Joining me now nbc s mark murray, matt gorman, republican strategist and former senior communications adviser for tim scott for america is here as well. i think we can say without question this is going to be one of the most expensive, nastiest and arguably consequential battles for control of the senate we ve ever seen. what s this campaign season going to look like? oh, well, chris, i think you summed it up really well in montana, ohio, and across the country with this presidential election as well, but let s be clear about this is the battle for senate control for republicans, and the magic number for republicans is netting two pickups. that would be guaranteed regardless of what ends up happening in the presidential race for a senate majority with democrats currently at a 51-49 majority. as we already know, republicans are the overwhelming front runners in west virginia. that s joe manchin s seat where he s not running for re-election. to get that magic number of two, republicans would need to win in
We ll break that down in the senate contests in montana and new jersey coming up in just a few minutes. but we start with what is for the white house the defining issue of a generation and potentially of a presidential campaign, the fight for democracy. it s the message joe biden has taken abroad today where some of the greatest threats to democracy including the war in ukraine, are posing a threat to his re-election. but while foreign policy has always been a strength of biden s serving for 12 years as chairman or ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, he begins his visit to france with his handling of the wars in ukraine and gaza as well as foreign policy in general, increasingly unpopular. i want to bring in nbc s kelly o donnell who s in paris. jim messina is surrogate for the biden campaign, served in the obama white house and ran president obama s re-election campaign in 2012. peter baker is the new york times chief white house correspondent and an msnbc political analyst. he is also traveling with the president in france.
Sending that person to prison. no, you couldn t because thurgood marshall wouldn t let him, alvin bragg wouldn t let him. the defenders of the constitution from the founders to today would never let donald trump lock her up. and now it s donald trump s turn to wait until his sentencing hearing on july 11 to find out if judge juan merchan will lock him up. former fbi and general council and former chief, an msnbc legal analyst, and coauthor of the trump indictments. also with us, lisa ruben, nbc correspondent, and everyone, a veteran of the trump courtroom. it s it s not that we just
What their last name is. i did gun prosecutions for six years and went after convicted felons, people who were fugitives from justice. i went after lots of different people proper prohibited from having a firearm. i bet there weren t a dozen about this application. of all the cases you could be pursuing in delaware, why are you pursuing this one? bill: here is one takeaway on nbc. it was impossible to escape the presence of the first family, their influence, and their long history hovering over the courtroom as we mentioned the first lady was there yesterday on her birthday. atlanta quickly, trey. there has been a hearing set for october 4th, which is 31 days away from the election that clearly shows right now that the
With the lives of hostages and millions of palestinians hanging in the balance, president biden is now suggesting that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is dragging out the war in gaza for political reasons. specifically asked if that s what s happening, biden told time magazine, quote, there is every reason for people to draw that conclusion. the remarks part of an increasingly public pressure campaign from the white house, urging israel to abide by the terms of a new cease-fire and hostage deal. nbc s monica alba is reporting from the white house for us today. so, biden s national security adviser met with the families of five american hostages in gaza today. what is the administration saying about where those negotiations stand right now? because we are still waiting to hear anything definitive from hamas. reporter: that s still the posture, chris. the u.s. is doing everything it can to step up that diplomatic pressure and really urge the parties here, urge hamas to accept the deal that is on the
That and it will be the defense that raises some of the uncomfortable facts about some of the other people involved in this case. mike memoli and barbara mcquaid, only day one, opening arguments, thank you so much. today, a former trump attorney and two others were charged with felony forgery in wisconsin for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election through so-called fake electors. nbc s ryan reilly is following this for us. what can you tell us about the charges, ryan? we have seen this trend in several states now where we have seen these charges brought forward against related to the schemes, these fake elector schemes involving individuals who falsely say donald trump won an election that he actually lost and all of this was in the leadup to january 6th, with the idea of being creating chaos on january 6th as all of this was unfolding saying some of the state were in dispute when they weren t.
In congress blocked two separate efforts to deal with the border over the past year and a half. including a bill with major concessions to the gop. but one which they rejected, claiming in part that the president already had the power to fix the problem. joining me now, nbc s aaron gilchrist covering the white house. matt dowd, and maria teresa kumar of voter latino and an msnbc contributor. aaron, explain how this is going to work and how quickly we might see the impact. reporter: well, chris, effectively this order is now in place. as we understand it, president biden signed the executive order this morning, and so these new rules are now in place at the u.s. border with mexico. and the goal here as we understand it from senior administration officials is to prevent migrants who approached the border, cross the border unlawfully from getting asylum here in the united states. and as we see this go into
There. nbc s mike memoli reports from outside the courthouse in wilmington. also with us, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquaid. mike, let s start with what sounds like an emotionally charged confrontation in the courtroom hallway. what happened? reporter: yeah, chris, we know what a sensitive moment this is for the entire biden family, the show of support that his extended family is making by being present in the court every day. but it was a moment captured outside of the court during a break in the proceedings by our colleague that is getting at tense here. melissa cohen biden confronted garrett ziegler, a former aide in the trump administration and called him a piece of you know what comes next, she said it was inappropriate for him to be attending this trial. he s been attending it over the course of last two days. there is a back story here. mr. ziegler is part of a group he co-founded that helped publish a searchable database of the infamous hunter biden
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Don t see this often around the bay area. we re going to see a 20 to 30 degree jump in temperatures just in a 24 hour cycle, and after 2 to 3 days of the hot days and warm nights, we ll really have to watch fire danger as those onshore winds pick up. it will be very dry on thursday, temperatures starting to cool down as we head into next weekend. all right, rob, thank you for that. we ve got something special in store for your mornings this week. every day. nbc s today is celebrating the 30th anniversary of studio one a and adjacent plaza in the heart of manhattan. yeah, it is a milestone for the show and brings viewers from across the country and around the world to visit today. we will have that story in just a little bit. we ll be right back after this break.