Labor day weekend is upon us. With it, the next chapter in the roller coaster 2024 presidential race. Many voters will soon be taking a closer look at the candidates as the weeks countdown to election day. Vice president kamala harris has a light schedule this weekend, as she gears up for battleground states appearances next week in concealing and michigan. And, prepares for the presidential debate september 10th. Meanwhile, former president trump is cleaning up several critical masses of his own making, including a controversial visit to arlington cemetery that has some veterans outraged. And, a shifting message on reproductive rights that has even some members of his base scratching their heads. Before we start, some breaking news out of the middle east. The israeli defense force says they have found a number of bodies during fighting operations in the gaza strip. The idf says troops are still in that area and they are working on identifying the remains. We will bring you more inform
Resident about what life on the island has become. Donald trumps legal troubles in the State Of Georgia could be coming to a head. Well tell you the message from the prosecutor to certain witnesses. And how the white house is responding after a special counsel is appointed to look into president bidens son, hunter, and why some republicans say theyre still not satisfied with the investigation. Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. We begin in hawaii where days after wildfires decimated maui, the death toll is rising. Authorities have confirmed 89 deaths making the fires the deadliest in the United States in more than a century and that number is expected to climb even more in the coming days as crews sift through the devastation caused by the fires. Governor josh green says the area has suffered some 6 billion in losses with some 2200 structures damaged or destroyed, vast majority of them residential. This is the largest Natural Disaster weve ever expe
shocking attack. ukraine repelling intense russian attacks on the capital. plus, the new cia video urging russians to share war secrets the future of ai the ceo behind chatgpt describing his worst fears, calling for regulation of the tech he helped create plus, our exclusive with the ceo of microsoft. and the play at the plate. when a dust devil starts suddenly, a teenaged umpire has the save of the day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. with the clock ticking down to america defaulting on its debt, some potentially positive signs tonight following a white house sit-down between president biden and congressional leaders. republicans and democrats are at loggerheads over raising the debt ceiling and allowing the country to continue paying its bills. underscoring the urgency of the moment, the white house says president biden is cutting short his planned trip to the asia-pacific region in order to deal with the
line in n the sand, , demandnding a work requirement for people on government assistance, saying a deal could be possible by week s end. what the two sides are saying tonight. the deadly mass shooting in new mexico. police saying the 18-year-old suspect was set to graduate high school with at least three guns and firing at random, three elderly women killed before he was stopped. just in, the secret service investigating an intrusion at the national security adviser s home. what happened. the sheriff s suspect in a baseball bat rampage in a congressman s office arraigned as he speaks out about the shocking attack. ukraine repelling intense russian attacks on the capital. plus, the new cia video urging russians to share war secrets. the future of ai. the secret behind chatgpt describing his worst fears, calling for regulation of the tech he helped create. plus, our exclusive with the ceo of microsoft. and the play at the plate. when a dust devil starts suddenly, a
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. on what would have been martin luther king, jr. s 94th birthday, joe biden will deliver a sermon in his honor. biden will be the first sitting president to speak at a sunday service at ebenezer baptist church where he served as pastor. biden will talk about king s life and legacy, as well as voting rights on the eve of the federal holiday. this coming as new questions, as you see the president walking into ebenezer baptist with senator warnock. and you are seeing these pictures live and people standing in his presence. our cnn white house correspondent is there. arletta, this comes as the president is being hit with a lot of questions about documents that have been found in his personal residence, in delaware, as well as his former office. so what do we expect his message will be, largely staying away from the controversy, and answering some of those questions, and more specifically, addressing the legacy of