>> brie jackson for us, thank you. >>> well, today, across the country there is going to be history on the ballot. let's bring in richard lui for more we have been anticipating this day for months it has been the topic at water coolers, peewee soccer games, you name it. and it is finally here it's not just major issues at st stake. we could see ground breakers >> it's a lot. good morning to you. for the first time, we're going to see the first black female governor in history. three states to watch. georgia, iowa and alabama, as can you see right here all democratic candidates. the polls say stacey abrams is the closest by far to get into the record books you can see here in georgia. also possible, the first latino, hispanic to serve in congress from their respective states eight candidates trying to make history from georgia, nebraska and virginia two republicans, six democrats, one of them, morgan, right here, daughter of grimmigrants for the asian pacific community, massachusetts, minnesota and rhode island all republican candidates here, like naylor syung. all 13 states have, or ra

seats, they could retain control of the senate without awaiting represe hangs in the balance nbc's brie jacksonas more. brie, let me ask you what is perhaps a 2024 question. you have got ron desantis winning early on that was easy to put forward on the other side, the democrats could say they had gretchen whitmer for them does that mean you have two possible candidates for presidency one on the republican side and the other for the democrats? >> reporter: well, what we are seeing right now is people eyeing 2024. as you mentioned, florida's governor ron desantis, that is a name that comes up a bit he won his re-election in florida by a landslide he gained a lot of national attention. it is important to note that former president trump has yet to announce whether or not he is planning to run. he has teased he will talk about his political future next week that is another factor that could come into play on the democratic side, you have people like michigan's governor whitmer who could possibly run and yesterday, president biden during the conference, where he talked about the midterm results, he

we have brie jackson joining us from washington with more on these midterms good morning, brie >> reporter: good morning, frank. we have been talking about this for some time. it is finally here election day control of congress and the president's agenda on the line as voters head to the polls. >> it is any choice. >> reporter: a fight to the finish in one of the most consequential mid-term elections. and the 11th hour, president biden campaigned for wes moore warning democracy is at stake and echoing a plea for voters to ride the blue wave president biden's approval rating at 44% could weigh down democrats. rally be for republicans, former president trump at the stage >> we will take back the white house. >> reporter: while looking to give j.d. vance and his party a boost. republicans need to gain five seats in the house and flip one seat in the senate to grab a hold of congressional power. nine snenate races are compe competitive. including pennsylvania, nevada and arizona. tensions are high among threats and voter intimidation officials are prepared to keep polls safe >> we are monitori

we hope to find out more >> brie jackson in washington, d.c. thank you very much. >>> becomeack to the markets suggesting the central bank will slow the pace of rate hikes beginning in december. this is fed governor christopher waller he is open to raising rates by .50, but stresses inflation remains painfully high >> the data of the past few weeks made me more comfortable considering stepping down to a 50 basis point hike. i won't make a judgment about that until i see more data including the next pce inflation report and the next jobs report. >> so let's talk more about this now with matt orton. chief strategist at raymond james. matt, you heard the comments from waller. they are hawkish, but not as hawkish as 75 that we have seen. what exactly do you make of this is this a softening of language or still focused on that so-called terminal rate or are where they end up? >> good morning, dom great to see you there was not a tremendous amount of good news there. we knew that 50 basis points was likely going to be what we saw 75 was essentially o

we have brie jackson from washington with more we're still waiting. >> reporter: seema, votes are still rolling in and president biden is calling this a win for democracy. >> the american people have spoken >> reporter: the defiant president biden claiming vindication after the midterm. >> the press and pundits are expecting a giant red wave, it didn't happen. >> reporter: despite the low approval rating, democrats avoided taking a major hit control of congress is still up for grabs. >> we have a chance. we will win nevada and i think arizona. >> reporter: and mark kelly holds a lead over blake masters. georgia's senate contest is head the for a runoff in december the results from the nevada senate race will take a while. mall-in ballots are pouring in >> the mail can tomorrow through until saturday as long as it is postmarked by november 88th >> reporter: in the house, they are confident they have a gop takeover and kevin mccarthy leadership even with 2022 races still too close to call, there are talks of 2024 presidential runs. including governor ron desantis who had a victory tuesday

and president biden and two former presidents hitting the campaign trail to sway contests nbc's brie jackson is joining from us washington with more on this story brie, a lot of political star power on the trail >> good morning, frank it is crunch time. president biden will spend the day campaigning in maryland while former president trump will hit the road and hold a rally in ohio. a final pitch to voters and the final days leading into the crucial midterm. >> the election is not a referendum it's a choice. a choice between two visions of america. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, president biden is touting the administration's investment in climate, warning of threats to democracy and praised job gains under democratic leadership. this weekend was filled with last-minute campaigning by mr. biden and past presidents in the keystone state at republican rallies, former president trump who is poised to make another run at the white house, putting the blame on those in power now for the economic woes. >> if you want to stop the destruction of the country and save the american dream, then this

on his promise for a special announcement as he looks to retake the white house in 2024 nbc's brie jacksonoins us with the latest now brie. >> reporter: good morning, dom former president donald trump made it official, announcing a third bid for the white house. all of this came from an event at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. his 2024 white house bid comes just two years after he was ousted from the white house. and a week or more than a week after many of his hand-picked candidates were defeated in the midterm elections. now, in a wide-ranking speech, the former president talked about his time when he was in office and what a presidency would look like if he won in 2024 take a listen. >> i amoun running because i believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be. we have not reached that pinnacle, believe it or not. in fact, we can go very far. we're going to have to go far. first we have to get out of this ditch. once we're out, you'll see things that nobody imagined for any country. >> former president trump has already filed the necessary paperwork to make

america are too close to call as president biden's second half agenda hangs in the ballot nbc's brie jacksonoining us from washington, dc, with what we know right now, brie, and what we still don't. >> reporter: hello, brian. yeah, results continue to pour in we're told president biden was upbeat as election results came in overnight while it's unclear exactly what will happen, democrats say it was an unexpectedly good night for the party. control of the house and senate remains up in the air this morning as both parties pick up crucial wins in pennsylvania voters elected democrat john fetterman to fill the seat of a retiring republican. >> i'll be the next u.s. senator from pennsylvania. >> it was a big night for democrats in the keystone state as josh shapiro won his bid for governor. >> truth won right here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> reporter: in the neighbored state, ohio, trump backed republican jd vance who won. >> we had a good night with the republican party. >> reporter: although, it was not the red wave some predicted this year. in the house, virginia's abigail spanber

brie jackson joins us now from d.c. and brie, good morning party leaders on both sides are doing everything they can to boost enthusiasm in this final stretch. >> good morning, frances that's right three presidents, past and present all converged on pennsylvania president biden reunited with former president barack obama. they joined forces to campaign for john fetterman and josh shapiro, who are running for senate and governor, while mr. trump give his support to their republican challengers, mehmet oz and doug mastriano. obama and biden continue to warn about threats to democracy >> i understand that democracy might not seem like a top priority right now, especially when you're worried about paying the bills. but when true democracy goes away, we've seen throughout history, we've seen around the world. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real consequences >> if you all show up and vote, democracy is sustained this is not a joke this is not hyperbole. for the second time, this is not a joke it matters

brie jackson joins us from d.c the airports and roads are kind of looking like they did before the pandemic >> reporter: that's right, good morning, phillip aaa predicts that will be the third busiest travel season since the year 2000. nearly 55 million people are expected to hit the road or take a flight that number is up from last year and it's just shy of pre-pandemic levels. aaa estimates that more than 48 million people will drive at least 50 miles, and the tsa expects to screen about 2.5 million people a day through this weekend the national average for gas now is $3.66 that is down 16 cents from a month ago. but up slightly from last year the faa tells nbc news, the highest number of total flights will be tuesday, with over 48,000 scheduled but the busiest airline passenger day will be sunday the airlines say they've staffed up for the 4.5 million expected flyers meanwhile, some international airlines and regulators are considering whether to allow just a single pilot to fly passenger planes with a computer system as backup instead of ae co a co-pilot, but pilot unions are pushing ba

high profile candidate to embrace former president trump's claims of election fraud let's get to brie jackson with more brie, talk about the significance of the race and what it says about the appetite for former president trump as we now look to an announcement due from him later today >> reporter: good morning, julianna when it comes to kari lake losing against katie hobbs, kari lake was endorsed by former president trump and talked about the false claims during the 2020 election it was another blow to the candidates who former president trump endorsed now we do expect that announcement later this evening from former president trump who teased a major announcement. he is expected to announce the 2024 presidential run. it is unclear if republicans really want that republicans are pointing the finger at former president trump blaming him for the midterm losses in particular when it comes to the trump-backed candidates that lost what we know as the election results continue to roll in is that democrats will maintain control of the senate and the house is still up for grabs as we continue to ha

. >> nbc news's brie jackson joins us for more on this story. brie, i suppose this is what the former president is trying to do, perhaps wrestle back control of the republican party in a way? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. he's been hinting at this for some time. as you saw there, former president trump made it official he is running for president again in 2024. now, mr. trump did make that announcement during an event at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. it was a wide-raging speech where the former president talked about his achievements when he was in the oval office and painted a picture of what america would be like if he once again -- reclaims the presidency his 2024 bid, it comes just two weeks after many of the candidates that he backed for the midterms lost their campaigns or some of the candidates that he backed for the midterms lost their campaigns, but the former president had hinted at this announcement for some time now, and so we do know that he has already filed the necessary paperwork to make it official. but he does face somal

brie jackson has more from washington >> reporter: with a handful of working days left before the congresse as possible while they still have control of both chambers with the new era of divided government in january, there is an aggressive push for president biden and democrats to get through their lame duck session legislative to-do list. >> i'll try to get rid of assault weapons. >> reporter: after the shootings at a virginia walmart and a colorado gay nightclub, there are renewed calls for congress to pass tighter gun laws. >> this is a choice to allow this to continue to happen and laws passing like red flag laws and assault bans are popular >> reporter: mental health, not weapons is the problem according to represublicans >> there is support to fund mental health perhaps and law enforcement groups to better identify these troubled people before they commit crimes. >> reporter: as the clock winds down on the democrat control of congress, the party is looking to take action on election laws and protecting voting rights >> we need to look at the job. >> reporter: lawmakers are on track

. >>> now, brie jackson does join us live from washington, dc, for this discussion on the midterms. what a night it certainly has been, breie, but not the way republicans had hoped. how much of this is also a referendum on donald trump . >> reporter: that's a big question some of the candidates former president trump thought was pushing for, they did not win. in particular when you talk about that race there, the senate race in pennsylvania where former president trump had backed dr. oz, but john fetterman, the democrat, did win that race. president biden was watching the results as they rolled in and advisers say he was in an upbeat mood overall we don't know what will happen top democrats say it was an unexpectedly good night n particular when it comes to that race in pennsylvania, which was a key seat fetterman is now going to replace retiring gop senator pat toomey some of the other big races we did see where republicans did pick up a win or maintain a race in the senate where jd advance was able to win in ohio, they did stave off that red wave that many people have predicted ou

. >> "today in the bay's" brie jackson is breaking down what's at stake. each party doing all it can to rally that support. >> reporter: absolutely. we've been talking about this for months and this is now decision day, the big day. control of congress and president biden's agenda is on the line as voters head to the polls this election day. a fight to the finish. >> the choice between two very different visions of america. >> reporter: president biden campaigned for maryland's candidate for governor wes moore and a plea for voters to ride the blue wave. low approval rating at 44% could weigh down democrats. rallying for republicans, former president trump hinted at his own political future. >> we are going to take back our magnificent white house. >> reporter: while looking to give j.d. vance a boost. >> this will be the year we take back the house and the senate. >> reporter: republicans need to gain five seats in the house and flip one seat in the senate to grab power. nine senate races are considered competitive including pennsylvania, georgia and ariz

brie jackson joins us now from d.c. brie, good morning while we watch these midterm results come in still, a lot of the focus today is going to be on the 2024 elections. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, phir announcement coming tonight he is expected to announce his knicks next run for t white house during a speech at mar-a-lago. he says he hopes this hadwill t out to be one of the most important days in our history. in a new interview, pence was asked if trump should ever be president again. >> i think there will be bet are choices. >> better choices than donald trump? >> and for me and my family, we will be reflecting about what our role is in that. >> will you run for president in 20 >> well, we're giving it consideration in our house prayerful consideration. >> reporter: florida governor pro ron desantis is seen as a major rival for trump. a poll shows desantis leading in states like iowa and new hampshire. and many trump-endorsed candidates lost their midterm races. katie hobbs is expected to give a victory

brie jackson tracking the latest results. how are things looking? >> reporter: marcus, laura, it's been days since election day and control of both the house and the senate remains up in the air as we continue to watch the vote counting in several key states. the waiting game continues. days after we don't know the results of key races. officials still counting mail-in ballots in nevada where the u.s. senate candidates are next and neck. >> we couldn't go any faster now even if we wanted to. >> reporter: arizona's race yet to be called and in georgia

brie jackson in washington. speaker pelosi's legacy already cemented in history. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning, scott. nancy pelosi, the first female to become house speaker, is a

and that's where we find "today in the bay's" brie jackson live this morning. you've been tracking the latest results for us. >> reporter: good morning, marcus, laura. days after the election and we are still keeping a close eye on some of these key senate races. control of both the house and the senate remains up for grabs as vote counting is still going on in some areas. the waiting game continues days after election day we still don't know the results of key races. officials are counting mail-in ballots where u.s. senate candidates are neck and neck. >> we couldn't go any faster now even if we wanted to. >> reporter: arizona's senate race has yet to be called and in georgia voters will head back to the polls in december to pick a winner. >> we know how to win a run-off. now that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. >> hey, i was built for this. i was built for this. >> reporter: even with control of congress still up in the air ramping up plans to take over the house. kevin mccarthy is jockeying to become house speaker but faces challenges. >> i have stated k

brie jackson has more. they've been embracing for the so-called possibility of a red wave. >> they have been embraing for what people predicted as the red wave. results continue to roll in. they say president biden, his moot was up beat. it's still unclear what's going to happen with control of congress. democrats say it was goo news. they remain up in the air as both parties pick up crushial wins. to seven the seat of a retiring republican. >> i'll be the next uft senator. josh shapiro won his bid for governor. >> truth won right here. >> caller: in a neighboring state, jd vance won a good race. although it was not the red waive that some predicted this term, democrats outperforming during an election cycle that his storedy. in the house spanberg e rye tainted her seat, and a litmus test. with votes still being counted, republicans believe they'll secure. we will be in the ma joefrp. and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. >> some races are too dhoip. it's victorious. >> its like reports of my political

brie jackson is live in jackson. it's hitting crunch time. >> reporter: oh, yeah. we've been doing this countdown for months, weeks, and now the final day. president biden will be in maryland campaigning for democrats while former president trump plans to hold a rally in ohio. a final pitch to voters in the final days leading into a crucial midterm. >> this election is a choice. a choice between two visions in america. >> reporter: on the campaign trail president biden is touting his administration's investments in climate, warned of threats to democracy, and praised job gains under democratic leadership. this weekend was filled with last-minute campaigning by mr. biden and past presidents in the keystone state. poised to make another run at the white house putting the blame on those in power now for americans' economic woes. >> if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream then this tuesday you must vote republican in a giant red wave. >> reporter: the final nbc news poll shows president biden's approval at only 44%. >> this electi

brie jackson joins us live this morning. brie, the push to win voter support, boy, it's hitting crunch time. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning, laura, marcus. president biden will spend this final full day before election day campaigning for democrats in maryland while former president trump plans to hold a rally in ohio. a final pitch to voters in the final days leading into a crucial midterms. >> this election isn't a referendum, it's a choice. it's a choice between two fundamentally different visions of america. >> reporter: on the campaign trail president biden is touting his administration's investment in climate, threats to democracy and praised job gains under democratic leadership. this weekend was filled with last-minute campaigning by mr. biden and past presidents in the keystone state. at republican rallies, former president trump , who is poised to make another run at the white house putting the blame on those in power now for americans' economic woes. >> if you want to stop the destruction of our country and