Official who joins me in just a moment says theres no need to hyperventilate. Put down the paper bag says jen psaki. Shes here with us. First, lets get to our reporters with what the president is expected to talk about tonight and how democrats and republicans will react. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and chief White House Correspondent and political analyst, peter baker. Peter, bring us into the planning from the white houses perspective. What should we expect . I think youre going to hear the president talk about a few things. First of all, hes going to talk about his accomplishments. Hes going to try to remind the country of how things were when they were in the country when he took other the period, in the middle of the covid pandemic, lockdowns, social unrest in the streets. There was of course the January 6th Attack On Congress and the economy was in free fall. I think hes going to try to remind people how things have gotten better over the years, and take
Romney and President Biden making jokes about donald trump. There was a lot to go around yesterday. Mitt romney, wow. Bring it home, willie. Yeah, mitt romney going in there, obviously no love lost between those two men. Mitt romney, expect to hear more of that throughout the campaign. Expert legal analysis on yesterdays testimony in the Hush Money Trial and the Gag Order Against Trump. Straight ahead. President bidens joke came while he was campaigning in florida. On the issue of Reproductive Rights and Womens Health care, blaming trump for Overturning Roe and these extreme Abortion Laws. Well show you more of the president s speech. Quite a flex going down to florida while trump was stuck in court in New York City. On capitol hill, a Top Republican admits its trumps fault that Border Security hasnt passed. We knew that. To hear this republican say it really brings it home. Willie, i had the news on all day, if i heard the word pecker one more time, i was going to lose my mind. David
Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. North korea conducting the fifth nuclear test since january. South korean officials record seismic activity with a 5. 3. The latest provocation from pyongyang is fantastically reckless. Lights go to seoul and bring in Paula Hancocks. Paula, tell us more. Reporter christine, it was an announcement we heard on north korean state run television saying they successfully tested a Nuclear Warhead. They could put that on any ballistic missile. That is a statement that will concern most of the world. Certainly we have seen Conde Condemnation from South Korea And Japan and russia and everyone. There is no way of verifying whether or not this is accurate. It is important to take north korea at its word. The magnitude is question. We are hearing from experts. You can see we lost Paula Hancocks there. This is the fifth nuclear test from north korea. South korea is quite concerned. We are starti
Fees up front when purchasing tickets. it s to stop the frustrating experience of watching additional fees add up at the checkout. let s bring in christine romans. this feels significant. it does. this is a white house that s trying to use the presidential pulpit to remind these companies that americans don t want to be nickelled and dimed. we know we re being nickelled and dimed. you go to get a concert ticket, i can afford $150 and you get to the end it s $200, something that drives people crazy. this is voluntarily, life nation and ticket master, in september, there will be one clear price and today the president is going to sit around with other companies doing it making sure you don t have the fees baked into things. it is voluntary, it s trying to push the companies to do the right thing. what you see on the screen behind you is what president said congress should pass, the junk fee protection act. that prevents these excessive online fees and airline fees for
Higher bank fees. here with more on that is lauren simonetti. higher fees from banks. by annual survey by money rates.com consumers were more nickelled and dimed in the first half of this year compared to last year. fees increased in every category. monthly service fees shot up to averag average $12. minimum balance rose by more than 800 dloorls to over 4400. what you pay to take your own money out at an atm at a bank you don t do service at 3.50 cents. speaking of fees spirit airlines having high fees. spirit is known for their low prices and high fees. passenger usage fees they raked in 142 million for the airline over three years according to a