Set to move into the northeast. Also tonight, the major news on the U. S. Economy Tonight. The fight against inflation. For the first time since early in president Bidens Presidency, inflation now slowing to less than 3 . What theyre seeing in prices from groceries to cars. And what president biden said about the good News Today. The race for the white house. Donald trump on the economy tonight. And taking aim at Vice President Kamala Harris. The attacks again turning personal. And the new poll from Pugh Tonight showing this is a very tight race. Kamala Harris leading donald trump by one point. The war in Ukraine Tonight. Ukrainian military attacking multiple airfields inside russia, taking dozens of russian Troops Prisoner. Video Tonight showing them in a courtyard blindfolded. 200,000 russians have been forced to evacuate. The devastating attack in southern gaza. On the eve of high Stakes Ceasefire talks aimed at trying to halt this war and get the hostages out. And with Irans Threat
Wisconsinites want and does not seem like he wants them either. Eric Donetsk to does not like you. Com has all the citations on that. Ben Wikler, great to see you, thanks for joining me tonight. That is our show for this evening. Time for the last word with Ari Melber. I went on vacation with my crazy children, i appreciate that and you in ways you cannot know. It is always a pleasure, your team is fantastic, that show was fantastic, it was way fantastic. No way come away . Party on, ali. Have a good evening, my friend. 84 days until Election Day, 24 days until voting begins and less than a week until the democratic national convention, it has been, believe it or not, exactly one week since tim walz was introduced to the national stage as Vice President , harris Running Mate. One week, since then, republicans work shopping attacks on tim walz to see what sticks. Republicans have attacked tim walz for providing free meals to all children in his state regardless of their Parents Income.
Welcome to our reports and we begin with the campaign for the white house. 85 days until election day and eight days until the convention with both contenders spending the weekend campaigning out west. New today we do learn some of the big names expected to speak at the dnc among them president biden, former president obama, former president clinton, and former secretary of state, hilary clinton. Vice president harris, meanwhile, taking questions from reporters in arizona yesterday including one on the israel hamas war. Israel has a right to go after the terrorists that are hamas. As i have said many many times, they also have, i believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties. And the president and i have been working around the clock and we need the hostages out and a deal and a ceasefire. I can t stress that strongly enough. It needs to get done and it needs to get done now. Also today the allies for donald trump and his running mate turning up the heat on the demo
Thrown its support behind the harris walz ticket, the first endorsement of any political candidate in the 95year history. Trump is headed for bright red boazman, montana, after yesterday s attempt to seize back political attention with a press conference full of falsehoods. But to show the early power of their political coat tails in states with major senate and other down ballot races. So for today, it s a clash of campaign events, but come september, we ll see at least one battle on the debate stage. Both candidates have agreed to a debate hosted by abc news on september 10th with trump challenging harris to more. Joining us from glendale, arizona, aaron gilchrist, and national editor for the washington post and msnbc political analyst, phil rutger. Aaron, we ll start with you. Vp harris is pushing into the southwest, they need democrats to turn out, and independents and disillusioned republicans. Is the message to the audience changing at all given that landscape? reporter: i think
Blitz. This hour, analysis from our top correspondents and political experts. Just moments ago on a tarmac in philadelphia, reaction from donald trump s running mate j. D. Vance. More instructive for what it says about kamala harris, that she doesn t care about the border, about crime, about american energy and most importantly, she doesn t care about the americans who have been made to suffer under those policies. Good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. We can fact check j. D. Vance in a moment. The democratic ticket is set. Kamala harris has chosen tim walz as her running mate. The newly named harris/walz tick ticket cemented, capping off a 16day vetting sprint. Walz has accepted the offer. We expect to see a video from the campaign featuring the new pain. In a text today to supporters, harris called walz a battle tested leader who has a track record of getting things done. A military veteran, high school social studies teacher, a defender of harris, walz s gay hair and midweste