From msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. We begin with decision 2024 and 66 days until election day, 10 days until the first residential debate, and six days until voting by mail starts in north carolina. New today, another push by the harris campaign for open microphones at the september 10th debate with donald trump. We will have more on that in just a moment. Also new, reaction from the first gen z member of congress, touring college campuses and talking with potential student voters. Maxwell frost is telling my colleagues at msnbc s, the weekend, that young people are energized. People are fired up all across the entire country. North carolina, arizona, ending today in pennsylvania. The rooms are packed. Students are assigned to go organize. Young voters have been so neglected in politics for generations, and we are seeing a candidate run a full campaign to court the youth about, and people are saying, this is out of this world. Morning rea
the once-a-day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. another near o hare international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. please swim at your own risk. norah: beachgoers across the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high levels of bacteria. with the changing climate, we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.
cocaine scandal at the white house. and now the secret service just wrapped its investigation into the matter without even naming a suspect. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be working with you. this is america reports, the conclusion of that probe comes 11 days after cocaine was found. located inside a heavily trafficked lobby where staff go in and out and tour groups gather to drop their phones and other belongings. and despite surveillance footage of the area, and an fbi crime lab analysis, investigators couldn t find a single suspect in the case? mike: ari fleischer joins us coming up. the secret service says it s because it was awaiting the fbi test results of fingerprint and dna analysis to see if they could determine who brought the cocaine into the west wing. tests came back without any results. so now the secret service says it has wrapped up the investigation. we got a statement from
president was in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin defending the russian leader. we ll take you there live. also, right now, wild weather coast to coast from tornados in chicago to flooding in the northeast, and more than 100 million americans under the thumb of a historic heat wave. we have your forecast. plus, setting the stage for another hollywood strike, first writers, now actors, what it could mean for all your entertainment. good morning, it s 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin in helsinki where we are just minutes away from a joint press conference with president biden and the president of finland, nato s newest member. let s go there now with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba. walk us through the presidents day there in finland so far. reporter: well, ana, this is really a historic cap to a week of critical meetings for president biden overseas, and he s here in finland m
sandra smith. some are forced to drive to their destination instead. with 43 million americans expected to travel throughout the week, are the roads ready. bryan: jeff flock is heading down the pennsylvania turnpike as we speak. jeff, what are you seeing out there? you know, i don t think i ve ever seen a holiday travel day that s been any calmer and better than this. take a look at the pennsylvania turnpike. we are just approaching valley forge, which is appropriate, general washington spent some time there in 1777, but it s clear out here now, despite the fact that we are facing, we think, according to the aaa, at least, record travel both by car and by air. take a look at the numbers. 50 million people, they say, aaa. bigger than at any time pre-pandemic. 43 million of those as you point out by car. and you know, the numbers really seem to bear that out. if you look at the tsa checkpoint numbers, they came out this morning from the department of transportation. they sa