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it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. a supreme court document on a closely watched abortion case gets posted early by mistake. what it says about procedures when the life of the mother is at risk. the destructive flooding sweeping through south dakota and other parts of the midwest. entire neighborhoods under water after record rain. in minnesota, a home teetering at the edge of a failing dam collapses into a river. unbelievable footage there. also ahead, an nbc news investigation. the search here in the u.s. for more than 50 migrants with ties to an isis smuggling network. and a legal saga that began more than a decade ago. wikileaks founder julian assange with a clenched fist to clears as he steps off the plane a free man. our nbc reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with the supreme court and this document that was not supposed to be posted today on emergency abortio ....
we are going to show [bleep] the power of the [bleep] south bronx. we are going to show them who s the [bleep] we are. get big money out of politics. i am the hip-hop congressman! sandra: jamaal bowman new york congressman rallying the progressive allies of the bronx to heaven over the weekend as new york voters head to the ballot box for today s primary. the race for the 16th congressional district will be one of the most closely watched as bowman faces a tough challenge from moderate opponent george latimer. a loss would make in the first member to lose in a primary of the cycle it would also signal a rebuke of progressive policies from the democratic base. will get more from brian brenberg and taylor as a host of the big money show coming up. sandra: we begin this hour awaiting the start of a hearing in the classified documents case against former president donald trump is the judge considers a motion to withdraw evidence seized in the mar-a-lago raid. hell ....
he left belmarsh prison in london on monday. he is then driven to stansted airport before boarding a flight. the guilty plea is due to be confirmed on wednesday when mr assange will appear in front of a court in the northern mariana islands, a us territory in the pacific. he is then expected to return home to his native australia. julian assange spent seven years held up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london as washington tried to extradite him over the wikileaks files which disclosed confidential documents about the iraq and afghanistan wars in what turned out to be one of the biggest leaks of national security in american history. he was arrested in april 2019 over a breach of his bail conditions, and had spent the last five years inside a london prison, fighting his extradition to the united states. last month, a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. our north america correspon ....
privately preparing for a critical first debate, a big question that we re running into from people is which biden will they see at thursday s cnn presidential debate, which will be simulcast here on fox? one of them shows their age and raises big questions about his fitness to serve. the other seems more alert like he did at this year s state of the union address. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. a look at some of the rules for thursday, which may make a difference depending on which version of joe biden shows up. there will be no live audience. so no distractions. and no input. other than the co-moderators. no consulting with campaign aides during commercial breaks. no props or prep notes. we know that joe biden as president has carried such notes. both candidates microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to talk. no interjection. sometimes good questions come from each candidate. president biden is spending a week, as i said, privat ....
structure structures in our political system, as envisioned by the founders, that sometimes they re going to disadvantage democrats, but the truth of the matter is, is that if we have a strong message, if we re speaking to what the american people care about, typically you know, the popular vote and the electoral college vote will align, and i guess part of my overall message here as i leave for the holidays is that if we looked for one explanation or one silver bullet, or one easy fix for our politics, then we re probably initiative and school nutrition program is a greater threat to democracy than our government going after the press if they re issuing a story we don t like. i mean that s an issue that i think we ve got to wrestle with. and we will. people asked me how do you feel after the election? i say well, look, this is a clarifying moment. it s a useful reminder that voting counts, politics counts, what the president-elect is going to be doing is going to be very diff ....