Call it yes. All right. Well, thanks for having me this week. Great. That youre here and the lead with Jake Tapper starts now its a Friday Night under the campaign likes the lead starts right now Vice President Kamala Harris and governor Tim Walz are out west fighting for a key group of voters in a crucial Battleground State. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is returning to the Campaign Trail. But why does he visiting it reliably Red State that he won by 15 what were nearly three months away from the president ial election. But some groups are already implementing their plans to cause chaos and undermine the results in is Doing Sullivan traveled across the country to figure out how and why this is happening and the Breaking News, a Passenger Plane falls out of the sky, killing more than 60 people on board. What were learning about the Disaster Welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper and we start with that Breaking News and a warning. This video youre watching right now is dist
Like gunshots, but we havent confirmed that. We havent heard from the fbi or the Secret Service confirming that, but you could see him raise his right hand towards his face. Then you can see some blood and then he goes down. Secret service agents rushed the stage over there and bring them over over to a vehicle very, very carefully. But you hear her heard from the crowd a lot of screaming, a lot of shouting, get down, get down, get down whats your assessment, sanjay . Well, im seeing is obviously the same thing. Every one is there was obviously an indication that he recognized something that happened, felt pain whatever that was, we dont know. Then goes down. He looks like he does that of his own volition as opposed to sort of collapsing these are all important clues and then obviously once we see him finally raised backup, he does seat. You see the blood all over the right side of his face. You also see him sort of pumping his fist into the air, walking on his own. It looks like theyr
The Delta Variant and Nursing Homes. More than 40 of the workers at them arent vaccinated. Gold rush in tokyo. U. S. Swimmers shattering records and raking in medals, including bobby finkes second thrilling Underdog Win and the american Gymnast Triumphing after being thrust back no competition after Simone Biles pulled out. Fighting eviction. Millions now at risk of losing their homes after a ban on evictions lapsed. Democrats fighting to reinstate it. Going too far. Customers lashing out at servers as restaurants struggle to staff up. Whats behind the anger . And the true spirit of the games. Two athletes sharing the gold. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Reporting tonight from tokyo. Hello from japan. The olympics moving into a second week even as covid cases in the Tokyo Region set new records just a day ago topping 4,000 cases for the first time of the While Tonight more than 5,000 miles away the united states facing its own covid reckoning. A new wave, a new ep
Welcome to cnns special coverage of the tragedy in miami. Im Pamela Brown in washington. Im Wolf Blitzer here in surfside, florida. Were watching all the latebreaking developments. In 30 minutes were about to get an update from the authorities, officials here in surfside. Were going to bring it to you live, that News Conference. Were now more than 88 hours from the catastrophic events that brought down the champlain tower south. The Death Toll has risen to nine. But still more than 150 people are unaccounted for. Meanwhile, the history of this building behind me grows even more troubling. Emails have come to light showing the structural Engineering Firm that inspected the building back in 2018 suggested repairs that could have cost more than 9 million. So why werent those repairs addressed immediately . We have a team of cnn producers, camera people, reporters on the ground here in surfside to bring you the latebreaking developments, including cnns Randi Kaye over in Bal Harbor at a sy
Republicans at every level, federal, state, everywhere, are putting in Place Step by ugly step all of the tools that they need to steal the next election and the one after that and the one after that. You get the picture . Across the country 14 republicanled states have enacted 22 laws that restrict access to voting. And theyre just getting started. At least 61 additional bills with equally restrictive provisions are snaking their way through 18 state legislatures. Most of these laws just so happen to target communities of color, the elderly, people with disabilities and the young. And if thats not repugnant enough, some of these republican laws have stripped secretaries of state of their power, clearing the way for partisan control of State Election boards and made it easier to overturn election results. Take, for example, the partisan unconstitutional and undemocratic 2020 Election Inspection happening in arizona, which republicans across the country are keen on replicating. In penns