vulnerable are other u.s. cities? i ll speak with fema administrator deanne criswell next. plus, rematch? president biden gives a stark warning to americans ahead of the midterms. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism. as we learn more about donald trump s handling of classified material, three ex-advisers to the former president will join us. hello, i m dana bash and the state of our union is hitting the campaign trail. happy labor day weekend. the unofficial end to summer and kickoff to campaign season. president biden is heading to key midterm states tomorrow, two of them, he s visiting wisconsin and pennsylvania, after he warned americans that his predecessor, former president trump posed a threat to the future of american democracy. today we re going to test how that speech and other top issues like the economy, education and abortion are resonating in the midterm campaigns. we re going to get the view from both candidates in a race that co
nearly a week without running water as the city s supply returns, it is still not drinkable. this is a really complex situation. who s to blame and how vulnerable are other u.s. cities? i ll speak with fema administrator deanne criswell next. plus, rematch? president biden gives a stark warning to americans ahead of the midterms. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism. as we learn more about donald trump s handling of classified material, three ex-advisers to the former president will join us. hello, i m dana bash and the state of our union is hitting the campaign trail. happy labor day weekend. the unofficial end to summer and kickoff to campaign season. president biden is heading to key midterm states tomorrow, two of them, he s visiting wisconsin and pennsylvania, after he warned americans that his predecessor, former president trump posed a threat to the future of american democracy. today we re going to test how that speech and other top
thomas webster perhaps going behind bars for any other january 6th defendant. nbc news confirming a court appearance for pat cipollone and pat philbin set to go in front of the grand jury in washington. the mississippi water crisis bad to worse, telling people to shower with their mouths closed. businesses still closed. students still learning remotely. the fema administrator will join us live later in the show about what is being done on the federal level to fix it. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me nbc news correspondent vaughn hill lard in west palm beach, ken dilanian, washington correspondent for the new york times and msnbc contributor charlie savage and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade is joining us too. vaughn, start with you on the ground there outside the building where all the action is going down. bring us up to speed on what we need to know and what happens next? hallie, i was talking with our colleagues maria and mar
on this new day, justice has been delivered. president biden announcing the leader of al qaeda, the world s most wanted terrorist has been killed in a drone strike. and nancy pelosi is set to visit taiwan amid escalates threats from china. and dozens of people are dodd and hundreds more missing in rising water on the way. plus, a january 6 rioter who was turned in by his son handed down the longest insurrection sentence today. his son joins new day, ahead. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. one of the master planners behind the 9/11 attacks is dead. president biden said ayman al zawahiri was killed by a precision drone strike in afghanistan. he was bin laden s trusted lieutenant and took over al qaeda s leader after bin laden was killed in 2011. biden said the strike that took out al zawahiri was the result of extraordinary persistence and still by u.s. intelligence. zawahiri was targeted when he stepped out on