National convention set to kick off in just hours. What to expect from president biden s prime time speech and what new polling shows about where the race stands. Also tonight, protesters gathering already outside the dnc with thousands more expected. The security plan in place and the concern about clashes with police. Extreme weather across the country. An intense thunderstorm look at this, sending this bounce house airborne and the dangerous rip current threat on the east coast as the cleanup from ernesto begins. Here in washington, new video appearing to show a beating outside a shake shack. What the victim is saying tonight. A terrifying scene at a music festival. This ferris wheel erupting in flames. The new crackdown on retail theft and how california is going after shoplifters and car thieves in what could be a blueprint for the rest of the country. An nbc news exclusive. Inside operation we will find you as u. S. Marshals track down hundreds of missing kids in just six weeks.
Politicsnation. Tonight s lead, sweet home, chicago. i am here tonight in chicago just hours before the start of the democratic national convention, where democrats will around kamala harris as their presidential nominee in what has been a roller coaster election season. Vice president harris has only been in the race for months a month since president biden step aside, and the polls showed she has gained enough ground already to push the contest to a dead heat. The latest nbc washington abc washington poll shows and tim walz are on a bus tour of pennsylvania right now before heading to chicago later tonight. Here is vice president harris earlier this afternoon in rochester, pennsylvania. Through these next 79 days, we will continue to build community, build coalitions and remind each other that we are all in this together. Joining me now from the dnc convention center in chicago, mitch landrieu, national co chair of the harriswalz 2024 campaign. Thank you for your time tonight. Ob
Weekend. It was yet another busy week, so lets get right to some of the conversations you might have missed. Amy, i think when you were here before in july, we were probably talking about joe biden. The trump people were talking about how they were going to win. They were measuring the curtains, Et Cetera, Et Cetera. I think then we could say its only july. Now, its only august. But its still early, again, quoting churchill or the 18th time. At least its now sort of the end of the beginning. Looking at numbers from Swing States, what are you finding . Yeah. Youre right. This race has been reset, certainly, since may, but even since july when President Biden dropped out. Look, back in may, we did. We saw biden trailing in all of the Swing States or at best tied. Right now, harris is either leading or tied with trump in those Swing States. Theres one state, nevada, which shes still trailing in. But overall, if you look at those seven Swing States, harris is up, again, within the margin b
Eastern. For now, that is all. Alex Wagner Tonight starts right now. Good evening. Thank you for that segment. Always thanks to amon for his tenacious reporting on all of this. Since jd vance became donald trumps running mate he has said a lot of truly unbelievable things. This one might take the cake. One thing i think marines do well is we have the best motto. I have a favorite motto of the U. S. Military. Always faithful. You hear marines say all the time. Semper fi. I do think donald trump exemplifies that motto. His record and his vision is a vision of always been faithful to those who put on the uniform. Almost everywhere giant events goes has been talking about military service and elevating service to a central part of the Trump Vance Ticket. First vance tried unsuccessfully to attack vice president harriss running Mate Governor Tim walz on his military service despite the fact walls served 24 years in the national guard. Now vance is trying to use his own military bona fides w
That is all in on this Wednesday Night Alex Wagner Tonight starts right now. Good evening, alex. First of all, kudos to you for taking on the story the way that you did. Everybody should be doing it. This is what is happening in the country. When you think about why people are motivated right now, why there has been a surge of momentum is because the stakes are so incredibly real across the country. It makes me so furious that they tried to destroy this woman because she did the right thing and she basically embarrassed them by how horrible the circumstances were that they insisted it was made up so then they tried to destroy her and her employer. It is really a genuinely despicable showing. We have a segment coming up with the great Steve Bennett about republican denial of recent reality and this is probably one of the more nefarious examples of it. Thank you, my friend. Okay. Today Donald Trump did something he has previously decried as corrupt and cheating. Today Donald Trump voted