Young voters summit in atlanta where vice president harris just delivered a virtual address less than a week after her entry into the 2024 race as a presidential candidate. We will bring you the highlights in just a moment but democrats are rallying around the vice president as she narrows the list of candidates for her own running mate, just three weeks ahead of the democratic national convention. We will hear from senators cory booker and john also on how harris has changed the race andc the electoral map for democrats. Plus, the police killing of sonia massey in illinois, springfield, illinois. This month, she was killed and it has got the attention of the white house with vice president harris reaching out to massey s family to offer their condolences and calling for action in congress. We will hear today from massey s father and civil rights attorney, the attorney general black america, benjamin crump, who is representing the family. The shooter faces firstdegree murder charges an
Which is three and half months to go until election day and after a roller coaster month that has only added to the uncertainty of the season the presidential race has entered a new phase in one corner democrats are continuing to debate whether or not joe biden should remain the presumptive nominee. Meanwhile republicans are coming off a big week that has energize their base. Tonight, the gop s official ticket will make its debut on the campaign trail. Donald trump and his newly minted running mate j. D. Vance will headline a rally later today in grand rapids. A city in the state of michigan. It will also mark the former president s first appearance sense a 20yearold gunman attempted to assassinate him after a campaign stop in pennsylvania last saturday. That and let one rally go were dead and injured three others, including donald trump. All we gather republican national convention members of trump s team and other allies claim the assassination attempt was a lifechanging moment. Many
can virginia voters help her stop a trump super tuesday sweep and keep her in this race? tracking the protest vote. how the president s handling of the war in gaza could affect today s primary in minnesota. and big clues for a battleground. why the race for governor in north carolina could offer a preview of the presidential match-up. our nbc news reporters are fanned out across the country as millions head to the polls on the largest day of voting outside of the general election. and we start in california where high stakes swing races could determine the balance of power in congress. what are you hearing there? reporter: we ve moved to downtown los angeles. it s a big, big day for california politics, but not so big when it comes to turnout. something we were expecting on primary day. it s going to get very dark because this is, black box theatre here, but come on in. this is where the polling location is. most of the people we ve seen today come in and drop off ballots
difficult for lgbtq+ people just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we
just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we are going to do something d