Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia. Think about it one month ago today. Donald trump looked invincible hed had a successful debate against president biden, survived an assassination attempt. He was presiding over a unified and wellchoreographed republican convention in wisconsin and all the polls were in his favor a New York Times Sienna Poll found that trump was leading biden in five of six Battleground States James Carville earned the wrath of some in his party when he wrote in the New York Times, the jig is up and the sooner mr. Biden and democratic leaders accept this, the better we need to move forward. David axelrod said that biden was more likely to lose in a landslide, then when it all for three nights, trump sat pensively speaking little and watching the rnc when hes spoken the final night, victory seemed assured and then came Kamala Harris and trump reverted to the mean the real mean. He called the Vice President a bum said that she was evil, called her crazy, stupid an in
Where there is a sense of Mounting Pressure for president Joe Biden to bow out of the race ahead of next months democratic convention. The Washington Post reports former President Barack Obama believes biden needs to reconsider a Second Term and the New York Times now reports that biden may be considering the possibility that he needs to leave the race. Chris, last night if you are following along with the scripted remarks that were advanced to us of j. D. Vance, there was an ad lib. He made about kamala harris. I saw that. That was not just happenstance. That was clearly, i think, trying to account for a potential future where Joe Biden is not actually the nominee and i sort of wonder whether you think we will hear similar ad lib. s or plain scripting from Donald Trump tonight. I am very curious. It is not that hard to talk about the bidenharris ticket. This is the most uncertain and volatile political situation that i have modern american politics. Probably since 1968, which is the T
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. At this hour, Donald Trumps choice for Vice President gets his starring moment. How will j. D. Vance introduce himself to a national audience . The new reporting on his rnc speech. Plus, after months in prison, former trump adviser, Peter Navarro gets a Prime Time speaking slot, a preview of that and what else to expect on a big night three. Demanding answers, lawmakers prepare for briefings with the Secret Service about how a 20yearold with a gun managed to take a shot at Donald Trump as new reporting raises new questions daily. And Breaking News, the dnc moving forward with its plan to virtually nominate Joe Biden before the convention. The backlash from democrats who say that should be ditched given concerns about his candidacy. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs vaughn hillyard, he has new details on j. D. Vances speech tonight. What are we going to hear
Dying. Everybody has, they call it arthur spot, where water comes out. They dont have anything from me. It wasnt inevitable. It was inevitable in critical moments again and again we chose union over disunion. Sir, Chris Kristie is not a fat pig. I said, no i will not protect from you russia. Freedom over tierny. When people who love our country protested January 6 in russia they Become hostages. Hope over fear. Lets look at the jefferson memorial, lets look at the Washington Monument, lets go and look at some of the Beautiful scenes and you end up getting shot, mugged, raped. Make no mistake. Ukraine can and will stop putin. I had a very good relationship with putin. We talked about. It was the apple of his eye. This was a pivotal moment for the world and the transatlantic. Did you ever hear about hannibal hechter. Thats terrible that trump is rambling. Yes, owe so that president. That was President Trump at his first. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. At his first Campaign Rally in nearly two weeks
Defendants recently said this. Now if the president said, if, you know, well soon to be president mr. Trump said hey go to the capitol again you know there might be a large rally. You think hes coming back . Absolutely. People from all sides recognize that Mans Ability to negotiate. How is that possibly going to happen . Well, if he was able to speak on public platform again then it would absolutely happen. I dont know if they believe in trump or The Great Pumpkin. That rioter seems to believe trump is coming back to power and going to appear magically hours after the rally. Trump is asking the Georgia Secretary of state to decertify the 2020 election, the same big lied that fueled the January 6th Riot And Capitol police speaking today about their preparations for what could happen this weekend. There have been some threats of violence associated with the events for tomorrow. And we have a strong plan in place to ensure that it remains peaceful and that if violence does occur, that we