Protests in israel demanding a ceasefire as President Biden holds a White House meeting this hour with Hostage Rescue teams. Also ahead, a Labor Day double header for Vice President harris. Her two Stops Today including one with President Biden as she looks to shore up the Blue Wall for november. Plus now controversy for Donald Trump. The plans for a fundraiser for January 6th defendants at a trump golf resort. And later, On Strike. Why Hotel Workers for Hilton And Hyatt are on the Picket Lines this Labor Day. Good morning. It is 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We have breaking news out of israel where outrage continues to grow today after the deaths of six hostages shot pointblank by hamas as idf forces were nearing their location in gaza. This morning, the largest general strike since the start of the israel hamas war took place, cross. This as prime Minister Netanyahu faces new and growing pressures to reach a ceasefire. Meanwhile at the White House, this
right now, though, a live look at a very snowy harrisburg, pennsylvania. you can kind of barely see it. the northeast is bracing for a major winter storm. what s expected to be the areas first big snowfall in two years. more than 40 million people are under winter alerts, from the mid-atlantic from new england, from 8 to 12 inches of snow expected through sunday. that storm already bringing heavy rain and sleet to the southeast, causing icy and hazardous driving conditions. in moments, the new video that shows the point of view of rioters on capitol hill, where three years ago, today. a very good day to all of you from nbc news here in los angeles, welcome to alex witt reports. we have this breaking news to share, several big developments impacting the boeing 737 max nine aircraft. this, after a mid air emergency for forced an alaskan airline flight to plant just minutes after taking off. let s go to nbc s priscilla thompson, joining us now from houston. priscilla, tell
go to the american public and tell them to stop this. he has to go to the american public and stop this.me kevin mccarthy was not the only republican callings on donald trump to put an end to the violence that day. we learned 11 other republicans congresswe reached out to the white house or made some kind of public statement that day to implore the president to do something, to do anything to stop the violence. in fact, his eldest son, don jr. texted then white house chief of staff mark meadows saying, he s got to condemn this asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. and he has to lead now.as it has gone too far. and gotten out of hand. three different fox news hosts sean hannity, laura ingram, brian, all of them, all texted meadows saying trump needed to make a statement telling people to leave. that is what we know was happening outside of the white house during the 187mens from trump s speech on the ellipse urging supporters to fight like hell andel when he finally
have been calling on president biden to take action may finally get their wish. but for some, this executive action won t go nearly far enough. we ll explain. plus, vladimir putin takes his first foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some of the events of january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had enough yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021 that it said had been accidentally erased. but after initially being hopeful that the data could be recovered, committee member stephanie murphy revealed otherwise on msnbc last night. we received a letter today that di
people traveling on trains as flames roared near the tracks. in france the fires forced at least 37,000 people to evacuate. in uk today was the hottest day ever. 104 degrees fahrenheit. the heat is triggering fires around london now as well. back here in the u.s. 60 million people will experience triple digit temperatures in the next week. there is no bigger story right now, no issue affecting more people, billions of people. the u.n. secretary-general says half of humanity is in the climate danger zone. and he had this warning. we have a choice, collective action or collective suicide. it is in our hands. we have team coverage all across the globe. let s start with nina. london fire officials are facing major strains. what are you seeing? reporter: yeah, that s right. we ve seen the specter of those wildfires that are raging across southern europe, ana, hit here on the fringes of the britishcal tal three miles away from where i am. there was a wildfire burning and ther