From Msnbc World headquarters here in New York. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. We begin with decision 2024, Election Day is now 52 days away, and today, Vice President Kamala Harris is attending events in washington, d. C. , while her running mate, governor tim walz, will appear shortly in superior, wisconsin. Vice president ial candidate Jd Vance is appearing in greenville, north carolina. Early voting in person begins monday in pennsylvania, and Congressman Natalie gaines says that while the polls are closed, she believes democrats can pull off a win in the purple state. I dont explain the polls, i just say this is going to be a very close election. While this remains close in the next 51 days, we want to prove that we will be the Keystone State again. Vice president Harris Yesterday made campaign stops in johnstown and wilkesbarre, pennsylvania, outlining her plan to help ease economic burdens on low and middle income families. I have a plan to help lower the Cost Of Livin
It s a great book from a great reporter. I m glad you had him on, chris. Agreed. Have a great weekend. You too. Okay, well, today started yet again with news of bomb threats in springfield, ohio. Yesterday two elementary schools, city hall, dmv and the county court facilities had to close because of bomb threats. Today two elementary schools were evacuated and a middle school had to close. Yesterday the mayor of springfield told nbc news he believes these bomb threats are directly connected to the baseless rumors spread online in the wake of viral social media posts claiming haitian migrants were abducting people s pets in springfield in order to eat them. I should note that the claims about haitian migrants eating pets in springfield are lies. There is no evidence to back up any of those claims. But that does not seem to matter. Here s the thing, a week ago today, on all of twitter, there were only about 1,000 posts mentioning haitians, migrants or immigrants eating animals. Twitter i
The attacker was shot dead by israeli security forces. The incident happened at the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought to have been private security personnel. Been private security prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about it. The killers do not distinguish between us. They want to murder as all between us. They want to murder as all till between us. They want to murder as all till the last one, right and as all till the last one, right and left, as all till the last one, right and left, secular and jewish. What and left, secular and jewish. What pretends the elimination of our what pretends the elimination of our people as in the past as the strength of the state of israel the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the Israel Israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. It comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of
Sprinting ahead a little differently. Vice president harris is making headlines with her first half sit down, and Donald Trump is making headlines over his deranged posts on Social Media. And Jd Vance once again is highlighting his bizarre comments regarding those who dont have children. In this one, hes Calling Teachers by Name And Randee weingarten is here to respond. And later as we get underway with paralympics, well show you two of the most inspiring pair olympians ive ever spoken with. Okay. So tomorrow is Labor Day, which for many of you likely means parties, picnics, parades, hot dogs, watermelon, whatever it may be. Its also usually the start of the political season. But this year its safe to say it came a bit earlier. I mean, Take A Look at what happened in the last few months. An Assassination Attempt against the former president , a change at the top of ticket on the democratic side. Its been a lot. We dont know whats going to happen in the next two months. We do know some
He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. Hes been talking to our reporterjoe inwood. He started by telling him how he felt when he was first told he had to pay for his living costs whilst in prison out of his compensation. It seems like a sickjoke. I thought what is the justification for paying the Prison Service because they dont treat you well in prison, they really dont. You should lose your liberty, you shouldnt be tortured by them. I thought, to pay these people for doing what they are doing to me is the most sickening, horrifying, repugnant thing i could imagine. When you were speaking and made this point and express yourself so eloquently that there was a