The Vice President spent The Weekend in pittsburgh preparing for the debate. During a Radio Interview that aired this morning, she talked about what she expected from trump during the debate. He plays from this really old and tired playbook, right, where he theres no floor for him in terms of how low he will go, and we should be prepared for that. We should be prepared for the fact that he is not burdened by telling the truth. And we should be prepared for the fact that he is probably going to speak a lot of untruths. For his part, Donald Trump held a rally in battle ground, wisconsin, on saturday. As both candidates prepare for tomorrows debate, new polling shows an extremely tight race. A New York times Sienna College national poll gives trump a 1 Point Lead over the Vice President. The Yougov Poll of michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin show a close but tied race in the battleground states, with the results in the margin of error. With us now, Nbc News correspondent, garrett haake,
anthony joins us in just a few minutes. cb cotton is standing by in new york city. but first let s check in with bill live in brownsville, texas. jon, good evening to you. according to multiple sources border patrol agents in san diego sector arrested and afghan national who cross illegally on wednesday and was later a deed as a match on the fbi terror watch list. take a look at the map right here. sources tell me this arrest happened more indolent san diego county but i m told this afghan cross illegally with the group of migrants for their apprehended by border patrol for the render fingerprints of the station and in a database he popped up as a match on the terror watch list rental the fbi confirmed that match they are now taken the lead on this investigation for california congressman represents that a area. he released a statement to fox which is in part quote biden s open borders are not just a gateway to 5 million illegals in the deadliest drug crisis in our history.
now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate
chamber. so far the republicans have done no damage in house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it, with the speaker. we will be wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate. so, you know, we could live with this. we could. they are welcome. have a great show. thank you alex. thank you. in other news, that you should know, that is actually happening in this country while, in a way, nothing is happening in the house of representatives, is that in south carolina today, the south carolina supreme court has ruled that the south carolina constitution provides a right to priv
cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the first comprehensive state review of the uvalde massacre confirms why it s considered one of the worst police failures in modern history. a texas house committee cited systemic failures and egregious decision making. the report concluded this, it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue. the report did determine most of the 19, 4th graders and two teachers were likely killed when the gunman first opened fire. 376 officers we now know went to the school but no one took charge. that includes the school s then police chief, pete arradondo according to policy was supposed to be the officer. cnn was the first to obtain body cam video from officers inside the school. shots fired. get inside. go, go, go. one clip shows a critical moment involving the chief, pete arredondo. i want you to listen to how he chose to respond to t