I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
A federal Appeals Court puts a texas Border Security law on hold again only hours after the u. S. Supreme Court Allowed it to go into effect. Now we go back to square one with oral arguments in a Court Hearing beginning two hours from now. Much more on that coming up momentarily. First, however, there is this right now. If he does not show up, then it is not going to end well for the bidens. They will be multiple criminal referrals. Bill is Hunter Biden Bluffing . The first son says he wont show up for a public hearing on his overseas Business Dealings but he has surprised us in the past. Good morning, everybody. Bill hemmer live in new york. The hearing begins in an hour. Hello. Dana ready for it . These hearings happening at a good time in our hour. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Less than an hour from now is when the House Oversight committee will hold the public hearing on the bidens alleged Influence Peddling. Two of Hunter Bidens Business Associates will appear and
described the proud boys on january 6th in their closing argument to jurors today former minnesota police officer kim potter now out of prison after serving time for the de deadly shooting of dawunte wright any minute now we re expecting to hear from pentagon officials after that high risk evacuation of the u.s. embassy in sudan what s left for the 16,000 americans still stranded inside that war-torn country. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start with the beginning of the end for the historic trial against five former proud boys members in washington, d.c., in connection with the attack on the capitol ryan reilly is outside the courthouse where closing arguments are underway ryan, take us inside that courtroom. what are both sides leaving jurors with? that s right, so the government spend the morning laying out the case for how the proud boys sort of formed after that or how this plan rather sort of formed, starting they start
one person who will not be in the room? yeah, that s committee chairman congressman bennie thompson. he s announced that he has covid. it s not clear if the chairman will appear virtually, but he says that his covid diagnosis will not disrupt the committee s plan. members say this eighth hearing will focus on the 187 minutes the former president trump failed to intervene as his supporters marched on the capitol, swarmed the halls of congress, and did this, took over the building there. also today, a jury has now been seated in the trial of trump s chief strategist, steve bannon. bannon is facing two criminal counts for failing to comply with subpoenas from the house january 6th committee. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. so, what is the committee hoping to learn from these witnesses, matthew pottinger and sara matthews? reporter: victor and alisyn, they re firsthand witnesses to what was happening inside the white house on janu