A medical examiner reveals what killed promising Young Los Angeles angels pitcher tyler skaggs. The husband and father just the latest victim of the nations Opioid Epidemic. We miss tyler every day. Nothing we learned today changes those feelings. All that plus sweet freedom. An alabama man sentenced to life in prison for stealing 50 is finally released after 36 years behind bars. Back in the drivers seat. Dale earnhardt jr. Coming out of retirement to race today just weeks after a plane crash nearly killed him and his family. Valerie harper. Im engaged. No. Youre right. The most beloved Television Side kicks passing away after a brave battle with cancer. Well look back at her remarkable life and career saturday august 31st, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with sheinelle jones, peter alexander, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. A busy one with Hurricane Dorian churning in
than half of the republican members of congress and before all the votes were even counted in iowa on monday night, at least at least a fair, nick the gop house conference, there was already calling for the other candidates to drop out. this weekend, she is in new hampshire campaigning on the former president s behalf and maybe auditioning to be his running mate. also at a rally last night, trump received a key endorsement for one of his former 2024 opponents, the south carolina senator tim scott, who was ironically appointed to his position by then south carolina governor nikki haley. as was the case in 2016, virtually the entire gop is falling in line behind trump. nearly two thirds of iowa republicans say that they believe he would still be fit to be president even if he is fit committed of a crime. a similar responded that believe president biden legitimately run the 2020 election. a sign that trump s baseless big lie continues to have a hold on the gop. the response
it s kind of pro marco bowl the judge basically saying, the should be in the hands of the people, so let s get it into the hands of the people, let s get it on to the docket or at least on the ballot for november. this is a difficult situation in michigan, because while it does allow for exceptions for the health, the life of the pregnant mother, doctors i ve spoken with have said, even that s not clear what that means. the doctor may say this is a dangerous pregnancy that should be terminated, but in a state where you have government attorneys looking to make an example out of someone, even that is not clear to drop the doctors, and that s gonna prevent women from getting the help they need, it will prevent woman who are miscarrying to get the help they need, and it will prevent doctors from acting because it s a felony. because this is one of the most important things to happen on november 8th. and hands off to gretchen lippman or, for saying we have to do something preem
spoken with have said, even that s not clear what that means. the doctor may say this is a dangerous pregnancy that should be terminated, but in a state where you have government attorneys looking to make an example out of someone, even that is not clear to drop the doctors, and that s gonna prevent women from getting the help they need, it will prevent woman who are miscarrying to get the help they need, and it will prevent doctors from acting because it s a felony. because this is one of the most important things to happen on november 8th. and hands off to gretchen lippman or, for saying we have to do something preemptively about this. we will watch that one we will watch a lot of things on november 8th, but that one i will be paying attention. to alex, get some rest. you ve earned it, you deserve it. we ll see you next week. thanks, ali. have a great. so donald trump is using the fbi search of his florida property to appeal to his extremist supporters and bring r
And host Andrea Mitchell. Joe has the morning off. Lets give you a sense of all that is happening today. The economic downturn hasnt adjourned even the senate has. The lawmakers return with not having reached a deal on Economic Relief. What it means for the millions of americans left jobless amid this national crisis. Plus President Trump fans the flames of another birthertype conspiracy. Birtherism is back. This time suggesting that Kamala Harris may lack the legitimacy to serve in office. Going back into the wheel house. This as a brand new National Poll out this morning shows former Vice President joe biden with a sizable lead in the race for the white house. The latest poll finds 53 of registered voters back biden. 42 back President Trump. And, therefore, he starts acting in the extreme. Well begin with President Trump adding new fuel to the claims that he is trying to tip the scales of the election by sabotaging efforts to vote by mail. He went on the record yesterday admitting he