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good day. welcome to weekend with alex witt. all that plus four fresh battle ground polls and we re joining you live at 30 rockefeller center, headquarters for msnbc s campaign coverage from now until election day. and through results night tuesday. first, this day s headlines. with less than 40 hours to election day a flurry of activity already this sunday. president obama kicked off the day in new hampshire with former president bill clinton. so when you ask yourself the question, who is going to fight for me and bring about real change, you know that i know what real change looks like. because i fought for it alongside you. i ve got the scars to prove it. i ve got the gray hair to show for it. after wrap lg up in new hampshire, president obama heads to florida for an event with recording artist pitt bull. he ends his day in colorado with dave matthews. mitt romney kicked off this f d final sunday in iowa with a rally in des moines. the question of this electi ....
bonds and reaffirm that spirit that makes the united states of america the greatest nation on earth. thank you, wisconsin. while full fury abounds about two politicians helping millions. is it possible obama called christie and said you want some money? you better let me come. i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern. barack obama stole mitt s date to the disaster prom. the boys are back in town the boys are back in town the boys are back in town the boys are back in town we begin with our hearts and minds still very much with those reeling and recovering from sandy s devastation. at least 74 people are dead in the region, dozens more lost in the caribbean. some 5 million are still without power. but life is starting to move forward, and after a day as comforter in chief consoling those who lost everything in new jersey, the president is back on the trail with just five days to the election. we re expecting air force one to touch do ....
0 kayla. reporter: good morning, tom. it s that rare bipartisan meeting set to take place here in atlantic city, one of the eight new jersey regions declared a major disaster area by the president. as you can see the northernmost end of the boardwalk remains tattered from the storm. floodwater a lingering issue here. atlantic city remains a mandatory evacuation zone, and water running water is a major issue as well. it remains contaminated, you can t use it to wash even cuts because it was so breached during that storm. now in all over two million new jersey residents remain without power and in atlantic city for the residents who chose to stay behind, many are getting power back as of this morning, using that power to begin the cleanup effort, finally getting pumps, mugging them in and finally pumping out water from flooded homes. bulldozers and national guard removing heavy debris from the streets. chris christie has said new jersey s 83-mile shoreline remains the most damaged th ....
0 within the last hour, president obama arrived in new jersey where the storm not only deadly but where some of the worst damage occurred. the president touring the state with new jersey governor, republican governor chris christie. just six days out from the election. interesting for many reasons and mostly because chris christie is a top romney surrogate and highly critical of the president in the past but since the storm lavished praise on the president s handling of the storm s wrath. before heading to the jersey shore, the president s made an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. this is the president meeting with several administration and cabinet persons there. we re told he addressed everyone around the table thanking them for the work and warning that the country s not out of the woods yet. joining us now nbc news political director chuck todd on the phone and ron allen live in point please sant beach, new there are two times as many people, customers, without power in new je ....
0 beginning with the cleanup of the areas still bracing for more. it s a special edition of the cycle, and here s the latest on what s happening right now. the president just wrap pd up a visit to red cross headquarters in washington where he praised early recovery efforts. we have new video from the national guard looking down to seaside heights, new jersey. clean could take weeks. we re talking months it to recover from this. the damage is clearly extennive and will not be repaired overnight. this is not going to be a short-term situation. this is a long-term recovery reconstruction effort, and that s how we need to think about it. i m steve kornacki. this storm will be remembered for a variety of reasons. the storm surge was historic. record wave heights from the new jersey shore and the long island sound. fema crews are fanned out. i m krystal ball. his job white mitt romney doesn t have anything to do in this moment. how do you read what you see from the two campaigns ....