it s a contrast that the president will be taking to prime time on thursday with a speech in front of independence hall. the theme, a battle for the soul of the nation. the theme which he kicked off his 2020 campaign. democrats begin to gain momentum trying to shut down republican hopes of a red wave this fall. joining us now is nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, senior national political reporter saheel carop, eugene daniels and julia torusa scranton joe is back with a prime time address. what do we expect toer hear from him today, thursday night, and the labor day parade in pittsburgh, which is my annual opportunity to watch mike memoli trying to run as fast as he can dodging the secret service agents. reporter: it might be a little harder this year. i i did bring my luning shoes as we re on the road with president biden. you can hear the marine corp. band all also here with the president today. we have been talking about the fact that white house advisers wa
Striking at key, critical areas such as bridges, the river where reenforcement cans come from the russians, strike those. logistical areas, the command and control areas, the artillery, that s how they are going to make success. if they continue to do those smart things like striking deep, they can really put the russians on their heels. what is your sense of the rusia s current military capacity now? are those reports they are having trouble recruiting accurate? the assessment is that the russians have lost somewhere between 80,000 soldiers either killed or wounded. and as you know, president putin has been on this huge recruiting effort. he s trying to recruit 137,000. in addition to that, he just formed this new corp. where he s
The black sea. joining us now, nbc foreign correspondent raf sanchez who s live in lviv, ukraine. raf, there have been several explosions in lviv where you are this morning. what s the latest? reporter: that s right, the air-raid sirens have been going off here in lviv all morning, the mayor says six people were killed, 11 injured, as russian forces carried out a series of cruise missile strikes near the railway station here. the governor says three military targets were struck but also a civilian car repair shop, among the wounded is one child. we don t know what condition that child is in. but this is vladimir putin s striking deep, in western ukraine, and even as the fighting on the ground shifts to the east, part of what is so shocking about this attack near the railway station is that station has been a lifeline, a