bottom line, they want to make -- nasa wants to pak absolutely sure the astronauts' lives are not in jeopardy. they are not convinced of that right now. the final decision is up to bill nelson. >> at least six more months? >> six more months on the space station. think about that. they have blown through july 4th. labor day. thanksgiving. christmas, new year and into february. >> tom, great to see you. thank you very much. appreciate it. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the campaign script is flipped with vice president harris and her running mate tim walz drawing huge crowds across the battleground

states. former president trump has been off the campaign trail in mar-a-lago but is expected to talk to reporters this afternoon. his running mate, j.d. vance, shadowing air force 2, trying to stalk harris on the tarmac in wisconsin. >> i just wanted to check out my future plane. i wanted to say hello to the vice president and ask her why does she refuse to answer questions from the media? taylor swift cancelling her vienna tour after intelligence confirm a possible terror plot with alleged ties to i.s.i.s. the east coast still hammered by debby, spawning tornadoes overnight in north carolina. ♪♪ good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. major movement in the battleground map. cook political report moved

arizona, nevada and georgia back to tossup after having labeled them republican before kamala harris took over the campaign from joe biden. another indicator of the shifting momentum is the record-setting crowds that continue to follow the new democratic ticket on its tour of the battleground states, with stops today in phoenix and detroit. the democratic ticket is campaigning in the crucial state of michigan, targeting union voters where pro-palestinian protesters briefly tried to interrupt kamala harris' rally last night. >> i'm here because we believe in democracy. everyone's voice matters. but i am speaking now. i am speaking now. you know what? if you want donald trump to win, then say that. otherwise, i'm speaking. [ cheers and applause ] >> they were a vocal group but a tiny group in the 15,000 person

plus overflow crowd. the campaign saying it had to move the event to an airport hangar after more people tried to sign up. this was the line for an outdoor rally in wisconsin earlier in the day on wednesday where 12,000 supporters turned out. a new poll by our friends at cnbc show 81% of democrats are now satisfied with harris as the party's nominee. that is a big, substantial shift from the 33% of democrats who were happy with president biden as the nominee in a similar poll from july. donald trump reportedly frustrated by the harris-walz momentum, announcing a press event this afternoon at mar-a-lago. the first time he will be seen publicly this week. we begin with yamiche alcindor, dasha burns, msnb political analyst peter baker.

the harris campaign are trying to focus on the momentum. they have to deal with vance's attacks on walz's military service. >> they are leaning into governor walz talking about his time in service, he specialized in training people who went off to fight in wars. i want to read to you part of the statement they put out in response. in his 24 years of service, the governor carried, fired and trained others to use weapons of war. governor walz would never undermine any service to the country. he thanks senator vance for putting his life on the line for our country. it's the american way. they went on to say that he

specialized in heavy artillery and he served in operation enduring freedom. the fact that he was someone who was a leader in the military. they are not specifically saying whether or not he misrepresented his time. they are not engaging specifically on the idea of whether or not, as the trump campaign is saying, that he lied about this. they are saying, here is what he did say. it's interesting to see the harris campaign respond. they have been fast about responding. they have been clear and engaging when it comes to reports on this. we have a question whether he misspoke or whether or not this was something that he did that was a falsehood. there's this response they are giving which is leaning in on his biography and talking about the fact he has a lot of other ways he served his country, that he served in congress, he was a teacher. all those things that made him the pick that vice president

harris wanted to go with. >> we should point out, both candidates for vice president, served in the military forces. both should be honored for that service, wherever they served. that's the position of the military as well. dasha, former president trump has been relying on vance as the public face of the campaign since the walz announcement. what do we know about his press -- what they are calling a press event this afternoon? will he answer questions? why hasn't he been on the trail? >> it's a great question. j.d. vance, who has been leading the counterprogramming to harris and walz this week said they are taking a divide and conquer approach. we won't see vance today. we will see former president trump at a press conference. the big question is, will he make news when it comes to debating harris? we have seen them go back and forth. he said earlier this week that he expects to make news on that front soon. i reached out to the campaign.

i talked to folks in trump world about this. this is the response we got from a spokesperson saying -- criticizing harris saying she refused to speak unscript order -- unscripted or take questions from reporters. expect we will see lines of attack along that trend from the former president. he has been trying out different attack lines against harris, against her new running mate. the big question is, will he finally make some news, commit to a debate, a date and time, and will harris agree to it? >> peter, let's talk about president biden's first interview with cbs, with bob costa, since ending his re-election bid. he told cbs that he is worried

donald trump could try again to overturn the election if he loses. let's watch. >> are you confident that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in january 2025? >> if trump wins, no, i'm not confident at all. if trump loses, i'm not confident. he means what he says. we don't take him seriously. he means it, if we lose, there will be a bloodbath. you can't love your country only when you win. >> peter, what does that tell you? that's what president biden's thoughts are right now. the first time we have heard from him. >> yeah. first of all, of course, former president trump has told us repeatedly that if he does not win, he will consider this to be a rigged election. that's what he did four years ago. that was not -- four year ago is not something that came up after the november vote. it was something he telegraphed in may of 2020. made very clear what the

strategy was then. the different is, he is not living in the building behind me anymore. that's joe biden right now. he doesn't have access to the military. he doesn't have access to the levers of power in order to try to shift the result if he were to lose. that doesn't mean there wouldn't be consternation in the streets, possible violence again. that's the concern a lot of people have, democrats and even some republicans. there's not been a commitment on the part of former president trump to respect election results that go against him. of course, that's a major concern for the outgoing administration. >> peter, we both recall the 2004 john kerry race. some of the same republican strategists are working for donald trump. they made him seem like he did not serve. but it's an effective strategy.

how effective could this be against tim walz to try to diminish his service because he was working in europe and not in iraq? >> right. you are right to point out the parallel. some of the same people are involved. the chief strategist today for trump and he is leading the charge against governor walz. a couple things are different. in 2004, we were in the middle of the iraq war. the question of service was a big deal at the time. today, it's not nearly the same. some of the issues with regard to governor walz are not the same as back then. some are narrow in terms of what the issues are. for instance, he said he retired as a sergeant major. he did rise to be a sergeant major. because he hadn't served for three years as that, he couldn't technically retire as a sergeant

major. there's parsing of words there. whether he really participated in operation enduring freedom by support role in europe as opposed to being in combat, he didn't tell anybody he fought, but he did at one point make a reference to saying, carrying weapons of war in war as i did. these are relatively parsing of words and so forth. they are a distraction. that's not what the harris-walz campaign wants. if you are explaining your running mate, that's not a day you are attacking the other side. i'm sure they will remind voters that donald trump didn't serve by a deferment from bone spurs, which some people consider spurious. it's not the territory that the harris-walz campaign wants to fight on. we will see whether it sticks. if it doesn't stick, i think they will move on and be able to prosecute their case. >> "the washington post" has new reporting that ties donald trump

to project 2025 despite his attempt to run away from that conservative blueprint for his second term. your newspaper highlighting a private flight he took with project 2025. there you see it, the architect, kevin roberts, for a conference in 2020 where trump told the crowd, quote, they are going to lay the groundwork and detailed plans for what our movement will do. that does contradict his denials. >> trump's attempts to distance himself where he claimed he doesn't know what it is, he has taken no part in it, my colleagues did obtain this photo of trump and kevin roberts flying together in april of 2022 to a heritage conference. like you said, in that speech, he says they are going to highlight policies for us. it's important to note that a number of trump's former

advisors, including peter navarro, ben carson, have been involved in drafting some of the policies for project 2025. trump has embrace aid number of the -- embraced a number of the policies himself on issues like gutting the education department, cutting regulations that limit greenhouse gases. these are policies he espoused for some time. especially provisions relating to mailing medication abortion and monitoring women who get abortions and potentially prosecuting them. they have tried to distance themselves because democrats have found an effective line of attack there. i think there are a number of pieces of reporting coming out, including this flight, that cut against his attempts to distance himself from project 2025 and claim he had zero knowledge of it.

>> thank you all so much. the blue wall, in 90 seconds, the fight for michigan ramping up as the harris campaign plants their flag in the battleground state. michigan congressman dan kildee joins us next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc.

as kamala harris and tim walz continue their blitz of

battlegrounds with another rally in michigan today, they are reaching out to organized labor after winning the backing of the united auto workers union. gretchen whitmer slamming donald trump last night. >> a second term of donald trump would be an unmitigated disaster. you wouldn't buy a used car from this guy. how can you expect him to support the auto industry? we need a strong woman in the white house. >> joining us dan kildee who spoke at yesterday's rally. thanks for being with us. talk to us about michigan, the importance of michigan. joe biden won it narrowly in 2020. how do you see michigan shaping up now? it's a must-win state. it's partly why tim walz was chosen, choose a midwesterner. is that going to work? >> i think it's going to help.

it's going to be a close race. michigan is one of a handful of states that will determine the outcome of the election. with kamala harris at the top of the ticket, we have seen a dramatic increase in enthusiasm right here on the ground. then with her choice of tim walz, number one, a reflection of her incredibly good judgement. tim is a wonderful guy. he also is one of those folks in michigan, while people are still getting to know him, tim walz has known the people in this state in many ways his whole life. his life history is one that matches a lot of the histories and the biography people write here. grew up on a farm. had to work hard. enlisted in the army. went to school on the g.i. bill. a high schoolteacher and coach. he is relatable. he is really smart. this is a ticket that i think will give us a chance to win michigan but it doesn't happen just because we have the names

on the ballot. we have to do the work. that's why it was so important that vice president harris and governor walz were in michigan on their first full day as a ticket. the message is, this helps us win. but we have to do the work to close the deal. they started that yesterday. >> you were there last night. you were speaking. tell me how he related to the michigan people by being a midwesterner, by the biography you spoke of, in terms of the way he speaks to people and the way he appears at that rally. >> part of it -- most is the policies. he demonstrated he is a pragmatic guy who puts families first. it's also the way he conducts himself, the way he carries himself. being a midwesterner, i have a certain bias. he feels like our neighbor. he feels like the guy down the street that we have known our whole lives who is then committed himself to a life of

service. a lot of it is the message, the policies that kamala harris will promote. by adding tim to the ticket, he gives us somebody who feels like he is one of us. i think the reaction i got from a lot of folks who haven't known him like i do -- tim is a good friend of mine. i have real bias here. he is one of the people i eny spending time with. the reaction i'm getting from people is like, wow, what a great guy. if people are saying that, i don't hear a lot of people saying about j.d. vance, what a great guy. it's like, what a weird guy. the difference is not just in policy. it's in the fact that we have a ticket that relates to america. they have a ticket of a billionaire who has ripped people off his whole life and j.d. vance who doesn't even know who he is.

i think it matches up pretty well. we have to sell that. we have to bring that message to the voters. >> do you worry j.d. vance might score with these attacks on the military record? you are the son of a navy veteran. you know a lot about the service. you have served in congress with a lot of these members. is there a risk of not responding quickly enough as john kerry in his campaign arguably did, didn't respond, and they got painted as misstating and overstating the record? it was totally untrue. >> right. for sure. we have to respond quickly. i think part of the response is this. if the trump-vance ticket wants to have a debate about service to country, as compared donald trump and j.d. vance and kamala harris and tim walz, we will have that debate. two good examples.

in every courtroom there are two tables. the table for the people, where the prosecutor sits. there's a table for the defendant. for her career, most of her career, kamala harris sat on the table representing the people. for most of his life, on and off, donald trump has sat at the table for the defendant. j.d. vance served a few years. we honor his service. i do. honestly. sincerely. tim walz served 24 years in the u.s. army. honorably did well, doesn't exaggerate his record. became a high schoolteacher. let's have that debate. we need to respond forcefully, but we need to respond with the contrast between the phonies on the other side of the ticket and two people who devoted their lives to representing and serving the people. >> one other thing about michigan, about detroit, such a large muslim arab american population. there were protesters.

she dealt with it. there was a tiny amount in the big crowd. does she have to be concerned about that? phil gordon put out a statement re-emphasizing her support for israel and israel's defense. but her concern about the people, the civilian who have died in gaza. they acknowledge she was in the national security team and cabinet, the first to begin speaking about the palestinian deaths and to emphasize that as they rebalanced, as the war progressed. >> vice president harris has been very clear. she feels the pain, understanding the pain of the palestinian people. obviously, also supports the right of israel to properly defend itself. there are lots of voices within the democratic coalition. we heard some of them yesterday. i thought what was remarkable, because i was there, is the vice president said, this is a democracy.

everybody's voice gets to be heard. if you want donald trump to be the president -- that's the choice -- just say so. otherwise, let's have a real conversation about how we create a path forward. she has credibility on this issue. she has spoken up for the need for a cease-fire in exchange for the hostages. i think as president of the united states, she will pursue a policy that recognizes the balance of interest, the need to respect life in israel and give equal respect to the lives of the palestinian people. i think she will be able to do that. >> you learn something about people from zoom. congressman, i have known you a long time. the drum kit, i didn't know you were a drummer. >> i have been a drummer since i was about 10 years old. i play almost every day when i'm here at home. it's my therapy. i will notice, i have played the drums a lot more since i've been a member of congress. it seems to help a little bit. i'm a big ringo star fan. >> music is the best therapy, i

have found that. thank you. >> it is. >> great to see you. the swift response, next. the latest on the foiled terror plot targeting taylor swift's concerts in vienna. what they found at one of the suspect's homes. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. (vo) they're back! verizon small business days are here. august 5th to the 11th. get a free tech check. and special offers. like a free 5g phone, when you switch. don't miss out. get started today. nice to meet ya. my name is david. i've been a pharmacist for 44 years. when i have customers come in and ask for something for memory, i recommend prevagen. number one, because it's effective.

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concerts in vienna. austrian police arrested two men in connection with the alleged planned attack, based on an alert from u.s. intelligence. one of the suspects confessed he had planned to kill himself and a large number of other people with knives and explosive devices. joining me now tom winter who has been tracking these developments. tom, austrian authorities just released a photo of one of the suspects. what more can you tell us? how close were these guys to carrying out the attack? >> apparently, the 19-year-old, the photo we will show you, seen with knives and -- is somebody they blured out this individual's face. you look there on that screen, the markings and emblem of i.s.i.s., if you will, for lack of a better phrase. how close did they get? you see the knives in the photo.

that's the big reason why austrian authorities felt like they needed to move when they did. they had a general sense of who they were talking to or at least who might have been involved in the plot. they do say that they are looking for another individual or individuals who are aware of the plot, even if they weren't exactly a part of it. the fact of the matter is, they were building bombs. there were several components. they were building a high explosive. that's been used throughout the last ten-plus years in europe and successful attacks including in london and paris and brussels. the goal here, according to the individual's confessions to police -- the austrians said he told them what they planned to do, bomb this stadium, outside of it. to conduct a knife attack. for him to die in the process.

this was a well-established plot. another individual who was arrested worked for one of the companies that provides services to this stadium. that's another concern as well. they are questioning a third person. put together here, the idea was they became aware of this person and they wanted to get them in custody and off the street prior to the concerts. they had a plan in place to go forward. there was a decision to be made. taylor swift was not the focal point of any particular attack. this wasn't an effort to assassinate her. they would have put in their cobra team that the austrian police have, highly respected, highly trained. ultimately, the concert organizers and artist determining this was not something they should move forward with.

her european tour goes on. how did this get uncovered? as we have talked about on several occasions, the u.s. has success in developing information on potential plots overseas. that information was shared from law enforcement agency to law enforcement agency. that helped the austrians get on board of this potentially quite deadly plot. >> after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, as you know, intelligence told us they were working hard on getting a lot more advanced notice of attacks by all of these terror groups in the region. they lost visibility on the ground in afghanistan, which had been a big listening post for them before. >> absolutely right. that's something that remains a concern for them as well. >> at home and abroad. tom winter, thank you so much. we are following the panel of tropical storm debby, which is heading northeast towards us, after making a second landfall overnight in south carolina.

the slow-moving storm is churning over north carolina, continuing its trail of destruction. marissa para captured video of this collapsed home after a suspected tornado struck overnight near raleigh, killing a person trapped inside. debby has killed at least six other people and drenched cities from florida to the carolinas, submerging neighborhoods. more than 125,000 customers are without power in north carolina. coming up, on alert, what senior iranian leaders are saying about their plans for retaliation against israel after the assassination of hamas' top political official in tehran. we will get reaction from a member of the senate foreign relations committee, senator chris van halen and richard engel, both on deck. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. when you switch.

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iran's acting foreign minister said they will respond to the assassination of haniyeh at the right time in, quote, the appropriate manner. he was speaking at an emergency meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation in saudi arabia on wednesday. state department spokesperson matt miller said the u.s. hopes the members are cautioning iran against taking steps toward escalation. >> look, this is obviously a very delicate time for the region. tensions are high. we are in the final stages,

hopefully, of a cease-fire deal. escalation has the potential to make every problem the region faces worse. the message that we are impressing upon everyone in the region is that no party should take any steps to escalate this conflict. >> joining us now from jerusalem, richard engel. as we hear the evening prayers there behind you, richard, the white house, state department, the agencies, everybody working around the clock to get the g7, to get europe, to send messages not to make this a major war. of course, it's iran. it's iran's proxies. is there any better sense from israel as to how they might retaliate? >> reporter: israel is warning that it will retaliate. as you can hear behind me, life

does continue in this country and in this holy city. i am a few steps from the old city of jerusalem. we are by a mosque. as it has for hundreds, thousands of years, this city, this faith for the great faiths continue to drive life here. in terms of escalation, there are very serious concerns about an escalation. there's been a recent message that commands american forces in this region saying that a new fleet of f-22 raptors has arrived in the region. that is a sign to israel. israel already knew that. it's a sign to israelis that more american backup has arrived. it's a sign to hezbollah and iran that more american weaponry is available and could be used.

there was a tweet a short while ago from the israeli defense minister. it was in arabic. it was directed at the lebanese people. the israeli defense minister wrote, don't let iran and hezbollah drag the country into war. he is specifically referenced the shia affect that iran is shia, not all lebanese are shia. he was appealing to non-shia who make up about two-thirds of the population in lebanon, saying, don't be held hostage to hezbollah and to iran. he reminded them of 2006, which there was a devastating war between israel and lebanon in which much of southern lebanon was destroyed. the country's entire infrastructure was torn to pieces. there are preparations. there are warnings being given. the latest indications that i'm

hearing from military sources, senior military sources is that iran still has yet to make a final decision. hearing a little bit more on the cease-fire talks as well, not nearly as optimistic as the state department is making them sound. >> in fact, they were -- they believed they were close, the president believed that. when netanyahu came here, he began to raise objections. they were small amendments as described to me by both sides. it did involve whether people could move back north and whether the israelis could stay in that area. the corridor near egypt. that was objected to by hamas. which side objected? the fact is, the administration believes netanyahu was dragging his feet and that that was really upsetting the administration. >> reporter: it certainly was.

you heard the state department say a short while ago that we were in the final stages of a cease-fire agreement, but an escalation could spoil that. as you were laying out, it had been going badly. it had broken down. there was the framework of a cease-fire deal on the table, but many in the biden administration believe that netanyahu was dragging his feet. others say that it was hamas. the administration pointed its finger at hamas. when you have a negotiation and the two sides agree, ultimately both are at fault, and what seems to be the main issue, as you pointed to, is the ongoing military presence in gaza. will there be a true end to this war? will israel bomb gaza? will it destroy hamas and hamas' leadership and infrastructure and withdraw?

will israel maintain a military presence in perpetuity? that's what it seems -- that's what prime minister netanyahu's plan seems to be, to keep a military presence inside gaza and along the egyptian border. >> richard engel, thank you very much, as you stand guard there and represent all of us. we thank you. joining us now, democratic senator chris van holen. senator, you saw the netanyahu visit here. then with no warning, which probably was a good thing as far as the u.s. is concerned, this attack in tehran. that seems to be what has really upset the administration was here you had the negotiator, who would be meeting -- living in doha, meeting with the players. the intermediary we were working through. now he was assassinated and

doing it in tehran when he was there for the inauguration of the new iranian president and after he met with the supreme leader. there was no way iran could not respond in some fashion. what do we think they may do? >> well, we don't know what they will do, which is why, of course, the biden administration is doing everything possible to prevent that escalation which could just totally explode a region already on fire. as you said, one of the fastest ways to deescalate would be to actually get that cease-fire and the return of hostages. when prime minister netanyahu was here, as you say, the biden administration was very frustrated about him putting new obstacles in that way. i can say that i met with many of the israeli hostage families

who to this day have been protesting in the streets in israel because they believe that netanyahu and his extremist government have not prioritized the return of hostages. the administration is trying to get that back on track after all president biden, i think, first unveiled that proposal at the end of may. at the same time, the administration is moving u.s. military assets to the region, as we did around april 13th when the united states worked with israel and partners in the region to intercept over 350 iranian missiles and drones at that time, which were in retaliation for the strike israel took against iran's consulate in syria. we really need to get to the root of the current moment and get that cease-fire and return

of all the hostages. >> of course, the hostage families are in a unique position, fearing any extension of this could be fatal for their relatives, for their loved ones. there is broad support in israel, including from the defense minister, for going after hezbollah in the north, for dealing with that crisis, which has been since october, as well as support for getting out of gaza and for feeling they have accomplished what they could accomplish in gaza. i don't know how you dice that. >> well, that's absolutely right. i mean, israel has been under raining hezbollah missiles in the northern part of israel. you have seen now populations on both sides of the border, on the israeli as well as the lebanon side having to move and move

away from their homes. that's clearly an untenable situation going forward. the biden administration has been working to try to negotiate a solution there. getting hezbollah to move troops north of the river. in the meantime, as you say, we see this continued escalation. this is why it's such a dangerous moment. it's why the biden administration is doing everything that it needs to do right now to try to address the situation, to try to bring down the temperature a little bit. the only way ultimately to address this really boiling pot is to get that cease-fire and return of all the hostages in gaza. >> the negotiator has been assassinated. hard to imagine how they can negotiate this with sinwar in the tunnel. >> yeah. which is why president biden

himself stated that that assassination was a setback, clearly, to the efforts to negotiate a cease-fire and return of hostages. look, nobody here is mourning the death of haniyeh. this goes to the timing and the place of the assassination in tehran. as you say, one of the people who had been part of these negotiations. this takes us to this very, very boiling moment. it's going to require not just the u.s. making clear that we will support israel's defense, but also putting more pressure on netanyahu and on hamas to get this cease-fire and return of hostages deal done. >> senator, thank you very much. >> thank you. centennial man.

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milestone, the carter center has announced a special concert featuring world renowned artists and tributes to celebrate his extraordinary life and legacy of service. joining me now is president carter's grandson, jason carter who is the chair of the carter center board of trustees in atlanta, former georgia state senator. senator, great to see you, jason. >> likewise, thanks for having me. >> first of all, how is your grandfather doing? >> you know, he's really in the same position he's been in for the last 17 months. i mean, it's been a remarkable experience for us when he first went into hospice, we thought it was a matter of days, but he keeps waking up in the morning, and he's still living his life. and you know, we have learned that we're not in charge, and as part of his faith journey, he's approaching this as just as you would expect, which is with real humility and with real excitement about watching the world go through this process, and it's been a year of reflection for us, and i think for the rest of the folks, but he's doing well. >> i mean, a lot of us who

covered him and know him feel that we know him, i'm one of them, i had that honor. worried, frankly that after rosalyn, after your grandmother passed that that would be a real downturn. my first big interview for the "today" show with nbc in 1978 was on labor day in san antonio, texas, with rosalynn carter pinch hitting for jimmy because he was at camp david. >> you know, the two of them had this incredible american love story, and you did know them well, and as you know, we all expected that this would be a huge blow to him, but at the end of the day, i think he really was proud that he made it with her to the end, and he said that to us. he was thrilled at the outpouring of love for her at her memorial services when she passed, and he's really given

himself over to this journey. he knows he's not in charge, and you know, he's watching the world and living these days one at a time. but he's in a remarkable place, but i know he, like the rest of us misses her terribly. >> and i understand as his 100th birthday is approaching, your grandfather said he's holding on to vote for kamala harris. how important is it to him to cast his vote this year? >> he's a citizen of this country. his legacy is one of integrity, honesty, and love and respect for the people of this country, and i think we've seen a real poisonous environment since donald trump came into our politics, that's not just weird as people have been saying, but it's dark and mean, and i think that that darkness is not who my grandfather was. it's not who we really are as americans, and i think he's excited to participate and putting that behind us, i do, and he did say, you know, he's looking forward to it, and he'll get a vote by mail in georgia and he'll cast that ballot. >> and tell us about the big

celebration plan? >> so yeah, we have a remarkable concert that's coming up. music was always really important to my grandfather, he was the first real rock and roll president, and he's got these great friends that will participate, the allman brothers from georgia were especially important to him, willie nelson, bob dylan, his friends were always there for him. this is an opportunity for us to use music to bring people together in his honor, and so we're thrilled by the lineup. it's going to be in atlanta on september, and i think it's going to be a lot of fun. >> well, i'm going to try to be there myself, jason, if i get invited, so that's a -- >> you're invited. >> obvious request to be invited. we honor him, we honor your family, your service, his service after the presidency, and thank you so much. we'll be seeing you. >> thank you so much, and we'll look forward to seeing you in atlanta. >> thank you, and that does it for this edition of "andrea

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good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. frustrated and falling behind, donald trump has a rare press event next hour as he tries to reclaim some of the political mojo he's been losing to the democratic ticket. as kamala harris heads to rallies in two more battleground states, what can trump say or do now to get the spotlight back where he wants it? on him. plus, tropical storm debby pummelling the south for a fourth straight day, now drenching the carolinas with what could ultimately be more than two feet of rain. the storm is creeping up the coast at a speed of a light jog putting