kim jong-un s planned and very rare trip to russia. what it could mean to ukraine, and what a former american four star general makes of that and other key developments in the par. plus, is it passover already? the exodus is on from the burning man desert, where tens of thousands have been stranded by a plague of mud. good evening. john berman here in for anderson. we begin this labor day evening with a picnic, presidential politics, and polling. they all came together in new hampshire. several republican candidates stumping at the same picnic, and new polling that s no picnic for all but donald trump. it matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. and this is attention getting. trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59% report support from republicans. his nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. as for a potential trump-biden matchup in the general election, it s 40-39 and a large number, 17%, undied. head to head wit
understands upfront. this is not going to be me. i want you to answer and give you our views. i would say that you represent probably about half the country. if you our views and the other half represents mine, do you agree? we are kind of divided. plus or minus. we are polarized and traumatized. we are in these echo chambers. let s be candid, sean, your folks are watching you and getting to certain perspective and my folks are watching other networks and getting their perspective. sean: a lot of democrats watch me. including me. i m here for the reason. to the point, we need that cross polarization it, more of these kind of conversations. not accused of each other of misleading the american people, by then confront each other on the context of providing opportunities to address some of the facts are often omitted in terms of the conversations and topics which we choose to pick up. sean: what i see is that i don t how you reconcile some of these differences. your beli
house. perhaps as we re turning the corner here now, about a year and change away from election day, to confront this age issue which another poll shows is real. it s kind of like when i said, would you like a five spot? that s the way we talk, twenty and change. willie in your old category? i m getting there, mika. we re old enough to remember when duke used to beat clemson in football. wow. that s how old we are. what a game. can you believe that? okay. first of all, duke beats clemson, right? fsu, the night before, routs lsu. never saw that coming. alabama, alabama rolls over middle tennessee state. i m telling you, i thought middle tennessee state would win by two or three touchdowns. doing good things in murphysboro but not enough in tuscaloosa. college football turned upside down this year, mika. we ll get to all that, as well. meanwhile, half of congress returns to capitol hill today with a long to-do list, including a new federal budget, but
and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that people do when they have known true pain for his sins i don t know who to blame what choice was he given? in this world that we re livin when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america i see love when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america - on a bright winter day, former federal prosecutor rudolph giuliani was inaugurated as the 107th mayor of
trump pleaded not guilty, and 11 of his codefendants waived their right the appear in court. meanwhile key witness, former white house chief of staff mark meadows is waiting to hear if his georgia case will move up to federal court, and the georgia special grand jury report is set to be released on friday. trump, by the way, is fund-raising like crazy off his mugshot. i want to know who are those people who give money to the so-called billionaire so he can cover his legal expenses. oh, and in case you were wondering, a recent wall street journal poll of republicans put trump s support a stunning 46% higher than the second-place ron desantis. and in our nation s capitol, congress will begin to work in washington on tuesday with just a few more days until another possible government shutdown. after the black caucus announced black americans are being attacked nationwide and blaming republicans as leading these efforts. that s where we start today. of course, joining me