Highstakes debate, and tropical Storm Francine on a Collision Course with the u. S. First tonight, francine, expected to strengthen to a hurricane this evening. As it closes in on the gulf coast, bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge and up to a foot of rain. Al roker is standing by. Also tonight, the highly anticipated clash between Kamala Harris and donald trump. Their first and potentially only debate before the election, with the race in a dead heat both candidates expected to go on the attack. And what mr. Trump told us his biggest challenge will be tonight. Our full team coverage. The scary moment on the tarmac in atlanta. Two delta planes colliding. The tail of one aircraft knocked off. We just hit something on the taxiway. Could you tell us what it was . What the airline says happened. The raging wildfires in the west forcing new evacuations. The deadly israeli airstrike on a humanitarian zone in gaza. And new video inside the tunnel where six hostages including an american were
We find out whether people are feeling any better off. And coming up on bbc news. England prepare to take on the italians at wembley knowing that just a point will secure their spot at next summers euros in germany. Good afternoon. And welcome to the bbc news at one, live from southern israel. Us President Joe Biden has confirmed he will arrive in israel tomorrow to hear from the Israeli Forces plans for a Ground Invasion in gaza. It follows the killings in southern israel ten days ago of more than 1,300 people by hamas, which is classified as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments including the uk. In gaza overnight, local Officials Say more than 100 people were killed in israeli strikes on the south. More than 2,700 palestinians have now died in counter strikes in gaza. The us and israel have announced they will Work Together to develop a plan to get aid to gaza. Well hear from our correspondents injerusalem, in northern israel, and in lebanon. But first, Yolande Knell
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Over 30 hours with the white House Counsel, misspelled only, with my approval for purposes of transparency. The Washington Post reports that mcigans own lawyer has told the Trump Legal Team, mcgahn does not believe he implicated the president in any legal wrongdoing when he spoke to the special counsel. Meanwhile the president s lawyer is now in Damage Control mode. Earlier tonight, he explained that and he the president s former attorneys are now aware of what was in mcgahns testimony. John dowd got a political version of what mcgahn said during that period of time. John, of course, because of what happened over the weekend, went through it thoroughly. Ive been on the phone with him for hours and gone over it with him. When it first came out, i didnt know the details of what mcgahn said. Now do i. I knew not to worry because if the president said anything criminal to the counsel of the white hou
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Former Chief Of Staff at the cia and at the pentagon. Robert, i would like to begin with you. What is the degree to which the trump camp was Caught Off Guard by just the idea of 30 hours of don mcgahn testimony in front of the special counsel . Its not tonight trump camp Caught Off Guard. It was mcgahn himself a year ago who was found this whole strategy by john dowd and ty cobb, the president s lawyers, to be off. Mcgahn didnt agree with the Cooperation Strategy when it came to the mueller probe. He advised against it. He went along with the cooperation, setting the over 1 million documents from the white house and offering his time. In fact, i saw mcgahn go into muellers Office Around 6 00 a. M. One morning when i was staking it out. He was fully cooperative then and ever since. Theres some reporting. Hey, joyce, cobb and dowd, their decision to waive
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Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 578 of the Trump Administration. And tonight the president of the United States is coming off a vicious string of personal attacks, comparing people to dogs and rats and calling Robert Mueller discredited and disgraced. He is neither. And now tonight the president is talking about what is at the heart of all of it. The russia investigation. Now that he knows his white house lawyer has testified fully before the mueller team. This afternoon, reuters interviewed President Trump. They report, he is, quote, worried that any statements under oath he provides to special counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring Perjury Charges against him. Quote, trump echoed the concerns of his top lawyer in the probe, Rudolph Giuliani, who has warned that any sitdown with mueller could be a perjury trap. Reuters quotes the president as saying association if i Say Something and he, meaning comey, says something, and it is my
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