What is it about atlanta and the state of georgia in general, its a favorite spot right now for candidates to visit. Just a few days ago Kamala Harris in the exact venue and later today, Donald Trump and his Running Mate j. D. Vance. Mark meredith is there on why its so important right about now. My friend, to you. Neil, good morning to you, sir. Former president Donald Trump is going to get a very large crowd when he shows up to this Convention Center in downtown atlanta. Like you mentioned, this is the same spot that We Saw Vicepresident Harris at earlier in the week so i bet we are going to hear a lot about crowd sizes. A lot has changed in the news, including the news about the economy. Just yesterday We Saw the dow, nasdaq, S P 500 suffer triple digit declines and talk about whether or not the u. S. Will be able to stave off a recession in the coming months which would have a huge impact on the race. The former president spent a last time talking about the economy and likely to ke
now. will it get easier to finance a house? plus, what will the senate do with tiktok, the intelligence community is briefing the upper chamber on national security concerns. will it push senators to ban the app? our nbc news reporters are following all of this and more. let s bring in from texas, nbc s david noriega from eagle pass as the fifth circuit court of appeals decides what to do with senate bill 4. what does local law enforcement say about their ability to enforce this law if it goes into effect? david, can you hear me now? guys, i don t think david can hear us. i m going to venture to guess there we go. reporter: the attorney representing the texas side of the arguments was repeatedly asked specific questions about what this law, sb4 would look like were it to actually be implemented. now, on a number of occasions, he was actually just not able to answer that question. when it comes, for example, to how will people will removed to mexico, according to the r
been publicly released yet. i think people have reported what the prosecutors are asking for. i think you have to wait until the court proceeding happens to know, but, you know, i think the judge is going to do what s fair, and i think what s fair is, you know, my client gets on with his life. let s get to the courthouse now, and nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter who was inside during the proceedings today. also with us, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. tom, how did this happen? reporter: well, it happened because what is normally a routine hearing and normally a routine plea agreement process, and prosecutors seeking more of a fast tracked opening, if you will, where a judge would sign off on the agreement, provided she was able to make sure the defendant in this case, hunter biden understood the terms of the agreement, understood the scope of the agreement, and understood his rights, and the rights he is waiving as a result of t
derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trump s indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyiv s counter offensive is failing. we re live with an update on what s happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we do begin this hour with that breaking news from the fed. cnbc s morgan brennan is here for cnbc on msnbc. i think, morgan, we re on a ten-meeting streak by the fed of raising interest rates. what just happened? hold, that is what just happened. so we had ten raises, and now we hold. the federal reserve hitting the pause button on its campaign of interest rate hikes, as i say these words, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged at 5 to 5 1/4%. this a
on the as a little closer to home. i will not yield. president biden field testing a new nickname for the republican platform. it s megamaga trickle down. president biden is celebrating that his plan to forgive or cancel some student loan debt is surviving court challenges. just yesterday, state court and the supreme court said no, we re on biden s side. and he s chastising critics. ted cruz, the great senator from texas, he said it s for slackers that don t deserve relief. who in the hell do they think they are? today s remarks in delaware where the president plans to stay all weekend. a fox brain room count finds that president biden spent 76 weekends away from the white house, outpacing president trump s 54 weekends away at this point in his presidency. we re here at dell state. it s a special place in my heart. every day at home is a day not spent in a swing state. president biden is expressing confidence act his side s chances in the november electi