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i'm hallie jackson in washington. joined by nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ryan nobles is with us on capitol hill and we're also joined by carmen best, former seattle police chief, and msnbc law enforcement analyst. before i get to all of you, our team, i want to make sure people know where we are and where we're going with this. because we do know some things. we don't know some things. here's what we know. we know that paul pelosi, according to police was attacked by a hammer. he is hospitalized. he is recovering according to officials. the suspect here was arrested. charges include attempted murder, among other things. and an nbc news source tells us the suspect yelled where is nancy at some point during the attacker. there are some outstanding questions here, first among them, what kind of security did the pelosi home have? we will get into security for high profile lawmakers like speaker pelosi in a second. what do we know about the motivation

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let's turn to hallie jackson. john fetterman said it. the elephant in the room was his health, recent stroke, his fitness to serve. how did it play in the room? >> reporter: so, i talked to folks in the room, on the phone with the campaign advisor after the debate and here is where i think it's coming down for democrats who are largely acknowledging that john fetterman is clearly still recovering from a stroke. there were accommodations made, the closed captioning to conduct this debate. there is a sense among people close to the lieutenant governor that voters understand, he had a health issue, he is recovering, he is putting himself out there. they are going after oz for the line about abortion access, between a woman, a doctor and political leaders. but i talked with democratic allies who questioned whether it will actually help that fetterman was on the debate stage and questions overall on both sides of the aisle how this moves the needle for pennsylvania voters. this is such a close race. every vote will matter and there is still a

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i'm hallie jackson in washington with you, along with nbc news justice and intel correspondent ken dilanian, laura barrett in san francisco and charles coleman ises with us civil rights attorney and brooklyn prosecutor and msnbc analyst. and looking through the affidavit that we've received now, related to the arrest in the suspect who attacked paul pelosi. new federal charges. bring us the highlights and a couple of things to talk about as we're learning disturbing new details here. >> we learned a lot of information and so people understand, this is two federal charges in parallel and other charges expected later today. in the federal affidavit, we've learned that the paul pelosi that, that paul pelosi told lined up with david depape and he broke into the house and went up and surprised mr. pelosi in his bedroom and asked to talk to nancy pelosi, asking where nancy was and mr. pelosi tried to explain she wasn't there and wouldn't be there any time soon and he said we wait, according to the affidavit. pelosi manages to get into the bathroom and call 911, and it then took eight minutes for

and today, hallie jackson with me, as nbc news correspondent, ellison barber in savannah, georgia, dasha burns, and senior political reporter joining us, also raul with us from wave news. >> the two candidates and the likely only debate these two have been at it, over the course of this campaign, obviously so much focus, both recently, has been about herschel walker and the accusations related to his relationship with an ex girlfriend and having urged her to have an abortion and something he denies. you've been talking to the campaigns. what do we expect to hear them try to focus on tonight? >> so i was speaking to a source close to walker's campaign, and they said that he will spend time tonight, obviously they don't know, neither of the candidates know the exact questions or the topics, but he plans to try and tackle issues like the economy, and to talk about inflation, and to talk about crime, and they also say that he is going to try to make the argument that senator warnock is not really an independent senator. they say that he votes more often than not with president biden. we have

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

i'm hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you.ith me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let's start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, all members are expected to lead parts of the hearing. this is different than the other hearings where one committee member reported the whole thing, one or two of them, for example, and we also know that there won't be any live witnesses. that's different from the most previous hearings and it doesn't mean new material, and new evidence from the roger stone documentary, for example, from surveillance video from in and around the capitol and parts of the interview with ginni thomas if there is a transcription, et cetera, and all of the documents from the secret service. we will show you that and what it looks like in graphic form in just a second. ali, what is the theme? each of the hearings has had a theme. is the theme the idea of a closing argument and if so, ho

i'm hallie jackson, with me is dasha burns and jesse kirsch both in south florida. jesse, i'll start with you in fort myers beach. tell us about the latest on the ground. >> we're expecting to hear more from the governor shortly. here's what we have from the state. as of now they say more than 2,000 pallets of water have been distributed. more than 1,700 pallets of food. many people can't access their homes yet. at this point we're expecting the governor to hopefully have a bridge to pine island, a temporary bridge to pine island built by the end of the week. there are also plans to get a bridge to sanibel island opened again. i'm in fort myers beach. you can see one glimpse of the devastation caused here. you can see this wall just ripped to shreds. if we move all the way over, you'll see a couple of massive boats. these are not small boats. these are not little sailboats. these are substantial craft here. you can see they are just up on land. one of them up over there. off in the distance, this massive structure, which is probably at least two stories high if not

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. >>> i'm katy tur in for hallie jackson. we're going to start in pennsylvania, with mbs news white house correspondent mike memoli in philadelphia, and nbc news correspondent dasha burns, and punch bowl co-founder and msnbc contributor jake sherman as well. so mike, the president is in pennsylvania, and he stood in front of a bridge that collapsed a little bit earlier this year, he happened to be there for the aftermath of that collapse, and he's using it to make a specific pitch. what is it? >> well, what the president was really trying to do in order to try to help boost democrats in these midterm elections is talk about promises made and promises they delivered on. this is a president who really believes in trying to put forward to the american people tangible outcomes that results from voting for democrats. and so you have heard him earlier this week on the abortion issue saying if you give me a democratic house and add to our seats in the senate, we will make this our top legislative priority and today, he said look, th

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i am katy tur in for hallie jackson. we're going to start this hour with ali in carrollton, georgia, and atlanta journal constitution holly mitchell. what have you been hearing on the trail about walker and the folks who came out to support him? >> reporter: after i left you guys last hour, he spoke here at the podium with senator rick scott and senator tom cotton. they spoke for about 15 minutes. abortion only coming up once in this speech. brought up in the sense of these three republican lawmakers saying that herschel walker's opponent, senator warnock, believes what they call in abortion on demand. and i would call their speeches really more of a reason not to vote for senator warnock rather than a speech promoting all the reasons that republican georgia voters should vote for herschel walker. we heard a lot of mentions about biden's policies. biden's agenda. lack of a focus on crime. the opioid epidemic. inflation. high gas prices. things that cotton and senator scott said should be the focus of this race. notably h

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i'm katy tur in for hallie jackson. with me now is nbc news correspondent blaine alexander in atlanta, jesse kirsch in youngstown, ohio, and nbc news senior political editor mark murray is here with us as well. start us off, blayne alexander. give us the expectation for tonight's debate. >> well, this is a closely-watched debate. a closely-watched race. and a number of polls show it is indeed a close race. i want to start with the latest polling between governor brian kemp, the republican and democratic challenger stacey abrams. looking at the quinnipiac numbers from last night, it shows they are virtually tied, stacey abrams by a percentage point or so. but it is important to point out that other recent polls throughout the election cycle show brian kemp with a much wider lead over stacey abrams. either way it shakes out, it is going to be certainly one that is very close. and that's why the parties are looking to get people to come out not just on election day but with early voting. we talked with resources on both si

. >>> hey, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian in for hallie jackson, with me now is nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker, also with us "new york times" politics reporter, lisa lerer. mike, let me start with you on this one and talk about what we heard from the president around the 1:00 hour. essentially the message is get out there and vote, especially if you are for abortion rights because we can help codify it come january. talk us through that, three weeks out now from the midterms. >> yeah, that's right, yasmin. i think the political strategy here on the part of the white house is very clear. democrats saw a real boost in the polls in the late summer months after that june decision by supreme court came down, striking down the protections for abortion rights under roe versus wade. as one democratic strategist put it, maybe if that decision came down in august we'd be feel better about where things stand now. we are seeing in polls the economy continues to be the number one issue for voters. the number one issue that fires

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i'm hallie jackson on assignment for a story you will see later on in the month. joining me is gabe guiterrez in san germane puerto rico and shaq brewster and erin mclaughlin in florida. and apologies for interruptions if we see president biden speak in puerto rico. let's talk about the progress or lack there of for rebuilding in puerto rico. >> as we await president biden's remarks, let me show you the situation here, at least some parts of southwestern puerto rico, this is san germane, about an hour drive west of where the president landed a short time ago. the good news is throughout the island, luma energy says about 93% of customers have had electricity restored but as you can see, there is still a lot of damage here, and some of the more rural communities are still dealing with power outages. this is a washed-out road. part of road just collapsed here. a wall of water that came crashing through here. and one resident we spoke with a short time ago said she was trapped in her house for at least a day and is still desperate, has no power, and her insulin has b

i'm hallie jackson in washington. ellison barber is in monroe, georgia and shaquille brewster in new york, and mike memoli traveling with the president. and we will go where herschel walker is speaking live back on defense after being accused by another woman asking her to get an abortion. >> hey, yes, this is walker's second campaign stop of today. he seems to be sort of at the end of his speech. he addressed and denied those latest abortion allegations at a campaign stop yesterday in dillard georgia and today has not talked about it on the campaign trail but an ally, lindsey graham, he has. listen to what he said earlier today. >> all this crap they're throwing at you, coming from los angeles, 13 days before an election, all you got going for you is the people of georgia. so i've seen this movie before. remember kavanaugh, right? right at the end, all this stuff comes out. there's another one, and another one, and another one. >> reporter: so walker was asking fox news interview, in a fox news interview, whether or

staff is saying this afternoon, as we take you live to the white house and to moss couple of i'm hallie jackson in washington and with me now is nbc news correspondent josh lederman traveling with the president in hagerstown, maryland. tom costello and global markets reporter with us, too. we saw the big board red, not green like we've seen earlier this week. talk about why investors are so spooked here. >> hallie, a number of top advisers telling me interest rates are heading even higher and wall street wanted to seat job -- wanting to see the job market start to cool and average hourly earnings increasing, and the chair fed has reiterated in the past in order to get inflation down, the job market needs to cool and until it does, interest rates will head even higher a rising rate environment has been challenging for the stock market. that is why the dow is down over 600 points right now. and for companies that increase their cost of debt, not to mention the pressures of the u.s. housing market, we've already seen demand soften and prices have come down, and as i was just looking at the latest

nbc's hallie jackson with that report.pture the supreme court and we'll get to that in just a moment. congratulations on the book, senator. i want to talk to you about the mid terms. and i'm curious, as we look at pennsylvania and we look at georgia, we have two republican candidates who, to say the very, very least, have had trouble telling the truth over the years. i mean that's the fairest most sum am terms. but we could go deeper into the problems with the republican candidates. the my question to you is why are the democrats not doing better? is it the cant dates or the message? i would say it's neither. i would direct your attention to the recent npr story. they're about to hit $1 billion in dark money spending for their benefit. that if it weren't for this dark money spending, they would be swamped on the airwaves. it is nearly 90% of the funding supporting that. and my personal feeling, i'm a bit of an outrider on this i think we missed a huge, huge opportunity with voters who are sick of the dark money, sick of th

with exactly two weeks to go until the mid terms, nbc news washington correspondent hallie jackson haside control of washington and state houses nationwide. >> reporter: call it a keystone clash today in pennsylvania in a race that could tip the balance of power in the senate. republican candidate dr. oz face-to-face in the first and only debate against democratic lieutenant governor fetterman who is downplaying expectations after a stroke that affected his speech. his campaign in a new memo this morning calling the debate unprecedented, previewing the likelihood of awkward pauses or missing words adding that the live captioning process they're using may lead to time delays and errors in the exchanges. that debate set for tonight coming after another overnight in florida where the firebrand republican governor ron desantis is widely speculated to be looking past november to 2024 and possible white house run. his opponent former governor charlie crist trailing in the polls. >> yes or no, ron. will you serve a full four year term if re-elected governor of florida? >> the only worn out ol

. >>> back with us is jeh johnson and our panel, hallie jackson and kaie and chuck and joyce. willing to go to the hill. they are in touch constantly with the secret service people who are also protecting the vice president. they knew what the threat was. they knew there were armed people at the ellipse. they were willing to take the president into that but were stopped by the d.c. police. how does that happen? >> the secret service is in the habit of planning for a number of different contingencies. if there was a thought of a possibility of taking the president to the u.s. capitol, i would expect the secret service to have at least mapped it out as deeply unwise as it would have been at the time. it doesn't surprise me that there was some plan to do that in the event they got orders to do that. it would appear from the evidence that they basically overruled the president on that. >> let me ask you about cassidy hutchinson. she said under oath and testimony that donald trump was trying to force the secret service to take him there. is this new reporting by "the times" confirm

nbc senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the very latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. hey, savannah. you have laid out the stakes. it is crunch final for the really important, really close races, with big guns like former presidents in both parties set to hit the campaign trail in the coming days. and turning to georgia, where there is a new abortion allegation in one of the country's most he closely watched matchups. with less than two weeks to go this morning, the future of the senate could hang on two key states with neck and neck races in pennsylvania and georgia, where there is now another twist. republican herschel walker, who has campaigned on an anti-abortion platform, denying a new allegation from a second womawho said walker pressured her to have an abortion in the early '90s. >> what i'm saying this is a lie. i've said it once, and i've moved in in my campaign. >> reporter: sharing her voice only came forward in a zoom conference arranged by attorney gloria allred. the accuser saying after becoming pregnant in 1993, walk

i'm hallie jackson in for willie. and this morning with concerns growing over whether russia's president putin could resort to using a nuclear weapon in ukraine, it seems russia is stepping up its conventional attacks with a big strikeover night. this new development coming not long after a key bridge in crimea was blown up by an apparent truck bomb. >>> then our sunday focus on a huge push happening now in southwest florida to jump start insurance claims and the rebuilding process nearly two weeks after hurricane ian destroyed homes and businesses. will people be able to build there again? and should they? >>> plus in our sunday spotlight a visit inside the first ever museum dedicated to mexican food and the taste of a cuisine rich in history and tradition. >>> and later willie's sunday sit down with grammy winning brandy carlyle on her struggle to make it in the busy and the moment at the 2019 grammys that she knew life would never quite be the same. >> as soon as i finished the song i was like this will change my e