whole different set of realities. >> and we got it. >> that's right. it made me feel like whatever i'm going through today as a black 234ri78maker, it's nothing, nothing compared to what these people went through. >> you're quite a man. the four-part series "hollywood black" begins on sunday. executive producer justin semien. thanks so much for joining us. thanks for coming on. awesome for sure. that does it for us this morning. we'll see you tomorrow morning. aniqab rah picks up the coverage right now. >> right now on ana cabrera, global news, the stocks taking a dive, the selloff over fears of a recession in the u.s. what it means for your finances. plus, hurricane debby making landfall in florida, bring a massive amount of rainfall and a potential storm surge of 10

feet. where the storm is now and where it's headed next. also ahead, veep stakes and the final countdown, vice president kamala harris set to announce her running mate by tomorrow. what we know about her meetings over the weekend and plans for the week ahead. and later, the new group of republicans campaigning for harris. i'll talk to a former trump white house official who's backing the democratic con tender over donald trump. it's a busy monday. we're following breaking news on wall street as a historic global market plunge now hits the u.s. the markets just opened here after investors watched japan's benchmark index tally its worst day since 1987's black monday, and you can see what's happening right now. driving this selloff here is concerns that the fed will spark a u.s. slowdown by waiting too

long to cut interest rates. let's get right over to nbc news business and data correspondent brian cheung. brian, we've seen the markets dip as much as a thousand points already this morning. where do things stand? how bad is it? >> aed by of solace, the dow down only 2%. but, of course, when you take a look at a dow day like this in tandem with the bad days we had thursday and friday last week, certainly some indigestion for those looking at their 401(k)s. let me explain what's happening. what's happening, we had to rewind to last week when we did get the jobs numbers showing that the united states add 114,000 jobs in the month of july. that was way below what wall street economists expected. they thought the u.s. economy would add about 185,000 jobs. not only did that happen, the unemployment rate took up to 4.3%. a lot of concerns that joblessness could be on the way up in this country, and for that reason, you had some investors

that started to dump stocks. that started overseas in japan where they had a really nasty day on monday and that spilled over into european markets as well. i was looking at french and the uk markets down 3% earlier this morning. now you have the market open here in the united states. it's seeming to extend that global selloff. the real question is whether it spurs the central bank in the united states to try to do something. we had just heard from the fed last wednesday where they said we're not going to make any adjustments to the high interest rates, which some people have said are part of the reason why we've seen the slowdown in the u.s. labor market, and, instead, they said maybe we can start to cut interest rates in september. what you're seeing now is market traders seeing that the fed may not cut until september, but more than expected. they usually move more than a quarter of a percentage point. they can likely cut it by half a

percentage point and some traders say maybe they'll cut by 3/4 of a percentage point, this putting the federal reserve in an uncomfortable position, being pressured into a more aggressive interest rate cut. but that interest rate cut might not happen until september 18th. >> september is a few weeks away. there have been fears of a recession for a couple of years on and off. why the panic right now? >> i want to emphasize really quickly, the jobs numbers we got in tandem with the stockmarket today is not indicative of a recession. the united states is not in a recession. there's an official group that's tasked with declaring whether or not the u.s. is in a recession. it's a fwraup that basically says based on a number of indicators, we can say the economy is in a recession. we're not there yet. a lot of people are defining globally two quarters of a

global contraction. we have not hit that mark either. nevertheless there's concerns of a recession. you saw the interest rate rise 3.4%, 3.5%. that does imply a lot more people compared to last year being out of work. again, it's historically not all that bad, but with the trend of rising we've seen, you're starting to see that uncomfort among economists, among regular people on main street who are observing their neighbors going through a situation like losing their jobs or experiencing a layoff. that is indeed the reason why you're starting to see some of these concerns spill over into trader action as well. they're trying to download stocks as well. when it comes to the stockmarket, it's never one reason. we're seeing a number of companies, specifically on the big tech side, microsoft, amazon, intel, investors didn't like it and they may have sold

stocks afterward. because they're so heavily weighted that may be why you're seeing the nasdaq sell off. these are things we're going to have to watch. again, a lot of factors at play here, but at the bottom of it, ana, is the economy, the economy, the economy. >> what's your advice to people who are worried about their 401(k)s this morning? is it don't look? >> look, it's never a good idea to be looking at your 401(k) on a daily basis especially if you're holding onto it. a 2% or 3% down day is not good, but if you look at the 12-month picture, you still have the s&p 500 and the nasdaq that have been largely on the green. so some might interpret this as a correction. we've seen the nasdaq in correction territory. that's when things fall off from the highs. 10% from the high, if it's been on quite a heil for a while, it

doesn't mean you've lost all of your money. you've lot a little off the top. if you're looking at your 401(k), don't freak out. who knows how long this could go on. >> we'll keep an eye on it. now to our other breaking story this morning, hurricane debby unleashing rain and wind on florida already, the storm making landfall hours ago in florida's big ben region as a category 1 hurricane after intensifying overnight, debby threatening up to 30 inches of rainfall in some areas. a possible 10-foot storm surge and wind speeds up to 90 miles an hour.. at least one person has been killed by this storm. the danger goes far beyond florida. hurricane debby is expected to absolutely drench the whole southeast with a massive ant of water in the coming hours. let's start with jesse hirsh in

the storm zone. what are you seeing, jesse? >> reporter: pretty heavy and strong wind gusts. it was hit by dahlia last year. it was a category 3 hurricane. while the wind gusts are not nearly as strong this time around, what we're more concerned about, what you're talking about there, is that rainfall because this storm is moving at a crawl compared to other hurricaneser and that's going to allow so much rain to be dumping on this region. the governor of florida said there have already been signs of inundation. there are concerns about flooding, catastrophic flooding throughout the southeast region. it's not just florida being hit hard. we're talking south carolina and georgia as well. some areas could see up to 30 inches or so of rain. that is quite a bit of water in the area. we have more than 200,000 power outages so far in florida alone.

i can tell you we've lost power where we are right now. the wind is picking up again a little bit right now. this really is just a trickle, a drizzle compared to what we were dealing with earlier, but by no means are we out of the woods. we're going to be watching a flood threat in d-days ahead as debby continues to make her way up the east coast, ana. >> thank you very much, jesse kirsch. stay safe. bill, talk about when we might see the worst of the storm. >> i'm thinking probably wednesday, thursday, somewhere in the carolinas likelying maybe earlier than that. and georgia. the coastal plain is really where i'm concerned. when you're talking 30 inches of rain, that's historic. i've never seen rainfall like that. harvey levels or hewn or florence. when you start mentions those names, that gets their attention. you know, kind of puts a little fear in people. that's what they're worried about, how much storm will this

break. right now it's in florida. what's left of what was the eye. right now the winds are starting to die down. we're not getting as many power outages, with the next update, it will probably be down a tropical storm. we do have warnings to watch about. we had one warning near the disney complex. the problem with the storm, it's going to move slowly and produce heavy rain. the winds will most likely not be problematic again. but it's the rain in slow motion. we're taking it from georgia to north carolina in five days. that's a good bike ride pace. as we go throughout this week, the rainfall is going to add up more and more. the computer models, the squiggly lines, show the entry, and eventually it picks up and heads to the east coast. we've got more headed toward new jersey, pennsylvania, and

southern new england on tuesday night and wednesday. we could have flooding concerns into the weekend. this is a water problem. the wind should repair from today. there should. be structural damage. they're just cleaning up tree branches. the 18 inches from savannah to charleston. charleston on a summer afternoon floods. 18 inch, that's scary. totals, up to 2 1/2 feet. that's what we call a high risk of flash flooding. when we have big tornado days, worry about high-risk deadly tornados, that's a high high risk. right now all right flash flooding from the storm surge and then flash flood warnings inland from the heavy rain in the center crossing i 10. so, ana, it's going to be a long week of tracking it, and for the people that live in this area, you know, you're going to go

through four or five days in a row, just periods of heavy rain, heavy rain. people are going to be worrying about their bassments, rivers, streams. i'm going to be shocked if we don't see neighborhoods, towns under water. >> you mentioned tuesday and harvey, that brings back that image of just baffling, baffling amount of money. >> i hope we're wrong. that's the potential. >> thank you for giving us the warnings. and, everybody, please stay safe. we'll keep an eye on this storm. in the meantime we have the latest on the vp's pick. and what we're learning about potential retaliation of israel following the assassination of hamas and hezbollah leaders.

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minnesota governor tim walz, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, and arizona senator mark kelly. what went down, they're staying mum. joining us now is our guest and steve kornacki and amie parnes. you've been tracking this whole process. what do you know about timing and the final considerations harris is making? >> we know we're down to the wire because tomorrow in pennsylvania there's going to be a rally with vice president harris and her running mate headlining and kicking off a tour that's going to be focused on battleground states where they're going to talk to voters and hold a number of events that are likely going to swung this election, that is still likely to be close, based on the polling. we know she's meeting with the contenders, and we know in some ways she's looking for someone she has chemistry with, someone

she can trust, someone who's going to be a governing partner, but someone who's going to be trod be a bulldog, because if you look at republican attacks, they kicked up. they're hoping to go after republicans and push back on things, not just her role when it comes to administration and the border and root causes of migration, but also when you think about the idea of race and attacking her identity, and one source was telling me there's going to be other things like deepfakes and other conspiracies, that they want the person to be ready for that. they also want someone, based on my reporting, that will not undermine her. she's going to be the first black woman, asian woman to become president and the idea is she's going to want somebody who's going to be comfortable standing in her shadow and being a partner but not someone who's going to be a problem for her. i think all of those things are going to be a consideration.

the number one thing is being ready. >> show kicks off this whirlwind tour. seven states in five days. six of these states went to biden in 2020. how is vice president harris planning to shore up votes in these critical states? >> she's really going to be going to these states hoping that voters will see her in person. we'll see her on the local news, in the auras that matter the most to them. what show's really going to be doing is stating the thesis of her campaign. her running mate is also going to be doing that. one is she has a vision for america that's all-inclusive, a vision where everyone has a sort of opportunity to have the american dream, and she's going to be arguing the republicans are going to try to go back. she's going to say republicans are trying to in some ways take away the gains of civil rights leaders and others in this country, but she's going to be leaning in on the language she's been using and her experience as a prosecutor and her painting of

jd vance, but especially trump as a fraudster, someone who can't be trusted, and abusive of women. >> and different venues where she's going to be making those attacks and arenas including hbcu and union halls and restaurants. thank you for being on it for us. steve, the election tort map is of importance. that's why she's pryor torting this. how much of a home state advantage can be expected of a vp pick? >> let's look at this in terms of shpz, pennsylvania, walz, minnesota. as a reminder, pennsylvania, biden by 20,000 votes.

10,000. both went trump in 2016. 19 electoral votes in pennsylvania. the case for taing shapiro, does it give a critical boost for him or mark kelly in arizona? looking at some recent vice presidential picks on the democratic side, what you're seeing in this chart, take for example the 2016 case, tim kaine. in 2016 the national popular vote got two more points republican than it had been in 2012. there was a national shift in 2016 of 2 points toward the republicans. what happened in virginia that same election? it shifted one more point democratic. so nationally, republican trend with virginian tim kaine on the ticket, a little more democratic. that's not all 18.

there are state specific factors, longer term trends, demographics. you see a pattern playing out with most of these picks here where the democrats are doing a little bit better in the states where their vp picks are from than the natural swing would suggest. it suggests there are some effects. small, limited. but if you're trying to pick up a point or two to get 19 electoral points in arizona, it raises the point, does that make all the difference? quickly when we say tim walz, minnesota, if they're fighting for democratic votes, it means they've got a up the of trouble. it's less minnesota specific but it's more, hey, he's gotten an appeal to a type of voter. blue collar voters who have trended republican in the trump era of maybe bringing some of those voters back and helping in a state like wisconsin or pennsylvania. the problem with that is when

you look at how walz won this race in minnesota in 2022, he didn't do any better than biden. the idea that he's going to give a boost in a blue collar area, he didn't get it last time. >> steve kornacki, thanks. amy, what are you hearing from your sources about the harris pick? >> i'm hearing a lot of people running toward shapiro, even though it's problematic with the whole situation in gaza. i know it's going to be a very problematic situation. if he gets approval in his state, it's so hard 20 do in a polarized time. they think he would bring energy and help reach across party lines and get some undecided voters, people who are kind of on the fence about supporting the vice president.

so a lot of people want him, but i'm hearing from a lot of house democrats are very pro governor walz. i've heard from a lot of people that she feels really comfortable with all three of these choices, with senator kelly as well, someone she likes a lot. it will be interesting obviously to see where the pick goes. >> governor shapiro has a nearly 60% approval rating in pennsylvania, almost unheard of in this era. and yet you mention there are some democrats with reservations. pennsylvania senator john fetterman among those with concerns about a shapiro pick. what are the reservations about him? you mention gaza. the that it. >> i think that is the major reason. the party is finally unified, energized. there are a lot of people. there's a lot of concern the

party could fracture again and this is a very delicate issue and they don't want to fracture the party once again. so i think a lot of this is based on those concerns. most are inner djoosed by him. they think a ticket with him could really, really energize the base and beyond, and i think that's why you're seeing a lot of democrats quietly put that there. >> and the battleground is key if they want to get to that magic number. amie parnes, thanks for giving us the very latest on your end. i appreciate you. up next, making inroads. how the harris cam campaign is getting a lift from republicans opposing trump. plus, roller-coaster markets. we have an update on the massive selloff on wall street. the dow down more than 950 points. points

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welcome back. this morning, the harris campaign is holding kickoff events in the critical swing states of north carolina, pennsylvania, and virginia. but this kickoff about getting democrats excited but to get republicans behind the democratic nominee. republicans for harris is being described as a campaign within a campaign, to mobilize voters who reject the chaos, division, and violence of donald trump and his project 2025 agenda. olivia troye is among them. she worked in the trump administration as homeland security adviser to vice president mike pence and she's now part of this new voter outreach group republicans for harris. good to see you. how did you come to this decision, to not only reject trump in this case, which you've been outspoken against, but to take the next step and endorse vice president kamala harris? >> i have been looking at what's

at stake for our country this november, and obviously i am anti-trump, but i had the fortunate pleasure o getting to know kamala harris a little bit recently when i traveled with her to michigan for an event with conservative women and independent women and independent voters in general on women's reproductive rights, and what i found about her is striking how she very eloquently laid out the choice here that we have and she did it in a manner that was compassionate and also respectful of how conservative women feel on this issue, and after leaving that event, i said, like, we've got to do everything we can to stand together, and i will do everything i can on my part to help her to get conservatives in the middle. there are a lot like myself who understand the grave importance of protecting our freedoms and

who at this moment are going to take a stance on what another trump administration would look like. >> what do you say to republican voters who may not support trump but are against democrats. >> i used to be that person. i used to be the person that went in and no matter what was on the ticket, i voted straight "r" across the board. the identity politics very real. i understand that. i know that. but, look, republicans -- the republican party that i think we've worked with for many years is very different right now. i want to go back to the republican party that stood for individual liberties. it stood for individual freedoms. a party that stood for long national defense and foreign policy. i don't want to be part of a republican party where there is someone like trump who is befriending people like putin, viktor orban, authoritarians

around the world and hurting our alliances globally. so i think it's important for us to take a step back and say, hey, the only way actually to come and make a difference in the gop right now in this moment is to break apart from it and break apart from this horrible movement that has taken it over and make a difference for everyone and chart a different path forward. right now that path is supporting the democratic nominee, which is kamala harris. >> during the 2020 campaign, harris took a position seen as more liberal than president biden and she's pulled back. she's against the ban on fracking and against the new deal. but is that a pull-off from the dangerous san francisco label trump is trying to give her? >> i think the attacks will continue, but that's telling that that's all they've got. when they're mocking someone and are so disparaging and donald trump seems to have a knack for that and so does his inner

circle. when your go-to is mocking her laughter and calling her a san francisco liberal and despite her qualifications for the office that she currently holds, i think that tells you everything, that they're devoid of actual policy. i think she is evolving. i've seen her speak more moderately, and i'm not concerned about where this is going with her. i see someone who will be a true leader on the world stage, which is what we need. i see someone who will be more unifying, which is what we also need. we need to get away from the ugly divisiveness across the country. when people see her compared to trump, what does trump have? he's sitting here yelling about governor kemp right now, somebody who's within his own party. by the way, the things he's saying about kemp and the way he's speaking against him, they're against governor kemp and his family. i want to get away from that. that's the part that trump is

for. kamala harris stands for a different leadership, and i think that is important. we need to start paving a different path. we cannot continue to go down this road. >> there are some really high-ranking republicans who don't support trump who aren't on this list, republicans for harris, liz cheney, mike bush, paul ryan. do you anticipate any of those signing on? >> i think we've still got some time until november. i think the sooner, the better. i hope -- i hope that those voices will join this chorus and support her. i think they could make a big difference. and in terms of mike pence, i do think that in some ways, i think what he's done speaks volumes by the fact that he's not endorsed donald trump and said he won't. i think it would be incredibly powerful if people like him and paul ryan, who've had tremendous support for in the past, and liz

cheney would say, we support kamala harris and it's the right thing to do for our country, our democracy, and at this moment, let's put our policy differences aside and go back to actually serious governing once we get past this because we're not going to have this under donald trump. we could go back to debating about different policies, whether it's foreign policy or how we feel. but right now, we've got to save the country and make it better. >> olivia troye, thank you very much. up next, hurricane debby slamming into florida. we'll have an update of one area susceptible to storm surge, plus growing concern about attacks against ids rew el after growing attacks against beirut and tehran. we're in the region next. t beird tehran we're in the region next more cash back in my top eligible category... suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic. like doors opening wherever i go... [sound of airplane overhead]

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tech-heavied in dak down over 10.5%. amazon, the latest to report, getting weak guidance. that's basically a weak signal to the market and what they expect in the next quarter and, of course, the jobs report that saw a rise in unemployment and slower job growth, leading to concerns of a u.s. recession. some already believe the fed may have waited just a bit too long to cut rates after holding steady in the last meeting. the odds we see, 50 basis point cuts in the september meeting. that jumped from 5% last month to more than 95% this month. >> any specific sectors or high-profile companies particularly hard-hit right now? >> absolutely. when we look at tech, it's been hard hit. amazon was the latest company to give earnings and guidance that was weaker than expected. alphabet and tesla being disappointed. cryptocurrency sold off more than $370 billion in overall

value and over a billion dollars of liquidation. to put that in perspective, that's rapid. that's incredible. investors continue to sell out of riis riskier assets. at the same time we're seeing more cryptocurrency etfs, a thought it could stem some of the losses, but a coinbase and platforms like marathon, all of them are trading lower this morning. >> frank holland, thanks so much for the update. back to our other breaking news, hurricane debby now a hurricane 1 has turned deadly. first responders recovered the body of a truck driver whose tractor trailer veered into a flood cad nall this morning. forecasters are predicting up to 30 inches of rain, 90 murn winds and storm surge after the storm

continues to make its way north after making landfall in the big bend this morning. also this morning, president biden trying to ease tensions in the middle east as israel braces for a multi-day attack. in less than an hour. president biden is expected to speak with the king of jordan and he'll meet with his security team in the situation room later this afternoon. both hezbollah and another are responding. rafael sanchez is live. raf, walk us through what could be a multi-day attention. >> reporter: you may remember, ana, back in april, the u.s. and israel in ter accepted the wave after wave of cruise missiles and drones. it was a very dramatic tense

night in israel, the sky was lit up with explosions, but it did basic lu play out over the course of one night, a couple of hours 507z. what one us wrayly official is telling me is there are now concerns that this incoming joint iranian/hezbollah attack could play out over several days. you could have an initial barrage of drones, but then you could have several intense days of missile and rocket fire from hesitate bow ba into the north of israel. that is the deep, deep concern here. israeli forces are on high alert. the u.s. is sending additional forces to the region. the pentagon saying that an aircraft carrier, additional warships, destroyers, cruisers, and an extra skrad ron of fighter jets are all headed to the middle east. that's one of the largest we've seen of u.s. forces since september. the white house is saying the goal ideally is to try to deter iran from attacking in the first

place. there's not a whole lot of optimism that that is going to work, so assuming the iranians do carry out that attack in response to these two assassinations, one in iran and one in lebanon last week, the u.s. forces would be called upon once again to help defend israel, and that's part of the reason we're seeing president biden convening his top national security advisers a little later on in the white house situation room. he's expected to speep to the king of jordan. you might remember it was jordanian airspace where most of those interceptions took place back in april, and it's likely that the u.s. will call on jordan once again to help aid in this potential operation. >> we've seen the video here from both gaza and the smoke over lebanon as there are still exchanges of fire on both sides, even as israel's preparing for a more organized attack from hezbollah as well as iran.

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will they or won't they. former president donald trump now says he will skip the september debate he agreed to do on abc against president biden and is now challenging harris to debate him on fox news instead. here's his pitch. >> you know, we're doing one with fox if she shows up. i don't think she's going to show up. she can't talk. she can read a teleprompter. i give her about a 6 on a scale of 10. for talking, i'd give her less than a 1. we need people that can talk. >> harris's campaign meanwhile arguing trump is trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and is running straight to fox news to bail him out. let's bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillier and former republican congressman from florida carlos curbelo. both seem dug in here, they're both saying they're scared to debate me.

what are they trying to accomplish with this debate if it does happen? >> michael tyler from the harris campaign went on to suggest that mr. anyplace, anytime, anywhere, should step up to the plate and fulfill the commitment he made to that september 10th debate on abc. now, notably when donald trump made that agreement, it was not kamala harris at the top of the ticket, andy it this is the reality that is playing out, that fox debate that donald trump says that he has agreed to by a one-way agreement comes six days before that abc debate. so both individuals say they're going to show up to the respective debates whether the other one does or not. so it really for the next month is going to potentially be a stalemate as to who flinches and who actually shows up. >> negotiations between the biden and trump teams to get the current debate schedule in place, the one on abc. so there is always a chance the campaigns could work on a new plan, i suppose. who needs this debate more? >> well, i think at this point,

ana, donald trump really needs a debate more, but you can really tell the shift in posture, the shift in tone as vaughn stated, when it was joe biden in the race, donald trump said, i'll debate anywhere under any circumstances. you tell me where and i'll show up. and of course now we are where we are. but now his opponent is stronger, kamala harris, someone who has managed to unite the democracy base that is now competing with him in the polls. trump is being a lot more careful, and i think you could make an argument that it's trump's campaign that's on defense now and looking for opportunities to gain advantages to try to regain some of that momentum that's been lost. >> vaughn, donald trump is saying out loud he's working hard to try to define kamala harris. what does that even look like right now? >> he had this rally in atlanta, georgia, on saturday night, notably while kamala harris is scheduled to go to the seven battleground states this week, we are not going to see him

publicly until friday night in bozeman, montana, for a rally. >> which is not a swing state. >> it's not. there's a major senate race. i want to let everybody listen to part of the way in which he is characterizing kamala harris as you heard in the intro, often in very demeaning ways but also in ways that are catastrophic, suggesting if she wins office there's going to be a great depression. take a listen. >> four months ago he was considered grossly incompetent by the fake news. now they're saying, oh, isn't she wonderful? isn't she wonderful? no, she's not wonderful. so we have to work hard to define her. i don't want to even define her. i just want to say who she is. she's a horror show. she'll destroy our country. >> so that's the donald trump that we've become accustomed to over the last nine years. now with less than 100 days until the election. governor brian kemp of the state of georgia went on the attack against two of the georgia state election board members. so for donald trump these

appearances are notable. every time he goes into one of these battleground states, every local station picks this up. the local papers pick it up here, and so the messaging around each of these events is important. of course that venue that you're looking at is the exact same place where kamala harris had her rally just four days prior. >> and there's been some discussion about crowd size also where donald trump talked a lot about it at his rally, and kamala harris and her campaign clapped back knowing that that's a soft spot for him. i do want to ask you, congressman, about the fact he was going after republican officials in georgia. we saw how that worked out for him with those special elections on the senate race back when republicans lost. what do you see as the impact and the fact that he's still going there? >> well, it really would seem like donald trump is trying to resemble, ana, that anti-trump coalition that has shown up in three consecutive general

elections, 2018, 2020, and 2022 we have seen an anti-trump coalition come together to stand against election deniers, to reject some of donald trump's most toxic rhetoric. donald trump had a big opportunity after this horrible assassination attempt to really unite the country, to show that he was going to change his tone, at least somewhat to invite new people into his coalition. all of that has been squandered away, and donald trump is exactly where he has been since 2016. he has a very strong base of support, but today he's having trouble bringing in those swing voters, those people who could really put him over the top. right now this race is a tossup, and it's mostly because donald trump has squandered a big opportunity he had. and yeah, of course, there's a big factor in the enthusiasm that came with kamala harris's

candidacy replacing president biden, but in large part, donald trump is where he's at because he's failed to close a deal with a lot of people who had been willing to give him another chance. >> former congressman carlos curbelo, and vaughn hillyard, thank you both. turning now to new developments in trump's legal cases. the judge overseeing the d.c. election interference case has denied trump's motion to dismiss the indictment but stipulated trump could renew his motion once the immunity issue has been resolved. she added a new date to the calendar. now we know a hearing on august 16th will discuss the schedule for pretrial proceedings. next on "ana cabrera reports," a photo finish, the fastest man in the world who won gold by 5/1000 of a second. we'll take you live to paris next with some other gold medal mayhem.

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a photo punish to crown the fastest man in the world, america's noah lyles racing to gold, edging out the jamaican by a hair. just 5/1000 of a second. american scottie scheffler also taking gold in golf, and on the clay, serbian novak djokovic has the one prize he hadn't clinch before, olympic gold. keir simmons is live with more from paris. keir, team usa has several chances for gold today in skeet shooting, wrestling, more in track and field, gymnastics. >> this is what they call a good monday morning. simone biles on the floor today. she didn't get the gold, she did, though, get the silver. that means that she now has three golds and one silver from

this olympic games. her teammate jordan chiles got bronze after her initial score got revised. she broke into tears. that one bronze for her means as much as any medal for any of her teammates. of course she has the gold from the team competition too. you mentioned noah lyles, just that incredible moment when he leans in and managed to win that 100 meters. it took some moments before it was decided because it was that close. a photo finish. we did it, we did it, he shouted. and katie ledecky, a golden day at 100 meters. i have to go. it was great. >> i wish we had more time to discuss. it was electrifying, so fun. keir similar mono, thanks very much. that does it for us this hour, i'll see you back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern in for katy tur again. first, josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. ♪♪