Prime of the Ticker: Legendary actor Martin Sheen was the spotlight of this yr’s MSNBC Dwell ‘25: That is Who We Are, a stay neighborhood occasion. Sheen sat down with anchor Nicolle Wallace for a stay taping of The Greatest Individuals with Nicolle Wallace podcast. He spoke about his lifelong dedication to political activism and the need of humanity wanted in at this time’s politically charged local weather. Sheen spoke in regards to the actions of the Kennedy brothers through the peak of the Cuban Missile Disaster within the Sixties, saying they saved the world as a result of they have been in contact with each their very own humanity and that of their enemy.

He added, “And if we don’t discover our personal private humanity, we can not presumably discover it or see it in one another.” 

New Election Supply: ABC Information, CBS Information, CNN, and NBC Information will be a part of Fox Information and a whole bunch of different information retailers in utilizing the Related Press’ election knowledge and data for his or her particular person election protection in 2026 and 2028. The networks will nonetheless make race calls impartial of the AP, however they may depend on the wire service for its complete protection of election outcomes. Beforehand, the 4 networks used election knowledge from Edison Analysis.

Rising Medium: Bloomberg is including to the rising information podcast house with the premiere of The Mishal Husain Present. This new weekly podcast, which debuted its first episode on Friday, October 17, focuses every episode on a single in-depth dialog with a newsmaker, chief, cultural determine, or thinker, delving past headlines to discover the folks and concepts shaping the world.  

The Mishal Husain Present helps you make sense of the world — with one important dialog each weekend.

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