>>> good day, i'm chris jansing in for andrea mitchell on a day of political power players emphasizing the stakes and setting the tone really with candidates from both parties. this week is looking like the trail you're actually used to seeing days before a presidential election. because you've got trump, obama, biden, all in critical battleground states, often the same ones, and all on the same mission, send a message that will resonate with the voters, enough to get them off their couches and out to the polls. we have our team of reporters. good to see all of you, the president's tweet this morning said it all, big night in texas, they have moved to a bigger venue, the lines in houston have been around the block since sunday afternoon, and the president's campaign blitz will put him on stage with the man he

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my colleague also filling in, chris jansing, good to see you, my friend. >>> president trump rides high on his approval ratings, across the country, rallying republicans two weeks before the elections, big name democrats showing up in key states to energize the resistance. >> we got to tell them who we are, what do we stand for? >> now is the time to fight for the best of who we are. >> president trump, we are not going backwards, we are going forwards as one people. >> let's get these people out of there, there's something wrong. they're cuckoo. the democrats don't care that a flood of illegal immigration is going to totally bankrupt our country. >> desperate measures. those 7,000 latin-american migrants head to the united states as the president spreads conspiracy theories about who is among them. >> you see these people everywhere. you see these kids like nala here who's 12, and for her young brother and young sister over here, this journey towards a better life is only just beginning. >>> and smoke and mirrors? sources show that khashoggie was killed by the saudi arabian crown princ

. >> joining me now is nbc's chris jansing in waxhall, north carolina.teresting responses there. our poll shows that 67% of suburban women have high interest in the midterms and that's higher than the national average of 65%. >> reporter: this is a perfect example, and north carolina is trump country, he won here by 12 points, we haven't seen a democrat elected to congress here since 1962, but grass roots activism from people like carolyn and ava are turning it around. a ava, what's your take away in the last year and a half since you've been organizing? >> we have to be active, we can't rely on other people to take decisions for us and we need better representation. that's why we're backing dan mccrede. >> a democrat said oh, you silly girls. what went through your minds at that point? >> i think it highlight tsz fact that there are people that carry views like that. it's also saying that people in this district, about women voters because he has background views on women as well. >> he has one that says the biblical views of women should be taken into

>>> hello, everyone, i'm chris jansing in for ali velshi. top officials saying they're concerned about ongoing interference in this year's elections, and there's a chance of that with them announcing that there is a russian woman being charged with attempting to meddle in the election designed to create political content. joining us, pete williams, and investigative news reporter tom winter. pete, who is this woman? what is she accused of doing? >> reporter: right, and i'm here in alexandria, virginia because that's where these charges were just unsealed a short time ago. she's from st. petersburg,

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>>> hello, everyone, i'm chris jansing in for ali velshi. the nation's top officials saying they're concerned about ongoing interference in this year's elections, and there's a chance of that with them announcing that there is a russian woman being charged with attempting to meddle in the election designed to create political content. joining us, pete williams, and investigative news reporter tom winter. pete, who is this woman? what is she accused of doing? >> reporter: right, and i'm here in alexandria, virginia because that's where these charges were just unsealed a short time ago. she's from st. petersburg, russia. prosecutors say she is the accountant for a company owned by a russian oligarch. that company has already been accused of meddling in the 2016 election, but these are charges connected to the 2018 midterms. her name is elena kushia nova. she is still in russia. she won't be extradited because there is no treaty between the u.s. and russia. what they say is under her direction, a number of false media postings were made, memes,

my colleague also filling in, chris jansing, good to see you, my friend. >>> president trump rides highs, across the country, rallying republicans two weeks before the elections, big name democrats showing up in key states to energize the resistance. >> we got to tell them who we are, what do we stand for? >> now is the time to fight for the best of who we are. >> president trump, we are not going backwards, we are going forwards as one people. >> let's get these people out of there, there's something wrong. they're cuckoo. the democrats don't care that a flood of illegal immigration is going to totally bankrupt our country. >> desperate measures.

i'm chris jansing. >>> president trump on a campaign swing right now, and praising a congressman for continuing his drum beat painting democrats as an angry mob, how they're firing back. voice of the people, just 18 days from the election. republicans on the ropes in some races turning to outrageous attack ads. do they just look desperate? >>> and the dems hillary problem, how their 2016 nominee may be complicating big plans for 2018, and the struggle to figure out just what to do about it. >>> we start with the president on the offensive, both strategically and verbally, a blitz through the west and midwest continuing this weekend all the way into next

. >> thank you, mika, hello there, i am chris jansing, in for stephanie ruhle. fort night battle royale. both parties are breaking out the heavy hitters. both have something to work with. a new poll shows democrats with a nine-point advantage. even as president trump's job approval rating is at its highest level yet. trump and republicans are working to make a midterm issue out of immigration because of those thousands of migrants inching closer to the u.s. border. the administration continuing to threaten military force. but the desperate people show no signs of giving up. >> you know, we're going to fight, we're going to keep on going. we're not going to stop. >> killer excuse. the saudi narrative around the disappearance of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi continues to evolve. >> this was a rogue operation. they made a mistake when they killed jamal khashoggi in the consulate and they tried to cover up for it. these things unfortunately happen. >> while president trump seems conflicted on the findings, seems like pretty much every other lawmaker i

chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> mika, joe, thank you very much. i'm chris janicing in for stephanie ruhle. this morning, president trump heads to the storm zone just moments from now, days after michael ravaged the panhandle and hours after that wide-ranging interview with "60 minutes," talking everything from climate change to his cabinet and his relationships with vladimir putin and kim jong-un. >> i'm not denying climate change. but it could very well go back. i think he's sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. i don't trust everybody in the white house. i'll be honest with you. i know all these things. i'm not a baby. i know these things. >> plus, the pressure mounting on saudi arabia this morning. as turkey gets a tour of the consulate where journalist jamal khashoggi was last seen alive. >> our moral credibility, all of that, is undermined and compromised if we somehow decide that because an ally who's important did that we're not going to call it out. >> and n

of montana and behaved worse than the democratic mob did with justice k can for kavanaugh, and chris jansing spoke with tester in his home state, and she is joining me with more, and what is he tel g telling you? >> well, he knows it is a tough fight, and truly a tossup at this point, peter. and maybe as pure referendum on donald trump as we are going to be seeing anywhere in the country. it is incredible to think that a state like montana would just with about 1 million people in it, and he is going there for the third time in four months and the question is what do you do if you are jon tester? well, i went to montana, and spent four days there and drove 1100 miles around the state talking to the voters to find out. >> reporter: jon tester is as comfortable on a farm equipment as he is in the state senate. he has had a different day job for the past few years as senator. are you comfortable here or in the halls of congress? >> here. >> reporter: a amid this expansive quiet, test ser in the fight of his political life. >> matt rosendale means business. >> reporter: on the ballot he is runni

msnbc national correspondent chris jansing went to montana to see this play out. >> it's mind-bogglingpeople there said, look, presidents just don't come to montana, let alone three times in less than four months. look, this is probably about as close a referendum on donald trump as you're going to get in the country. rosendale was not well known in the state. he is pinning his hopes on all these appearances by donald trump. so where does that leave the two-term democrat jon tester? i went to montana, spent four days there and drove 1,100 miles to find out. jon tester is as comfortable on a piece of farm equipment as he is underneath one. born and raised a farmer on the 1,800-acre spread, he's had another day job, democratic senator. >> are you more comfortable here or in congress? >> absolutely here. >> stunningly beautiful with its big skies, endless views and pristine waters. amid this expansive quiet, tester is in the fight of his political life. >> matt rosendale means business. >> on the ballot, he's running against matt rosendale, the state's auditor. but in reality -- >> welcom

i'm chris jansing. >>> president trump on a campaign swing right now, and praising a congressman for body slamming a reporter. he's also continuing his drum beat painting democrats as an angry mob, how they're firing back. voice of the people, just 18 days from the election. republicans on the ropes in some races turning to outrageous attack ads. do they just look desperate? >>> and the dems hillary problem, how their 2016 nominee may be complicating big plans for 2018, and the struggle to figure out just what to do about it. >>> we start with the president on the offensive, both strategically and verbally, a blitz through the west and midwest continuing this weekend all the way into next week. new nbc reporting this morning that trump will, in fact, make multiple stops each day in the final week leading up to the midterms. his most recent stop in montana, a showcase for the president's apparent strategy, which is basically dominate the air waves and make sure you have an enemy to attack. both were on display in one jaw dropping bit where he praised the state's only congressman for h

i'm chris jansing in for andrea mitchell, and continuing the coverage of a national manhunt and multiple law enforcement age agencies at the hour trying to determine who is behind the delivery of the suspicious packages containing explosive packages and of course, more package packages found today. the nypd crews got a call and removed a suspicious package from prominent trump critic robert de niro and not long after that, a package at a postal facility in delaware addressed to former vice president joe biden, and separate package was also found in wilmington, delaware, addressed to him. and so the packages are now to 10, and sent to clintons, obama, former c can ia director john brenn brennan, former attorney general eric holder, joe biden, and with two to maxine waters. and after saying that we should come together, the president is blaming the media. and we have pete williams and nbc national correspondent pete alex s alexander, and msnbc security analyst shawn henry a former fbi executive drirector, and good t have all of you here. pete, i want to start with with the big picture, and

. >> and i'm being told that we have some images coming in from chris jansing. i believe that is the right side of your screen. you mentioned that there is still the question as to whether this was sort of one batch or a new batch. if this person is still dropping off device at a mail facility, that is good news for police because that is a way that they can catch them. >> absolutely. bombers have been captured in the past by looking at surveillance video and catching them in the act. but i'm relatively certain that you cannot put a parcel like this, the post office won't deliver a parcel like this if you drop it into the blue boxes on the street. so i think one question we have to look at here is whether whoever is mailing these would have to walk into a post office or could put them into a drop box on the street if they have to drop them into the post office facility, just walk in and stick them in the big slot or open the big dwraur thrawer s into the local delivery thing. that would give them important surveillance video. if takes b if it is a box on the str

. >> i want to bring chris jansing in, my colleague on the phone with us. you are basically on the scene. tell us what it's like there. >> i actually just live in that neighborhood which is hell's kitchen, and i just wanted to give people sort of a sense of what that's like. because it's a little bit different than we saw yield where you had just a sorting facility. this is -- if this is the post office that's on 52nd street between 8th and 9th avenues in new york, it is both a working post office and a sorting facility. the other thing that's different about it is there's actually a residential condo development that was built on top of this. so people actually live directly above where this is. there is a series of condominiums there and they are residences on one side of it to the east side of it, residences across the street. so this is also a heavily residential area. it's not something that's separate from here. and it's a very busy post office. in fact, i walk this neighborhood all the time. you can see usually, certainly in the morning and then in t

chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> mika, joe, thanks so much.this morning, fear and falsehoods. two weeks away from the midterm, the president making his final pitch to america on behalf of republicans. riots in sanctuary cities, a caravan full of ms-13 and middle easterners heading towards our border and that mysterious tax cut promised to be delivered in the next week. >> this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts and common sense. that's what it is, common sense. >> new numbers revealing republicans are voting early in record numbers. so could the message be working? >>> making the case. the turkish prime minister lays out what he feels is conclusive evidence of days of planning, leading to a violent savage murder of jamal khashoggi by saudi arabia. we're talking even scouting

chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> mika, joe, thank you very much. rump heads to the storm zone just moments from now, days after michael ravaged the panhandle and hours after that wide-ranging interview with "60 minutes," talking everything from climate change to his cabinet and his relationships with vladimir putin and kim jong-un. >> i'm not denying climate change. but it could very well go back. i think he's sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get

jonathan lamere spoke to chris jansing yesterday to defend the ap's reporting. >> you asked if he thoughtwould bear some responsibility if the republicans would lose the house and the president said, no, i think i'm helping people. and he took issue with this title that trump says he won't accept blame if gop loses the house. tell us about that conversation. >> sure. the transcript is there plain as day. we asked the question, he answered no. >> so, joe, it was pretty clear what the president said. he said if we win, it was me. if we lose, it wasn't. >> it's in the transcript. i mean, he's not even trying any more. look at the saudi deal. he tells his own people repeatedly during campaign rallies, i've made hundreds of millions of dollars from the saudis. i got so rich off the saudis. and then he says, it's fake news. then he talks to poor jonathan lamere, who i feel so sorry for him because he didn't get any sleep, either, watching the red sox. and then it's in the transcript. and he thinks the next day he can say fake news and people that support him are so stupid and so dumb and it's i

. >> thank you, mika, hello there, i am chris jansing, in for stephanie ruhle.th. a new poll shows democrats with a nine-point advantage. even as president trump's job approval rating is at its highest level yet. trump and republicans are working to make a midterm issue out of immigration because of those thousands of migrants inching closer to the u.s. border. the administration continuing to threaten military force. but the desperate people show no signs of giving up. >> you know, we're going to fight, we're going to keep o