A. M. Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. We begin with Breaking News. The president set to speak from the White House this hour, about the devastation in the aftermath of helene. The destruction is really unbelievable, stretching all across the southeast. The Death Toll currently standing at 99. The number is set to climb, still, with Search And Rescue efforts continuing this morning. A third of the deaths in north carolina, where the historic city of asheville saw the worst of it. At this hour, authorities are still searching for the missing. And the community is just struggling to cope without water. Without food, power, Gasoline Or Cell service in so many of those areas. Joining us now, nbcs George Solis is in asheville and Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is standing by. George, the aerial images from that shot is really breathtaking. What is the situation this morning . Rare, good morning, ana, the situation is really heartbreaking. Some areas have become passable after the water
Michigan, georgia, and wisconsin, arizona, and nevada. A few other places but mainly those Swing States because the job is to Canvass Door to door for Donald Trump. Let me clarify. Technically it is not Elon Musk himself hiring here. Its the superpac mr. Musk created and the one he funds and it is called the america pac. And technically, this pac is not canvassing for Donald Trump. They are just canvassing to convince people to vote for Donald Trump on their own accord. When you remove the layers of legal and optical separation that a superpac magically provides, the reality here is that Elon Musk through his superpac is spending millions of dollars to do the trump Campaigns Door knocking for them. While the Trump Campaign and the rnc both claim that they are still doing some of that work themselves, we have seen numerous reports of republicans at the State Level say there are not many signs of a ground game. Not other than the Door Knockers hired by the Elon Musk superpac which is fra
Do so on stage with tens of millions of people watching the first time. Vice president harris and donald trump will be faceto face for the first time for a presidential debate in philadelphia. Of course, they would have met had trump attended joe biden s in operation instead of inciting an insurrection. Now, while the stakes couldn t be any higher, the two campaigns are taking very different approaches to getting ready. Vice president harris is staying at a hotel in pittsburgh, huddling with advisers, going through mock debates, preparing for the debate like a prosecutor with interviews, documents, and all kinds of other preparations. Yesterday, she visited a local business and met with voters, antennae, harris and the second settlement visited the u. S. Air force base at pittsburgh international airport, giving a thumbs up to reporters who asked if she was ready for tuesday s debate. Now, trump on the other hand is publicly dismissing the very idea of debate prep. Instead, what we hav
Evangelicals. A fascinating piece. All your reporting in secretary. It is such a gift to have you in our stable, thank you for doing it, thank you for jn me tonight. Paula ramos, contributor of the cominbook, latino evangelicals, rise of the far right. Thank you for your time. That is our show for tonight. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Alex, i just wasted an hour of my life. Dont know. What . Thats what i shouldve done. Hould have watched your show. I thought it was my job to watch the Trump Town Hall moderated by Sean Hannity. I could have told you. On another channel. So, it is the town hall, you know, harrisburg, pennsylvania, filled with people ready to ask their questions. Not a single Audience Question in the entire hour because, you know, the out of control rambling, incoherent answers went on forever, Sean Hannity he has to talk about Hannibal Lector and sharks. Sean hannity is promising the audience that the Audience Questions
since a pro trump mob stormed the u.s. capitol. an insurrection that instantly reshape american politics. and the plot to overturn the 2020 election, continues to underscore the stakes heading into our next presidential election. on friday, president biden laid out donald trump s assault on democracy in his first campaign speech of the new year. biden called trump s actions on 16, quote, one of the worst derelictions of duty by a president in american history. today, we are here to answer the most important of questions, is democracy still americas sacred cause? this is not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical, but the democracy still america sacred cause is still the greatest question of all-time. and it s what the 2024 election is all about. the choice is clear, donald trump s campaign is about him, not america, not you, donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past, not the future. he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power, our campaign is diffe