reports, the kickoff in chicago. it is day one of the democratic national convention. the stakes are kamala harris as democrats begin the most unusual convention in generations. plus, the big speaker on night one, president biden. the tone he's expected to set as he makes the case for his vp. we're also following some breaking news. a one in 1,000 year flood event hits the northeast with video of dramatic rescues from flash flooding in connecticut. and later, america's secretary of state back in israel, his warning that this could be the last opportunity for a cease-fire in gaza. good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. and it is day one of the democratic national convention in chicago. it's a convention unlike any

other this year, less than a month ago, this event was meant to boost president biden's re-election prospects. now it's a rapper fire reintroduction for kamala harris. in a significant show of party unity, tonight, president biden will deliver the first keynote speech of this convention. after his historic exit from the 2024 race, he has a new goal and an unexpected new chapter of his legacy. setting up his vice president for success. my colleague chris jansing joins us from chicago along with monica alba, senior political correspondent for the hill, amy pardons, and jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. chris, democrats are kicking things off with some of their biggest names tonight. give us a rundown of what we can expect. >> reporter: this is a classic passing of the torch. because even though this is kamala harris' convention now, this is joe biden's night. it is a chance to honor him for his 50 years of service, more

than 50 years in public life. i'm looking behind me at the convention hall and thinking this looks exactly the way it would have a month ago, but the vibe could not be any different. this is someone who we know a month ago most democrats, the polls showed up, wanted him to step down. they didn't believe he could win this race. but there always was this sort of wellspring of respect and even love for president biden, and i think we're going to see that tonight. i expect there to be rockish cheers, standing ovations. this is someone they appreciate for the man who served but also somebody who made a decision to step down and make what is possible, possible. to understand that there was a real concern about whether or not donald trump could be beaten. so he set the stage for what we have been seeing. a decision he made, not just to step down but also to name kamala harris, to say he was

going to endorse her, avoiding, they were talking about that survivor style runoff potentially, a mini convention or mini primary. he avoided all that from happening. tonight, there's an opportunity for appreciation to be shown for him. that led to fund-raising, that has been off the charts. the polls that are moving all toward the democrats. the momentum, the crowds. but there is no crowd quite like this. and they're not just going to hear from joe biden tonight. hillary clinton, who in many ways set the stage for a woman to run for president, will be here. joe biden will do a brief introduction and throughout the week, a lot of anticipation for two former presidents, barack obama and bill clinton. nancy pelosi, of course, kamala harris will be the big one on thursday night, who will give the keynote address. we're all watching carefully for michelle obama who has some mad

rhetorical skills and doesn't speak publicly that often. tonight, again, is joe biden's night. kind of a reset. he is transitioning to a party that is kind of reimagined. one that is younger, one that is more vital, one that is more energetic, and one that is very focused on the idea that they can win this race. they truly believe that now. but a transition that joe biden led when he made that decision to step down. >> monica, this isn't the speech president biden thought he was going to give a couple month ago. what will we hear from him tonight? how did this speech come together? >> reporter: in just a couple weeks ago, i mean, we're talking about four weeks ago yesterday, that that consequential decision was made public by president biden, and this entire week was supposed to be his big moment, the stage was going to be set for him to celebrate his 50

years in public service and talking about his pitch for his re-election bid. so the fact now that of course they are tweaking the speech in a very significant manner, the president was working on it all weekend at camp david, but tonight, his goal is really twofold. number one, we're told he's still going to make this argument that led his entire 2024 campaign before he left the race, which was to talk about democracy and what's at stake in this election. and the potential threat that donald trump can pose. and then he's going to dovetail that into specifically why he believes vice president harris is the one to now take on that fight. and it's been so notable in her own campaign rhetoric that she hasn't been talking as much about that lofty democratic idea and the threats posed to democracy in the same way that joe biden really made that a hallmark of his campaigning. she has been talking about it in a different way, so he's going

to try to bridge those two worlds. and then say specifically this is why this person who i hand-picked to be vice president is now equipped to be president. and he's going to effectively really pass the torch, and there will be this moment between the two of them where they are going to acknowledge the history of that, and where they're going to be on stage together really for the only point that we're expected to see throughout the course of this week, because then president biden and first lady jill biden are expected to leave chicago after potentially engaging with some other supporters and loyalists who are gathering here for this convention, and then they're heading to southern california for vacation for the rest of the week, and they really want to be able to put vice president harris in the spotlight. this will be extraordinary. and they're trying to include a couple of tidbits from president biden's oval office address when he tried to explain his decision about exiting the race when he

said history is in your hands. that is sprinkled throughout the signage here at the convention and that's something that we're told will be a theme that will be referenced by some of the delegates as well as they try to pay tribute to his leadership. >> all right, chris and monica, thanks so much for stetting the stage for us literally. jeff, i have to imagine that there are still some hurt feelings after everything that played out. just how important is this speech for democratic unity? >> yeah, i think you're not wrong about that. there are some hurt feelings, on a few different sides. the white house has been trying to play down any hurt feelings on president biden's side, acknowledging he was upset by the process that led to his ouster and sort of the party turning on him, but moving forward now to a message of hope and, you know, president biden is a longtime political operative. he understands politics. he even acknowledged in a recent television interview that he

understood in some ways where speaker pelosi may have been coming from in her role. so i think that it is about a broad sense of moving forward. which coincidentally enough, is also one of vice president harris' campaign themes. i was on her trip yesterday in pennsylvania. and the bus tour that she was on, on one side of the bus, there is a big slogan saying a new way forward. i think you're going to hear a lot about that this week. and no doubt in part from president biden tonight, from the other speakers and then from vice president harris when she gives her keynote speech on thursday. but you're not wrong to acknowledge there are still at least some sensitivities, and i think that's in part what president biden will try to iron over tonight by setting a tone. let's keep in mind as well that as difficult as that decision for him has to have been, the fact that vice president harris is now the nominee and now has a

chance at beating donald trump is also key to his legacy. and so it's in his interest as well as the party's from their perspective for her to win. >> amy, given how quickly things changed, you say this convention probably matters more to kamala harris than any other nominee. explain, why is this week so important for her? >> well, she's up against the clock, and they know it. when you talk to people inside the campaign, they know there are less than 80 days to go. they have a very short runway right now to prove, to talk about her, to talk about her personally, professionally, what she is. they also want to define her before the trump campaign defines her. and so i think, and they're trying to define her, trying to paint her as this progressive from california, and they're trying to obviously talk to those few voters who are left, those undecideds. it's really important. this is a huge moment for her and she won't get this moment again until this many eyeballs

until people are watching again on september 10th when she faces donald trump. so this is the key moment to tell the american public about who she is and paint a picture. i think you saw her yesterday talk about how she likes doritos. she was wearing her converse all-stars. she's trying to show people that she is kind of like a hip, you know, maybe female barack obama. >> and maybe just try to show i'm an everyday kind of woman. this is such a historic moment, as kamala harris looks to become the first woman to be elected president in the u.s. hillary clinton has been there. we're going to hear from her tonight too. she has spoken so passionately about breaking that glass ceiling. i just want to revisit her speech from 2008 when she lost the nomination to barack obama. >> although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, this got about 18 million cracks in it.

>> do you expect her to reference that glass ceiling tonight? >> yes. i mean, you look back at 2016 and hillary clinton was leaning hard into the history making orthat. you're not seeing that as much from the vice president. that is sort of understated. i think she's going to be the huge champion here of harris. she wants to portray her as the woman who can shatter the glass ceiling. she wasn't able to do it. a few years later, eight years later, someone might be able to do it. that's kamala harris, and i think you'll see hillary clinton really make that point during her address. >> meantime, jeff, thousands of protesters have already descended on chicago over the biden administration's handling of the war in gaza. can harris heal that one glaring rift in the party? >> well, certainly, she wants to. and i think just having covered her and biden over the last couple months, it's evident that

she's making some progress on that. that doesn't mean the protests this weekend or this week, rather, won't be a big deal. but i can say that attending her rallies and speeches, she gets interrupted less often. when she does get interrupted, she's able to sort of quell that in a way that president biden was not. she's also spoken in a different tone about gaza. talked about a cease-fire in a way that i think some of those protesters are taking more seriously than they did when hearing it from biden, even though the language is quite similar. there's no doubt that rift is still there and that will be manifested in the fact thousands of people are expected to show up to protest. >> the democratic party platform was released ahead of today' kickoff but it's the platform written and voted on before president biden exited the race. which elements of the biden presidency do you think kamala harris will embrace? >> she's leaning into a lot of it. obviously, she has to. she is the president's

environment, and so she needs to do that. but she's also going to talk a lot about the future, and i think we're expecting to hear her talk about that. that's sort of what democrats wanted all along. they thought we have to do more than talk about democracy. obviously, democracy is a huge part of this, but they want to know what it looks like looking forward. i think we're going to hear a lot about that. that's sort of how things have changed a little bit from the president to the vice president. it's more of a forward looking campaign, and she's leaning into that. >> jeff, we have seen a slate of new polls leading up to this convention. nbc's latest polling average finds a five-point swing toward harris. the day president biden dropped out, trump was up three. now harris, you can see, is up two. what kind of polling bump is the harris team hoping to see after the convention? >> well, no doubt, they would like to see this momentum continue. i will tell you from my own reporting of speaking to them, that's one of their greatest

fears and acknowledgments which is that the bump that she's gotten, the momentum she's felt over the last few weeks can't continue. nonstop. that is to say they expect there will be at least some bumps in the road coming up, and the question is what will lead to that. for sure this week, they expect that momentum to be flying high. it's a good week for anyone who is the democratic nominee, with all these big name speakers and with all the attention and eyeballs as we have been saying on the convention. i think they were certainly hoping to come out of this convention with even more momentum. heading into that debate and just try to maintain it as much as possible. but as i was saying, there is also the acknowledgment that there could be a bump, and that those polls are not necessarily something they want to accept. she has been saying over and over that she still considers herself the underdog and she doesn't want there to be a sense

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like nasal congestion. (♪♪) live claritin clear. welcome back. with the political world focused on chicago this week for the dnc, former president trump is working on counterprogramming. he's set to hold an event in york, pennsylvania, this afternoon while jd vance will speak in philadelphia. the plans to talk about two key issues for voters, the economy and energy. but will they stick to that plan? joining us now, msnbc senior political contributor matthew dowd. and nbc's vaughn hillyard joining me in studio. the trump campaign has a whole week of counterprogramming planned, right? what can we expect? >> donald trump launched this presidential bid in november of 2022. let's be clear, this is going to be by far this busiest week yet. he's going to hold this

afternoon a rally in york, pennsylvania. he held a rally in pennsylvania 48 hours ago. he's then making his way to michigan, north carolina, arizona, and nevada, for donald trump, the battleground states, the map has just expanded for him. and there is a realization that their own convention, one month ago, at the time when he was giving his primetime address, he was facing a completely different nominee on the democratic side. and so for now, it is up to him and his team. let's be also very clear here, this is a much more difficult than 2016 and 2020 for him. with hillary clinton and joe biden, he had not only biographically opponents who were much more identifiable to the vast part of the american electorate, but also policy wise. americans knew who joe biden and hillary clinton were. really, kamala harris is introduing new policies in real time with just about a month until early voting begins in a lot of spates. for him, his team has to work in overtime, not only in terms of

actual time on the road but figuring out their own messaging about how to counter what is taking place in chicago this week. >> we have seen him throwing a bunch of things out there to see what sticks. he is now, former president trump, playing cleanup for comments he made recently related to the medal of honor. >> three days ago at an event in bedminster, with marion addleson, the big gop donor, was at that event. and donald trump was commenting on the award he had given her inside the white house, the top civilian honor, and saying his quote at the time was, it's actually much better because everyone gets the congressional medal of honor. they're soldiers, they're either in very bad shape because they have been hit so many times by bullets or they're dead. she gets it and she's healthy, beautiful woman. donald trump is not eager to ever apologize. that's why his remarks this morning seemingly clarifying his statement is notable. take a listen. >> people that get the congressional medal of honor,

which i have given to many, are often horribly wounded or dead. they're often dead. they get it posthumously. and when you get the congressional medal of honor, i always consider that to be the ultimate, but it is a painful thing to get it. when you get the presidential medal of freedom, it's usually for other things like you have achieved great success in sports or you have achieved great success someplace else. when you get the medal of honor, generally speaking, and i have met many of them and seen the families of many of them, this is an incredible honor, but it was a statement that is much more painful to get because they're oftentimes in very bad shape. i have seen them come up and they have suffered greatly. >> over the course of nine years donald trump has come under scrutiny beginning with his comments about john mccain being a prisoner of war. to the suckers and losers comments during his time in the white house. this for donald trump is just an extension of concerns among some veterans in the u.s. about his

treatment and his words. and the extent to which he equated these two honors, between civilians and those who have been wounded in active war duty or even killed. >> thanks for your reporting. matthew, trump hasn't been on the campaign very much in the past couple weeks. does his counterprogramming plan sound like a smart strategy to you? >> well, i think there's two problems with it, and that one you pointed out, which is himself. and his ability to stay on a singular message over the course of an event. we haven't seen it happen at all in the course of this year and this campaign at all. at any moment he stayed on message, he hasn't done it. the bigger problem is i don't understand why last week when there was no democratic convention on, the only event donald trump did was in montana, not a battleground state in the course of this, a quick event in montana and leaves and leaves the rest of the week to vice

president harris before even the convention starts. so i think it's probably good if he can stay disciplined enough to stay on an economic message, but he's doing it in an unlikely way, which is himself, and two, a very, very unlikely time, which is in the midst of the democratic convention. to me, they should have been doing this last week. >> trump allies want him to talk policy. that's what he's supposed to be talking about this week. in the meantime, he continues to go after kamala harris with these personal attacks, again, commenting on her physical appearance during a rally just over the weekend. take a listen. >> she said kamala has one big advantage. she's a very beautiful woman. she's a beautiful woman. so i decide to go back and reread the close. i'm not saying -- but i say that i am much better looking than her. i think i'm much better looking. much better.

i'm a better looking person than kamala. >> that was saturday. a day later, one of trump's closest confidantes in the senate, lindsey graham, told him to knock it off. watch. >> president trump can win this election. his policies are good for america. and if you have a policy debate for president, he wins. donald trump the provocateur, the showman, may not win this election. >> trump, the provocateur, the showman, has won before. can he win again with this form of campaigning? >> well, i agree with lindsey in part. i agree with the part of the showman. i think it's exhausted. the american public is exhausted by this. they saw it in 2016. he did get rewarded for it in 2016 barely in winning the electoral college. he got punished for it in 2020. his party got punished for it in 2022. so i think that sort of showman

part is done and the public is way past this. but i disagree with lindsey on one part, if it's a policy debate, i would guess that the harris campaign would love a policy debate, especially at a debate. i don't think donald trump does well in that. i think he does well on the name calling. i think he does well in sort of appealing to people's fears. but in an actual real specific policy debate, i think that is ground that the vice president would love to be on. >> i want to show this, the dnc kicking off the week with an anti-trump campaign slogan. projected onto the trump tower in chicago. you can see it reads "trump-vance weird as hell." we have come a long way from when they go low, we go high. how effective could this be? >> i think the weird thing has been highly effective because it doesn't feel -- it feels observational and not judgmental. and i hope people understand the difference. it doesn't feel like you're

making a judgment about something. it feels like you're observing, that's just bizarre, that's weird, or that's crazy, as opposed to a judgment about the voters in this. so i think it stuck. you think you can tell it stuck by having jd vance respond to it and donald trump respond to it, arguing they're not weird or pointing to the other one. it's a momentary benefit for the harris and walz campaign. i think by the time we get to election day, i don't think we'll be talking about who's weird. i think we'll be talking about whose vision of the country we want to employ in the course of this, and that's, i think, there debate the harris/walz campaign want to have. >> matthew dowd, we are less than 80 days away until election day. thank you very much. this morning, we're tracking extreme weather, intense flash floods wiping out roads, leading to a water rescues. plus, an hours-long meeting with benjamin netanyahu. what secretary blinken is hoping

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emergency crews to make a number of water rescues. while mudslide left residents scrambling to evacuate their cars. even nearby buildings had to be evacuated. george solis is live for us in danbury, connecticut. looks like a mess there. talk to us about the weather this morning and what's the damage assessment? >> reporter: yeah, ana, fire officials telling me about 100 rescues just in danbury alone as a result of this historic flooding. and this is just sort of the small picture of the much bigger picture of cleanup happening today. take a look at this parking lot and the housing complex. you can see the road completely washed away. looks more like a small creek here than roadway. all of this, of course, washed away here onto the roadway. about a dozen or so roads in connecticut in this area alone still shut down because of the massive cleanup and the assessment of the damage here. a lot of people just fortunate the damage was not worse.

overnight, heavy rains battering the mid-atlantic and northeast. flooding connecticut towns, submerging cars, and washing out roads. in southbury, connecticut, a good samaritan coming to the rescue of a driver and their dog stuck in floodwaters. paul's truck got caught in the deluge when he drove through the rising waters to get his dog. >> they said the water was going over the hood of my truck at some point. >> some roads becoming unusable. and traffic backed up on others as waters rose in towns, wild weather over the weekend across the country. including intense winds in alabama, even blowing this bounce house over. meanwhile, the impact of hurricane ernesto also being felt along the east coast. strong rip currents posing a threat to beach goers. new york city closing beaches in brookland and the rockaways because of the currents. >> they blow the whistle and told us to get out of the water.

>> reporter: on the coast of north carolina's outer banks, the waters washing a house out to sea. it was unoccupied at the time. the national weather service counted 29 water rescues in wilmington, north carolina, on saturday. it comes after two men drowned in hilton head, south carolina, because of powerful rip currents on friday. yeah, and our affiliate reporting appears this storm may have been fatal, it looks like in oxford here. one man was swept away in the storm. nbc is looking to independently verify that. you can see a little sunlight right now which is something resident are really looking forward to. earlier forecasts called for more rain, which would be adding more insult to injury as a result of all this damage that has occurred here in the region. you can see the heavy machinery hard at work here trying to clean all this up. this entire complex here evacuated here as the storms rage and those waters swept through this region. the assessment here for the cleanup going to take months, if not years, as this cleanup

continues. ana. >> good to see that sun out now. thank you, george. turning now to the middle east. where secretary of state antony blinken is now on his ninth trip to the region since the war in gaza began in october. blinken warning that this latest round of cease-fire talks could be, quote, the last opportunity to free the remaining hostages in gaza. the state department saying blinken and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met one-on-one for 2 1/2 hours earlier this morning. as the u.s. pushes for both de-escalation and a surge of humanitarian assistance. nbc's raf sanchez joins us in tel aviv. where do things stand with the talks, especially with blinken there in the middle east? >> reporter: so ana, you remember, we had two days of cease-fire negotiations last week, which ended with the u.s. putting a detailed proposal on the table. trying to bridge the gaps between israel and hamas. those negotiations are going to continue in cairo this week, but

right now, you have secretary of state blinken in the region, and he's trying to smooth the way so that there could be a final deal at these cease-fire talks in cairo later in the week. he's making it very clear in his meetings here in israel that the united states sees this as a make or break moment. take a listen. >> this is a decisive moment. probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home. to get a cease-fire, and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security. it is time for everyone to get to yes and to not look for any excuses to say no. >> reporter: and you mentioned blinken had this very long meeting with prime minister netanyahu today. the israeli side said this was a constructive meeting, that they are committed to this proposal on the table.

the question is, is hamas? they're making negative noises about this american plan, saying it makes too many concessions to israel, and they're saying they do not plan to attend these talks in cairo. the question is, is this them just driving a hard bargain during negotiations or an actual rejection of the plan. >> meantime, the united nations relief and works agency says about 90% of gaza's population which totals about 2 million people, have been displaced at least once since the war began. of course, the fighting continues there in gaza. what is the latest on the conditions for civilians? >> reporter: yeah, many, many families have been displaced many times, not just once. there was a family in central gaza over the weekend, they had been displaced from their homes further up in the strip, and according to hospital authorities, 18 members of that family were killed in an israeli

strike over the weekend. witnesses say the strike happened at about 1:00 a.m. in the morning. so the family was sleeping. there was no time to run. there was no warning. we have asked the israeli military about that strike. they haven't given us details about what the target was. they do say that hamas regularly hides among the civilian population, but ana, of those 18 people killed, 11 of them were children. >> very tragic. raf sanchez, thanks. now back to our top story, the kickoff of the dnc today. and tens of thousands of protesters expected to make their way to chicago. the case they're trying to make to the democratic party about ending the war in gaza. and michigan senator debbie stabenow joins us to talk about the convention and what vice president harris' nomination means for crucial house and senate races. when we come back.

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chicago police are bracing for thousands of protesters at this week's democratic national convention. activists focusing on a number of issues including abortion rights and income inequality, but mostly protesting over the war in gaza. nbc's shaquille brewster is covering this angle for us and joins us live in chicago. what are you seeing so far and

how is security being handled? >> reporter: well, when you talk to police, they say they are ready. i spoke to the superintendent of chicago police department last week and he said he welcomes protests and he actually plans to protect protesters exercising their legitimate constitutional rights. and that's what you're about to see here. we're about a half mile away from the united center in one of the designated protest areas. we're a couple hours away from the start of this demonstration, but there's a coalition of groups. groups fighting for reproductive rights, for lgbtq rights, but when you talk to the coalition that will be set up here, their main message is what you see on these signs here. they want to see the united states and aid to israel. they want an immediate cease-fire. can want you to listen to one person i talked to who made a seven-hour drive. two buses, part of a group that made a seven-hour drive here to demonstrate. listen to what he told me. >> we want to see the genocide end in palestine.

and we want to see the democrats support an end to the genocide in palestine. >> today we're going to make sure the democrats hear us. we're going to keep saying it again and again, and we're going to tell them today, stop sending weapons to israel. >> reporter: today's demonstration is expected to gather more than 20,000 people. there will be a rally that will take place at noon local time and then a march that will go through on this about mile-long parade route that was the focus of a lot of conversation, a lot of legal battles, but it was an agreement eventually between this protest group and the city of chicago. you know, talking to the demonstrators here, i have been asking why do we expect to see more people here for the democratic convention compared to what we saw a couple weeks ago in milwaukee at the republican convention, and the answer i continue to get is they believe the democrats are in power, the biden administration with vice president harris that has the power to meet their demands and listen to their

demands. that's why they're planning to be here out in force. >> interesting. thanks for covering for us, shaq brewster. >> i want to bring in democratic senator debbie stabenow of michigan joining us from the convention site. thanks for making time for us this morning. the latest "new york times" sienna college poll has harris leading in michigan with 50% of the vote right now. still within the margin of error, but a big reversal from polling before biden dropped out of this race. do you think this is real and lasting momentum? or is michigan still very much in play? >> well, first of all, it's great to be with you today. it's a very exciting week. i think they have put it together beautifully. i think that michigan is always in play because we really are a purple state, so you have to work really hard. do i feel better? absolutely. i think the polls are real. there is an incredible amount of excitement. we have more volunteers than ever before. we have 50 offices set up around

the state. and people are coming in and they're wanting yard signs and they're wanting to be engaged. we are in a much better spot, and there's, i think, every reason to believe that our vice president will win in michigan. >> we were just reporting on the protesters expected in chicago by the thousands potentially, these pro-palestinian protesters. your state is home to a sizable uncommitted vote. a large arab and muslim population. could this issue threaten your party's chances of winning michigan? >> well, ana, first, let me say this is what democracy looks like. people are more engaged with democrats because they know we govern and we care. and we're working to make a difference. this is very serious. people should be heard. people should be respected. and from my perspective, right now, secretary blinken, as you know, who is in israel, i know is doing everything he can, and

president biden is, to get a cease-fire, to bring the hostages hope, and netanyahu and hamas need to step up and stop the excuses and get this done. so i'm hopeful that that's going to happen because there's too many innocent lives lost by the palestinians and the hostages have been in danger for way too long. >> senator, you are not running for re-election this term after 25 years representing michigan in the senate. your successor could impact the balance of power in the chamber. how has this shake-up at the top of the ticket changed that race? >> well, i think we are seeing rather than some headwinds, we're now seeing some tailwinds. we're seeing the person that will be coming after me, elissa slotkin, who is terrific on her own, she's been pulling ahead all along, and we were on our thelma and louise tour after she

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in just a few hours george santos is expected to plead guilty to multiple charges. for months he has maintained his innocence on 23 federal charges related to campaign finance fraud. his trial was set to start next month. let's go to nbc's rehema ellis outside the courthouse in central islip, new york. do we have a sense of which charges he will plead guilty to and why now, so soon before the trial? >> reporter: the sense is he will plead guilty to all of them and maybe the reason now that he's doing it, he was in this courthouse just last week on a hearing for the trial that is scheduled to come up in a few weeks from now and that's september 9th but may have seen

that this case was stacking up against him. two of his former aides including his campaign fund-raiser and campaign treasurer have already admitted their guilt in association with crimes connected with george santos including saying something to the fact that he was accused of stealing money from donors' credit cards to pay off his own credit cards and using some of the money to buy luxury clothing items. take a look at some of these 23 charges, though, wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds, lying on federal form, conspiracy and identity theft. and in that ethics hearing investigation that was held last year, the committee found that there was what they called it in their words overwhelming evidence that santos had broken the law and that's why he was expelled from congress and they said he was using his public position for private gain. ana. >> if he does plead guilty, what is next? what is the next move and path forward here?

>> reporter: we don't know yet. there are reports that if he were tried and found guilty of all 23 counts he could face up to 20 years behind bars, but now it looks like he's going to acknowledge his guilt in these alleged crimes and we'll have to see what the judge sentences him to after that with him pleading guilty, there will not be a jury trial. >> we know you will keep us posted. rehema ellis, thank you so much for that report. that's going to do it for us today. it's a big week. we continue to follow the race to the white house and be back tomorrow same time same place and special coverage of the democratic national convention, as always catch our show online around the clock on youtube and other platforms. great to have you with us today. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right after this.

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good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern and 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we're hours away from a historic moment in our nation's politics. tonight, the democratic national convention kicks off in chicago where this week vice president harris will formally accept the nomination for president. she is the first woman of color to top a major party's presidential ticket. democrats will hold a symbolic roll call vote tomorrow since the vice president was virtually mi