individuals. there are rules about what you are able to bring inside. very small bags are allowed inside. there are metal detectors to allow ticket holders to be searched. we have been speaking to people a little about the security but also about that swift excitement. >> thank you very much. really appreciate it. this is the first of five concerts that taylor swift will hold in london. appreciate that. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. i will be back at 2:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch clips from our show on youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden and vice president harris back on stage together in suburban maryland days before the president's farewell appearance on the opening night

of the democratic national convention in chicago. former president trump meeting the press this afternoon after his speech that was to focus on the economy yesterday, instead veered off track into a series of personal attacks against kamala harris. >> what happened to her laugh? i haven't heard that laugh in a week. that's why they keep her off the stage. you know why she hasn't done an interview? she's not smart. she's not intelligent. >> this as both running mates now say they are ready to debate on october 1st. we are getting a closer eye on hurricane ernesto as we follow the track. having hit puerto rico hard, now taking direct aim at bermuda. >> hurricane up watch for bermuda. winds, flash flooding, 10 to 12 inches or more of rain coming with this. ♪♪

good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the white house taking a victory lap on the economy. about to announce an historic deal to cut the cost of prescription drugs. riding high on inflation dropping below 3% for the first time since the pandemic. >> yes, yes, yes. i told you we were going to have a soft landing. my policies are working. >> today's joint remarks by the president and vice president harris, their first together since mr. biden bowed out of the presidential campaign. it's an official white house event, the way it's billed, supposedly not political, touting that agreement with drug companies to cut prices by as much as 80%. medicare is expected to save $6 billion a year. seniors will save more than $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket expenses. a break harris is calling life

changings. those start until 2026. harris rolling out her economic plan tomorrow in north carolina, including a federal ban against price gouging on food and groceries. we begin with mike memoli, susan page and victoria defrancesco-soto. welcome all. mike, the big event today, two of them together kicking it off in about 90 minutes. what do you expect? this has been a very gracious handoff from the president to the vice president. although, it's clearly paining him a great deal. you know him so well. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you played those comments from president biden yesterday, really celebrating that inflation data.

inflation, one of the biggest political drags we have seen on the biden-harris ticket over the last year and a half. now, we are seeing the president celebrating what was called the inflation reduction act, which he signed two years ago tomorrow, in which vice president harris cast the tiebreaking vote in the senate for. one of the hardest fought legislative victories that they enacted during this administration and one that had a range of policies, including the clean energy investment, tax proposals. this specific proposal to allow medicare to negotiate with the biggest pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription drugs is one that this administration is quite proud of. it's one president biden tried to tout during debate but talked about beating medicare rather than beating big pharma. let's look at some of the ten most expensive that are now -- you have a blood thinner, $231 down from $521. a diabetes drug, $113 down from

$527. a diabetes medication, $197 down from $573. these are real dollars and cents that consumers will feel in their pockets in two years. it's the first of more negotiations to come. this is the kind of biden-harris accomplishment that now the harris-walz ticket will be campaigning on. this event today will give us a window into the ways president biden will continue to campaign for the democratic ticket with two goals in mind. the president and his team know his legacy is largely going to be shaped by what happens in november. whether kamala harris is successful in this rapid handoff, a largely seamless handoff under short and difficult circumstances. the other part of this that the biden white house is very keenly aware of, it's not just about seeing harris win. it's preventing donald trump and a republican majority in congress from taking office, which would overturn not just

this but so many of the other significant legislative accomplishments that president biden fought so hard for. this is an official event. you can get a sense from the crowd around me that this does certainly have a campaign feel. to add to that element, we will see the senate candidate from here in maryland, running in a difficult race against a popular republican former governor here. part of the speaking program which speaks to the stakes up and down the ballot. >> a great way to start us off. victoria, the biggest struggle for democrats consistently, the economy and immigration. there's been a steep drop in border crossings. although, as you know, the trump campaign is making so much of this issue. the drop is so much that an nbc news report from julia ainsley is finding greg abbott is not able to find enough migrants to bus them north to democratic-controlled cities, even though he claims he wants to.

why isn't it resonating with voters? the trump campaign certainly feels that this is one of the two big issues. >> right. i think in a broader context, the fact that our immigration system has been broken for so long. luckily, right now, we are seeing a dip. we are seeing the crisis at the border not at that red flare that it was in the last couple of months. this is something that we need to resolve. we should have been resolving over the past 10 to 20 years. there's that piece of it. i think in talking about the issue of immigration and how that weighs on voters' minds, we can't separate that from the economy. these are the two issues, the economy and immigration. even though they are different, they are also intimately linked. i think when people are feeling anxious about the economy, that's when you are opened up to more anxiety about other issues, namely, immigration.

are folks going to take my job? is my job safe? are my jobs going to be offshored? all of these conversations start to happen when we are looking at the price of eggs, when we look at the price of medicine. it is good for the issue of immigration that the economy seems to be doing better. they run parallel but closely together. >> it's all such great context, victoria. i know you have studied it intensively. susan, there's this personal drama behind the scenes. you know nancy pelosi so well. you wrote the book on nancy pelosi. she told me she has not spoken with the president since he dropped out of the race. she said that's because we are both busy. she said he has been busy freeing prisoners. clearly, there's a lot of hard feelings there from him towards her for the way the house caucus put the pressure on for him to

get out. >> yes. no one played a bigger role in orchestrating the pressure on president biden to step back than nancy pelosi did. she knows that. he knows that as well. that's a role she was uniquely positioned to play because she's not the current democratic leader in the house. it didn't put her in the spot it might have put hakeem jeffriess. she has the standing of having been his friend and colleague since the 1980s. she also has a reputation as being a hammer. she's not afraid to take tough steps and pressure people to do things they may not want to do. we saw that with the affordable care act when she got that through. when i interviewed her about her new book, i asked her relationship with biden. she said, you would have to ask him, which i'm sure that answer is, yes, that that is a wound that has not healed. we will see what happens in the

future. this is clearly something that biden hasn't quite been willing to let go yet. the two of them have not talked. >> as you say, a 50-year relationship, that was very, very close. closer than she had been with any other democratic president. thank you so much to all of you. unscripted. in 90 seconds, a preview of former president trump's secretary press conference in two weeks. can he stay on message today after veering into the personal attacks against vice president harris in north carolina yesterday? you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. tcng "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. not every decision you make will be as good as getting a volkswagen at the savvy vw summer sales event. 2024 volkswagen models cost less to maintain than honda. get 0.9% apr financing or a $3500 customer bonus

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to how you spend with the citi custom cash® card. [mind blown explosion noise] in battleground pennsylvania this morning, j.d. vance was joined by three republican members of congress. they were from other states. all veterans. j.d. vance continues to attack tim walz's military record while himself coming under scrutiny for comments he made about grandparents and abortion rights. in north carolina, donald trump blaming kamala harris for inflation. the economic speech veered off into personal insults with the former president criticizing her laugh. >> for nearly four years, kamala has crackled as the american economy has burned. it's the laugh of a crazy person. it's crazy. she's crazy. kamala, you are fired.

get out of here. >> mark your calendar, i don't know if he will try that on the debate stage. but walz and vance have agreed to a vice presidential debate on october 1st. joining us now, vaughn hillyard in new jersey, phil rucker and back with us, susan page. vaughn, j.d. vance defending his comments about abortion. give us the full context. first, you have new reporting on trump campaign hires. >> reporter: right. we are two and a half months away from the general election. you have j.d. vance, who is a novice and some not too distant old statements coming to light. this is a moment where the campaign is looking at the reality they are behind in a great many battleground state polls. would there be a shakeup within

the campaign organization? the answer here just in the last hour is yes. number one, corey lewandowski. folks will recall he was donald trump's initial campaign manager back in 2015. corey lewandowski is re-joining the trump campaign here in 2024 for the home stretch. also, donald trump's one-time body man, political advisor after leaving the white house and the head of the maga inc. super pac is moving over to the campaign infrastructure as well as additional hires. this afternoon in bedminster, there's going to be a press conference at 4:30 p.m. eastern. undoubtedly, we will hear donald trump talk about the new additions. this is coming at a time when j.d. vance is on the trail and answering some questions about some old statements he made. i want to let you listen to the speech he delivered in 2021

pertaining to corporate america and their posture towards being pro-abortion reproductive rights and in j.d. vance's view why. >> when the big corporations come against you for passing abortion restrictions, when corporations are so desperate for cheap labor that they don't want people to parent children, she's right to say that abortion restrictions are bad for business. we should be for abortion restrictions even if they are bad for business. >> reporter: i want to let you listen to our colleague who is on the campaign with j.d. vance ask him about the comments and the suggestion that corporate america was looking for cheap labor workers who did not have kids. take a listen. >> i do believe that we have to be more pro family in this country. very often, corporate america is

not especially friendly to parents with young children, especially young moms with young children. >> reporter: all of this now is ahead of the understanding that it looks like we're going to have an october 1st debate between vans -- vance and walz. >> we will look to the news conference. this is j.d. vance speaking of the role of grandparents. the controversial things are said by the host but he says yes to them.

>> susan, hillary clinton tweeted in response to this, quote, childless cat ladies, postmenopausal females, is the republican tick away that women can vote? i'm not sure that male politicians should be talking about the role of postmenopausal females. >> to be clear, i'm pro grandparent. i'm pro cat. i like childcare for working people, which is something j.d. vance talked about, although in a different context. i agree, i think it can be off

putting for women to have senator vance talk about their role in this way. the only role is to be a grandmother or the only reason that women might have cats is because they don't have children. it is a little -- i think it's kind of a tin ear and a political malpractice to have all these quotes come up. some people might call it weird. >> some people might. phil, you have covered donald trump for a long time. written two books about him. he can't be happy about the trends in the battleground state polls, even though they within the margin of error. there's a trend that changed in the last three weeks with kamala harris. he no longer has the age issue on his side. personal attacks, going off message. what's going on with the new hires with corey lewandowski coming back and others? >> clearly, trump has been

rattled by the trajectory of the race the last few weeks. it remains a tight contest within the margin of error in a lot of the polls. the trajectory has been in the negative direction for trump. my colleagues at "the post" and other news organizations have reported the degree to which there's concern around his orbit and with the former president himself. he feels like he is not been able to sort of figure out a way to define his opponent, kamala harris. the lines are all over the map. she's had this kind of strong, sharp message and a lot of momentum with huge crowds and the money she has been raising. trump seems to be strugging to come up with a message he can take to the american people and hit on. that's a struggle for the campaign. i don't know that the addition of corey lewandowski will solve that issue. certainly, he can be a comfort blanket for trump.

he is somebody who has been close to trump for many, many years. was the campaign manager in 2016. maybe that could help settle the candidate a little bit. there are bigger problems than those that one additional hire could solve. >> phil, do you feel there's any dissatisfaction with his choice of j.d. vance? >> there are doubts in trump's orbit. we have not seen any reporting or heard anything from trump in a public way that would show second-guessing from the candidate himself. some of his advisors have been wondering that. certainly, a lot of donors and other republican supporters are questioning whether this was the right choice to really win this race given all of the troubles that vance has been having. >> vaughn, phil and susan, thanks to you. next, white house national security communications advisor john kirby joining me as the biden administration continues to push for a hostage deal in

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charity supporting ukraine. in a secret sham trial that lasted a few hours. she has a dual citizenship, was arrested earlier this year while visiting family in russia. investigators searching her phone claimed to have found she had made the donation in february of 2022 when russia began its invasion of ukraine. her sentencing is the latest in a series of detentions of citizens of western nations in russia. joining us now from london, josh lederman. this is so outrageous. the trial was closed. what more do we know about what her prospects are? is anyone advocating for her? >> reporter: it was a closed trial. no media allowed to witness the proceedings. we don't know what happened in the courtroom. we know according to the press service, they say that she fully admitted guilt. we know prosecutors are claiming that the money that she donated

to this ukrainian organization was used to buy weaponry, artillery, ammunition, that kind of thing used by ukrainians against russia. her legal team is pointing out, we are talking about 50 bucks. she didn't even know how this money was going to be used. she was not a particularly political person. didn't follow the news. we know her legal team is planning to appeal. they are pointing to a potential prisoner swap as the likeliest way of getting her home. that could be very complicated. the biden administration is trying to get consular access to her, trying to get her home. one thing they have not done is declare her wrongfully detained. it's a state department legal determination that opened up diplomatic pathways to get someone home. that could be one complicating factor in trying to secure her release. the fact that they just did this massive prisoner swap that took

so long is negotiate is raising concerns about how long it could take to strike another deal that could see her come home. >> josh, thanks so much. appreciate that. joining me now is the national security council advisor on international affairs, john kirby. thank you very much for being with us. your reaction to the sentencing. 12 years? >> it's vindictive cruelty. it's outrageous, 12 years for a $50 contribution. it's indicative of the hard line that the russian government continues to take on these kinds of quote unquote crimes committed by foreigners and americans included. it's also proof that there is no real system of justice there in moscow. that's why we really urge americans not to travel to russia. it's not a place for americans to be right now.

>> is there any chance of quickly determining that she de ball rolling? >> the state department has a process by which they make -- >> it's a slow process. >> it can be slow. it's done with care, deliberation and thought. they are working their way through that. >> the talks have resumed today, as we speak, in doha, qatar. what are the chances that this will produce anything real? >> i wouldn't look to us coming out of these discussions with a deal itself. however, we do believe over today and into tomorrow that we can make some progress on finally getting the implementation details hashed out. we're not negotiating over the framework of the deal. both sides agree to the central architecture. >> are you sure of that? that's not the signals from israel. >> what's being hashed out are some of the details on how it's

execute and implemented and over what period of time and then some of the details. we believe that the gaps in those details, or the understandings of those details are narrow enough they can be closed. what we are hoping to get out of this session in doha is getting some of those overcome. >> hamas says israel is stalling. doesn't it make it harder after haniyeh -- the terrorist leader, but the political director, the one everybody was dealing, easily reachable, his being assassinated in tehran with iran threatening retaliation, doesn't that make it harder to get to a deal? >> the tensions right now are certainly -- the clouds are over all of us. we understand the -- >> because of that assassination. >> and other actions that israel has taken recently. we understand that the tensions are thick. we understand why. certainly, the context here is

important to remember in terms of what is going on in the region. i want to say, from the beginning, it was mr. sinwar sitting in the tunnel somewhere in gaza who has been the decision maker. always has been. whether it's mr. haniyeh or some other hamas political operative working with the mediators in doha, the message has to get back to him for him to approve or disapprove. in essence, the mechanism here, thescussions, negotiations are going to follow a very similar sort of path and a similar process that they have in the past, with or without him. >> it was may 1st when the president announced a deal. he announced that proposal. he said israel was fully on board with it. in all that time since, israel has not indicated support for this deal publicly. at least the prime minister hasn't. >> they have admitted it is their proposal. after the president laid out the

framework, the israel government acknowledged that was the basic proposal. there has been back and forth in the weeks since the end of may when the president announced the proposal. that's the way negotiations work. amendments and both sides make changes. i'm not excusing anything. what needs to happen in doha right now, we have to get compromises made. there has to be leadership shown. these gaps are narrow enough that they can and should be closed. we want to work towards that. >> the president, the secretary of state, the national security advisor have been firing up the telephone lines to persuade iran to not retaliate in a big way. is there any sign iran is listening? >> i would tell you that in addition to the intense diplomacy, we have moved a lot of military capability into the region. >> a lot. >> in case there's an attack. we don't want to see that

outcome. i can't tell you what the supreme leader is thinking or what he is hearing and what might be impacting his decision calculus. the rhetoric coming out of tehran doesn't give us comfort there won't be something coming. we have to prepare for that. it could come with little or no notice. it could come in days. hopefully, that's not the outcome. if it is, we have to make sure we are ready to help defend israel. >> hamas says that more than 40,000 civilians have been killed. we can't verify that number. no one can from outside. it's a lot of people. we have seen a lot of heartbreak. israel is still targeting schools. they say there are hamas people in the tunnel, fighters. under international law, it's never okay to target a school or a shelter. >> schools, hospitals, residences, we don't want to see combat in those areas. certainly, hospitals and schools where little kids are trying to just learn and go about their daily lives. it's hard enough in gaza to get

food, water and medicine, let alone think about going to school. there have been way too many civilian casualties. no question about that. thousands and thousands and thousands, many times over. it's too much. which is why, again, the talks in doha are so important. i don't want to be pollyannaish about it. if you get six weeks of a cease-fire, nobody shooting at anybody for six weeks, you can get humanitarian assistance in and get to phase two, which could get us to an end to the conflict, which is what the president has been working hard on. >> the national security council worked tirelessly to get children, pediatric cancer patients out for treatment in the u.s. there was success today. >> yeah. >> 11 children and their parents or guardians have come through. seven others were taken off the approved list by the israelis,

by this group yesterday, in the last 24 hours for some reason. tell us about the progress. particularly, the chief of staff has been a hero. >> he has been working this very, very, very hard. of course, mr. sullivan, the national security advisor there with him. first, 11 pediatric children got -- are in jordan and getting the care they so desperately need. it's a good story. we have worked with st. jude to get more than 170 children out of gaza and to the medical care they need around the world. it's a tremendous effort. it's a team effort. if curtis was here, he would say the same thing. he is working hard. he has a team of folks that help him and support him. he is working with outside agencies. certainly, the israelis, st. jude hospital. heroic work to get this done. we are not going to stop. we know there are more little kids that need desperate medical care. we will stay at that task. >> i have to ask you about

ukraine, the first incursion into russian territory. they say they have 74 villages now under their control. >> yeah. >> putin is embarrassed and furious. what are your fears that they poke the bear and he will really hit them hard? >> there's not a lot i can say about the ukrainian operation. i will let them speak to this. we have seen the russians react to it in terms of diverting some military manpower and resources to the area. not clear exactly how much they are going to do or how many forces they will put there or what their intentions are or what they will do about what the ukrainians are doing. we are talking to the ukrai ukrainians. we want to understand what's going on. we will continue to make sure that ukraine has the weapons and capabilities that it needs to defend itself. >> cruise missiles? >> we will continue to talk to the ukrainians. i don't have any announcements on capabilities -- >> under consideration? >> you will see us continue to roll out packages of security

assistance to ukraine in coming weeks. >> john kirby, as always, great to see you. >> yes, ma'am. battleground pennsylvania. a look at the state that could well decide the race. what new polling is telling us there. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. with nurtec odt, i found relief. the only migraine medication that helps treat and prevent, all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's time we all shine. talk to a healthcare provider about nurtec odt from pfizer. power e*trade's easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis, help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley

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we are back with breaking news. multiple people have been charged in connection with the mysterious overdose death of actor matthew perry, including a licensed medical doctor. along with perry's live-in personal assistant. joining me with all the details, steve patterson. what do we know? >> reporter: i'm reading through this 34-page indictment. it's in front of me right now. as you mentioned, i'm reading five names. one, the drug dealer called the

ketamine queen of los angeles. one medical doctor and the assistant and the assistant of matthew perry and an acquaintance of matthew perry. this is about method of ingestion, method of injection as well. it's very detailed. it's very lengthy. describing the history of how these parties know each other and how matthew perry was able to get his hands on this lethal dosage of ketamine, including and in parts detailing the drug use itself in certain places. page 6, lists the tablets that were taken at one point. you go on to page 12, it talks about dates and times. very, very detailed. the point here is, these are the listings of the people that are being charged. we are expecting a federal news conference in about 20 minutes or so where a lot of this will be listed out as to the thrust

of the investigation and the spark that caused the investigation which would be looking at who and how he was able to get this fatal dosage, including looking at drug dealers, looking at friends and associates and medical doctors who were all involved in this. obviously, matthew perry found dead about ten months ago or so at his home. the heated end of his pool. found with an incredible amount of this ketamine in his system. this sparked the investigation. they will give a press conference in a matter of minutes. we will learn about this unfolding investigation. >> i know there will be more in the 1:00 hour. thank you so much. the harris-walz campaign hitting the road in pittsburgh on sunday for a bus tour through pennsylvania before they head to chicago for the dnc next week. this is going to be kamala

harris' eighth visit to the critical battleground this year. a new poll showing the vice president with a slight edge over donald trump in must-win pennsylvania. 48% to 45% among likely voters, within the margin of error. the poll showing enthusiasm for the harris-walz ticket with 58% of likely democratic voters more enthusiastic about harris' candidacy with walz on the ticket. 42% of likely republican voters feel the same about the trump-vance ticket. joining us now, democratic congressman brendan boyle who served with tim walz in the house. congressman, first of all, j.d. vance was this pennsylvania this morning. here is some of what he had to say. >> we will get illegal immigration under control. we have a vision to do it. we have the plans. we have the policies to accomplish this stuff. that's a big thing that sets us apart from kamala harris and tim walz. >> what are your thoughts about

tim walz and what he brings to the trump campaign coming from neighboring ohio and certainly appealing potentially to that western part of the state, which has been a trump -- a very important part of donald trump's victories? >> first, there's no question that pennsylvania continues to be the keystone state. donald trump won it in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point. joe biden won it in 2020 by 1 percentage point. he would are the biggest of the battleground states. without our 19 electoral votes, i don't see a path to victory for either candidate. the good news is, in terms of the vice presidential picks on both sides, every single one of the 11 polls that i have seen since tim walz was picked by kamala harris show that he is incredibly popular and literally every single poll that i have seen of the republican vice presidential pick, j.d. vance, shows the opposite, he has a

higher unfavorable rating than favorable. what is the first big decision for any future president, who you will pick as your running mate, kamala harris hit a home run and donald trump struck out. >> you have worked with tim walz in the house. what was your experience? >> i always call him coach. he was literally the coach of our congressional football team. played on our congressional baseball team. a great person. i don't know one person who would have a bad thing to say about tim. his ability to get along with a wide variety of different folks ideologically while he was in the house really set him apart from most other people. you see it when he is out speaking. he is just himself. he is an authentic, genuine person. i think it will help us not just in his home state but in areas

demographically in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, other parts of the industrial north where, frankly, we as democrats have not had the best of time reaching people more of a blue collar background, especially those who are male. >> we know that, of course, josh shapiro, he came in second as a running mate, for many reasons that he should have been on the ticket some say, is that he could help deliver pennsylvania. what do you think about that? would shapiro have been a better choice as far as winning pennsylvania? >> the reality is that vice president harris had an embarrassment of riches. any one of the believed to be six finalists brought different strengths and weaknesses to the ticket. i would have been enthusiastic about any one of them. i'm not going to second-guess her decision. i just would observe that as the

polls have shown, tim walz has been really just a superstar pick. i think the whole last three weeks, i have seen an enthusiasm up and down the ticket in democratic campaigns the likes of which i have not seen in a very long time. >> there's a new poll showing the senate race in pennsylvania has bob casey 13 points ahead of david mccormick. does that sound right to you? >> you know, i think -- i was with bob casey yesterday at an event celebrating the 89th birthday for social security. i think even bob would say that he certainly wouldn't think he is in a 13-point race. i have no doubt that senator casey is leading. i have little doubt that senator casey will win. the nature of pennsylvania is such that i would anticipate both the presidential race and the senate race here being sing

single-digit races but going blue. >> the president was asked about the vice president now trying to distance herself from his policies. he said, she's not going to. do you think it's important for her to show some differences with the president, for instance on gaza or some of the less popular issues? >> you know, the reality is, any vice president who is running for president does face this -- you want to show what your vision will be for your presidency, which will look a look like maybe the president you served as vice president. of course, will have its differences. joe biden knows this. he as obama's vice president, running in 2020, had to talk

about the ways in which he would be similar to president obama but also the ways in which he would be unique and different. whether it was joe biden in 2020 or george herbert walker bush in 1988 or i believe kamala harris in 2024, i think people can walk and chew gum at the same time. i think that she can continue to be a loyal and effective vice president, but at the same time, reasonably talk about the ways in which a harris presidency would, of course, be unique and different in their own way. >> congressman, great to see you. see you in chicago at the dnc. thanks. >> see you next week. >> you bet. now the hurricane. hurricane ernesto back up from a tropical storm to a hurricane. it's now strengthening as it continues to barrel through the caribbean this hour into the atlantic. bermuda will begin feeling the affects friday and saturday.

heavy rains, high winds, dangerous coastal conditions. the storm battered puerto rico with 85 mile per hour winds and left more than half a million people there without power. the three major rivers burst their banks. ernesto hit the virgin islands, leaving thousands on the u.s. side in the dark. guad venegas is in bermuda waiting for the storm. talk about the conditions there now. it looks like the calm before the storm. >> reporter: it is. the national hurricane center already issued a hurricane warning for bermuda. this is the time to prepare. local authorities here are asking residents to get food, water, and do all the storm prep necessary. we have seen some residents here making the preparations in their homes, of course. when you look at the path of the storm, it looks like right now with that forecast, that the storm would be coming through just slightly west of the island here in bermuda. at least the center of the storm. that means the wind and rain

would be slamming the island. when we look at what happened in puerto rico with the amount of rain and the wind, the damage, the flooding and how the power infrastructure there suffered, we have seen what it did as a tropical storm. it's now a hurricane and moving north. we expect local authorities here to have another press conference today at about 3:00 and give more information as preparations take place. as you mentioned, we expect to feel the effects as early as friday. the bulk of the storm won't really reach this area until saturday. people here still have some time to prepare. in puerto rico, authorities there are still assessing the damage. the company that provides the company that provides electricity doing what they can to reestablish service. as of this morning, nearly half a million customers were without powers. when you look at customers, if you have two to three people per household, that can be maybe a million puerto ricans without power. they also have issues with the

water in puerto rico. 200,000 customers were without running water because the storm also caused some damage to the filtering systems, so they're working as fast as they can to work on everything in puerto rico as bermuda prepares for ernesto. >> guad venegas, stay safe, and all the people there, thank you very much. and next, my conversation with diane foley, the mother of journalist james foley as we mark the tenth anniversary of his tragic death at the hands of isis. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. g "andrea mitl reports" on msnbc. specialized urologist. because it could be peyronie's disease, or pd. it's a medical condition where there is a curve in the erection, caused by a formation of scar tissue. and an estimated 1 in 10 men may have it. but pd can be treated even without surgery. say goodbye to searching online. find a specialized urologist who can diagnose pd and build a treatment plan with you. visit makeapdplan.com today.

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joining me now is james' mother, diane foley, the president and founder of the james w. foley legacy foundation and has written an article in just security titled since james foley's death a moral awakening in america on hostages held abroad. and diane, it is good to see you again for all your heroism, i should point out. >> same here. >> and also with collin mccann, the author of american mother, an incredible account of confronting your son's killer in a courtroom. >> when james was killed there was the view that the u.s. should not negotiate for he or she -- hostagehostages. this has changed largely because of you. how did you feel when evanger . >> incredible joy. that i feel, is jim's legacy as well as our legacy as a nation.

but i do -- it gave me great joy. >> you've been an advocate for americans wrongly detained around the world. there are now -- by the government's account, 42 u.s. nationals still being held, including freelance journalist austin tyce. he was ab doesn'ted 12 years ago in syria. president biden has called for his release. what more could be done? what would you like to see the white house do? >> i feel there's been a miraculous change. we now have people within our government whose job is to bring americans who are targeted because -- simply because they're americans home, and certainly austin and many others are in that category. but it is difficult and that's why we do our annual report research every year bringing americans home because actually, thanks to both president trump and biden, this issue has been

prioritized since the murder of jim, kayla mueller, peter kasic, and steven sotloff in 2014. it has been a miraculous change. our government's developed a three-prong structure that has brought more than 120 americans home, which is quite extraordinary, so there's been a remarkable improvement. however, it is still incredibly challenging. countries like russia, china are still holding many americans, many who are not yet designated as wrongfully detained, but who in the eyes of the family and advocates see that their sentences are greater than they should be for their alleged crimes, et cetera, or evidence was wrongfully placed on them to indict them, so we still have a

lot of challenge ahead of us. we need to figure out how to make it hurt to target human beings to use them as political pawns. >> and marc fogel is still there. others are still left behind. just today this american citizen, a ballerina visiting her family was sentenced to 12 years. they found on the phone $50 contributed to ukraine when the war first started. >> perfect examples. we have so many others in russia, but also in china. often we forget that mark swedan from houston has been there 12 years also. we have kai lee, a businessman who went home to see a relative and was targeted and arrested. you know, we have people all over the world still, 42 i feel is just the tip of the iceberg.

there are many a gray zone whose family certainly feel they're wrongfully detained and are working hard to try to get that designation through our government. so we try to advocate for those cases who may not have all the support of media company or basketball team or something like that too. >> thank you so much. you're a hero to so many people, so many families, and to us, frankly. that you think, diane. it's good to see you. >> thank you, andrea, so much. >> for a lot more information please go to the jamesfoleyfoundation.org. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." remember, follow us on social media @mitchellreports. "chris jansing reports" with ana cabrera starts right now. ♪♪ hello, i'm ana cabrera in for chris jansing. it is a hollywood tragedy with a