Lawrence Its 8 00 on the east coast, thursday, september 26, thIs Is Fox And FrIends. We start thIs hour wIth our exclusIve IntervIew wIth MelanIa Trump, her fIrst IntervIew In over two years talkIng about polItIcs, her famIly and recountIng the moment she found out about the fIrst AssassInatIon Attempt Onner had husband. I go to the tv and I rewInd It and I watched It, I was only a few mInutes behInd. See hIm on the floor and you dont know, you dont know what really happened. BrIan and Kamala HarrIs breakIng down her economIc PolIcy Proposal wIthout servIng up another word salad. LookIng holIstIcally at the IncentIve to engage In plannIng In holIstIc manner. BrIan draggIng words out of her. Steve Take A Look at the screen, HurrIcane Helene In the gulf rIght now, could brIng potentIally deadly Storm Surge, they say It could be unsurvIvable event. That Is why governor Ron DesantIs Is goIng to joIn us on the states preparatIons as helene comes ashore sometIme, probably tonIght. Lawrence
tonight s lead right now, we are following reports that u.s. israeli and hamas negotiators are closing in on a deal that would release some hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting in the israel-hamas war. it comes as stark new polling from nbc news shows just how much this conflict has impacted the president s approval rating, which at its lowest point amid widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the war six weeks into the conflict, and 11 months out from the 2024 election, which according to the new polling, the president could narrowly lose to donald trump if voters went to the polls right now. house democrats assistant jim fibrin joins me in a minute with his take on the data. also tonight, 20 of the nation s big city mayors just wrapped up their conference and how to tackle america s urban homelessness crisis. los angeles is the grand zero for that crisis, and we ll talk to the city s mayor. karen bass, about how her administration is tackling homelessnes
ohio voters have voted to guarantee abortion rights. supreme court overturned roe versus wade last year. voters in seven states, including republican states like kansas, kentucky, in montana, voted to protect abortion rights. the vote tonight nullifies the states six-week abortion ban passed by republicans in the legislature which is being now challenged in court. joining us now, we think, is steve kornacki, the national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc. or perhaps not. the control room of thought we had steve kornacki, and we thought he was going to be wandering into this studio, but he may be stuck between studios somewhere on this floor. we re going to find. him were going to get him back. instead, joining us now is shan, round and craddock senator from ohio, senator brown what is your reaction to this major news tonight that the voters of ohio have delivered? not surprised and thrilled of course, lawrence i m gonna hijack your show just for a moment and do
74 million people are under heat alerts. we re talking temperatures up to 25 degrees above average in some places. and right now, texas is bracing for what was just named the first tropical storm of the season, tropical storm alberto, heading toward the gulf coast. and fast. meantime, out west, those deadly wildfires rage on with firefighters battling that relentless heat, and we have team coverage this morning with nbc s sam brock in galveston, texas, nbc s maya egoland in coney island and we have your meteorologist standing by with your forecast. storm prep is already under way there. this is now tropical storm alberto. what is the latest, sam? reporter: sam, we re having a hard time with your mic. let s work on getting that. let s turn to maya who is here in new york, one of the places experiencing these extreme temperatures. how are people coping, maya? reporter: hey, ana, as you can see behind me, some people are coping by taking a dip in the water, but it is ext