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cast ballots, deciding whether their democratic governor gavin newsom should stay or go. if he is voted out, there s a chance a republican could take over. last night, newsom called him the biggest political gun he could, president biden, to make sure he doesn t lose his seat. watch this. i m not sure you know it, but if you didn t know it, you should. the eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are on california. the decision you re going to make doesn t just have huge impact on california, it will reverberate around the nation and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. nbc s jacob soboroff from california. tell us where things stand. reporter: steph, stakes couldn t be higher. the president of the united states was on long beach. i was there with him and governor newsom as they made the case not only for vaccine mandates, mask mandates that have been pretty popular here in california but also talking about different crises that fa ....
ahead of time, this from the new york times. the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed president trump would launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last ditch effort to beat joe biden. milley convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear called for his decision not just trump alone. a conversation between milley and nancy pelosi, pelosi said trump was, quote, crazy. madam,he told her, i agree with you on everything. about mike pence struggled over what was publicly known about the election certification. pence appeared open to going along with trump s plan to push the false claim that arizona s voting results were wrong and asked whether there was anyway he could delay certification. finally, when pence said he planned to certify the results, trump told him, quote, i don t want to be your friend anymore if you don t do this. you ve be ....
administration to reassure him that donald trump had no plans to attack china in an effort to remain in power and that the u.s. was not collapsing. yet despite his assurances, general milley was so concerned about trump that later that day he convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear weapon called for his involvement in such a decision. the book also sheds light on just how close the u.s. came to a full-blown international crisis with china. from the times in the days leading up to the 2020 election the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed trump planned to launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last-ditch effort to beat joe biden. general milley who has become increasingly concerned about china s growing military power and the potential for one misread one misread move to set off combat between the world s superpowers first cal ....
a two-day trip on the west coast. his first trip to the region since taking office and the president will once again tie the extreme weather events that we ve been seeing across the country with the need to pass his infrastructure plan and the bigger broader economic agenda. president biden will be surveying the damage from the recent wildfires there which has burned millions of acres in several states this year. he will also campaign for governor gavin newsom ahead of tomorrow s recall vote that could decide newsom s political fate. this visit comes as so much of the president s domestic agenda is hanging in the balance. top democrats have set a wednesday deadline to finalize a deal on the the massive $3.5 trillion budget proposal but major differences between moderate and progressive democratic lawmakers is threatening to derail the whole thing. the wednesday deadline seems like a no go at this point. let s start with john harwood at the white house. john, what is the ....
get all 50 democratic senators on board. the remember, one of the reasons at least this bill has been problematic is that not all democrats are on board. senator joe manchin say notable holdout, opposes certain portions of the bill but supports a lot that s in there, including making election day a federal holiday, 15 days of early voting, automatic voter registration and we believe that democrats are close to coming up with a version that can get all 50 of their members on board. of course, hallie, as you know, getting 50 democrats on board is not enough. they need to get 60 to clear the filibuster and that is where the big question comes in. senator manchin has said he is speaking to republicans trying to get them on board, and the only one republican senator who expressed any interest in doing something major is lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska who supports the john lewis voting rights act, a separate bill that requires states with a history of racial discrimi ....