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
mar-a-lago today with his most powerful ally in washington as president biden blasts the former president as a convicted criminal in a massive new ad buy. the maneuvers from both sides ahead of their first debate next week. a new phase in israel s operations in gaza, and netanyahu disbanding his war cabinet. what does it all mean for the war against hamas? scorching heat from detroit to boston as wildfires rage in california. the extreme weather that s turning this summer into a slow broil. good morning. thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with the intensifying race for the white house today donald trump hosts house speaker mike johnson and the head of the campaign committee working to elect house republicans at mar-a-lago to talk strategy, while president biden is seeing green coming off a record fund-raiser, raking in $30 million at a hollywood event with big-time stars in attendance. nbc s vaughn h
attorneys asking her questions. this turns into a small neighborhood when you start randomly selecting people and asking them detailed questions about their lives as it pertains to donald trump. but we expect, yes, we re moving, yesterday was a very productive afternoon, and the expectation is they will get through this jury selection process today, have a sandoval hearing where they can ask questions as it pertains to donald trump s prior trials unrelated to this particular case, that could come this afternoon, then we could have opening statements as soon as monday morning and those first witnesses beginning to be called next week. this is moving at a quick pace at this point, ana? vaughn hillyard, thank you so much for tracking all the twists and turns for us. that does it for us this hour. i ll be back in the anchor chair later at 3:00 p.m. eastern filling in for katy tur. for now, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. thanks for joining us. jose diaz-balart picks up our cover