the suspect was looking for nancy pelosi, zip ties were discovered at the scene, blog posts are being investigated in connection with the situation, and a range of contradictly political views including liberal anti-establishment and more recently far right extremism. it raises questions about the most powerful women in politics and one of the most threatened members of congress in the country according to a report today in "the new york times," not to mention what happened on january 6th and these scenes. >> nancy. oh, nancy. nancy. >> chilling in fact. the parallels betwee

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my friend alex witt has the latest. word? no -- i told you i was going to see death of a salesman. that wonderful segment last week. it was breathtaking, spectacular, outstanding. i will not soon forget it. anyway, thank you very much, my friend. i hope and lillian gets better soon. >> thank you, alex. a very good day tolliver from and i said we see world orders. welcome to -- the race to the 2022 midterms finish line. this comes just 23 days in a matter of hours before one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, the white house announced president biden will hit the campaign trail on november 1st in florida to try to bolster charlie

welcome to alex witt reports.y. the suspect will be in court on tuesday. that is after paul pelosi was