Time from now. The abc News President ial debate. Also developing tonight, two passenger jets colliding on the taxiway. A tail ripped off. And were tracking a Tropical Storm Set to become a hurricane now, and expected to hit the u. S. First tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump right here tonight at the national Constitution Center in philadelphia. The candidates making their case to the nation. Vice president harris preparing for this moment for days. Donald trump also preparing and coming into the debate saying he feels great but acknowledging, quote, you dont know what to expect. The race for the White House essentially a dead heat. The newest poll, 4949. Mary bruce and Rachel Scott right here in philadelphia. Also tonight, the images coming in, the moment two Delta Passenger planes collide on the taxiway in atlanta. The wing of one plane tearing off the tail of the other. Nearly 300 passengers forced off the planes. Tonight, that Tropical Storm Set
lincoln s arrival to beijing s arrival shows how frayed the relationship is. only a low level ccp official will be there to him. no red carpet on the tarmac like other dignitaries have received just a redline. lucas tomlinson s life in the white house with more on today s meetings. scott has been five years since u.s. secretary of state has visited china great secretary blinken s last trip was abruptly scrapped back in february when the giant chinese spy balloon floated across the country. some republicans are glad he s finally on the ground. looks all throughout the cold war she continued diplomacy with china. we should have ongoing arms control talks but despite all the things that all the complaints we had a leak from the lab. we have a lot of discussions and needs to occur. i wish blinken well invite is making a trip. vice president biden called the chinese spy balloon incident and embarrassment for beijing a republican lawmaker says is the opposite. x it s embarrassing f
even a brief default would cause the country half 1 million jobs, according to the council. if there is no default, dragging negotiations out until the last minute could cause 200,000 jobs. some argue president biden could act unilaterally by provoking a provision and the 13th amendment. other question the legality of such a move. in the exclusive interview with stephanie ruhle, the president didn t take the option off the table. i am not there yet, and here s the deal. i think that, first of all, this is not your father s republican party. this is a different group. and i think that we have to make it clear to the american people, that i m prepared to negotiate in detail with their budget. how much are going to spend, how much you re going to tax, where can we cut. for example, in the first years of my administration i cut the death by 1.7 trillion dollars. 1.7, more than anyone s done in history. their budget goes in and, there is no possible that they can pass their budg
reiser live from msnbc headquarters in new york on a busy saturday evening. happening right now, a man hunt intensifying in texas for the suspected gunman accused of killing five people, including an eight year old. after authorities say that they asked him to stop firing his gun in his yard. the search underway right now for the suspect. we are following extreme weather coast to coast from heavy rain to snow to dangerous heat. while the midwest faces flooding from the mississippi river, a result of melting snowpack. we will get the latest from iowa. plus, president biden s reelection pitch. she is in the fear of maga republicans to court democratic donors. and a live look at washington where nerd prom is about to be underway. it is the one night every year where you could find the president, top journalists, and hollywood elite all in the same room. we will have a preview of the white house correspondents dinner ahead. we begin in texas where moments ago authorities delivere
threatening to destroy them. classified documents found at former vice president pence s home. washington wonders who s next. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning. we begin with a wave of reported tornadoes, more than a dozen of them, wreaking havoc across southwest texas and southeast louisiana. oh, my god. in the suburbs east of houston, only one injury reported, remarkably. but officials are calling the damage catastrophic. house is gone so the whole top section of the house is completely ruined. so it s toast. the house will be torn down now. kind of hard to take but, hey, we re alive. that s the main thing. we all ran to the restrooms and just watched the whole building fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. that was the only thing that kept us alive. reporter: numerous cars and tractor trailers overturned. buildings smashed. roofs torn off. one nursing home had to be evacuated and power