Are we there yet?
Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:27 PM by Ian Sager
By Lester Holt, NBC News anchor
Can we call it the final stretch yet? That was the question some of us were pondering as we prepared for tonight's newscast. There are just nine days left before Election Day, and today, we are officially entering the final week of campaigning. If not the final stretch, we're certainly nearing the end of this long trek. We are hearing some familiar refrains from the candidates as their appeals take on the tone of closing arguments. That said, there has been some intriguing movement in the battleground states map that could force some last minute adjustments on the campaign trail. We'll go into detail on the broadcast this evening.
By airtime, we hope to know more about a reported attack against a Syrian outpost along the Iraq border. The Syrians say U.S. helicopters were involved. NBC's Richard Engel is working the story from our Baghdad bureau, and will bring us the latest tonight.
There has been a huge outpouring of support for Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson after the murder of her mother and brother. NBC’s Peter Alexander will join us tonight with news of Hudson's emotional public appeal for the safe return of her 7-year-old nephew who went missing after the attack.
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