people want him to make that decision. he has said he s made the decision. he said firm hily this week he s going to run. do you want him to run? i want him to do whatever he decides to do. that s the way it is. she s no longer the head of the democratic caucus,but she s still a very important and significant voice in that caucus. as my colleague jonathan lemire said, president biden has already made a decision. he s he said he s running. i m in it to win it. he said it over and over again, which is why that answer from pelosi, who is known for being very deliberate with what she says, is getting so much attention. what did she actually mean? how could it be anything other than a message that he needs to make a different decision? then within a couple hours after that, george clooney raised his hand dropping an op-ed in the new york times arguing for a new nominee, writing, i love joe biden as a senator, as a vice president, as a president, i consider him a friend, an
world leaders and voters across this country are watching very closely. and the unexpected moment on that stage, you ll hear what the president said. the storms on the move tonight. heavy rain and winds sweeping across the midwest into the northeast. and the video just in of a tornado on the ground. the heat alerts from washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york city to boston, as millions tonight in the south are without power after the hurricane amid life-threatening heat. ginger with the latest forecast. that air scare. the very close call over the syracuse airport. a delta flight and an american airlines regional flight. authorities say at one point, the pilots were so close they could not see the other plane. also, news tonight, a suspect was shot during an attempted carjacking right near the home of supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. the college death under investigation tonight. the hazing investigation following the death of a missing student at dartmouth.
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a circular firing squad. that s how one house democrat described a parting meeting today meant to hash out who wants the president to stay in the race and who wants him to go. now as senate democrats meet behind closed doors, will they have better luck at reaching a consensus on whether to support the president s candidacy? all this as we wait for today s white house press briefing to get started any minute now. will we see more of the fireworks like we saw on monday? plus, president biden hosting international leaders for the nato summit today where he s already the topic of conversation. here s canada s prime minister who s meeting with senators before the summit gets under way. mr. prime minister, do you have any concerns about biden s age or mental acuiti? good to see everyone here this morning. justin trudeau not willing to engage, but can other leaders help the president shift the focus o
thinks he is the best candidate to defeat donald trump. the bottom line here is that we re not going anywhere. i am not going anywhere. i wouldn t be running if i didn t absolutely believe that i am the best candidate to beat donald trump in 2024. he s just a liar, and he hasn t done a damn thing since the debate. he s been riding around the golf cart at mar-a-lago talking with his wealthy friends. you know me well enough to know this, i ran because i never bought on to the trickle down economic theory. i never bought into the notion that we have to walk away from the rest of the world in a cave to putin or anybody else. i ve never believed any of, that and i m confident that s who the american people are. by the way, this morning the president also sent a two-page letter to his democratic allies writing among other things, quote, the question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now and it is time for it to end. we have one job and that is to beat d
hits texas as a category 1 hurricane killing two. and cutting power to more than 2 million people as towns brace for up to 15 inches of rain. we are live in the storm zone. and a political earthquake in france, did one of our closest allies just become virtually ungovernable? the shock election raising the stakes during an already tumultuous time in europe. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc s allie raffa in washington, where president biden s fierce defense of his right to stay in the race included that new interview with msnbc. the president is making it clear he s not going anywhere. what else does he have to say? yeah, chris, the president in this interview at times very obviously angry, very frustrated as he delivered a full throated rebuke of these growing calls among democrats for him to step aside. he says he is going nowhere, and he even challenged other democrats to challenge him at next month s democratic conv