Meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and Scorched Earth in texas. Very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. One of them burning three acres every second hello, im wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with President Biden over at the Walter Reed Medical Center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. Thats where hes currently getting his annual physical exam. This likely will be the last public update on his health before the november president ial election. President biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. His age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. See you then, White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz and dr. Jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. Dr. Reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington university. H
right now on ana cabrera reports, two candidates, two events, two very different messages. president biden and donald trump both holding campaign events around the anniversary of the january 6th attacks. one warning about the stakes of this election, the other remaining defiant. plus, next week mr. be a big one for trump s legal calendar. i ll preview a high stakes hearing in washington and the dramatic conclusion of his civil fraud trial here in new york. also ahead, a winter storm threat for the east coast. millions under weather alerts. who can expect what and when? and later, breaking economic news this morning, new jobs numbers beating expectations. what it signals about our economy in this new year. happy friday, thanks for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. great to be with you. we begin with president biden and donald trump both returning to the 2024 campaign trail as we prepare to mark three years since the attack on
possible accountability for donald trump. nbc has exclusively learned the grand jury examining trump s handling of classified documents will reconvene this week. nbc writes the jury will be concerned considering, quote, to central legal questions. one, did trump wrongfully retain classified documents after he left the white house? and two, did he lay her obstruct the governments efforts to retrieve them? prosecutors have already played a tape of trump discussing highly sensitive military intelligence he took from office and it is not the only recording. the new york times reports the jury will also hear a voice memo from trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, describes trump s conversations about the mar-a-lago case in great detail. on the corner, timing matters. this off this hour, msnbc legal analyst, lisa reuben. lisa, we ve had some false alarms about the grand jury in previous reporting, predicting an indictment right after memorial day. how significant is it that they are rec
you, i m abby philip in new york. with the political heavyweights ready to go, we are following the key races across the country and the big names rallying behind candidates who could shift the balance of power in washington. let us start in the state of florida where the president is headed today. cnn s jeremy diamond is out there for us. so president biden is bringing a new message, the extreme maga republicans to florida, but privately his aides are telling you and our other colleagues that this is not necessarily about making these two races, the senate and the gubernatorial races competitive this fall. reporter: a spoke with democratic strategists who say they do not have high hopes that the president s visit will shift a race that appears to be heading in the governor s race and in the senate race in republicans direction but a week from election day we are very much in the closing argument phase of this election and the president s advisers have told me that they se
fiery speech to follow up a debate that many democrats called a disaster. can his direct attacks now on donald trump quiet the talk about his future on the ticket? plus, what the polling reveals about the democratic names floated to take his spot. our steve kornacki is standing by with the numbers. and the debate question that donald trump did not want to answer, his response when asked if he would accept the results of the next election. the supreme court siding with a january 6th rioters, that could upend cases, including one against former president trump. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in battleground, north carolina, where president biden s demeanor was completely different than the debate stage last night. nbc s mike memoli is reporting from raleigh. the president, he sounds rearing for a fight. reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i mean, we started this debate series of events with a lot of people wondering whethe