Fredricka whitfield. We begin on the president ial campaign trail. Now, just about a month away from the election and both campaigns meeting with voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and poll show Vice President Kamala Harris and former Presint Donald Trump locked in a dead heat their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could shape the outcome of this election from the war. In the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene the surprising jobs report more on all of that coming up. But but today the former president is returning to the scene of his first Assassination Attempt in battleground, pennsylvania, trump is set to hold a rally in just a few hours from now in butler. Thats in the western part of the state. He narrowly survived and attempt on his life, as you recall, on july 13, at that location, the exact one as a matter of fact, when a gunman opened fire and a bul
With judge jeanine pirro, harold Ford Jr. Kayleigh mcenany , greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new York City and ThIs Is the five. You win some, you lose some. Kamala harrIs getting humiliated again harrIs g Hu Byn Labor union while getting bailed outione by harrIs. Thec just lost the coveted endorseMent of the internationaendorsl of firefighs two weeks after the teamsters snubweeks af. Both have a long hIstory of backing democratic president iaIstory old candidates, including Joe Biden, in 2020. Neitheinr be endorsinga a candidate ThIs cycle, but donald Trump Indidate s eato the partys hIstoric advantage with Rank And File members. E so and crazy Joe Scarborough Is telling kamala to Loo K at the bright side. Not good news for the harrIs campaign. And it could have been much worse. They could have done the teachers have done in the th a republican president ,si but they did not ddent, ot do t that yesterdayha. E at least kamala can breathe a sigh of relief on that Cripplin Oatg Port strike. R
Fantastic on that note, i wish you a great night. Remember, you can catch the Night Cap not just tonight but every night at 11 00 and you can see the Documentary Series my generation. Saturday, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tomorrow night, order in and watch tv all night. But for now, im signing off. For all of our colleagues on the networks of Nbc News, thanks for staying up late. See you at The End of monday. In august of 2020, Donald Trump was campaigning for reelection amid a series of ongoing crises. We were in the throws of the covid19 pandemic. The Summer Saw A Wave of protests and uprisings over the murder of george floyd. And, to top it all off, the state of california was experiencing its largest wild Fire Season in recorded history. And it was that last crisis that prompted Donald Trump to say this during a Campaign Rally in pennsylvania. And i see again the Forest Fires are starting. They are starting again in california. You got to clean your forests. They have many, many years of l
Welcome back to the weekend. Donald trump resorted to crimes, to try to stay in office after the 2020 election. That is what special Counsel Jack Smith argues in a bombshell filing, recently unsealed. Putting trump legal woes back in the spotlight, just one month before the 2024 election. Smiths filing insists that Trump Separates to overturn the 2020 election were not official acts and dont fall under the scope of the supreme Courts President ial immunity rolling. The 165 page redacted document reveals new and disturbing details of trumps efforts to claim power and weeks after losing the 2020 election. Joining us is conservative lawyer George Conway. Welcome back to the table, my friend. Its always fun. Among those details, little more in The Way the former president else about his own Vice President. Upon refusing a Phone Call that Mike Pence had been taken to a secure Location Person 15 rushed to inform the defendant in hopes to ensure his safety. After p 15 delivered the news, the
It is a great place to start. Especially given the Vice President ial debate that we all watched. It is entitled, this is why maga loves j. D. Vance. And you wrote in part quote, weve seen all this before. In 2016 and 2020, Mike Pence was the gentleman debater. He was less polished and less effective than vance, but he had a similar, softening effect on the ticket. In 2016, his Earnest Faith and apparent kindness might have reassured voters that Trump Couldnt be that bad, not if he had chosen pence. We know exactly how that turned out. In choosing advanced and discarding pence, trump traded actual decency for a man who could simulate decency, and thats exactly what advanced did on tuesday night. But he couldnt keep it together for the entire evening. At the very end, the mask slipped. On tuesday night, walters learned exactly why maga loves vance so much. Hes a talented communicator. He has a compelling life story. He can make the ideological and Policy Case for republican populism bet