it s a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a prime time address. what do we expect toer hear from him today, thursday night, and the labor day parade in pittsburgh, which is my annual opportunity to watch mike memoli trying to run as fast as he can dodging the secret service agents. reporter: it might be a little harder this year. i i did bring my luning shoes as we re on the road with president biden. you can hear the marine corp. band all also here with the president today. we have been talking about the fact that white house advisers wa
this is not who we are. oh every patriotic american knows how, president biden painting the upcoming elections as the battle for the soul of the nation. more on that up. ahead leading with the breaking news in tupelo, mississippi, where a man flying a small plane is in custody, following ordeal as he left the skies saturday morning. he threatened to crash the aircraft into a walmart which led to the store becoming evacuated. the plane eventually came down. more with nbc correspondent blaine talk to us, we just heard from the officials a short time ago. whatever we learned about this individual who took this plane and perhaps as motivations here? yes, but we are learning and continuing to learn more by the hour how this unfolded and how it became unbelievably v to a peaceful and with no injuries. more about this individuals. he s 29 years old. he actually worked at that airport, in tupelo. he worked there for about a decade. he was responsible for refusing the aircraft.
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of politically motivated violence. and it all comes as president biden is set to give a prime time speech tonight, focusing on the soul of the nation. we ll have more on his message to a divided country just ahead. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, the 1st of september. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. breaking news overnight, former president donald trump s legal team has responded to the department of justice s latest filing on the classified documents seized during the fbi search of mar-a-lago. in their 18-page filing trump s lawyer suggested that by launching what they described as an unprecedented, unnecessary, and legally unsupported raid on mar-a-lago, the d.o.j. was quote criminalizing a former president s possession of personal and presidential records in a secure setting. trump s legal team also aggressively renewed its request for a special master, or a third party, to review the documents that the fbi agent