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candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s
Greenlighting an investigation into biden without any evidence of wrongdoing. And in moments, ill speak with the throne and mccarthys side, that is republican Congressman Matt Gaetz who is threatening to oust the speaker, in part over this issue. But first, some context. Republicans want to know if President Biden benefited from his sons business dealings. And that is a legitimate question. But the doj did spend here is investigating hunter biden, and so far there has been no evidence that his father did benefit. Meantime, House Republicans and their investigations have presented zero direct evidence to contradict that. Also, mccarthy is to invest now unilaterally without even a vote, even though Kevin Mccarthy himself from 11 days ago disagreed with that method. Quote, if we move forward with an Impeachment Inquiry, it would occur for a vote on the floor of the peoples, house not for a declaration by one person. And just four years ago, mccarthy attacked democrats for doing the same.
Tonight. Joe. Hello there, anne. Were on the red carpet. Theres an event called the National Football League Honors event. We have seen hall of fame football players. We have seen movie star and tv star, olivia munn, and got a glimpse of 49ers quarterback, colin kaepernick, who said he hopes his team will be in the super bowl next year. Either way, its coming to the bay. Come see us next year for super bowl l. And well be there waiting for you with open arms. On a stage before super bowl xlix in phoenix, the stage is now set for number 50 in the bay area. The torch is finally being passed. Its more like a football handoff. Im going to ask david russo to pass the ball to daniel lury. That seemed to go fairly well. How big a day is this . This is exciting day. I didnt think id get this excited about it, but it is starting to hit me that were going to be on the clock in a matter of about 36 hours and the worlds attention will be on the San Francisco bay area and thats a great place for us
Sunday, august 9th. Im kendis gibson. And im corey coffin, we are live from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. We do say hello to boston, looking to be a Beautiful Day today, red sox pitching, now that was a little bit more of a mess. Heard them again yesterday, the blue jays 21 over the red sox, but luckily here in new york, corey yes. We have the amazing mets and the amazing weather. The weather is looking fantastic. If youre looking at the live shot right now, it is a great start, great sunday in new york. This is usually a downtown shop from 30 Rockefeller Center looking at the beautiful Empire State Building and one world trade center. Wow. So good that we pay for that view. Just a gorgeous shot this morning. Thats awesome. Absolutely. All right. All right. Lets dive right in. First this morning President Trump seizing the power of his podium and his pen bypassing congress and signing an executive order and three memoranda on the covid relief after stimulus talks with democrats