New york. Nine weeks to go until election day, folks. Nine weeks until today and one Week Today to what may be the only President Ial debate to transpire between donald Trump And Vice president Kamala Harris. And then, of course, the start of the socalled final sprint to election day, which finds two President Ial diameter rickly opposed, polar opposite camps. She wants to turn the page on a dark and dysfunctional past decade in politics, her campaign has been met with obama levels of enthusiasm among voters, her rallies drawing massive recordbreaking crowds, her campaign enlisting an army of volunteers, racking up endorsements from all across the political spectrum, as politico reports today, quote, the Vice President has flipped the enthusiasm gap, the Money Gap and the Polling Gap in her favor in the six weeks since she replaced president Joe Biden as the democratic nominee. Now, the other person on the menu behind Door Number two, a candidate who is unable to land on an effective l
Israel paralyzed by nationwide protests calling on prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sure as Ceasefire And Hostage Release Deal after the murders of six hostages at russia launches new attacks on key ukrainian cities, leaving dozens dead as the two Sides Trade blows. Was Donald Trump rhetoric, Shift On Abortion Laws and its pitch for Ivf Protections has his team now clarifying where he stands on reproductive rights ahead of november it is fine 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. This is a live look at Capitol Hill on this Labor Day. Good morning, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in for Kasie Hunt Today it is great to be witH You. Were going to begin this morning with Israel Paralyzed by protest and now a general strike thousands of israelis demanding prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiate the release of all remaining hamas held hostages after the military discovered six hostages killed In Gaza. Among them, Israeli American Citizen Hersh Goldberg polin we are here to protest against the israe
Sprinting ahead a little differently. Vice president harris is making headlines with her first half sit down, and Donald Trump is making headlines over his deranged posts on Social Media. And Jd Vance once again is highlighting his bizarre comments regarding those who dont have children. In this one, hes Calling Teachers by Name And Randee weingarten is here to respond. And later as we get underway with paralympics, well show you two of the most inspiring pair olympians ive ever spoken with. Okay. So tomorrow is Labor Day, which for many of you likely means parties, picnics, parades, hot dogs, watermelon, whatever it may be. Its also usually the start of the political season. But this year its safe to say it came a bit earlier. I mean, Take A Look at what happened in the last few months. An Assassination Attempt against the former president , a change at the top of ticket on the democratic side. Its been a lot. We dont know whats going to happen in the next two months. We do know some
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,
Welcome to welcome to primetime weekend. I m rachel maddow. Let s get right to the week s top stories. The past 24 hours have been a microcosm of the race. Kamala harris and tim walz doing the standard campaign work for a major party candidate. They kept an even keel at the sitdown interview last night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there, honestly stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in masses of its own making including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting through it. The fallout continues from trumps a political photo op and campaign commercial on tiktok at arlington national cemetery at the beginning of the week where he gave the thumbs up over the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of this. He cut a video blaming their deaths on democrats. Now, his campaign is openly doing battle wi