it s a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a prime time address. what do we expect toer hear from him today, thursday night, and the labor day parade in pittsburgh, which is my annual opportunity to watch mike memoli trying to run as fast as he can dodging the secret service agents. reporter: it might be a little harder this year. i i did bring my luning shoes as we re on the road with president biden. you can hear the marine corp. band all also here with the president today. we have been talking about the fact that white house advisers wa
courts that say that privilege resides with the incumbent president. so there s a lot here that could happen. we re eagerly looking forward to thursday. and melissa, amid reports that the former president has had a the lot of trouble assembling a top legal team, he s hired florida s former police tort general to represent him. he has tied to ron desantis, has a winning record in the supreme court. a reputation as a political knife fighter. how could this affect the defense strategy? there was a lot of questions raised about the lawyering up until now. that is generously put. i imagine it will be a more buttoned up effort going forward. chris is a good lawyer. a number of the lawyers already on trump s team have good reputations, but this is really unprecedented. a former president being the subject of a criminal inquiry, also fighting on a number of different fronts and