so nbc news political and national correspondent jacob soboroff traveled to omaha to hear from voters matters. >> reporter: there was a guy named jason who responded to me on social media, and he said we should come see him at rotella's, an italian bakery. >> jason odom is a marine corps veteran and engineer at a big tech company. a father of three, he reached out, said he was worried about his three kids being sent to war. >> there's a lot of people, they used to be described as the silent majority. i kind of feel like that a lot of times. >> reporter: we came to omaha because a rare electoral system could have the city in the ultimate spotlight come election night. people here call nebraska's second congressional district the blue dot. it's a democratic island in a sea of republican voters. unlike the rest of the country, only nebraska and maine award their electoral votes by congressional district. the one electoral vote here could prevent a tie and help the one candidate win the 270 volts needed to win. >> reporter: why did you want to meet here? >> it's kind of famous in omaha an

our jacob soboroff in partnership with wowt traveled to find out what matters most to voters there. >was a guy named jason who responded to me on social media and said we should come see him at rotella's. and this is it. >> reporter: jason is a marine corps veteran and engineer for a big tech company. he reached out because he was worried about his three kids getting sent to war. why on earth would you respond to me and say you want to talk about life in omaha? >> there's a lot of people, they used to be described as the silent majority. i kind of feel like that a lot of times. >> reporter: we came to omaha because a rare electoral system could have the city in the spotlight. people call the second congressional district the blue dot. because it's a democratic island in a sea of republican voters. unlike the rest of the country. only nebraska and another state award theirs due to the electoral college. why did you want to meet here? >> it's kind of famous here in omaha, and i happen to live nearby. it's got the best bread, i think and super cheap. >> reporter: inside, we met karen hid

so our jacob soboroff in partnership with our affiliate wowt traveled to find out what matters most to voters there. >> translator: there was a guy named jason who responded to me on social media, and he said we should come see him at rotella's, an italian bakery, and that it is right here. >> thanks for doing this. >> reporter: jason odem is a marine corps veteran and now an engineer for a big tech company. a father of three who reached out because he said he was worried about his three kids being sent to war. why on earth would you respond to me and want to talk about life in omaha. >> there is a lot of people, used to be described as the silent majority. i feel like that loot of time. >> reporter: we come to omaha was a rare electoral system could have the city in the spotlight come election night. people here call the second congressional district the blue dot. that's because it's a democratic island in a sea of republican voters. and unlike the rest of the country, only nebraska and maine award their electoral votes by congressional district. so the one electoral vote here could p

jacob soboroff on what we can look forward to. >> reporter: the olympic flag is now in the u.s. mayor karen bass flying with the flag from paris to l.a. >> we have the flag now. it's on us. we've got a lot of work to do, los angeles. >> reporter: the city of angels will once again take center stage as the host city of the 2028 olympics. it's been 40 years since l.a. last hosted the games. >> carl lewis doing it! >> reporter: when olympian carl lewis took home four gold medals right here at the los angeles memorial coliseum. the biggest track and field stars from around the world will once again get the chance to compete in this storied venue. >> that was a life-changing venue. you'll never be this big again in your whole life. >> reporter: casey wasserman is the chairman of the l.a. 2028 committee. he says turning the coliseum a venue from the 1932 and 1984 games from a football field back into a track & field venue is the most expensive investment of the games. >> to put a track back in means we have to spend about $150 million and the track will go 14 rows into the stands. tha

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it's where we start the hour with my friend and colleague jacob soboroff. e it felt watching. like the obamas sort of cracked open what was excitement and enthusiasm and added all this depth of feeling to what the country has been through, and especially the democratic party over the last eight years. >> reporter: it felt electric. it was a feeling unlike of the second day of this one, i have been through four days of the other convention. through all the days so far, it felt unique. it felt special to the people here. that's what they told me. everyone was on their feet. everyone was locked in. and just that back to back one-two punch of michelle obama and president obama, and i think a lot of people, myself included, weren't there to experience the spirit of the 2008 campaign. what it was like to be in denver when president obama accepted the nomination in that football stadium all those years ago. i guess it felt like i think for a lot of us, a little bit of a taste of that, but 20 years later. when you talk to people about how they were feeling last nigh

jacob soboroff, thank you. >> thanks. >> let's get to our coverage.nt obama, susan rice who worked with vice president harris in the white house. they've known each other since vice president harris was senator harris. thank you so much. we're happy to get to talk to you. tell me what people don't know about vice president harris' foreign policy chops. >> first of all, it's great to be with you and wonderful to see how much fun the delegates are having on the floor. you're keeping me from the fun. >> sorry. >> vice president harris, in fact, comes to the role of president, where she would be elected, with more national security experience, than any of the last five presidents, expect president biden. it's important to remember, not only has she served in the senate and not only the attorney general of the largest state of the union, but she has served on the senate intelligence committee. and as vice president, sat every day with the president receiving the presidential bailey briefing. sitting at the table in the situation room, where all the most im

unbelievable stuff nbc's jacob soboroff takes a closer look now at how l.a.ready getting ready to play host four years from now >> reporter: with the end of the 2024 paris summer olympics. >> journey to america begins. >> reporter: a new count down to the next summer games is already underway in just four years, los angeles will once again take center stage as the host city of the 2028 olympics. >> we have now flipped the switch from planning to delivery. >> reporter: it's been 40 years since l.a. last held that honor, when olympian karl lewis took home four gold medals at the los angeles memorial coliseum. the biggest track and field stars will once again get the chance to compete in this storied venue, a feeling lewis remembers well. >> that was a life changing thing. you'll never be this big in your whole life >> reporter: casey wasserman is a chairman of the l.a. 2028 committee, turning the coliseum, where rocket man famous flew from a football field to a track and field venue will be the most expe expe expensive investment of the games, one he believes i

look at jacob soboroff. make it happen, jacob.ubstitute to her telling her story about her family, her mother, and father. you heard about donald harris tonight and about her sister. look at the happiness. the people are just so excited, and i think that is what -- my text messages were blowing up because people said she is hitting the marks, our story is her story.he she did so on behalf of all the people whose story she was telling, and that is uniquely an american tale, very, very important. >> jacob, blink twice if you need help. >> reporter: get me out of here. >> the thing is jacob has spent so much time with these people i recognize them now. >> rachel, i gave them all my phone number, and they're all coming over later. >>ng jacob soboroff broadcastin from minneapolis. this is what you're going to be brought home to. well-done, my friend. well-done. ari, we haven't asked you yet what you thought of the speech. what was your take? >> for years we've known her as vice president. america got to meet her for the role she actual

nbc's jacob soboroff traveled to omaha to hear from voters on their key issues, including inequalitye was a guy named jason who responded to me on social media, and he said we should come see him at ro it, ella's, an italian bakery. >> jason odom is a marine corps veteran and now an engineer for a big tech company. a father of three, he reached out because he said he was worried about his three kids getting sent to war. >> why on earth would you respond to me and say you want to talk to me about life in omaha? >> there's a lot of people, they used to be described as, what, the silent majority. i kind of feel like that a lot of times. >> a rare electoral system could have the city in the ultimate spotlight come election night. people here call nebraska's second congressional district the blue dot. that's because it's a democratic island in a sea of republican voters, and unlike the rest of the country, only nebraska and maine award their electoral votes by congressional district. so the one electoral vote here could prevent an electoral college tie and help one candidate reach the 270

our jacob soboroff in partnership with wpxi traveled there to find out what matters most to voters. >mayor, at the end of all this, how many buildings are going to be demolished? >> about 150. >> reporter: democrat dwan walker has been mayor for 12 years. today he's presiding over a demolition bonanza, funded by president biden's american rescue plan. >> this is a renaissance. we're changing the environment of our downtown. >> reporter: when you talk about what matters in this city, why does this matter? >> i think that's important, to change what people see. >> reporter: we first met mayor walker here in 2016 as they struggled to build back decades after the steel industry's collapse. >> blue collar, blue steel. >> reporter: we also met these retirees. how has it changed over the course of your life here? >> it was a booming town. now the mill shut down, it's nothing. >> reporter: the shift shook up life in aliquippa, including in recent years, its politics. it is one of the most populous cities, but it has picked a republican for president since 2008, part of the reason the state's

jacob soboroff has a look ahead at how that city is preparing and a peek inside the venues with somehosted by the u.s. and the third in l.a. it's all coming up later on "today." >>> for now, thanks for watching "early today." i'm jessica layton. have a great monday. >>> paris biz a final farewell to the olympic games, the golden closing ceremony and how team usa pulled off an epic

our jacob soboroff in partnership with wpxi traveled there to find out what matters to voters most. >ll this, how many buildings will be demolished in aliquippa? >> about 150. >> reporter: democrat dwan walker has been mayor of aliquippa for 12 years. today he's presiding over a demolition bonanza funded by president biden's rescue plan. >> this is not a resurrection project. this is a renaissance. we're changing the environment of our downtown. >> when you talk about what matters in this city, why does this matter? >> i think that's important to change what people see. >> reporter: we first met mayor walker here in 2016 as aliquippa struggled to build back decades after the steel industry collapsed. we also met these retirees. >> how has aliquippa changed over the course of your lives here? >> well, aliquippa was a booming town. now when the mills shut down, it's nothing. >> reporter: that shift shook up life in aliquippa including in recent years, its politics. aliquippa is one of the most populous cities in beaver county which once reliably voted democratic but since 2008 has picke

watch jacob soboroff and you'll learn something. i love when you walk around for us.'s got the -- not to give away their battleground strategy but who's in the very front? who has the very, very best seats? >> okay. so come -- well, right in the front and center right here, so we've got pennsylvania, delaware, california front and center obviously going to be the biggest delegation, the most populous state in the union. maryland, nebraska. and remember, nebraska, nicolle, is home to that second congressional district where in the case of the dreaded 269-269 electoral college tie that second congressional district could be -- oh, the phone's ringing. hold on, nicolle. >> who is it? >> hold on. is it still ringing? hello? jacob soboroff, msnbc. >> can i have a pizza? deep dish? >> are you guys calling? hold on. do you need someone? >> thank you. >> they hung up. i'm going to get in trouble for crank calls. i'm going to get in trouble for crank calls and they're going to kick me out of here, nicolle, i've got to be careful. anyway, nebraska's down front and center becaus

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our friend jacob soboroff got to get a few questions in to the minnesota governor and vice presidentialate. jacob joining us on the floor. what did he tell you? >> reporter: lester, good evening. he is basically sitting on what is the half court line if this was a chicago bulls game. we chatted with him briefly about how he was feeling in advance of president biden speaking tonight. take a look at what he had to say. how are you feeling, sir? >> we're excited. it is a pretty important night for democrats tonight to honor joe biden. we are excited to be here. >> reporter: could you ever imagine a night like this, to be here and to be with the second gentleman, to be with your wife and to be potentially on the verge of becoming the next vice president of the united states? >> i don't know. doesn't every public schoolteacher imagine that? no. it is a privilege. and just feeling that energy, just a privilege. >> reporter: i'll leave you alone, but you were in pennsylvania over the weekend. do you feel like you guys are going to take pennsylvania? >> absolutely. i said the energy out there,

jacob soboroff is in the midst of the minnesota delegation, which is really having its moment tonightis is what they came for tonight. >> this is the delegation of the evening. you can see there is a lot of flannel in this allegation tonight. -- this delegation tonight. read the flannel people, stand up. stand up for me. will you stand up for me? everybody. look at this. it will be the hottest, the hottest look of spring and summer 2024. everyone is very excited in the minnesota delegation. i just talked to a friend of mine over here. tell me your name again. you are from where in minnesota? >> minneapolis, minnesota. >> reporter: i was telling you earlier, i consider myself half minnesotan. the people of minnesota, i will be real with you, including my mom, are very excited about what is happening right now on the world stage and what might happen on this stage tonight. i see your button. voting is my black job. talk to me about how you feel casting your vote for governor walz and vice president harris. >> we talk about black jobs in the last couple of months, but that is my job and

we have another correspondent on the floor, jacob soboroff at the floor of the united center. ondent but i'll do my best. alex wagner does take the cake in that category. i want to bring you to the minnesota delegation, home to governor tim walz. senator amy klobuchar, my mother, patty soboroff, who is not here, but she's from minnesota. i want to give you a taste of how people are feeling over here in minnesota. i'm so sorry to walk up to you unprompted and interrupting whatever you were doing. how does it feel to be from minnesota on a special night like this? >> it feels so awesome. >> have youench done anything like this before in. >> this is my first time at convention. >> what was your deciding factor that you wanted to show up? what's your name, first of all? >> yukoma. >> i'm jacob. i'm so sorry to surprise you with this. everybody in the minnesota great time.seems to be having a why did you want to come for your first convention? >> i want to support the dems. it's my first year voting. >> so what's it feel like to get to cast a vote for vice president harris and gover

. >> jacob soboroff is in the room, and i believe was able to make some connection with some of the walzter: that's right, rachel. i'm here side stage. we ended up in this remarkable position. this is where governor walz just spoke. and right here in the backstage here, where we are this is where thep faally was staging. minutes before the entire walz family walked out and sat in those seats right in front of the stage here at the united center, these are faces so new and so fresh to american politics, frankly i don't even know what members of the family they were, but you saw two of the young women down in front wearing the white dresses. to me, my impression is so remarkably normal after what we've been through over the last few years. one of the walz women say they were watching msnbc earlier today and saw the minnesota delegation. one of them said to me are we supposed to waive? what do we do? we've all been talking about it the most in the family. that's my reaction down here spending some time with them as they waited to go out and see governor walz speak is they feel like they cou

jacob soboroff takes us inside the dnc. >> when we fight, we win!porter: minnesota governor tim walz bringing down the house on the third night of the dnc. >> t it's the fourth quarter, we're down a field goal. but we're on offense and we've got the ball. we're driving down the field. and boy, do we have the right team. >> the former school teacher and football coach cheered on by his family, including his emotional son, gus. after the speech in the minnesota delegation -- >> walz! walz! >> reporter: -- walz's speech following a night heavy on star power, including former president clinton who reminded office he left office a century ago but is still younger than donald trump. >> he mostly talks about himself. so the next time you hear him, don't count the lies. count the is. >> the surprise guest, talk show giant, oprah winfrey. >> les all choose kamala harris! >> reporter: endorsing the vice president as a trail blazer, while trying to appeal to independent voters and condemning donald trump. >> we won't be set back, pushed back, bullied back, kic

jacob soboroff, thank you very much. much appreciated. ari, back to you. >> thanks.watching this convention. you talk about the comparisons. it's natural to do, michael. and i attended the four democratic conventions, four cycles in a row, 16 years. i don't know if that dates me or not. the covid one, which wasn't in person, and i have been covering and watching a great deal of this one, as have so many of us. it does strike me as stronger, more positive, more united than anything since obama '08 which was, again, a barrier breaking candidacy and coming out of eight years of bush. you have been around both parties' conventions. you're as qualified as jacob. you have run an rnc. i'm old enough to remember you on the main stage saying drill, baby drill, but you also stood up for democracy and truth and facts. here we are. judge us by our entire life, not just one day. >> a corner phrase or two in these conventions. >> these comparisons across parties and years? >> my first convention was houston 1982. and so this is a little while since then. and the reality of it is,

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nbc's jacob soboroff has been all over the united center with a behind the scenes look at some of theside the ewe neated center. tonight on the fourth and final day of the national convention, vice president harris will make history becoming the first woman of color to accept the major party's presidential nomination. but last night, it was all about tim walz introducing himself to the country and making his case to voters. >> when we fight -- >> we win! >> reporter: minnesota governor tim walz rallying the crowd as he accepted the vice presidential nomination. >> there'll be time to sleep when you're dead! we're going to leave it on the field! >> reporter: former schoolteacher and football coach cheered on by his family, including his emotional son, gus. walz' speech following a night heavy on star power, including former president bill clinton, who reminded the audience he left audience almost a quarter century ago, but is still younger than donald trump. >> he mostly talks about himself, right? don't count the lies, count the "is." >> the night's surprise guest, talk show giant opr

of the delegation from delaware, i'm reliably informed that our intrepid floor correspondent jacob soboroffding here with lisa blunt rochester, the only delegate from the state. governor carney is also here now. we're live on msnbc with rachel. senator coons, let's start with you. you made your speech last night. you guys are going to kick it off today. any surprises in store from the delaware deegation with this roll call tonight? >> not at all. we're enthusiastically committing our delegates to kamala harris and tim walz tonight. >> congresswoman, i want to ask you, we could very well be looking at the senatorial delegation from the state of delaware very soon. you're the only member of congress to represent the state. you could be the third black woman ever elected to the united states senate. what's the significance of tonight for you? >> i mean, first of all, to be a part of history, all of us are so proud to be here, passing the torch from tom carper to myself and working to represent delaware. and then seeing kamala harris, number two, this is just an incredible moment in history of

in chicago, joy reed, alex wagner, and jacob soboroff who don't seem to be covered in balloons anymoreso that is a good note to start on. joy, let me start with you. we have been talking all week about what this convention is really celebrating. the america that we all live in, that you have grown up in. a lot of people have grown up in. and that is not the america always celebrated. it certainly wasn't the one celebrated just a few weeks ago point so joy, let me start with you. just talk to us a little bit about how it struck you even on a personal level, too. >> i mean it is interesting because, you know, on the other side, donald trump has been married to two emigrants, he had three baby mamas and two of them are immigrants but this rejection is a, his vice presidential running mate, jd vance is married to somebody from an immigrant, a brown immigrant, at that. this projection of the idea that immigrants are -- where as on the side, on the democratic side, what you are seeing is this incredible delivery celebration of the diversity of the american equivalent that the america quilt i

. >>> let me bring into our conversation, one of our favorites, jacob soboroff on the floor of the conventioniler room, nicolle and it has not yet been approved by the democratic national committee. so maybe. i'm not sure. >> well keep me out of it. i'm going to disown you if they ask you who you were on the air with. >> you're in new york. you have nothing to worry about. >> what do you got today? >> let me start here but i was listen to your conversation with dan and i want to get into election interference and i want to take a walk over to georgia in a second based on the conversation that you were having. but i don't know what this is about. but this wasn't here yesterday. this is the beginning of the california delegation and there is a lot of reserved seats. do you know what is up for the reserves seats? the big shots in california have reserved seats. i don't know who is coming. i saw governor newsom show up at the end of the last night. this is a place -- you want to say hello. say hi to nicolle wallace. >> hi, nicolle wallace, how are you. >> hello. we're from philly. >> i love phill

i think jacob soboroff is trying to nose in over there. jacob, can we go to you?ough, governor, we're live on msnbc. how are you feeling, sir? >> we're excited. it's a pretty important night for democrats to honor joe biden, and gwen and i and the kids are excited to be here. >> could you ever imagine a night like this to be here and be with the second gentleman, to be with your wife, and to be potentially on the verge of becoming the next vice president of the united states? >> i don't know, doesn't every public school teacher imagine -- no, it's a privilege, it's an honor. this ticket feeling that energy, just a privilege. >> you were in aliquippa, pennsylvania, over the weekend. you feel like you guys are going to take pennsylvania? >> absolutely. i said the energy out there and to be with those high school kids, to see what that means, xieing. >> thank you very much. nice to talk to you. nice to see you as well. rachel, i think i pulled a muscle trying to do that, but we made it happen. >> well done. and by the way, we just got a call from all the restaurants