their middle names is honor of alex s late mother, maria. congratulations to the entire family. we are thrilled for you, and to have another dolphins and heat fan in the world. shot out to alex. in the lead with jake tapper starts right now. anger and defiance and denial. the biden damage control strategy in the wake of that special counsel report. the lead starts right now. kamala harris is leading the charge to defend president biden. there is a report that makes serious allegations about biden s diminished faculties and faulty memory. he went before cameras yesterday to disprove the point and ended up calling the president of egypt the president of mexico. what is the plan to show that biden is on the ball? plus, paging nikki haley. it is not as a former president trump, three years younger than biden is avoiding criticism. he called the president of hungary the president of turkey. he confused nikki haley with nancy pelosi. does the governor have the point about the
fatigue and morale issues, and in thele meantime republicans a playing politics. they are playing politicwise the vital resources ukraine needs to defend its democracy from invaders. the democrats agreed to work with republicans and to craft a bipartisan bill to increase border security measures in exchange for that aid. but then donald trump came out against the deal. he did not want to hand president biden a victory on trump s favorite campaign issue, which is drumming up fear about what s happening eaautothe bord. and so today republicans voted to kill their own bill in the senate. the finaln vote was 49-50 with all but four republicans voting against r it. after that stunning defeat democrat chuck schumer put a second bill on the floor. it strips out the border stuff and juste funds aid to israel d taiwan and ukraine, which is what the democrats wanted in the first place. 58 voted to advance that bill. that is just shy until the 60 they need for final passage. now the sen
i m daniel lurie and i ve spent my career fighting poverty, helping people right here in san francisco. i m also a father raising two kids in the city. deeply concerned that city hall is allowing crime and lawlessness to spread. now we can do something about it by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we have breaking news. a massive potentially life- threatening storm is slamming into california at this hour. nbc s sam brock joins us from san francisco. they are near the bay bridge. welcome. how are things in the area today? high, right now, they re looking at 40 million people across the state of california all the way from los angeles and san diego and ventura appeared to san francisco where i am and sacramento which are under floo
we ll be back here, tomorrow night, at eight pm eastern. stay right where you are because there is much more news coming up on msnbc. what happens at the supreme court this week could be the beginning of the end for donald trump and one historic way. plus, a report from behind the curtain, trump s conviction scenario. what does that mean? a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news. right now, around back houthi rebels vowing the latest american strikes will not go unanswered or unpunished. 36 targets struck, 13 locations, carried out by the united states and great britain with support from other countries. nbc news with this exclusive video of the attack from the uss eisenhower and the red sea. national security adviser, jake sullivan, emphasizing the strikes are not over yet. it began with the strikes on friday night, that is not the end of it. we intend to take condit
hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the