Me and vice president kamala harris will address the policy in a very intelligent way. Congressman adam smith, apologies for the audio issues. We will have you back to talk about what is happening in the middle east with regard to e those negotiations for a cease fire. We look for to seeing you again. Thank you. Barry white once said too much of anything is not good for you, baby. What will happen in the polls for kamala harris after the democratic national convention? will she get a big bump or little bump or is barry white just flat out wrong? we will explore that in the next half hour. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. U we begin with decision 2024 and a live look inside the united center there in chicago, where t the democratic national convention kicks off on monday. N a security perimeter around thee venue will take effect tonight as the final chapters are put into place. We are learning new details of n plans for
election lies. he also slammed the justice department for indicting him on federal charges over his decision to government secrets at mar-a-lago. sentiments he echoed once again in new attacks this afternoon on his knockoff twitter. the gop front runner feeds grievances to his base, president biden will his showcase his economic achievements. friday, the president highlighted new efforts to lower health care office things that sneak into your cable bill or surprise charges when you check out of a hotel. biden also emphasized the importance of his infrastructure legislation. biden and other administration officials have been going to republican held congressional districts to tout the white house is the administration hopes to show their policies have spurred job growth, domestic manufacturing and economic development while reminding the public the republicans largely opposed the measures. the job report shows biden s economic with another 209,000 jobs added. and
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening, we begin this evening with president biden in london kicking off a week-long visit to europe with some very big foreign policy challenges on his plate. he ll be making stops in great britain and finland and also on the itinerary is the centerpiece of this trip and the nato summit in lithuania as the war in ukraine grinds past with no end in sight and amid calls for kyiv to be granted membership in the nato alliance. arlette, there is a lot riding on this trip, isn t there? yeah, there certainly is, jim and president biden is now in london where he will meet with rishi sunak before heading to the castle to meet with king charles and really, the hallmark moment of this week-long trip to europe will be that nato summit in lithuania. president biden is heading into that summit hoping to once again shore up support and assistance for ukraine as it faces this long slog of a war against russia. now the
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,
indicted candidate? for democrats, can they reinvigorate the coalition that put joe biden in the white house? how are they going to resolve a messy battle over the primary calendar? alas the chair, jaime harrison, about how his party plans to tackle those questions when he joins me, coming up first. plus, more from my recent conversation with two with the democratic party s biggest names. congresswoman, elk alexandria ocasio-cortez discusses that and makes the republican primary. governor gavin newsom explains why he s using his political capital to help democrats and red states. well there s so much that seems to divide us these days, music is one of the few things that brings us together. i join two members of the musical group, they ate it brothers at our weekend 14 i know it may seem like the election is pretty far off, but the truth is, the very first votes of the 2024 presidential sex durr will be cast just six months from now. this time next year, will be only days a