Reduced workloads. In moments, unpacking Donald Trumps everchanging position on abortion, plus the false information he keeps on spreading. Good day to all of you from Msnbc World headquarters here in New York. Welcome, everyone, to Alex Witt Reports we begin this hour with a charge of Breaking News right now. Protests are erupting over israel six hamas hostages found in gaza. Including the families of those hostages blaming prime Minister Benjamin not due for stonewalling a Ceasefire Deal that mightve saved their lives. This past hour, Vice President harris said he spoke with the parents of Israeli American Hostage Hersh Goldbergpolin and expressed her condolences. The other five hostages are all now identified. An israeli source tells Nbc News if forensic examinations are correct, they were shot shortly before they could be rescued. Their bodies were found in a tunnel in gaza and returned to israel. Several democratic lawmakers have renewed calls for cease fire. We have several repor
I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
Today and onehalf twist. Where does the former president released dan on abortion what he said, and what voters could make of it. Keeping them honest. Also tonight that vulgar post he spread online about sex acts. Kamala harris and hillary clinton, because running mate was asked about it and how he tried to explain it is causing fresh up. Later. All we re learning about the tragic killing of a star hockey player and his brother by a suspected drunk driver that very night for their sister s wedding good evening. Jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson, the former president will be speaking tonight at the moms for liberty convention here in washington that is the rightwing group which got its start pushing to restrict sex education topics in schools and banning books on gender and sexuality from school libraries. We begin though, keeping them honest with the not the former president has just tied himself into over abortion for the first time either, and potentially not without electoral
Player and his brother by a suspected drunk driver. That very night for their sister s wedding good evening. Jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson, the former president will be speaking tonight at the moms for liberty convention here in washington. That is the rightwing group, which got it. Start pushing to restrict sex education topics in schools and banning books on gender and sexuality from school libraries. We begin though, keeping them honest with the not the former president has just tied himself into over abortion for the first time either. And potentially not without electoral consequences. It involves florida, one of ten states with abortion measures on the ballot this november, donald trump is, you may remember a florida voter yesterday, he was asked about the state s proposed ballot measure on a constitutional amendment protecting the right to abortion until fetal viability roughly 24 weeks. The amendment would make the state s new sixweek ban unconstitutional. And here s