for take off. an adorable danceoff at the airport. welcome. i m elaine quijano. we begin with an update on senator john mccain. the former presidential canned date and vietnam war hero headed back to arizona sunday to spend the holidays with his family. on face the nation sunday, mccain s son-in-law conservative commentator, ben dominic said the senator is doing well in good spirits. mccain had been at the water reid medical center in maryland since wednesday. treated for side effects of chemotherapy for his brain cancer. a source tells cbs news the republican senator will not vote this week on a major overhaul of the tax system. more on that in a moment. we turn now to the monster wildfire raging in southern california. the thomas fire northwest of los angeles started two weeks ago. and is now one of the largest in state s history. it has destroyed more than 700 homes. on thursday, it killed a fire fighter. carter evans is there. wind-whipped flames reignited the thoma
trump s niece. i m talking too freely, but you know, the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, holy [ bleep ]. but he s appealing to the base what they re doing to the kids at the border. maryanne trump also said about her brother, all he wants to do is appeal to his base. he has no principles. none. none. and his base, i mean, my god, if you were a religious person, you want to help people. not do this. how do democrats counterprogram the rnc? joining me now is chief of staff to vice president nominee kamala harris, senior adviser to the biden campaign and author of moving forward. it is great to see you, especially in this new role. welcome. thank you so much, jonathan. so good to see you as well. thanks for having me. thank you. so as i ask the question, how are you going to counterprogram the rnc? are you going to do that? usually, you know, the campaign of the other side stays dark while the other one has its convention. well, first, let me
next year. there was an announcement yesterday. there goes the neighborhood. well. we re going to break down what all of this means for mcconnell, the republican party and president trump. with us on set we have ms nbc political analyst school of public policy, former democratic congre congressman harold ford jr.. this seems like the tennessee mafia. . and because he s smart. and he reads them. senior politics reporter at the usa today, heidi brinide heidi joins us. what a sad day. we will go through the details. roy moore coming up to washington, d.c., you know, there is reason donald trump didn t support that guy. he will do exactly what he wants to do and in the age of political free agency is about to get aamped up to such a degr good luck, mitch mcconnell and republicans. roy moore had a lot working against him in terms of trump, mitch mcconnell. all that money pumped into that race by establishment republicans and he won by what ten points? so it was not c
tax reform will protect low income and middle household incomes. not the wealthy and well connected. i ll ask u.s. treasury steve mnuchin whether those are promises administration can keep. also trumpism, the president s base has victory over the candidate in alabama. has president trump started a revolution he cannot control. my guest republican bob corker of tennessee who decided it s time for him to get out of the senate. and in the midst of those nfl protests, i ll talk to one of of america s legal critics about race, white supremacy and legacy of our first african-american. joining for insight and analysis are joy reid, david brooks, columnist for the new york times. daniel of the american enterprise institute. and msnbc political analyst. welcome to sunday it s meet the press. celebrating 70th year. this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. when the history is written we make look back at this week as one of the worst for this presid
all traffic cups to a halt moment. this is a cry for help for the country. we have significant policy agenda problems in these feuds. over 14 major fires burning across eight gusting to 40 to 50 miles per hour. we ll be working very closely with governor brown to see you through these challenging times. this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. the wildfires are terrible. i was just in napa this weekend. it s amazing how fast this all has happened. i was surprised we haven t headed out there yet. the firefighters are so stretched that they re not able to defend some of the structures. you ll see when you look online a hilton hotel burning. they couldn t put it out. they re just stretched too thin. it s moving too fast. that situation may get worse before it gets better. we ll get to all of that over the next three hours. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is new day. it s tuesday, october 10th, 6:00 here in n