Ticket because, quote, the alternative is simply untenable. And remember the american soldier who dashed over the dmz into north korea . What we are learning about a plea deal for travis king, and history will have to wait at least one more day. The setback for spacex ahead of a launch that would send astronauts on the farthest mission from earth in five decades. We are live on floridas space coast with an update. Msnbc reporters have the latest development. We start with the fight over georgias election rules. Msnbc correspondent lisa rubin is with me. Lisa, explain what this is all about and how it could complicate things in november. Chris, this is a lawsuit against the Georgia State Election Board. Its a fivemember board that makes rules essentially for the conduct and administration of elections in georgia. The suit is over two rules in particular that affect novembers elections, both of which allow for local county election Board Members to do a reasonable inquiry on one hand or even demand all electionrelated documentation prior to certifying local election results. The reason that this could be chaos going into novembers election is because if local county Board Members do these things a reasonable inquiry demanding documentation and delay the certification of their own countys results that could have reverberations for the submission of the entire states results and it could prevent raffensperger from certifying results or passing them on to brian kent. You can see here how even decisions made by a Single Person in a county could have reverberations across the state and potentially for the nation and thats why the Democratic Party of georgia, the dnc and others have sued the Georgia State Election Board for this. More to come. Lisa rubin, thank you for that. . Staffers who worked for the three republican nominees are going all in for Kamala Harris. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is reporting from the white house. What are they saying, kelly . Well, this is not about ideological agreement. Its about a focus on institutions and their belief that it is important to have protections around those institutions and a belief in them for governing. So this does include bush, romney, Mccain Alumni and also george h. W. Bush alumni. So it extends to four different groups and what they talk about is a concern for how donald trump could be a threat to the country, and they many of them gathered last time that he was on the ballot to try to prevent his election and now they are doing so again. Part of what they have to say is this. They say that, of course, we have plenty of honest, ideological disagreements with Vice President harris and governor walz, that is to be expected. The alternative is simply untenable. They write another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership this time advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions. Of course, project 2025 is the set of ideas that donald trump at times gives himself some distance from, but alumni of donald trump have put together talking about how they would put changes throughout government, and those institutions that include things like people of varying political views who are Civil Servants working in government, continuity of government. So each though they would view the world differently on a lot of International Issues and even how the role of government in terms of taxation or various policies, they might not agree with Kamala Harris or governor walz, thats whats bringing this group together making it notable. They also point out that when you look at the last elections that they believe it is a small band of republicans who are more moderate who might be inclined to go back to their own party and, in this case, vote for donald trump and that could be enough to make the difference, and so they are urging those fellow republicans to consider the bigger implications and to consider voting for Kamala Harris and tim walz instead of donald trump, to resist that impulse to return to party. Chris . Kelly odonnell, thank you. Now to the plea deal thats in place for the u. S. Soldier who made International Headlines for running into north korea. I want to bring in nbcs Courtney Kube from the pentagon. Sentencing set for september 20th. What can we expect . Thats right, chris, In Fort Bliss in texas. This is for army private travis king. Last summer he made headlines when he boarded a tour bus, went to the demilitarized zone, the dmz, the board are between North And South Korea and as part of a tour group he fled into north korea into the arms of north korean authorities who detained him. That started off a weeks long process, a diplomatic process that ultimately in september led to swiss officials going to north korea, taking him across the border into china where he was transferred into u. S. Diplomatic official hands. Since then he has been charged with 14 different counts in the military court. One of those is desertion, also conduct unbecoming and he also is charged with assault as part of a previous incident that had occurred while he was there stationed in south korea. We learned yesterday from his attorney Frank Rosenblatt that, in fact, he will plead guilty to five of those charges, but not all 14. Key though, chris, he will plead guilty to the desertion charge. His attorney Frank Rosenblatt said u. S. Private travis king will take responsibility for his conduct and enter a guilty plea. He was charged by the army with 14 offenses under the uniform code of military justice, he will plead guilty to five of those including desertion and three count of disobeying an officer. As he says in the statement the army will dismiss those additional charges. He will appear in a Court At Fort Bliss september 20th. We will hopefully hear more about the plea deal. These charges do come with the potential for a jail sentence, but we dont know all of the details of the plea deal and exactly what we should expect here, chris. Courtney kube, thank you. Lets go to florida now because the Spacex Mission set to face history with the firstever space walk has been pushed into tomorrow after a helium leak. Nbcs marisa parra is reporting from floridas space coast. Tell us about it, what happened and what are the chances that they get going tomorrow . Hey, chris. Weather is always a factor and what were waiting to see and what is the latest. So far things are looking good for tomorrow morning and theyre looking at the same time that they were looking for at this morning, 3 38 in the morning. If youre a space nerd like me, it will be an early wakeup call. The polaris dawn and this is the First Mission scheduled and there are a couple of historic things that were expecting to see here. First, humans will reach the highest orbit in over 50 years since humans were last on the moon with apollo 17. Theyll reach orbit of 870 miles above earth and for perspective because were throwing out numbers that is three times the equivalent of the Space Station and thats driving from mami to washington, d. C. Were expecting two days after ward of space walk and you mentioned the first commercial allcivilian space walk and what were expecting is all those astronauts will be exposed to the vacuum of space as two of those astronauts performed this space walk, and the reason this is significant is those space suits that youre seeing on the screen, stateoftheart brand new, never tested in space before will act as their own individual spaceship. You might be wondering the risks involved. This is an ambitious and theyre exposed to orbital debris and it can move sometimes at four miles per second and a higher level of radiation than typically on the Space Station. Why do something ambitious . The largest goal of spacex is to send humans to mars. So you need people like these brave souls here willing to test things out, including the space suits and the commander has said that is something that is so exciting to him. All of them have been training for years for this, chris. Were waiting to find out if well watch this launch tomorrow and well be on the space coast of florida to tell you about it tomorrow. Marisa parra, im more than a little bit jealous. Have a great time. I hope it gets off tomorrow. Coming up in 90 seconds, Chicken Noises and a new button. The new attacks and debate preps under way ahead of the trumpharris showdown. D of the trumpharris showdown. A chewy pharmacy order is on the way for summit, who loves fresh air. Like, loves fresh air. But fresh air is full of stuff. Fleas. Ticks. Allergens. So her parents use chewy for all her prescriptions. Fast Delivery means they never miss a dose. And great prices mean more funds. For more fun. For quality meds and great prices. For life with pets, theres chewy. Two weeks to go before the momentous debate between Kamala Harris and donald trump, and theres still no agreement on the rules. Trump continues to plant seeds of doubt, questioning whether it can be fair and while negotiations with abc, the debate hosts continue, both campaigns are in attack mode, trolling the other side. Check out this new Harris Campaigns social media video. Why not debate her . [ Chicken Clucking ] right now i say why should i do a debate . I am leading in the polls and Everybody Knows her and Everybody Knows me. Yes, thats clucking. Trump and his allies meantime are pushing the story that harris has gone into hiding with 70 days until the election. In fact, she is back on the campaign trail tomorrow, but she still hasnt given the interview she promised. I talked to my team. I want us to get an Interview Scheduled before the end of the month. The end of the month meaning in a couple of days. I want to bring in nbc news political analyst chuck todd and former assistant to President Biden and cofounder of the senecca project. Good to see all of you. Lets start with the ongoing debate debate, chuck. Is something landing for either side . You know, clucking chickens or saying shes gone into hiding or is this just, you know, so much i dont know. Taunting inside baseball . Think its a Little Inside Baseball and a little working the refs. Look, i think there are put it this way, i know theres a debate inside republican circles about whether a debate is a good idea for donald trump. Its not that in theory generic republican nominee would want to debate the generic nominee for president and in theory that should be good for them, but considering the former president s past is sometimes his inability to bite his tongue and things like that, there are a lot of folks who think this debate could just be a disaster for him, that he wont know how to handle the moment and so that all of this what were seeing today is really creating exit ramps so they can get out of the debate with minimal political impact, you know, from people saying theyre ducking or whatever. You know, i think its still 50 50 whether well see any debates. Really . Ultimately, do i think trump will want to debate and will overrule anyone who thinks its a bad idea, i do, so well probably get one, but me guess is just one. Id love to see three, but i think thats not where were headed. Tira, trump seems to believe that muting the mikes helped him in the last debate. I wonder, though, can you extrapolate anything from a performance against a clearly struggling joe biden to what hell get from Kamala Harris . What do you make of the very small of the debate which is to mike or not to mike . I think donald trump is scared to death to debate Kamala Harris and so is his campaign. To chucks point, they know that Kamala Harris is a better debater than donald trump, and theyre worried because shes a prosecutor, and donald trump has never really fully been cross examined in front of the American People. He didnt take the stand in his criminal trials. He is ill prepared to be challenged by not only a woman, but a woman of color. So if i were his campaign sure, id be nervous about having donald trump on the stage next to a younger, smarter, more Skilled Debater and speaker than my candidate. Hes the old one in the race now, but theres nothing they can do about that visual. It is what it is and the American People will see that contrast and the binary choice. The idea that we may or may not see one, i think that we will. I dont think Donald Trumps ego will allow him to let those taunts go by. I think its interesting that the Harris Campaign is going about it this way, but its smart politics. They know that this gets under Donald Trumps skin and when hes irritated he makes more mistakes. So well see what happens. I think that she is ultimately, shes the one thats in a much stronger position here than donald trump is concerning this debate, and its unraveling him. He just cannot seem to land a punch on her and it shows in his response thus far. Kamala harris has been doing debate prep, we know that, right . But donald trump has a completely different strategy, we think. Heres what he says. President trump how are you specifically preparing for the debate. Im not, really. Im not spending a lot of time on it. I think my whole time ive been preparing for a debate. You cant Cram Knowledge into your head, 30 years of knowledge in one week. So, megan, i take from that he knows everything that he needs to know, and its pretty much the same playbook that he used in his previous campaigns. Is this in some ways the bestcase scenario for his campaign . Let trump be trump. He said he didnt prepare for the last one and he prepared to be more disciplined and he lied twice a minute and he doesnt have credibility in his preparation or the substance of his debating, but i do think theyll let him, trump be trump because thats what hell do and he doesnt know how to handle the Vice President. He doesnt know how to respond to her so it will just unravel and hell do what he does best in creating the discon. Or, oh, that wasnt me and all of the elections and hes creating doubt in peoples minds, so if he doesnt or people say it doesnt land, and the moderators werent going to be fair to him and it continues to build on his continued narrative. So there is a little bit of a confusion, if we want to call it that, chuck. On one hand he says im not spending a lot of time prepping for this debate, and Tulsi Gabbard, who by the way, just endorsed him is helping him in informal debate prep. She has been on the debate stage and challenged harris there before. Im going to play that little clip. Senator harris said shes proud of her record as a prosecutor and that shell be a prosecutor president , but im deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite, but she put over 1500 people in jail for Marijuana Violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. You owe them an apology. So she does know what it is to go up against Kamala Harris, chuck. Is there a role that you see that she can play here and is there a role for anyone to play significantly in Donald Trumps debate prep . Chris, in theory, sure. How to debate a woman versus a man, its different, but he might be better off getting help from mike pence, but mike pence has no interest in helping him because who debate Kamala Harris oneonone . I think these Group Debates tell you nothing. A oneonone debate is one thing and that, i think, is something that you can learn from someone that participated in a oneonone debate and the tenperson debates and all of those are competitions, right . As someone who moderated a couple of them. Its frustrating that thats what theyve become and when you have that many people on stage thats what theyve become and you cant sit here and say Tulsi Gabbard knows how to go after Kamala Harris. I dont think donald trump wants to say that Kamala Harris was too tough of a prosecutor in san francisco. Thats the last thing hes trying to get across, so im not, you know, but i dont get i dont even know what Tulsi Gabbards politics are anymore and if they somehow aligned with trump other than being antidemocratic establishment. Yeah, and megan, theres a lot of reporting about her debate prep, but also about the fact that shes using some of this time when shes not going out and doing rallies to put together a media strategy. She said and you heard this that she would have an Interview Schedule next month. Thats two days away . Does she need to do. Its pot fodder im not sure a lot of people will take that for an excuse or reason why she doesnt do a sitdown interview. Shes the one who said she would. Im also on the camp that people dont need to sit down to do interviews because you reach American People when they are and theyre doing that, however she said she would. Right and so now its becoming a narrative and becoming part of the tore and the stakes of it are becoming increasingly high. The longer she waits to do it the higher the stakes are and thats why she needs to sit down and do it. I do think they are meeting people on social media and being on the road and the problem is its taken on a life of its own and we saw that with President Biden after the debate. You need to sit down for an interview and then he did. Then it was, you need to sit down for another one and he did. It becomes the narrative and the stakes are just so high. She does need to do it. I dont know when shell do it. Nbc had a reporting that her and walz would sit down together. So it will be interesting it see, but i think the narrative is getting out of control where she does need to sit down and the stakes are getting too high and she wont meet the bar. It is always great to talk to all of you. We could talk about this a while longer. Donald Trumps National security adviser is getting downright literary in his new memoir about working in the trump white house. H. R. Mcmaster writes, quote, i began to see trump as shakespeares othello, trumpsen security made him vulnerable to tragic results and he goes to invoke ayago, describing people who played to trumps Ego Including russian president vladimir putin. I want to bring in vaughn hilliard, resident shakespearean scholar. Not sure about the first, but ill run with the second. 13 months and he said hed never work for him again, tell us more of whats in the book. Weve become numb to former Trump Administration officials speaking out about what they say is the threat of donald trump and wouldnt it be very clear, h. R. Mcmaster was his National Security adviser for 14 months in 20172018. He followed general Michael Flynn and of course, jon bolton followed him and hes been the loudest Voice Calling Trump unfit and inside this book, i was making my way through the chapters and he goes on to say that trumpy insecurity made him susceptible for manipulation. Hes not for introspection, and folks will remember sergey lavrov, the foreign minister for russia as well as Russian Ambassador kislyak. In this case, russian officials. It was unfortunate and theres another section where hes talking about vladimir putin. Putin, a ruthless, former kgb operator played to trumps ego and insecurities and flattery. Putin had described trump as a very outstanding person, talented and his affinity for strong men and that he alone could forge a relationship with putin. I want you to take a listen to h. R. Mcmaster talking about that relationship. What i hope is the president will learn from his first experience, understand vladimir putin, for example, will never be his friend. The Trump Campaign in a statement saying, quote, the book is riddled with untrue stories intended to use madeup, Salacious Fabrications in order to sell copies of a book that belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section. There are parts where he does praise the former president in the Trump Administration achievements, as he puts it, but throughout this book there is a lot that is enlightening about the way that donald trump communicates and oftentimes referring to how donald trump responds to the last person that he talked to, again, one of his own former National Security advisors with quite some telling writings. And a through line from many of the people who worked with him in his administration. Hes not alone. Vaughn hilliard, i relief you of your shakespearean duties. I will study up. No macbeth . The late Summer Scorcher causing misery for 72 million people. We are live in chicago where you cannot believe the index today. 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Nbcs Shaq Brewster is reporting from chicago where nearby heat indexes can reach 115 degrees today. Okay, how is chicago handling the heat . How are you handling the heat . Chris, you know, i have some things to say, but ill keep it out of what im saying and the National Weather service, lets quote them. They just put out an update, saying it is hot and oppressively humid and yes, i can confirm that is the case. You look at the temperatures are in the mid90s, but what really brings it up to the feels like temperature above 100 degrees is this humidity and the stickiness in the air thats having an impact on how people are moving about their daily lives. We know chicago, for example, they opened up some cooling centers. Theyre advising people to not do what im doing right now, but to go inside and enjoy the Air Conditioning and stay hydrated. Chicago Public Schools are canceling all outdoor athletic activities and we know one school in this area thats had an early dismissal because of the heat. I want you to listen to what some folks told maggie vespa when she was talking to folks at the beach today. Its terrible. Im from texas. I moved up here to get away from the heat. Its followed you. Yeah. It followed me here. Im glad im not outside working. That would be tough. If youre working construction, if youre doing lawn care and all those kinds of things, thats a tough day. Im glad im not outside working. I wish i could say the same thing, chris, but ill tell you so many people are still in chicago and they know its august. They know its going to be hot here. We connect this always to and we think about the worsening Climate Crisis that were dealing with. It is always dangerous to connect any one heat wave to when were seeing and when you look at the trends, there are many midwestern cities that are seeing a top three hottest year on record. When you look at much of the west and even cities out east theyre facing their hottest year on record and that trend is something that were continuing to see go on. Shaquille brewster, we appreciate you and your crew. Thank you so much. They may have come hoping for beyonce, but they left with covid. Reports are rolling in of Positive Covid tests out of the dnc this week. Reporters and attendees have been posting test results after a convention with 20,000 people packed in and that includes members of Kamala Harris own staff with sources close to the campaign telling nbc news the developments could affect staffing at events this week. Its all part of the summer covid wave and new concerns about the virus as kids go Back To School. The rate of hospitalizations, for example, nearly twice what it was this time last summer. Here to talk about it, msnbc medical contributor. Dr. Kavita patel, i havent seen you in a while, but here we go again, doctor. You were also at the dnc. You know a lot of people, right, who got sick . Is this the new normal five summers into covid . Well, chris, i hate to say it, but it does seem like the new normal. I would just like to add that there were so many of the same people that said im not going to get into the packed bus and into the settings even with a mask from what i knew about the patients ive been seeing, well see a lot of covid and sure enough. If there is any good news to be had is that in general, the cases are incredibly mild and the symptoms are incredibly mild. That doesnt hold true for everybody. We still see hospitalizations and including statistics from the dnc theyll have to go to the hospital. This is a new normal, but could some of this have been prevented and could we have taken measures so it wouldnt have been that bad. Theres what we should do. This is a great question. Because of so many people getting covid in the last three months and how long do you weight wait . It depends on when you get the booster and no need need to have shots before and that way youre protected for the next wave and it will be around winter tile. If you have not recently had covid, knock on wood, i have not had covid yet youve never had covid . I have not. I know everybody will write to me disbelief. Im sure you have, but its hard to believe. There might be a comment about the things im doing to prevent getting covid, im not perfect. I just happen to be one of those people. I will get the shot as soon as it is available and i have my appointment next week so i can get it and ill also try to get my flu shot. The federal government is going to be making tests free again by the end of september. Covid test. Gov and its not free yet and i want people to make sure they have the tests in hand and the vaccine is available now and dont forget about paxlovid and other medications in case you do get covid and other people are getting positive tests from the dnc and the community. Make sure you get treatment if you qualify. For example, i came back from the dnc tired. So what . And so what to look for and any tips for parents as kids go Back To School . I love these questions. Yes, being tired can be a symptom. It can be totally normal just like i suspect i was tested and i was tired and being tired could be the first sign. Generally, what were seeing is cold symptoms. Sore throat, the scratchy sore throat that hey, i generally get this when a get a mild cold and those are generally the preponderance of symptoms and ive never seen those sichl oms and you want to them to test healy and its easy to get cove ed inside, and wear your mask and wash your hands so other kids dont get it either, sneeze and cough into your arm, that could help, as well. Dr. Kavita patel, always good to see you and i wish it was under better circumstances. Still cant believe youve never had covid. Good for you. Evacuation orders are in place after the deadly landslide that crushed homes and buried part of of a Popular Alaska tourist town. The stunning scale of this disaster and fear right now that another landslide is possible. A. Ugh, when is my Allergy Spray going to kick in . You need astepro. Astepro . Its faster, bro. 8x faster than flonase. Its faster, bro its faster, bro its faster, bro its mom to you. Astepro starts working in 30 minutes. 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New video shows the scale of the destruction that displaced dozens of families. More homes near the slide are still being assessed. Nbcs Morgan Chesky is following the story for us. Morgan, what more can you tell us . Chris, a very precarious situation happening right now in ketchikan for a couple of reasons. Number one, the massive amount of rain that fell over the weekend is still forecast to have storms throughout next several days here. You couple that with the location of this town smacked right up against those steep hillsides with water on the front part of the town, there really isnt anywhere else for these people to go other than out of the way should this hillside continue to move down and when i had a chance to speak to the mayor yesterday he says that there is concern of a secondary slide near where this first slide took place. You can see that massive scar right there, when that saturated hillside gave way. Evacuations are very much in place for some of those hillside neighborhoods in ketchikan. The city itself, chris, only four or five blocks wide between the hillsides and the water and that is really contributing to the level of concern right now because they know that the waterfall, the precipitation certainly contributed, but they dont know exactly what areas could give next, and so theyre bringing in experts and theyre doing soil samples to get a better idea of the status of things and there is a significant level of fear, particularly when you see the damage that was left behind and some of the eyewitness accounts is absolutely frightening and a lot of people describing it that they thought it was initially an earthquake and they saw debris flowing past their homes. Unfortunately, this was a deadly landslide in that a City Employee who was off duty was trying to clear storm drains and he was driving from location to location when the mayor tells me that landslide overtook his vehicle. We know three other people were hospitalized. However, at last check, they have all since been released, but this Community Still very much not in the clear just yet as a result of this frightening tragedy here. Chris in. Morgan chesky, thank you. Coming up, a case that could impact where you shop and how much you pay for groceries. The megamerger that could up end the Supermarket Industry and what the federal government thinks about it. What the federa thinks about it. Was a way to make it last longer. Say hello to your Fairy Godmother alice, and longlasting gain scent beads. Part of the irresistible Scent Collection from gain. Part of the irresistible have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off . Same. Discover the power of wegovy®. 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He wants to continue to have mooutsed mics or thats what hes agreed to. Remember just yesterday, Kamala Harris campaign put out a statement saying they believe both candidates mics should be live throughout the full broadcast. Brian fallen, a Senior Campaign official for communications for Kamala Harris also said, quote, our understanding is that trumps handlers prefer the moouts muted microphones because they dont think their candidate can act president ial for 90 minutes on his own. Whether or not this posting means anything, remember, the two campaigns are going through abc, which will host this debate, so well ultimately see whats going to happen. Its scheduled for two weeks from today. He claims he is ready to go for a second and third debate. Were waiting to hear back from the Harris Campaign on that. Meantime, President Bidens National Security adviser is in china today trying to cool tensions on some big issues ranging from russia to taiwan with only months left before a new Administration Takes office. Aaron gilchrist is reporting from washington. What are the big goals for Jake Sullivan on this trip . Really its what you mentioned there, chris. The idea is theres a need to make sure theyre able to manage a really fragile relationship between the United States and china. The president s top National Security adviser, Jake Sullivan, on the ground in china for meetings with the Chinese Foreign minister wang yi and as you mentioned theyll talk about these issues of global importance, russia and ukraine, what china is or isnt doing in the middle east. Theyll talk about these territorial claims china has made over taiwan and the south china sea. There will be issues of great importance to the United States, expanding military to military communication. We know that defense secretary lloyd austin met with his counterpart on the margins of a gathering in singapore earlier this summer. Theres an idea that the u. S. Would like to see greater military communication, the commanders on the ground n that region, in that region of asia, being able to talk with their chinese counterparts more openly. Theres also going to be talk around the issue of strengthening Law Enforcement as it relates to the drug trade and chemicals that are used in the creation of fentanyl and then concerns of Artificial Intelligence and Jake Sullivan is expected to bring that up with his chinese counterpart too over the course of the two days hes meeting there. This is really about managing competition and managing and setting up another meeting between President Biden and chinese president xi jinping. They met last november here in california. Aaron gilchrist, thank you. To a case that could up end what you pay at the Grocery Store. Two of the biggest Supermarket Chains in the u. S. , kroger and albertsons, want to merge, but the government says not so fast. Nbc news southern Business Correspondent Christine Romans joins me now. Its a manuel food fight. The u. S. Government is trying to stop in court a major merger between albertsons and kroger. These are the second and fourth largest Grocery Store chains in the United States. Maybe you dont recognize those two names, maybe theyre not in your neighborhood. If you look here you can see how prolific the brands are for these two Grocery Store chains. It would be the largest Grocery Store merger in history. The foundational thinking here from the companies is that together they would have more scale to compete with the likes of costco and walmart. Walmart, by the way, is the largest Grocery Store chain in the United States, largest seller of just about everything in the United States. Albertsons and kroger think they need to be together to scale up and meet that competition. That is not the view of the United States government. The ftc thinks that this is antitrust and bigger is not better, that Furor Companies means less competition and that could be bad for Consumer Prices and bad for workers. The company saying together as a merged entity they would cut prices, vowing to cut a billion in prices right away, save and preserve jobs, 710,000 jobs, but the government is not buying it, pointing back to a merger in 2015 where the Grocery Store chain said the same thing and instead there were job losses and there were Grocery Stores that were closed. You have fundamental difference of opinion here. The Companies Want to be bigger and better, they say, for customers, but the government is saying that bigger is not better. It is antitrust. It is essentially less competition, which means higher prices. All of this against the backdrop, of course, of Grocery Store prices that have risen more than 20 over the past four years, so the white house trying to say look, we know the Grocery Prices are a problem for American Consumers and we will not allow these companies to get bigger. This will play out now in court. Back to you. Christine romans, thank you. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Our coverage will continue with Katy Tur Reports next. Inue wi Katy Tur Reports next. Ave a n. But no matter what business im in. My network and my tech need to keep up. Thank you, verizon business. kevin now our businesses get fast and reliable internet from the same network that powers our phones. woman all with the security features we need. aaron because my businesses are my life. kevin man, the fish tacos are blowing up aaron so whatevers next were cooking with fire. Lets make it happen vo switch to the partner businesses rely on. The ups store is more than just a shipping store. 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