it is good to be back with you on this second hour of "chris jansing reports." at this hour, energy, enthusiasm, and a whole lot of money. that's what kamala harris has

going into the second week of her campaign. $200 million raised. 170,000 new volunteers. so what's the plan to keep the momentum going? plus, the fbi getting ready to interview donald trump about the attempt on his life, what they've learned about the gunmen from his life as a loner to his interest in guns. the tinderbox in the middle east, israel promising revenge for a rocket strike that killed 12 teens on a soccer field. is a new front in the war about to open? and that massive wildfire still burning in california, now more than 365,000 acres destroyed, with smoke drifting as far away as new england, we'll get a live report. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that major momentum for vice president kamala harris's 2024 campaign. what can you tell us?

>> there are aspects just beginning, with vice president harris, now the de facto democratic nominee. in many ways, this is entering the final, most critical ways, with less than 120 days to election day. you mentioned the momentum earning so many high profile endorsements, raking in $200 million, which she is adding to the $240 million war chest that she inherited from president biden's campaign. and much of that is coming from grass roots donations. take a listen to some organizers of some grass roots organizations that have reacted to her being at the top of the ticket. >> there's no question about it. joy is back in town, and it feels really good. our affiliate network, called trouble nation. we have over 550 groups and the bulk has come in recently days. there's so much energy out there, and through these groups, people are going to be tapping in to those local personal

networks. >> the 180 shift in mood has not just been a vibe shift, it has been turning into -- we raised a million dollars for candidates just this week. >> having someone aspirational like kamala harris gives folks something to stand up and go out and work for. >> the campaign also seeing over 150,000 volunteers sign up to help over the next few months. also seeing a growing number of coalition groups, throwing their support behind harris. the challenge that lies ahead for her is keeping this momentum at the same level going for the next 99 days as we start to see the trump campaign, and former president trump sharpen his attacks against her. now, we did see some sharper, fresher lines of attack from vice president harris over the weekend. and she is getting some help from some of the contenders that we know are on her veep stakes short list. these are people like north carolina governor roy cooper, arizona senator mark kelly, some other governors of key

battleground states that we know could prove critical to her being able to be successful, and facing off against former president trump in november. as far as the timing of her decision, this is going to come in the next few days. we know this historically rapid vetting process is underway, and we expect her to announce her pick by august 7th that's the dnc deadline to ensure both make it on state ballots, chris. >> allie raffa, thank you. >> more than two weeks after his attempted assassination, former president donald trump says he plans to sit for an interview with the fbi. nbc's ryan reilly is following this for us. i know the fbi gave an update about where the investigation stands. what did you learn? >> they did. and they emphasize the interview with donald trump is going to be standard and by the book, just sort of the victim interview that they typically do with anyone who would have been in this sort of scenario. take a listen. >> we have learned the subject

was highly intelligent, attended college and maintained steady employment. his primary social circle appears to be limited to his immediate family. as we believe he had few friends and acquaintances throughout his life. we have identified our subject's interest in shooting began as a hobby and requests progressed into formal firearms training courses, particularly since september of 2023. >> so they emphasize that he has been a loner and even on the gamer platforms that he was using, he really fell away from activity. there's not been a lot of recent activity on the gaming platforms he used, but they have asked for information from dozens of different accounts that he had from dozens of companies. i think more information is going to continue to roll in this is unusual for the fbi to do. they are giving continuous updates on an ongoing investigation. in this case, the suspect is dead. there's nothing really legally

barring them from continuing to update the public. traditionally, they don't do that. what they emphasize is they think this is important for the american public. they know how much demand there is and they want to be up front and as transparent as they can about this process. we can expect to see more information in the days ahead. >> ryan reilly, thank you. later this hour, pulitzer prize winning journalist, david fahrenthold will join me to talk about his reporting on text messages, revealing the shooter was often one step ahead. and response to a rocket attack that killed a dozen children in the golan heights over the weekend. matt bradley is in beirut, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised the response would be severe. what's the latest from where you are? >> reporter: the latest is we haven't heard that severe response, despite that we're hearing about government ministers, top generals, huddling in tel aviv and jerusalem, trying to decide what

to do. we haven't seen that reprisal just yet. there have been continuing attacks by israelis and hezbollah over the border for the past two days, nothing that really rises to the level of retaliation, particularly not on the level that benjamin netanyahu and his top people have been describing, something that could be crippling, something that would even just be noticeable because the fact is, chris, that we have been seeing this fighting going on, tit for tat, over the border between lebanon and israel ever since the day after those october 7th attacks by hamas. which like hezbollah is backed by iran. hezbollah said at the time that they were launching the attacks at the israelis in solidarity with hamas, and that has continued. now we're hearing even as there are diplomats hudden in rome, trying to come to negotiated peace in the gaza strip which would presumably see the release of remaining israeli hostages, that deal, and hezbollah has

made this known on multiple occasions, would shoot two birds with one stone. that has been going on for much of the past ten months. we did see some attacks by the israelis overnight that killed at least two hezbollah fighters, according to the group, and there were at least 20 projectiles fired by what they say is hezbollah, over the northern border with lebanon, where i am now. the real risk here, and we're wondering whether or not the next strike by the israelis, and it's almost certain there will be a retaliatory strike in the coming days or weeks, we don't know whether it's going to strike here in beirut, lebanon's capital. and whenever anyone talks about war between hezbollah and israel, they always go back to 2006, a devastating month long confrontation which saw israel bringing a ground invasion into lebanon, and firing here in the capital beirut, the southern

neighborhood long considered the stronghold, and even the airport in the distance behind me. we're about to see what could be a major assault that could envelope all of lebanon or it might not. it could also escalate the situation. we could see the americans decide to intervene with numerous naval assets they have posted here in the middle east, ever since the october 7th attacks. that's why, despite the reigning peace that we're seeing right now, the threat is so enormous and could envelope the entire region, chris. >> matt bradley, thanks. let's bring it back home where crews are struggling to contain the biggest wildfire this california. morgan chesky is live in los angeles for us. how far have these flames spread? >> yeah, chris, it has been a frightening scene here. the park fire has become a historic one because it's almost

doubled in size every day since it started last week after authorities say a man pushed a flaming car down into a ravine. what went from that one ravine is now more than 350,000 acres, chris, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and burning at least 130 structures there in that surrounding area. it's now gone from butte county into three surrounded counties there. it's 12% contained, which is far better than the 0% containment we saw on friday, but still a long ago for these fire crews. more than 2,000 firefighters were actually on the lines of this fire, doing their best in very remote areas to cut fire lines, to slow down its spread. they have had an incredibly tough obstacle with cditions here. triple digit temperatures combined with such dry fuel have led these flames to just tear across some remote hillsides in that area. we do know that one of the things that's caused such pause

to the people who live in the area, chris, is the close proximity to the town of paradise, 90% of what was destroyed in 2018 from the campfire, which killed more than 80 people there. in fact, there were survivors of that very fire, chris, that relocated to areas around chico that have since had to evacuate yet again as a result of this fire. crews tell me that if there has been any sort of asset that's really helped them in right to control this blaze, it's been the fact they have been able to attack it night and day from the air. they have helicopters they may be able to retrofit with infrared technology to allow nighttime water drops as well. granted a few helicopters may not seem like a lot when you have a fire of this size. they would be quick to point out anything they can do to slow the spread or save some structures is incredibly beneficial. but again, more than 350,000 acres burned and authorities

tell me that there is still significantly more to go before they could have any hope of containing this massive blaze here, chris. >> morgan chesky, thank you. in 90 seconds, the politics of weird. a look at the new democratic strategy against donald trump. well, it's true, these guys are just weird. you know, they're running for key man women haters club or something. that's not what people are interested in. 's not what people interested in. ♪ i am, said i ♪ ♪ and i am lost and i can't ♪ punch buggy red. ♪ even say why ♪ ♪ i am, i said ♪ ♪ ♪

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democrats are now embracing some weird messaging when it comes to the trump campaign, and we mean that literally. as "politico" puts it, allies of kamala harris are shifting their characterization of the republican presidential ticket to being a threat to democracy to just plain weird. take a listen. >> listen to the guy, he's talking about hanibal elector and shocking sharks. that is weird behavior. i don't think you call it anything else. >> i think donald trump, i know him, and he's probably sitting and watching the tv and every day, it comes out vance has done something more extreme, more weird, more erratic. >> it's not just a weird style that he brings, it's that this leads to weird policies. >> you may have noticed donald trump has been resorting to some wild lies about my record and

some of what he and his running mate are saying, it's just plain weird. >> joining me now, farren johnson, former southern regional director for obama's 2012 campaign, and a democratic strategist. susan del percio is a republican strategist, and msnbc political analyst. what's with the weird? >> i'll tell you this, chris, you're right, a lot of surrogates, the vice president herself has chosen to use this word, and i think it's a good way to describe the former president. now, one thing that i know for sure, there are probably ten other words that they want to use that could describe the former president, but weird seems to have a sort of tone to it, and it's sticking. many democrats believe that there are unorthodox things about donald trump before he even ran for president. we remember how he ran early on to destroy the republican party. he won in 2016, and there were a lot of weird things that he said when he was president in his four years.

it's got to be something that the polling data shows resonates only with democrats but also resonates with working class americans, and this is what this race is going to come down to, is that working class americans of all races have got to figure out who they want to vote for in this race, and i believe that kamala harris and her team and the surrogates are honing in on this message. i will challenge any republican to have a debate with me or any democratic strategist, and we can write down 25 things that the former president has said or done that could be classified as weird. that's not ultimately what the campaign is going to focus on for the duration. but it is something now that i think is resonating with the base and those working class americans. >> i think that he used an interesting word, which is tone, right. something we know that voters, particularly those middle voters have talked about, they talked about it four years ago, they're talking about it now. let's hear conversely some of the things that donald trump has

said? >> she was a bum three weeks ago. she was a bum. a failed vice president and a failed administration. so now we have a new candidate to defeat. the most incompetent, unpopular, and far left vice president in american history. she's a radical lunatic. she has no clue. she has no clue. she's evil. >> evil, lunatic, incompetent, bum, as opposed to weird. does that speak to those voters who frankly are exhausted by the level of vitriol in politics today? >> well, donald trump sound plain old bonkers. i'm going to add that as one of the words we can use in addition to weird. and the problem for donald trump is the campaign may have adjusted to a harris candidacy, but donald trump hasn't. he hasn't figured out what to say about her. he keeps trying these lines, and they're not going to work,

chris, because at this point, he's got to go for the middle. that's where the fight is. and he's not going to get, especially independent women in the suburbs, with that kind of language. >> i mean, you talked about this, again, as, you know, being part of a tone. i don't think it's necessarily a coincidence that that many democrats were using that same word at the same time. but honestly, what do you think it buys democrats? what does it buy the campaign, and for how long? >> well, it reminds democrats that we cannot underestimate a trump candidacy. i'm not saying we took him for granted, 2016, but there were many people, including myself, that thought that hillary clinton was going to win that race. we learned from our mistake. we saw four years of him doing the name calling. what you just showed, chris is a snap into what the former

president said about not just vice president harris, but who he has attacked along the way. it's a phrased approach. it's driving up momentum. it's a very sort of politically correct way to describe the former president's behavior, and i think you will hear more harsh words used to describe him as the campaign goes on, and definitely at the convention, but again, i go back to what my colleague just said. we know that the goal here is 270 electoral votes. her choice for vice president by august 7th will play an added role into that. ultimately there's got to be data that shows how do you motivate the base. more importantly, what do those moderate, independent voters, working class americans of all races want to hear about the man. compare the two. you can say a lot of things about vice president kamala harris. yes, they're going to talk about how she laughs, and they're going to talk about her being a woman, the sexism will be on front street going forward, but ultimately i think that the american people is looking forward to the future, and who's the best person to continue what joe biden has done for this country, and make it even better going forward. >> one of the interesting

things, i think, in this campaign is how memes that people on the right use they thought to attack harris, actually, have been sort of adopted, especially by a lot of younger voters, which we know they can be unpredictable, right? so she seems to be changing her social media narrative. let me play for you a tiktok that just went out. >> hey, kamala. what are we going to say to donald trump in november? >> bye bye bye. >> melissa rye who has worked on progressive campaigns for democrats told nbc, this was a reversal that i saw in 2016, when it felt like trump had taken over the internet. in 2024, who wins the internet, how important is it? >> who wins it in a positive way is vice president harris. she's going to keep out there with her message, and it should stand out that she's nearly 20 years his junior, so when we talk about the future, younger

people, seeing donald trump on tiktok really doesn't work. there's that. >> and in some of these, i think there's a question of who's having fun, and it seems like people are looking for fun. >> energy and going forward have something to bring, and just to follow a point, harris gets to introduce her vice president, a lot of media and press, then she rolls into a convention on august 19th, and that's going to dominate, and just a month later, chris, people start voting. so this is going to be really difficult for donald trump to breakthrough. >> thank you so much, susan, you're going to stick around. still ahead, the battle over abortion access. kamala harris uses the strict new ban in iowa as the basis for a new attack on donald trump. plus, running mate remorse, the growing backlash surrounding j.d. vance as top democrats predict that trump might be getting ready to boot him from the ticket. tie cket

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because of another trump abortion ban. we will stop trump's extreme abortion bans at the ballot box. the post included this video with donald trump's own words. >> i was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and in fact, demanded be ended roe versus wade. >> with events planned across key battleground states. i want to bring in adrienne broaddus who is covering this for us. "politico" health care reporter, and susan del percio is back with us. the des moines register puts it this way. they say this is a devastating blow for the people and abortion clinics in iowa. what more can you tell us? >> folks in iowa, at least with planned parenthood, want to remind people that the clinics are still open for sci testing,

ob/gyn needs for women and birth control. here in illinois, folks with planned parenthood are preparing for a surge in demand when it comes to care, and i spoke with the executive director of planned parenthood illinois, and she tells me, unfortunately, they have already gotten used to treating patients from other states. now, with this law, there are some exceptions. for example, if a pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, a woman has a certain time period to report that to a physician or a member of law enforcement. also, if it's determined the fetus cannot survive outside of the womb of the mother, an abortion will be allowed. and an abortion will be allowed if it's determined it's necessary to save the life of a mother. i asked the leaders in illinois if those exceptions bring them a little bit of comfort. here's what they said. >> lawmakers are forgetting that these bans don't decrease the

need for patients to have an abortion. it just puts medically unnecessary burdens on patients for getting their care. nationally, what we have seen is a higher number of abortions across our country since the dobbs decision. >> and since that decision, she also told me they have seen about 10,000 additional patients from other states, including texas and here in illinois, part of the preparation included adding three additional clinics near those border states. >> there's another video from this week of action, and this is where kamala harris directly blames trump. >> what this means is that one in three women of reproductive age in america lives in a state with a trump abortion ban. so what we need to do is vote. >> a trump abortion ban is a phrase that she has used a lot,

and you have been reporting on how she has been trying to keep this campaign focused on abortion. i mean, this is a place where frankly she has lived for a long time. she was the main point person for the biden administration. what more can you tell us about that? >> that's right. yeah, she's been the point person, really, on this since the dobbs decision in 2022. she's had, you know, multiple meetings with state lawmakers and folks in the reproductive health care space, in states across the country over the last two years. and we've seen kamala harris, joe biden, democrats broadly seize on the state abortion ban, whenever they take effect to, again, highlight the position of republicans on this issue and attack donald trump. we saw it with the arizona supreme court ruling just a few months back, the alabama supreme court ruling on idf, democrats, whenever there's a court

decision, they use that to bring abortion back into the spotlight, and by highlighting the position of republicans on this issue, and the republican state lawmakers who, you know, pass many of these bans, in some cases before the dobbs decision, in other cases like iowa, actually after the dobbs decision, and just sort of highlights the problems that republicans have. these long established republican lawmakers, in many cases, these courts have conservative appointees to them, and republicans are now being forced to contend with these court decisions that are putting them in political peril, and democrats have been more than eager to jump on and capitalize on these court decisions when they come up. >> back in march, as a matter of fact, susan, kamala harris became the first vice president ever to visit an abortion clinic, and there she was alongside one of her now vp contenders, the governor of minnesota, tim walz.

i wonder if this issue informs her decision making. there may be some minor differences, there's some differences between the various democrats who she is considering, or is this her issue, her issue alone, and they're looking for some different kind of balance? >> i actually think she needs to put someone on the ticket who is very comfortable talking about the issue. when the vice president went to that abortion clinic she said you no longer have to whisper. it's okay to say this is about women's reproductive health care. it's a fact. it happens, it's needed for the life of the mother. at times for economic reasons and others. she needs definitely a running mate who is very comfortable discussing the issue, what it means, and you know, it's different because president biden was uncomfortable talking about abortion. while he may have believed in a woman's right to choose, i think he wasn't -- he couldn't even really say the word abortion. now, you have to say it. it means health care, and she

needs -- her running mate needs to be able to take that message and own it, too, as well. >> and megan, is harris impacting the strategy on the other side? especially given the fact that she has been the person who has been out there. she has no problem saying the word abortion or fighting for reproductive rights. >> yes, they have been more eager to hop on her and her record. the fact that she was the first vice president to visit an abortion clinic, her voting record in the u.s. senate, they've used all of these different things to try can paint her as, you know, extreme on the issue of abortion. it's worth pointing out they were making the same arguments with joe biden a couple of weeks ago, saying he was extreme and radical on the issue. now that kamala harris is the likely democratic presidential nominee, they're saying, well, you know, joe, he wasn't comfortable saying the word

abortion. he maybe lost his way a little bit, but he wasn't so so bad. kamala harris is the one who's really radical, and really extreme on this issue. and we've seen anti-abortion groups pick up that language. we've seen donald trump pick up on that language as well in his rallies, you know, talking about her, you know, quote unquote radical position on abortion. and so they definitely see this as an opportunity to be able to paint a contrast between, you know, donald trump sort of leave it to the state's approach, it's up to the states now position, and what they're hoping to paint as sort of -- it goes too far position on the democratic side. >> megan, adrienne broaddus, susan del percio, thank you so much. a top democrat is now trolling donald trump over his choice of a running mate as j.d. vance tries to bat away the backlash over his remarks about childless cat ladies. take a listen to senate majority leader chuck schumer. >> the choice may be one of the

best things he ever did for democrats. he has a choice, does he keep vance on the ticket where he already has a whole lot of baggage, there's probably going to be more baggage over the weeks because we'll hear more things about him or does he pick someone new. >> dasha burns is reporting from the campaign trail in pennsylvania. what are you hearing, dasha, from the trump side when it comes to the backlash we have been hearing about vance's comments and is there real republican regret about the choice? >> reporter: it's such an interesting split screen. i'm in pennsylvania, waiting for governor josh lederman and governor gretchen whitmer campaigning on behalf of vice president kamala harris. she of course is now trying to make her decision about who her running mate will be. i spent months covering the veep stakes on the other side of the aisle, who would former president trump's running mate be. he ended up going with ohio senator j.d. vance, and now

having to do some clean up on behalf of his running mate, and i just want to put into context what it was that he said about the childless cat ladies. he said back in 2021, in a fox news interview, this is a few years ago now, we're effectively run in this country via the democrats, appropriate oligarchs by childless cat ladies who are miserable, and the choices they made and they want to make the rest of the country miserable too. he's out defending those comments, take a listen to what he said. >> it was a sarcastic comment. i've got nothing against cats or dogs. people are focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what i actually said, and the substance of what i said, megan, i'm sorry, it's true. >> reporter: look, vance was not the establishment pick. he was not the pick that donors wanted. he's not the pick that traditional moderate republicans

wanted. he was the pick that former president trump's son, don jr. wanted, the maga faction of the party wanted. that's what you've got on the ticket. >> dasha burns, thank you. still ahead, new text messages that law enforcement was aware of donald trump's gunman, even earlier than previously known. stay right here. stay right here. why use 10 buckets of water when you can use 1 fire extinguisher. and to fight heartburn, why take 10 antacids throughout the day when you can take 1 prilosec. for easier heartburn relief, one beats ten. prilosec otc. one pill. 24 hours. zero heartburn. (♪♪) [shaking] itchy pet? (♪♪) with chewy, save 20% on your first pharmacy order so you can put an end to the itch. get flea and tick medication delivered right to your door. [panting]

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donald trump's former white house chief of staff is asking the supreme court to move his georgia election interference case from state to federal court. lawyers for mark meadows cite the court's recent presidential immunity ruling writing quote, it's hard to imagine a case in which the need for a federal forum is more pressing than one that requires novel questions about the duties and powers of one of the most important federal officers in the nation. last year, an appeal's court rejected the bid to move the case, saying he failed to show how the actions were connected to his official duties. startling new details in the assassination attempt on former president trump from law enforcement text messages obtained exclusive by "the new york times." those messages reveal that the gunman raised suspicions of a counter sniper who was leaving his shift at 4:25 p.m. that's more than 90 minutes

before the shooting, 30 minutes sooner than previously reported. at 5:14, the gunman was photographed and at 548, the officer shared photos they had taken of the shooter to a group chat. by that point, they also knew he had a range finder. it would be another 33 minutes after he fired that he was shot and killed. joining me now, "new york times" investigative reporter who helped break that story, david fahrenthold, also with us, sahil kapur on capitol hill, ahead of a hearing on that shooting tomorrow. david, this report is disturbing and riveting. walk us through the details and what was going on with law enforcement communication that day. >> well, it is striking how sort of haphazard it all was, when it happened and how it happened, not over radio frequency but over text message. it starts with three snipers from the local police, who are in a warehouse building near the rally site.

it's their job to look at the rally site. it's 90 minutes before trump takes the stage. as he walks out, he sees a suspicious stringy haired kid looking at at picnic table nearby. there's a guy here. he saw me walking out with a rifle. he knows you all are up there. beware. as the afternoon and evening, more officers with the snap local detail, see this guy, notice him being weird, see him using the range finder. they take a picture, send to state police who gives it to the secret service. it's a chain of text messages, by the end of it, the actual warning that this person is out there doing something suspicious doesn't get to everybody in the secret service until just a few minutes before the shooting. then they start to scramble people, but it's too late. the gunman is on the roof, he found a position that the police can't easily reach. >> you say basically the shooter

was a step ahead of the secret service multiple times. he was scoping out beforehand, using a drone. tell us more about that. >> well he got to the site before the secret service did. they announce the rally is happening july 3rd. on july 7th, crooks comes out to the site, walks around for 20 minutes. it's not until the next day that the secret service makes its first walk through, and starts preparing. now, he crooks, sees something in the site that the secret service for all of their training and manpower, miss, which is the potential of that roof, the one we have been talking about so much as a sniper's nest. it's shielded from two different sniper teams that would be there. it has a clear shot of the rally stage, and it's sort of hard to see from some places, especially the officers below it. he returns to the site. he spends a lot of time surveying the site. he finds a place, a hole in the armor. he finds a spot where hst hard to get to him, but he can get to trump. what we're seeing throughout

these text messages, the secret service and local police being constantly surprised. there's that guy, where did he go. trying to stay up with him. not realizing the kind of threat he represented. >> tomorrow the senate will hold a key hearing about the assassination attempt. what do we expect? >> we expect the senate to hold a joint committee hearing, two people slated to testify are ronald rode, the acting director, and paula bake, the deputy director of the fbi. the chair of the judiciary committee is dick durbin, the chair of the homeland security is gary peters. it will be bipartisan. the ranking members will be there. this of course comes on the heels of a classified briefing from thursday with acting u.s. secret service director where senators said it went reasonably well. they learned new information but they want that to be made public, some of the things that were classified. the questions we should expect them to ask is primarily how

could the sh roof with the direct line. were law enforcement patrolling the place, and what went wrong, what new protocols are they implementing to avoid this sort of thing from happening in the future. it comes as we're learning more about the shooter. last week we learned that he had a fascination with the jfk assassination in 1963, searched some terms about that. here's more of what we're learning, let's see what mike mccall, the chair of the house foreign affairs committee said. >> what's interesting, robert is he had a detonation device on him, and two bombs in the car. what his plan was is to assassinate the president, create a diversion by blowing up his vehicle on the other side of the property, and then he could escape. >> reporter: and also today, the house announced a joint bipartisan task force to investigate this shooting. speaker mike johnson and house minority leader hakeem jeff riffs put out a joint statement saying this would be come priced

of qualified members. let's take a look at the seven republicans on the task force. the chair is going to be mike kelly, he represents that district in butler, pennsylvania. he has ties to local law enforcement. the democratic members of the task force, six of them, the ranking member or top democrat will be jason you, a former army ranger who served in both the afghanistan and iraq wars. he is steeped in intel issues. one of the things we have been hearing from democrats and expect to tomorrow, chris, including dick durbin is keep politics out of this. this is not about a back and forth between republicans and democrats. everyone agrees this should never happen in the future. >> sahil kapur, and david farren -- fahrenthold, thank you both. the u.s. men's gymnastics team just broke a 16-year dry spell in paris.

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right now, with everything going on in the world, and in politics, you may be looking for an escape, a way to tune out. for 29 million people on friday night, that escape was launching the opening ceremony for the paris olympics. the highest viewership since the 2012 games. one of the biggest stars, biggest draws of course is simone biles, who pushed through a calf injury to qualify for the team final and the all around final. and we just got some other big news for team usa.

spoiler alert. the men's gymnastics team just ended their medal drought by taking bronze in the team final. nbc's keir simmons is on the ground in paris for us. so what's the latest on that big news, keir, and do we know how simone biles is doing? >> reporter: spectators erupted when team usa took that bronze medal. china and japan, taking gold and silver. wow, what a performance, and what a breakthrough, really, right, since 2008, team usa men's gymnastics have not managed to medal, and now they are. they have tonight. with that bronze medal, as you mentioned. simone biles, of course, in the spotlight with now top place in the all around standings and the potential to win five medals here in paris. so for her, this is just a great start to the olympics. over in the tennijovic

beating nadal in the second round, so he heads towards his dream of taking, i mean, he's a grand slam king, right, but he looks like he's moving towards that dream of a gold medal here in paris. and then just some other news. on the river, we're 24 hours away from the triathlon. it's not clear whether it will take place. that dream of swimming in the river still in the balance with the e. coli levels too high, and so they're going to check overnight, the early hours of the morning. it can be delayed. we were down there taking a look. you won't see anything just by looking, but they are checking and want to be sure, of course, that the athletes are safe before that goes ahead. so the competition is the other way, team usa doing very very well. last time i checked, more medals for team usa than any other nation than paris at this stage.

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