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momentum. then a couple of months ago, donald trump came back on to the scene. of course, we had the roe v. wade ruling, as well. but that's given democrats a lot of momentum. republicans can see what democrats are trying to do. joe biden is trying to build a coalition of democrats, independents, and disaffected republicans. that's why he's elevating donald trump, because joe biden believes, and a lot of the polling indicates he's right, the more prominent donald trump is closer to the election, the better it will be for democrats. a lot of republicans are aware of that, and are looking to change the subject from donald trump. but the former president loves attention, plans to campaign all over the country, and that could be a big problem for republicans in swing states and swing districts. >> so adrian to you now, do you agree with that strategy that democrats are pleased the more donald trump is a part of the conversation? >> yeah, i do absolutely.

all you have to do is look back at that poll you just showed is sure, 75% of republicans may want donald trump to run again. but that independent number, 66% do not want him to win. he has 32% or 33% of the electorate that will vote for him in the general election. we saw that in 2016 and 2020. but that is not enough to get him elected. he knows and his team knows surely that he's got to get some of those independents on his side to get elected. the numbers are not there. of course, you contrast that with what donald trump is doing out there, talking about what the maga republicans are saying, contrast with what joe biden is saying. and what he's done. the list goes on and on. so joe biden not only has a lot to run on, but he has the right, positive message that he's

contrasting that going into the midterms. of course, you have the roe issue that is energizing the democratic base. we're seeing it energized almost every single sector of the electorate. even latino women are registering more to vote for democrats, because they are concerned about roe being overturned. so the dynamics for democrats look pretty good. you throw donald trump into the mix, and it looks even better for us. >> julia, there are so many concurrent investigations right now. you have to kind of focus on each one. in addition to the special master news that we saw today, we know in terms oh of this search at mar-a-lago there's a damage assessment that's currently underway by the intelligence community. so what's the latest with that, is that also going to have to pause? >> yeah, that's right. that is the assessment that's being run by the director of national intelligence. that's looking into whether or not those documents that have been in the possession of trump

at mar-a-lago for so long actually caused damage to national intelligence. are there some secrets, some very important secrets that are supposed to be safeguarded by the u.s. government that could have fallen into the wrong hands? that's a totally separate investigation, separate from whether or not there could be charges. we may never see the results of that investigation, because that could be handled internally. is there someone's life at stake? someone who might be an informant to the u.s. government that they need to contact, pull out of the field because they think their identity could be given up? that's just an example. we might not know what they find and what they're investigate. but that was supposed to be going on after the filter team at the justice department went through, did their job as they did, handed everything over to investigators and prosecutors to see what might come next. that was supposed to be going on. does this now change things? because if you have the special master coming in now who needs to get his or her hands on everything, it's a question of,

what falls into the hands of the special master, what falls into the hands oh of the office of the director of national intelligence, is there some conflict there? these are all more things that are going to have to be worked out. we're really charting new territory. >> carlos, we have seen trump air his grievances on truth social. he took it out on the road this weekend in pennsylvania. we played some of that at the top of the show. are you seeing this emboldening trump, is he using this as a fund-raising issue for example? >> lindsey, donald trump only believes on offense. when his back is against the wall, when all the evidence is mounting against him, he's always on offense. so he's going to try to use all of this and turn it around and accuse the government of being corrupt. that's why i think the naming of the special master is actually a good thing. some people might be frustrated because they know doj was opposed to that motion. but i think it's going to introduce an element of additional objectivity to this whole process and perhaps some of those president trump

supporters who do believe what he's saying, the appointment of this special master might give this process a little more credibility and help the country unite a little bit more behind the idea of holding everyone accountable under the law, even a former president of the united states. >> adrian, if the former president is always on the offense, on the flip side here, are democrats seeing this? obviously, as a crusade for justice, but more importantly maybe the time that the walls finally close in on the former president. >> you know, i look at everything through the lens of what do independent voters say, because, again, where republicans stand, we certainly know where the democrats stand. where do independents stand? i obviously -- we know that independents are not keen on these investigations from january 6th to this latest investigation. it's not something that's attractive to them. but where does this also -- how does this affect swing voters going into the midterms and beyond that? those are the numbers i look at.

and i think time will tell if it continues to further erode his stature among swing voters and even perhaps some hard core republicans who have been with him the last six years. >> julia, we know that the doj hasn't made an official comment on the special master decision today. there's a deadline coming up on friday. what do we know about that? >> yeah, that's right. today they did say that they may -- that they're going to look at what happened, this request being granted for the special master. we may hear more from them. that's kind of a noncomment comment. but as far as friday, we have the wider case where you take it out of judge cannon's hands and back in the hands of the judge in florida who will decide what comes next in this case. and we'll be watching closely for that. >> my thanks to you all. as we celebrate labor day, we are reminded of its beginnings, rooted in the 19th

century fight for fair working conditions. the holiday is meant to recognize the contribution of workers. and we're seeing the largest increase for unions since the great depression. the sharpest increase has been among the private sector. nbc talked to three starbucks workers as they push to form unions at their locations. >> reporter: call it supply and demands. when a lot of the jobs lost from covid came back, many workers didn't. now the coveted employees left in the workforce have an edge, and they're using it, organizing at a pace not seen since the depression. >> the labor market constriction that we're experiencing means that workers have greater leverage. >> reporter: within the first minute of being in the car, we saw three starbucks. >> i think starbucks has been known as a good job. >> reporter: these two are

starbucks employees and are partners. they are examples of what some have nicknamed the great unionization. at the beginning of the year, they were trying to unionize the store where they work, hoping to join the ranks of 233 starbucks locations which have become union shops so far this year. >> we love this place and we know that it should be better. >> reporter: it's a shift in the balance of power. one that most americans are fully behind. a newly released poll shows 71% of americans approve of labor unions, the highest point in nearly 60 years. >> it's understood we do want more, and to be treated better and paid a living wage. >> reporter: the new wave comes after decades of decline. the numbers of private sector workers in unions has dropped every year, sinking to 6% since 1983. workers at apple, google and trader joe's have voted to unionize. amazon now has its first

unionized warehouse. a statement says they respect their rights to organize. the company pointed to pay increases. veronica organized a union in los angeles. it passed 22-2. >> people are happy to be heard. now we're a collective instead of individuals working at starbucks. >> reporter: they lost in their drive to unionize their starbucks. what i don't hear is you guys saying i hate starbucks. you obviously enjoy the drinks. >> it's more of us wanting to have a equal representation in the workplace. >> i don't think it's about convincing people to vote for the union. it's giving them the information and empowering them with the fact that they should be treated better by a multibillion dollar company. >> thanks to jacob for that reporting. coming up, a mother of two

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the flooding crisis in pakistan grows worse by the hour. more than 1300 people have been killed, including more than 450 children so far. about 33 million people are impacted overall. it's all due to record rainfall and melting glaciers in the northern mountains. the u.n. and pakistan's government have both blamed

climate change for the crisis, and this morning, the prime minister got an aerial view before visiting a relief camp in this country's hardest hit province. the u.n. and pakistan are asking for $160 million in emergency funding, and the u.n. secretary-general will visit the region later this week. more extreme weather in the u.s. this holiday weekend. more than 80 million people are under flood watches today from alabama to maine, after days of torrential downpour. flash flooding in georgia is being described as a one in 200-year event. for a third of the country on the west coast, temperatures continue to reach record levels. in california, triple digit heat is fueling fires across the state. and the heat is not expected to break for case. let's start with nbc's steve patterson in california. >> reporter: the dangers of this heatwave in effect now, expected to continue into the week and right now. fueling two of the worst

wildfires that we have in the state. they're happening in northern california, right next to the oregon border. two fires burning this the same county. the mill fire sparking friday, spreading quickly, doubling in size, now 4200 acres. two people found dead in that fire, and the wreckage left over, that fire carried by high winds, spreading across bone dry vegetation. through a neighborhood, so home after home, just torched, more than 100 structures estimated to be lost in that fire. the fire 40% contained. but firefighters dealing with that second fire, the mountain fire, very nearby. just a few miles north, close to 9,000 acres, that fire 10% contained. much larger but in a much more rural area, so firefighters hoping to keep that away from homes. all of that fueled by this heatwave we're in. historians estimate this may be

one of the worst heatwaves the west has ever seen. 100 degree temperatures expected to stretch to friday. 115 in central valley, california, where our country's food is produced. farm workers having to get out of the heat. crews in the city having to get out of the heat. the biggest worry right now is grid operators worrying about the stress on the power grid. by tuesday, we could see 50,000 mega watts of energy used. that's an incredible amount. if that is surpassed, it could mean there's more demand than energy suppliesed. so during the afternoon, about 4:00 to 9:00 p.m., they're telling people to conserve energy, raise the thermostat, don't use appliances, all in an effort to keep that energy usage lower, so we're not in a situation where energy managers have to go into rolling

blackouts. if it happened, it would be a more dangerous situation here in california. back to you. >> steve, thank you. now to nbc's george solace in somerville, georgia. what is the latest where you are? >> reporter: water has receded some hours ago, but now we're starting to see the impact of what it's done to this community. there is a line of cars here collecting water. a lot of people have low water pressure and everyone here is under a boil water advisory. those waters brushing and rising that inundated the water plant here. so officials here, still trying to figure out when they might be able to get the water systems back online. we do know sometimes it could take two to three days or longer. we heard reports of people say they're seeing brown sludge when they turn on the faucets. they're saying the infrastructure is not where it

needs to be. some wonder if maybe this could have been avoided. we do know that so much water felt in such a short period of time that 100 year type flooding event. we talked into a number of businesses here today to get a sense of how high the water got. and one business, the water easily two to three feet. the business owner telling me that all of her goods inside completely submerged. we're talking about losses in the hundreds of thousands. some foundations on some homes, some people may not be aware of the total structural damage to their property. so that state of emergency will help once people file the claims. for now, what we have seen is this rush of community support here. this is a local firehouse. and this water give away has been blasting all day. it started in the morning and you can see people just coming and going.

people are going to need this. because, again, they don't have water and they're under that boil water advisory. we talked to some business owners who would say today is labor day, so we would be trying to sell to customers, but they can't because they don't have the authority to open because of the public health considerations. i talked to a young woman who said's never seen the street fr fridges to dumpsters. so this people by surprise. now some are concerned that more flooding events could be happening. they're saying we didn't think it could happen like this here in our neck of the woods but they are seeing this with more prevalence and seeing these flooding events happen with much more intensity. i want you to listen to what some people told me. >> i grew up pretty much in this town. probably the first time i have seen it flood like it did yesterday.

>> what does that tell you? >> i think some people might have been unprepared for it. you know, not just normal civilians, but the county and city themselves. i get it, things happen. to me, i think the drainage system wasn't all there prepared for what was going to happen. >> it was a lot, so i'm sure y'all seen pictures. so mostly affected would be right down the street. so dirt and then the market got affected pretty badly. our community is coming together to help them. they've lost a good amount of products, all kinds of things down there. >> walk us through what you saw on the street. water got pretty high. >> yes. >> it impacted this really popular business. what did you see? >> umm, it was -- so the water was probably -- some places up to your hip.

>> reporter: again, one of the things that really amazing us as we cover these stories, again, they are happening with more p prevalence. we saw some businesses inundated with mud and muck. one woman telling me her losses in the hundreds of thousands. she wonders if she'll be able to recover. this is after she said we've seen flooding before, it wasn't so bad, and now this event catching people off guard. this water event here, this is as good as supplies last. so they're hoping that as soon as the government steps in, there might be more water giveaways. so people here also contending with the heat. obviously, not nearly as bad as it is out west. that's another factor. but the key thing here people are definitely paying attention to the weather.

they say look, we see a little bit of rain now, and we are second guessing our preparations. people are no longer taking anything for grant it. lindsey? >> george, thanks so much. dna from a pair of sandals has led memphis police to an arrest in the case of that missing kindergarten teacher and mom of two who was seen being forced into an suv while out for a jog. eliza fletcher still has not been found, but police have charged a 38-year-old man with kidnapping and tampering with evidence. they say he's declined to give investigators fletcher's location. jesse kirsch is follow thing story. what do we know so far about the suspect and the investigation? >> reporter: yeah, about where i'm standing right now is the last place that police say that eliza fletcher was seen. that was early friday morning. authorities saying that she was on a morning jog, and according to an affidavit, a court document, she was on her run

around here, and an suv drove past, then stopped, waited for her to continue past the suv, and authorities say at that point, that's when the suspect got out of the suv, aggressively approached her, and there was a violent abduction according to this court document. we are told that the suspect, 38-year-old cleotha abston, is staged -- charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence. police are confirming to nbc news this same man pled guilty more than 20 years ago in a separate kidnapping case. he's being held on a $500,000 bond. we expect him to be making his first appearance before a judge tomorrow morning. as that unfolds, police continue searching for eliza fletcher. something that's notable beyond the fact that there is this mysterious disappearance. since she's vanished, she's not

been seen. for people not familiar with memphis, her family is well known. she is the grand daughter of a hardware store chain magnate. her family is well known. she's described as a beloved teacher. she teaches junior kindergarten. she's said to be deeply involved with her church. so these are the details we are learning about this, 34-year-old mother of two young children, and her family is pleading for her safe return. again, we are looking at four days since she was last seen. and the suspect, according to police, is still not share bring she is. as we are talking right now, this search continues. we have seen a helicopter in the sky in the area where the suspect was seen to have been, according to two witnesses, they were reported seeing him wiping out the inside of a car with floor cleaner and washing his clothes in the sink and behaving strangely. so in that neighborhood, we saw

police canvassing widely. there were dog teams, atvs in the area. so this has been going on throughout the weekend, stretching into this week. again, this mother still has not been heard from according to authorities since early friday. we always talk about every hour counts. another thing to be thinking about here is potentially the extent of her injuries. hopefully she is still alived. it is believed that the suspect would have been cleaning up blood where he was seen cleaning out that vehicle, and it's likely she suffered serious injuries based on what was seen in surveillance video. >> jesse, what do we know about the suspect and his criminal history? >> reporter: yeah, we just talked about right there that he pled guilty according to police to a separate kidnapping incident several years ago. perhaps that is how police had a dna sample. they haven't given us further

detail how they had his dna. but sandals that were left behind here were found by a random person, or at least someone, we don't know how random this was, but someone who came through here after the abduction, they saw the victim's phone and sandals. got in touch with the family of the victim, the family of the victim then passes the sandals onto authorities, as well as the phone, according to this affidavit. according to that court document, at that point the dna sample was taken. it matches to the suspect, cleotha abston, and that helped authorities zero in on him. they find that his cell phone, the device attached to his cell phone number was here at the time of the abduction. at the address where they find the vehicle, they found the suspect, according to this

affidavit. at which point the suspect tried to flee but was apprehended and charged. again, all of this is going on. he's in police custody. he has this criminal history, and he's still not divulging this woman's location, even though he's being accused of being the person behind this abduction. one other thing just to note, we were talking about time passing, every hour counting. the gap between this alleged abduction and when the suspect was reported to be seen cleaning out the vehicle, that was around three hours. so that is the time span that you have to think authorities trying to figure out what was going on this that time right now. >> jesse kirsch, thank you so much. still ahead, summer is unofficially over. kids are going back to school. how one tennessee community reached into their pockets to stock classroom shelves. but first, we are live in

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despite a summer filled with travel theys and cancellations, americans hit the roads in record numbers this holiday. the highest labor day travel numbers in nearly three years. nbc's maggie vespa has details. >> reporter: after an excruciating summer of cancellations and delays, this holiday weekend is going relatively smoothly, and then mother nature threw airlines a new curveball. this amid a holiday travel surge that is putting prepandemic numbers to shame. it's summer travel's last gasp. and this morning, new troubles. >> i woke up with a text messaging saying my flight was canceled. >> reporter: dozens of flights canceled and hundreds delayed. this as millions head home today from a long, holiday weekend. 82% of travelers hitting the roads as gas prices continue to drop nationwide. >> we enjoy to travel in our

vehicle, and it's actually still a lot less expensive than flying. >> reporter: the rest, taking to the skies. >> the line was long, but they were steady. >> reporter: making it the busiest labor day weekend since the pandemic. after a summer plagued by record setting cancellations and staffing shortages, now the airlines are getting back on track. american, delta, united and southwest all reducing routes to prevent delays. >> they cut their schedule to a point where they can reasonably operate without these sorts of widespread cancellations that were common place this summer. >> reporter: the result, fewer disruptions and packed planes. transportation secretary pete buttigieg proposing changes. >> overall, it's not acceptable. >> reporter: and the government launching a new dash board

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swag for her district. by the way, that was just raised in six weeks. the community with the median income of $53,000 where every student qualifies for free lunch. how did she do it? it all started with a simple facebook page posted at the heist of the pandemic in 2020 and tina joins me now. >> thank you, linsey. it's an honor to represent becker county. >> you saw a need in your community, how did it balloon into this? well, it's fairly simple. you have to have someone behind the page with a lot of passion and a lot of joy, and we created a facebook page and with the faith of a mustard seed we've never looked back, and our community has truly rallied around our teachers $90,000. >> tell me about the donations, both from maybe somebody who would only scrounge up ten bucks to the big corporate

participations. >> absolutely. so again, the $90,000 is comprised of individuals and it's comprised of companies such as newell home of the sharpie marker giving us $25,000 in tangible classroom supplies. those were dispersed all across the community. 16 schools, 635 teachers and 8,643 students positively impacted by a tiny little idea such as bedford county adopt a teacher. i am so honored to be a small part of what has become truly a community movement here in smalltown america. >> well, you are very humble. we will get to that in a minute, but talk to me about what it's like to be a teacher in bedford county. i know you're not, you're a mom and a working mom, at that, but do you think this is giving teachers the boost to say these parents, they really appreciate

me? >> 100%. while this was started to help to alleviate some of those out of pocket expenses, it's so much more than that. it has delivered this enormous amount of gratitude that's truly become a campaign about more than pencils and crayons, but instead, a pep rally. a pep rally for the summer to really just get our teachers excited about going back to school and truly transforming their mindset. creating a culture, a place where people can give and that's what i learned through all of this is people do want to give back. they just don't always have the platform to do so, and that's what we've been able to do here, and with the shortage of teachers across america, i can't encourage you guys enough if you're watching. find someone to do this for your community. it just might change the mindset and people just might want to go to school to be a teacher because they truly are our

differencemakers. >> tina, i have less than a minute here. we do have to give you a shout out. you said that you play a small part, but you run a page and it's a full-time job on top of your two full-time jobs, what's next for next year? >> well, we are excited that we have an opportunity to layer in a new level. i am very hopeful. i can't give you all of the details, but this platform has provided us with next-level opportunities to raise money amongst big businesses here in our community and pass that along to our teachers, specifically in bedford county in the form of grants. so more to come, bedford county. i look forward to seeing what we can do and we'll be back with you hopefully next year, linsey. >> tina, look forward to it. >> joy reid picks up the coverage on "the reid out" next.

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