The Vice President spent The Weekend in pittsburgh preparing for the debate. During a Radio Interview that aired this morning, she talked about what she expected from trump during the debate. He plays from this really old and tired playbook, right, where he theres no floor for him in terms of how low he will go, and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth. And we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruths. For his part, Donald Trump held a rally in battle ground, wisconsin, on saturday. As both candidates prepare for tomorrows debate, new polling shows an extremely tight race. A New York times Sienna College national poll gives trump a 1 Point Lead over the Vice President. The Yougov Poll of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin show a close but tied race in the battleground states, with the results in the margin of error. With us now, Nbc News correspondent, garrett haake,
Areas of cloud, yes, But some spells of sunshine. And with that feed of humid air, we will see some pretty high temperatures on friday, widely into the 20s, Mid 20s for some including Western Scotland. We could get up to 25 degrees with some sunshine across that western side of scotland. What about the weekend . Well, still rather warm and humid, at least for a time. Some rain, particularly down towards the south, drier and brighter further north. This is bbc news. The headlines. The deadliest disaster in the English Channel this year. A pregnant woman is among 12 people whove died as a migrant boat capsizes. Russian missile strikes on the ukrainian military Institute Kill at least 51 people. Over a dozen could be trapped under the rubble. Benjamin netanyahu condemns the uks decision to suspend some Arms Exports to israel, calling it shameful. Now to the us, and its 62 days to go until Polling Day, lets return to the middle east, where the Health Ministry says at least 40,819 people ha
This elections turned the last few months and one of the most wild summers in memory. One guy gets shot, another drops out. Harris hops in her new vp honeymooned in china. I cant keep up. Now its a mad dash to election day. And with two months left, every move is monumental. The Trump Vance tickets gone heavy on Policy Versus Kamalas Copy And Paste campaign. We sat down with Trump And Vance getting an inside look at their day one agenda. Watch. Mr. President, senator, i dont know what we have to talk about. Its been pretty boring. Why did you pick j. D. Vance . Weve always had a good chemistry. And originally, j. D. Was probably not for me, but he didnt know me. And then when we got to know each other, he liked me maybe more than anybody. Liked me. And he would stick up for me and hed fight for the worker as much as i fight for the work. We just had an automatic chemistry, and i actually endorsed him in ohio for the senate, and he ended up winning against a very tough field, very tough
Stop the steal movement the times also details gop congresswoman laura bobert of colorados, close connections to Militia Group, colleague the 3 ers that had at least one member who entered the capitol, and matt gaetz connections is described this way republican tiff gaetz of florida appeared at an event attended by members of the proud boys, another Extremist Organization whose role in the assault like those of the oath keepers and Three Percenters is being investigated. The times said in signaling either overt or tacit support, a small vocal band of republicans now serving in the house provided legitimacy and publicity to Extremist Groups and movements as they built toward their role in supporting mr. Trumps efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election and the attack on congress. This caucus of extremists, which including the qanonsupporting Conspiracy Theory peddling Marjorie Taylor greene, appear to be creating incorrect tension on capitol hill right now, to the point that on
Greene defending herself on the Floor House Impeachment Managers asking donald trump to testify under oath at his trial. How his lawyers are responding tonight President Biden is declaring america is back in his first Foreign Policy speech. His new warning to russia and china my oneonone with his chief of staff i asked is there a plan to send masks to every americans. The former officer caught on body cam fatally shooting an Unarmed Black Man charged with murder. New reaction from andre hills family. Vaccine hunthunters, how storing doses would otherwise go under waste. Good evening, i am lester holt. Johnson and johnsons approval soon could mean more dose ages by the start of summer. New infections and hospitalizations fallen nearly 34 million vaccine doses administered while 91,000 people currently hospitalized experts warning those more contagious Virus Mutations could spell plenty more dark days ahead. I spoke to the chief of staff, ron klain, to get an update and an effort to spee