good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m jose diaz, picking up another hour of coverage on nbc. president biden traveling in milwaukee this hour. stop one of a battleground blitz, he will also be heading to pennsylvania, where the senate race is critical for control of congress. more on his message in moments. plus, travel headaches this labor day, as millions of americans take to the roads, and air. i woke up to a text message saying my flight was canceled. they were steady. what you need to know on the busiest labor day since before the pandemic. right now, u.s. immigration policy is in the spotlight. nine people, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in the waters of the rio grande as they tried to cross into the united states. what is happening at our border? we begin this hour with the unofficial kickoff of the final sprint of the 2022 midterm campaign. president biden is now on his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, where he will take part in labor day festivi
president trump. we ll have more on that speech and why he gave it just ahead. plus the january 6th committee releases more of what the former president wouldn t say the day after the insurrection. meanwhile, on capitol hill, covid is complicating crunch time for congress. democrats are running out of time to get things done before a month-long august break. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. there are new developments with the justice department s investigation into the january 6th attack. two top aides to former vice president mike pence have testified before a federal grand jury. mark short who was pence s chief of staff and greg jacob, pence s counsel at the white house was subpoenaed by the department of justice, short was with the former vice president during the insurrection. nbc news cameras set up for steve bannon s trial recorded short and his attorney leaving the federal courth
into the united states. what is happening at our border? we begin this hour with the unofficial kickoff of the final sprint of the 2022 midterm campaign. president biden is now on his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, where he will take part in labor day festivities and speak about the dignity of american workers. after he finishes in wisconsin, the president will fly over to pittsburgh, where he will champion unions during a speech at the union hall. he will also be campaigning with pennsylvania democratic senate nominee john fetterman. with control of the house and senate at stake, democrats and republicans will be working over the next couple of weeks to get an advantage ahead of the november election. joining us now to talk about this, nbc news white house correspondent mike nunnally in pittsburgh, alexi mckennan, actio s political reporter and juliet rizzo, political reporter why did the president decide to
he was the most wonderful father. i love him so much. i m sending you love in the stars. that was msnbc joe reporting. joining us is alexi. alexi, great to see you. good morning, jonathan. congrats on the boat book. today is a look at the 2022 midterms. he has made a number of this midterm cycle across the country. as you look ahead, he is supposed to have one of his bleakest outcomes yet. we are looking at places like wyoming. he has challenged house republican on the january 6 committee. that primary looks
gave someone to believe in and to vote for. they are trying to delve on that now, as republicans and their campaign are investing in democratic districts with sizable hispanic populations. they are signaling that they don t normally feel competitive in terms of democratic districts, but focusing on communities of color who historically had a traditionally bad time getting these folks on board with their parties. it is not because of former president trump s sometimes racist about that very community. that was so surprising in 2020. both parties were trying to court in renewed energy this time around. alexi mckennan, thank you for joining us. we are going to roll into morning joe. joe, mika and willie are out this morning.