Connection with the Ketamine Overdose Death of Friends Star Matthew perry. More on the Lapd Probe. Also ahead, the race for the white house. The President And Vice president appear together today, their first official white House Event since the Campaign Shakeup. This as donald trump holds another Press Conference Today. And the two vp Contenders Trade jabs on the trail. Also ahead, her Cain Ernesto bearing down on bermuda after causing widespread power outages in Puerto Rico. The latest on the Storms Track. Good morning. It is 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera. We begin with breaking news this morning. An arrest just made in connection with the overdose death of Friends Star Matthew perry. Perry was found dead in his home at his pool in his home last october. The Los Angeles medical examiner attributed his death to the effects of ketamine. Joining us now, Steve Patterson from Los Angeles, Ken Dilanian, former prosecutor and legal analyst and Eric Degans, Tv Critic for npr. Steve, give us
Vowing to stay in the race they returned to the campaign trail on monday we have a team of correspondents covering this for us, priscilla alvarez is covering the biden campaign. But let s begin with capitol hill reporter annie grayer. Annie, what s at stake today as president biden reaches out to elected democrats on capitol hill fred, everything is at stake with these calls. Biden is trying to make direct outreach to house democrats to try and stop the bleeding of democrats calling for him to drop out as we ve seen, a slow trickle of democrats making those calls ever since biden s disastrous debate performance, more than two weeks ago. So biden is going to speak with few key groups of house democrats. First, the progressive wing of the caucus, and then a more moderate group, many of whom are running in very competitive house races who have raised serious concerns about the president s ability to remain atop the ticket. Now, biden started his formal outreach last yet, stark started wel
His colleagues from finding out. Early voting centers opening today in california as well. Millions of mailin ballots already sent in. The latest on the california recall effort. Also this hour, i told you it was busy, a special report. Charges in the death of elijah mcclain at the hands of police this week. Should it give hope that we have turned a corner when it comes to holding officers accountable? we will dig into that coming up. But i do want to start with that controversial abortion law in the state of texas. A judge has shielded for now women s clinics in the state from being sued by the largest antiabortion group in the state. A state district judge issued a temporary restraining order against the nonprofit group, texas right to life, in its effort to stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. We have nbc s liz mclaughlin with us from austin and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance with us as well. I want to start with you, liz, and get the reaction first to the restraining order
Good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. Here is what is happening. New this hour, the death toll from hurricane ida is now at 65 with one additional death recorded in just the last few hours in louisiana. Most of those who lost their lives were in new jersey and new york when the remnants of that storm hit this week. New today, president biden announcing plans to survey damage in new york and new jersey on tuesday. The president traveled to louisiana yesterday and got a firsthand look at the areas that remain uninhabitable. He promised flood victims that no community will be left behind. Meanwhile, a new investigation has begun into the death of four nursing home patients. They were among 800 patients packed inside a warehouse, taken there before ida struck louisiana. Health officials say they have significant concerns about conditions at that facility. Covering the very latest on ida s aftermath, in new jersey, in new orleans and
Martha: we re expected to hear questions about that today and the full context of what that conversation was. My next guest knows what it s like to sit across a negotiation table with leadership of the taliban. Chris galinda has fought the taliban as a commander in afghanistan. He s sat down at the table in an effort to try to find a way forward for the country. He serves multiple tours in afghanistan and an advisinger to our top generals there. He s the author of zero sum victory, what we re getting wrong about war. He joins me now. Great to have you with us today, colonel. Obviously you have so much experience in country and dealing with this issue. So i think one of the things that i want to begin with based on your history of trying to solve this problem starting in 2017, 18, when you see the coordination that the pentagon and the military was telling us about, how hurt so many people were by it in terms of what was going on at the airport, seeing the united states saying well, we