we are in it now, the final full day of campaigning in the last hours of this election, as we come on the air, with our nbc news team, all across the country, covering it all this hour, live, we ve got reports from our campaign correspondents, with the candidates talking to voters, and breaking new reporting on the races that are going to decide the balance of power in washington. a balance of power that tens of millions of people are already weighing in on. you ve got some 40 million ballots already cast, right? sure, election day is tomorrow, but a lot of people are not waiting. this comes after lawsuits are already coming in over absentee and mail-in votes and a potential first for congress, the new faces who could be headed to washington, and why there s never been anybody like them in congress before, we ve got a look at that later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you now from our election headquarters in new york city, we ve got our nbc news team set up across th
crippled by a mass explosion. what that could mean for putin s next move and strategy. with less than a month to go for election day, we ll tell you who is hitting the campaign trail and look at some key races to watch. and nearly two weeks after hurricane ian ripped through florida, residents from fort myers beach will finally being allowed to go back to home. and what does it mean for companies getting ready for hire for the holidays. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 9th. thank you so much for waking up with us. hello, boris. good morning, amara. good to be with you. your first full weekend as the official new anchor of new day. it s been wonderful. thank you for making me feel so welcomed, boris. we begin with a deadly rocket attack in ukraine. and dozens more were killed in zaporizhzhia last night. authorities actually revised the death toll down. earlier they said 17 had been killed. ukraine s air force says the city was hit by six russian cruise mis
inflation and racist rhetoric. yes, joe biden is our president. he was chosen in the only election that matters the election held by the electoral college. whether there were errors, whether some states might have conducted their elections better than others, there s always room for debate and questions about that. for you to talk about the importance of the electoral college i think is rich. you know exactly how important it is, and i think you knew how important it was when you sought to urge the white house that had lost an election to find fake electors to overturn will of the people. you were there to stand up for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. the ohio senate race more competitive than expected in a state that donald trump carried twice. both men accused each be other of being a sss lickers and suck ups. and republican senate lee betraying america on and after january 6th, among other things. i think
midterms. plus charges against a major company and a guilty plea for financing isis. and actor kevin spacey is back on the stand today defending himself against sexual assault allegations. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. president biden is making a move today to try and put abortion rights back in the spotlight and back on the ballot. with the midterm elections three weeks from today. the president is speaking soon at a dnc event in washington where he is expected to make a promise that his first move in the new year will be to codify roe v. wade, that is if democrats don t lose power. this is one of the many topics that candidates debated last night in key races across country. but let s get to the white house. jeremy diamond is standing by. what is the president laying out in this speech. reporter: well president biden is trying to put an issue that he and his advisers believe is advantageous to democrats front a
vladimir putin showing an increasing reliance on drones that russia is said to be getting from iran. or clarissa ward the only reporter seeing what ukraine has shot out of the sky. plus, roe v economy? president biden s midterm pledge today, if democrats can keep control of congress. he will get an abortion rights law on the books. but the reality check on that may rely on what is on the minds of most voters. and hunting the injured. protesters shot and breaten in iran. fear of going to the hospital, where police could be waiting to capture them. the desperate mrlengths some demonstrators are going to to get treatment. welcome to the lead, i m john berman, in for jake tapper. and we start with our world lead. today, a top ukrainian intelligence official predicted an end to putin s war. quote, russia s loss is inev inevitable. by the summer, everything should be over. that despite putin s attacks on ukraine s power plants. nearly a third have been destroyed. some of th