One. Thank you so much for joining us this sunday. Im Fredricka Whitfield In Atlanta and im Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv, secretary of State Anthony Blinken is now on the ground here in israel where he will meet with the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior israeli officials tomorrow. Ill have more on that and the progress of talks on a ceasefire coming up, right way before to that, jim, lets begin with a pretty busy week on the president ial campaign trail. And a little less than 17 hours from now, the Democratic National Convention opens at the United Center in chicago, where delegates will celebrate their nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her vision for the future. She comes into this pivotal so week riding high new national polls out today show harris taking the lead over republican Donald Trump for the very first time since she announced her candidacy less than a month ago, hoping to build off that momentum today, harris and her Running Mate, governor Tim
Breaking hour ahead. We have just gotten the message that President Biden is going to release a statement on the now former secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle so well bring you that. We dont anticipate seeing him, of course. We havent seen him since july 17th. We know that biden is headed back to the White House and we have some confirmation of that. As soon as he departs rehoboth beach, delaware, set to happen in 90 minutes, well continue to track his whereabouts. We havent seen him in days. The Breaking News, the pressure was unsurvivable. Minutes ago the secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned. Secret Service Director cheatle never went to the site where former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated ten days ago. Her testimony on Capitol Hill Yesterday was anemic and she was not informed and apparently not too curious. That came off as unprofessional and incompetent as one lawmaker put it. She was not curious enough to prepare for the House Oversight Hearing.
Set to pick up official support from the two most powerful democrats on capitol hill. According to three sources revving up a campaign that is already running full throttle, just a few days after it began. And next hour, harris will host her first big rally as De Facto democratic nominee. Ill ask a former Obama Campaign Strategist what she needs to do to set the tone from now until november. And the head of the Secret Service is out after bipartisan calls to step down, and, of course, following the attempt on Donald Trumps life. But has anything changed at The Agency as lawmakers ask the question, can they protect their protectees . Ill talk to a member of the homeland security committee. Plus, the president in primetime, Joe Biden will address the Nation Tomorrow after dropping out of a race against Donald Trump. His plans for the rest of his presidency and in the newly minted harris for president campaign. Awful lot to get to. We begin in the halls of congress, where any minute now w
Donald trump. Is this a moment where hes going to put the country first as well. I think that could help get us to a place where we can all figure out how we live together. Quick last word, margaret i couldnt agree with you more, jamal and to your point, the reason we take a pause is to really recalibrate how we move forward together and how we, how we, what do we learn from this moment and whats kind of transcend this moment. And so i do hope are all rethinking our rhetoric, the republicans and the democrats. As you think we use this moment to rise together as a country it could be actually a beautiful moment for this country to see people sort of coming together one quick last point. I think the other thing that President Trump, President Biden has done, which is important, he shown that when you win an election, you still have a responsibility to take care of those whove lost an election, youre not just the winner in the president of the people supported you the president of everyon
Good evening, i am Chris Jansing. Special coverage of the Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. Next hour, President Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office with a critical question lingering in the minds of congress and the country. How could this happen . And at this hour, we do have some new information for you. A senior secret Service Source familiar with the planning of Yesterdays Event tells Nbc News that the roof was a well known, highpriority vulnerability. It was identified just the day before during a Security Walk through. We have also just learned that there were two Counter Sniper teams on site, and that the Counter Sniper did not need approval to shoot. One source telling Nbc News that prior protocols were not followed the fbi announces the alleged shooter, 20 rolled thomas Matthew Crooks , appears to have acted alone. This all provides new context for the shocking scene Last Night in butler, pennsylvania, already burned into our collective co