The only thing those two guys know about working people is how to work to take advantage of them. That s what they know about it. Every single chance they ve gotten, they ve waged war on workers. And their ability to collectively bargain, to take that away from them. All we re asking for is better wages, better benefits, better lives, and dignity in the work that we do. That s governor tim walz yesterday in los angeles. His first solo campaign event since joining the democratic ticket. We ll bring you more of his speech in just a moment. Plus, we ll break down the results of primary races in two battleground states ahead of november s election. And we ll get expert analysis on ukraine s surprising offensive into russian territory and the kremlin s response to the incursion. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 14th. I m jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We ve got a lot to get to this morning. And we ll begin with governor tim walz hea
Ukraine now claiming to have captured russian prisoners of war. How putin is responding. Plus, new economic data out this morning showing inflation falling below 3% for the first time since 2021. We ll break down the numbers. And later, tropical storm ernesto strengthening as it pommels puerto rico, we ll have the very latest on the storm s track. Good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. Great to have you with us. I m ana cabrera reporting from new york. This morning, a clear swing state split screen is now emerging. Former president trump hitting the campaign trail for the first time this week after allies expressed frustration at the slow pace of his stump appearances since the shakeup in the race. This afternoon, trump will hold a rally in north carolina. Vice president kamala harris will campaign there on friday, and then on sunday, she ll join her running mate, tim walz for a battleground bus tour in pennsylvania after trump s return to that state. So they are kind of crisscrossing here
the beatles are better. why are they being to mean in they have been able to watch their music live. i don t understand why it s happening now. i understand what he is saying. the who with tommy, they pushed the boundaries and the envelope in music. the stones played a bunch of good songs. that s what he is saying. you obviously don t agree with that? i just really like listening to the stones. i will agree with you, he says he s a great showman. i think that counts for something. i really enjoy it. that explains why you like me so much. we ll agree to disagree some of these things, john berman. and new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, november 17th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the homicide trial of kyle rittenhouse spent seven hours deliberating yesterday. they asked for more copies of the written jury instructions. the judge gave the defendant a role in the random selecti
showing destroyed homes in florida as the governor warns would be criminals, you loot, we shoot. and call it a joint decision, after a yearlong review, u.s. health officials recommend loosening marijuana restrictions. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, in trump s election case. nbc s blayne alexander is in atlanta. give us the latest on that, blayne. reporter: we ve seen a flurry of filings from the former president through his attorneys, saying the former president wants to sever and be tried separately from the other 18 codefendants. the reason he s listed is because of this request that we ve seen from one of his codefendants, ken chesebro for a speedy trail. we saw the judge set the date for october 3rd. the former president is saying, no, we don t want to be tried that quickly. it s not possible to prepare for a hefty trial. that s the latest of the filings. the other th
plus, the date is set. trump s federal trial on election interference charges now on the calendar for march 4th, 2024. 189 days from now. our nbc reporters are following all of these latest developments and we have insights from one lawyer inside that d.c. courthouse as the judge heard from trump s lawyers. so let s start in fulton county with nbc senior legal correspondent laura jarrett where the court is just getting back from recess. mark meadows took the stand today, he was asked about that now infamous phone call where donald trump asked the georgia secretary of state to find him the votes. what did he say? yeah, chris, it was something of a surprise move to have meadows take the stand at all. we wondered how exactly he was going to defend as it is his burden to prove why he should be in federal court in the first place. his argument is all along he was acting as a federal employee, and he was virtually on different calls and meetings by the former president s side for