Moment. We want to begin tonight with a Historymaking Decision from the White House that is not without controversy. Today the president announced The End of our nations longest war. He announced that all u. S. Troops, about 2,500 of them remain, will leave afghanistan by september 11th. Leaving afghanistan was a goal of both of his two immediate predecessors, obama and trump, but a goal that was never realized. The twodecadeold war has taken the lives of over 2,000 american service members, left some 20,000 of them wounded and cost 2 trillion. Im now the fourth united States President to preside over american Troop Presence in afghanistan. Two republicans, two democrats. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. Its time to end americas longest war. Its time for american troops to come home. War in afghanistan was never meant to be a multigenerational undertaking. We were attacked. We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives. Bin laden is dead and Al Qaeda i
i m a guy now. he is all of these stories and more on today s edition of news with youth . let s get started. ah. was only been one year in office and president buying a seeing a new lo and his approval ratings. and some are looking into exactly why that one of the reasons is how he s handled the corner virus pandemic. and now questions are circulating over his build back better plan. was it really in america s best interest? warranty correspond, natasha suite takes a look into some concerns over the deal. was the bill back better trillion dollar infrastructure deal to really build back the country or simply line the pocket books of close allies to president biden. after new information has surfaced, it s certainly been called into question. we never stop. we americans always rebuild. and we will rebuild this country. biden s built back better plan, bringing in at one trillion dollars was signed into law back in november. and while was advertised to help ease many problems, i
wave. i think you re going to see a big, big victory for republicans in the midterms. at stake, not just the biden presidency democrats argue, but democracy itself. will the voters agree? i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. we are the united states of america. it s time to meet the midterms. this is your one-hour primer. it s a big week, one-year anniversary of the inauguration, as you know, unofficial start of this campaign year. welcome to tuesday, i m chuck todd. as we kick off nbc s news s coverage of the midterm election season with this special edition of meet the press daily that we re calling meet the midterms. these midterms are shaping up to be one of the more impactful election cycles we have had this century. the house and senate both on the line, lots of governor s races which all could play a big part in 2024 politics as well. we are living in some unusually tumultuous times in terms of the instability of the two major p
john sandor and mary graft, thank you for being with us this morning. thank you for having us. thank you. we ll keep following the story of your son. if you or anyone you know are thinking about suicide or you re worried about a friend or loved one, the national suicide prevention lifeline is available around the clock. you can see it here. the hot number on your screen, 1-800-273-talk. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, may 4th, may the 4th be with you, happy birthday to my father. overnight, a major test of donald trump s political power, and this time a test that was passed. a big victory for trump-backed candidate j.d. vance in ohio. you see the numbers there. vance is projected to be the winner in the hotly contested republican senate primary. cnn projects he has won that race and the race to replace retiring ohio senator rob portman. vance probably does not win this cont
yesterday. a bunch of votes cast in indiana and ohio. essentially kicking off midterm season. the primary season, givings us our results from the first senate pry their in the 2022 cycle. a chance to begin answering some key questions about the power of the trump right and the progressive left at the ballot box. as we head into what is becoming a more chaotic midterm environment. we ll start with the race we all had our eyes on. including the former president. jd vance came out on top. eight points ahead of his closest challenger. less than 33% gives you the nomination. in less than three weeks vance went from middle of the pack to victor after receiving the former president s support. we should note, nearly 60% went with someone other than vance. many of the other candidates were trying to be as trumpy as vance. i have absolutely got to thank the 45th, the president of the united states, donald trump. thanks to the president for everything, for endorsing me. i got to say,