So, in just two days, jim walls and j. D. Vance will face off in their first and only debate, which is the only two make it to this level for election day. The former attorney general led the process by harris harris later, i have wanted at the trail all summer. This week, i caught up with him in north carolina. We talked about the rise in antisemitism, the trump teams gas lighting of america women, and even some fantasy football. Okay, i have been thinking a lot lately about that moment a few weeks ago. When kamala harris walked out on the debate stage and took donald trump s hand. She was aggressive in seeking the handshake. She did not wait for him. She leaned in, literally, into his space. I have been taking about that moment because it s an example of the campaign she has run ever since. I mean, instead of ignoring issues where she is perceived to have a disadvantage, by the way, every candidate has disadvantages. She has dug into them. Take the economy. Time and time again, poll
Record 30inches of rainfall. More than 32,000 people are still without power at this hour. Retired u. S. Army lieutenant general russell honore is joining us. Let me get your assessment as someone who knows what an operation like this looks like. The damage you re sering right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south? well i think you clarified that it was a storm that attacked florida, and made its way through georgia, tennessee to new mexico. It dropped an awful lot of water. Not measured in inches but foot. It overmatched the terrain and when you drop water in those mountains, ayman as we all know it started going to the valleys. The community had not seen or experienced that and overtime, development happened in the deeper part of those valleys. And what we have seen is and with condolences to all those who have lost their lives that flash flooding that has occurred. The good news, there s a lot of people working to get to them. Let s talk about the operati
If a republican did what she did, that republican would be impeached and removed from office, and rightfully so, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Donald trump once again using extreme and offensive rhetoric to describe vice president kamala harris s mental state. We ll play more of trump s remarks and what top lawmakers from his own party are now saying about his new insults. Plus, we ll go over what to expect as governor tim walz and senator jd vance prepare for their highstakes debate tomorrow night. And also ahead, we ll take a look at the damage caused by tropical storm he lean after catastrophic flooding and massive power outages devastating the southeast, leaving at least 89 people did. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, september 30th. I m jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning. We ll begin with politics. And with just about five weeks to go until the november election, former president
Values of fairness, dignity, and opportunity. With just five weeks to election day, vice president kamala harris and former president trump make their pitch to voters on the economy and immigration with strikingly different approaches. He prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. You have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out. Whose message is resonating in this final sprint? steve kornacki has the results of the latest poll. Plus, faceoff. Are you better off now than you were four years ago? senator jd vance and tim walz get ready to meet for the vice presidential debate this week. This is not about power. This is about public service. Will the vp nominees have the last word before election day? my guests this morning, republican senator marco rubio of florida and democratic senator mark kelly of arizona an wrongfully convicted man and the 20year journey that changed both of their lives. I am not an anomaly. There are hundreds of thousands of wrongfully con
Right now there s widespread devastation, and an urgent search for survivors. The storm decimated towns with historic flooding washing out bridges and roads, and leaving some neighborhoods completely under water. Take a look at asheville, north carolina, where homes and trucks were swept away by raging waters that have turned roads into rivers. At this hour, more than 2 million people across the south are without power, hundreds are still unaccounted for. We ll have live team coverage from across three states this morning. Joining us now, nbc s reporter, florida was the first place the storm hit. What are you seeing there? and i m seeing george solis there, who we will have on shortly. There is guad, also with us priscilla thomson. Guad, let s begin with you. Reporter: total destruction in this area. So we are on treasure island. This is one of the islands on what they call the barrier islands, furthest west from the tampa bay area, and i don t even know where to start here. So, the sa