Harris campaign, the Vice President and her Running Mate holding Labor Day events in three different Battleground States today. So how will those events set the tone for the Campaigns Stretch Run . And were Smack Dab in the middle of what is believed to be the busiest Labor Day Travel Period ever. But heat and Heavy Rain could make it a rough road for travellers in some parts of the country. Well have the latest. But we start with the dramatic escalation of public fury in israel where half A Million people poured into the streets as part of a general strike venting Anger And Grief over the killing of six hostages by hamas. But many are also blaming the israel government and prime Minister Netanyahu specifically for failing to reach a deal that would have brought them home safely. The funeral for one of those hostages, hersh goldbergpollin, was held today in jerusalem with thousands of mourners gathered outside. Back here in new york city, the father of another hostage, eddan alexander,
with primary races under way in seven states. california, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. polls are just opening now in california. one of the races closely watched is the los angeles mayoral race in which democratic congresswoman karen bass is facing off developer rick caruso. in montana, ryan zing ki who left congress to become the terror secretary is trying to return to the house representing the state s congressional district there. a top gop target this fall, iowa s third congressional district, the three candidates facing off in the republican primary hoping to flip that house seat this fall. joining us are national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board and steve patterson in los angeles. let s start with steve kornacki, good morning. what are you keeping an eye on this morning? a lot to watch today, jose. there are seven states holding primaries. you can see this is actually kind of a super tuesday. this is the b
hee coast guard out to dry. he s not sending anymore any a vessel any more support. they don t have enough to intercept all the boats that are trying to come primarilyba from cuba, but als, buo from ha. so what we re doing with our assets, we re out there in the florida straits. we re using reconnaissance. we aregu alertinarg to the coast guard when boats are there, we re stopping boats. and then the coast guarde folk e picking these folks up.we thi and here s the thing, tucker. o you know, we think that some of this is absolutely being orchestrated by the cuban we think lotgovernment. . we think there s a lot of humano smuggling going on . so not only is it s not good hav for the florida keys to have people dumped on onple th their property, some of theseths people that are on these boats are being mistreated. and so i think we ve seeecline n a decline in the number of m vessels that are in the water. so havy e not had as many landings, actually very few lately. so ing at is working a
63 miles per hour winds in buffalo. this is going to make travel a nightmare for folks. not to mention that rush of cold air that s expected for the northeast. that s going to cause problems, joe, when it comes to flash freezing on the road. it s not just the air travel that will be impacted but also those roadways with black ice. and boy, like you said, the temperatures just dropping, the numbers out of denver, incredible. they re going to be rough in the northeast as well. angie lassman, do we say thank you? yes, we say thank you for warning us of just terrible weather. we greatly appreciate it. and still ahead, we re going to dig into the new transcripts released by the house select committee investigating january 6th, which includes one witness after another pleading the fifth hundreds of sometimes. i thought as donald trump said, only the mob pled the fifth. what s he saying about his own people? you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. u re watchi we ll be right b
still ahead on morning joe mika, are you worried about me, mika? just, you know, i thought if we didn t go to break, you might start talking about you know what, we re going to go to break now. that s too bad, let s take a break. senator gary peters will weigh in on his party s success in georgia, and what it could mean ahead of 2024. plus, russian president vladimir putin warns that the war in ukraine could go on for a long time. what that could mean for continued aid to ukraine from the u.s. and other allies. he also talks the potential for nuclear. a highly anticipated netflix documentary from prince harry and meghan markle was released overnight, and we re going to explain why some of the footage in it is not what it claims to be. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. u re watchi we ll be right back.