Future of a conflict that s taken the lives of more than 40,000 people. President joe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are meeting this hour as the white house and families of hostages look for a cease fire agreement. Is progress possible 292 days into the gaza war? plus, the shape of the race for the president, blunt and brutal, kamala harris and donald trump pulling no punches with two big decisions to come. Any rivals to harris now have three days to declare, and she has just 13 days to pick a running mate. I ll speak with a dnc rules committee member. And the climate action groups are now lining up behind vice president harris. What s making her more appealing than biden to voters? and what could it mean for the fight against climate change. So much to get to, but we begin with that major meeting at this hour between president biden and israeli prime minister netanyahu. Two men confronting a clock, one with six months to go to office, and the other fighting to st
Cause of this country is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. In recent weeks it s become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america s future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. So i ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. President biden expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the honor and privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. He also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making a little news tonight by saying one of the thing he s going to work on is supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. We have had reporting that something like this was in the works, bu
Of the 2024 race. The president preparing to speak tonight to the american people from the oval office to give his reasons for withdrawing, talk about his legacy, and make the case for kamala harris to lead the new democratic ticket. Harris campaigning today as her veepstakes heats up. Who will she pick? also tonight, as donald trump returns to the campaign trail for the first time since biden dropped out, new video from the attempt on his life and chilling new details about the gunman. The fbi director telling congress that he searched for information about the jfk assassination. Thousands of protesters taking to the streets in washington as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses congress. Police in riot gear deploying pepper spray and making arrests. Netanyahu and his fiery remarks defending the war in gaza, but dozens of democrats boycotting his speech. The terrifying video, the moment a passenger plane crashes during takeoff in nepal. Just two days until the opening ce
After 50 years of public service. And a last ditch effort to win over a deeply divided congress. In the next hour, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will address lawmakers looking for more support in his war against hamas. But let s begin with kamala harris, right now addressing one of the nation s largest historically black sororities. Just as republicans are introducing racism into the race for president, it didn t take long, and it s making many republicans nervous. They know it s a losing strategy, but here s what donald trump had to say on a press call hosted by the republican national committee. She was by far the nastiest to joe biden. Now, that s why i was so surprised he took her. There was nobody nastier than her. She played the race card at a level that you rarely see. One version of attacks being echoed by his supporters in congress. Are you suggesting she was a dei hire? 100%, she was a dei hire. Apparently they feel or a lot of democrats feel they have to stick wi
charged in the killing of george floyd. but we start with the battle over voting rights and the backlash facing georgia s republican governor after he signed into law a bill that limits voting access. nbc s vaughn hillyard is on capitol hill and joins me now. vaughn, it s good to see you. what s the latest? what s the latest reaction from lawmakers and from democrats? what are they prepared to do about this? reporter: it s clear that voting rights will come to a head up here on capitol hill. the house of representatives already passed hr-1 which would be the largest expansion of voting rights and voting access dating to the 1960s. that bill has already passed the house of representatives. it s a matter of the senate taking up the bill. but there s also the john lewis voting rights advancement act which would essentially over a great number of states require states like georgia, that attempt to make voting changes to their laws, get prior approval from either the federal c