Good morning, it is Sunday September 8. 58 days until election day. Im Melissa Murray Filling in for my friend Ali Velshi whos up for the day. In two days, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will finally meet Each Other in person for the first time. The two candidates have never even spoken to Each Other before. But on tuesday night, they will go headtohead in a 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia. The debate will certainly highlight the two Contrasting Visions For The Future of the country. And as you imagine, they are preparing for the upcoming meeting in very different ways. Harris has been in pittsburgh since thursday where shes doing Debate Prep with a little campaigning on the side. Yesterday the democratic nominee visited a local spy store, where she briefly met with workers and patrons and bought seasonings. But most of her time in pittsburgh has been spent inside a hotel where shes been huddled with a team of advisers getting ready for tuesday. Harris hasnt participated in a debate s
today and threw in his support for donald trump. here s donald trump talking about desantis s endorsement. i d like to take the time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. ay as you know he left the campaign trail at 3:00 p.m. today. in doing so he was very gracious and endorsed me, so i appreciate it. gracious. weia don t hear that word a lot from donald trump, but he s trying to get everybody to support him. now the race is narrow, head-to-head between trump and haley. trump leads with independents. haley is 19 points behind trump overall. what b comes next? and how close are we in another head-to-head race between donald trumphe and joe biden. joining me now are my guesti gu hanging with me. our resident floridian, former republican congressman david jolly anwho s going to welcome n desantis home with a big banner, we hear, he s back with us as well. let me start with you. you ve done a fair amount of reporting on the republican primary.
in his own state, but he suspended his campaign for president today, and threw his support behind former president donald trump. and here is trump at a rally earlier tonight, talking about desantis endorsement. i d like to take time to congratulate ron desantis. and of course, a really terrific person. but as you know, he left the campaign trail today at three pm, and in so doing, he was very gracious, and he endorsed me. so i appreciate it. gracious, we don t get that word a lot from donald trump, but he is trying to get everybody to support him. so now the race is narrow, a head to head between trump and nikki haley. haley leads trump among independents, a crucial block here in new hampshire, where there are more undecided voters than republicans or democrats. but she is 19 points behind trump overall. so, what comes next, and how close are we to another head to head presidential race between donald trump and joe biden? joining me now, nbc news correspondents dasha bu
saying tonight and who got them. ian pannell standing by here in new york city tonight. opening statements in the civil trial against former president trump, the woman who waited years for this trial, saying he assaulted her at bergdorf goodman in the 1990s. trump at one point saying she s not my type, but what he allegedly said during a deposition when shown an image of her back at the time, aaron katersky tonight the us racing to evacuate americans in sudan. the new images tonight of the american embassy staff rescued in that daring nighttime evacuation. james longman again tonight. authorities charging a man who they say posed as a doctor. they say treating everything from viral infections to cancer. but tonight they say he was no doctor, now facing multiple felonies, back up and reporting tonight, the rocks smashing into windshields. one driver killed. and tonight, at least seven vehicles targeted as we now hear from one of the victims who survived the flight out of newar
He has the inside scoop coming up. First, chief National Correspondent ed henry kicks off the coverage with breaking news. Good evening. Great to see you. The District Attorneys Office here in manhattan is thinking about bringing criminal charges against President Trumps business, the trump organization, in connection with how officials they are reimbursed Attorney Cohen for his payments to that adult film performer. According to the New York Times tonight. The president said months ago of the special counsel started probing his business dealings, that would be what he called a redline that could spark Robert Muellers firing. This is more complicated because it would be State Charges against the trump organization, not federal charges brought by mueller. It would be harder to justify a meal or firing perhaps. Plus the president has the power to pardon Paul Manafort or anyone else for federal charges but he does not have Clear Authority to pardon people or corporations for criminal char