>> elise? >> i hope decoy the dog has an agent and is upping his social media platform. that's some star caliber right there. >> ohtani signed a $700 million contract. i don't think decoy is wanting for much. that was a great moment last night from a new star is born there in hollywood. that does it for us this morning. thank you for watching. "morning joe" will be back tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. jose diaz-balart picks up msnbc's coverage right now. right now on msnbc, taking the fight to trump territory. the democratic ticket campaigned in gop friendly strong holds in the south as they prepare for their first joint national interview tonight. plus, fresh controversy around donald trump's arlington cemetery visit. how his campaign is looking to mitigate the spiraling fallout.

the fbi releases new details about the attempted assassination of donald trump. what the investigation has revealed about a motive. later, russia bans nearly 100 americans from entering the country. what we know about the decision to bar journalists from major newspapers like "the new york times" and "the washington post." ♪♪ ♪♪ good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern. i'm jose diaz-balart in for ana cabrera. it is a jam-packed day on the campaign trail. the opposing nominees are crisscrossing through battleground states, working for every single vote. for the democratic ticket, it's day two of their georgia bus tour. in a few hours vice president harris and governor walz sit for their first major interview as the nominees. before that airs tonight, the vice president will hold a rally

in savannah. former president trump will stump in michigan and will hold a wisconsin town hall with his debate prepper tulsi gabbard. we're tracking the two campaigns with our panel. high-stakes harris interview and a savannah ralrally, a palace pe that hasn't seen a stump rally for a long time. what's the outlook here? >> reporter: you mentioned that high-stakes interview tonight. it's not just the first chance that many americans will have a chance to hear from this harris/walz ticket, but extensive questioning of harris herself since she became the democratic nominee.

there are a lot of people wanting to learn a lot more about what she would do in the oval office, how that might be different from the biden administration. you'll have another major rally here tonight, these big rallies we've seen from the harris/walz team since they've became the democratic ticket. it's demonstrated the enthusiasm behind their campaign that has pushed them to more republican-leaning turf. we saw vice president harris and governor walz on this bus tour doing retail campaigning. going into redder parts of some blue counties here. it's part of a strategy that voters say is important. take a listen to what we've been hearing. >> we're very excited about vice president harris coming to town. it gives us the opportunity here in savannah to hear personally from her about her policies that may impact us right here in savannah. >> she's coming to savannah, you

know, to give her campaign a different structure, you know. i think that's good. >> well, kind of glad she's visiting savannah. it's great she would go to atlanta too because of the population mass. she has to hit all the demographics and make sure. grad she's coming to our town too. >> reporter: jose, the harris campaign says there hasn't been democratic presidential candidate events in this part of georgia, southeast georgia, since the 1990s. look, four years ago, yes, president biden won georgia, the first democrat to do so since 1992. he only made one trip to the state during the campaign. obviously covid was an extenuating circumstance here. this is the vice president's seventh trip to georgia just this year, the first since she became the democratic nominee. >> jonathan, meanwhile trump and vance have been on the road trying to focus on the economy.

their team has spent a lot of time on defense, this time over a dispute at arlington national cemetery. we have new information on that incident. >> reporter: yes, jose. just to refresh, there was an altercation, an incident at arlington national cemetery when former president trump went to lay a wreath and visit the grave site of soldiers who were killed in the abbey gate bombings on the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. we're hearing from two defense officials that there was physical contact made, a photographer and video grapher folk with the trump campaign were trying to take images. an articling official tried to stop them. they tried to push through that official. the trump team has tried to down play this. j.d. vance, the former president's running mate falsely

accused kamala harris of yelling at trump about it. let's take a listen. >> americans lose their lives and not fire a single person is disgraceful. kamala harris is disgraceful. we want to talk about a story out of those 13 brave innocent americans who lost their lives, it's that kamala harris is so asleep at the wheel she won't even do an investigation into what happened. she wants to yell at donald trump because he showed up. she can -- she can go to hell. >> reporter: that's very hot rhetoric there. he's saying she should go to hell. twisting the story here, rather than a story about former president trump using the cemetery for political purposes. we know that right after those images of him were taken, they were posted to his tiktok and other social media accounts in campaign-like videos. rather than focusing on that or

the fact that his team pushed into -- reportedly pushed into an arlington national cemetery official, turned it into the democrats yelling at them and telling -- telling kamala harris where she can go. >> and jonathan, the families of those 13 that lost their lives three years ago, they've spoken. >> reporter: yes, they have. what they are saying is that -- well, look, there's not a monolith there. the families say donald trump was invited. there was coordination between them and arlington national cemetery, in some cases through liaison. speaker of the house mike johnson got involved to make this happen. these families for the most part want their family members honored. they invited former president trump and, you know, i don't think they were looking to turn this into an altercation.

they did say -- folks said they didn't even know about it until the next day. >> mike and jonathan, thank you. let's talk about politics. an nbc report says she and walz are making a trip to trump territory with flannel and football playbooks. what does this say? >> this campaign is very knowledgeable of the fact that this is going to be an extremely tight race. they know it's won within the margins and the importance of peeling away voters within the red districts is going to be extremely important. they are making their way across rural areas. they're showcasing the alternate narrative for kamala harris. you know, how several individuals on the right have called her a big city liberal. by going to some of these rural

areas, by being open to having conversations across those districts, in addition to showcasing how her plans, policies and the vision she has for the future helps them, that's huge. to acknowledge that most of these rural areas haven't been visited since the '90s, that's disturbing and it's very strategic that we're seeing this shift. if the dnc showed us anything, there are voters to pick off. many are in the expansion model that the kamala harris team has put into place. we have to recognize there are votes outside of urban centers that need to be received. many of those individuals are the same folks who are aligning around the swifties for harris call, the same folks who are around these organizing efforts on the ground. those people need to be touched. >> jennifer, a new fox poll shows harris leading trump with voters over 65, improving on biden's share. she's still behind among voters

without a degree and rural voters. are republicans concerned harris could, in fact, be picking off those important voting blocks? >> well, they certainly should be because that's what she's doing. we see the prove of that in the data. we see the prove of that in the numbers. kamala harris has brought something to this race that i think has taken a lot of people by surprise. we're now seeing it now that she's been in long enough to have a few poll cycles go by. my political roots are in new hampshire where, you know, retail campaigning is not just respected, it's expected. when you see kamala harris on the ground in these rural communities in georgia, not to mention a lot of other swing states, voters respond to her so positively, so openly. she's making in roads in republicans didn't expect her

to. i would expect that j.d. vance's feigned anger or disdain is because kamala harris is picking off voters one by one. >> let's talk about that. the trump campaign down playing the scene at arlington cemetery. for a campaign that touts support from the military, explain what's going on here. >> well, listen donald trump has a long history of demeaning and denigrating those who have sacrificed their lives on behalf of our country. this is not the first time that we've seen him go someplace that should be a sacred military place of remembrance and try to turn it into a moment about donald trump, a campaign moment.

as far as -- we're going to continue to see it. we know that that is a part of the narcissism that, you know, completely consumes him. it just shows his total lack of disrespect for those who served, those who have sacrificed. frankly the way that j.d. vance responded is more of the same. instead of addressing the issue and addressing what actually happened, he tried to turn what should have been a moment about the 13 american soldiers who gave it all for us, he turned it into yelling at kamala harris and trying to send her to hell. completely inappropriate and disrespectful of the topic of the conversation. >> what should that topic of conversation have been about and where do you see moments where politics in general has gotten so ugly and there's so many

times we hear, you know, words that normally we shouldn't or we hadn't heard in the political arena. wondering is that something that can't be avoided because of who's in the campaign trail? >> first and foremost when we're talking about anything dealing with the military and fallen servicemen and women, the honor needs to go to those servicemen and women who are the utmost of patriots. that's not what we saw. that's not what donald trump is known for. he makes fun of p.o.w.s. this is a guy that skipped military service three times. he likes to make fun of those disabled from the military. this is a guy that doesn't believe that people who died in military service are worthy of honor. there's a lot here that needs to be unpacked. beyond that to expect there not to be violent rhetoric, insidious language, racism,

anti-woman ccommentary, anti-immigrant commentary, to expect not this flagrant abuse of power from a guy who doesn't care about anybody but himself or doesn't respect the democracy we live in, it's problematic. i think that's not a result of the political era as much as it's a result of the republican party amplifying donald trump. they've launched on this guy so hard and this is what they got. this is their brand. the republican party has to walk away from him. >> jennifer, just to get your thoughts on rfk jr., rfk jr. when he announced his support for former president trump talked about team of arrivals. how do you think that team rivals attitude will play with republican voters? >> well, first, if i could very

quickly -- i want to refer back to and highlight what was just said. >> absolutely. >> it is not -- this is not just about donald trump. this is about the gop. it's about the party itself. when j.d. vance told kamala harris to go to hell, the crowd of republican voters behind him cheered wildly. you can't -- i don't blame donald trump. i blame the party for embracing him and lifting him up the way they have. as for rfk and this unity ticket or this union of rivals, however they're trying to brand it, i don't think he's going to bring anything available to the table. i think that they're trying awfully hard -- it's looking and sounding desperate when they're looking at players like rfk and tulsi gabbard as being a great example of unity. you can't forget the fact that rfk's name is going to be on the ballot in a number of states, including wisconsin and

michigan. he's going to end up undermining donald trump in some very important states regardless of the fact that he has dropped out. >> thank you both so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. breaking news, new data presents a fresh look at the u.s. economy. u.s. gdp grew at 3% for the second quarter this year. that beats the estimate of 2.8%. it's up from the 1.4% increase in the first quarter. joining us now is christine romans. what do these numbers tell us? >> the economy was strengthening in april, may and june, stronger and more resilient than anyone expected. the consume driving a lot of this. the consumer irritated by high prices, but still spending. maybe changing how they're spending and what they're spending on. still driving the economy.

also inside these numbers, really important here, private business investment very strong. showing optimism about the overall economy, optimism about corporate profits. it's an interesting moment when you're nine or ten weeks ahead of the election when people say they don't feel great about the economy, when it's still moving along here strongly. one economist telling me this is a u.s. economy firing on cylinders. we're heading to a phase where the fed is expected to start cutting interest rates in september. that will be relief for american families on many of their bills of borrowed money. an interesting new moment here where the u.s. economy is quite resilient. the fed heading into a new phase here overall. one wonders if consume sentiment starts to improve in the fall. we had a consumer confidence this week showed at a six-month high and inflation falling. maybe that vibe session is

starting to break here. certainly the underlying economy, even after it's front and center on voters' minds heading into the election, stocks are new record high and the u.s. economy is beating expectations. >> christine romans, thank you. appreciate it. next, new details from the fbi about the trump rally shooter. what he searched for online and is it any clearer what his motive was? plus, a scare in the skies. turbulence forces an united flight to make an emergency landing with multiple people hurt. we're back in 90 seconds. we're s . the all new godaddy airo. put your business online in minutes with the power of ai. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance policy for cash? so they're

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(vo) switch to the partner businesses rely on. 19 past the hour. new details this morning about the man who came within millimeters of taking former president trump's life. according to the fbi the shooter searched for information on the republican and democratic national conventions before the assassination attempt. law enforcement suggesting the trump event was, quote, a target of opportunity. they also released these new pictures you're seeing on your screen of the shooter's weapons. joining us now is nbc's ryan nobles. good morning. what more are we learning? >> reporter: since the shooting the director of the secret service resigned. multiple officials have been put on leave on what the agency

called a mission failure. the fbi found there's no evidence that thomas matthew crooks was working with anyone else as he meticulously planned his attempt to assassinate former president trump. what they've yet to figure out is why. in the weeks leading up to donald trump's rally in butler, pennsylvania, on july 13th, the fbi says thomas matthew crooks was scouring the internet for information on upcoming political events. >> in the 30 days prior to the attack the subject conducted more than 60 searches related to president biden and former president trump. >> reporter: crooks was searching for information on the republican and democratic national conventions. he searched for details on the trump event which took place close to where he lived. the fbi describes crooks' planning as a sustained detailed effort. initially crooks' search history showed him looking for details around a range of political events before zeroing in on the butler rally, which the fbi

believes he took as a target of opportunity. they also believe he acted alone. >> i want to be clear. we have not seen any information that crooks was involved with a foreign entity. >> reporter: there has not been much insight on crooks' motive. the investigators shared photos of the collapsable barrel on the gun crooks used as well as the backpack found on site. they showed the ac unit he used to climb on the roof. they believe spent little more than six minutes on the roof before being killed by sniper fire. the fbi probe is one of many investigations into the assassination attempt. members of the bipartisan congressional task force toured the site in pennsylvania promising to get to the bottom of what went wrong. >> there are a lot of lines of sight that were unsecured, they

didn't have eyes on or weren't secured. a lot more questions than answers. >> reporter: the fbi said that the alleged shooter's family is cooperating with their investigation as is former president trump who's already participated in an in-depth briefing. jose? >> ryan nobles, thank you. joining us now is carol lenning, "washington post" reporter. how often is it that the presidential assassin doesn't have a clear political motive? >> a great question, jose. unfortunately over the course of history a lot of people who tried to assassinate presidents or tried to assassinate a prominent political official didn't have the motive that most americans assumed they would, that they disliked the candidate. ronald reagan was shot by john hinckley jr. who had no political motive at all. his motive was to get the

attention and the affection of a movie actress that he had fallen in love with named jodi foster. people remember that. the man who tried to kill george wallace, a candidate for president back in the '70s, and actually later as well, he was a man named arthur bremmer, similar to john hinckley, very disaffected, isolated young man who was trying to basically become famous, get attention and get affirmation. he had a lot of bad experiences in school, being bullied. he had a bad childhood and trouble with a girlfriend who just broken up with him, very similar to hinckley. the secret service has performed a psychological profile of

people who have tried to kill presidents and tried to kill vice president harris or senior political officials. what they found was these people overwhelmingly are not motivated by politics. they're motivated by an internal disaffection, isolation and a need to feel important. >> just thinking that would be perfectly describing gerald ford, right? it was one of the manson family people who tried to kill him. carol, we heard in ryan's reporting that the fbi has not seen any indication to suggest the shooter was, quote, directed by a foreign entity to conduct the attack. no indication he worked with co-conspirators. how difficult is it to find these people when they could be random -- by themselves? >> what's interesting about that, jose, many of these individuals are acting by

themselves. there are a lot of conspiracy theories that have circulated over the years about would be assassins. the most prominent is lee harvey oswald and the assassination of john f. kennedy. few people entirely embrace the visual version of events, which is that he acted alone with one gun from a high building in dallas and killed kennedy. many people think that he had a political motive or that he may have been set in motion by someone else with a political goal. there's no evidence of this certainly after all these years. there's been no evidence that clearly explains that there was somebody else behind lee harvey oswald. i have to say, some circumstantial pieces of evidence that are interesting. he met with some cubans before

the assassination. there were other individuals who wanted kennedy killed. but oftentimes, especially in these recent events, jose, conspiracy theories are just that, internet rumor without any basis in fact. >> i would kind of think out loud that maybe the jfk assassination would be in a whole different category than all of the other ones that we've been talking about. there's a lot of there to look into. carol lenning, always great to see you. thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> thank you. up next, what a cia official says about ukraine's plans for its forces inside russia. plus the fallout from israel's largest raid on the west bank. we'll be right back. you're watching "jose

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31 past the hour. israel presses ahead with their largest occupation of the west bank. the israeli commander is saying a well-known commander is one of five militants killed. the raids happened wednesday morning prompting international alarms as the u.s. and others try to stop a wider conflict.

palestinian health officials say at least 11 people have been killed. now turning to the latest in russia, the russian foreign ministry adding to its growing list of americans banned from entering the country announcing yesterday that 92 u.s. citizens including journalists from the "wall street journal" and "washington post" would not be allied entry. the cia deputy director david cohen highlighting the ukrainian incursion into russia was a success. abc's erin mclaughlin joining us. the cia director highlighted the ukrainian success going into parts of russia. what more did he have to say about plans moving forward?

>> reporter: he talked about just how difficult it would be for the russians to retake their own territory. that was echoed in a conversation i had with a ukrainian military analyst. he said it comes down to the topography of the kursk region. we saw just last week the ukrainians blowing up bridges over that river, making it that much more difficult for russia to send in reinforcements, to send in supplies. this ukrainian military analyst estimated russia would need two to three divisions to reclaim the kursk territory given that topography is in favor of the ukrainian occupation. keep in mind, ukraine says it it does not want to continue to occupy russian territory, but it

wants russia to leave their land. in donbas russia is pushing forward with its offensive, gaining ground on that ukrainian town. in the words of one western intelligence official, this is essentially a game of who blinks first. neither side can really afford to be pushing forward in this way. it becomes a question of who diverts their forces first. at this point, a senior western intelligence officer told me there's no sign of the russians moving to divert forces in the donbas. there's no sign according to a commander, ukrainian commander, i was speaking to in kursk of the ukrainians pulling back. he said the ukrainians are gaining ground in the russian territory of kursk. >> erin mclaughlin, thank you. next, turbulence forces an

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what can you tell us about this emergency landing many memphis? >> reporter: yeah, jose, very scary moments on board that flight. we know that one person did have to be taken to the hospital after that emergency landing and there were also six other people injured and treated on the scene. in all, around 182 people, passengers and crew members, on board that flight going to chicago from cancun when it hit that severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in memphis. thankfully everyone else was okay and was able to walk away from that okay. thankfully there were no fatalities or serious injuries. it looks like everyone is going to be okay. you heard witnesses describing feeling like the plane was going to go down and the chaos on board in those minutes as they were experiencing that. jose? >> let's talk about this weekend. what should anyone packing their bags at home know before they

head out the door? >> reporter: they should know they're not alone. millions of people are expected to be taking to the roads and skies this weekend. expect delays. plan to arrive early if you're going to the airport. if you're going to be on the road, leave in the morning if you can if you're heading out. the golden hour for you if you're making your way back is tuesday afternoon, after 1:00 p.m. if you're planning to hit the road. important to note that the weather could also be a factor here. make sure you're checking your airline apps and keep an eye on the road conditions. we're looking at 6 million people under severe weather alerts in the upper midwest today. there's the possibility of flooding along the texas and louisiana coast over this holiday weekend. the best piece of advice, no matter what may happen try to enjoy and soak up these last few days of summer before it's gone. >> even if you're stuck in

traffic. priscilla thompson, thank you. if you're planning to spend your labor day weekend outside there's some dangerous mosquito borne illnesses to tell you about. just this morning we have new information, wisconsin health officials announcing two people died after contracting west nile virus and two other families are speaking out publicly about the dire consequences from west nile and other mosquito borne illnesses. joining us now maggie vespa with what you need to know. what should be our major concern? >> reporter: for sure, i mean, these viruses are rare health officials say. we're seeing this string of severe cases. the data behind how many cases are cropping up total tends to lag behind. we'll see that a bit later. wisconsin health officials flagging, yes, two deaths in that state.

we're learning about that more as we speak this morning. this as two separate families in two other states across the country are warning just how deadly these viruses from seemingly normal mosquito bites can be. this morning in the peak of summer mosquito season, two families are sounding alarms about rare mosquito borne illnesses and the dangers they pose. in st. louis john proctor vi lies paralyzed in a hospital bed on a ventilator. his father said it started when the high school graduate complained about headaches and dizziness. then symptoms escalated. >> speech was slurred. he couldn't raise his arms and couldn't smile. >> reporter: doctors placing the previously healthy teen in intensive care. the diagnosis, west nile virus from a mosquito bite, paralyzing him from the neck down. the family praying he'll

recover. this as the family of steven carey, a 41 new hampshire man killed by the eee virus speaks out. writing, the director of nursing services was stricken by a sudden and rare brain infection and died after a week in the hospital. adding steven left those that he loved far too soon. it marks new hampshire's first reported human case of eee in a decade. four other states reporting cases. the virus is rare, but has a mortality rate of approximately 30%. while experts say west nile is also on the rise. among those sickened, dr. anthony fauci, quote, i've never been as sick in my life.

in chicago, mosquito joe is seeing a 20% spike in new customers fearful after seeing a case reported in wisconsin. >> when people call you are they mentioning these viruses specifically? >> most of them are. a lot of people say just come out and take care of it. >> reporter: this home owner had her property sprayed. >> i'm concerned for my dog and you don't know how it affects you until it's too late. >> reporter: those two deaths in wisconsin breaking in the last few minutes here. we learned that wisconsin public health officials plan to hold a media availability this afternoon at 2:00 eastern. we hope to learn more then. jose? >> maggie vespa, thank you. the cdc says six more people died in a listeria outbreak linked to boars head deli meat. nine people have died in the outbreak and 60 hospitalized. the company recalled more than 7

million pounds of meat and said customers should throw away anything on the recall list which is on boars head's website. you see some of the meats we have on your screen. symptoms include fever, chills, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea and can present weeks after eating contaminated food. the cdc says the outbreak is the largest from listeria since 2011 when more than 30 people died from contaminated cantaloupe. next, game, set match. an update from the u.s. open. plus, an historic opening ceremony from the paralympic games in paris. we're live there next. we're cooking with fire. (vo) switch to the partner businesses rely on.

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for the paralympic games. just like the olympics opening ceremony this took place outside -- look at these pictures. i mean, just beautiful fighter planes flying overhead painting the sky with the colors of france's flag. more than 4,000 athletes are attending there. so did the spirited mascot for the 2024 games known at frege. joining us from paris is emilie ikeda. bring us up to speed on yesterday and what's in store next? >> reporter: truly was remarkable. brought tears to my eyes. the paralympic cauldron is lit and the games are officially under way. it was a show-stopping kickoff to history games. there's the largest ever refugee

team and more global media coverage than ever before. we were at the starting point for the athlete procession. it was nothing short of electric. paris promised another show-stopping opening ceremony and delivered with dancing, fireworks and a mascot-covered car to kick off the games. athletes and fans from more than 150 countries are converging on this historic street. take a look at this, team usa arriving right now. usa! led by two flag bearers, wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball. >> everything and anything is possible. just put your best foot forward. >> reporter: making history, the largest ever refugee paralympic team. 4,400 athletes from around the world will face off across 22

sports. from equestrian to wheelchair fencing. the eiffel tower trading sand for turf for blind soccer, using a ball with bells inside. among the 225 members of team usa, legends like swimmer jessica long and tatiana mcfadden. team usa's men's wheelchair basketball team going for its third straight goal. >> the most influential moment of my career wasn't the wins, it was the day i found wheelchair basketball. hopefully it inspires people to start their impossible. >> reporter: a powerful message with the world watching. emilie ikeda, nbc news, paris. i'll say this, team usa off to a good start. wheelchair rugby wrapped their first game and beat long-time

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