I m sandra smith. I m john roberts. Here s the story with martha. Paul: thank you very much. Good afternoon. I martha maccallum and this is the story the joe biden campaign admitting it has had 2 bad effing weeks was the phraseology is behind closed doors reporting from axios. Trying to rally the troops. You ve got to sympathize with the folks running this campaign. Clearly it s been an incredibly tough last couple of weeks and they are trying to deal with the challenges. They have tough pulling numbers. Very nervous donors which will tell you more about in a little while and then uncertainty that surrounds the be plan kamala harris the vice president. So all of this for better or worse. At this moment since clearly sucking up all the oxygen in the cycle. It s all anybody is talking about. Since video for the president right now lives forever these moments last night are not helping. Ladies and gentlemen president putin spent president putin? is going to beat president putin. I would n
Covering up biden s health issues. The subpoenas they ve now issued. Jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the highprofile trial of senator bob menendez after his defense team argued that the corruption allegations against him are, quote, rotten to the core. And the surprisingly good new numbers for the battle against inflation. Will it put pressure on the fed to finally cut interest rates? our nbc news reportes are following all of the latest developments and we start with the latest from capitol hill and the critical meeting between senate democrats and biden advisers that wrapped up moments ago. Nbc s ali vitale is with us and what do we know about that meeting? anything yet? we are seeing the trickle of senators leave that meeting with the trio of top biden campaign aides sent to capitol hill to talk with senators and assuage their concerns effectively lay out a game plan and show hard data that could possibly get senators back onboard. There s been skittishness both on
Different corners of the political universe. Nancy pelosi suggests joe biden could reexamine whether he should stay in the race, while arguably the most famous fundraiser in joe biden s camp says it s time to go. George clooney with a sobering assessmentment of his interaction with joe biden at a fundraiser he hosted. What does biden do about the new waves of concern? plus a new push by two senate democrats against clarence thomas. Could he really face a special counsel investigation? and right now, a big rally and support of a plan that fundamentally changes the way people can vote in a critical battleground state. Donald trump continues to make unproven accusations about the security of your vote. We begin with new warning signs for joe biden s campaign. The cook political report moving its ratings for six critical states toward donald trump. Today speaker ancy pelosi raising more than a few eyebrows with this interview on morning joe about his future. I want him to do whatever he de
World leaders and voters across this country are watching very closely. And the unexpected moment on that stage, you ll hear what the president said. The storms on the move tonight. Heavy rain and winds sweeping across the midwest into the northeast. And the video just in of a tornado on the ground. The heat alerts from washington, d. C. To philadelphia, new york city to boston, as millions tonight in the south are without power after the hurricane amid lifethreatening heat. Ginger with the latest forecast. That air scare. The very close call over the syracuse airport. A delta flight and an american airlines regional flight. Authorities say at one point, the pilots were so close they could not see the other plane. Also, news tonight, a suspect was shot during an attempted carjacking right near the home of supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. The college death under investigation tonight. The hazing investigation following the death of a missing student at dartmouth. His body found in
Hits texas as a category 1 hurricane killing two. And cutting power to more than 2 million people as towns brace for up to 15 inches of rain. We are live in the storm zone. And a political earthquake in france, did one of our closest allies just become virtually ungovernable? the shock election raising the stakes during an already tumultuous time in europe. Our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc s allie raffa in washington, where president biden s fierce defense of his right to stay in the race included that new interview with msnbc. The president is making it clear he s not going anywhere. What else does he have to say? yeah, chris, the president in this interview at times very obviously angry, very frustrated as he delivered a full throated rebuke of these growing calls among democrats for him to step aside. He says he is going nowhere, and he even challenged other democrats to challenge him at next month s democratic convention, and at