politicsnation. tonight s lead, record right now, we ve got two days left and 48 hours until one of the most impactful midterm elections in recent history. brand-new polls from nbc news show two days out, show the parties themselves neck and neck in a variety of ways. americans are mere even over the democrats should retain majorities and house and senate or rather republicans should retake one if not both chambers. 48% of likely voters say they prefer democrats in control of wisconsin. 47% prefer republicans. with two days ago, democrats have closed the enthusiasm gap. seven in ten voters from both parties now say they are highly interested in tuesday s election. still, president biden s popularity with voters is a concern for the democratic candidate. just 44% of voters approve of biden s performance. 50% disapprove. nearly half the country say it wants a massive change in direction from biden s first two years as president. the landscape has democrats, has got democrats
but good morning this from our political correspondent, hans bronte has this sounds like a serious situation. is it? yes it is. i think for the economy minnes, as i say, the gas is becoming a scarce come out. model is a fairly drastic phrase. and for the government to raise an alarm and official alarm, the focus at the moment is on saving as much gas as possible. now to get it into storage so that there might may be enough available for the winter for heating in winter later this year. so it s not a single yet that the market is no longer functioning. in fact, the emphasis is that there is gas available on the market, but obviously with russian gas becoming much less available all over europe. the everybody is looking towards new supplies towards alternative supplies and that s been raising prices. at the same time, there are incentives that have been announced to help companies, especially industrial uses of gas to save gas. there is an auction measure mechanism that is goin
We begin with that shakeup in the 2016 race, a brandnew poll coming in overnight from the critical state of iowa. Showing senator Bernie Sanders closing in on Hillary Clinton. While on the republican side, donald trump is still soaring. Its your voice, your vote, and lets take a look at those numbers. Among republicans, trump leads, followed by another outsider, dr. Ben carson, then nobody else breaks double digits. Ted cruz and scott walker are tied for third. But trailing far behind trump. The Biggest Surprise is among democrats, clintons lead, now, down to single digits, just seven points ahead of sanders. Its the first time shes dropped below 50 in the Des Moines Register bloomberg poll this year. Were taking on every twist and turn in the 2016 race this morning and Bernie Sanders is standing by live to weigh in. First, abcs jon karl on the dramatic difference between the leading candidates right now. Reporter its the tale of two frontrunners. For one, the best of times. For the ot
Coming in overnight from the critical state of iowa. Showing senator Bernie Sanders closing in on Hillary Clinton. While on the republican side, donald trump is still soaring. Its your voice, your vote, and lets take a look at those numbers. Among republicans, trump leads, followed by another outsider, dr. Ben carson, then nobody else breaks double digits. Ted cruz and scott walker are tied for third. But trailing far behind trump. The Biggest Surprise is among democrats, clintons lead, now, down to single digits, just seven points ahead of sanders. Its the first time shes dropped below 50 in the Des Moines Register bloomberg poll this year. Were taking on every twist and turn in the 2016 race this morning and Bernie Sanders is standing by live to weigh in. First, abcs jon karl on the dramatic difference between the leading candidates right now. Reporter its the tale of two frontrunners. For one, the best of times. For the other, well, its not the worst, its getting there. The republic
Storm team 4 meteorologist Chuck Bell Jones us to look at how long the rain will last. Good morning, everybody. The freezing rain advisories have been continuing to expire as the morning goes along. We still have some posted under 1 00 this afternoon for Northern Maryland and the panhandle. West virginia. The latest plot does include the northern and western parts of Loudoun County but it does include is the northern third of Montgomery County as well as all of the panhandle of West Virginia. Thats where the freezing rain advisories remain. Warmer air is continuing to move in as the rain increases we should see rapid melding through the course of the afternoon. That is a bit gf news. For now, though still a solid sheet of rain. Can you see its indicated by the pink here. There may be a few pockets of freezing rain out towards haguers town. Make sure you have your warm coat on make sure you have your umbrella gloves maybe even ga lohse as well. Temperatures will be trending upwards, but