good morning, it is sunday, july 21st, i am betty c menendez. today, so much for unity, donald trump already ditching that softer tone he promised, attacking democrats and another meandering speech. plus, more republicans trying to distance themselves from trump s project 2025, but jd vance? well, he just made that a lot harder. we will get an update on president biden s health and the state of his campaign from principal deputy campaign manager. we are with you for the next three hours. so, grab your coffee unsettling, welcome to a supersized edition of the weekend. unity. it lasted less than a week actually, by my count on saturday, donald trump return to the campaign trail for his first rally since last weekend s assassination attempt. this was a stir after a gunman tried to take his life. republicans claimed a new, gentler trump would emerge, but exactly one week later, the ex- president delivered his same old speech, delivered with lies and divisive rhetoric that his p
it is the top of the hour. 6:00 pm eastern. it is an extraordinary political history . joe biden, announcing he will no longer be the democratic presidential nominee and he strongly endorsed , the woman you see on the left, his vice president, kamala harris to be his successor. saying in a statement, my very first decision as the party nominee was to pick kamala harris as my vice president. it has been the best decision i have made here today i want to offer my full support for kamala harris to be the nominee. late this afternoon, kamala harris released a statement thanking president biden and notably saying, i am honored to have the endorsement and my intention is to earn and win the nomination. vice president harris followed up with fundraising appeals stating, i will do everything in my power to unite the party and the nation to defeat donald trump and his extreme project 2025 agenda. if you are with me, and a donation now. two people familiar tell nbc that biden asked to
greg: yes! i know, i know, i know. yeah. glad you liked those pictures. happy tuesday, everyone. so top democrats are saying that one more biden gaffe could be the nail in the coffin. ha! joke s on them! joe s being cremated. a parkinson s doctor visited the white house ten times last year, but the administration said the specialist was scheduled for only one checkup but joe kept wanting more lollipops. according to fox news digital, during a meeting with his national finance committee, biden told people to stop questioning him, and that was after someone asked why are you pooping on the rug. [ laughter ] to save his re-election bid, president biden has reportedly been working the phones, and by working the phones they mean these. whoopi goldberg said she didn t care if joe biden pooped his pants, she d still vote for him. well, who knew when joe said if you don t vote for me, you ain t black, he meant his underpants. terrible. you like the poop jokes! today, congressional
get ready, because there are several key deadlines coming up fast in donald trump s legal life. jury selection starts april 15th. this thing is happening. trump tried to appeal. there are no appeals. lisa rubin unpacks all of them including the one request from a florida judge that has legal experts asking why. hearing from the last driver to make it across the baltimore bridge before the collapse. plus on this easter, trumping the gop kicking up dust over a culture war crisis that was not. very good day to all of you. happy easter to all of you here celebrating today. we begin with decision 2024. a new video released in the last couple of hours from the biden-harris campaign showing former president obama making the case for joe biden at the record-breaking fundraiser here in new york city. who was it that really sees you and cares about you? i can i m pretty confident the other guy doesn t. this guy does. that s why we are going to have to fight so hard to read
top of the hour good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports . breaking news out of baltimore where a remarkably complex operation will begin today to clear the channel of debris r from the francis scott key bridge that fell earlier this week. in stamens in the last hour, maryland governor wes moore says it is not just a local disaster, it impacts the national economy as well. julia chester is in baltimore. what else do we hear from the governor today on the discovery efforts? reporter: alex, there were quite a few bits of news in today s presser, which is still ongoing. first, an update on the ship, which we have heard about in a while. the whole is damaged, but in tact. that is new information. as for the salvage operation, you can see the crane in the distance behind me. governor wes moore broke down the next steps of the action of the operation. spotted the army corps in their partners will begin to move forward with a crane