Many as 46 states could be disenfranchised this november because of ballot delays. It has democrats ringing alarm bells, returning to d. C. Later this week, and calling for the new postmaster general to answer questions before a house committee. If those concerns were not enough, this pandemic is changing how president ial campaigns operate. Tonight, unchartered territory for the biden harris campaign. It is the kickoff for what will be an unconventional Democratic National convention. Itll be entirely virtual. No cheering. No crowds. None of the balloon drops. And many speakers will broadcast into your home from their home. This morning, ahead of the dnc, joe biden sitting down with quite the unlikely interviewer, rapper cardi b. Its so sad that a pandemic has happened, so people can open their eyes on seeing what kind of person are they dealing with. Your generation and the Young Millenials beyond that, they can own this. They can own this outcome. They can i dont even what happens i
After a second night of protests over the Police Shooting of jacob blake, a 29yearold black man. Blakes father sharing some new information about his sons condition a short time ago. Also this morning, escalating concerns over the Postal Service from its own workers. Nbc news has exclusive new images of dismantled sorting machines from a texas facility, and that wasnt the only issue employees discovered. First up, republicans take the stage to lay out their vision for the country. Night ones theme, land of promise. It was filled with praise for the president and their promise, claims of a grim dystopian future if joe biden is elected. I want to go right to our reporters ahead of night two of the Republican National convention. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. Monica alba also in our Nations Capital at the melon auditorium. Thats the main stage for the rnc. Monica, first to you, tonights theme, land of opportunity. What should we expect to hear and see based on the lineup of s
Climate accord. Today, a dramatic response from around the globe. We all share the same responsibility. Make our planet great again. Good friday, everyone. Craig melvin here in new york. We start with that breaking news. Russian president putin speaking out in the last hour. His most candid comments yet over the meddling in the u. S. Election, sanctions, Hillary Clinton and President Trump. Pressed at a forum in st. Petersburg by nbcs megyn kelly. Keir simmons is in st. Petersburg and Kristen Welker is at the white house. Keir, what did president putin have to say when megyn pressed him about the meddling in the 2016 election, specifically . Look, he said that even a child could have carried out the kind of hacking of the dnc that caused such controversy. He accused the United States of interfering in russian do metme affairs, while also saying russia never interferes in the u. S. Election. At times, craig, you know, he appeared to seem to attempt to belittle nbcs megyn kelly, try to p
Head into that lunch. The clicking of those shutters would indicate you probably have a shot of the president coming down the hallway. There he is. With actually John Barrasso and mitch mcconnell. So theyre heading in to this luncheon with republican senators. We also saw several Top White House staffers here on capitol hill, john kelly, the chief of staff, gary cohen, whos been a key part of the tax reform talks. Mark short, his legislative director. And Sarah Huckabee sanders, who to my knowledge is a relatively rare presence up here on capitol hill, so all of them coming to try to hammer out these final details. I would say the president s role in this is typically one of cheerleader. I mean, he and the white house often say hes here to crack a deal. Im not sure i would necessarily characterize it that way behind the scenes. Although i would say Mitch Mcconnells office is attempting today to do that in public. They put out a statement. Its unrelated or rather legislatively policywis
Closed, shuttered, gone. 6 million jobs at least, gone. And now theyre starting to come back. You see whats happening with chrysler. With fox con. With so many other companies wanting to come back into the United States. Right now, the dow reacting. You can look there. The dow down just over 400. S p, nasdaq, both down. They have been down all morning. Again, just a few moments ago, the president announcing his latest round of tariffs. This time against china. 50 billion in tariffs. Tomorrow, his steel tariffs are set to go into effect. Today, the conservative Editorial Board of the wall street journal excorating the president. Saying, quote, he will pay a price for his policy and he should. Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. Ron insana standing by as well. Let me start with kristen. What do we hear from the president . Well, this is a significant announcement, craig. The fact that President Trump announced just moments ago, 50 billion. He said its actually going to be closer to 6