a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with decision 2024, president joe biden and covid self isolation today saying he s ready to return to the campaign trail. ap is reporting david letterman will headline a fundraiser with the president on july 29th. it is one of 10 campaign fundraisers scheduled for the last 10 days of july even as debate intensifies among democratic lawmakers over whether the president should be at the top of the ticket. joe biden is our nominee as i said before. he has a really big decision to make. what gives me a lot of hope right now is that if president biden decides to step back we have vice president kamala harris who is ready to step up. resident joe biden has been a very effective president over the last 3 1/2 years. he understands what it means if donald trump should get his hands back in the white house and on the levers of executive authority. i believe we are well off wit
achieve the extraordinary vision that you have for this country. now, i pledge to every american no matter your party, i will give you everything i have to serve you and to make this country a place where every dream you have for yourself, your family, and your country will be possible once again. from never trumper to running mate, senator j.d. vance accepted the nomination for vice president last night at the republican national convention and gave the evening s keynote address. we ll have more of his speech straight ahead. plus, we ll bring you the latest on president biden s health following his covid diagnosis yesterday and how the illness could impact the growing concerns about his campaign. and also ahead we re learning more about the time line of the assassination attempt on donald trump as well as some new details about the gunman. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 18th. july 18th, happy birthday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for s
assure myself. and that is i am getting the job done? am i getting the job done? can you name me somebody who s gotten more pieces of legislation passed in 3 1/2 years? i created 2,000 jobs this last week. so if i slow down, i can t get the job done. that s a sign that i shouldn t be doing it. but there s no indication of that yet. that was part of president joe biden s defiant pitch on why he should stay in the race. his news conference yesterday at the closing of nato summit came with a few glaring gaffs but also a strong command of issues, particularly foreign policy. we ll deal with all of that in just a moment. behind the scenes there are close allies trying to make the case on why biden should step aside. we ll go through that new reporting. and it all comes as there are more democrat defections on capitol hill, calling on the president to withdraw over concerns that he can no longer defeat donald trump this november. good morning and welcome to way too early on t
a five front woman ripped out of the world. everything we thought in our life was all shattered. he betrayed us to our very core. they were a stunning couple. a doctor and the beauty queen. she won homecoming queen. she did modeling. the day she was found dead in the top. set a mystery and motion. my father said, rachel, come home and then he hung up. so many secrets locked up for so many years, and covered by daughters turned detectives. you hacked into his phone? yeah. a mistress named gypsy. what she a motive for murder? in court, epic showdown. father against daughter and daughter. why were you seeking information as to your mother s death. because i believed my father killed her. was the evidence on his side? the medical examiner s report listed it as a natural cause of death. who will you believe? hello, and welcome to dateline. martin and michele macneill right dream couple. he was a handsome doctor and she was a whip smart former model. t
we begin our second hour with several major developments in the georgia election interference case. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. trump s lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. in total, 12 defendants have done this so far. the ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trump s lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. at least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. like trump, they ve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. as trump and his codefendants push for their preferen