Labor day weekend is upon us. With it, the next chapter in the roller coaster 2024 presidential race. Many voters will soon be taking a closer look at the candidates as the weeks countdown to election day. Vice president kamala harris has a light schedule this weekend, as she gears up for battleground states appearances next week in concealing and michigan. And, prepares for the presidential debate september 10th. Meanwhile, former president trump is cleaning up several critical masses of his own making, including a controversial visit to arlington cemetery that has some veterans outraged. And, a shifting message on reproductive rights that has even some members of his base scratching their heads. Before we start, some breaking news out of the middle east. The israeli defense force says they have found a number of bodies during fighting operations in the gaza strip. The idf says troops are still in that area and they are working on identifying the remains. We will bring you more inform
Polling that come out, both the national polls and the swing state polls. Are generally telling the same story right now, they re telling a story that vice president kamala harris is doing significantly better against donald trump than president biden had been doing in his campaign. That is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently, better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said, in absolute terms, the polls, national polls, and the swing state polls, broadly speaking, don t really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris may be doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesn t mean that she is clearly winning against trump. It s basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for, when it is this close, little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make a very interesting not
Ainsley good morning, its 7 00 a. M. On the east coast. Its wednesday, august 28th. This is Fox Friends. Kamala harris finally agrees to her first formal interview since taking over as democratic nominee, but she wont be alone. She is doing it with her running mate. Does she need backup for moments like these . You need to get to go and need to be able to get where you need to go. The significance of the passage of time. So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time. Ainsley John Roberts and Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave us their take. Steve we know what your take is, viewers. Meanwhile, inflation killing The American Dream, and The American Dream of retirement. Were going to give you the outrageous amount it is now costing your family to live comfortably as more americans are forced to work later in life and not retire. Brian plus, talk about a comeback, oak students wave the stars and stripes after their Class Mate was banned from flying the truck will
11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
And the concerns that he could still play spoiler. And breaking news, the fbi holds a briefing on the gunman who shot donald trump, revealing images of the weapons discovered and new details about what he was searching for online. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets start in battleground georgia, the big kickoff for Kamala Harriss statewide swing, just a couple of hours away now. Nbcs mike memoli is in savannah. What are we expecting, mike . Reporter well, chris, the Vice President now on her way here to georgia, and the goal for the harris walz ticket is to take the energy, the Excitement We Saw in the arena in chicago and bring it to the battlegrounds into southeast georgia, part of a Battleground State where we havent seen much president ial activity. The stat of the day, chris, is this, there has not been a general election president ial Campaign Event for a democratic candidate in this part of the state since the mid90s. That just tells you th