poised to give a consequential speech on the world stage, returning to the beaches of normandy again this morning to deliver remarks on the threats against democracy and freedom at home and overseas. now, this speech coming just hours after president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in paris announcing $225 million in new aid and apologizing for the political gridlock in washington that delayed that package. nbc s kelly o donnell is traveling with the president in france. also with us, david ignatius, foreign affairs columnist for the washington post, nbc news military analyst, retired colonel jack jacobs and presidential historian mark updegrove. it s great to have all of you with us. kelly, set the stage for us as we await the president. reporter: well, it is a spectacular setting. when you see how the white house has set up the president s lectern on the cliff. this is a cliff that 80 years ago american army rangers scaled that cliff using knives and pieces
Tonight, the covid crisis in america escalating. One of americas Top Health Officials warning, we are running out of time. Cases tonight surging across more than half the country. At least 14 states hitting the brakes on reopening. Los angeles county alone topping 100,000 cases. Its largest single day increase. The city of jacksonville, the site of the gop convention, ordering residents to wear masks. In west virginia, 200 told to selfquarantine over concerns about possible exposure at a gym. And tonight, the warning from new yorks governor to the rest of the country. On the brink. Tonight, we take you inside a hospital in arizona where icus are now close to the breaking point. Plus, the new headline about that rare syndrome in children tied to covid19. Also developing tonight, the four officers charged in the
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arraigned on charges for his role in the state s fake elector scheme in 2020. he s accused of conspiracy, fraud, and forgery. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in phoenix, and former federal prosecutor kristy greenberg. vaughn, walk us through what we can expect today and the charges against mark meadows. reporter: right, ana, we re looking at a virtual arraignment. this is going to be similar to two weeks ago when rudy giuliani and a majority of the other 18 co-defendants here stemming from that indictment were arraigned. this is the moment for mark meadows and micro man, the election day operations man. these are for them this is the initial step of their process here. so far each of the defendants has pleaded not guilty. there s still going to be three defendants who will be going through their arraignment processes later this month. for the case of michael roman,
same thing. kristy, now we re seeing the legal consequences to mark meadows, to steve bannon, what do you make of that prediction? well, he was right. i mean, look, i think it is so important that these lawsuits happen now because we could be seeing this yet again in november of 2024, so putting all of the enablers, all of the people who are going to help donald trump potentially again in 2024 having them be facing charges, maybe they will think twice. the point of these charges in large part is deterrence, to stop people from just blatantly disregarding the law when it comes to the next election. kristy greenberg, as always, thank you so much. coming up, we re still keeping our eye on pointe du hoc in france where president biden is set to speak about democracy any moment now. we ll bring you that live. plus, donald trump held his first campaign event post-conviction yesterday in phoenix, and he had a lot to say. you re watching ana cabrera reports. we re back in a moment.
milwaukee, in phoenix, who says, you know what, i m not going to vote for donald trump. that s the issue. and again, it would help woman republicans. first of all, let s remember, this is a guy who ran for president twice as the republican nominee, won once, neither time got 41% vote. so, for him to have any chance of winning in 2024, you know, unless there s third party vote, let s say eight or 10%, he s got to grow. so, these are not the conditions to grow. and even that poll that got everybody worried, let s do some simple math, 43 plus 43 is 86, it s not 100, okay. so, if donald trump is the republican nominee, he s going to get 44, 45, maybe 47. but, you know, a lot of my sense of that is that that s baked in. this is a deeply, deeply listened, even without all of these indictments, and this being in people s faces, this would be political malpractice in my view for republicans to nominate him. there s plenty of people who d