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MIDTERM ELECTION
CLIFF-HANGER.
THE BATTLE FOR
CONGRESS STILL TOO
CLOSE TO CALL.
THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE BILL UP FOR
GRABS AFTER THE
DEMOCRATS HELD OFF A
RED WAVE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TODAY
CALLING IT A GOOD DAY
FOR DEMOCRACY.
IN GEORGIA, THE TIGHT
SENATE RACE HEADED TO
A RUNOFF.
IN PENNSYLVANIA, JOHN
FETTERMAN DEFEATING
MEHMET OZ.
AND IN FLORIDA, A BIG
REELECTION WIN FOR
GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS,
SETTING UP A POSSIBLE
2024 SHOWDOWN WITH
DONALD TRUMP.
AND WHAT PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID TODAY ABOUT
HIS OWN 2024 PLANS.
OUR TEAM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WITH THE RACES
STILL IN PLAY.
>>> ALSO BREAKING
TONIGHT, NICOLE,
STRENGTHENING INTO A
HURRICANE AND TAKING
AIM AT FLORIDA.
FLOODING ON THE COAST,
BUILDINGS COLLAPSING
INTO THE SEA.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
ORDERED.
THE NEW TRACK TONIGHT.
>>> THE POTENTIAL
MAJOR SETBACK FOR
RUSSIA, ORDERING A
RETREAT FROM THE KEY
CITY OF KHERSON IN
SOUTHERN UKRAINE.
WHY KYIV IS SKEPTICAL.
>>> WNBA STAR BRITTNEY
GRINER MOVED TO A
PENAL COLONY IN
RUSSIA.
HOW THE U.S. IS
RESPONDING.
>>> FACEBOOK'S PARENT
COMPANY META LAYING
OFF THOUSANDS.
WHY MARK ZUCKERBERG IS
SLASHING JOBS ON THE
HEELS OF CUTS AT
TWITTER.
>>> AND THOSE WHO
SERVE, THE VETERANS
ANSWERING A NEW CALL
IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> Announcer: THIS IS
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
WITH LESTER HOLT.
>> GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE, AGAIN
TONIGHT FROM OUR
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS
IN NEW YORK.
IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR
DEMOCRACY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
FIRST PUBLIC REACTION
TO YESTERDAY'S MIDTERM
ELECTIONS IN WHICH
DEMOCRATS DEFIED THE
GRAVITY OF BROAD VOTER
DISSATISFACTION AND
HISTORY ITSELF TO
AVOID MASSIVE LOSSES
IN THAT WIDELY
PREDICTED REPUBLICAN
WAVE.
LET ME TELL YOU FROM
THE START TONIGHT,
MUCH OF OUR REPORTING
THIS EVENING IS FRAMED
BY WHAT WE DON'T KNOW,
AND THAT IS WHICH
PARTY WILL CONTROL
CONGRESS.
AT THIS HOUR, CONTROL
OF THE SENATE IS STILL
UP FOR GRABS WITH SOME
RACES TOO CLOSE TO
CALL, WHILE THE
GEORGIA SENATE CONTEST
IS HEADED TOWARDS A
DECEMBER RUNOFF
ELECTION.
AND THE HOUSE STILL IN
PLAY FOR BOTH SIDES,
THOUGH REPUBLICANS
CURRENTLY LEAD.
THERE IS BROAD
AGREEMENT THAT THESE
WERE NOT THE RESULTS
MOST EXPECTED.
AN UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT
FACED WITH A BAD
ECONOMY MANAGING TO
AVOID THE FATE OF HIS
PREDECESSORS.
THE PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE TO VOTERS
TONIGHT, "I GET IT."
OUR TEAM HAS FANNED
OUT AGAIN THIS EVENING
WATCHING THE COUNT AND
THE ISSUES THAT SHAPE
THE VOTE.
STARTING TONIGHT WITH
KRISTEN WELKER AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: 24 HOURS
AFTER BALLOTS WERE
CAST, TONIGHT CONTROL
OF CONGRESS IS STILL
UP FOR GRABS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN
INSISTING IT WAS A
GOOD NIGHT FOR
DEMOCRATS.
>> WHILE THE PRESS AND
THE PUNDITS ARE
PREDICTING A GIANT RED
WAVE, IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter:
REPUBLICANS WHO HAD
BEEN HOPING TO TAKE
THE HOUSE IN A RED
WAVE NOW JUST LOOKING
FOR A WIN.
THE GOP STILL FAVORED
TO TAKE OVER, BUT WITH
A SMALLER MARGIN THAN
EXPECTED.
>> WE WILL BE IN THE
MAJORITY, AND NANCY
PELOSI WILL BE IN THE
MINORITY.
>> Reporter: MUCH MORE
SUSPENSE IN THE
SENATE, WHERE
REPUBLICANS STILL
COULD GAIN THE ONE
SEAT THEY NEED TO TAKE
CONTROL, BUT DEMOCRATS
COULD HANG ON TOO,
WITH NBC NEWS
PROJECTING RACES THAT
ARE TOO EARLY TO CALL
IN NEVADA AND IN
ARIZONA.
AND IN GEORGIA, THE
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND
REPUBLICAN HERSCHEL
WALKER NBC NEWS NOW
PROJECTS WILL GO TO A
RUNOFF.
>> WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT
THIS RACE WOULD BE
CLOSE.
>> I'M LIKE RICKY
BOBBY.
I DON'T COME TO LOSE.
>> Reporter:
DEMOCRATS' BIGGEST WIN
OF THE NIGHT COMING IN
THE CRITICAL
PENNSYLVANIA RACE.
DEMOCRAT JOHN
FETTERMAN, SIX MONTHS
AFTER SUFFERING A
STROKE, DEFEATING
REPUBLICAN DR. MEHMET
OZ.
>> WE DID WHAT WE
NEEDED TO DO.
>> Reporter:
REPUBLICANS WITH BIG
VICTORIES TOO,
INCLUDING GEORGIA
GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP,
EASILY DEFEATING
DEMOCRAT STACEY
ABRAMS.
AND IN THE BIGGEST WIN
OF THE NIGHT, FLORIDA
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
RON DeSANTIS WINNING
REELECTION IN A
19-POINT LANDSLIDE,
SWEEPING VIRTUALLY
EVERY COUNTY IN THE
STATE, INCLUDING
HEAVILY LATINO
MIAMI-DADE.
>> WE REJECT WOKE
IDEOLOGY.
WE WILL NEVER, EVER
SURRENDER TO THE WOKE
MOB.
FLORIDA IS WHERE WOKE
GOES TO DIE.
>> Reporter: DeSANTIS
SEEN AS A POSSIBLE
2024 PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDER WHERE HE
COULD FACE FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
HAD A TOUGH NIGHT.
HIS ENDORSED
CANDIDATES IN OHIO AND
NORTH CAROLINA WON,
BUT SEVERAL OF MR.
TRUMP'S OTHER
HAND-PICKED CANDIDATES
IN KEY RACES,
INCLUDING NEW
HAMPSHIRE, MICHIGAN,
AND PENNSYLVANIA ALL
LOST.
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT
BIDEN WAS ASKED WHAT
HE WILL DO DIFFERENTLY
WITH MOST AMERICANS
SAYING THEY'RE
DISSATISFIED WITH THE
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
>> NOTHING.
BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST
FINDING OUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
THE MORE THEY KNOW
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING, THE MORE
SUPPORT THERE IS.
>> Reporter: AND WE
PRESSED HIM ABOUT
RUNNING AGAIN.
TWO-THIRDS OF
AMERICANS IN EXIT
POLLS SAY THEY DON'T
THINK YOU SHOULD RUN
FOR REELECTION.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE
TO THEM?
AND HOW DOES THAT
FACTOR IN TO YOUR
FINAL DECISION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO RUN
FOR REELECTION?
>> IT DOESN'T.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S
YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM?
>> WATCH ME.
>> KRISTEN, THE
PRESIDENT IS LIKELY
FACING DIVIDED
GOVERNMENT.
DID HE TALK ABOUT
WORKING WITH
REPUBLICANS, HOW THAT
WOULD GO?
>> WELL, LESTER, HE
DID.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS
HE'LL CALL TOP HOUSE
REPUBLICAN KEVIN
McCARTHY TONIGHT, AND
SAYS HE IS HOPING FOR
BIPARTISANSHIP ON
ISSUES LIKE UKRAINE.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO
SAYING HE'LL MAKE HIS
DECISION ON RUNNING
EARLY NEXT YEAR.
LESTER?
>> KRISTEN WELKER AT
THE WHITE HOUSE,
THANKS.
>>> THAT PIVOTAL
SENATE RACE IN
GEORGIA, AS WE SAID,
IS NECK AND NECK.
GABE GUTIERREZ IS
THERE.
GABE, WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT IN THIS COMING
RUNOFF?
>> LESTER, THIS IS
WHAT BOTH CAMPAIGNS
AND MANY VOTERS DID
NOT WANT, ANOTHER
MONTH OF CAMPAIGNING.
BUT INCUMBENT RAPHAEL
WARNOCK AND CHALLENGER
HERSCHEL WALKER ARE
ALREADY FUND-RAISING
AHEAD OF THE RUNOFF
NOW SET FOR DECEMBER
6th.
NEITHER MANAGED TO GET
50% OF THE VOTE.
BUT IN THE GOVERNOR'S
RACE HERE, REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT BRIAN KEMP
EASILY WON REELECTION
OVER DEMOCRAT STACEY
ABRAMS.
AND THAT SUGGESTS SOME
REPUBLICANS MAY HAVE
SPLIT THEIR TICKETS IN
THE SENATE CONTEST AND
VOTED FOR WARNOCK.
NOW BACK IN 2020, THIS
STATE HAD TWO RUNOFFS
THAT TIPPED THE
BALANCE OF POWER IN
THE SENATE.
AND BASED ON AD
SPENDING BACK THEN,
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE
COULD SEE UPWARDS OF
$200 MILLION IN TV ADS
HERE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS.
LESTER?
>> GABE GUTIERREZ IN
ATLANTA, THANKS.
>>> ANOTHER KEY STATE
IN PLAY, ARIZONA
REMAINS IN FLUX BOTH
IN THE U.S. SENATE
RACE BETWEEN INCUMBENT
MARK KELLY AND
REPUBLICAN BLAKE
MASTERS, AND IN THE
GOVERNOR'S RACE.
VAUGHN HILLYARD IS IN
PHOENIX TONIGHT.
VAUGHN, WHERE DO
THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW?
>> YEAH, LESTER, AT
LEAST HALF A MILLION
VOTES HAVE YET TO BE
COUNTED HERE IN
ARIZONA.
AND THE SOONEST WE MAY
KNOW WHO WINS THIS
RACE FOR GOVERNOR AND
SENATE MAY BE TOMORROW
NIGHT.
ELECTIONS OFFICIALS
CONTINUE TO PROCESS
AND TABULATE THESE
MAIL-IN VOTES.
AND THERE IS AN
IMPORTANT BATCH OF
VOTES THAT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE
RELEASED TOMORROW.
THESE RESULTS ARE
GOING TO BE MAIL
BALLOTS THAT WERE
HAND-DELIVERED BY
VOTERS INSTEAD OF
BEING MAILED.
IN 2018, THESE VOTES
TRENDED TOWARDS
DEMOCRATS.
IN 2020, TOWARDS
REPUBLICANS.
NOW ONE OTHER NOTE.
IF THESE MARGINS
REMAIN CLOSE, THIS IS
A SITUATION WHERE IF
ANY OF THESE RACES
FINISH WITHIN A HALF A
PERCENTAGE POINT, IT
WOULD TRIGGER AN
AUTOMATIC RECOUNT
UNDER STATE LAW THAT
WOULDN'T BEGIN UNTIL
DECEMBER.
LESTER?
>> ALL RIGHT, VAUGHN,
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR
POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND
MODERATOR OF "MEET THE
PRESS," CHUCK TODD.
CHUCK, MONDAY NIGHT
YOU AND I STOOD RIGHT
HERE, AND WE TALKED
ABOUT WHETHER
POLARIZATION COULD BE
THE GUIDING FACTOR IN
THE ELECTION.
WAS IT?
>> LOOK, I DON'T THINK
IT WAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF
CAMPAIGNS MATTERED.
LET ME SHOW YOU OHIO.
TIM RYAN RAN AN ALMOST
PERFECT RACE FOR A
DEMOCRAT IN OHIO.
AND YET IT DIDN'T
MATTER HOW WELL HIS
CAMPAIGN WENT.
LOOK AT THIS.
HE BASICALLY ONLY
PERFORMED 1.5
PERCENTAGE POINTS
BETTER THAN BIDEN.
ESSENTIALLY, THE STATE
REVERTED TO ITS 2020
PARTISAN NORM.
LET ME TAKE YOU TO
COLORADO.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE BUT IN
THE OTHER DIRECTION.
A REPUBLICAN RUNNING A
REALLY GOOD RACE IN
COLORADO, AND IT GOT
HIM ALL OF LESS THAN A
PERCENTAGE POINT
BETTER THAN DONALD
TRUMP.
THE POINT IT IS DIDN'T
MATTER IF IT WAS A
BLUE STATE OR A RED
STATE.
WHAT THE PARTISAN
MAKEUP WAS IN 2020
SEEMED TO DICTATE WHAT
THE RESULT WAS IN
2022.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHUCK.
THANKS.
>>> LET ME TURN TO
ANDREA MITCHELL NOW,
WHO HAS BEEN LOOKING A
THE BIDEN EFFECT.
HOW MUCH CREDIT DOES
THE PRESIDENT GET FOR
STAVING OFF THIS RED
WAVE?
>> WELL, LESTER,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
TOUTING THE STRONGER
THAN EXPECTED RESULTS.
BUT OUR EXIT POLLS
SHOWED MORE VOTERS
BELIEVED HIS POLICIES
WERE HURTING THE
COUNTRY THAN HELPING.
SO CAN BIDEN TAKE
CREDIT FOR DEMOCRATS'
OVERPERFORMANCE?
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
EXIT POLLS SHOWS
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
LESS OF AN IMPACT ON
VOTERS' DECISIONS IN
THIS MIDTERMS THAN ANY
OTHER PRESIDENT HAS
HAD IN THE LAST
DECADE.
THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY
DESPITE THE
PRESIDENT'S LOW
APPROVAL RATINGS,
DEMOCRATS WON IN
STATES LIKE
PENNSYLVANIA AND
MICHIGAN AND AVOIDED
THE KIND OF
SHELLACKING PRESIDENT
OBAMA SUFFERED WHEN HE
LOST 63 SEATS IN 2010.
THIS ELECTION COULD BE
THE BEST MIDTERM
PERFORMANCE FOR ANY
PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN
THE LAST 20 YEARS,
LESTER.
>> A LOT TO ANALYZE.
ANDREA, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
EVEN THOUGH THIS
ELECTION IS STILL FULL
OF QUESTION MARKS,
IT'S ALREADY SETTING
THE STAGE FOR 2024,
ESPECIALLY FOR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
HIS POTENTIAL RIVALS.
HERE IS ALI VITALI.
>> Reporter:
TECHNICALLY, IT'S
STILL 2022.
BUT POLITICALLY --
>> STAY TUNED.
>> Reporter: IT'S OPEN
SEASON ON THE 2024
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
LAUNCHED TO THE
FRONT OF THE
REPUBLICAN PACK
TUESDAY NIGHT, FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR A
HISTORIC LANDSLIDE
VICTORY!
>> Reporter: OR AS
"THE NEW YORK POST"
FRONT PAGE BLARED,
"DEFUTURE."
>> WE'VE GOT SO MUCH
MORE TO DO, AND HAVE I
ONLY BEGUN TO FIGHT.
>> TWO MORE YEARS!
TWO MORE YEARS!
>> Reporter:
SUPPORTERS IN THE ROOM
CHANTING FOR TWO MORE
YEARS.
HIS DIVISIVE WIN IN
FLORIDA DRAWING
ATTENTION, INCLUDING
FROM FELLOW FLORIDIAN
DONALD TRUMP, WHO HAD
HIS ONCE ALLY TURNED
LIKELY RIVAL TOP OF
MIND THIS WEEKEND.
>> TRUMP AT 71.
RON DESANCTIMONIOUS AT
10%.
>> Reporter: TRUMP'S
HAND-PICKED CANDIDATES
SUFFERING A STRING OF
LOSSES TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> I THINK IF THEY
WIN, I SHOULD GET ALL
THE CREDIT, AND IF
THEY LOSE I SHOULD NOT
BE BLAMED AT ALL.
>> Reporter: WHO DO
YOU THINK WILL BE THE
TOUGHER COMPETITOR,
RON DeSANTIS OR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
AND HOW IS THAT
FACTORING INTO YOUR
DECISION?
>> IT WILL BE FUN
WATCHING THEM TAKE ON
EACH OTHER.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S
NOT JUST DeSANTIS
EYEING A POTENTIAL
BID.
>> GIVE THEM A BIG
GEORGIA WELCOME.
>> Reporter: FORMER
VIP MIKE PENCE ALSO
MULLING A RUN,
PUBLISHING A BOOK, "SO
HELP ME GOD" OUT NEXT
WEEK.
POSSIBLY TRUMP HIMSELF
COULD CEMENT HIS
INTENTIONS TO RUN.
>> I'M GOING TO BE
MAKING A VERY BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> Reporter: OTHER
FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS
LIKE NIKKI HALEY AND
MIKE POMPEO, SENATE
ALLIES TED CRUZ AND
RICK SCOTT, AND
GOVERNORS FROM
ARKANSAS AND SOUTH
DAKOTA ALL TALKED
ABOUT AS POSSIBLE 2024
CONTENDERS.
AND PENCE RELEASING
THE FIRST EXCERPT FROM
HIS MEMOIR TONIGHT,
DETAILING HIS
HARROWING EXPERIENCE
AT THE CAPITOL ON
JANUARY 6th AND
UNDERSCORING HIS
INDELIBLE DIFFERENCES
WITH DONALD TRUMP OVER
THAT DAY.
LESTER?
>> NATALIE VITVITALI,
THANK YOU.
>>> MEANWHILE, FLORIDA
IS BRACING ONCE AGAIN
FOR A HURRICANE.
DYLAN DREYER HERE.
DYLAN, HURRICANE
NICOLE IS GAINING
STEAM.
>> YES.
IT IS A HURRICANE NOW
AS IT MOVES THROUGH
BAHAMAS.
IT WILL LIKELY
MAINTAIN THAT CATEGORY
1 STATUS AS IT MOVES
TO THE WEST.
RIGHT NOW AT 12 MILES
PER HOUR.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A
CHANCE OF ABOUT 8
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS
PARTS OF FLORIDA.
THIS IS GOING TO MAKE
LANDFALL TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO
RACE ACROSS THE STATE
OF FLORIDA, PERHAPS
MAKING ANOTHER
LANDFALL AS IT MOVES
ITS WAY TOWARDS THE
GULF OF MEXICO.
AND THEN IT TAKES THIS
RAPID TURN TO THE
NORTH.
IT'S GOING TO BRING
ALL OF THIS RAIN UP
INTO THE NORTHEAST
WHERE WE COULD SEE
ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN.
HOWEVER, IT'S THE
STORM SURGE DOWN
THROUGH DAYTONA BEACH
AND JACKSONVILLE AND
FORT PIERCE, THE 3 TO
5-FOOT STORM SURGE
THAT COULD LEAD TO
MORE BEACH EROSION AND
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
RIGHT ALONG THE
COASTLINE.
THE ONLY SAVING GRACE,
LESTER IS THE STORM
HITS DURING LOW TIDE.
IT'S TOMORROW
MORNING'S HIGH TIDE
THAT WE'LL WORK ABOUT.
>> DL DYLAN, THANKS
VERY MUCH.
>> WE WANT TO HEAD TO
FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHERE NBC'S SAM
BROCK IS WATCHING AS
THINGS TURN FOR THE
WORST.
>> LESTER, GOOD
EVENING.
THE SIZE OF THE STORM
IS MASSIVE, JUST SIX
WEEKS AFTER IAN.
WHILE MANY PEOPLE
ASSUMING IT DID DAMAGE
ON THE WEST COAST,
HERE ON THE EAST COAST
IT CAUSED ALL KINDS OF
EROSION.
JUST LOOK AT THIS
BEACH AND HOW IT'S
DWINDLED, EXPOSING THE
COASTLINE TO A DIRECT
HIT.
TONIGHT IT'S A STATE
OF EMERGENCY ACROSS
NEARLY 50 FLORIDA
COUNTIES.
AS OCEAN WATER SWELL
FROM THE SPACE COAST
DAYTONA BEACH.
>> WE WATCHED A HUGE
CHUNK OF THIS BACKYARD
JUST DISSOLVE AND FALL
INTO THE OCEAN THIS
MORNING.
>> Reporter: DRAMATIC
IMAGES SHOW A PUBLIC
REST ROOM SLIDING INTO
THE OCEAN IN VOLUSIA
COUNTY, WHILE A COUPLE
OF HOURS SOUTH, THE
GROUND LITERALLY
CRUMBLING BENEATH A
HOME ON HUTCHINSON
ISLAND.
IT'S FLORIDA GETTING
SLAMMED BY THE FIRST
NOVEMBER HURRICANE IN
ALMOST 40 YEARS.
>> I JUST CAN'T
BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
HAVING THIS STORM IN
NOVEMBER.
>> Reporter: THESE
RESTAURANT OWNERS
TAKING STOCK OF THE
SITUATION AND
CONSIDERING CLOSING
DOWN AS PLYWOOD ADORNS
THE COCO BEACH PIER
ALONG WITH CAUTION
TAPE.
>> WE BOARDED UP THE
HOUSE AND WE HAVE OUR
GENERATOR.
>> Reporter: MOMS LIKE
MARGARET LEVER ARE ON
THE MOVE, BUT NOT
LEAVING THE STORM
ZONE.
EVEN AFTER HURRICANE
IAN DELIVERED SOME
HARSH LESSONS ONLY
WEEKS EARLIER.
DID HURRICANE IAN
CHANGE FOR ANYONE?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
NOT TOO MUCH.
>> Reporter: AIRPORT
GATES ARE BOARDED UP,
AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE
CLOSING, EVEN AS FAR
SOUTH AS MIAMI AND
BROWARD.
>> YOU KNOW YOU AND
YOU KNOW YOUR PLACE
WHERE YOU LIVE AND
WHERE YOU TAKE REFUGE.
>> Reporter: THIS
HISTORICALLY RARE
EVENT --
>> THE STORMS ARE
COMING LATER.
STORMS ARE COMING
BIGGER.
>> Reporter: READY TO
POTENTIALLY WREAK
HAVOC ON A STATE STILL
IN RECOVERY MODE.
SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS,
JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA.
>>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE
MAJOR RETREAT ORDERED
BY RUSSIA IN UKRAINE.
>>> A TROUBLING NEW
TURN FOR BASKETBALL
SUPERSTAR BRITTNEY
GRINER IN RUSSIA.
>>> AND WHAT MARK
ZUCKERBERG JUST SAID
ABOUT THE DEEP CUTS AT
>>> WE'RE BACK NOW
WITH A POTENTIAL MAJOR
BLOW TO VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S WAR EFFORT IN
UKRAINE.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
AFTER WEEKS OF
UKRAINIAN ADVANCES,
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
ANNOUNCED IT IS
RETREATING FROM
KHERSON, THE FIRST
MAJOR CITY THAT FELL
AFTER THE INVASION
BEGAN IN FEBRUARY.
KYIV IS SKEPTICAL,
HOWEVER, FEARING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE
A RUSE TO LEAD
UKRAINIAN TROOPS INTO
A TRAP.
>>> AND IN RUSSIA,
WNBA STAR BRITTNEY
GRINER HAS BEEN MOVED
TO A PENAL COLONY IN
AN UNDISCLOSED
LOCATION, ACCORDING TO
HER ATTORNEYS.
GRINER WAS SENTENCED
IN RUSSIA IN AUGUST TO
NINE YEARS IN PRISON
ON DRUG POSSESSION
CHARGES.
DESPITE THE STALLED
EFFORTS TO FREE
GRINER, PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAID TODAY HE IS
DETERMINED TO BRING
HER HOME.
>>> AND BACK HOME,
ANOTHER BIG TECH
COMPANY ANNOUNCING
LAYOFFS, FACEBOOK'S
PARENT COMPANY META.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT
HAS SPENT BIG ON
VIRTUAL REALITY
TECHNOLOGY.
BUT WITH THE ECONOMY
SLOWING DOWN, SO ARE
THE ADVERTISING
DOLLARS.
HERE IS TOM COSTELLO.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A
CONTRITE AND
REMORSEFUL MARK
ZUCKERBERG ON A VIDEO
MESSAGE RECORDED BY AN
EMPLOYEE TODAY.
>> I WANT TO SAY UP
FRONT THAT I TAKE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THIS DECISION.
>> Reporter: THE CEO
OF FACEBOOK PARENT
COMPANY META
ANNOUNCING THE COMPANY
WOULD BE LAYING OFF
11,000 EMPLOYEES, A
STUNNING 13% OF THE
WORKFORCE, SAYING THE
COMPANY NEEDS TO
BECOME LEANER AND MORE
EFFICIENT.
>> IT IS ONE OF THE
HARDEST CALLS THAT
I'VE HAD TO MAKE IN
THE 18 YEARS OF
RUNNING THE COMPANY.
>> Reporter: THE
TROUBLE, META RAMPED
UP HIRING DURING AND
AFTER THE PANDEMIC
WHILE SPENDING
BILLIONS ON
ZUCKERBERG'S VISION OF
A VIRTUAL REALITY
FUTURE CALLED THE
METAVERSE.
BUT THE METAVERSE MAY
NOW HAVE TO WAIT.
META STOCK IS DOWN 70%
THIS YEAR.
PROFITS DOWN 50% IN
THE THIRD QUARTER.
WITH THE ECONOMY
SLOWING, META IS THE
LATEST TECH COMPANY
SQUEEZED BY A SHARP
DECLINE IN ADVERTISING
REVENUE.
>> THIS IS MARK
ZUCKERBERG SAYING WE
GREW TOO FAST.
WE ASSUMED THAT THE
BOOM TIMES WOULD
CONTINUE.
>> AND THEY HAVEN'T?
>> THIS IS A REALLY
TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW
FOR ANY AD-SUPPORTED
PLATFORM.
>> Reporter: META
EMPLOYEES TOOK TO
SOCIAL MEDIA, OF
COURSE, TO VENT.
"THE INEVITABLE HAS
HAPPENED TO ME.
I WOKE UP TODAY TO
NEWS I WAS BEING LAID
OFF," WROTE ONE.
ANOTHER WROTE "GUTTED,
DEVASTATED, SOBBING
ALL MORNING."
>> Reporter:
MEANWHILE, TESLA STOCK
CLOSED TO A NEAR
TWO-YEAR LOW TODAY
AFTER MUSK SOLD STOCK
AFTER HIS PURCHASE OF
TWITTER.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID MUSK'S
RELATIONSHIP WITH
>>> IN THE WAKE OF THE
SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNING ROE V.
WADE, THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS SAW A RECORD
NUMBER OF
ABORTION-RELATED
MEASURES ON THE
BALLOT.
AND IN EVERY STATE
WHERE VOTERS HAD A
DIRECT SAY, THEY OPTED
AGAINST RESTRICTING
ACCESS.
HERE IS YAMICHE
ALCINDOR.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE
CELEBRATING SWEEPING
WINS FOR SUPPORTERS OF
ABORTION RIGHTS.
>> A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
CH