Morning. What more are we learning about this . Jose, what were learning this morning is that former President Trumps lawyers are asking Judge Juan Merchan to move the date of his sentencing, which is currently scheduled for September 18th to some date after the election. Now, judge merchan has a pending motion before him to vacate the verdict. That motion is supposed to be decided by September 18th. By September 16th, a couple of days before. The conventional wisdom is hes going to deny it and move on to sentencing. Theyre telling him, you should hold the sentencing if at all until after the election and one of most interesting features they say is if you deny our motion to set aside the verdict, by postponing the sentencing, you will allow us to pursue appellate options. Thats a signal that former President Trump is not going to take a decision from judge merchan lying down, but is thinking about going to either state and or federal appeals courts to try and fight the verdict before
In russia. The administration released this picture. President Biden and vice president harris will welcome them tonight. It will be Evan Gershkovich from the Wall Street Journal, russia american journalist, U. S. Veteran paul whelan, and a Putin Critic, vladimir kara murza. He was jailed for criticizing Putins War in ukraine. The president was with the families of the released Prisoners Today. The administration also released this image online. How big a deal is this . Diplomatically, it is the largest Prisoner Exchange with russia since the cold war. Under putin, russia held these individuals after public trials, which american Officials Stress were show trials. They are basically impugning Russias Justice System as completely under Putins Control. Vice president harris just spoke about this break through by the Biden Harris Administration late today. She was, to be clear, balancing campaign and official duties. She was prepared to leave houston for D. C. For the meeting i just menti
2025 abruptly stepping down. The catastrophic Flash Flood Emergency in vermont. The New Research on Weight Loss drugs. Can they protect against alzheimers . And they call her the troublemaker from texas. Her citys first olympian, fighting for gold here in paris. Announcer this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the olympics in paris. Here is lester holt. Good Evening And Welcome from the french capital, where tonight the Team Usa womens gymnasts are sampling the sweet taste of redemption. Simone biles leading her team in a dominant win over Italy And Brazil. The americans leaping their way to the top of the podium to claim the gold that fell just out of their reach three years ago in japan. Simone biles earning her eighth olympic medal. Her teams win tonight helping to keep the u. S. Atop the overall Medal Count here at 26, ahead of france and china, which both lead the u. S. In gold medals. But there is disappointment for another big name competing here. American Tennis Sensat
A man of many words. Thank you for taking the time. Thats our show, now its time for the last word with Jonathan Capehart who is in for lawrence. It evening, alex. I can get with a shorter Election Season after the last six days that weve been through. Or the last two weeks if you want to throw the previous week in, good lord. Jonathan, how has it only been like two weeks . I feel like i have aged 17 years in the last four hours. It is impossible that this, that Joe Biden left just on sunday. Im nervous for this weekend. If you have aged 17 years in the next four hours, could you text me your skin care regiment, i would like to know. Oh, please, i need yours. All right, we will trade. Have a good weekend. It was just five days ago when President Biden made the decision to pass the torch to Vice President Harris and endorsed her as the democratic nominee for president and now, with the democratic national convention in 23 days, democrats are more united than ever, and ready to win. Acco
Extraordinary levels of enthusiasm from democrats for the fight ahead. $126 million have been raised, more than 100,000 volunteers have signed up, and 38,500 new voters have been registered. Curtain number two, the other side, desperate and plain as day racist attacks on the de facto democratic nominee that reveal a maga world in mega meltdown mode. They are trying to find ways to smear her any way they can from attacking the way vice president kamala harris laughs to her endearingly love of venn diagrams. They are suggesting a wol who spent zen years as district attorney, who served as california attorney general, a united states senator and is currently america s vice president is somehow unqualified for the job that donald trump once held. That she s only where she is because of her race, again, unlike their guy who once hosted the apprentice. Take a listen to what they are saying. The only reason kamala is in the white house is because of the dei deal with bernie. Her hole history