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
Why they should do some research before going for the latest attack on vice president harris. And the zoo has come to town. But the real circus just showed up on trump transition team. I am ayman mohyeldin. Let us do it. The fivetime draft dodgerwants to paint his self as a veteran. Nobody has defended the veterans like i have taken the veterans. I will always honor our veterans. We will take care of our amazing veterans better than anybody. Former president donald trump s support for the military hit a new low this week. When he went to arlington national cemetery. To honor 13 soldiers who died during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. As we now know former president donald trump used his visit to get political filming and advertisement. Which he jabbed president joe biden with fallen troops in the backdrop. You can never assume why former president donald trump does what he does. But we do know that it leads to disgraceful moments like the one we saw which was of course another disgrac
Up the pace on the Campaign Trail putting a Laser Focus on the Battleground States and the fight for Working Families. Vice President Nominee Governor Tim Walz is about to speak to a Firefighters Union in boston before heading south to the Swing State of georgia and j. D. Vance will be targeting voters in the Rust Belt today. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom im dana perino. Hemmer is off today. Bret, i have you for another hour. Bret Bret Baier in washington. President trump is hitting three of the seven Battleground States across the country likely to determine the outcome of this election. Last week he appeared in five of those states. Today his Running Mate j. D. Vance is meeting and talking to voters in pennsylvania and wisconsin while Vice President harris kicks off a Twoday Bus Tour of georgia. Senator vance telling Fox Yesterday the election could come down to one issue, the economy. I think our pitch to suburban women is straight forward. Are you mad you are paying to
Landmark immunity ruling, but will the courts allow the updated charges to stand . Plus a busy day on the trail. Vice president harris and governor walz head to georgia for a Campaign Bus Tour ahead of their first joint interview. The stakes for that sitdown. And later israel launches the largest raids of the occupied west bank in at least 20 years. At least nine People Killed with the operation still ongoing. We are live in the region. It is 10 00 eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. We begin this morning with special counsel jack smith attempting to revive the federal Election Interference case against former President Trump, with a new Superseding Indictment. This new indictment includes the same charges as the original, but some of the details of the accusations have been tweaked after the Supreme Courts recent ruling granting president s broad immunity for official acts. Joining us now nbcs vaughn hillyard, also with us msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa