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more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me n ....
carley: destruction in iowa and nebraska from devastating tornadoes. we have a live report. will: the rematch is on and apparently so is the debate. we re willing to debate all nigh. pete: getting saturday sweat in for a great cause and marine travis with the sacrifice nearly 17 years ago. today thousands are working out in his honor. carley: massive tornadoes tear across america s heartland yesterday. pete: 59 twisters recorded in texas, ohm, kansas, iowa and hardest hit nebraska. will: nicole is live in ill horn, nebraska, with more. reporter: good morning in elkhorn and you have to look around and catch your breath. one home in particular you can see through to the street over. the roof here collapsed at least on one side and you re take ago look at maybe part of the grand jury area and the salvation army and red cross is there and people that live in the homes at temporary shelter at nearby school realizing they don t have a hope at this point to come back to. the ....
and the jobs they re bringing. jobs are already starting to come back in. they are coming back in like you haven t seen in a long time. ford, general motors, fiat chrysler, they are bringing in morejobs and billions of dollars due to the new business climate we are creating. in arizona, intel, great company, just announced it will create 10,000 brand new, beautiful american jobs. the american woman who was at the centre of the us supreme court ruling which legalised abortion in america has died. norma mccorvey was known under the pseudonym jane roe, when she took legal action to allow her to terminate a pregnancy in the 1973 roe versus wade case. she later waived her right to anonymity and became an anti abortion campaigner. caroline davies reports. she was known as jane roe. the unexpected hero of abortion rights in the united states. in 1969, aged 22, norma mccorvey wanted to end her pregnancy. abortion was illegal in the state where she lived, texas, so she sued. she ....
deal with the messaging on the ukraine, on all the scandals going on. harris: josh kraushaar, political editor for the national journal. great to have you. thank you very much. i am harris. here is dana. dana: president trump said to speak any moment as the fight over impeachment hits a new level. hello, everyone. i m dana perino and this is the daily briefing. president trump is about to hold a joint news conference with the president of finland but the big focus right now obviously, impeachment. the president attacking what he s calling the do-nothing democrats, accusing them of wasting time and not focusing on other issues. president trump also going after the whistle-blower who reported on his july call with the ukrainian president. they come up with this impeachment nonsense and everyone knows. all based on one phone call that i had. there was no quid pro quo. the whistle-blower was so dishonest. the whistle-blower said terrible things about the call, but i then f ....
more americans are fighting just to hold on to what we ve got because if incomes are growing, it s not as fast as the cost of prescription drugs and saving for retirement, housing and education. and that s when the numbers on a page are looking good. now that we re starting to see a downturn coming out of the manufacturing sector, it just demonstrates how out of touch the president is and how destructive his policies have been. he s managed to hang on, tack on an extra couple years to the obama recovery. that might be good news, but now we re in a very precarious position as an economy and as a country, especially in places like the industrial midwest. mayor pete, thank you so much for joining us. mayor pete buttigieg of south bend, indiana. reminder, mayor pete is at the 2020 gun safety forum in las vegas. the forum presented by march for our lives and giffords and moderated by our own craig melvin. watch it streaming on nbc news now and msnbc.com. see you back here at 3:00 p ....