good day to you. it is a debate that could be the decider, the final preparations happening now, in georgia, as we come on the air. that first and likely only debate between raphael warnock and herschel walker hours you a way. our team is standing by with what to watch for and why tonight could change this race. our team also live in pennsylvania, and nbc news exclusive, the republican senate candidate mehmet oz talking to us about the state of his campaign, and what he says about his strategy to blanket the air waves with ads about crime. also this hour, new details in the house investigate into the january 6th attack. why the committee, what the committee now has, from the secret service, and why the oath keepers are involved. plus, our new reporting on the newest flash point and culture wars across this country, why some republicans are now focused on, wait for it, kitty litter, as a political talking point. and why schools are at the heart of this. i m peter alexander.
This hour, reaction to President Bidens primetime oval office appeal for 105 billion in Military Support for israel and ukraine. History taught us when terror i haves dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price, they keep going. The cost and the threats to america and the world keep rising. The president pushing back on congressional critics balking. Its a smart investment thats going to pay for American Security for generations, keep us american troops out of harms way. Reaching out to muslims at home, feeling the pain of islamaphobia. You are hurting. I want you to know, i see you. You belong. I want to say this to you, you are all american. You are all american. Threats mount to u. S. Troops in baghdad. New signs that israels Ground Invasion into gaza may now be imminent. The Aid Deliveries are still not moving from egypt. Protests grow in the west bank. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington where House Republicans are finishing the week exactly
i m katy tur. it has been a dramatic day on capitol hill. emphasis on dramatic as house lawmakers loudly debated whether to formalize an investigation into president biden. as you would imagine, it got combative. we were waiting on the vote, but if all republicans tow the line, it will pass. that is not all. this morning, right outside of the capitol. hunter biden told reporters he was ready to testify in front of the house. but only if republicans agree to do it in public stating, quote, my father was not financially involved in my business, not as a practicing lawyer, not as a board member of burisma, not my partnership with the chinese private businessmen, not in my investments at home nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist, and he s blaming republicans by name for using his own personal struggles to try to take down his father. in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is
taylor swift got her fifth nomination for the taylor swift eras tour film. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you, i m katy tur. special counsel jack smith is going directly to the supreme court, asking the justices to weigh in on his election interference case. smith is looking for a ruling on whether a president has immunity from crimes while committed in office. it is a potentially very risky move. after all the justices say, yes, he is immune, the case is over. kaput. but if they rule no, it cuts off donald trump s ability to delay the trial through appeals. so big risk, big reward. meaning he would go to court on or close to the march trial date, thereby giving voters a chance to hear the evidence against the man who is asking to be president again. jack smith writing, quote, it is of imperative public importance that respondent s claims of immunity be resolved by this court and that the respondent s trial proceed as promptly as p
my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, i m katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of saturday today on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. what s the expectation? the first of his siblings to testify. it s interesting, part of the structure around here is that the dad, former president, was running the show. but at least in the attorney general s telling of this, all of the kids were actually intimately involved. those were their words, intimately involved in how the business was operating. and when it comes to don jr., he s the one signing off on financial statements. that s the hook for them here. they have all of these pages. al