journalist evan gershkovich and his freedom after one year in russian custody. the wall street journal has a powerful front page. we will go to baltimore to break down the major operation to reopen a major economic waterway in the coming months. hello and welcome. i m ryan nobles in for andrea mitchell in washington. the battle for the white house heats up on the heels of president biden and former president trump s split-screen visits to new york yesterday. more than $26 million was raised by the biden campaign at last night s star-studded event and radio city music hall. former presidents obama and clinton joined president biden in his trademark aviators. it wasn t all lighthearted, especially when the moderator ask the president about the election. how would you describe what s at stake in this election? i think our democracy is at stake. we are at a real inflection point in history. this guy denies there s global warming. this guy wants to get rid of not only
presidents in town. biden, obama, and clinton are all here for a fundraiser, they re just around the corner. a $250 a seat, gets a lot higher than that, get together at radio city music hall. some seats going for $100,000 if you want a photo op. trying to pile up enough cash and excitement to keep the other guy from getting back in the white house. that other guy is donald trump. he s here to attend the wake of a new york city officer, shot on the job in queens earlier this week. while donald trump didn t know the officer. it is expected he ll use the event to hammer joe biden on crime. while violent crime across the country is down, here in new york city, there are acute fears about safety, both on the subway, and now on the streets themselves. here s a part of a report by my colleague stephanie gosk on a rash of seemingly random attacks. reporter: the stories are harrowing. i was literally just walking and a man came up and punched me in the face. oh, my god, it hurt
john eastman and jeffrey clark trying to save their law licenses right now. the painful, heartbreaking grief for four families waiting for answers about their loved ones who are presumed dead in that horrific baltimore bridge collapse. the challenging recovery effort underway. and the new $2 million ad buy from tiktok, how the wildly popular app is fighting back against a possible u.s. ban. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in atlanta with donald trump s latest bid to get the election interference case thrown out. nbc s blayne alexander is there. what happened today, blayne? reporter: well, chris, what we saw today in the fulton county courtroom is what we have seen play out many times over the course of this, between either the former president or his many codefendants in trying to get this indictment thrown out. basically today, steve sadow arguing that everything alleged in the indictment fell under first amendment prote
thank you so pruch for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. even as some convicted trump aides also threaten putin-style attacks on opponents if they actually get trump re-elected. now, this big news comes as a california judge has ruled against trump lawyer john eastman today who also separately awaits a criminal trial in georgia. and these mounting legal setbacks for eastman are significant because he was the legal mastermind and architect of key planks of the coup plots as those january 6th hearings showed. adopt a slate of electors yourselves. he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, preserving something potentially for appeal. i don t think it s just your authority to do that, but quite frankly i think you have a duty to do that. did eastman admit before the president it would violate the electoral count act? mr. eastman acknowled
city braces for the economic ripple effect that could last for months or much longer. all that as crews continue to search for the bodies of six construction workers, migrants working the night shift to build a better life for their families. we are waiting for an update from transportation secretary pete buttigieg at the white house press briefing, and we will bring that to you when it happens scheduled for any minute now. and kari lake taking a page from rudy giuliani essentially admitting liability in a defamation lawsuit, instead hoping to keep the damages as low as possible. that playbook didn t work too well for giuliani. his verdict forced him into bankruptcy. can kari lake do any better? but we begin with what was a particularly heinous crime that caused a national outcry. today three white men who chased ahmaud arbery before he was shot and killed were back in court trying to get their hate crime convictions thrown out. the video of the attack that we are about