you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have this sad breaking news. former new mexico governor, former u.s. ambassador to the machinations bill richardson has died at the age of 75. my colleague nbc s julie tsirkin is joining me now to look back on richer since five decades of admirable public service. alex. he was a frequent guest, not only of your show but on our platform. always bringing his thoughtful insights and his decades of experience not only as a congressman of six terms serving in the u.s. house, but also serving under the clinton administration as energy secretary, being thrust into the world of diplomatic relations when clinton nominated him to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. but he also served as governor for two terms in new mexico. senator ben ray lujan says he took over the seat that richardson once held in the house, releasing a statement saying quote, he was trusted to handle some of the mo
frost is standing by with his reaction. and later, my wide-ranging conversations with new hampshire governor chris sununu. i get his take on the first gop debate, and ask him where his party goes from here. so every once in a while, things happen in politics that sort of stop you dead in your tracks. things you just know you are going to remember for a very long time. in 20 years of working in this world, i ve seen a lot of them up close. but these moments do seem to be happening much more frequently now than i can remember. the word unprecedented has never been more precedent did. there are also times when the stop everything you re doing moments to stand, not because they do tell the whole story. and, there are times when you get more than one of them, in a single week. the story of this week, and the story of the republican party right now, can be told through two images, two singular moments in time. the first of course, is the release of the mugshot of former presi
down on mexico s bahama coastline. it s expected to pummel the southwest as a tropical storm beginning today, for the next few days people there are bracing and preparing for when it could dump a year s worth of rain across parts of california, nevada, and arizona. unleashing catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. joining me now is nbc s live in san diego. guad, just how unprecedented and danger is this area getting this amount of rainfall? well, alicia, i haven t spoken to a single person who could tell me they have lived through a tropical storm in the san diego area. so the people here have never experienced a storm like this. authorities already said the number one thing to pay attention to of course is the rain and the possibility of flash floods. once the storm gets to san diego. you could see this area behind me, with people coming up here to pick up some sand and the sandbags. authorities around san diego county of set this up at different fire stations and p
also this hour, ron desantis at war with some fellow republicans who are taking aim at the florida governor over his support of teaching guidelines that suggest enslaved people benefited from slavery. all that, plus a woman who faked a story about going missing is now being charged for false report by officials, you say they wish they could have gone further. in a global heat wave from soaring temperatures here at home, to heat fueled wildfires overseas, will bring you the latest on the dangerous situation around the world. lebron james posts new video of his son, brawny, just days after he went into cardiac arrest. what bronny s health crisis can teach parents of other young athletes, especially young men of color, that s all coming up next. we re gonna begin with former president trump s rally in pennsylvania, which is set to start in just a few hours, he ll be hearing even more baggage this time, with those for us charges from the doj on the classified documents case. le
in 2024. he s not ruling out her running as a third party candidate. trump is not as dominant as he appears. look, the fact that nobody else can get any traction or attention because all we are talking about is donald trump s legal troubles, so, while people have left trump as quickly as i would ve hoped, there are about half the people in the republican primary who do not want donald trump. the pundits picked challenge trump for the wrong desantis. he is floundering as well. the report suggests his campaign is struggling financially. new york times reveals desantis is cutting staff after he, quote, burned through nearly 40% of every dollar he raised in his first six weeks without airing a single television. ad and then there are the actual policies in the santa s estate. such as the recent changes to florida standards for black history. gop candidate, former governor of new jersey chris christie today condemning desantis for trying to deny responsibility. the fact is