The president was last evening, he trailed 4942 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in that state, 39 to 49 percent. Usa today referencing this New York Times poll this morning, reporting that polling shows biden is vastly underperforming his 2020 performance among black voters, reliably democratic constituency as some drift to President Trump. A New York Times poll of six battleground states found biden had support from 60 of black voters, while trump is backed by 20 of black voters. Biden won black voters in the 2027 2020 election. Here is what President Biden had to say yesterday evening at an naacp event in michigan. [video clip] pres. Biden i just came from atlanta where i delivered a commencement at Morehouse College. There were 400 young black men who will do an extraordinary thing. I told them i saw them, i heard them, and the nation needs them. They are the future of this count
Two phrases that are guaranteed to lock up the youth vote. Donald trump said at the debate, he wants both of them to stand instead of sit. Thats the status of our presidency. Standing is a feat of strength. I think we could learn a lot more watching them both try to get out of a bean bag chair. Thatd be a good one. As the president ial candidates prepare to debate next month, Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial, the criminal trial, resumes today in New York City. Well have expert legal analysis on the case so far and a preview of what could be the final week in court. Plus, well have some of the highlights from President Bidens Commencement Speech at Morehouse College, where he attempted to thread the needle on several issues connected to his reelection campaign. Also ahead, well recap a wild weekend at the Pga Championship with new details about the arrest of Scottie Scheffler. That was incredible. Well show you the dramatic final putt to win the major tournament. Good morning. Welcome to
Countrys president suffered a hard landing earlier today. Irans Foreign Minister and other officials were on board. The helicopter was flying in an remote region. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing. Lets go to Josh Letterman in london. Josh, phyllis and with the rest of the details phil us in with the rest of the details. What do we know right now . Reporter it is after midnight in iran and has been more than 10 hours as a helicopter carrying the iranian president and also his Foreign Minister went down. The iranian president was on his way back from a visit to a new dam built near the border when this helicopter went down in what has been described by iranian media as and hard landing. Other reports have called it a crash. We know it took place in harsh weather conditions. At this point in time the status of the iranian president and Foreign Minister are unknown. We know for hours rescue officials have been trying to reach them, trying to figure out exactly where they are.
He is in stable condition after being shot multiple times. Employees at two mercedesbenz plant in alabama voted not to unionize this week. There five days to object to the legitimacy of the vote but if there are no objections, the union must wait another year before holding another election. And Police Footage catching the moment Scottie Scheffler was detained at a traffic stop before he was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer. The golfer was detained for a few hours but did make it back to play in round two of the pga championship. Moments whether the jury was buying any of what Donald Trumps defense was saying in court this week. A good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. It is 3 00 p. M. Here on the east coast and high noon at west. Decision 2024 and the contenders on the Campaign Trail on both coasts. President biden is attending Campaign Events in atlanta right now. Tomorrow he will deliver a Commencement Speech
You are right that it challenges what is animating peoples minds and discourse and the things they are hearing. I hope they hear more about the economic transformations as well. Come back anytime. Faiz shakir, one of my favorite people to talk about good news and bad news. Thank you for your time tonight. That is our time tonight. Now it is time for the last word. A fantastic discussion to end the week. Have a great show. Today was a special day for defendant trump, not because it was the eighth day of a historic criminal trial, the sorts of which has never been seen in this country. Today was also the birthday of Donald Trumps third and current wife, melania trump. She did not support her husband in court. Instead she stayed in florida. She had seven other days of this trial that were not her birthday and neither she nor any other member of the trump family have set with donald trump in the trial so far, but melanias birthday was such a big deal to donald trump that he used his first