civil contempt is an effort to get someone to comply, say mark murray is subpoenaed. you could fine him $100 a day until he produces it. mark murray holds the key. once he turns over the documents that civil contempt is gone. what they're trying to do with steve bannon is different. it's not civil contempt. they're not now trying to force his testimony. what they're trying to do is punish him for refusing to cooperate. that's criminal contempt, looking to convict him and put him in jail and they need the justice department to help them do it. so criminal contempt sends a very strong signal to other would-be witnesses that if they're playing games, if they're refusing to cooperate, this could happen to them, too. but there's a big question mark right now. what will the justice department do with that referral? >> good point. i believe kelly o'donnell is with us now and if she is, hi kel. >> hi, i'm back with you. i have not heard all of your conversation here as i was in the white house. >> that's okay. you're doing your thing. i get it. totally, kel. the reason why i

to take a look some of the key races we're joined by mark murray, senior political reporter for nbc news. mark, dmoech for joining us. thank you so much for joining us. the "washington post"/abc news poll found republicans favored 51 to 41, that's the biggest advantage since the early '80s. what do we make of the big difference between these two polls? is that something that is typical? can you explain it? how should we read it? >> ayman, now that we're 11 months to go before the 2022 midterms, these generic ballot polls will be all over the place. sometimes margin of error, sometimes different methodology, whether they're registering registered voters or likely voters. your viewers looking at the midterms should focus on joe biden's approval ratings. to me they're usually the greatest and best guide on what the midterm environment looks like. historically, first year presidents in their very first midterm election lose on average 20 house seats, their party does. when a president's approval rating is below 50%, ayman, that goes to more than 40 house seats. and so joe biden, who is appro

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mark murray, let me go to you. what are we looking for once the polls close?ough what you're seeing so far. >> let me emphasize just how close this race has been overall. and you end up looking at the real clear average and the candidates are almost locked in a dead heat right now. and the real clear average ends up looking at high quality polls and some not so high quality polls. the last high quality poll from "the washington post" had terry mcauliffe ahead. when we actually start getting -- chuck was talking about the 2020 performance. here in virginia, we have to actually remind you that, you know, joe biden ended up carrying virginia by 10 percentage points. importantly, 450,000 more votes than donald trump. so when you end up looking at that, glenn youngkin's challenge. he's -- to be able to win, he's got to make up a lot of ground. when we look at some of the competitive areas, northern virginia, this is going to be terry mcauliffe's base. for glenn youngkin to be able to win, he has to chip into those democratic margins that we saw in 2017 and 2020. ju

political editor mark murray is here with the key take aways, what this means politically going forward for democrats. new reaction from both sides of pennsylvania avenue, lyanne caldwell is on capitol hill looks like in a basement. monica alba is at the white house. we just learned we expect to hear from president biden himself, possibly within the next 40 minutes or so, right? >> reporter: yeah, this is notable, hallie, because just 24 hours ago the president was the one who was trying to strike very optimistic tones on the outcomes of these races, both in virginia and new jersey. he predicted a victory in virginia, which clearly did not happen. but late last night when he returned from europe, he was met with plenty of reporter questions. he ignored all of those in the moment, but we are going to hear from him on the topic of covid vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11. so, of course, we will be pressing him on that. and afterwards hope he does take some questions. it's traditional for presidents after these kinds of election days to do a little bit of a postmortem, give their own r

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i want to bring in a group following this race from every angle, senior political reporter mark murray, correspondent steve kornacki, and joining us from virginia beach, heidi. heidi, you're speaking to voters in virginia beach. that is a very purple city and this week is a purple state. based on your conversations, what's driving voters there to choose one candidate over another? >> reporter: joe, i just was not surprised at all that the issue of education jumped by nine points in this state. because to a person traversing this main strip here in virginia beach which is a very swingy they're that went for biden, that went for trump, that is what they wanted to talk about. it was the first issue. when i say education, i'm talking specifically about critical race theory and the notion that this is being taught in schools. what does that mean? well, when i asked them, for some of them it was hard to articulate, but essentially it was the notion that white children are being shamed by being taught about our history, our history of slavery in this country, other things that happened in our

with us is a senior political editor mark murray and former press secretary robert gibbs. rk. what does it tell us about the president and the heads winds for democrats, especially terry mcauliffe. to me the biggest sign about the poll is it shows the democrats aren't necessarily 2010 territory. they're in 2014 territory. when we end up looking at our poll, the numbers for joe biden's approval rating, the right track wrong track numbers look more like 2014 than they said 2010. and either situation would be rough for democrats right now. but when we look ahead to virginia, what's telling, remember, mark warner barely won reelection in in 2019. one of the reasons why it was such the terrible political environment for democrats and we're seeing that again for democrats. just nine months into biden's presidency. >> yeah. and mark warner was a former governor also and hugely popular. what's the new poll and other signals tell you about what's happening with the president and with these off-year elections? >> well, i think mark is very right. i mean, it's a tough poll for democra

nbc's leanne caldwell on capitol hill and also with us betsey woodruff swan along with mark murray. leanne, let me start with you here. listen, this is literally just breaking in the last 30 seconds here. new subpoenas issued to the proud bois, the head of the proud bois, the oath keepers. leanne, talk through what we have here and this statement just out now from the chairman of the january 6th select committee. >> yeah, hallie, this is a new batch of subpoenas, and there's one key sentence in the release the select committee says that it really tells why these people are targeted. it says we believe the individuals and organizations we subpoenaed today have relevant information about how violence erupted at the capitol and the preparation leading up to this violent attack. now, the individual letters, there were five letters sent out to the people that you see on the screen and the people you just mentioned, hallie, and there are instances of these people or the people affiliated with these organizations as well who espoused violence leading up to january 6th saying that violence

mark murray is breaking down the latest poll numbers for us. heidi heidi. with the president's agenda stalled at home and numbers under water, what's the white house feeling on this situation that the president is staring at right now? he said he doesn't worry about polls. his white house does not have that luxury. >> that is true. the president is trying to focus on specifics he can try to accomplish here to project confidence in what he is doing on the world stage. knowing that that may be able to have an impact at home. not in the immediate 24 hours, but over time. and trying to deliver on the promises he made as a candidate. the president saying that polls go up and go down. he was asked specifically about some of the polling as reflected in the numbers you ran through that are, in fact, very damaging to the president, and challenging for his immediate political future. a snapshot in time, but certainly a dire and dismal picture that many americans were questioned and this poll suggests about his performance so far, and the president says he has not --

murray now faces top seeded italianjannik sinner later today. thank you markss now raised its annual profits outlook, but says there are still problems over extra costs involved with supply chain issues. let's speak to our business correspondent alice baxter. so obviously better news this time than last time, a year ago, alice but still a lot of problems in global supply chains ahead? global supply chains ahead ? absolutely global supply chains ahead? absolutely right. reasons for marks & spencer to be cheerful, this morning. shares were up 20% wednesday morning, on the back of these better than expected results, pre—tax profit for the six months up to october, 187.3 million compared to october, 187.3 million compared to a loss for the same period last year of over £87 million. significant increases were made in the food division, that continues to be the cash cow of the company. sales increased by 10.4% but happily for the company, the changes they have been implementing in their clothing and home division sector have started to pay dividends, full price rose

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ian from cantabrian will bejoining owain, al murray, we have mark, and owain will be here, the second to be falling. financial aid for the poorest nations. it was promised more than a decade ago, but still hasn't been delivered. and how often countries should update their plans for going green. should it be every year? there have been some successes. a plan to cut methane, although not all countries have signed up. a call to end the use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, but again, no binding agreements. and an assurance to end deforestation by 2030. will it happen? we don't believe that promises made by financial companies to end deforestation will actually prevent trees from being cut or burned down. we simply don't believe it. i'm actually here to beg you to prove us wrong. we desperately need you to prove us wrong. please prove us wrong. another protest as climate activists sound the alarm. the worry for these protesters, that there is no agreed date for ending the use of oil and gas. the fact that we are not talking about phasing fossil fuels, even at any stage, to us indicates t

closer to the two-year mark of living with covid-19 we need to take stock of the current state of our response and identify the next critical steps that will lead us out. senator murray and i have been working closely to develop a pandemic and some point in the near future, senator murray and i will release a discussion draft of the reform and we believe this is needed utfor our country's future responsive. i very much appreciate the ability to work together on an issue so important to the national security. we have obviously delayed from our previous schedule. but given the intent to appear on other big legislation it is impossible for us to get that draft out until that is concluded. we need to use all the tools at our disposal to keep pace with the virus which continues to evolve.ir recent reports of surface seven is sub variant that some are calling delta plus. which has accounted for in increasing a portion of cases in the uk in the past month. i hope to discuss that in person when i leave sunday for the uk. and i'll spend some time in london will look what delta plus have done. it's down in the united states but the administration cannot declare premature victo