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we begin this morning with election day. finally, americans head to the polls today to cast their vote in key midterm races across the country. control of the house and senate are up for grabs. and by this time tomorrow, we should know which party will guide legislation for the next two years in congress. nbcs tracie potts is in washington with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, keep these numbers in mind, 39 and 10. thats how many seats republicans need to gain control of ...

the battle of the alamo as seen from inside the mission. the latest nbc news/"the wall street journal" poll has devastating data for democrats. according to one of our pollsters the question is whether democrats can hang onto the senate and win enough key government races to have a respectable night. well take a last pre-election look whether we can expect tomorrow at the top of the show. plus, well talk to the democrat, whos been leading the effort to fend off republican control of ...

democrats from the voting polls. also well have that in the "battleground." you wont believe whats going on with christine odonnell right now. shes turning a sleazy blog posting about her sex life against her opponent. thats coming up in "the playbook." well, were four days away from the election, but tonight we begin with breaking news about terrorism. two packages filled with explosive material were found hed for the united states on airplanes today. the packages originated in ye...

also, time to break out the crystal ball. weve heard the sound bites on the campaign trailane now its time for predictions here on "hardball." can the democrats hold the senate? will republicans win the house? and who will surprise us on election night? all that in our "lightning round" tonight on "hardball." plus, president obamas appearance last night on "the daily show," why did he do did and what did he get out of it? and when you hear a politician that says the only vote that co...

busted for lying and then lying about lying. newly released documents show that senate candidate joe miller confessed to all of this about an incident when he was a government lawyer. now we may know why millers henchmen arrested a reporter a while ago for trying to dig into the case. plus, democrats are now expanding the field of house seats they have to defend and that makes it even less likely they can hold the house, but a but and big but, could president obama turn a republican ...

im chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, kentucky head stomping. whats with the luca brasi stuff? last night, before the rand paul/jack conway senate debate in kentucky, a woman from the progressive group moveon.org was set upon by rand paul supporters, including one who stomped on her head. is this any way to run a campaign? meanwhile, well look at the final four, the four big races tonight that wildetermine who controls the u.s. senate next year. plus, what to look f...

shows independent voters inclined to be nastier to the democrats next tuesday. whether the democrats can stop the surge among independents will determine whethish they cut their losses next tuesday or dploun a republican tsunami. well weigh all of the odds on that. look at the hot senate races and tell you which party is benefits from early voting. and also im talk to former president jimmy carter about the race to the finish this week. and what would happen if president obama gets cau...

good evening. im chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, backlash. national public radio feels the heat after firing commentator juan williams. in an interview on fox news, williams had said he gets worried when he sees people as he put it in muslim garb on airplanes but he said it was crazy to generalize about people of a certain religion. but in a country where people backed war and arab iraq out of angry in 9/11 in which people oppose the building of an islamic center nea...

we begin this morning with tracking the campaign trail. president obama is hoping to drum up votes again today to help his party hold on to control in congress. last night the president helped the democratic party pump funds into their campaign coffer at a fundraising dinner in california at a cost of $30,000 a plate. nbcs steve handlesman has more. >> reporter: in washington state, to try to preserve his senate majority, president obama campaigned for incumbent democrat patty murray, ...

temple university from the great state of philadelphia. once again, its the keystone state. the senate race in pennsylvania is one of the tightest in the country and most important. the former navy admirable, joe sestak, has caught the republican candidate, pat toomey, in the latest polls. weve got joe sestak here and ready to go. plus, is it really that hard for a republican candidate to name a single senator that should work across the aisle? well, for a republican christine odonnell...