and he was in 2020, it s true, this is not the joe biden of 2020. which is why you are hearing so many people ask, is this the only option. does the democratic party have to nominate him at the convention, and if not, who could possibly take his place? to be clear. president biden by the numbers alone has had a highly successful presidency. he has gotten a lot done, and made a lot of bipartisan deals that would have arguably eluded another president. but it is increasingly clear he can t exactly sell it. so is there a person who can take all of that and pitch themselves as the best person to extend that record. we have some of the names being thrown around. we have the polling on where those people stand and what an explanation about what an open convention would look like, what the process is from an expert who knows. first, there s also the open question of whether president biden can turn things around. and perhaps the best argument for that was the president biden we just
reports, the supreme court is just moments away from handing down another batch of decisions. major rulings on abortion restrictions and donald trump s presidential immunity still in the balance. we have live updates. plus, as president biden is making final preps for tomorrow s debate, former president trump may be making final preps to unveil a running mate. will his vp announcement come before tomorrow s face-off? also ahead, he s been behind bars in russia now for over a year, now american journalist evan gershkovich is on trial behind closed doors. what we re learning about the kremlin s secret proceedings on spy charges. and then coming up, thousands still fleeing as devastating floods swamped the midwest. we will take you on the ground where a key dam is at risk of collapse. thanks so much for being with us, it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. all eyes are on the supreme court. today is the first of three decision days this week, 14 ca
we are expecting more decisions by the supreme court, including the one that we are waiting for. this is not the week to check out this coming week. it is not. alicia, look at the smile on her face, she is ready. i am sad that symone sanders-townsend is not here because we were dressed like twins and that michael was rotating around us. now i am wondering, are you icarus? are you flying too close? don t do that. i will pull you back. it is a burn. have a fantastic time and we will see you back here next week. velshi starts now. good morning. to sunday, june 23. in a few days, joe biden and but donald trump will face off against each other the first showdown since the 27 election cycle. the men will be in atlanta to participate in the first of two scheduled general election debates this season. it will last 90 minutes, both campaigns have agreed for to take place in a television studio without an audience present. take place one month after donald trump was convicted
joining us now, nbc news chief political analyst, chuck todd, the man behind the article and nbc news correspondent, vaughn hillyard. chuck, when you go back and look at 2020, and why donald trump lost, is there a definitive answer for why he lost? i think if you surveyed political strategists and political scientists, you wouldn t get a definitive answer. i think he lost simply because of covid. there s a lot of people because of what happened after the election with january 6th, they think about his antics, the first impeachment. then we had the second impeachment that sort of took place right after the inauguration. we never really had that sort of consensus, you didn t have the after action reports because you have one party was in denial that they actually lost, so they didn t do an after action report. but in some ways, neither did the democrats and i think that what i feel like i m watching is what the biden campaign thought their theory of the case was in october of
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