One of the deadliest russian Missile Strikes since the start of the war. Otherwise trapped under the rubble. Prime Minister Netanyahu asking for forgiveness after six hostages are murdered in gaza. Protesters still demanding a Cease Fire. Also ahead, the final sprint of the 2024 campaign. Vp harris on the trail, courting unions and making a rare Campaign Appearance with President Biden. Well break down the latest polling showing how this tight race that has changed. And how it could be a Dog Fight Right to the finish. Good morning, it is 10 00 Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News out of ukraine. President zelenskyy confirming that a russian Missile Strike killed at least 41 people and injured 180 more making it one of the deadly strikes since the war began. The ukrainian officials say the attack in the central town of poltava hitting a military Training Facility and a nearby hospital. Nbc news international correspondent K
Donald trump blocked overtime benefits for millions of workers. [ Crowd Booing ] he opposed efforts to raise the minimum wage. As the president said, he appointed Union Busters to the national labor relations board. [ Crowd Booing ] and, dont forget, he supposed socalled right to work laws. I remember a time when republicans talked about things like freedom, they meant it. They would never turn their back on our allies. But thats not these guys. Trump and vance, when they talk about freedom, means government should have the freedom to invade every corner of our life. They talk about small government, small enough to be in your bedroom. Small enough to be in your exam room. Small enough to be in your library, telling you the things you should make decisions about. The Harriswalz Campaign spent the Labor Day Holiday speaking to Union Workers in Battleground States. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Jd Vance took The Day off from the Campaign Trail. We are now just a little over two months away
Decision did not come down to a panel of state justices. Instead just Secretary Of State Shenna Bellows upheld two of the three challenges brought by maine voters. One of whom ill speak to in just a moment. What bellows says her reasoning was based on and what it all means for donald trump heading into Super Tuesday. Were also watching colorado where time is ticking on the decision to remove trump from the ballot there that the former president has yet to file his appeal with the Supreme Court. Still voters are urging justices to speed up their review of an appeal from colorados Republican Party. How and when they could act. Plus which other states could throw a wrench into trumps 2024 calendar. Weve got a whole lot to cover. Lets dive in. Joining Me Msnbc News Justice reporter ryan riley. Bring us up to speed on what happened in maine and how donald trump is now reacting. Yes. As you expect the Trump Campaign plans to file an appeal quickly and get this through the court system very q
primary contest. how people are reacting. plus, the city of new york ramping up security for the big party in sometimes square. how tensions over fighting in the middle east are playing a major factors. russia launching its largest aerial assault on ukraine since the start of the war. the images coming in as ukraine pleads for more military aid. we re beginning the hour with the new legal showdown over donald trump s eligibility to even be on the ballot. maine s secretary of state issuing a decision last night that the former president can t be a candidate in the primary, because he violated the constitution s insurrection clause. the weight of the evidence, all of the evidence made clear that mr. trump was aware of the by a multi-pronged effort to delegitimize a democratic election, the election of 2020, and then chose to light a match on january 6th. we should note on the same night we got that news from maine, the state of california made the op sid decision sayi
maine secretary of state shannon bellows deciding to remove former president donald trump from the primary ballot there. bellows, addressing the decision last night on msnbc. i was duty bound to follow maine law, to ensure that candidates, all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. but across the country, california secretary of state deciding to keep trump on the official ballot and in oregon, a decision in a similar case is expected soon as well. want to bring in nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly and former assistant d.a. catherine christian, also an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, start things off for us, if you will, we got colorado, michigan, potential oregon, heard from california, maine as well. parse through california along with maine, what broke overnight. yes, i think that with maine the main difference is between the colorado case, the colorado case is something that was decided by justices, right, by the supre