And weather, should she win the presidency? campaign sources tell nbc new the first staff level calls to potential running mates began on tuesday. At least eight people are in the running but sources say about a dozen names are under consideration. The deadline for her to make a decision well, that s august 7th, a week and a half from now. Joining us is kimberly atkins, cohost of sisters in law podcast and also is eddie glaude, contributor and professor at princeton university. This has been a week, can we just say it? before we get into the nitty gritty, i would love your thoughts on the week that was because it was a week, professor, please. It was historic, in so many ways. We ve been so backward looking, you know the elections seem to be weighed down by the past, the 81yearold and the 78year old the ugliness of maga republicans threatening our democracy, i was in aspen during the debate. I saw the reaction in real time to the donor base. There was a real waste on our shoulders and
Beloved member of the nbc family al roker s tribute to the legendary willard scott. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. I m tom llamas in for lester tonight growing questions about how so many died from the powerful remnants of hurricane ida, and the new images coming in what police were up against when they tried to rescue a family trapped in a basement apartment water everywhere children s toys floating on the surface, and zero visibility underwater. The family, like so many in basement apartments here, did not make it out alive. And there are new fears right now in the south. A new flash flood watch issued in and around new orleans with some areas facing up to 4 inches of more rain half a million residents there are still without power in the scorching heat all of this as the death toll continues to climb, especially in the northeast where president biden is set to visit and it s where we start tonight with gabe gutierrez in queens, new york reporter:
prison. few know what asian americans have endured in the country, how we ve been scapegoated more than a century. but it s time all of us change that. because today it s asian people. but tomorrow it could be your community. it s pretty sad, right. um-hum. and we have to make sure that nothing like that ever happens to anyone again. we have to stand up for people no matter who they are and what color their skin is, right. um-hum. i ve never been in a rolls royce before. it s all hand made. wow. i m riding shotgun down ocean avenue in a car worth about half a million dollars. what other cars do you have? right now i have a ferrari 458, a porsche turbo, a gt, the range rover. and you re how old? 23. this 23-year-old college student from china symbolizes what s been happening there. in the last few decades china has gone from this, to this. it s been the fastest economic transformation in history. and that is having a big effect here in america. from w
roe v. wade. take a look at the decision today. take a look at how it s how it s ruled on a number of issues that have been precedent for 50, 60 years sometimes. across the board, the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions this court is making. that s president joe biden yesterday on msnbc, reacting to the supreme court overturning the use of affirmative action in college admissions. you know, willie, it was a fascinating interview. i have to say, though, a little concerned. the new york washington post new york post, which is morning joe s paper of record also, people come up to me and ask why. it s simple. they won more pulitzer prizes collectively than all other newspapers. look it up. look it up if you don t believe me. that s why. anyway, don t look it up. they have on the cover online, like, joe biden walking off set, right? it s like he got lost. kind of like barnicle. we ask him a question, and he walks off in
december 16th, i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a justice served. a pair of election workers were terrorized by don trump supporters. yesterdaya ry awarded ruby freeman and shaye moss a total of 100 and $48 million in damages as a result of their civil this defamation lawsuit against really giuliani who repeatedly and falsely accused him of carrying out a elaborate election fraud scheme without producing a shred of evidence that could withstand scrutiny. the verdict is a new low for giuliani, who rose up the ranks of new york politics early in his career, but has been on a downward spiral for the better part of the past two decades. he s gone from being americas mere to a codefendant indicted alongside his longtime pal donald trump in fulton county s sprawling r.i.c.o. case. on top of, that giuliani faces a number of other lou legal troubles. yesterday wondered 48 million-dollar verdict pulsing comparison to the 1.3 billion dollars that dominion voting systems to s