still pursuing a nuclear still. sandra: kick off america reports with democrats staying on message in the final midterm stretch potentially at a cost. focused on abortion, but turns out there s a lot more on the mind of voters. and polls show those issues do little to help democrats. sandra smith in new york, and jackie, great to have you here today. great to be here, i m jacqui heinrich in washington. john roberts is off today. president biden talking about restrictions to fire up the base, but not as receptive to the message as supreme court had just overturned roe v. wade. sandra: a new monmouth poll shows inflation topping the list of concerns at 46%. abortion below voting, crime, immigration, and jobs. edward lawrence is live at the white house to kick things off. inflation, i should say, top of that list. abortion falls significantly below other issues, so edward, many are asking why do democrats focus on the other issues? that s a good question, 90 minutes ag
plus inflation surged to a new four-decade high last month as rising prices continue to squeeze household budgets for every day americans. we re going to get a live report from the white house on the administration s reaction and what they plan to do. and outrage in uvalde, as families condemn the release of surveillance video from robb elementary school where their children were massacred. we ll get the latest from texas. willie. a busy hour ahead. but we begin with the latest on the january 6 investigation. and the revelation from the committee that former president trump tried to make contact with a witness. a source telling nbc news that the person is a member of the white house support staff. liz cheney said trump called the witness sometime after the bombshell june 28th testimony of former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. cheney said the person declined the call and then reported it to his or her attorney. the lawyer then alerted committee which in turn alerted th
next week. widespread impact on health and infrastructure so one to watch. at the moment we have got hot conditions in the south and east. somewhat cooler conditions and a few showers in the north and west. quite breezy across the north of scotland. that is blowing in the art shower. by that is blowing in the art shower. by and large fine weather. temperatures quite considerably lower apart from the south east. but the cloud we have in the south holds onto that heat and humidity and that slips away overnight tonight with a few showers to follow. and still warm but not tropical as it was last night in the south east. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping in the next couple of nights. tomorrow the next couple of nights. tomorrow the best of the sunshine again in the best of the sunshine again in the south with a peppering of showers in the north of scotland and across northern ireland and northern england. the wind starting to switch to the north west. again in the south e
the new package is worth $61 billion, including money to replenish stocks of us armaments, and $14 billion will pay for advanced weapons and defence systems. president zelensky said the military aid package will give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. translation: | think - the support for the restraint in the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapon is a system which we need so much. thousands of soldiers need so much, and thus it should not be just spreading a thin layer all over, but it has to end up in tangible weapon systems. russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. the foreign ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian . our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv and says it can t come soon enough for p
[background sounds] neil: one month in, and israeli troops continue heading in, now encircling gaza city, home base to hamas, as the war with expands to close-up urban combat. at this are hour, a three-hour window announced by the israeli military for evacuees to flee along a main highway in the gaza strip. it was just closed. we re going to talk to a u.s. citizen who who escaped the war zone with her husband and five kids. terrifying, the say the least, but alive. also at this hour, secretary antony blinken in jordan meeting with arab leaders. they want a ceasefire while the u.s. wants a humanitarian pause. israel wants hostages freed before considering either. and are we any closer right now to ultimately seeing something, anything constructive happening? i ll ask israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s top adviser and former u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. and get ready, protest are everywhere again from iran s capital to england s capital, to a massive pro-fall s