Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
Okay, here we are, it is 9 00 p. M. On the west coast, and i am jen psaki, and the midnight shift is the best shift to talk politics here at that time big table to break down everything that happened tonight. Were going to learn more tonight, too, and we do have a lot to talk about, because results from 16 states ask one territory, dont forget that one, just brought us one big step closer to a General Election rematch between President Joe Biden and donald trump, and trump has unsurprisingly won a bunch of states bringing his total degrees to 900, so if we take a look at trump with the numbers, to catch everyone, four indictments, 91 criminal charges, two impeachments and on the democratic side, President Biden has swept every state so far and to jp, and another frontrunner that hit the magic number, those that need to clinch the nomination, but theyre both pretty darn close. Now a major outstanding question coming into tonight we still have, not about trump or biden but about nikki ha
defamation settlement involving a u. s media company, and fox, now facing an even bigger lawsuit from another voting company. plus putin s crackdown has just been sentenced to 25 years in a russian prison for speaking out against the war in ukraine. vladimir kara murza wife is outfront tonight. and a 20 year old woman shot and killed for pulling into the wrong driveway. police chief says the gunman showing zero remorse that chief is my guest tonight. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight 787.5 million. it is a stunning number, and that is the settlement between fox news and dominion. in fact, it is the largest publicly known defamation settlement involving a me company in the united states. and by the way when you look at the value of it for dominion, it is 10 times the value. of dominion voting systems. it s massive anyway. you look at it now. in a statement along with the settlement, fox writes, in part quote, we acknowledge the court s ruling
starts today. we love getting nightly news with lester holt backs appeared we love your work, and the diplomacy. indeed. have a good weekend, you, too. welcome to the beat. let me start with something serious. law enforcement sources still us that alvin bragg has received a formal death threat, through a letter that was a littled to him that set, quote, alvin, i m going to kill you, end quote. it contained a white powder. it s been deemed by authorities as nonhazardous. this is what s happening. we talked about last night why it s not a drill, why these threats don t work historically, but why donald trump, who is under investigation for abusing power, for inciting an insurrection, is now back at the same playbook. he is out online, using his plate form. talking about depth and destruction and posts violent imagery. the probe is part of a much larter legal storm. and we re going to report on these always. we have to understand he s moving from a position of extrem
jdbalart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser in new york. breaking news in the united kingdom, the country s third prime minister in seven weeks has officially been decided. rishi sunak is, therefore, elected as the lead of the conservative party. you heard it there, rishi sunak, britain s former finance minister will take over for liz truss who resigned last week after 44 days on the job. we ll talk about the latest twist in this political turmoil. does the u.s. have a triple-demic on the horizon with the covid, the flu and respiratory viruses on the rise. you re seeing a tidal wave of sweeping across this country right now. but we start with crunch time before the midterm elections. two critical states begin early voting today. with 15 days to go, polling shows historic levels of voter enthusiasm with 70% of registered voters expressing high interest in this election. that