With 80 mileperhour winds and flash floods. From up to 9 inches of rain on the east coast, high surf, sending this home into the ocean and creating dangerous beach conditions from maine to florida. Count down to the democratic national convention, chicago ramping up security with thousands of protesters expected and the new poll showing a shakeup in the race for key battleground states. Ukraine s new battle front, troops destroying this bridge, as they push deeper into russia. Where the fight goes next. Global outrage over venezuela s presidential election, protesters flooding streets, as nicolas maduro clings to power. My conversation with his opponent, and her warning to the u. S. Caught on camera, a hero steps in to stop an attempted kidnapping, one of two by the same suspect, police say. And just an hour apart. And why complaints about amazon delivery drones are soaring in one town. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diazbalart. Good evening, we start tonight with thos
Harris unveils her economic plan. And a suspect is charged in a scheme to auction off graceland. First, hurricane ernesto is now a category 2 storm, closing in on bermuda with winds up to 100 miles per hour. The airport is closed, cruise ships are leaving the docks. The storm churning up the surf, causing lifethreatening rip currents up and down the east coast. At least 30 rip current deaths already reported in the u. S. This year. The race for the white house. Vice president kamala harris reveals her economic vision for this country, calling for programs to help families buy homes and cult the cost of groceries and medicine. Donald trump faces backlash from some veterans for saying the presidential medal of freedom he awarded to a top campaign donor is, quote, much better than the medal of honor, given to the nation s greatest military heroes who have sacrificed in war. A potential breakthrough in ceasefire talks between reel and hamas. President biden sounding optimistic, saying we a
And good day. I m jose diazbalart in for chris jansing. Help to get ahead, not just get by. That s how vice president harris is framing the economic plan she ll be unveiling in her first real policy speech set to take place in the next hour. Plus, hurricane ernesto could hit bermuda directly by this time tomorrow. Residents warning they re running out of time to hunker down before getting slammed with up to 100 mileperhour winds and more than a foot of rain. I ll talk to one of the heads of fema about that impending disaster and the one they re already dealing with in puerto rico where a quarter million people are still in the dark. And the venezuelan opposition leader has been relentless in her fight for freedom. Now in hiding, she is calling for world solidarity as she tries to ratchet up pressure on nicolas maduro following last month s disputed presidential election. Coming up, more of my conversation with her about what s next for her country. We won t let go. We won t surrender.
Thank you. Vice president harris was not on the campaign trail today. She was in the situation room with the president, being brief the national security team on developments in the middle east. The campaign is releasing this new video tonight, take a look. I was hoping that maybe wouldn t have to i called you, sam, you didn t answer, tim. I know. I know. What happened?. The most important call of my life, it popped up, and we didn t recognize the caller i. D. , it went to voicemail. I m not able to answer thank you. Hey, tim, it is camelot, i really want to talk to you. It is an amazing privilege, i just want to be a part of the excitement that you are generating. We are doing it together, buddy, we are doing it. That is right, governor walz missed a call from the vice president, asking him to be her running mate, he doesn t answer numbers that he doesn t recognize, like the rest of it. It is the joy and laughter in that video that is really causing donald trump to spiral. There are 8
And your team is so fantastic and that show you just did was so fantastic. It was way fantastic. Have a good evening my friend. 84 days until election day. 24 days until voting begins and less than a week until the democratic national convention. It has been believe it or not, exactly one week since tim walz was introduced to the national stage as vice president kamala harris running mate. One week! since then, republicans have been workshopping some attacks on tim walz to see what sticks. Providing free meals to all children in his state regardless of their parents income. Republicans have attacked tim walz for providing free menstrual products to students in his state. Then there s the trump team s attack on his military service. Tim walz served in the army national guard for 24 years. He retired two months before his unit s deployment to iraq in order to run for congress. Donald trump s running mate jd vance in particular has accused tim walz of something called stolen valor. Let