what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy and th
already interviewed others on this recording. this is not if first to come to light. before the 2016 election, there was the recording of the record ing from tmz. and what are we learning now? we are learning that in the summer of 2020 after trump leaves the presidency, it is shifting our understanding of this documents investigation in a lot of different ways. first of all, it is an audio tape, and the sort of thing that the justice department would be seeking looking for a case. it is evidence, and the type of evidence that we understand from sources not only the justice department has, but it is the evidence that people are asking about, and they have interviewed general mark milley that trump is saying that he got this document from a plan to get the attack from iran, and milley is the joint chiefs of staff, and someone who donald trump often was not, and very much in conflict with at the end of his pres presidency. so there is that, the evidence that they are getting t
there is no one quite like republican candidate for governor of pennsylvania mr. doug mastriano. he insists the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump, which, of course, it was not. he supports a draconian ban on abortion. peddles vaccine disinformation. we could go on and on and on. but right now, the contest between mastriano and democratic candidate josh shapiro is being defined by hate and anti-semitism in its final days and weeks. new york times is out with a piece of reporting that says this, quote, mr. mastriano, who promotes christian power and disdains the separation of church and state, has repeatedly lashed mr. shapiro for attending and sending his children to what mastriano calls a privileged, exclusive, elite school, suggesting to one audience that it e vinced mr. shapiro s distan for people like us. it is a jewish day school where students are given both secular and religious instruction, but mastriano s language in portraying it as an elitist reserve seem
Coronavirus outbreak, the students are going back to Remote Learning on campus. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 18th, and im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with the latest developments regarding the u. S. Postal service. The House Oversight committee saying postmaster general louis dejoy has agreed to testify before the panel on monday to address the sweeping changes that democrats say are meant to undermine the fall election. So at the same time the president rails against efforts to expand mailin voting during this pandemic, dejoy has eliminated positions of thousands of postal workers, issuing a hiring freeze, and postal workers were removed or, in fact, reassigned. The changes have led to mail delays and a warning that mailin ballots may arrive too late. Very troubling. North carolina businessmen have donated hundreds of millions to joe bidens campaign. He also has conflicts of interest. Dejoy divested stock in ups before becoming postmaster general, but he
Tonight. Our capitols look like fortresses. This capitol looks like a fortress, and all over the country, thatry gearing up for it. Thousands of americans are dying every day, and our president is meeting with the my pillow guy about voter fraud . How is trump dealing with the end of his presidency . Its pitiful, don. Donald trump is broken by his loss. He cant hand le it. He has completely retreated from the duties of his office. He never actually enjoyed the actual work of the presidency. But hes not doing even the ceremonial goodbyes that a president would do in this a circumstance. Like mike pence when he was greeting the guard troops in the nations capital. He is con sused with his loss. The my pillow guy, withdrewdy jillianny, and steve bannon, all the guys that are crack pots and its sad for the scountry on a worlds stage to see how he comes out. And a pew research showed his Approval Rating is down to 29 among americans and even noncollege white americans who are the base of hi