Good morning, it is Sunday September 8. 58 days until election day. Im Melissa Murray Filling in for my friend Ali Velshi whos up for the day. In two days, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will finally meet Each Other in person for the first time. The two candidates have never even spoken to Each Other before. But on tuesday night, they will go headtohead in a 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia. The debate will certainly highlight the two Contrasting Visions For The Future of the country. And as you imagine, they are preparing for the upcoming meeting in very different ways. Harris has been in pittsburgh since thursday where shes doing Debate Prep with a little campaigning on the side. Yesterday the democratic nominee visited a local spy store, where she briefly met with workers and patrons and bought seasonings. But most of her time in pittsburgh has been spent inside a hotel where shes been huddled with a team of advisers getting ready for tuesday. Harris hasnt participated in a debate s
it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping
at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china s premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let s go live to our asia hub, and speak to the bbc s mariko oi. today the official talks get under way, took us through what has happened so far. has happened so far. indeed, toda is has happened so far. indeed, today is the has happened so far. indeed, to
we exercise our right. this should have higher turnout than what you typically see for midterms. a lot of people are beginning to realize that things are, you know, headed in the wrong direction. they want to, you know, have more control over what s happening in their lives. we have live reports from seven, key states, that will determine the senate, the future prospect for the biden agenda and the shape of the 2024 presidential contest. steve kornacki will be at the big board in moments to tell us where the most important races stand on election day, while former president trump leaves no doubt about his plans. i m going to be making a very big announcement on tuesday, november 15th. an emotional nancy pelosi raising questions about her future. will your decision be impacted by the attack in any way. yes. and welcome. good day. i m andrea mitchell at msnbc headquarters in new york. candidates and reporters are at polls today, with so much at stake for both poli