siphon votes away from the democrat and help elect a republican. and help potentially elect donald trump. if you go on their website, they suggest that they can get 37% of the popular vote. and 282 electoral votes. now, if you think that sounds a bit outlandish, they think they can win texas, florida, montana and illinois. that is delusional. the likelihood that that is going to happen is zero. they are spending millions and millions of dollars and all they are going to do is siphon votes, anti trump votes away from democrats. all, right, well nick is telling me we have to. go you have we ve got to the top of the. our i appreciate you both. all of you, in just a few, minutes we re going to unpack these two headlines, with the journalist who cowrote them. the first is about the former presidents attachment to his boxes. the other is what one person close to trump called an unforced error. trump rejected lawyers efforts to avoid indictment. here we, are a minute, late but
reelection again with a rally in philadelphia with union members. the president is seeing endorsements from some of the country s largest unions, a preview in just moments. also new today, more details on trump s indictment. the justice department filing for a protective order which if granted would prevent trump from sharing any classified material for people not involved in the case. new york times says that order says ongoing investigations could identify uncharged individuals. i ll be discussing the latest on the diamond later this hour with jasmine crockett. secretary of state anthony blinken traveled to china today on a high stakes mission to ease rising tensions. blinken is the highest level american official to visit beijing since president biden took office. earlier today, president discussing china, despite balloon incident that delayed blinken s initial trip scheduled in february. i think one of the things about that balloon, it was not that it got shut down but i
in the building behind me, this is exactly what the president is meant to be doing, going to the i-95 highway collapse and talking about the infrastructure bill and how he is dedicated to getting this rehabbed and fixed as quickly as possible, and then turning to his campaign agenda. now, we hear from president biden, just a few moments ago, as he was leaving washington to head to philadelphia where he will be landing in a few minutes and he touted how excited he was for this campaign event, the first official event since announcing his re-election bid just a few months ago. and he talked about just the amount of union endorsements that he is expected, that he has already had, possibly more, expected to happen, and he talked about how he felt that it was really, that something of this kind, the amount of endorsements that he s had from the afl-cio, aft, the teachers union, hasn t happened before, and we expect him to talk about. that the cornerstone of his speech today will talk about
that balloon, it was not that it got shut down but i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was tension. and so i m hoping that over the next several months i will be meeting again and talking about legitimate differences that we have, but also there is that we can get along. and that just moments ago, the president delivering new remarks in philadelphia about the i-95 highway collapse after a briefing on the severity of the situation. take a listen. i told the governor, there is more i m directing my team to move heaven and earth as soon as humanly possible. let s go to nbc s mike who is with the president in philadelphia. mike, welcome my friend. so the president is now preparing to speak at that
close to trump called an unforced error. trump rejected lawyers efforts to avoid indictment. here we, are a minute, late but we are wishing you a good day from msnbc headquarters in new york. alex witt reports. we begin this hour with president biden on the, move getting a close-up look at the site of the i-95 highway collapse in philadelphia. later this, afternoon he appears at his first big 2024 campaign event. we have a live report for you in just minutes. secretary of state, anthony, blinken also on the. move he will become the first secretary to visit china in five years. he will be in beijing for a high-level meeting with his chinese counterpart. that starts tomorrow. the meetings come after chinese leaders, rejecting, met yesterday with american philanthropist, bill gates. u.s. business leaders have been pressing for improved relations with china. also new this, our a call for healthy