Also ahead, the veep stakes, harris s plan to meet with top contenders this week, and the new rumors swirling around the pennsylvania governor. Happy friday. It is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. This morning three freed americans back home on u. S. Soil greeted by the president and the vice president at an emotional homecoming at joint base andrews overnight, after the largest prisoner swap since the cold war. I think the front page of the wall street journal really says it all bearing a simple but powerful message, evan gershkovich is free. The reporter shown embraing his mother after spending over a year in a russian prison. There s nothing beyond our capacity when we act together, nothing, nothing, nothing. We re the united states of america. This is an extraordinary day, and i m very thankful for our president and what he has done over his entire career but in particular as it relates to these families and these individuals. Joining us now from the white ho
The moment i met him i knew he was my soulmate. Soulmates. Soulmate! [giggles] why do you need me? [laughs sarcastically] but then we switched to tmobile 5g home internet. And now his attention is spent elsewhere. But i m thinking of her the whole time. That s so much worse. Why is that thing in bed with you? this is where it gets the best signal from the cell tower! i ve tried everywhere else in the house! there s always a new excuse. Well if we got xfinity you wouldn t have to mess around with the connection. Therapy s tough, huh? mmm. It s like a lot about me. [laughs] a home router should never be a home wrecker. Oo this is a good book title. Right now on ana cabrera reports, global breaking news, a massive tech outage grounding flights worldwide impacting banks, hospitals and even 911 services. What s happening and how long will it take to fix. Plus, breaking news on the biden campaign. New reporting about how the biden family is discussing a potential exit plan while his campaign
Good morning. 11:00 a. M. Eastern, 8:00 a. M. Pacific. I m jose diazbalart. We begin with donald trump accepting the republican nomination for president for the third time, as president biden faces growing calls to leave the race. Two people familiar with the discussions tell nbc news members of the president s family have discussed what an exit from the campaign would look like. This comes as a new biden campaign memo obtained by nbc news says the president will remain at the top of the ticket, arguing voters are still backing him, despite concerns over his age. And that the party has, quote, no plan for an alternative nominee. A source close to the president telling nbc news, quote, in 2015, obama, pelosi, schumer pushed aside biden in favor of hillary clinton. They were wrong then and they are wrong now. Behind the scenes, a person close to the president tells nbc news, quote, we re close to the end. And two sources familiar with his thinking tell nbc news, the president feels perso
Golfer jon rahm forced to withdraw from play after testing positive. Southern swarm. California gets rocked with more than 600 earthquakes in a single day. Hello and welcome. I m fredricka whitfield. It s breaking news. It s a girl. Prince harry and meghan markle have announced the birth of their second child. She was born on friday in santa barbara, california. She joined her 2yearold brother in the family. Max foster is joining us with more on this. Max, this is certainly very exciting news. Reporter: it is. The good news first. Mother and child are healthy and well. They are settling in at home. As you say, it happened friday, they are at home. So everything seems to have gone to plan, which is the main news. Her name is a nod to the queen. The queen s nickname, her pet name is lilybet. She will be known as lily, the new baby. Diana as the middle name. Obviously, harry s late mother. Really, a huge nod harry s side of the family. Much excitement. They talked about only having two ch
people will start to see normalcy in the next couple of days. plus, there is big and positive pandemic news, the country s second largest teachers union says it supports fully opening schools this fall. covid deaths are now at the lowest level since last july. and president biden will host half a dozen gop senators at the white house today to talk through infrastructure. now, on wednesday the top republican in the house stood on the white house driveway and he was holding a gaslight. kevin mccarthy says no one in his party still questions the legitimacy of the presidential election. that s not true. a lot are relentlessly spreading that lie, including the former president himself. well, today mccarthy joined a morning bike ride to support police officers, but he refused to condemn republicans in his own caucus trying to rewrite the history of the january 6th insurrection, which raises this question. how does the gop claim to back the blue when its members repeatedly prete