good day. 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. i want to catch you on some of the news happening while we were all watching the queen's historic funeral in london. president biden left the uk a couple of hours ago, now flying back to washington, d.c. his latest interview on "60 minutes" raising some eyebrows after he said the pandemic is over, insisted u.s. forces would defend taiwan if chinaen sraeuded and seemed to downplay concerns about inflation and the economy. more on all of that in just a

minute. plus, migrants being used by republican governors to send a message to democrats and the president. but what about the men, women, and children caught in the middle? we'll talk about their plight coming up. in ukraine, president zelenskyy said his soldiers are poised to recapture more grouped in the south and east. but he also told reuters he doesn't see the war ending any time soon. former ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, will join us. and take a look out of puerto rico's southern coast. hurricane fiona pounded the island, leaving 1 million people without power. the governor says there is damage that is, quote, catastrophic. and we begin with hurricane fiona's impact. the category 1 storm is currently passing over the then can republic after ripping

through puerto rico on saturday. today most of the 1.4 million residents remain without power. luma energy has so far restored power to 100,000 customers. officials say it could be days before power is fully restored. fiona's outer banks continue to unleash flooding rains on puerto rico. the national hurricane center calls, quote, life threatening and catastrophic. this hurricane hitting almost five years to the day after hurricane maria devastated the island. joining us is george solis. george, what's the latest on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, jose, this is what they say is a nightmare. almost five years to the day after hurricane maria. it could take days, if not weeks, for power to be restored. this is what a lot of people

were telling me their biggest concern was. this was going to knock out the frail power grid. what we are seeing now is the continuing assault of fiona as it moves and gets ready to slam the dough minute cal republic. this only a small sliver of damage this has done to the island of puerto rico. we have seen flooding of homes, businesses. people who lost everything. at this hour, 2,000 people now in shelter. some not able to assess the full scope of this damage. and right now, this is another concern. this relentless rain bringing more flooding to the region. an area that frankly does not need more rain. we're looking at 25, 30 inches of rain going to fall in parts of this island. this is an area already saturated by any shower event. there's a lot happening and a lot of concern in this island right now. people hoping this storm passes. because right now, if this continues for the next several

days, we could be looking at more historic rainfall were totals. jose. >> george, i think it's important to talk about this is not a wind disaster as much as it is a rain disaster. the winds are clearly category 1. but the amount of water that this storm is leaving in puerto rico is causing massive flooding and just real dangerous conditions. >> reporter: that's right. we've already seen images of people having to be rescued as a result of these rapidly rising floodwaters. you're right, the wind still a concern here. right now the island may not have that hurricane warning anymore. we are still feeling the effects of the trorpls winds. this rain bringing historic-level flooding. the governor saying some areas of puerto rico didn't get this much rain during hurricane

maria. right now people are encouraged to just hunker down and ride the storm out. even though there are moments where things start to clear and pass, we have events like this. and this is what presents the real danger, the flash flooding that could occur and pose serious risk to people. jose. >> george solis in ponce, puerto rico. and wtvj nbc 6 john morales. it is great to see you. what a difficult circumstance the people of puerto rico have been dealing with it. talk about fiona, its impact and where it's headed. >> reporter: hi, jose. it's always great to see you. the impact on puerto rico has been devastating for many locations particularly because of the flooding rains which are historic rains. you just mentioned that a second ago. this is rainfall that the rate at which the rain was falling

yesterday during the course of three hours between noon and 3:00 p.m. in the municipality of ponc he. inland there was a rain gauge that received over 15 inches of rain in the span of three hours. jose, that is a 1 in 500-year event for puerto rico in terms of the amount of rain that fell in such a short amount of time. total consumation exceeds 30 inches. that is greater than hurricane maria. there was one small spot that got similar amounts. but nevertheless between that and some of the wind gusts, which hrp 80 to 100 miles per hour, this has not been quite maria, thankfully. but the island was already fragile. and unfortunately this is just a big blow for puerto rico. >> john, again, there are few people that know more about this than you.

i am so grateful that you are spending time with us here on msnbc. talk to us about the dominican republic and haiti, the island of hispaniola. it looks like it is taking a turn away from this island, but still it is dangerous. what do you see now going forward? >> reporter: so the center of the hurricane is located over the northeastern part of the dominican republic, a prominent bay to a fingerlike peninsula on the northern side of the dominican republic. it is crossing the peninsula right now b now, i would say, and exiting into the open waters of the ocean as a category 1 hurricane. now, for the dominican republic, there has been the typical category 1 wind damage of downed power lines, downed trees. some of the weaker structures

have been impacted. some roofs torn off. not catastrophic but still significant damage. in the dominican republic, there is big-time flooding in many of the rivers and tributaries there. so even as the hurricane exits the dominican republic, they will have to deal with the rains. just like today it is still raining in puerto rico. dominican, it will rain today, tonight, tomorrow, and possibly on into wednesday. so the flooding there is just getting started. >> and just, john, real quick. we are smack dab in the middle "the atlantic" hurricane season. >> reporter: indeed. the season got off to a pretty slow start. we have been running below normal. we're still running below normal in terms of hurricane activity in the atlantic up to this point. this is still the month of

september. september is the peak month for hurricanes, especially the fearful hurricanes, the ones that come all the way across the atlantic from africa. those are usually the most potent hurricanes and the ones we still need to watch for for the next week or two at least. >> john morales, thank you very much e for being with us. i very much appreciate your time. >> reporter: thank you. president biden is heading back to the u.s. after attending queen elizabeth's funeral. he has a big week ahead, including a speech before the general assembly on wednesday, following an interview with "60 minutes" where he commented inflation, to taiwan, to the pandemic. >> the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid. we're still doing a lot of work on it. but the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one is wearing masks. everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. >> joining us now nbc news

correspondent josh letterman. the president made remarks about taiwan that are getting some attention. >> reporter: that's right. on a handful of occasions the last six months or so, president biden has been asked about taiwan and whether the u.s. military would respond if china were to launch an invasion of taiwan. and on each occasion the president has seemed to indicate that in his view, yes, the u.s. would. only to then see white house officials and other u.s. officials walk back those comments and indicate there's been no change to u.s. position that is a position of strategic ambiguity about how the u.s. would respond in that situation. and then on "60 minutes", he was asked in the context of ukraine, and the contrast between ukraine where the u.s. provided weapons and other assistance but is not putting boots on the ground to defend ukraine militarily against russia's invasion. and here's what president biden had to say. >> so, unlike ukraine, to be

clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women, would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion? >> yes. . >> reporter: now, president biden seemed to be fairly explicit with that response of yes. today we are seeing white house officials make clear there's been no change to u.s. policy which supports the one china policy in which the u.s. recognizes china's claim of sovereignty over all of china, including taiwan but does not explicitly agree or disagree with that chinese position. essentially, leaving it very vague. the white house said that is still the position if you're sitting in beijing, you're probably thinking president biden on a half dozen occasions he does think the u.s. would respond militarily. which is more important, what the president says with his own words or what officials say as they try to clean this up. the chinese government today

already responding to the latest comments saying they are very happy, that they are launching a formal complaint with the u.s. over this. they said it does not contribute to peace and stability to have the u.s. making these kinds of comments about taiwan, jose. >> josh ledder thank you. a sheer number of people crossing the border daily. the relief they are hoping to see for the migrants and for their community as well. and later, violent protests in crisis-stricken haiti. what is fueling the latest unrest there? the new subway ser. the greatest sandwich roster ever assembled. tony, the new outlaw's got double pepper jack and juicy steak. let's get some more analysis on that, chuck. mmm. pepper jack. tender steak. very insightful, guys. the new subway series. what's your pick? ♪ ♪

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shelter situation. buses carrying migrants were september by republican state borders. new york city saw nine buses arrive on sunday, to top of the eight that arrived the day before. phaoepblg, at the border, some are being transported from small times like eagle pass, texas, where 50,000 were caught just in the month of july alone crossing. priscilla, what's the overwhelming sent many where you are? >> reporter: yeah, jose. there's a lot of compassion here for migrants. many of the residents here see that perilous journey that is being taken day in and day out as folks walk up from the river here. many residents here understand how perilous that journey is and the level of desperation that must be behind such a move. i spoke to one woman here, a mother of two girls and a

librarian, myrna almaguer, about how she's seeing and how it makes her feel. and i want to play a bit of this conversation. >> the these moms are not coming to get a handout. these moms are coming for a better life. they risk their lives. if you see the river, they risk their lives just coming across. i have a 5-year-old daughter, and i'm thinking what would i do? >> reporter: but she also told us that she is disappointed in the response from the government. she feels that the government should be doing more both for those migrants and also for cities like eagle pass, that are dealing with this issue day in and day out. jose. >> and, priscilla, they're dealing with this day in and day out. they're a very small city. how is that represented? how is this having an impact on eagle pass? >> reporter: yeah.

very small city. you mentioned those 50,000 apprehensions that occurred along the border in eagle pass in july. that is 20,000 more people than who live in this town. they are just being inundated. we spoke with the constable and did a ride-along. he said sometimes his officers can't respond to routine 9 11 calls because they are dealing with this issue. what we are hearing from residents and officials as they're hearing these mayors and officials in bigger cities talking about the strain on their resources, many people here in eagle pass are saying it's also a strain on our resources. now you all understand what we've been experiencing here in a much smaller city. i think what people want to see is the state government for federal government work together to come to some sort of solution that will help everyone here. jose. >> nbc's priscilla thompson, thank you so much. i want to bring in the executive

director of lawyers for civil rights. he is representing some of the my grants who have been transported north. ivan, thank you for being with us. those have been in the most difficult experience just getting to the united states before being sent north. how have they been affected by this? >> thank you for having me. this has been extraordinarily traumatic for our clients. they have lived through harrowing experiences, surviving torture in mexico. one of my client was kidnapped, his teeth removed. he is effectively toothless. this is an incredible amount of harm that has come to these folks. they're coming from a background where they don't trust government. then to be used as political pawns in the united states, it's just shameful. >> ivan, how do you put into

perspective for all of us just how dire the situation is for so many people that are simply wanting to request the right to request asylum? in other words, this is not a situation where they're -- they're handing themselves in. talk to us about just how difficult the situation is for people in venezuela, in cuba, haiti, nicaragua, in some of the countries where human rights don't exist. >> absolutely. and the point to emphasize here is the element of surrendering yourself to immigration officials, which is exactly what our clients have done. they're following the rules. they show up at the border, surrender themselves to immigration. so they are known requesting immigration protection and relief, asylum, based on

conditions that are horrifying in countries in latin america like venezuela. so our clients are in the immigration system. officers debriefed them on what they need to do to stay in compliance. they need to show up to a check-in, immigration proceedings, or court hearings. and they want to be in compliance. they're eager to be in compliance. one of the biggest things we hear, no the just in martha's vineyard, but now they're in cape cod at the base, how do i stay compliant? how do i make sure a court order isn't issued in myabsence? this is critical for them and important under the american immigration system. shipping them across the country interferes with that right, interferes with federal immigration enforcement. >> ivan, so their situation, i

don't know the word legally. their situation changes when they're moved. not just when they're moved by the governor of texas and florida to martha's vineyard and new york and d.c., but there have been federal flights out of border areas to different towns and cities around our country. although with coordination with local officials. how does their situation change when they are moved? >> it changes materially. we are talking about people who are highly vulnerable, who were promised employment, who were promised immigration benefits, who traveled under false pretenses. they have been defrauded. we are talking about human trafficking, kidnapping here. and on top of that, they're further away from the immigration courts, supervisors

that are supposed to be checking in with them, overseeing them. this disrupts the orderly progression of federal immigration law. and, let's be clear, in marchs that vineyard, cape cod, the community is welcoming these immigrants and providing support, but it needs to be orderly. and orderly starts with following federal immigration law. as my clients say, we came to this country because this country follows the rule of law. [ speaking non-english ] is what they say. in terms of texas and florida, they're being manipulated. they are being defrauded. there are criminal and civil consequences. they are being transported away from immigration proceedings. this is being done deliberately and intentionally, and that is shameful. and that is illegal. and as lawyers for civil rights, we will not stand for it.

>> thank you so much for being with us today. very much appreciate your time. >> thank you. new legal developments surrounding the former president. one investigation you may have, well, forgotten about that involves trump's accounting firm. new nbc polling suggests political tides could be turning a bit in democrats's favor with 50 days to go to the midterms. what are the issues driving that change? our very own steve kornacki joins us live from the big board. it's good to see you. ig board. it's good to see you put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,... i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. check. when uc held me back... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when uc got the upper hand... rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief. lasting, steroid-free remission. and a chance to visibly repair the colon lining. check. check. and check.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 29 past the hour. as we speak, former president trump is subject of more than a half dozen investigations on the state and federal level. but today there are new developments in one you may have forgotten about over the weekend. the "new york times" reported that mazar's usa, the long-time accounting firm for trump and his family business, have begun handing over financial documents to the house oversight committee, ending a legal fight that started three years ago. luke broadwater wrote the article, congressional reporter for "the times" and lisa ruben

with the rachel maddow show. can you remind us why they want these documents? >> right. there are so many investigations going into into former president trump it could be hard to keep up with them all. you may have heard of one of them three years ago or more, and that is these documents related to donald trump allegedly or potentially inflating certain assets, undervaluing other assets when it served his purposes, potentially allocations about violating the emoluments clauses and related investigations. michael cohen testified on capitol hill some time ago laying out some of these allegations against donald trump and his business practices. and the committee fought really hard to try to get these documents in court and finally is starting to get them as of last weekend.

>> and so, lisa, these documents are not only a big deal for the committee but also central to the new york state attorney general's investigation, right? >> that's right. jose, as you noted, the new york state attorney general's investigation focuses on the exact same thing luke was talking about, did trump and those around him inflate certain assets not only for the purposes of tax benefits but to obtain insurance policies or loans from banks a lot more favorable terms than otherwise he would be able to get. we know the new york attorney general's office recently rejected a i settlement offer from the trump organization. former president trump gave a deposition in which he gave the fifth more than 400 times. they will have to see whether they will bring a complaint against the trump organization or former president trump, and we are waiting to see what happens there. >> luke, i want to shift to the

investigation into the documents seized at mar-a-lago. donald trump has arrived there over the weekend. he's expected to stay there for the winter. president biden was asked about the documents on "60 minutes". here's what he had to say. >> when you saw the photograph of the top secret documents laid out on the floor at mar-a-lago, what did you think to yourself looking at that image? >> how that could possibly happen. how anyone could be that irresponsible. and i thought, what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods. by that, i mean, names of people, help, et cetera. just totally irresponsible. >> luke, when this first came out, out of trump's republican allies in congress were attacking the justice department. what are you hearing from them now? >> yeah. they're a lot quieter these days. they will still defend president

trump but not as view zipf rousely as they once did. when it comes out what donald trump had at mar-a-lago, whether that was information that could endanger the lives of cia spies or nsa programs and top secret information, it does look worse for any defense of president trump. the other thing they are concerned about, republicans on the hill, when trump is the phone us of the news cycle, it's not good for their election chances politically. they want to keep the focus on president biden. they want to keep the focus on the economy and inflation and the southern border. every day that trump is talking about whether or not he misused classified documents or january 6th or any of these topics, they're days when republicans are not winning the news cycle in their view. yes, i think president biden was raising an important point which is the role of the president is to stay out of medaling with the

justice department. and he did make that point. >> i thank you very much for being with us today. we are 50 days out from the midterm elections. new polling shows democrats pulled even with republicans when it comes to who voters want to see in congress. joining us from the big board is steve kornacki. steve, what are some of the highlights from this new nbc news poll? >> i think we got real suspense 50 days out from the midterms. earlier this year, it didn't look that way. early they were reporting to a republican wave. numbers have started to change over the summer. here is joe biden's approval rating. we have talked how it tends to practical what a president's party does in midterm elections. his number isn't that great here. a majority disapprove of his job as president. but the trend line has been positive for biden this summer.

a month ago our same poll here, nbc poll a month ago had him at 42%. now he's at 45%. late spring, biden was in the 30s. it's not that he moved into a strong position, but he was in a particularly weak position, say, six months or so ago. not quite as bad as now. there have been not insignificant movement in the president's direction when it comes to job performance. you mentioned the generic ballot. we got that all knotted up a month ago. we said democrats then were closing the gap, that it was down to two. the republican lead. now it's even. very interesting here. if you look back at 2018, 2014. if you look back at 2010. the last three midterm elections they were all wave elections for the opposition party. democrats had their wave in 2018. republicans had waves in 2014. and in 2010, when barack obama was president, at this point in all three of those cycles, you could see it in this generic

ballot. you could see a clear advantage for the opposition party that ended up translateing into the big gains, waves on election day. here in our poll we have a tie. that's different from the past three elections. that is different than what republicans several months ago were expecting. will that continue on to november into the general location? what about the issues in the strength reach party. you ask people which party would you prefer on these issues? these are the three issues where republicans score the strongest. border, crime, economy. 36 points, 23 points, and 19 points. voters say they would prefer republicans when it comes to these issues. what are the issues democrats strongest on? you see them right here. abortion. since the supreme court ruling, this has rocketed to the top of the list for democrats. i think it's motivated voters. probably one of the reasons why

polling has gotten close and we are showing this even generic ballot. what hovers over all of this, the economy. you saw the republican advantage on the economy. when you ask this question about joe biden, the effect his policies have had, 23% say it has more helped than hurt the economy. abortion taking center stage this summer. donald trump's numbers aren't good this summer. it has seen the generic ballot draw even in the poll. republicans hope ultimately between now and election day it's the economy that reemerges at the fore. it's inflation. it's voter perceptions like this that could bring things back in the republican direction. democrats have made this even. they have created suspense we didn't think was going to be there. will it last clear through election day is the big question. >> steve kornacki, thank you so

very much. prisoner swap. a u.s. navy veteran is now free after two years in captivity in afghanistan. what the u.s. government had to give up to bring him home. you're watching msnbc.

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there was still work to be done. i'm actually told the u.s. strike that killed al qaeda leader al zawahiri in august did not derail the talks. mark was working as a civilian contractor when he was kidnapped by the haqqani network. the taliban wanted bashir norzai in exchange. he smuggled a huge amount of heroin into new york city and was sentenced to life in prison. he was never accused of terrorism. an assessment by the intelligence community found his release after 17 years in u.s. custody would not have a meaningful effect on the afghan drug trade or u.s. security. it was still a hard decision for biden because it is such an uneven trade. mark was an innocent victim, did nothing wrong.

and the afghan drug smuggler. at the end of the day, the white house wanted to get this u.s. citizen back and so they approved this trade. ukrainian officials say they narrowly avoided a possible nuclear catastrophe. this video shows the moment a powerful missile explodes less than 1,000 feet from the south ukraine nuclear power plant. the state nuclear company says the reactors were not damaged. nbc news has not independently verifies this video. it is too early to say that the tide is turning despite rapid gains made in the last month. joining us former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor, now vice president for russia and europe at the institute of peace. good to see you. do you think this is a turning point in the war for ukraine?

if this isn't, what would be? >> jose, it's a very good sign. this major counter offensive that the ukrainians have pulled off both in the north actually and in the south was brilliantly done. they faked the russians and then moved very quickly in the north around kharkiv and pushed back the russians way back towards the russian border. this was definitely a change in momentum. it was made possible by weapons, some of which you're showing right now, that the americans and other nato allies have provided to ukrainians. the ukrainians are very pleased with these weapons. the shift in momentum is evident. and the morale is way high. so they are on a roll. we will see if it turns the overy'all tide of the war. >> hundreds of bodies, including

children, have been uncovered in mass graves in all kinds of areas in ukraine. zelenskyy just doubled down on calling out russia for war crimes. what does accountable look like, ambassador? >> accountability looks like holding people to account who have made decisions that have resulted in war crimes, atrocities, and even genocide. now, what that means is, of course, ukraine has to win. ukraine has to win this war on the people who brought these to bear. they will not be able to bridge them to bear if russia can get away with it. that's why it is important for all these weapons to continue to flow so that accountability will be clear. >> the general assembly is meeting this week. there is expected to be a big

agenda point. ken, can we hope for any progress this week in the united nations? it hasn't been exactly that effective in dealing with the russians there. >> it hasn't. of course what hasn't been effective which is the security council. in the general assembly this week, there is no veto. indeed, the russians have lost another major decision in the u.n. they lost 101-7 yesterday when they tried to stop president zelenskyy from making his speech to the u.n. the russians have had a bad time in the general assembly. the general assembly is not able to resolve this war. >> ambassador, i want to thank you. your voice held out. i don't know how you did it. but you're just extraordinary.

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51 past the hour. the miami herald says haiti is descending into anarchy, after the interim governor, the prime minister significantly raised fuel prices leading to thousands taking to the streets to protest. it is the new round of instability in a country hit by spiraling gang violence, high inflation, growing hunger, and political unrest deepened by the still unsolved murder of the former president. joining us now gary pierre-pierre, the founder and publisher of the haitian times. guyy, always a pleasure to see you. your team at the haitian times is looking at a special investigation into the haiti gangs crisis and possible solutions. what options are you finding? >> well, the options that we are

looking at is that we should be trying to replicate some of the actions that have been taken in latin american countries, primarily ecuador, where they have been able to assimilate the gangs back into civil society, and by providing them jobs, and making them feel part of a society, as opposed to being ostracized, and becoming a bunch of murderers and kidnappers. >> what is the state of haiti today, and gary, you know, there are so many things that are so inner-connected, you know, in our world, we're seeing a large number of haitians fleeing the island, trying to reach the united states, and what is the situation like in haiti today? >> well, obviously, it's not very good. but, i want to say, i want to step back a little bit and provide some context to what we see happening in the last week

or so. the protests are not being caused by the traditional opposition political leaders, caused by the labor unions, so what he call this is organized chaos. okay? and the prime minister is very weak, and so with the populist support, according to a good source of mine, very credible source, what happened is that this simply forced some people in the energy sector to pay the taxes and as a result, it unleashed the chaos on the country. gas prices believe it or not is deeply subsidized by the government in haiti, it is cheaper than it is in the united states, and to, you know, some of these people in the energy sector are making millions of dollars, the oligarchs who are really, really making life difficult for the population, because they see their personal

interests at work, so that's what is going on. as far as the -- go ahead. >> well, i was just saying, that's a very dire reality that you're talking about, gary and i'm just wondering, how something like that can be overcome. >> well, it's a very complicated, the solutions are very complicated, i mean the united states, the major super power in the neighborhood, in the word, needs to address first of all, the security situation. and help bring some sort of a military police like we have in argentina and columbia and other parts, but that's just one step. and then the second step is really to look after the situations in our country, here in the united states, where we talk about eradicating poverty, fighting poverty, and crime and all of that, and it's always about the soft power, it's not about more cops, more guns, it's

about how do you empower communities. i think this is a situation, indeed with haiti in the current crisis. it is not just about security. it's also about creating a more egalitarian society. this is at the root cause of everything we've been talking about in the last two years, it is about inequality, in a group of people who are determined to keep the population down, whether in the course we are going to go on a boat to get to miami or try to cross the dominican republic, anywhere but haiti because life is unsustainable for them. >> i always appreciate your conversation, i thank you for your time. that wraps up this hour. i'm sticking around for more coverage of queen elizabeth ii's burial service next hour and we will head to london coming up. . explore new worlds, and to start screening for colon cancer. yep.

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on "60 minutes" about the historic level of inflation. >> inflation month to month is just an inch, hardly at all. >> you're in the arguing that 8.3% is good news. >> i'm not saying it is good news. bus it was 8.2, or 8.2 before, i can make it sound like all of a sudden, it went to 8.2%, it's been -- the highest rate. in president in 40 years. >> i got that. but guess what we are, we are in a position where for the last several months it hasn't spiked. and it is just barely, it's been basically even. >> according to nbc news, democrats and republicans are now tied on the generic congressional ballot, both parties with 46%. but dig deeper and pollsters say there are actually two campaigns going on. according to the republican pollster, there is a campaign about the economy, cost of living, crime, and border security, and republicans are winning this campaign, but there is a second campaign, on abortion, democracy, climate change, and democrats are

winning that campaign. i want to bring in our guest, chief correspondent for the pbs news hour and msnbc contributor, a washington bureau chief, usa today, and it is not unusual, susan, to see the two parties focusing on different issues, but in this case, it seems like they almost cancel each other out. how does this set the stage for the next 50 days? >> jose, if you're putting that question to me, it sets the stage for a very difficult election. and not the midterm election we expected. we thought this was going to be a real blowout for the gop a couple of months ago, the abortion issue, the fact that congressional democrats got a few more things done, giving president biden kind of a boost, it has made this an election, i think it is hard to call. i think it falls in the senate, it is conceivable either party will be in the senate while the

votes are counted and while it is still likely that republicans will carry the house, it looks like they very well may have a narrow margin, that they had hoped for and that is 50 kay days, and a lot can happen as we know. >> 50 days can be a political lifetime. and i know that the president said he doesn't expect the economy to get any worse, the dow has lost 10% of its value in the past month, there are real concerns about a possible recession, here's more from the president, on his message to the american people. >> i'm telling the american people that we're going to get control of inflation. and the prescription drug prices are going to be a hell of a lot lower, their health care costs will be a lot lower, basic costs for everybody, energy prices will be lower, they will be in a situation where they begin to gain control again. i'm a little more optimistic than i've been in a long time. >> more optimistic than he has been in a long time is, that a

message that can translate and transfer throughout the country? >> i think if you ask about 60% of voters out there, in the latest poll, they would say no. about 60% of them disagree with how the president has been handling the economy, and look, inflation, and the economy and the cost of living, these are not partisan issues, these are being felt by every single american. when you ask white house officials about this and this is why we saw president biden mentioning these specific items as well, they will think that the individual things they have been doing, with the recent signing into law the reduction inflation act, and lowering prescription drug costs and lowering the cost of energy and lowering their health care cost and to be fair, the price of gas in particular has been taken down in recent weeks, these are all things that americans are seeing show up every day in their households but pessimism, voter pessimism especially on the economy continues to run high. on your earlier point though, jose, this is where these numbers matter. about 60% of voters say we do

not like the way the president has been handling the economy. equally about 60% of americans say that they disagreed with the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. so when you look at these waves, you've got as you mentioned two different campaigns, two different waves, and basically, running at cross-currents to each other. it will be interesting to see which of those issues play out at the top of voters' lists in the election. >> i want to bring in former president for the latina victory project and former biden campaign adviser and msnbc political analyst, i want to dive a little bit into the economy, and "the new york times" poll showing that while a majority of latinos still plan to vote democrat in the fall the advantage for democrat is not quite as strong as it once was and one of the reasons is the economy. 54% of latinos say the economy is most important to their vote. on that issue, they're essentially split on which party

is doing better. why the erosion? >> well, first, thank you for having me, great to be back, i will sail two things about this, and one, it is a very strong poll for democrats even on the economy, it is still work to be done and other issues are working into the top core issue, including abortion, including immigration, including other things that we haven't seen rise to the top, in a little while, and i think as you heard the president talking about, on "60 minutes," the economy, given all that we've been through, is really recovered at an historic pace, where we're essentially at full employment, and the reason almost six out of ten people will vote for democrats is because they trust democrats on this issue, they trust the president on this issue, and inflationary pressures are coming down. so i do think those numbers still, we have 50 days to go, will continue to go up a little bit but jose, as you know better than anybody, latinos are basically a swing vote and i think the way the campaigns and the dnc needs to target and

think about latinos is, the same as white swing voters in michigan and wisconsin and requiring significant investment and attention and more work to be done. all in all i think democrats are in a pretty good spot here. not as high as they want to be. but in a position to win in many of these states. >> i was just wondering, you and i were talking about this when you were in your other role, but it seems as though democrats and republicans tend to, as a national party, kind of ignore the latino vote until, well, they kind of need to reach out to us and say hey, we need your support. is there enough being done to reach the latino voter? and as you so eloquently stated, it is not the latino vote, it's the latino voter that we're talking about. >> that's right. that's a great question. it has been the longest i think

challenge, really for both parties, is a sustained engagement of latinos, and i think what democrats have done recently is unheralded, in terms of constant 365 day a year engagement of latinos. and i think it starts with policy as well. if you look at president biden, his promises during the campaign, and his policy of those promises is very important, you want a government that looks like the country, look at this, we have four latino cabinet secretaries, a record, running some of the most important agencies in our government. i just saw today, for example, secretary becerra of homeland security in washington height, the heart of the latino community, getting his vaccine booster. so i think that sort of engagement is crucial, and of course, as a latino, i want to see more of it, but i think this administration has done a remarkable job both in the policy side, on the personnel side and their engagement. and i don't think republicans are doing themselves any favors,

and look at what desantis did, tricking venezuela migrants, fleeing persecution in their own country, tricking them to get on a plane and fly them to martha's vineyard for a political stunt. i think that's overreach. i think they will pay a price for that. and again, as we get further into this cycle and we get further into the presidential election, after the midterms, we will see latinos coming back and where they were in 2020, and 60 and 70% for biden if not higher in some places. >> susan, in the same poll, donald trump's favorability is as low as it has been in a year and a half. it makes sense, with republicans on the generic ballot, i should say, but do you think it is hurting individual republican candidates around the country? >> i do. and i think that where it most hurts individual candidates is because it takes attention away from the issues they want to talk about.

they want to talk about inflation and crime, and to some degree about immigration, and instead, they end up having to answer questions about the election from 2020 is stolen from him, and i think it is a big distraction for republicans. and run of the reasons, with a referendum on a president, one thing is that is helping democrats is the referendum on two president, not just president biden but also some degree a referendum on donald trump. >> and the "washington post" report of the weekend, where they asked republicans running for governor in the senate, whether they would accept the result, at least a dozen refused to say they would. how concerned are you about the chaos and confusion that may happen on election day, and afterwards? >> jose, i think in this case, their silence speaks volumes. the easiest of facts to be able to say, which is that joe biden won the 2020 election, and i think increasingly, as you talk

to people, democracy watchers, people who are tracking the record number of election deniers, people who are spreading the big lie of the 2020 election, and conspiracy theories, about our election integrity, it's very concerning up and down the ballot, there are candidates who say had they been in place in 2020, they would not have accepted their state election results. they would have tossed them out. they would have ignored the will of the voters in that state. and making every indication of course, that they would do the same, in an upcoming election, were they to be elected. it is incredibly disturbing. it's going to have a potentially huge impact on upcoming elections and you have to note that these are candidates who have been running on this message, and who have been winning the primary elections on this message, and we really can't talk about this issue enough. >> an anwanava

. a storm on the dominican republic as we speak. and catastrophic amounts of rain over puerto rico. fiona is expected to strengthen over the southwest atlanta this afternoon and forecasted to drench the eastern part of the dmin con republic, up to 15 inches of rain, life-threatening flash and urban flooding is also expected. meanwhile, punishing rain and wind from fiona's outer bands continue in puerto rico. take a look at these images of the vast majority of residents are approaching 24 hours without power. a significant portion do not have access to drinking water. officials say it will take days to restore. it hit two days before the anniversary of hurricane maria that destroyed territory's power grid so badly that outages remain common five years later. joining us now, from puerto rico is nbc's george solis, where do the recovery efforts stand at this hour and i got to tell you, seeing some of those images,

this has affected so many people, and it is a dire, dire circumstance. >> reporter: that's right, jose. for a lot of puerto rican, this is deja vu, this is the worst case scenario. many feared what fiona would do as a tropical storm. it arrived here as a hurricane. it had battered this island, demolishing the power grid, and yet again, granted, officials saying this is nowhere near what the intensity of hurricane maria was. but right now, only about 100,000 people have power, out of more than a million. you mentioned about 24 hours now, people are going to be without power, those without generators, struggling with the utilities. and the rain here, relentless. it has not stopped. the hurricane warning here in puerto rico is over. but the threat of those tropical storm force winds, and rains, will continue, which brings the catastrophic and deadly flash flooding, not to mention the threat of mud slides. you can see the destruction here is just about everywhere on this island. and right now, you talked about the help, what help is here, we

know there is a disaster declaration signed by the president, and fema officials already here on the ground, and more will be deployed along with the army corps of engineers, with resources to help not only assess the damage here, on the island but also help restore some of those utilities that are so critical for so many residents who have already been through so much, as we approach the anniversary of hurricane maria. and we have seen some of the damage here. we have seen flooding, inside of homes, inside of businesses, we have seen bridges swept away by the rising flood waters, and frankly the people here cannot take anymore and when i was out there talking to people over the last several days i should say, many of them were worried that the government had not done enough to prepare the infrastructure here, for this storm, many hoping that these outages last only a few days, time will tell. we spoke with one woman who endured and witnessed this storm as it blew through and i wanted to you hear what she had to tell

me. >> the winds, absolutely gusting, and trees, almost bent over. the waves were amazing. they just were frothing, the froth blowing in the wind. the fact that these full palm trees are now stubs with fromds missing or lying down entirely, at the hotel, the hotel chairs blew across the lawn, and a tree is down on a car, right over there. i didn't expect this much destruction. >> one of those palm fronts right here in front of me. and the people of puerto rico so resilient but you have to wonder how they're feeling after this storm blew through, knocking out the power here. . many still waiting to see when that power might be restored. not to mention the drinking water, not to mention the cell

phone service. and as you see, just at any moment, the rain continues to intensify, adding to that already historic rainfall. we're talking about 25, 30, maybe even 40 inches of rain, by the time this is all said and done. jose? >> that's a real rain phenomenon that has hit puerto rico and of course right now, the dominican republic and parts of haiti are feeling the intense rain right now. coming up, a migrant humanitarian crisis to scramble to find hundreds of migrants bussed from southern states to northern states. plus, president biden again springs to taiwan's defense in his latest major interview and now china's response and how the white house is reacting today. t. wait, are you my blind date? dancing crew. trip for two.

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20 past the hour. the majority of the immigrants flown by florida governor ron desantis to martha's vineyard, asylum seekers from venezuela, the largest community in venezuela of americans in the country in south florida where the policy institute estimates it is 100,000 strong. let's bring in guad venegas and what you are hearing from the venezuelian community? >> as many of us, you, myself and others have reported in florida for years, we have seen how the community has changed and a growing number of venezuelans and cubans who have fled from their countries and requested asylum in the u.s. and ended up here in florida. many were shocked about what happened. and the message from the community says they would like the governor to understand what a lot of them were going

through, and this is a conversation from a man who came here ten years ago from venezuela and he wants ron desantis to think about what they're going through before they come to the u.s. here is the conversation. >> he would like ron desantis to be compassionate and understand that people are coming here to work, because that is an american value, and they just want an opportunity. >> so here's where things do get interesting, jose. so we know that there's strong republican support among hispanics in southern florida. i've spoken to a lot of them in the last few days, almost everyone tells me they don't agree with ron desantis's methods of flying these migrants to martha's vineyard, they are upset about that specific act but they do believe the federal government is responsibility for what has happened and they feel like federal government has pushed desantis to take these actions and they do add that they still continue to support

him for other reasons, so that's very interesting, of course, we won't know until the next election what kind of support he gets from the latino community, but most of the voters i've spoken to say they do continue to support the governor, although they disagree with these actions, jose. >> it's important to kind of underline the fact that venezuela, for more than 15 years now, has been experiencing a mass of people leaving that country, and you know, latin america has been experiencing this for years, and it is more than 6 million venezuelans that have been forced to leave their country, because of the regime that is in power there, and so the united states is kind of now just starting to see the effects of whatroh, for 15-plus years. >> jose, over the last few months, we've reported on this issue, right? and we've spoken to immigration

experts, who tell us, you know what, we saw this in chile, all over latin america where venezuelans had to flee these countries and eventually made their way to mexico and the mexico president calls on americans, he called on congress, and the president, to push for some type of immigration reform, that would approve a new workers visa, because of the large number of migrants who are coming into the u.s., specifically when it comes to venezuelans, experts say there is really no way to stop this, because it is natural for people to look for a better life, they've been moving through all of latin america and now we've seen the large numbers of venezuelans arriving in the u.s., looking for political asylum, because these are families, these are individuals, that have nowhere else to go. and so that is why experts, in other countries, and even as i say, the mexican president said we need some type of immigration reform because ultimately a lot of the individuals that come into this country do find work and that's why the mexican

president says why not create a new visa for a lot of these workers that will end up in the u.s. jose? >> maybe the mexican government should also look at its responsibility in being welcoming to people who are looking for a new life outside of very difficult circumstances. guad, thank you very much. coming up, defending taiwan, president biden makes his clearest statement of support yet for the self ruling democracy. how beijing is responding. and back to mar-a-lago, president trump returns to his florida estate for the first time since last month's search and more on the materials seized from there. you're watching msnbc report. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> so the white house has since said that the u.s. policy towards taiwan has not changed. joining us now, u.s. retired general barry mccaffrey. always a pleasure to see you. this is not the first time president biden has spoke than clearly about taiwan. the white house had to walk back the president's comments on taiwan about four times now. just your thoughts when you hear the president, he is pretty unequivocal there, it is a pretty clear message that i see. >> well, yes, it's surprising, there is no more experience and knowledgeable president on foreign policy issues than mr. biden, clearly. and the public policy has always been strategic ambiguity. will we fight, yes or no. the whole notion about this, to preserve a diction that there is one china and two separate entities, and peacefully resolve this issue, in some future day.

though to the extent to which you're unambiguous, and saying yes we will fight to protect taiwan, and by the way in that interview, president biden went on to say that the taiwanese solely have in their hands the notion of whether they will declare full independence, which technically maybe true, but again, as a provocative act, to mineland china, and we don't want to see war over taiwan. that's the purpose of our foreign policy. >> so china is clearly looking, they will say they will establish a formal complaint about what the president had to say, but it seems as though china is looking very closely at what's going on in russia's invasion of ukraine, and i'm joust wondering, general, what do you think taiwan is looking for right now, when they hear the president over and over

again, really to be much more pro-taiwanese, independence, to use his words, in that interview, and certainly on the defense of taiwan, if china does invade? >> well, i think taiwan clearly is encouraged by president biden's remarks, and by the way, i think china is deterred by the outcome in ukraine, in which their strategic partner russia has gotten itself as a pariah nation, economic isolation, 80,000 casualties, being man-handled by the ukrainian murder tactically, day by day, so i think that's been a deterrent impact on china, saying whoa, we better look at the international politics. and by the way their economy, china's, is fundamentally dependent on continued trade with western europe and the united states. look at the end of the day, we

clearly want to deter chinese invasion of taiwan. they think they've got a dwindling window to accomplish that. they're talking about the next three or four years, they've got to take taiwan by force or rearmament campaign, the contribution that the taiwanese, will close a window. we're in dangerous times. we need to be very careful publicly, the public optics of that, and not provoke china, in the military action. >> and then, you know, as ukraine's counter-offensive, and you just talked a little bit it, as it enters its third week, "the new york times" is talking about being hit by iranian made probable attack drones and inmates iranians turned russian fighter. what do they need to have to fight back and keep up this

counter-offensive in ukraine? >> well, it's clear we're seeing new forms of warfare, both the electro magnetic effect, and as well as the extent used by both sides of literally thousands of drones of the united states has provided more than 2,000 to the ukrainians. the iranian drones by the way don't work very well. they're subject to electronic counter-measures. but at the end of the day, jose, poor ukraine has suffered thousands of civilians dead and the wrecking of their infrastructure nationwide. the ukrainian army is publicly,s a publicly admitted they have 9,000 killed in action so the war is devastating on this brave country, who wants to join europe, who wants to be a capitalistic democratic free society. so far, they're doing pretty well. and my personal belief is russia can no longer pull off what they, what putin's criminal

invasion set out to achieve, which was to dominate the entire country, and reintegrate it into a new form of the ussr. i think they've lost the bubble. a lot of fighting still ahead. this bri brilliant stroke in the northeast near kharkiv has to be followed by a successful envelopment and elimination of the kherson pocket down south. ukraine must control the black sea port. odesa in particular. so the war's not over it. is in a bloody phase. but the russians are brutal in discipline, incompetent, badly led by a criminal. >> general barry mccaffrey, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you very much for your time. turning now to breaking news. a strong earthquake has struck western mexico along the pacific coast, it measured a 7.5 on the

magnitude, no immediate word on damage, and i am getting reports that there is still some aftershocks of that very substantial earthquake. it's just a reminder that september 19, 1985, and an earthquake struck very close to mexico city, tens of thousands of people died, september 19th, 2017, another earthquake struck mexico, and just devastating, and now this september 19th, we're seeing another very important magnitude-wise, earthquake hit mexico. we will tracking this story of course and bringing you all of developments as we get them here on msnbc. coming up, the latest on the d.o.j. investigation into former president trump. including the first big move by the special master reviewing the items seized from mar-a-lago by the fbi. severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi.

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40 past the hour. judge raymond dearie the so-called special master looking into the documents seized at mar-a-lago has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow, his first, since returning from the justice department and donald trump's legal team. he says both sides should submit a list of items they want to discuss by the end of the day today. ryan riley with nbc's justice reporter, and a former special agent with the fbi's counter-intelligence division and assistant dean to the school of global affairs. >> what are the issues they need to discuss? >> i think one of the questions coming from the d.o.j. how they will handle questions of executive privilege because there is no real road map how to pin those issues and that is what makes this ruling from the trump appointed judge in florida so unprecedented, there is not a road map how exactly to go through this, surely with attorney-client privileges and a guide to follow for that but

questions on executive privilege, there are a lot of unexplored areas of the law so for d.o.j. they will want to lay down the rules for exactly how this will be guiding and i think they probably will also ask for the temporary hold on moving forward, as they wait out this request for an injunction from the appeals court, with regard to this small subsection of highly classified documents, or classified documents, that the d.o.j. has said, and made clear that based on the markings at the top of the documents alone, there is actually zero claim that trump could possibly claim that these are his personal records. >> i think that is basically what we can expect. to get a look at what we can see coming in the days ahead and play out over the next weeks and months. >> so is there anything that the d.o.j. can be doing while they either wait for the special master, or wait to see if an appeals court will let them resume their investigation? >> well, i think that they can submit to the special master some of the issues that ryan just mentioned. and in factor particular, with

the classified documents, asking the special master to really just set those aside, based on the classification markings. what was really unusual about judge cannon's order is that she seemed to insinuate thats there wa a debate over whether these, the marked documents are in fact classified. and that somehow the special master would be the arbiter of that. which doesn't make any sense. because the executive branch is the one that actually makes those determinations. so i would expect that they will raise that issue. especially since whether or not those documents will be segregated is something that the department of justice has raised for the appellate court. >> asha, trump has not shied away from predicting violence if he is indicted. he and his allies have talked about that now a couple of times. are you concerned that that could be become a self-fulfilling prophecy?

>> well, we know already that trump has the capacity to mobilize his followers. and i think that we're just at a very critical point in our democracy. the motto of the justice department is to pursue justice without fear or favor. and i think here, this is going to be a test of that. and i have confidence that the department of justice will move forward. but you know, we are basically seeing now our institutions under threat, simply by being, by adhere together rule, by adhering to the rule of law. >> thank you both very much for being with us this afternoon. queen elizabeth is being laid to rest in a private ceremony, but earlier the world bore witness to her historic state funeral. more on msnbc, and what is next for the royal family. nd what is for the royal family self in a p. and we were all smiling, and i looked closer,

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outside for the queen's state funeral and an emotional and majestic service. now, her journey ends. laid to rest in saint george's chapel in windsor castle. joining us is keir simmons. what was the reaction in london, not only did the spectacular display of pageantry but in realizing today was the goodbye? >> well the streets were packed with people. and i think this evening, this being the final act of queen elizabeth's long reign, i think many people will have that feeling that many folks watching will recognize when you lost a loved one, that there is the grieving process, and there's the funeral, and then there's the aftermath. and that sense of loss in some ways is amplified in those moment, and i suspect because in the end, those members of the royal family are people and i suspect many of them will have

that feeling, the world is moving on, and i don't think i feel like i'm ready to move on yet and i'm sure that is the case for many british people, too, and perhaps people around the world, and i think that frames the challenge for king charles, because of course, he has to get on, and he has to forge ahead, and the service that we heard at the abbey here, which really painted this picture of a queen rooted in the second world war and a young woman in the second world war and the values she carried from that and how she led this country through covid, for example, calling on the experience of the second world war, all of that, the challenge for king charles, looking on there, is how does he step into those shoes, and fill that void? so i think yes, i think the feeling will be challenging, and i think the feeling will also be proud, and a great mix of it, a great mix of celebration, pomp

and ceremony, and many of the things that britain is good at, and also, a certain kind of understatement, which again is so british, so i do think that many people will feel that these ten days, even in these ten days, the queen has done us proud. >> and daisy, i mean today is a really page turner in so many ways, and a new era begins with king charles. is he prepared to build off of what we have been witnessing, which is history in the making? >> i think you used the word prepared and that is very appropriate, because he has had the longest apprenticeship, is the word people keep using, that a monarch has ever had. he is very well prepared. and that he has been thinking about this period for many, many years. and in planning, we know that those around him do have plans in place, about how he is going

to conduct himself, as the new king, how he is going to, in a way re-modernize, re-function the royal family in a way that he wants it to be seen. i've been told by those around him for some years now that the first 100 day, in the way that we talk about the first 100 days of a new president or a prime minister and the first 100 days to be monarch or king is considered very significant. so he's got seven more days of official mourning coming up until this time next week and then i think we will see some plans being put in place and there will be some certainly some tours of the unite kingdom and some tours of commonwealth countries coming up and of course, the big one, the coronation, and the difficulty with that here is here in the u.k. like everybody in the world we have a cost of living crisis and he has to balance with those around him how to do that, and the government pays for coronation, not the royal

family, and certainly, what we've seen over the last few days will have been very expensive, on the coffers and more expense during the next few months could be difficult politically. >> and i was thinking of, you know, the queen, how you're saying many people are not willing to let it go, and if my memory serves me, the five pound note on one side, queen elizabeth, and on the backside winston churchill, the first prime minister, during his second term, that he came back into 10 downing street. but just the length that she has been a part of history of the u.k., it's difficult to see that that's changed. thank you so much for being here with us this afternoon. when we come back, a very special way one tennessee police department paid tribute to one of their own. you're watching msnbc.

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57 past the hour. before we go, a story about love. and honoring those we love. in tennessee, 5-year-old anna stelinski received a big surprise when officers from the town's police department escorted her to her first day of kindergarten, in honor of her father kevin on the force who died last november. the 5-year-old has a smile that

lights up any room. her mom casey says the brave little girl brings joy wherever she goes. >> she loves the spotlight. >> so officers when the laverne tennessee police department took her to the first day of concern last month, for anna, it was another great adventure. >> when all of the officers showed up, i'm like ha! >> you're doing great, sweetie. >> a tribute to her anna's dad kevin a lieutenant on the force who died last november. >> stepping in to support the family on anna's big day, dozens of officers and other first responders from all over tennessee. here they are. lined up outside anna's new school, greeting her, one at a time, with hugs, and high fives, and words of encouragement. >> how many officers were out there waiting for you? >> a zillion. >> the gesture meant the world

to anna's mom casey. >> kevin and i were married for 15 years. he cared for his community. he wanted to help. >> sergeant eric worked alongside kevin. >> tell me why you thought it was so important, for you and for so many others to be there. >> kevin was very crucial in helping put on programs to help fallen officers and their families in crucial parts of their lives like proms, weddings, graduations, first day of school like anna. >> that community of officers now honoring his memory with a vow that always helped casey and anna. >> i can call any one of my guys, any time. >> their dedication, a mission, guided by a deep sense of brotherhood. >> sergeant, there's a bigger message here, isn't there? >> when one of us hurts, we all

hurt and we're also there for each other, and we've got your back, we're a family that cares deeply for each other. >> and that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. be sure to follow the show jdbalart, thank you for the privilege of your time. hallie jackson picks up with more news next. as we come on the air, final preps ahead of that first master meeting, lawyers for the justice department and former president trump getting ready to meet the man now charged with going through all of those mar-a-lago documents, right now, both sides hammering out their agenda for what exactly they want to talk about. we've got the reporting. >> also this hour, the texas governor sending more migrants from the state to the front door of vice president harris. and also martha's vineyard, more reaction w