let's go back to hallie jackson. you have a statement from donald trump jr. >> reporter: via a spokesperson to our colleague peter nicholas. you heard president biden say he tried to reach former president trump on the phone. we know the former president's son has spoken with him in a statement saying they just talked on the phone. he will never stop fighting to save america. no matter what the radical left throws at him. what we can glean from this is former president trump is as his campaign says, fine. he is well enough to speak. he is well enough to be on the phone at least with his immediate family members, at least with his son donald trump jr. we know that he is receiving medical treatment at a local facility with this rally happening of course in butler, pennsylvania. and there has been a slew of reaction. strongly condemning political violence after this very difficult day in american politics. tip tom, former ambassador to the u.n. was a fews from the former president when the shots rang out. thank you for

i want to send it back to hallie jackson live in washington. hallie? >> it isja so difficult for so many people to hear the stories that you are telling, that dasha is telling, considering when folks show up to a political rally, especially in a community like this, this is so-calleds trump country. thiso- is a republican part of pennsylvania. talking to folks who had been there, they were excited to show up and celebrate the presumptivb republican nominee in this moment when about 24 hours ago, the biggest question was going to be who would donald trump pick to be his running mate. it is obviously, a different political universe that we arese looking at now with so many lives changed forever. at this moment now, the questioo is turning to how this could have happened from people on the ground to members of congress. how did a shooter get such a sight line to trump. how did the shooter get so close. ken dilanian has more. >> reporter: tonight, 24 hours after the alarming assassination attempt on former president trump, growing questions aboutwi what ma

i want to send it back to hallie jackson, live in washington. hallie. >> hey, tom. it's so difficult for people to hear the stories that you are telling, that dasha is telling, considering when folks show up to a political rally, especially in a community like this, this is so called trump country. this is a very republican part of pennsylvania, talking to folks who had been there. this were excited to show up and celebrate the presumptive nominee in the moment, the critical moment when about 24 hours ago, the biggest question would be who would donald trump pick to be his running mate. it's a different political universe we're looking at now with so many lives changed forever. at this moment, the question is turning to how this could have happened, from people on the ground, to members of congress. how did a shooter get such a sight line to former president trump, how did this shooter get so close. our ken dilanian has more. >> reporter: tonight, 24 hours after the alarming assassination attempt on former president trump, growing questions about what many in law en

here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: former president trump stepping off his plane early this morning after stepping off the stage in milwaukee, balloons dropping on the final night of the republican convention. >> i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: in his first speech since surviving an assassination attempt against him -- >> you'll never hear it from me a second time, because it's actually too painful to tell. >> reporter: -- mr. trump describing what happened in dramatic detail. >> i heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear. >> reporter: delegates listening intently, some with faces wet from tears. >> i'm not supposed to be here tonight. not supposed to be here. >> yes, you are. >> and i'll tell you, i stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty god. >> reporter: the former president surrounded by images from the shooting saturday in pennsylvania, and also on stage, the gear of corey comperatore, the firefighter dad killed at the campaign event. i

i'm hallie jackson, in for lester. and we're coming on the air tonight with president biden publicly looking to reassure america, as pressure builds ahead of what could be the make or break week of his political life. but privately, a stark acknowledgment he's got to make some changes and make them soon. multiple sources tell nbc news the president told democratic governors he wants to get more sleep and do fewer events perhaps later in the evening, a nod to the fatigue that his aides have partially blamed for that debate performance one week ago, widely panned as disastrous. you see the president just moments ago celebrating the fourth of july at the white house. it's all happening just hours ahead of a high stakes interview tomorrow and press conference next week. a lot of people want to know the bottom line. will the president bow out of this race? he says no, that he is in it to win it. but tonight, some in his own party skeptical winning with him is even possible. our monica alba reports. >> reporter: president bi

hallie jackson is following the politics of all this. hallie, former president trump is already out there declaring victory after this ruling? >> reporter: that's right, tom. calling this a big win for the constitution and democracy, in his words, saying it should end what he describes as the witch hunts against him. that this ruling virtually assures his trial will get pushed until after election day. and politically for him that is a win. but the white house in a new statement says nobody is above the law and that the country needs leaders like president biden who in their words respect the justice system and don't tear it down.

hallie jackson has more. ♪♪ >> reporter: tonight, the first formal campaign event from the new republicane presidential nominee at a gop fund-raiser. >> donald trump got shot, and he toned down the temperature. that's what a real leader does. >> reporter: senator jd vance looking ahead to his primetime speech. >> i joke with the president that, you know, i'm very excited about this evening, and i don't plan to screw it up, but if i do, it's too late. he made the pick, right? it's official now. >> reporter: the first-term senator who turns 40 next month rose to prominence with "hillbilly elegy." >> you get away with this every time. >> i told you that i would do better. >> you always say that. you're lying. >> reporter: his best-selling memoir turned into a netflix movie describing his childhood raised in poverty by his grandparents. vance later deployed to iraq while in the marines and on to yale law school and a business career before rising to the senate in 2022. a source familiar with vance's remarks tonight say he'll connect his life experiences to campaign issues like the impact of i

hallie jackson is down on the floor for us. hallie, what do we know? >> hey, lester, a source familiar with that call tells me that j.d. vance and kamala harris, the vice president, have spoken by phone with another person describing the conversation as brief and cordial. come here, i want to show you. you already see the trump-vance signs on the convention floor as night two is in full swing. ahead of the second night of the republican convention, the new gop vice presidential candidate making an appearance online after his new running mate's appearance off it on monday. republicans roaring in what is becoming the defining moment of the convention so far, the crowd pumping their fists in unison, yelling "fight." mirroring the moment the former president chanted those same words while being rushed offstage saturday after surviving an assassination attempt, his ear covered in blood, but now covered by a bandage clearly visible. today his former white house doctor, ronny jackson, now a congressman, describing in detail the injury. >> just took the top of

here is hallie jackson. >> reporter: tonight, his party and his stage as former president donald trump prepares to accept the gop nomination. >> i think you're going to hear something from donald trump tonight that maybe people aren't expecting. >> reporter: a source familiar with the speech says the former president personally wrote it himself. mr. trump saying this week he threw away his original brutal rip-roarer against president biden for something more unifying. if that's what he delivers, it would be a departure from the defiance and grievance that have become hallmarks of his speeches. from his inauguration -- >> this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. >> reporter: to his rallies -- >> we are a nation in decline. we are a failing nation. >> reporter: but the former president's telling supporters he feels changed after surviving that assassination attempt. >> that was an amazing, horrible thing, an amazing thing. and in many ways it changes your attitude and your viewpoint toward life. >> reporter: nbc news learned when mr. trump conducted his walk-through on

hallie jackson is at the rnc. hallie, what is the mood there today? >> reporter: hey there, lester. the assassination attempt against the former president is obviously top of mind. but the mood here is also celebratory, with the official rollout of the trump-vance ticket. all eyes right now on the ohio delegation here. and the first time a running mate has been revealed in the convention hall in four decades. republicans making it official. >> the republican nominee for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: former president trump becoming the party's nominee for president. and alongside him ohio senator j.d. vance, announced today as mr. trump's running mate. his name already being added to the campaign plane. the former president calling vance to share word of his selection just 20 minutes before the public announcement, according to a source familiar with the call. writing in an online post, "vance will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the american workers and farmers." vance, a 39-year-old first-term senator and the author of "hill

hallie jackson for us, hallie, appreciate that.n the legal aspect of this case, i want to bring in danny cevallos tonight. danny. hallie was just explaining to us there about what the official and unofficial duties of the president are going to be, and that a lower court judge is going to decide that. what are they going to look like, and how do they exactly figure that out? well, the lower court will decide that on this particular january sixth federal case in d.c, and the judge has a real challenge because it is easy to say in principle that there's such a thing as official conduct and purely private conduct, and then maybe even these core executive functions, but actually applying them to the facts can get much thornier. indeed, the supreme court even took some of these decisions out of judge hutchins hands by saying on some of the indictment facts, you have the conversations with doj officials. those are absolutely immune because they fall within that core executive function category. but you could take almost every exercise of

hallie jackson has that. >> reporter: the spotlights turning to vice president kamala harris, one of president biden's most vocal backers since that debate widely panned as disastrous. >> it was a slow start. no question about that. but i thought it was a strong finish. we are looking at a president in joe biden has done historic work. >> reporter: now the president's endorsement of harris puts her in the pole position to take the top of the ticket. harris, in a statement saying in part i am honored to have any president's endorsement and my haim a&m is to win this nomination. well together we will win. in recent day, some of the president's key allies signaled if he were to step aside, it is harris who should get democrats' support. >> this body should not in any way do anything to work around ms. harris. >> reporter: congressman jim clyburn publicly backing harris, other democrats following suit. the exception, the parties a top leaders in the house and senate, stopping short of an endorsement, but blazing the president for his service. whether it's harris at the top of the ticket

>> hallie jackson, thank you. laura jarett joining me now. there's not a lot of time here. >> no. there's a big push to button up things soon otherwise democrats can miss key state deadlines. ohio has the first deadline on august 7th. the democratic convention is the 19th. that's why there's an urgency to hold a roll call vote that would nominate the parties' candidates. not just the president. the vice president has been certified to appear on the ball let ballot in time. that doesn't leave vice president kamala harris as lot of time. >> thank you, laura. >>> let's look at this from the angle of the trump campaign. it's a reset for them as well. a new opponent, but the campaign said they've spent weeks preparing for it. garrett haake with the new reporting. >> reporter: after 615 days focussed on joe biden, the trump campaign shifting now for a likely showdown with vice president harris. >> i guess she's going to run for president now. >> reporter: mr. trump's running mate j.d. vance mocking harris at a rally in ohio. >> i was told i was going to debate kamala harris. now preside

here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: the biden campaign tonight arguing what really matters won't come from the beltway but the rust belt and beyond. >> when he says he's in and he's running, i believe him and i believe he's going to do a good job. >> i'm still feeling good about joe biden. there is no other alternative. >> i think joe biden, you know, if he is slower these days at least he's honest. >> reporter: his campaign pointing to support on the ground, with one senior adviser telling nbc news their grassroots fund-raising saw its best start to any month this month, post-debate. >> i'm getting so frustrated by the elites in the party who they know so much more. but if any of these guys don't think i should run, run against me. >> reporter: but while new polling shows the race still very close, it's former president trump leading narrowly in five of seven key battlegrounds, mostly inside the margin of error, and in pennsylvania mr. trump has a slightly larger lead after the president flipped that state four years ago. >> i just don't think that we can deal with his health. and it

documents case was dismissed by the judge in florida and our senior white house correspondent hallie jackson is joining us now with the breaking news. hallie, you and i have been working the sources throughout the day, and not a surprise, because we have learned that doug burgum was out, and marco rubio was out, and how do you think that the party is going to receive this news? >> he is seen as the next generation of the maga movement. he is the outspoken support of not just donald trump, but his son eric trump as well. and one of the things that i have heard is that senator vance could be helpful to the president in the rural areas in the critical areas in pennsylvania, and those are not the places where former trump would have been at risk of not doing well, but on the turnout push, there is some indication that this is where they would like to have senator vance. you have to former president and the truth social today in the deliberation and thought of the talents of the many others, he would like the person best suited to take the position is senator vance. you can see the post here comi

a clear indication of her intention from now until election day, lesser >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> former president donald trump already seizing on president biden's decision, with that here is garrett haake. >> reporter: former president trump tonight mocking his now former opponent in the presidential race. telling me in a phone interview, quote, joe biden is the worst president in the history of the united states by far. there has never been a president who has done such damage to our country. mr. trump saying, quote, we will fix what he has done. when i asked if he was surprised by the president's announcement, mr. trump responding, quote, he should have never been there in the first place. he should have stayed in his basement. the former president's campaign had already ramped up its attacks on vice president harris in recent weeks, including last night in grand rapids, michigan. >> i call her laughing kamala. do you ever watch her laugh? she's crazy. >> reporter: the former president polling the crowd about possible democratic opponents. >> so who would you like to most

>> all right, hallie jackson, thank you. join us monday when i interview president biden exclusively from the lbj presidential library and the complete conversation airs on a prime time special that evening, starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern as savannah guthrie and i lead our coverage for the start of the republican convention. and tomorrow morning, democratic leader jim clyburn, a top biden ally is set to join the "today" show. >>> now the remnants of hurricane beryl dumping heavy rain and causing a flooding emergency in vermont and beyond. stephanie gosk reports at least one person is dead as more than 100 had to be rescued. >> reporter: it may have been the remnants of hurricane beryl, but tonight areas of the northeast are reeling from storm damage. like this possible tornado in upstate new york, ripping the roof off of homes. four tornadoes were confirmed in the state. >> it came fast. from the time i heard the train, we barely made it to the downstairs basement. >> tornado right there. >> reporter: and reports of three mor

let's bring in nbc news now anchor hallie jackson. democrats are saying they're worried about what a president can now do in office, republicans are saying the supreme court's decision is a victory, what changes politically in the race for the white house now? >> reporter: in the eyes of democrats, this essentially highlights the stakes at play come november. raises them to a degree given what the supreme court has found today. you have some real frustration with the court's decision, but also with the court as a whole with former house speaker nancy pelosi suggesting that this now conservative majority court has gone rogue, congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez may try to file articles of impeachment against some of the justices, at least the chief justice, we asked her office for clarification. that's mostly symbolic, given that the house is controlled by republicans. the deep dissatisfaction by democrats. on the flip side of the aisle, you have republicans of course largely following along party lines falling behind former preside

we've got hallie jackson and kristen welker. it is so interesting. and we really are in a moment in american history where no one -- we have to have humility about it. no one knows how this will play out. everybody who thinks they can predict and have their crystal ball, throw them out. it's all changed. but isn't it interesting? even eric trump saying he thinks, you know, there could be a real change in the rhetoric on both sides. >> savannah, with eric which is so revealing. he leaned into the idea that, yes, his father is rethinking and has changed in that moment in that assassination attempt, and when you pressed him to respond to president biden to put trump in the bull's eye, and he said that the rhetoric does need to come down for everyone. >> it is interest, because i have interviewed eric and don jr. and a lot of the guy, and it can be combative and they are sitting there wanting to make the points, and this is fine, because that is what people does in politic, and everyone does it, but it is as though, he did not want to go there. >> he tal

i turn to hallie jackson.ek, we have seen an emphasis on the softer side of donald trump. a lot of speeches about grandpa donald trump and the father. and going hard with the fighter donald trump. it's something that appeals to the base of the party. >> we have seen that throughout the course of the week. there have been speakers tossed out to the red meat with rhetoric that's more in line with where the base of the republican party is. rhetoric the democrats see as inflammatory on issues like immigration. tonight, this is a real working class male energy here with the brawlers coming up to stage. you have dana white. there's an effort to target some of the voters who do make up a portion of the president's -- the former president's base at this point. it's been interesting to see the dynamics at play as it relates to the former president's remarks. over and over, people around him have suths edsuggested it will unifying. i have heard donald trump will be donald trump. at moments of divisiveness in the past, h

joining us now is hallie jackson and nbc news legal analyst danny cevallos. is the delaying of this sentencing surprising and does it have any impact or could it on the verdict? >> yes and no to both. presidential immunity, what does have to do with that new york hush-money case, payoff to a porn star, most of it happened before trump was in office. how in world could be presidential? what the defense is saying, evidence, evidence of conduct that was official or presidential never should have been admitted because that's a lesser element of the opinion yesterday, yes of course there's immunity but justice roberts also wrote that evidence of official conduct can't be introduced against the defendant. yet another very favorable ruling for donald trump. so, now, the court appears willing at least to consider that, it might have introduced or allow the introduction of evidence of official conduct which might have been at least retroactively not allowed, so this may be more significant than we may have initially thought. it's not really about whether paying off a

station, but the coverage of the republican national convention continues with tom llamas and hallie jackson on our streaming network nbc news now. >> we will see you back here tomorrow night, the final night of the republican national convention. former president trump will speak, and we ll be here 9:00 wi

hallie jackson joining us now. hallie, you're following those in the running? >> that's right, lester. this unexpected round of veepstakes is putting battleground and battleground-adjacent governors into the spotlight. there is roy cooper of north carolina who has known harris for years as a fellow former state attorney general. josh shapiro of pennsylvania, who won office in a landslide there, tim walz of minnesota, head of the democratic governors association, and gretchen whitmer of michigan, who said she is only interested in her current job for now. there is also mark kelly, arizona's democratic senator, well liked in that chamber. multiple sources tell nbc news vetting materials have been requested from all of them. there is also speculation about andy beshear and transportation secretary pete buttigieg. a source familiar with the vp selection process tells me it is moving along. there is no firm deadline, but the campaign may want to make a pick before august 7th to avoid potential legal challenges if the ticket is not set then. lester? >> hallie, thank

washington correspondent hallie jackson is with me. our friend, peter alexander -- this is what i wanted you to talk about. we look at this differently, because we're looking for all these things that have created such concern. what did you see? >> that early flub where he misspoke and said vice president trump got a lot of attention almost right away, including from former president trump, but in the course of this hour-long-nearly news conference, his took a series of questions on foreign policy, the kind of substance his campaign is saying that poib appoint shines on this front. i've heard from one sitting democrat this is the ink blot sense. you are probably feeling good about where he is now. this probably didn't do much to change your mind in the eyes of this person. that's probably the dynamic you will see play out over the course of the -- you make an important point. in an alternate university where that debate performance did not happen, there probably would be less on the flub, but more on the substance. democrats are concer

nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. hi, hallie. too, in the weeks since she entered the race. it is a contest that polls show remains very close and looks different than it did just eight days ago. under 100 days from election day, democrats and the harris campaign now deploying a new adjective to blast the republican ticket. >> some of what he and his running mate are saying is just plain weird. >> reporter: partly fueled by controversy surrounding mr. trump's running mate jd vance. >> it is not just a weird style that he brings. it is that this leads to weird policies. >> reporter: vance continuing to defend 2021 comments referring to some democrats as childless cat ladies. >> it is not a criticism of people who don't have children. this is about criticizing the democratic party for becoming anti-family. >> reporter: the gop vice presidential nominee also responding to attacks against his wife, usha. >> i love her because she's who she is. obviously she's not a white person. we have been attacked by some white supremacists over t

nbc's senior correspondent hallie jackson has the latest from this. hey, hallie. >> hey, hoda.d morning to you. former president trump says he will probably end up debating vice president harris. although he did not commit to it. as harris prepares to head to the swing state of georgia today getting ready to select a running mate as mr. trump now defends his. the presidential race taking shape this morning with vice president kamala harris set to hit the campaign trail and former president donald trump in a new interview backing up his new running mate, senator jd vance. >> he's got tremendous support. among a cert people that like families. >> reporter: the former president referencing vance's controversial comments from 2021, critical of democrats without children. >> we are effectively run in this country, via the democrats, via our corporate oligarchs by a bunch of childless cat ladies. >> he's not against anything but he loves family. >> reporter: mr. trump also insisting that when he told a christian audience friday you don't have to vote again in four years, he was not e

hallie jackson is following the politics of all this. hallie, former president trump is already out there declaring victory after this ruling? >> reporter: that's right, tom. calling this a big win for the constitution and democracy, in his words, saying it should end what he describes as the witch hunts against him. that this ruling virtually assures his trial will get pushed until after election day. and politically for him that is a win. but the white house in a new statement says nobody is above the law and that the country needs leaders like president biden who in their words respect the justice system and don't tear it down. his campaign already fund-raising off this ruling, tom. >> and hallie, i know you have some reporting on long-time trump ally steve bannon heading to prison to start his four-month sentence? >> reporter: that's right. the former white house senior adviser walking into that connecticut prison telling reporters he is proud to serve time. you see it there. he was convicted on charges of contempt of congress for def

hallie jackson is joining us for nightly news right now. thanks for joining us. >>> tonight, the critical hours for president biden, as the race to do debate damage control intensifies. the president today acknowledging, "i screwed up." in our new reporting, he is privately torn between acceptance and defiance in the face of calls to withdraw, now saying, according to sources, he wants to get more rest, and revealing he saw a doctor after the debate, even after the white house said that wasn't the case. former president trump now weighing in. >>> also tonight, the huge wildfire in california. tens of thousands evacuated from their homes. july 4th festivities canceled, all during a dangerous heatwave. more than 140 million americans under alerts tonight.

. >> and i'm hallie jackson in washington. holt tomorrow night as he sits down with president biden for his first interview since that attempted assassination on former president trump, and join tom and i tomorrow night live from milwaukee with coverage from the republican national convention. all of it on the heels of this difficult moment in american history. fo

hallie jackson will be here tomorrow night.ime. ♪ plus the brazen break-in caught on camera. new video into our newsroom showing the frightening moments in oakland and the lasting fallout of that global computer meltdown. the issue still piling up at sfo with the nation's transportation chief is saying. for travelers hoping to get a refund. good evening. and we begin with a developing situation in fremont, an investigation underway in a neighborhood near nichols avenue and blaisdell way, just off of mission boulevard. neighbors tell us they heard and saw a shooting and believe at least one person was killed. nbc bay area's alyssa goard is live near the scene. with what we know right now, alyssa. gia and terry, neighbors tell me that this tragic and shocking inci

. >> and i'm hallie jackson in washington. join lester holt tomorrow night as he sits down with president biden for his first interview since that attempted assassination on former president trump, and join tom and i tomorrow night live from milwaukee with coverage from the republican national convention. all of it on the heels of this difficult moment in american history. fo nation within the past hour. his message to americans amid concerns over political violence. tonight, mr. trump is safe, but a family is grieving what one man did during his last moments alive that has leaders calling him a hero. the shooting a moment that will forever be etched in american history. so what's next? how will it impact the presidential election just months away? our political analyst is here and weighing in. the news is six starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney and i'm gia vang. the nation and the world still in shock after the assassination attempt on former president donald trump happened yesterday at a campaign ral

and up next on nightly news, nbc's hallie jackson digs into the short list for who could be vice presidentamala harris's running mate. lester holt joins us in new york, >>> tonight, kamala harris holding the first rally of her new presidential campaign you as president biden prepares to address the nation. harris taking the stage in battleground wisconsin, as the democrats' de facto nominee. her support in the party growing, today, winning endorsements from the top two democrats in congress. and our new reporting on her veepstakes. who's on the short list? and will we see a kamala harris/donald trump debate? >>> all this as president biden ends his covid isolation and travels back to the white house. the major prime time address he plans to give about his decision to drop out. >>> also tonight, the secret service director resigning, a day after taking heat from congress over the failure to prevent the assassination attempt on donald trump. >>> on capitol hill, protesters arrested ahead of israeli prime