Visiting towns and neighborhoods that days ago looked pristine and now completely still flooded out all the while making the Hard Sell on his domestic agenda trying to offer his Infrastructure And Budget plans as solutions in preventing future death and devastation. We got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the Nasa Security experts. They all tell us this is Code Red. The nation and the world are in peril and thats not hyperbole, that a fact. Its a bipartisan plan to modernize our physical Ins Infras infrastructure, our roads. How many bridges i went tHrough in New Jersey that had been over flown by the river because the next time disaster strikes, the flood is contained, the fire doesnt spread as widely and power stays on. Not to mention those investments save lives, homes and create good paying union jobs. President biden making a hard pivot to his economic plan as you heard there trying to turn the page on crisis that have consumed his White House in recent weeks inc
Contention for 2024. We re going to talk to two legendary players about that. All right, everybody, good morning, it is saturday, july 17th. I m lindsey reiser. I m garrett haake in more kendis gibson. We have a lot of reporters and analysts following the latest for us this morning. And today we re marking one year since the late congressman john lewis s death, and tensions over one of the core causes remain extremely high. Both sides are locked in on the texas voting rights showdown, vowing to not back down. Some state democrats are still holdingous in washington, d. C. After leaving the state monday to avoid that vote on the gop back restrictive elections bill. Governor greg abbott is now threatening their arrest once they return home. Tensions are high in austin, the impact is also being felt in washington. So we are going to bring in nbc news political reporter vaughn hillyard and nbc news white house reporter lauren egan. What is the mood there as we wait to see who blinks first,
To covid. At least 127 cases connected to the games. But the first medals awarded. Athletes putting their medals around their own necks. And excitement on the field for team usa. The women s soccer team bouncing back from their surprise loss. James longman is in tokyo. Here at home, the flooding and fire threats. Monsoon rains putting millions of people at risk. Crews making a dramatic rescue in arizona. And further west more than 80 large fires burning across 11 states, many uncontained. These firefighters along the nevada/california border driving right through the massive flames. Rob marciano is standing by. And the devastating landslides in india. More than 100 people dead. More than a thousand others rescued. The deadly boat collision in georgia. Two boats smashing into each other on a lake in the early morning hours. What we re learning from the ators tonight. The group s vice president taking a firm stance after the league announces new rules. What he says about players who don
He went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. He was just hysterical. S they were never able to find her. It was a heartwrenching story. So why then were so many people so suspicious? no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. An accident? a disappearance? you thought would, she figured us? or maybe a murder? there s no way. Absolutely no way. I felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. Now, she would be the one to unravel it all. I thought, i could do this. In a dangerous undercover operation. Tell them everything. Th what? my heartbeat was going so fast. I said, you need to tell me the truth. Welcome to dateline. They were a good looking couple with an expanding family and a booming business. But when he whisked her away on a birthday boat cruise, disaster struck and pegye was gone. Was it an accident or something perhaps more sinister? here s josh mankiewwicz with troubled waters. If you crave money or fame, or if you want to meet
Owners who are targeted say the city is promoting lawlessness. I do not blame the nypd. I blame the city, the officials, the uppers of the nypd because they didn t give them the support or the go ahead and make arrests, stop these looters. They were told just to stand back. It s a free ride. You want to loot. Go for it. You ll get away with it. The looters know. These are criminals out there knowing the system. The system has failed us. Dana: team fox coverage. Ted williams and andy mccarthy are on deck. Here is aishah hosni. I ve been talking to voters all weekend and crime continues to be the number one issue on their minds as they head into primary day tomorrow. In fact, one voter at the polls told me yesterday he has been attacked on the subway three times in just one year. Remember all the looting and rioting we saw take place in new york city last year? local nbc here in new york is reporting that nearly half of those cases, half of them have been dropped by the d. A. s office a