the president making that announcement just a few hours ago. the first president since 1968 to not seek reelection. good evening. good evening, everybody. i am martha maccallum joining you. this decision comes literally after dozens of democrats pressured the current president to step aside. it really all started the ball rolling on june 27 with the first debate against former president trump a lot of people called that a disastrous debate for president joe biden. here is a statement released just before 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. it has been the greatest honor my life to serve as your president and while it has been my intention to seek reelection i believe he is in the best interest with the party and country to stand down and focus solely down on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. two separate statements. a statement that came moments after that, president biden endorse kamala harris to become the party s nominee. how the top of the democr
together. we re together. there s so much happening. i do want to go right to politics with you before i lose you. sure. j.d. vance, a rookie, someone who has evolved, as they say, in politics or switched sides with himself, but do you think this is a strong pick? like bill barr, it s a bs word, evolved. he flip-flopped. normal people who changed their mind, it s hypocrisy. what s interesting about j.d. vance is he was out of the gate really hot attacking joe biden in the media after the tragic assassination attempt of donald trump, and j.d. vance s rhetoric against trump is the most vitriolic i ve ever seen. i mean, he called him, quote, america s hitler. he called him an idiot. he called him things i mean, i ve had a lot of guests on and i don t think anyone has said the things that j.d. vance said about donald trump. he called him cultural heroin. coming out of finance and yale and all that, having spent less time in politics, but the way he rose in politics wa
and jobs bill. but the man who appears to hold the key to all of this is a democrat from a state donald trump carried by almost 40 points. west virginia senator joe manchin. and a 50/50 senate, his vote means everything and he wants biden to keep talking with those republicans. if this negotiation falls apart tomorrow, the president policy says it s time for democrats to go on this. it is time to go to reconciliation. are you ready to do? that i don t think so. i don t think you should already. our own nbc news colleague garrett haake, who you just saw there, will join us for more and. biden has signaled to republicans that he could take a proposed corporate tax increase off the table if they accept a trillion and new spending. as word of the need bipartisan deal. today, the white house suggested there is no from deadline to get this deal done. does he see monday as the deadline for any major breakthroughs are where these talks are going? no. he is going to contin
law, the latest corporation to denounce the limits on voting access. a big headline, new revelations from the first week of the devek chauvin trial including the most senior minneapolis officer testifying that the actions were totally unnecessary. down to the ground, face down, and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time, is just uncalled for. it comes on the heels of emotional and come pegging testimony from george floyd s loved ones and firsthand witnesses speaking out for the tooirs. a closer look at the legal impact of one officer testifying against another. also for you, 1:00 p.m., a the new york times reporter who broke matt gaetz story, the inquiry is reportedly focusing on cash paid to women. also, the cousin of george floyd has been at the courthouse for first days of testimony and you will hear how the family is reliving the nightmare. later martin luther king 3 after the new georgia law. the breaking news from capitol hill. let s go to vau
the house managers took two days, we expect trump s defense team are only going to take a couple of hours. that is in part because they do not feel like they are in danger of losing their case, despite the fact that many republicans were telling cnn, me, and my colleagues yesterday that they thought that the house managers were making a compelling case, there s no evidence that they are willing to move ahead and actually have 17 of them convict the former president. former president donald trump s defense team will have their turn today to explain why they believe he is not responsible for the deadly insurrection at the capitol. and despite having 16 hours over the next two days to present their case, trump s lawyers could make their defense as short as three hours. that s according to a source close to the former president s legal team. there s no reason for us to be out there a long time. as i said from the start of this thing, this trial never should have happened. rep