Capitol on this Tuesday Morning. Good everyone. Im Kasie Hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. With just six days until the democratic national convention, donald trump is trying once again to draw attention away from Kamala Harris last night, the republican nominee joining Tech Mogul Elon musk for a livestreamed, quote, unquote conversation. The owner of the platform, formerly known as twitter, which he renamed x, saying that the event was aimed at quote, independent voters trying to make up their mind were going to have the largest deportation in history of this country. And we have no choice. One of the things were going to do is were going to build an Iron Dome over as you know, israel has it. Were going to have the best Iron Dome in the world. I want to close up department of education the start of the limes livestream was delayed by about 40 minutes with moscow originally claiming it was because of a direct attack against the site. Later acknowledging some unforced errors on t
And if you are still at home hanging out with your family, they say now is the worst time to leave. Between 2:00 p. M. Ea and 8:00 tonight. Let me tell you. Nobody is going to find an empty middle seat next to any ea of them on those planes, that s for sure. Hank you, adrian. A historian who accurately predicted nine of the last 10 elections has some thoughts about president biden s election. What he htis saying whether bid should stay in the race, coming up in just a few minutes. A day to all of you from msnbc world news headquarters. Welcome to alex witt report. We begin with breaking news the decision 2024 with president biden arriving just a short while ago in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for a campaign event. He is in that battleground state just eight days before the republican national convention kicks off in milwaukee. And 43 days before the 43 democratic national convention in chicago. President joe biden taking the fight to stay in the race to the battleground state under mounti
Children, perhaps close to halloween. Next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. The new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. It s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. Doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. The state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that deaths outpace
Explosives and as you heard, negotiations continue. Plus, the rush to evacuate thousands of americans from afghanistan picks up pace, president biden now says the chaos there was inevitable. Contradicting what he said just weeks ago. Former cia director and retired u. S. Army general david petraeus joins me just ahead. Later, the white house threatening legal action against states like texas, florida, and arizona as republican governors stand firm trying to block masks in schools. Welcome to mtp daily. I am chuck todd. Breaking news here in the city, rattled place as it is, hasn t been that long since january 6th, the u. S. Capitol police, federal law enforcement are investigating an active bomb threat, outside library of congress, across from the u. S. Capitol complex. Here is the captain police chief with details last hour. Around 9:15 this morning a man in a black pickup truck drove on the sidewalk in front of the library of congress, near 1st and independence southeast. We responde
Millions with student loans. New trouble for new york governor andrew cuomo. His aide filing a complaint after that scathing report. How the governor is responding. The dixie fire, now the third largest in california s history after destroying a whole town. And we re on the ground in greece. Thousands fleeing massive fire there s. The sixth day of chaos for spirit airlines. Hundreds of more flights canceled. Spirit s ceo on when things will improve. And history in tokyo. Team usa s allyson felix setting a record in track. The american duo winning gold in women s beach volleyball, and the stars of u. S. Women s soccer. Have we seen them play in their last olympics? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from tokyo. Hello, everyone. On our final night from tokyo, as the summer games draw to a close later this weekend, we ll have full details from here ahead. But back home, we re witnessing tonight what officials stress is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, bu