Those. Of the five polls that have been held since the 26th of july, he leads in only two. She leads in three. I fully expect the momentum she has will carry her through, unless it is a disastrous Vice President ial choice. Shell be in the lead at the end of the democratic convention. Might seen that choice soon. Karl rove on friday preventing Kamala Harriss Momentum will soon give her a solid lead over donald trump in the polls. It appears he is correct, with new polling showing harris is gaining on the former president in battleground states. Meanwhile, the Vice President is expected to name her running mate before Tomorrows Rally in philadelphia. Well have the latest on the veep stakes. As for the former president , he was in atlanta over the weekend just days after harris held a rally in the same place. During his rally, trump complained about the massive crowd that turned out for harris, attacking the states republican Governor And Congratulating russian president vladimir putin o
At the olympics and growing questions at this hour over the decisions electrical boxes compete in the Womens Division after failing Gender Eligibility Tests that borrowed them from other competitions. This is the front page of the new York Post crawling, crying foul one of those fights below the belt. John are the lives of female athletes increasingly at risk . We hear from Tomi Lahren and charly arnolt later on in the show but first. We are concerned in making sure this does not happen again and what was not taken into consideration from the time the site was selected to the time up to that point what was the preparation that was taken and who was put in place for security . We will start from the very beginning and we will create a Chronology And Figure out what shouldve happened, what did happen, and we will walk all the way through it. Sandra we are now awaiting that 2 00 p. M. Briefing from the secret service. It has been nearly three weeks since the attempted assassination of the
White house to hear from the president once he begins speaking. But we start with the latest surge in new covid cases. We start to see mask mandates slowly rise. 36 states have seen triple digit cases. In nebraska they have spiked nearly 800%. Shaquille brewster is in new york city where the mask mandate is in order. Thank you to both of my guests for being with me. In the last 30 minutes or so the st. Louis mayor spoke about the new mask restrictions. That region made up 20% of the state s new infections least week. What are you hearing? yeah, that press conference wrapping up in the last few minutes. They are explaining this decision to reimpose the mask mandate. You heard them explain is as the delta variant throwing them a curve ball saying the numbers are simply too high to ignore. You also heard them frame this mask mandate as a stopgap measure to help get to the point, to bridge the gap, to the point in which the vaccination numbers are ticking up a big. Not enough they say unti
Happening and what you need to know, all of this following that stunning announcement this morning from the olympics, just four days before opening ceremonies, a member of the women s gymnastics team, one of its most highprofile teams competing, testing positive for covid. You ve got two more team members now in quarantine, just the latest setback for team usa. We ve got it covered with a busy start to the day here on this monday for you in washington. Nbc news team is following the developments on covid overseas and at home. Cal perry is in l. A. County, dom chu is watching wall street. Stephanie gosk in tokyo, matt bradley in london. Cal, the news on the air about mask guidance for students. This is something that i think a lot of parents are very interested in, because state to state, even district to district in some cases, places are doing their own thing when it comes to masks at school as we get ready weeks from the start of a new school year this fall. Parents are waiting to de