rescue which took, as we said, seven hours. back to you. unbelievable. tom costello, thank you so much. meanwhile in georgia, the senate runoff race between rafael warnock and republican herschel walker is heating up. with eight days until election day, more than 165,000 voters have already voted in person. joining us now is nbc news senior political editor mark murray and lisa rayem, host of morning edition of wabe radio in georgia. lisa, good morning. what are you hearing about how early voting is going so far? oh, my. i witnessed it firsthand. saturday 60,000 people flocked to the polls. and almost as many on sunday. there is a grand interest in this race still. this morning reverend rafael warnock granted us an interview. he said his game has changed.