in one corner we had tom suozzi, and in the other corner we had mazi pilip. suozzi versus mazi!was like, "you know, that's a little much." now, looking at their pictures, you can probably guess which candidate is in which party. but you'd be wrong, and you need to do better! the white guy is democrat tom suozzi. funny story: he actually held the seat before george santos, but then he left to run for governor. and tom, how did that go? >> i ran for governor, and i got my ass kicked. [laughter] >> jordan: thanks for your honesty. that's the democrats' champion, tom suozzi: "i'm the guy who got my ass got kicked." this man failed and got another chance. this is what sociologists refer to as a "reverse female movie director." [audience reacts] meanwhile, the republican is mazi pilip, and she contains multitudes. >> mazi pilip is, in fact, a registered democrat, though she was elected to the nassau county legislature as a republican. >> pilip, a mother of seven and wife of a ukrainian immigrant, is an ethiopian jew born in southern ethiopia. she immigrated to israel, joining their mi

how well does mazi pilip on the same day vote? that's how republicans when they win elections typically it is with the same day vote. that certainly seems to be the republican strategy here, to rack up as many votes as they can on election day. again, some indications that maybe the turnout on election day, a lot of republican voters waiting till today to do that. expected him aquatic lead early. the question is, can pilip erase all of it individually moving ahead herself? >> steve kornacki, we will be checking in with you throughout the night once the polls closed. so don't go anywhere. i want to bring in sahil kapur, senior national political reporter, reporting live from an election watch party for the district's democratic candidate tom suozzi. and how did things look on the ground there? >> hey, chris, there's less than an hour to go before the polls. close the vibe here is still early. the candidate has not arrived. it's just started to get going. the campaign tells me it feels good today but it believes these last few hours

>> suozzi 53 mazi, a total of 117 >> okay. 117 votes for moscow 170 votes total ones, 117 for maasie philip, 53 for tom suozzi. so you can see that machine by almost a two to one over a two-to-one margin. here in nassau county and carl place went for maasie pilip, i believe in this machine we're also getting results will be walk over here to my brian, who's been working this machine this machine >> the tape is just coming out of this machine now good. >> here we go. mike is going as reading out. my sweet lord, look at that >> there's a host 274 okay. >> all right. >> interesting. so suozzi pulled out 87 votes. his opposition, mezzi philippe, 171 rhonda republican, and then 15 as conservative. >> okay maasie phillip, 171. tom suozzi, 87. that's true. >> of the >> seven machines here that tell a similar clare story, jake, so you can see the election day vote breaking, at least here in coral place from these two machines, heavily for mazi pilip all right, john berman, fascinating stuff. and let's bring you the key race alert righ

mazi, good to see you.l you use that issue as an immigrant yourself to push yourself over the edge tomorrow, given how tight this is? >> of course. you know, the main issue is the border crisis that biden created. it is really a big concern especially for the tenth congressional district. as an immigrant i came to this country legally and my husband was born in this country legally. my husband went to school and he is a doctor. we are living the american dream. we came to the country to live the american dream. it has to be done correctly. under biden, they opened the south end border and created this mess. it is a big mess up a national crisis. and how claiming that would like to go back to d.c., we know is not capable. he failed us big time. the national security -- and tomorrow -- >> laura: mazi, what he is trying to say now and i'm paraphrasing comey has a common sense tough but fair approach to the border and that he's going to put pressure on all the right people in washington to help long island and

later in the show mazi pilip anr ethiopian jewish illegal immigrant who was an israeli idf paratrooper and she's running for congress in long island in a race tomorrow that is about securing our borders, what a bia race that is. by the way if anybody cares joe biden's budget itos borrowing us into bankruptcy, first up let's go o our own edward dorane? standing by at the white house. what is cooking down there. >> a lot happening at the white house trying to divert attention away from special counsel robert hur's report the challenges of mental fitness, democrats an officials are trying to counter the narrative in the report white house press secretary attacking the special prosecutor himself, listen. >> special counsel robert hur is a republican in a prosecutor. he's not a medical doctor. he it, is not. it is not for him to speak to ii is not.a meit's obviously a medical doctr to decide. >> i said the medical doctor is going to do a physical and put forth in the last two years a f detailed memo.nd >> so far we've not been able o talk with the presidents doctoro today the kerdy of jorda

joining us now new york congressional candidate mazi pilip.ng message as you take on tom suozzi in this district that they say is too close to call? >> today is all about doing the right thing. all about securing our border. all be being tough on crime and supporting law enforcement. it's all about improving our economy. this is opportunity for the third congressional district resident to vote for me. and to send a message to swayze, his time is over. he created this mess, the border crisis. he opened the border and as a result, we are facing a border crisis, which we have to take care of as soon as possible. >> brian: are you worried about the weather? if the weather closing schools and the voting in the schools. do you worry that people are getting the message that they can't vote? >> no. i'm not worried because the issues are so important, i know the third congressional district residents will do everything to come out to vote because it's so important. >> this seat is about saving our country. >> brian: so he outspent you two to one. how d

what he did is he litigated against mazi pilip. and that's how he won. >> you don't just know this district, but as he said, he wants ran the dccc. i want to change the subject before we go. what is your take on the fact that donald trump is now looking to make his daughter-in- law the co-chair of the rnc? she's already gone on record and said she would spend every dollar they have on donald trump . if that is and, and i don't want to say the nail in the coffin, but making it official, official, official, this is the party of trump, and then what is? >> absolutely. this continues the complete takeover of the republican party by donald trump, putting his minions, his relatives in every corner of the republican structure and organization. he just continues, you know, this grift that trump has and this desire to purge the republican party of anybody who is sensible, responsible, moderate , with his own loyalists. and you think it's bad he's doing this with the rnc, way to see what he does if he becomes president to the justice departm

maybe it's just nbc forum watching here in new york, they're playing mazi pilip ad against mazi pilip. to what extent do you think both sides, democrats and republicans, are looking at this as a bellwether for the issues resognating with voters? >> i think it's hard not to look at a race like this that occurs in an election year, especially in a district that's actually flipped between the last presidential and this. you know, president biden won in 2020 and santos won by eight points in 2022. obviously a lot has happened since then and i think another key question is to what degree voters of the third district are going to hold george santos and his you know, kind of many scandals, against gop. so, you know, there's been a lot of questions. specifically coming from the suozzi campaign about pilip and attempts to frame her through that lens saying they don't know where she stands. it's true she is less of a known quantity than mr. suozzi, but that can also backfire on a campaign as well. you know, the pilip campaign has sought to tie suozzi to joe biden, who is also seemingly unpopula

to win, that's why. >> reporter: republican mazi pilip, an orthodox jew born in ethiopia, served in the israel defense forces and then emigrated to the u.s >> i know, there is one option this is mazi tom suozzi created this mess. >> reporter: democrat tom suozzi is a longtime fixture in long island politics, holding this congressional seat for six years before a failed run for governor >> she's santos 2.0. we don't know anything about her. >> reporter: whoever wins will replace disgraced congressman george santos, one of four republicans to flip congressional seats in the 2022 midterms, helping the party secure a narrow majority but then scandal hit "the new york times" uncovering lies santos told about his education and employment history, followed by a federal indictment santos pleaded not guilty to charges including wire fraud and theft of public funds. congressman, did you take campaign donations and use that money to buy expensive suits? >> no, i did not. >> reporter: after a blistering house ethics report, santos was expelled from congress now one of the top issues in the spec

>> reporter: this high stakes election pits the republican mazi philip against tom suozzi, known as mazisus suozzi. there are local issues like the environment and drinking water at play. there's heavy emphasis everywhere else around the country. this is a swing district that joe biden played. it's a district that went to george santos by 8 points in 2022. it's the bellwether battle ground that could decide the majority and give us a glimpse into the presidential election. issues that are playing here. immigration, public safety, abortion, unease about washington. let's play what some of the voters told me earlier today? >> eleven months we have been without a voice. now it's closer to a year and, you know, a year and a quarter that we have been without a voice in washington. they're trying to give us a candidate who is just going to be a rubber stamp for the republicans. she has no ideas of her own. she has no policy experience. and she's just so not ready for prime time. she's being hidden from the community, and people who go get thrown out of her events if they don't know who they ar

and mazi pilip does not. >> harry, what do you?the pack closed on the behalf wet that migrants in times square kicking those police officers. that was the race and she came in with nothing else to say, 100 percent of her ads, i believe, manchin immigration and. she had no particular plan. she just identified a problem and you have this candidate who is running this weird rose garden campaign cheese. a part-time lawmaker right now tom suozzi is a very known quality. and the idea that he is tom suozzi. and sanctions city suozzi. >> that's just not true. what's your take simone because now tom suozzi is walking into congress. he ran an economy and immigration? >> this house is not going to do anything for the foreseeable future? >> on economy immigration? >> anything. >> they list them down. but house democrats can continue to be, because they are the minority, they can continue to champion and talk about the things that they would do if voters put them back in charge. which i think is going to be very important. because every single

this cycle similarly, democrats took a hold of mazi pilip, pro-life stances. this is a very pro-choice district. and as we've seen across the country the tree abortion is a massive motivating issue for democrats. so, yes, very clear that this election was going to turn on immigration, on abortion, on these big ticket items that both parties nominees were grappling with and talking about extensively in the last couple of weeks yeah. >> and that we're probably going to hear a lot more about as we get toward november, there's also been a lot of talk about how this election was a key test of both parties general election messaging to that end. so here's what suozzi said last night in his victory speech. >> for the people of long island and queens are sick and tired. the political bickering they've had it. they want us to come together and solve problems. let's send a message to our friends running the congress these days stopped running around for trump and start running the country do you think, this is a preview of messaging we're going to see from democrats goi

and i think it bodes well for mazi pilip. buy think she will win people are concerned about security at our borders, they're concerned about crime and they're concerned about inflation. and mazi on the right side of those issues, tom suozzi is with joe biden and joe biden is making people suffer throughout the united states, especially here in the third congressional district. >> you no mazi pilip from her time in the county legislature, i do wonder what your responses to some of the criticisms that are incoming for her that she's a bit unknown. i know that works for some people but not to mention she is continues to be a registered democrat >> yeah. well, maasie votes republican. i can tell you that she's like ronald reagan. she initially was a democrat and then she found that her party was drifting too far. the left and she became a republican in practice she never got around to changing or registration, but that's not what it's important. it's the way you vote. and on the county legislature, she voted with me to add 200 ne

mazi, good to see you. will you use that issue. >> hi. >> laura: as an immigrant yourself, to push yourself over the edge tomorrow, given how tight this is? >> of course. you know, the main issue is the migrant crisis, the border crisis that biden and thomas suozzi created. it's really a big concern for the american people, special for the third congressional district. as an immigrant i can tell you i came to this country legally. my husband who was born ukraine came to this country legally. my husband went to school. is he a doctor. we are living the american dream. we want people to come to this country to live the american dream that's what is beautiful about our country. it has to be done correctly. under biden and tom suozzi. opened the southern border. they funded sanctuary cities. and they created this mess. it's a big mess. national crisis. now tom suozzi claiming that he would like to go back to defeat. we know he is not capable. he failed us big time. he put our national security at risk. tomorrow

this is mazi. tom suozzi created this mess. >> reporter: a long-time fixture in democratic politics before a failed run for governor. >> she sent us 2.0. we don't know anything about her. >> reporter: whoever wins will replace disgraced congressman george santos, one of four republicans to flip congressional seats in the 2022 midterms, helping the party secure a narrow majority. but then scandal hit. the "new york times" uncovering lies santos told about his education and employment history followed by a federal indictment. santos pleaded not guilty to charges including wire fraud and theft of public funds. >> congressman, did you take campaign donations and use that money to buy expensive suits? >> no, i did not. >> reporter: after a blistering house ethics report, santos was expelled from congress. now one of the top issues in the special election to replace him, immigration. >> i'll work across the aisle to do what our leaders haven't, secure our border. >> because tom suozzi repeatedly weakened

mazi pilip is speaking on the screen behind me. i toept know what he's saying but she's clearly the underdog in this race. tom suozzi has the lead right now that has a lot of people at this party feeling very good. >> there's an indication he'll be speaking very soon without waiting necessarily for networks like us to call it. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we do expect tom suozzi to speak soon and be introduced by a local democratic party chair. this is comeback bid for suozzi. he has deep roots in this area and a very good name. >> we can now project tom suozzi as the winner. nbc news is projecting that tom suozzi has won or will win new york's third congressional district. let's go back to steve kornacki at the big board. >> yeah, lawrence, we were saying it without saying it i think a few minutes ago when we were talking. but basically what we were talking about is what happened. we were waiting to get an update from nassau county. we just got another batch. we were sitting at ha% before, now almost up at 60 with the batch th

new york's third congressional district, democrat tom suozzi defeated republican mazi pilip by nearly eight points. swansea will now replace the expelled criminally indulgent former congressman george santos, bringing republicans tight majority in the house down to six seats. you might think today after the party would be wondering where they went wrong after such a crushing loss in what was supposed to be a neck and neck type race. george santos won the same district by about eight points just over a year ago. instead republicans are defiant in their defeat. the chair of the new york republican party, ed cox, released a statement saying republicans will win this eaten of ember when the campaign resets to folks on joe biden and democrats disastrous open borders soft on crime policies rather than specific circumstances that brought about this special election. i have to say, the statement defines the difference between the two major parties. republicans approach each election with a kind of unbridled undeserved confidence. they believe the voters are with them. they think they represen

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many saw mazi pilip as george santos 2.0 - many saw mazi pilip as george santos 2.0 — she was a part—timeue hanging over all of this was immigration, and you have many pundits coming out now saying that tom suozzi has handed the democrats the playbook for how to deal with immigration, which will be a sore point forjoe biden. we saw in december a record number of migrants coming over the border, once a far—away issue for new yorkers, it is now a day to day concern for theirs, how the country will deal with this influx. so what we saw there from tom suozzi was him saying immigration is notjust a republican issue, but an issue all americans care about and he wants joe biden to do more. so all these issues intertwined, and nevertheless it is a special election so it could play out different.— play out different. thank you so much. now it was a story you might have missed — a british student who is taking 28 �*a' levels. yes, 28, it's insane. manoor cheema has been talking to bbc radio's today programme. i just didn't want to narrow down my choices, and i think if i had done four a—levels, i w

his margin right now, about eight and a half points above mazi pilip the republican.k that the remaining votes counted here will be election day votes, folks who voted in polls. we know that in modern politics now, the vote by mail and a lot of the early voting tends to be more favorable. to the democrats. the same-day vote tends to be more favorable to republicans. we've seen that so we expect with the remaining vote that the pilip is going to -- but the suozzi total will kick -- to put this in some perspective, this district, a district, is one of fewer than 20 districts in the country that are -- it's a very particular type of swing district. in the 2020 presidential election, this district voted for joe biden the democrat by eight points and then, in the 2022 midterm election, it was george santos, the republican, one george santos won the district by a point, so we had the open question coming into tonight. was this going to look like 2022 all over again, a big knife or republicans in the third district, or was it going to look like 2020, when joe biden won hande

it is the same thing.>> republican candidate, mazi pilip, did take some questions for me when i met uph her. i should say that the county executive rejects the notion that mazi pilip is george santos 2.0 and called tom suozzi a liar for saying that. she does break the mold for many republicans in many ways. she's originally from africa. >> you were born in ethiopia and moved to israel when you were 12 and then came here.>> yes. that is the beautiful thing about my journey. even though i was born in a small village, at age 12 i went to israel and joined the idf. right after i earned my degrees. a degree at tel aviv university , and then, i came to this country about 17 years ago. we all work very hard. however, he gave me the chance to grow and the republican party gave me the opportunity to grow and learn about leadership. >> you are an observant jew. how does it affect your politics. >> the friday before shabbat starts, i take off and saturday i spent time with my family. but it is a day i spent time with my family and my children. we relax. >> it has been remarkable to talk to voters

mazi pilip is speaking on the screen behind. me i don't know what she's saying, but she's clearly at this moment the underdog in the race. nbc news has not all the race, but tom suozzi has a lead right now that has a lot of people at this party feeling very good. >> there's an indication that he will be speaking soon without waiting necessarily for networks like us to call him. >> that's right. we do expect tom suozzi to speak soon, we expect him to introduce by a local democratic party chair. this is a comeback bid for tom suozzi. he served in congress, representing this district, for six years, he has deep roots in this area. he has very good name i.d.. and i want to throw this back to you right now. >> that will protect tom suozzi as the winner, nbc news is projecting that tom suozzi has one or will win new york's third congressional district. let's go back to steve kornacki at the big board. >> we were saying it without saying in a few minutes, go but basically what we were talking about is what just happened. we were waitin

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mazi pilip came out and said i'm against that bipartisan bill.e said, know would go in and negotiate more for it. i would get involved there he was by himself, mazi pilip was with the republican establishment. he wanted to tell everybody i'm going to do my own thing when i get there i'm going to look to get things done. that was a message. also, abortion very much a message. he says i am -- i'm pro-choice. these republicans are looking to put a national law together banning abortion. so, he didn't run from that. he ran like a moderate. he ran from jobe. which is nuts, because in 2020 joe biden won that by 8. >> ainsley: right. right. >> brian: almost three years later i don't know who is president. >> ainsley: 2022 santos won by 8 points. >> brian: he poisoned the well. he embarrassed the people who voted for him that he is such a fraud. >> ainsley: suozzi could be sworn in tomorrow in not tomorrow the end of the month. next week they take a break for presidents' day. his speech was interrupted. did you all see that last night? his speech was int

mazi pilip is speaking on the screen behind. what she's saying, but she's clearly at this moment the underdog in the race. nbc news has not all the race, but tom suozzi has a lead right now that has a lot of people at this party feeling very, very good. lawrence. >> sahil kapur, it is an indication who will be speaking soon without waiting necessarily for networks like us to call it. >> that's right. we do expect tom suozzi to speak soon, we expect him to introduce by a local democratic party chair. this is a comeback bid for tom suozzi. he served in congress, representing this district, for six years, he has deep roots in this area. he has very good name i. d.. and i want to throw this back to you right now. >> we can now project. tom suozzi as the winner. nbc news is projecting that tom suozzi has one, or will win, new york's third congressional district. let's go back to steve kornacki at the big board. >> yeah, lowers, we were saying it without saying it i think a few months ago, and but basically what we were talking about

lauren fox, who's live for us in east meadow, new york at the headquarters of republican candidate mazi pilip, lauren, you recently heard from the candidate from ms pilip. how does she feel about her chances tonight? >> yeah, i mazi pilip held a couple of small events, took some questions from reporters and her key message, jake, is get out and vote. she made it clear her campaign is offering rides to folks who may not cut feel comfortable getting out on the road. but she also was asked whether or not she was going to accept the results of this election tonight, no matter if she wins or not, here's what she said >> it is. we can have a the results. maybe tonight we're going to celebrate, if not the latest gonna be tomorrow morning. >> again, you will accept whatever comes in. >> absolutely will live >> in the united states that have big respect in our system is going to be great. so you know, i'm not here to fight with anybody. we did our job now of the voters, we're going to make that decision and we're going to respect that >> and perhaps one of the liability is for pylab is the fact

mazi pilip rejected it as installed to the instruments in our a party.s the argument that he made on the debate stage down the stretch. it's unclear if it would work. now we have our answer. it worked. he did 20 points better than the democratic candidate in the queen slice at this district back in 2022. nassau county, where republicans have had had a resurgence over the last several years, they have felt good and energized going into. this tom suozzi is leading in their nassau, writer part of the district. it looks at this moment, stephanie, like a decisive victory. >> he's got charisma, got a unifying message, and let's talk about immigration, max, because we talked about this together on the show. immigration has been a very big, vulnerability for democrats, for years. it was for suozzi, right? they were calling him sanctuary suozzi. he turned around, took the facts and punch them right in the face of them. what can other democrats learn from this? >> sure, you hit the nail on the head. what democrats have all too often don is one day are hit with a v

democrat tom suozzi was ahead of mazi pali but still within the margin of error. of the debate in new york congressional race thursday night for news 12 long island. >> it is the one and only chance to see the two candidates face off ahead of the special election in the third congressional district. >> are gastrointestinal with a breakdown. -- our guest joins us now with a breakdown. >> everyone is going to want to watch this debate. it is an eye-opening look at these candidates as they discuss the issues that matter to you, and at times that discussion became heated and personal. >> my opponent is unvented and unprepared. we have been down this road with george santos. >> biden, the squad, and tom are ong direction. >> they traded barbs and exclusive news 12 town hall debate. the event was moderated by the morning anchor in front of a live audience at the optimum together. both candidates are vying to replace george santos in congress, and pilip quickly went on the attack against the border crisis. >> tom suozzi [indiscernible] >> in 2000 and 18 when i was only o

so he is a known entity coming up against relatively unknown mazi pilip. and so there's all of these competing factors here's that makes it one complicated to read too much into the results of this election. but also has allowed really the national politics of immigration to fill the void. keep in mind suozzi was out early on trying to put democrats on the offensive when it comes to immigration we'll see how successful it wasn't that >> yeah. and he's not alone. he has been very sort of trying to be very tough on immigration. in fact, i want you to listen to some of the ads that new yorkers are seeing. pretty much anytime they turned on their television, anytime they open their phone. i mean, these ads are everywhere in new york let's let's watch >> tom suozzi rolled out the red carpet for illegal immigrants and kick ice. had of nassau county, the illegal immigrants arriving the bus load. >> why >> because tom suozzi repeatedly weakened america's borders spin hearing a lot of nonsense blaming tom suozzi for the migrant problem greeley as the left pushes to

mazi pilip in the final days reached out to trump and said that she would welcome his help, but he didhe republicans from the state, unless reporters asked them directly about it. that could mean a lot in terms of what the presidential election in november says. this is a bellwether, but it's not the most perfect bellwether, because a lot of suburbs in the state, in particular, are leaning more democratic. long island as swung the other way, and it's becoming more republican. we'll see what happens today with the results, but that is sort of an outlier, when we consider what the race pretends for the future. >> all right, emily ngo ngo, straight from the suozzi headquarters. a lot happening this evening, thank you for your time, emily. coming up, the supreme court was special counsel jack smith the response of donald trump's latest bid for immunity for criminal prosecution. just how much later could this push the start of trump's federal criminal trial in washington, d.c.? plus, we'll have more results when your special election as they come in, stay with us. they come in, stay with us

mazi pilip represents common sense.gally and she worked tirelessly she's the mother of seven children and she's exactly what we need in washington, d.c., she is a breath of fresh air and i know she will do a good job joining our majority. david: i have to ask speaking of israel we have a bill coming up for spending on israel and ukraine, do you plan to vote for that bill or against it? >> we will see if the senate get secure and brings it to the house. we need to support israel and ukraine. i have been on the record about that read i support ukraine, russia, china and iran are not our friends they are enemies and working together to undermine the united states and our allies and we need to recognize that threat. david: is there enough checks and balances on the way our money will be spent in ukraine. >> absolutely there should be checks and balances, the administration needs to put forth a plan of how we will spend this money and how were going to successfully conclude the war in ukraine but to just walk away would be d

it's a showdown we're calling: mazi v. suozzi, democracy kamikaze on long ozzy. it's gonna catch on. [cheering] that's okay. it doesn't deserve that. the republican has an unusual resume. she's a local legislator and a registered democrat. a republican who's a democrat. thanksgiving must be really hard. she gets in a fight with herself, then she sneaks away from herself to get high in the garage. we don't know the results yet, right? we don't know anything, because we recorded this earlier, okay, but we do know the race was tight and the stakes are high. the g.o.p. has a razor-thin majority in the house of representatives, and they need all the votes they can get for their election-year ambitions to impeach alejandro mayorkas or even president biden. long islanders could decide the fate of congress! explains the first bill that suozzi has promised to pass: "h.r. 273: the beatles couldn't hold billy joel's freakin' jock strap." now, a lot of people are looking at this as a bellwether for the presidential election, and one republican voter described her priorities.

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on the flip side, mazi pilip, and the debate said that she was she was for personal choice in abortione said, no, i'm pro-life. she has no real opinions on this, and it's just want to be a rubber stamp. and that's why it's so dangerous. she is just gonna follow mike johnson and follow donald trump. and if a national abortion ban comes to the floor, she has demonstrated no ideas of her own, no backbone, and will just go along with the maga world, and that is what is so dangerous. >> for the democrats to be able to flip this and add one in the house, what will that mean for the rest of the year? >> look, this is an important bellwether district in new york. as you know, there are six very generally considered swing districts in new york. we are gonna get new lines that may change that to some extent. we don't know. but new york 3 is similar to new york 4 to 17 to 19, new york 18, where pat ryan is. so this is going to be an indication where the voters of new york are in february. obviously as we move forward and democrats recognize that we are the party of solutions, we are truly putting

going to be a snowstorm in new york, and so we want to make sure everybody gets out and votes for mazit she can join us in washington, cement our majority and fight with us to get s.a.l.t. tax relief, to get a secure border, to focus on on the issue of affordability and to hold this administration accountable for its failures on so many levels. joey: congressman mike lawler, thank you so much for joining us. and good luck to you and everyone in the house. >> thank you. joey: all right. let's check in with meteorologist adam chots, and he's got a fox weather forecast just for us. adam: good morning, guys. warm on the eastern half of the country. you're seeing plenty of temperatures in the 40s, 50s early this morning. off towards the west we heard will complaining t it's a little bit chilly. temperatures more like they're in the 20s. the big weather maker continues to be stretching across the south and southeast. there it is from the mid-atlantic all the way back across portions of texas. actually a little bit of snow back on the cold side of this. this is the system to watch as it moves

that made it hard for mazi pilip, who is relatively a rookie on this big stage. republicans in nassau came out against santos. i don't think kevin mccarthy would have done this, laid out until the end of the term and let him get primaried. >> steve: democrats flipped a seat and now house speaker has a two vote cushion, three people say no, something fails. more on that throughout the morning. talk about the weather. janice dean forecasted yesterday would be snowy and it was. >> janice: and now it is gone. my friends from hong kong are here. you watch fox news? >> yeah, i love fox news. >> do you have favorites? >> hannity, "fox and friends," especially steve. i love him. >> say hi to your dad who watches, too. you are on a trip, democratic and florida. how was new york? >> i love it. >> janice: so awesome. look at the forecast, we had a lot of snow. bronx, 6.1 inches. central park, 3 inches. another shot for snow in the weekend. heavy rain along the coast and mountain snow. tossing back to steve or everyone? steve has fans here. >> hi, steve. >> it is everybody.

they just had their final rally four mazi pilip, before election start the election starts tomorrow. >> they had >> luminaries from across the state of the republicans want to hold this seat congress is so narrowly divided. democrats certainly want to pick that seat up because then they'll really be even more razor thin that snowstorm tomorrow. republicans here say, if voters can't get to the polls, they have monster trucks at the ready to pick them up. and get them to the polls. all right. >> that's gonna be fascinating to see how this plays out, right, miguel, thank you. >> and >> outfront now is the democratic candidate in this race, the former congressman tom suozzi, obviously just saw him there in miguel's reporting, talking to voters in these final hours before election day. and i really appreciate your time. i know you are looking right now to flip this seat back to demo that's obviously the trend and the district that has been the other direction. it's been a bit of an uphill climb. so do you feel like you can do it right now? and what your polling shows and given the anticip

immigration is a top issue and republican mazy pilip has seen this on border security. >> today is all about doing the right thing, all about securing our borders, all about being tough on crime and supporting law enforcement and all about improving our economy. this is opportunity for the third congressional district to vote for me and to send a message to suozzi. his time is over, he created this mess. >> this is a high-stakes race, house republicans have a slim majority, 219 to 212, we've seen the gop challenge with this razor-thin margin. their effort to impeach alejandro mayorkas failed by one vote last week with a handful of democrats joining republican. this seat would give republicans some breathing room thchl special election in the third congressional district could serve as a bellwether. they are trying to take back the house. >> steve: thank you. i think we have a live shot inside one of the polling places. here is the thing, see, that is not good. >> brian: not a creature is stirring. >> steve: democrats entered with theoretical edge based on early absentee voting, 80's,00

democrat tom suozzi against republican mazi pilip . it has been a better race and considered a tossup. joining us to run the numbers are our senior political data reporter. how is this race shaping up? >> reporter: as someone who watches and listens to new york television, how many ads are they putting on tv? i am sick of it already. take a look at this poll that came out from siena college late this week. tom suozzi with a small , tiny advantage over mazi pilip. a four point advantage . this is a district that is a swing district, joe biden won by eight points in 2020, but in the midterms, the republican candidate for the house, george santos, won by eight. the gubernatorial candidate, he won by 12, the republican. the republican senate candidate won by four. a district has swung back and forth between democrats and republicans, and a lot of people are looking to the seat, giving you some medication where the political winds are going at this point with tom suozzi limited -- leading and limited polling did it but i don't have to tell

all the ones who supported mazi pilip talked about pop pillow, talked about immigration. and that is something that she has spent a lot of time and money talking about all of the ads she put out dealt with immigration, attacking suozzi as soft on the border voters telling me that masih pilip is willing to be tough on the border to close the border, tom suozzi isn't suozzi for his part, has been trying to paint mazi pilip as kind of an unknown. maybe someone like santos who might have ethics issues he does not have as much name recognition, having served as a county legislator for just about two years, suozzi was mayor of glencoe of where i am here, nassau county executive and served in congress for three terms. but as you mentioned, while joe biden beat donald trump by eight points in 2020, in 2022, george santos, the man they're replacing, was able to beat him his democratic opponent by seven points. so you can see how the tide has shifted a bit in this region and why people are watching it so closely. so we'll see what it all pans out. who comes out on top, which party'

republicans maintain a very fragile majority in the house hope a woman named mazi pillaf can get the seat. miguel marquez has talking to voters in long island and parts of queens. >> the opening salvo in the 2014 election cycle is on. early voting in the special election to replace george santos. voters of all describes say more than anything, they want moderation and political leaders who will work together. >> was there one motivation that got you to come down here to cast your vote? >> i want a sane person. in the government. i'm done. >> i don't like the direction the country is going currently and i think it's an important election. we have to go towards the middle more. >> the issues motivating many voters in this suburban new york largely jewish district, abortion, crime, and taxes but seemingly none bigger than immigration? how big a concern. >> number one. >> is it about stopping them coming in or handling the chaos? >> it's both. you have a chaotic situation at the border. you're spending a ton of money to try to manage the situation. we don't have jobs for the people when

just say you're pro choice. >> i mazi pilip i'm pro-life, this is me. >> it sounds like you're sayingyou're pro choice but when you say you're pro-life. when it comes to the laws you say you're not going to tell people what to do but you support the supreme court decision, you are on the conservative party line. >> just because i was endorsed by the conservative line doesn't mean i'm going to agree with everybody they're going to tell. >> how do you think she did that that exchange? >> you know, i don't think it was the strongest moment of her performance, but i don't think it's going to do much to change people's mind. it really does seem like this election has really become about immigration and i think -- >> that's all that matters in this fight? >> and it's risen over the economy, risen over all of these other issues. i can't help but wonder when you look at the polling suozzi say head by 3 points within the margin of error, when you see the surge of immigration being the concern you can't wonder what direction it's going to be. i think suozzi has an advantage because of the anti-

suozzi won nearly 54% of the vote, defeating mazi melesa pilip.'s victory leaves the republican party with a narrow edge over democrats in the house. meaning at the tv commercials that philip and suozzi jenna campaign focused on immigration. this is a long island queens race. this is one of the winter's ads. southern border is 2000 miles away but the migrant crisis is in our backyard. i will work across the aisle to secure our borders, open a path to citizenship for those willing to follow the rules. in the past, i worked with the compromise solution to the migrant problem. amy: that was tom suozzi. cÉsar cuauhtÉmoc garcia hernandez, if you can tell us more about -- i mean come he really raid on immigration. it was the number one issue, that an abortion because i this largely long island district. can you talk about the fact the democrats adopted republican stance on militarization and yet it was the republicans that rejected it? and what this bodes for what is happening next? >> the idea democrats can out tough the republican party when it comes

the race pits thomas suozzi against mazi pilip.licans are looking to protect a slim majority in the house of representatives. in the u.s. the annual inflation rate has fallen from three point sent -- 3.1%, but prices are going up faster than expected. inflation is not fully under control and that will make it more difficult to the u.s. central bank to cut interest rates. u.s. markets had their worst day since march 2023. before we go, a rare discovery. 1700 years after a chicken laid an egg, liquid has been discovered. it is thought to be the only one of its type in the world. duncan kennedy. went to take a look reporter: when something is this old, this delicate and this unique, it requires a lot of care and a steady hand. >> here it is, absolutely. reporter: a protective box. >> a 1700 year old egg. it is ridiculously fragile. reporter: so fragile it cannot be touched or exposed to air. it is thought to be the only intact egg ever discovered from roman times. >> it is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery intentionally. it is astonishin