our political editor chris mason is travelling with him and sent this update hello from a rather soggy airfield. quite a moment, this, for sir keir starmer as he prepares to get on board the prime ministerial plane and head to washington. he will have a chance to visit the white house, to meet president biden, and also introduce himself to lots of other world leaders at this nato summit. and all of this less than a week on from the general election. obviously at a nato summit, a gathering of the defence alliance, a real focus on security. labour have promised that they want to spend 2.5% of national income on defence, but crucially, they have not put a timeframe on it, a deadline on it, which means there is a question about whether it is ever achieved. so lots to discuss about defence, and quite a moment for the new prime minister. the trip marks sir keir starmer s first overseas trip as prime minister. he had this to sayjust before boarding his plane to the us. my message is
we ll get a report from nbc news chief correspondent richard engel in kabul. i ll speak with chairman of the senate armed services committee jack reed of rhode island. plus, whitewashing january 6th. if you didn t know it was video from january 6, you would think it s a normal tourist visit. as a growing number in the gop try to deny what happened at the capitol, one republican says the vast majority in his party know the truth but refuse to di admit it. my guest this morning, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois. also, eric adams beats out progressives in the democratic primary for new york city mayor. i am the face of the new n ig democratic party. what the non-woke former police captain s victory says about the kind of democrats that are actually winning elections. joining me are nbc news capitolr hill correspondent kasie hunt, mark leibovich from the new york times, former obama white house senior adviser stephanie cutter and republican strategist al carde
moscow. and on this show, from the parents of one of the americans being detained in russia, we re live with them in just a moment for an interview you ll not want to miss, all of it as president biden s domestic agenda seems to pick up steam. infrastructure and voting rights. what s happened in the world while the eyes are fixed on geneva. and it s decision day in the supreme court. it s on obamacare, lgbtq rights, and free speech. any second we get word from the court, we re going to break in as it happens. i m hallie jackson with josh letterman at the white house. leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill and an msnbc contributor. good morning to all of you. josh, let me start with you. the president returns home from overseas. then the sales job begins. frankly, there s a pretty long list of unresolved issues here. reporter: what the white house is saying, hallie, is the president achieved what he cement out to do, not some grand d etat or where moscow becomes a u.s. alley
here s tomasz schafernaker. the weather should be playing ball this weekend. it is looking largely dry which means there could be one or two showers around and it will be worn in the sunshine so the fine warm weather continues but today you can see how that motion of the cloud has brought a blip toward south eastern areas. in the west it stays sunny but not great news on the south east at lord s, you can see the rain spreading northwards, just missing birmingham, but it was quite heavy across some parts of the south east and through the course of this afternoon it will remain at pretty wet across this corner of the country. out towards the west it is fine all the way towards south western scotland and not a bad day in northern ireland as well. still wet in the south east this evening. that rain across east anglia may linger into the early hours but for the vast majority of the uk it is going to be a dry night. if you leave the washing out it will be fine. here is the weather
this is what happened. i know this bit about his life. i also know that s connected to his parents. yeah. so, that means that he s treating me the way that he was treated. exactly. which means how can i change that for my own kids? and, well, here i am. harry says he feels a little more free in his new life in california. his family may wonder how many more reflections he and his wife will feel obliged to share. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i will be backjust after 10:30 p:m., 11:30 i will be backjust after 10:30 p:m.,11:30 p:m.. but now it is time for news watch. now on bbc news it s time for newswatch the bbc news get the balance on the quantity of its election coverage right at the end of last week? why did a hartlepool voter because such fury on social media? political junkies who politicaljunkies who may have been bemoaning their lack of any uk elections last year because of the pandemic had their fill of psychology at the end of last week. it all began just after the