year, people here are saying this is the first time they ve been able to process the grief. tonight, we have another vigil in the community for the first time which is able to rally around together in person. yasmin? thank you. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. i asked me to see again. if you re just joining us, welcome. if you re sticking with us, we are thankful for that. we are alive on the ground in israel as the next phase of the war on hamas includes a stepped up bombing effort in gaza. a large part of the area had already been leveled. remaining residents are pleading for help. aid workers and civilians need to be able to communicate. journalists need to be able to document what is happening in gaza to report it to the wider world. that s something we worked on. we are glad to see that restoration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in damage control mode, backtracking after criticism of his own troops.
and good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington continuing right now on msnbc, reports, a powerful reminder of our nation s painful history as americans across the nation celebrate juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in america. we ll take a look at the history of this holiday and how president biden is making a new push to engage black voters this year. a critical part of his base with a campaign co-chair south carolina congressman james clyburn. plus, a primary nail biter in virginia today, can the chair of the house freedom caucus hold onto his seat or will his trump-backed republican opponent emerge victorious? right now the results are too close to call. and we re on a severe watch across the eastern part and midwest of the country, the first tropical storm headed for texas as more than 7 million people from michigan to maine are sweltering under extreme temperatures. we ve got the latest on the forecast. we begin with the biden campaign s push to engage
and in just a couple of hours, house speaker mike johnson is going to be meeting with the presumptive gop nominee, former president trump at mar-a-lago as part of trump s efforts to rally republican support and unite his party. meanwhile, president biden attended a star-studded hollywood fundraiser over the weekend where his campaign says it raised over $30 million. at the event, the president was asked what another trump administration would mean for the nation s highest court. the next president is likely to have two new supreme court nominees, two more, two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really i really mean it. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. so vaughn, trump and speaker johnson met just last week in d.c. what do we know about today s mee
vietnam soon. he made that somewhat surprising announcement during a fund-raiser in new mexico yesterday. now, last month, biden said the vietnamese leader told him he wants to meet during the g-20 summit, which is being held in india next month. the two spoke over the phone in march. the white house said the leaders discussed expanding the two countries relationship while also discussing regional issues. the move is likely to be seen as a show of some power and influence as the united states tries to counter china s reach in that region. president trump, while in office, went to vietnam twice. no official dates have been set for that trip. as of this morning, it s unclear when it would take place. but certainly, vietnam on the mind of this administration. joining us now, former supreme allied commander of nato, retired four-star navy admiral, james stavridis. he is, of course, chief international analyst for nbc news. we re so delighted he s with us
comes to military issues. it s a two-fer for tommy. not only is he hurting our military readiness, he s making women think twice about joining the military. so the commandant of the united states marine corps for the first time in 120 years. he installed 300 military promotions since february, and now the army, like the marine corps do not have confirmed leaders for the first time in american history. the united states army thinks that tommy tuberville and republicans in the united states senate who are letting this happen, the united states army no longer has a confirmed leader joining the marines for the first time in 150 years. let s bring in supreme allied commander, james stavridis, a chief international analyst. i can tell you, whenever i would go to the pentagon, and there were debates going on in the