last night, it rolled into the frozen tundra of iowa and crushed the opposition. it was a historic night for the former president. he took 51% of the vote. and on the evidence of this result, the gop is entirely his party. it poses huge questions for his two remaining opponents the florida governor, ron desantis, who came second, ahead of the former south carolina governor, nikki haley. but right now, it s not a race for second it is a race for relevancy. trump s rebound is all the more stunning for this reason. he faces a multitude of charges and allegations, he could even be convicted before he takes office. and on leaving iowa this morning, he went straight to a courtroom in manhattan for the opening of a defamation trial. the court cases are now part of the campaign. i really think this - is time now for everybody, our country, to come together. we want to come together, - whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we cou
this. thank you all for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening, would be content with breaking news. exclusive reporting on a story we were first to bring the discovery documents of classified market inset mike pence indiana home. tonight, we know just what kind of material the former vice president had. a special correspondent joined us now with the very latest. what have you learned, jamie? according to multiple sources, we learn that among those roughly 12 classified documents that were found at the home, our materials described as background briefing memos, that were prepared for then vice president pence foreign trips. we told some of the classified documents, were likely used to prepare pence for foreign meetings, and actually may have been overlooked during the packing process. because they were found tucked into old binders, kind of interspersed with other papers. perhaps, they would not have been visible unless the packers actually went through these binde
schumer on a major reconciliation bill that would lower prescription drug costs and invest hundreds of billions of dollars to combat climate change and clean energy programs. sinema s support is crucial to get the bill through a 50/50 senate and to the democratic house for a vote. vladimir putin s top spokesman was annoyed the u.s. had gone public about ongoing talks for a prisoner swap to free brittney griner and paul whelan. tony blinken is expected to call sergei lavrov for the first time since the ukraine invasion after shunning him since the invasion in february to talk about a possible swap. president biden spoke with china s president xi this morning as tensions have risen over potential congressional trip to taiwan led by nancy pelosi and the passage of a senate bill increasing competition with china in the semiconductor market. we begin with the president and the economy. joining me now, nbc white house correspondent carol lee, nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vi
come from the army acquisition is cheap, they re setting up new ammunition plan to produce more ammo. not just to supply ukraine but also to restock american supplies. and the supply of allies. 40 acquisition that this looks to him like the largest wrap up in production going back to perhaps, korea. that signifies how much the us is involved in this and making sure ukraine stays in the fight and stays equipped. thank you. now at the white house for more on the decision getting germany on board is a big change of policy for the white house in terms of what they re willing to provide ukraine in the war was a message joe biden was wanting to deliver on that? talking to officials with direct knowledge and lesser weekly pointed several times to the number of times the president talked about unity and durability of the western coalition for serving as a good crystallization of the driving force behind the
we re hopeful. we re supporting any and everything that the biden administration will do to bring detainees home. that s what it s all about. terry jackson, thank you so much. reverend al, thank you as always. i know we re hoping that this works. it s a tough negotiation. it involves a big change of policy. secretary blinken was not talking to sergei lavrov, not since before the invasion, a week before, and has decided to reach out now and try to move this along. thanks to both of you. we are moments away from hearing from the president. his remarks from the white house. the second quarter gdp report this morning showing a shrinking u.s. economy. that is a political blow, an economic blow to the white house. concerning reality for business leaders also who have been hiring, despite months of persistent inflation. joining me now is the commerce secretary. thank you very much. thanks for your patience.