morning as authorities warn residents to stay inside. just 48 hours left for donald trump s co-defendants to enter their pleas or get ready to appear in court in georgia s election interference case. we start in the remote nevada deserts where tons of thousands of trapped concern growers are trying to organizer plan to reopen roads in about two hours after sudden storms turned the annual gathering into miles of mud. so thick that some are comparing it to quicksand. others are starting to hike out after being warned to shelter in place and to conserve food and water. the situation so concerning, even the president has been briefed. the festival ceo told my colleague chloe melas, there s no cause for panic. we ve made it really clear that we do not see this as an evacuation situation and that the community is patient and the water is drying up. i want to give right to nbc s liz kroits, and michelle grossman standing by with the forecast. thank you very much. liz, the an
allegations. now, i won t even introduce myself by my name anymore. i get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the grocery store who says my name. i m worried about who is listening. i get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. i m always concerned of who is around me. i ve lost my name, and i ve lost my reputation. i ve lost my sense of security. a lot of threats, wishing death upon me. telling me that, you know, i m i ll be in jail with my mother. saying things like, be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. were a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were hateful. giuliani conceded in a court filing last month he d made false statements about freeman and moss. he failed to produce any evidence in the discovery portion of the case, which led to the judge s defamation ruling here. freeman and moss said the ruling brings them one step closer to rebuilding their lives. spokesperson for giulian
majority leader, kevin mccarthy who is now threatening members of his own party. plus, pitiful priorities, i will speak with congressman jimmy gomez of the house oversight committee, as the gop focuses on impeachment instead of keeping the government open. and will later on, no obstruction allegations, what a former aide says donald trump told her just after the classified documents organization was speeding up. i m charles coleman junior, in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started, i got a lot to talk about. but first, breaking news, time is running out, we are just seven days away from a government shutdown and most house republicans are nowhere to be found. literally. they have left washington to go home with no resolution insight. now on thursday, for the second time this week, house republicans failed to start a debate on a bill to fund the government after five far-right members of speaker mccarthy s own caucus block the measure and demanded additional spending cuts. thi
the house republican caucus fled washington this past friday, leaving congress without a plan to fund our government passed next friday. and the gulf between the caucuses hard line and moderate ins must pass spending legislation and bills must has put kevin mccarthy s big ship in jeopardy. brings and the possibility he might need help from house democrats to keep the gavel. meanwhile, on hearing washington tonight, president biden and vice president harris speak to the congressional black caucus as it wraps up its weeklong conference. it s been a busy week with the administration as well, with major moves on gun violence, covid-19, immigration, and u.s. support for ukraine. but as black america prepares for 2024, polls show diminished enthusiasm for the presidents reelection frump democrats most reliable lotion block. how will they bring those voters back into the fold and help the parties retake off the house and retain the oval office? the last one of those abc memb
4:00 in new york a split screen moment today. on the one side an event at the white house showing us what is an american president expressing his support and america s support for ukraine, an emerging democracy handling a serious foreign policy situation, like any leader of the free world has. on the other, a stunning and blockbuster piece of reporting that gives us really disturbing glimpse into what was and what could be again depending on the outcome of the 2024 election brand new reporting today in the atlantic by jeffrey goldberg pulls back the curtain on chairman mark milley s tires efforts to counter tireless efforts to counter an unstable president, donald trump, intent on swinging a wrecking ball into the pillars of our democracy we ll get to that meeting between president joe biden and president zelenskyy at the white house in a minute. we begin with that brand-new reporting on milley s efforts to be described as protecting the u.s. military and the country from