ambassador. today israel launching a serious of air strikes in gaza, who they were targeting, and the incident civilians that may have been caught up in the cross fire. good day to you. i m peter alexander in washington. for my friend hallie jackson. and joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and anna palmer. with great gratitude we are all inside with some air-conditioning on this stifling d.c. day. allie, let s walk through this kyrsten sinema, the deal the democrats got. talk about feeling the heat. the at democracy were very concerned how this was going to end up. republicans wither trying to peel off sinema s vote. what twos from here? what happens next? yeah, peter, thankfully we are going to be in air-conditioning all the rest of the weekend, too, because the senate is working both saturday and sunday now that they have senator kyrsten sinema on board. the changes she made to the legislation, not entirely surprising for those of us who h
fetterman has continued to gain ground even as recovering. we have been waiting for this announcement for quite some time now. he s been off the trail since just before the primary back in may. we did see him briefly. we were the first media to see him in person. we were interviewing his wife gisele in june, and he dropped buy in his open-air jeep, said hello, told us he was feeling well. his wife gisele told me she expected him to be back on the trail in july. july came and went, and here we are. but next friday, august 12th, he will step on to the stage at a rally in erie, a key bellwether county. i just spoke to his campaign, and their spokesperson told us after this rally to kick things off he ll hold smaller for intimate events with voters his spokesman tells me this is exciting, what fetterman loves to do, and he s been missing as he s been home bound the last
unions have no choice because eventually they re going to go bankrupt, they re not going to get paid. these union contracts, they re so overinflated, it s ridiculous. so they can take a little bit of cuts, in my mind. bill: e. mac,. catch you soon, okay? martha, what s next? martha: this morning was quite a morning at the vatican. a pope for the people. pope francis mixing with thousands of the faithful in st. peter s square. look at him in his open-air jeep. it was a beautiful morning in rome today. at times he got out, he hopped out, he, you know, kissed people, embraced them, shook their hands. he is the first pope, as you well know by now, from latin america, and the first named for francis of assisi, pope francis, calling for service to the poorest and weakest in society. translator: it means protecting people, showing love and concern for each other and