here's where we start with dasha burns. >> reporter: in a likely move to help donald trump, robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his campaign. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> reporter: and announcing he will now endorse mr. trump. >> i was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues. >> reporter: kennedy suggesting trump offered to enlist him in his administration. he originally launched his white house bid as a democrat, then becoming an independent saying his principles including protecting free speech led him to today's decision. >> staying on the ballot in the battleground states, i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most existential issues. >> reporter: like today former president trump thanking his opponent turned ally. >> we just had a very nice endorsement from rfk jr., bobby. he is a great guy, respected by everybody. >> reporter: it's a major shift from the harsh words he had for him just a few months ago. >> rfk jr. is a democrat plant, a radical left

. >>> but we start tonight with dasha burns' exclusive. >> reporter: tonight former president donald trump back in the battleground state of michigan making light of his comment about the controversy over his visit to arlington national cemetery earthier this week. >> i was asked to go there by people who lost their child because of biden and harris, because their pullout was so bad of afghanistan, they lost their child. and all of the sudden i hear that somebody that i have no idea who it is got into an argument with somebody else at the cemetery about pictures being taken. i took them at the request of the families, and i'm very happy i did. >> reporter: in a statement today, an army spokesperson said that defense department regulations, quote, clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds, and that a cemetery employee was, quote, abruptly pushed aside when trying to assure adherence to those roles. >> we lost 13 great, great people. >> reporter: the campaign on tuesday posting th laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and then posing among grave sites with

. >> reporter: it comes after nbc's dasha burns pressed him thursday, and he didn't give a clear answer. >> how are you going to vote on that? >> i think the six week is too short. it has to be more time. i'm voting that i am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks. >> reporter: his campaign later tried to walk that back. >> i think all the president is saying is that he thinks that there should be more than six weeks. >> reporter: that caused a firestorm with anti-abortion advocates. >> it was discouraging and disappointing to hear the president really use talking points from really the abortion lobby. >> reporter: there are also mounting questions about mr. trump's new proposal regarding fertility treatments. >> for people that are using ivf, which is fertilization, we are -- the government is going to pay for it, or we're going to get or mandate your insurance company to pay for it. >> reporter: the trump campaign is not providing details about how the pricey procedures would be paid for. an nbc news estimate puts the total cost at around $8 billion a year, all this as ha

lester. >> all right, dasha burns tonight.ou. >>> we have a major reversal in the case against the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks. they will no longer get a plea deal, and once again they could face the death penalty. allie raffa with the latest. >> reporter: in a stunning reversal lloyd austin withdrawing a controversial plea deal for the three men accused of planning the 9/11 terror attacks. >> there was a part of me that was relieved, relieved victims were heard. >> reporter: relieved after secretary austin's announcement late friday that effectively puts the death penalty back on the table for the suspects if convicted. her father was killed in the attack on the world trade center. >> i just think of my father and how much he has missed. >> reporter: austin's rare decision comes just days after a polarizing agreement that allowed the three to plead guilty to lesser charges, avoiding the death penalty. one of them, khalid sheikh mohammed, known as ksm, the self-confessed master mind of the 9/11 attack. that

jose. >> dasha burns, thank you so much. and back with us is symone sanders-townsend and david drucker. so let's talk about this latest statement by the former president about abortion, now ivf for everyone who wishes it. again, dasha was keen on the fact that, you don't say how it's going to be paid for. what do you think of these new statements? >> i found them quite interesting, jose, i took a look at the republican party's platform that, you know, they updated the platform this year for the first time since the last couple of presidential elections. and the platform, the language in the platform, about conception at life, life begins at conception, flies directly in the face of ivf, according to folks in the republican party apparatus. i don't know if this is a policy or if donald trump is saying as he has said in the past, you need to do what you need to do to get elected. that's what he tells republicans across the country when it comes to the issue of abortion or reproductive freedom and health. his track record says

dasha burns is following it all for us. >> reporter: tonight, vice president harris making it nearly official, the dnc saying she's won enough delegate votes to secure the democratic nomination in a virtual roll call. >> i know that we are excited about the future, but we also know that we got a lot of work to get there. >> reporter: she's expected to be named the nominee on monday when she'll make history as the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket, and tonight new details on her running mate search. nbc news reporting these six short listers and the vice president will be taking in-person meetings with finalists over the next 72 hours top contenders include pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. >> the vice president has a deeply personal decision to make. she will make the right decision for her and the country. >> reporter: former president trump weighing in. >> i don't care. let them do whatever. they still want to have open borders. if she picks shapiro, who happens to be jewish, she loses her little palestinian base. >> reporter: harris never won a vote in a pr

it's where we start tonight with dasha burns. >> robert f. kennedy jr. >> reporter: tonight in a move likely to help former president trump, independent robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his campaign. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> reporter: and announcing he will now endorse mr. trump. >> i was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues. >> reporter: kennedy suggesting trump offered to enlist him in his administration. he originally launched his white house bid as a democrat, then becoming an independent saying his principles including protecting free speech led him to today's decision. >> staying on the ballot in the battleground states, i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most existential issues. >> reporter: late today former president trump thanking his opponent turned ally. >> we just had a very nice endorsement from rfk jr., bobby. he is a great guy, respected by everybody. >> reporter: it's a major shift fr

but we start tonight with dasha burns' exclusive. >> reporter: tonight former president donald trump back in the battleground state of michigan, making his first public comments about the controversy over his visit to arlington national cemetery earlier this week. >> i was asked to go there by people who lost their child because of biden and harris, because their pullout was so bad of afghanistan, they lost their child. and all of the sudden i hear that somebody that i have no idea who it is got into an argument with somebody else at the cemetery about pictures being taken. i took them at the request of the families, and i'm very happy i did. >> reporter: in a statement today, an army spokesperson said that defense department regulations, quote, clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds, and that a cemetery employee was, quote, abruptly pushed aside when trying to ensure adherence though those roles. >> we lost 13 great, great people. >> reporter: the campaign on tuesday posting this tiktok, highlighting trump laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and the

and joining us now, nbc's dasha burns, she is following this for us. eugene robinson, of course, columnist at "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. dasha, i want to get to you, and let's talk money if we can for a moment. i've been talking to those within the biden, now harris campaign. they feel terrific about the momentum they have seen and the pace in which they were to find that new energy. much of it cing from small donors. just 12 days ago that joe biden said he was out of this race. what are you hearing from the trump side in terms of the money war? >> well, look, he did not raise nearly as much as vice president kamala harris in the month of july, and that's something that the harris campaign is certainly emphasizing. according to the trump campaign, they raised about 139 million in july having now about over 300 million cash on hand. but they are trying to sort of fund-raise off of the lack of fund-raising or off of the lag in fund-raising behind harris sending out an email saying to their supporters and voters that after leadi

i want to bring in dasha burns in phoenix where rfk jr. just suspended his campaign. dasha, walk us through what rfk jr. is saying. >> reporter: well, look, zinhle, i'm going to use my quiet voice right now. he is still speaking here behind me. he says he's suspending his campaign but he's not leaving the race. he says his name remains on the ballot in most states where he wouldn't be a spoiler, but he says in about ten battleground states he would be a spoiler, and hand this election to the democrats with whom he says he vehemently disagrees. so he's removing his name from the ballot in critical states like the state of arizona, like the state of pennsylvania, and he did, in his speech just now, say that he is throwing his support behind former president trump, zinhle. >> all right, dasha burns with that late-breaking news, rfk jr. suspending his campaign. we know you'll stay on it. >>> turning now to today's cnbc money minute. self-driving cars are coming to uber and a new report shows the influence of cryptocurrency on the upcoming election. kate rooney joins us no

. >> so that is what he told our nbc's dasha burns., he basically said he would vote for the measure and after backlash, he tells another news outlet, actually, i am voting against the amendment. so this also comes after trump claim to nbc interview with dasha burns he won a government insurance or the the government and insurance companies to pay for ivf, suggestion he made up on the spot and has no intention of following through with. joining me now is senator elizabeth warren from massachusetts. >> welcome, senator, it is good to have you on this morning. vice president harris said something, probably one of the most important things that have been said in this campaign so far during the democratic convention and that was donald trump is an unserious person. the fact that he is such an unserious person of on such a serious issue, it befuddled me in terms of the reactions people have. i wanted to get your thoughts as you listen to donald trump on thursday in michigan. talk about ivf . >> i was always for ivf, right from the beginning

he said that to our own dasha burns. our dasha burns is in lansing, michigan, this morning.ie, this comes in the context of the polling that shows that vice president kamala harris is way ahead when it comes to female voters, and that's going to be important for the trump campaign to try to make up ground with. take a listen to what he told me, and then we'll talk on the other side. >> i think the six week is too short. it has to be more time. and so -- and i've told them that i want more weeks. >> reporter: so you'll vote in favor of the amendment? >> i am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks . >> reporter: what's the trump administration going to do with regards to ivf as elected. >> it's fertilization and it's helping women and men and families, but it's helping women able to have a baby. we are going to be under the trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment, so we are paying for that treatment. >> reporter: all americans who want it? >> all americans that get it, all americans that need it. so we're going to be paying for that trea

dasha burns asked trump about that add. >> should your campaign a put out this videos and photos?> we have a lot of people. we have tiktok people. we are leading the internet. we are so far above that -- >> in the hallowed ground? >> i don't know with the rules or regulations are. i don't know who did it. it could've been the parents. >> it was your campaign's tiktok the put it out. >> i stood there and i said, you'd like to have a picture we can have a picture. this was a set up by people in the administration. >> we are leading the internet. also, it was your campaign. trump ally to get crude campaign points. his partisan in the civil certain got the way and she dropped her complaint for fears of retribution. doesn't sound familiar? doesn't sound like the story of alexander vindman the soldier national staffer who blew the whistle entre's attempts to extort ukraine for dirt on joe biden? maybe the george election officials whose lives were threatened after false falsely accuse them of rigging votes. maybe reminder the threats against the women who accuse trump of sexual assault

. >> nbc's dasha burns and aaron gilchrist are tracking the two campaigns. also former republican congressman from florida carlos carvelo and pollster and political analyst fernan amandi. aaron, significant that the first part of harris' platform being rolled out is on the economy. what's the significance of doing it well in north carolina? -- doing it there in north carolina? >> reporter: there are a couple of ways to look at north carolina here. we know it's an important battleground state, obviously, that the vice president has visited seven times this year. she was supposed to go to raleigh last week during that get to know you tour with her new running mate, tim walz, but there was a tropical storm obviously that postponed that visit. so this stop is partly to make up for that, but it's worth noting that north carolina has been getting a lot of democratic attention. its governor, roy cooper, was thought to be a contender for vice president harris' vp pick. we saw him on the campaign trail with harris quite a bit before she took over the top of the ticke

joining us now is dasha burns is in asheville and monica alba is in washington. dasha the former president has frequently attacked the biden administration over inflation, what is trump campaign saying about today's new numbers we just talked about with caleb. >> reporter: they're not responding directly to those numbers, but they're arguing a similar line of attack against harris. a statement, a new term they're trying to coin kamalanomics. america can't afford another four years of kamala's failed economic policies. president trump has a proven track record of making this country prosperous and affordable. expect today he'll once again tout one of his policies, no taxes on tips which harris has come out with as well. just like in that statement there, expect he'll continue to try to tie to xhal what harris' record to that of president biden's, the polls there, voters still tend to trust former president trump on the economy than vice president harris. the question is, can he stay on that message of policy as hissed a viedzers have been pushing for or not? >> mo

dasha burns is live in arizona. talk about the reporting you have on the campaign conversations with rfk jr., what do you know? >> reporter: it could be a big day tomorrow, chris. look, according to two sources, we're learning that rfk jr. is planning to suspend his campaign tomorrow. he already has said he'll be making remarks in arizona tomorrow. his campaign saying he'll address this historic moment in american politics. so we're hearing he's going to be suspending his campaign and then is planning to endorse former president trump. now, our sources really emphasize that the talks are still ongoing. it's not fully final, but this is something that both campaigns have been signaling and teasing in the last couple of weeks, and former president trump is very much welcoming this as possibility. take a listen. >> if he endorsed me, i would be honored by it. i would be very honored by it. he really has his heart in the right place. he is a respected person. women love some of his policies and i guess some people don't

our msnbc reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with nbc's dasha burnsmuch talked about discussion between donald trump and elon musk. so the trump campaign said this would be the interview of the century. what did we actually hear? >> well, chris, it sounded a lot like some of former president trump's rallies. they typically run about 90 minutes though this was over two hours with elon musk who didn't get too much of a word in there. it was a lot of the same talking points going after president biden, again, falsely claiming that harris staged a coup against president biden and attacking harris on her record and also getting a little bit personal as we've seen him do recently. take a listen. >> kamala wouldn't have this conversation. she can't because she's not -- she's not a smart person, by the way. she can't have this conversation, and biden, we don't even have to talk about it. i mean, he couldn't have this conversation. he would have given up in the first half of a question. he would have walked out. >> the harris campaign, chris, is hitting back p

. >> nbc's dasha burns is joining us in asheville, north carolina, the site of trump's afternoon rally. dasha, what's trump going to say today? what's his economic message to the country? >> reporter: you could see his visit to a state like north carolina as playing a bit of defense given this has been a republican stronghold for the last few elections. he won here in both 2016 and in 2020. as harris is trying to open the appertire in states like north carolina, in states like georgia that were seen as out of play for democrats when president biden was on the ticket, they're not taking any states, any votes for granted and he's here to deliver a message on the economy. this is a stay that has had a republican legislature as well, mostly republican-held positions across the state with the exception of governor roy cooper, who is a democrat, but the trump campaign will say, look, a lot of businesses in north carolina are booming in places like raleigh, in places like charlotte, and he will say that that is a result of republican policies. he knows that right now, for now, he's still pull

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dasha burns also asked trump about that ad. >> reporter: should your campaign have put up those videos and photos? >> we have a lot of people. tiktok people. you know we are leading the internet. that's the other thing. >> reporter: but on hallowed ground -- >> i don't know what the rules and regulations are. i don't know who did it. it could have been them. it could've been somebody. >> reporter: it was your campaign's tiktok. >> i really don't know anything about it. all it did is i stood there and said if you would like to have a picture, we can have a picture. if somebody did it, this was a set up by people in the administration. >> we are leading the internet. also it was the campaign. trump tried to score campaign points. his partisans got rough with a civil servant to got in the way and that civil servant ultimately dropped her complaint for fear of retribution. does that sound familiar? does it sound like lieutenant colonel vindman who blew the whistle? maybe it reminds you of ruby freeman and shay moss, georgia election officials whose lives were threatened after trump falsely

as former president donald trump tries to upend the already set debate schedule, nbc news's dasha burns is on the campaign trail in atlanta. arriving at the vice president's residence in washington. former attorney general eric holder, the man leading the vetting process for kamala harris's running mate selection, vice president harris off the trail and hunkered down this weekend, facing the biggest decision yet of her campaign meeting with those in contention for her current job as she vies for the presidency. her short list, believed to include arizona senator mark kelly, transportation secretary pete buttigieg and four governors kentucky's andy beshear, j.b. pritzker from illinois, minnesota's tim walz and josh shapiro from key battleground pennsylvania. her decision, expected by tuesday, her campaign is grappling with a tabloid report about second gentleman doug emhoff past the report, which nbc news has not independently verified, saying emhoff had an affair during his first marriage years before his involvement with harris. in a statement, emhoff saying he and his first wife, quot

nbc's dasha burns is following this for us. also with us is former republican congressman of florida, carlos curbelo, and msnbc political analyst. what is with the attacks on walz's service? >> reporter: i'm in asheville, north carolina, waiting for the former president to speak in a few hours, but j.d. vance, his running mate, is keeping up these attacks, jose, because they feel that there is some stickiness here. you've seen former president trump and we'll see what he does today when it comes to attacking kamala harris, he's been trying out all sorts of lines of attack. hasn't quite figured out which will be most successful yet. but vance is perpetuating these attacks on walz, and walz is having to respond. and that's sort of what the campaign wants is having them a bit on the back foot, making them talk about this, so they're spending less time talking about the issues. walz having to issue statements saying that he misspoke when he characterized his service. things like that they see as successful. and let's not forget, jo

nbc news correspondent dasha burns covers the trump campaign for us.r president, he's got events every single day, he was in pennsylvania yesterday, michigan today, north carolina tomorrow, he'll visit the border on thursday in arizona and he ends the week with a rally there in arizona on friday, what's the goal with this busy schedule. >> reporter: this might be one of his busiest weeks in the general election campaign, look, each of these events is very specific, very targeted on these issues, yesterday i was at his event in pennsylvania focused on economy, on manufacturing, on energy. today it's about crime, he's going to the border to focus on immigration as his allies and his campaign have been concerned about the off-topic headlines that he's been making, those personal attacks on vice president harris, so these events are almost set up with those backdrops you see there, the police cars, yesterday we were at a manufacturing plant to really force the issue, to force him to focus on the topics that voters continuously show us they care about, thin

let's bring in nbc's dasha burns.nted out a few times this week, everyone has an opinion. >> yes. >> about the vice presidential race. what do we know more about the process? >> this is a historically fast vetting process. they have to get through this so quickly. these contenders have allies that are coming on tv that are signing letters, that are doing all sorts of things to try to push for or against certain candidates. josh shapiro, of course, the governor of pennsylvania, he's a popular governor in that critical battleground state. we talk about how important that state is all the time. he is a jewish man, and that has raised some questions around, you know, some people saying that maybe america is not ready for this kind of ticket and for josh shapiro, given his position on israel, others are arguing he's facing an unfair double standard. he holds a view that many others hold as well on israel and hamas, but getting the unfair scrutiny because of his jewish faith and find that really unfair. voters are frankly a

that's where he got tripped up with dasha burns yesterday. i don't think it's clear at all what donald trump is going to do on that particular measure. he seemed to tell dasha, he would vote against the six-week ban. he's not for a six-week ban. his campaign says that is not what he was trying to say. this has served only that donald trump will be asked about this issue, which he desperately wants to put behind him. his campaign understands, believes, if this is an election decided on the issue of abortion in november, this is a bad way. they need to be talking about the economy, the border, not issues of reproductive freedom. the ivf policy is very interesting. it's so far from anything any republican i have covered in the last decade would put forward. it would cost tens of billions of dollars potentially from somebody's pocket, either the government's or your insurance premiums going up to make sure private insurance plans can cover it. donald trump has provided no information about how that will work. it was sort of like a free stuff offe

i want to bring in nbc's dasha burns who's reporting where trump is going to be visiting today. campaign's approach now to this issue? >> reporter: well, look, chris, this is still an area where they feel they have an vague. advantage. this is one of the early attacks they leveled against vice president kamala harris. and it's one they continue hitting hard because they feel like it sticks. you'll notice that all this week, chris, trump has been doing these very issue specific events. the backdrops have not been his typical standard rally. it's been at a manufacturing plant, a police station, now here at the southern border, and he's going to talk about his policy here from what we hear from the campaign. of course you know with the former president, sometimes it's policy. sometimes it's personal attacks. sometimes it's a little bit of both. but when it comes to the border, this is what he's laid out. he wants to finish the border wall. he wants to reinstate the remain in mexico policy. reinstate and expand the travel balance. use the aliens enemy act to detain and deport non-ci

. >> donald trump spoke with dasha burns and talked about reproductive rights including abortion andd he wants to make ivf treatments paid for by the government or insurance companies if elected. also responded to the criticism over his visit to arlington national cemetery, particularly pictures he took with the families of service members who died in the afghanistan bombing three years ago. >> i was asked to be there by the parents. and by the relatives. and i went there for the parents and the relatives. and while i was there, i didn't ask for a picture. while i was there, they said, sir, could we have a picture at the grave? >> with us now, nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist, and nbc news correspondent dasha burns, msnbc political analyst alexi mccannen and brendan buck, former press secretary to former house speaker boehner and 2012 gop vice presidential nominee paul ryan, also an msnbc political what analyst. what is the harris campaign thinking today? >> i think the campaign is feeling pretty good about the interview last night. we have seen surrogates and advis

nbc's dasha burns is covering the trump campaign. also with us, zerlina maxwell host of mornings with zerlina and jennifer horn, former rnc executive committee member and former new hampshire republican party chair. okay, dasha, trump has been physically absent from the campaign trail for, as we mentioned over a week as his campaign is going on the attack, specifically against the newest entry, tim walz. what's going on? >> his running mate j.d. vance has been out on the campaign trail. he was asked about the former president's absence from the trail, and he claimed that they were doing a sort of divide and conquer strategy. so today we're not going to see senator vance out on the trail. but as you mentioned at the top there, we will see former president trump at a press conference this afternoon and it's interesting to watch as we've had that split screen of harris and walz out there and vance out there, just the kind of difference in tone where harris and walz are sort of going the cheerful, happy warrior route. vance going another

. >> nbc news correspondent dasha burns is here with us in studio and white house correspondent allie raffa is in washington, d.c. allie, take us through the vice president's economic proposals she laid out today. what is she saying? >> reporter: vice president harris unveiling this long-awaited economic proposal, some of which builds on her work during the biden administration while other pieces of it have her own unique stamp on them, and among the things the vice president is calling for are including the first-ever federal ban on corporate price gouging in the food industry, something she says she has experience doing as california's attorney general, it also calls for the expansion of the child tax credit for middle and low-income families with newborns as well as middle income families with children over a year old. she also proposes tax cuts for frontline workers. she addresses the housing shortage in this country calling for a crackdown on corporate landlords driving up rent, also calls for the construction of 3 million new housing units across the united states. vice presiden

. >> joining us now, nbc news correspondent, dasha burns. want to get you to start first on tulsi gabbard. the other moment from the debate is tulsi gabbard going after kamala harris pretty successfully on marijuana incarcerations. why is she being used by the trump campaign now? is that part of it? >> well, look, you've seen her show up at various events. the trump campaign has a relationship with her. the campaign has said that trump doesn't need, as they say, traditional debate prep, but they say he will be meeting with respected policy advisers and effective communicators, like tulsi gabbard. also spotted at the hotel near bedminster where trump campaign staff are staying is congressman matt gaetz who helped former president trump prep for the last debate against president biden and has said publicly he'll be helping with this one too. >> what's the deal with the bullet proof shell that the secret service is going to be deploying for donald trump's outside rallies. >> we have been going to indoor rallies. he wants to rally outdoors. the

>> dasha burns and jasmine wright, thank you both. we are also following breaking news on tropical storm debby. it's making its second landfall overnight. the storm triggered tornado watches in several states. one person has died after a possible twister touched down near raleigh, north carolina. tearing through this middle school. debby is expected to move inland, generating flood alerts, stretching nearly 1,000 miles. joining us nbc's marisa parra from wilson county, north carolina, and nbc meteorologist bill karins. what are you seeing there today? >> reporter: hey, so we are seeing the winds picking up, the rain has been picking up on and off. and we expect that to be more or less what we see here on the ground. so we're in wilson county, and this is about an hour east of raleigh, north carolina. the reason that we are on this particular street is this is where we believe a possible tropical tornado struck. there is severe damage up and down this street. several homes including the one behind me, this particular home behind me, th

nbc's dasha burns is covering that for us. >> reporter: former president trump has been leaning into these attacks against governor tim walz based on the protested and riots in minnesota and the after math of george floyd's death. he was posting on truth social saying that walz, quote, let minnesota burn. we have obtained audio of a phone call from that time, from june 1st of 2020 where he takes a very different tone about walz, in fact, praises him. >> i know governor walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and i fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days. but once you called out and you dominated, you took the worst place, and they didn't even cover it last night because there was so little action, because you dominated. you dominated. >> reporter: the trump campaign is defending the comments, sticking to a similar line as their boss, as communications director steven chung, saying walz allowed minneapolis to burn for days. saying that the phone call on june 1st happened days after the riot began, and president trump acknowledged walz for finally taking action to en

nbc's dasha burns is covering the trump campaign on the ground in pennsylvania.what's the message we think the trump campaign wants to send this week while the dnc is underway? >> reporter: well, counter programming is the name of the game right now, chris, and right now i'm at a factory here in north pennsylvania. there's a program starting behind me and the former president will be here shortly. this week, all of their events are really set up to try to create the backdrop to set the scene to sort of force the issue, to force the former president to talk about the issues. he's in pennsylvania today, michigan tomorrow, north carolina on wednesday. and then he heads to the border, and then to vegas. the border, of course, highlighting another issue where he feels that he has an advantage compared to vice president harris, and the goal was a message right now, stick to the issues and when it comes to his opponent, try to tie her as much as possible to president biden, and here's vance trying to do that. take a listen! >> this is all because of the policies of kama

dasha burns joins us now from arizona. the former president is in the same spot senator vance visited just a few weeks ago. what have we been hearing from the campaign on the issue of immigration and what do we expect to hear from mr. trump today? >> well, zinhle, former president trump just arrived on site moments ago. i'll step to the side so tony can show you the scene behind you here. he'll be stepping up to that podium shortly. right now, he's engaging with local law enforcement, some people we expect to be making an appearance during his remarks today. this is the issue the trump campaign has been hammering vice president harris on since the beginning. this is an issue where the former president feels he has a real edge, the polling does show that to be likely the case. he is going to go after her today, we expect, on the issue of immigration. that's what the campaign wants him to do. of course, there's the personal attacks that he can't help but use. so we'll see if he gets into that today. he's also likely to talk

. >> nbc's david noriega joins us in las vegas and dasha burns is in phoenix. david, what can we expect from trump and his event in las vegas today? >> so the sun belt states and nevada specifically have become critical in this election as harris has gained ground some the northern blue wall states. these states here particularly in the southwest have become a critical part of a path for them to the electoral college. now, here in nevada, the conversations i've been having with voters here all year are focused on the economy, the top concern here, people are having trouble making ends meet, having trouble with rising prices and there is a general feeling that the economy was in better shape during the trump years than during the biden years. that has more to do with the pandemic than the policies of any particular party, that is nevertheless the sentiment that the trump campaign is trying to tap into. this event here today in the restaurant behind me is about as you said, trump's proposal to end federal taxes on income that comes in the form of tips. there is s

nbc's dasha burns is following that story for us. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. dynamics of this race changing again. former president trump calling rfk jr. onto the stage at his rally here in battleground arizona as his campaign hopes that some of kennedy's supporters follow his lead and back mr. trump. >> robert f. kennedy jr. >> reporter: overnight, in a move likely to help former president trump, independent candidate robert kennedy jr., suspending his campaigned. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> reporter: announcing he will now endorse mr. trump. >> i was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues. >> reporter: kennedy suggesting trump offer to enlist him in his administration. he originally launched his white house bid as a democrat. then becoming an independent, saying his principles, including protecting free speech, led him to this decision. >> on the ballot in the battleground states, i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most e

but donald trump is trying to run away from all of that, telling nbc's dasha burns he would make theeral government pay for ivf without providing details, and also saying he'd vote against the six-week abortion ban in florida. a vote his campaign says he hasn't actually decided on. so who are these new pronouncements targeting, and will those voters believe him? joining us now in lansing, michigan, nbc news correspondent dasha burns, and nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist. what did dasha tell you. >> reporter: to your point just now about who this is targeting, let's think about this. there's a gender gap that's pronounced now that harris is at the top of the ticket, and the polling shows the vice president is in the lead when it comes to female voters. that's that contrast, that backdrop. take a listen to what the former president told me about the six-week abortion ban in florida and the amendment to overturn it and expand abortion rights in the states. take a listen. >> i think the six week is too short, has to be more time, and so i've told them i want more weeks.

burns. the former president announcing a new policy proposal on fertility treatments. >> under the trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment. so we are paying for that treatment. or we're going -- >> reporter: for all who want it? >> all americans that get it, all americans that need it. so we're going to be paying for that treatment or mandating that the insurance company pay. >> reporter: in a statement, harris campaign says donald trump's own platform could effectively ban ivf and abortion nationwide. former president trump did not give any specifics on how he would pay for this plan, based on data from 2022. it could cost nearly $8 billion annually, frances? >> alice barr for us, thank you. >>> new this morning. donald trump has asked a federal court to intervene in his new york hush money case. the former president is hoping to overturn his felony conviction or delay his sentencing, which is scheduled for next month. the case was tried in a state court. trump's

. >>> former president trump spoke to nbc news yesterday, speaking withd w with dasha burns. >> reporter: former president trump back in the state of michigan, making his first public comments over the controversy with the visit in arlington national cemetery. >> i was asked to go there by people who lost their child because of biden and harris. because their pullout was so bad of afghanistan. they lost their child. and all of a sudden, i hear that somebody that i have no idea who it is got into an argument with somebody else at the cemetery about pictures being taken. i took them at the request of the families. and i'm very happy i did. >> reporter: in a statement, an army spokesperson said defense department regulations, quote, clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds and that a cemetery employee was abruptly pushed aside when trying to ensure adherence to those rules. the campaign posting this video of trump laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and posing for photos with family members of those killed at abbey gate in afghanistan. should your campaign ha

he spoke one on one with nbc's dasha burns about another big issue reproductive rights. mr. trump saying today his administration would pay for people to access ivf under the trump administration. we are going to be paying for that treatment, so we are paying for that treatment or we're going all for all americans to get it all americans that need it. so we're going to be paying for that treatment or we're going to be mandating that the insurance company pay, okay. a lot of things unfolding in these last 90 minutes. now let's bring in our political analyst, larry gerston. let's stick with kamala harris here. immigration and inflation. two big things that both sides of the aisle are talking about. how did she do on immigration. she said, hey, we're ready to sign. but but former president trump got in the way. so she threw it right back at him on fracking. she said, well, yeah, once upon a time i was against fracking, but i've changed my mind because with the climate change bill that came through, we realized we were making enough good changes already that fracking could be ok

trump told our dasha burns he did not know the rules about using arlington in a photo shoot, and suggested maybe it was the gold star families who posted this video. should your campaign have put out those videos and photos? well, we have a lot of people, you know, we have people tiktok people, you know, we're leading the internet. but on that hallowed ground, should they have put out i don't know what the rules and regulations are. i don't know who did it. and it could have been them. it could have been the parents. it could have been somebody. it was your campaign's tiktok that put out the i really don't know anything about it. all i do is i stood there and i said, if you'd like to have a picture, we can have a picture. trump has a rally later today in johnstown, pennsylvania, and then will address the conservative moms for liberty later tonight in washington. ginger, thanks a lot, scott. now, this much is clear. the shelters and we have some pets who are ready to be adopted today. next on nbc bay area will meet the furry friends that you can take home. watch out for that. we will be rig

nbc's dasha burns asked him about abortion. you want abortion to be a states rights issue. you overturn. everyone does overturn roe, and you want abortion to be a states rights issue. in florida, the state that you are a resident of, there's an abortion related amendment on the ballot to overturn the six week ban in florida. how are you going to vote on that? well, i think the six week is too short. it has to be more time. and so that's and i've told them that i want more weeks. so you'll vote in favor of the amendment. i'm voting that i am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks. it's good information in this interview, you can watch the full interview with the former president coming up next on nightly news. that's in about 15 minutes. and then after nightly news, we will break down vice president kamala harris's highly anticipated interview tonight, which is on cnn. our political analyst, larry gerston, will join me with all those highlights and big moments from that interview on our 7:00 news. san francisco leaders are working to increase pedestrian safety.

. >> reporter: it comes after nbc's dasha burns pressed him thursday, and he didn't give a clear answer. >> how are you going to vote on that? >> well, i think the six week is too short. it has to be more time. i'm voting that -- i am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks. >> reporter: his campaign later tried to walk that back. >> i think all the president is saying is that he thinks that there should be more than six weeks. >> reporter: that caused a firestorm with anti-abortion advocates. >> it was discouraging and disappointing to hear the president really use talking points from really the abortion lobby. >> reporter: there are also mounting questions about mr. trump's new proposal regarding fertility treatments. >> for people that are using ivf, which is fertilization, we are -- the government is going to pay for it, or we're going to get or mandate your insurance company to pay for it. >> reporter: the trump campaign is not providing details about how the pricey procedures would be paid for. an nbc news estimate puts the total cost at around $8 billion a year, all t

nbc's dasha burns spoke to him there. good morning to you, dasha. >> hey, sheinelle. good morning. that's exactly right. in our exclusive interview, former president trump making headlines on the issue of fertility treatments and abortion as polling shows vice president harris with a big lead among female voters. former president donald trump courting voters in the midwest thursday, including michigan and wisconsin. mr. trump revealing a new policy proposal in an interview with nbc news, pledging that during his second term, the popular and pricey fertility treatment ivf would be free. >> we are paying for that treatment or we are going to offer all americans to get it all who need it. we will pay for it or mandating that the insurance company pay. >> the former president not providing specifics about how the procedure which costs about $20,000 per cycle would be paid for. a massive health care expense after mr. trump and congressional republicans tried multiple times to repeal the affordable care act in his first term. it is unclear how he will overturn the six-week abortion ban i