chris pollone joins us now. good morning, chris. governor walz is still introducing himself to the country. and one thing he's had to focus on is his military record. >> reporter: that's right. the governor has been under pressure from republicans to address his time with the national guard. walz has faced attacks over a 2018 video where he's talking about gun restrictions and references carrying weapons of war that are only carried in war. walz served 24 years with the national guard but was never in combat. donald trump's running mate, jd vance, accused walz of lying about his service for political gain. the harris campaign says he misspoke. he did have this to say. >> i'm going to say it as clearly as i can. i am damn proud of my service for this country. [cheers and applause] and i firmly believe you should never denigrate another person's service record. to anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, i just have a few simple words. thank you for your service and sacrifice. >> reporte

chris pollone, nbc news, washington. we'll have full coverage of the democratic national convention all week. our damian trujillo will be live in chicago providing live reports from the convention. nbc news will also have all of the moments from the convention floor beginning monday. it is all right here on nbc bay area. gop vice presidential nominee j.d. vance today says he has accepted an invitation from cbs for a debate on october 1st. in a post on x, vance wrote the american people deserve as many debates as possible and that he's also accepted a debate invitation from cnn even sooner that one on september 18th, he'll face democratic nominee tim walz. as we reported yesterday, walz accepted the cbs invitation over social media but has made no mention of cnn unfamiliar and not understood. so santa clara county has a new awareness campaign underway for its 988 crisis and suicide prevention hotline. unlike other 988 programs, santa clara county has staffed three mobile crisis teams that can make field visits when a phon

chris pollone is joining us with more. chris, what can you tell us? good morning to you. the vice president is back in washington this morning after a whirlwind week that saw her rollout her campaign formally and also introduce her running mate tim walz, the governor of minnesota, of course. they hit several key battleground states including pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona and nevada. over the weekend, the vice president appeared to endorse a policy proposal where she said she would like to see the minimum wage raised here in the united states and to eliminate taxes on tips for workers who do servers and things of that nature. domestic work. if that sounds familiar, it's because that was also proposed by former president president trump a month ago. if there is any agreement between the two campaigns, that might be it. getting rid of taxes on tips. it sets up a very big week for the vice president. she'll be back in washington later this week and the democratic national convention begins next monday, a week from today in chicago. the vice p

nbc's chris pollone joins us now live. chris, the vice president has been really busy on the campaign trail recently. >> she sure has, jessica. good morning to you. the vice president just hold a sold-out fundraiser in san francisco. that capped off a very busy week. she and her new running mate spoke to massive clouds in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona and nevada. and it appears that hard work is paying off. new polling shows paris leading donald trump among likely voters in michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin within the margin of error. but improvement from when president biden was still in the race. meanwhile, donald trump's running mate j.d. vance responded in a new interview after governor tim walz called the ohio senator weird. >> this is fundamentally schoolyard bully stuff. they can accuse me of whatever they want to accuse me of. i think that what it is, two people, kamala harris and tim walz who aren't comfortable in their own skin because they're not comfortable with their policy positions for the am

nbc's chris pollone has more on the race for president. wow. the democrats candidate for vice president fired up in his first solo campaign event since joining the ticket. governor tim walz, defending his 24 years of service in the national guard after republicans accused him of retiring to avoid being deployed to iraq. i am proud of my service to this country. and i firmly believe you should never denigrate another person's service record. both sides hate him. walz speech comes a day after former president donald trump had a two hour conversation with billionaire supporter elon musk on the social media platform trump, attacking vice president kamala harris on substance and style. a picture of her on time magazine today. she looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live. it was a drawing. as vice president, harris climbs in the polls, trump's allies in public and private, are urging him to be more disciplined with his attacks. the path forward is to focus on policy. those are three words for the republican party that i think is a path to s

nbc's chris pollone joins us live. it has been full steam ahead for the vice president. >> yes, jessica, it has. the harris walz campaign capped off their big week. it sets up a big week as the vice president is set to formally accept the nomination in chicago. two sources tell nbc news besides former president biden former presidents barack obama and bill clinton will seek at the democratic national convention. over the weekend the vice president capped off a busy week where she spoke to massive crowds in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona and nevada and it appears that that hard work is paying off. new polling shows harris leading trump among likely voters in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, within the margin of error, but an improvement from when president biden was still in the race. meanwhile, donald trump's hunting mate j.d. vance responded in a new interview after governor tim walz called the ohio senator weird. >> this is fundamentally school yard bully stuff. they can accuse me of whatever they wa