hallie jackson travelled to eastern north carolina to ask voters in their own words about what couldtor in the race for the white house. >> hi, ladies! >> reporter: in this key swing county in battleground north carolina. >> there is no right answer, no wrong answer. >> reporter: we showed up with a whiteboard and a question. how would you fill this in? sir? the economy is? >> the first word that comes to mind. >> i don't think i'm allowed to write that word. >> reporter: and we heard plenty. >> pathetic. >> hard. >> i think doing okay. >> reporter: from terrible to getting better. >> i think it's strong. the whole economy is not just consumer prices. >> no, it's not! >> reporter: no, it's not that person says. from struggling -- >> real people are feeling much more pain than what the 401(k)s or iras might be showing. >> reporter: to booming. >> money flowing. people are spending money. i don't have any complaints. i'm a small business owner. >> reporter: and we heard one word again and again. >> it sucks. >> reporter: renee plans to vote for donald trump. >> because everything is mo

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like it was -- it was surreal. >> thanks to hallie jackson for sharing that story. >>> we appreciateday." i'm frances rivera. have a great monday. glad you are up early with us today and hope you join us early throughout the week. see you again tomorrow. >>> alabama authorities searching for multiple shooters after four people were killed in birmingham. and police say they're possibly looking at a murder-for-hire scheme. >>> the race for the white house, new nbc polling shows a tight race as talks of a second presidential debat

. >> i want to bring in correspondent hallie jackson.t are we hearing from the campaigns tonight? >> let's start with the trump campaign, lester, which put out a short statement about gunshots in the vicinity of the former president indicating he was okay and a fund-raising email which seemed to be a message from mr. trump saying before rumors start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first. i am safe. the white house says president biden and vice president harris have been briefed and are being kept regularly updated with vice president harris writing a post online tonight that she's glad mr. trump is safe, and that violence has no place in america. that, lester, is a sentiment echoed by her running mate tim walz, as well. >> it would certainly rattle anyone. do we have any sense of mr. trump's state of mind, hallie? >> great question, lester. allies including his running mate say he's in good spirits as they tell it. mr. golf had been golfing with a friend when the incident happened. mr. trump was talking about his gol

maybe that will happen again depending on the moment. >> hallie jackson, thank you so much. >>> don't jackson now, streaming live tonight starting at 50:00 p.m. eastern on nbc news now. >>> classes are cancelled for a second day in kentucky as the search intensifies for 32-year-old joseph couch accused of shooting into oncoming traffic. leaving five people wounded. kentucky state police are scouring this vast densely wooded area for couch, a $35,000 award is being offered. nbc news correspondent adrienne broaddus is tracking the search. do they think couch is still alive? >> reporter: vicky, kentucky state police say right now they still consider couch armed and dangerous and they'll exhaust every resource to find him, that's dead or alive, that's what we heard just moments ago from investigators, what we know at this hour according to investigators is that there's no everyday suggesting that this man on your screen, joseph couch left the area, he's a 32-year-old white male, described as 154 pounds, 30 minutes before that shooting on saturday, a woman called 911 trying to warn them ab

our hallie jackson puts a new high-tech solution to the test. >> reporter: conspiracy theories aboutned on january 6th persistent in politics and beyond, but now new tech may point toward a potential breakthrough. meet debunkbot powered by openai and created by researchers at mit, cornell, and american who say it can help reduce people's beliefs in conspiracies significantly. >> let's go in that direction. >> reporter: we tried it out with one of the brains behind the bot, thomas costello, with a conspiracy that decades of debunking hasn't eradicated. >> that's one small step for man. >> i believe the moon landing is not real. >> right. >> i don't believe that. i don't actually believe that. >> reporter: the bot asks us to elaborate on the belief. >> why is the flag waving? >> reporter: and to rate how strongly we feel about it. >> i'm going to say 99% true. >> reporter: then in a series of screens, the chatbot presents facts, lots of them. >> how can you be sure that what it's telling me here is accurate? >> absolutely. we found it tends to be quite accurate and hired a professional

it really does mean the world to them. >> got to love that, hallie jackson.what's coming up on "today." the winners of the u.s. open, jannik sinner and an thank can a live on the plaza after their weekends. >>> plus sitting down with members of the detroit lions looking at their lives off the field as fathers. how they say they are embracing football and fatherhood. that's ahead on "today." thanks for watching "early today." i'm richard lui. go and have a great monday and a week ahead. >>> an urgent manhunt under way in kentucky. authorities searching for a man they say shot five people near a highway. police now warn the suspect is armed and dangerous. we're just one day way from the debate between vice president kamala harris and

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let's bring in "meet the press" moderator chris at the point welker and senior correspondent hallie jacksonthe latest poll shows this is super tied up. >> call it a dead heat. pick your cliche. and that's why this is so chrch critical. tens of millions may be watching. we talked about the convention being these moments for prime time, high profile viewership, twice as many people watched that first presidential debate when it was president biden up against former president trump in june. we are talking upwards of 50 million people coming out and watching this and about 3 in 10 americans according to the most recent polling say what happens tonight could make a difference in how their decision making goes for the votes come november. 3 in 10 americans also say they need to learn more about kamala harris. only about 1 in 10 feel the same about former president trump. so especially for the vice president tonight, it is an opportunity to tell those voters who she is, to define herself before donald trump does it for her. >> do debates matter? ask president biden. if they matter, think where we

hallie jackson, nbc news, washington.k here locally, san francisco is doing the work to distance itself from the negative narratives out there. the city now hosting multiple events aimed at drawing people back to the streets of san francisco at night, boys, boys, boys and some american. and that was just one of many options last night, a free concert at civic center plaza. portugal. the man performing to some 25,000 people who rsvp'd. it's the second of three free concerts. organizers are holding in the city. the area's rebound from the pandemic has been slow and difficult. celebrating san francisco and its march towards normal normality. if they can add all of that together and keep it going and have people book it, it will be what's done in downtown san francisco. another free event, oktoberfest at the city and state's first entertainment zone. that means if you're 21 and over, you can grab a drink at a business there and drink it in the street. the next year, downtown s.f. partnership plans to use the entertainment zon

joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson.rtin of politico. symone sanders townsend, former chief spokesperson for vice president kamala harris and marc short, former chief of staff to mike pence. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >>> good sunday morning, we are just 51 days away from election day and after the first debate this past week the race is still incredibly close. former president trump's allies want him to spend these critical final days talking about the issues on voters' minds, the economy, health care, immigration and focusing on the vice president's vulnerability, instead, mr. trump spend the week falsely claiming that migrants are eating pets in a small town in ohio and defending his association with a far-right agitator who other republicans have condemned. on tuesday night former president trump and vice president harris faced off for what may r been the most important 90 minu

nbc's senior washington reporter hallie jackson has the latest. >>> good morning to you.es hitting hard for hurricane helene, they're also making several stops in key battle grounds as mr. trump escalates his personal attacks. a swing state split screen, former president trump in the rust belt, vice president harris in the sunbelt, rallying overnight until nevada calling out the former president he won't do another debate. >> as you say here in las vegas, i'm all in. i'm all in. even if my opponent is ready to fold. >> reporter: vice president harris also slamming mr. trump for his role in killing that bipartisan immigration bill earlier this year in what he calls fans flames of division and fear. >> look, we need a problem that cares more about solving problems than playing political games and demeaning people full time. >> reporter: the vice president pressure off her visit in arizona, earning an endorsement from the state's republican senator jeff flake. >> she wants to have a tougher policy than the biden administration has employed. and i think that that's certainly

nbc's hallie jackson has more on the state of the secret service. hallie?ning new questions being raised about the secret service after what the fbi described as an apparent assassination attempt on former president trump. >> we live in dangerous times. >> reporter: it comes just about two months after the first one at a rally in butler, pennsylvania. this time officials say an agent opened fire after spotting a rifle near the former president's golf course in south florida while mr. trump was playing. >> he is not the sitting president. if he was we would have had this entire golf course surrounded. the secret service did exactly what they should have done. >> reporter: the agency has added personnel to mr. trump's protective detail since the butler shooting and they are also shooting more bulletproof glass at certain outdoor events. lawmakers in both parties praising the secret service for its quick response while questioning whether more should be done. >> we need to be taking a serious look at whether we are allocating resources correctly, do we need mo

here is hallie jackson. >> reporter: a time honored military tradition going back generations. called the tap-out, celebrating the grueling hard work of recruits far from home and mostly cut off from communication as they enter a new phase of service. graduates required to stand still showing no emotion until a loved one taps them on the shoulder. many moved to tears, like tatum harrington, who was tapped out by her big sister kayla, meeting her newborn nephew for the first time. the sisters had never been apart. >> i was trying not to cry, but when you hold somebody that close to you means something that much to you, it's the best feeling in the world. >> this family traveled thousands of miles to tap her out together by putting their hands over her heart. her sister jacqueline sharing more. and why did you all decide to do it at the same time like that? >> because we -- since we are united, we all miss you and we are here for you, you know. >> reporter: support like that priceless for airman cameron wood. falling into the arms of mom amber after more than a month apart. and s

here is hallie jackson. >> they believed. they believed.porter: an emotional postgame interview just as inspiring as his team's improbable victory. >> they listened to what i said. i told them all week. we don't need luck, we just have to be our best and they were their best today, and we were able to get it done. >> reporter: northern illinois university coach thomas hammock overcome after his team's stunning upset over legendary notre dame. >> and that's blocked at the line of scrimmage, and the huskies are celebrating. the biggest upset in their school's history. >> reporter: what was going through your mind in those last 30 seconds? >> to get the result that we got i was just overcome just watching them celebrate and see their family and the husky fans. it was just a surreal moment. >> and a moment of pride. >> it's like they're my kids. i'm happy for their adversity, the push through. you know, no matter the situation, and -- i just couldn't be more proud. >> reporter: did you expect to be so emotional after that win. >> as a coach, th

i'm hallie jackson.ll is in atlanta for the first time in five years to celebrate an icon of the city, and one of the falcons' most famous fans.

hallie jackson introduces us to the little boy who couldn't wait to tell the world about a life-savingart! >> this is the moment of joy when 6-year-old john henry lee finally got to share his good news with staff at the cleveland clinic. >> phyllis, i'm getting a new heart! >> what? oh, my goodness! >> there he is, making the rounds this spring with mom, sarah. >> i am so happy for you! >> giving hugs and lots of love to the nurses and doctors who have been by his side for years. >> i'm getting a new heart! [ laughter ] >> a celebration for the brave little boy born with a rare heart condition who has been in and out of the hospital his whole life. >> he was, like, wait. we have to go tell everybody and i was, like, we have to go tell everybody? he's, like, yeah. let's go! >> i'm getting a new heart! >> yay! >> a proud moment for nurses like laura bartock who says john henry is her inspiration. >> i think what we can learn from john henry's attitude is realize the bigger picture of what's going on in life. we may have bad days, but these kids have to live in a hospital, and they're sti

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you can watch the debate and our complete coverage including peter, garrett, kristen welker and hallie jackson starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight here on nbc. >>> we want to turn now to that wildfire emergency in the west where yet another big fire is threatening more homes and forcing some new evacuations in southern california. dana griffin is there with late details for us. dana, the terrain is making it really tough. >> reporter: lester, this is the front of the line fire. fire officials tell me there are 40 to 50 homes down there. they are hoping to spare them from these raging flames. just south of here a new explosive fire in southern california. the airport fire, burning critically close to communication towers after threatening homes, sending residents fleeing. the california national guard is here in san bernardino county, where a state of emergency has been declared. a cooldown could help the firefight because temperatures are expected to gradually drop. but the focus tonight is putting the brakes on these fast-moving flames before they make it to more populated areas. lester? >> okay, d

. >> nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson joins us now with more on this.morning, a secret service official tells nbc news that the acting director is in florida today. he's set to meet with law enforcement partners, walk that golf course, and maybe meet with mr. trump himself, although we're told that's not set. all as this incident shines a brighter spotlight on the agency tasked with protecting the president, plus key leaders and candidates. this morning new questions being raised about the secret service after what the fbi describes as an apparent assassination attempt on former president trump. >> we're living in dangerous times. >> it comes two months after the first one at a rally in butler, pennsylvania. this time officials say an agent opened fire after spotting a rifle near the former president's golf course in south florida while mr. trump was playing. >> he's not the sitting president. if he was, we would have had the entire golf course surrounded. the secret service did exactly what they should have done. >> the agency added personnel to mr. tr

. >>> let's bring in hallie jackson, good to see you. ng night, i think i saw you at close to midnight on tv. you're back in washington, aren't you hallie, let's talk about last night. the big picture, 30,000-foot view of what happened and how they try both campaigns to capitalize on any momentum they think they might have. >> couple things stand out to me the ratings number tens of millions of people tuned in, it looks like north of 50 million, at more people than watched the first debate at the end of june between former president trump and president biden. we talked about this being a superhigh-profile moment in this campaign, that's critical here, because remember there were a number of people, 30% of people who said they wanted to know more about kamala harris, kate, to your point, is that with that in mind, right, people wanted to know more about vice president harris, far fewer people 1 in 10 wanted to know about that former president trump, a well-known entity at this point. donald trump didn't prosecute that case against vice pre

as hallie jackson reported in 2018. >> reporter: before he farmed this land in eastern nebraska, his dad did and his dad before that, but these days it is tougher to turn a profit. >> we need these tariffs to end sooner than later. >> reporter: those tariffs put in place by president trump triggered a trade war. >> the longer this goes on it makes it that much harder. costs on our end seem to be going up all the time. >> reporter: now it is farmers, producers of soybeans, dairy, cotton and more, getting an assist from the trump administration as the president helps people his own policies hurt. a new, temporary $12 billion program is set to launch around a bidet, meant to offset the estimated $11 billion in losses farmers face. >> in fairness to trump those tariffs, like all taxes, do raise revenue. his did raise billions of dollars, almost all of which, 92%, the trump administration had to spend bailing out the farmers whose business was decimated by said tariffs. when all was said and done the trump subsidies to farmers amounted to more than the u.s. spends to maintain its arsenal

nbc's hallie jackson spoke to coach thomas hammock about the significance of that game.hey believed. and we came here and got it done. an emotional post game interview, just as inspiring as his team's improbable victory. they listened to what i said. i told them all week, we don't need luck. we just got to be our best. and they was their best today and we was able to get it done. northern illinois university coach thomas hammock overcome after his team's stunning upset over legendary notre dame. and that's blocked at the line of scrimmage. and the huskies are celebrating the biggest upset in their school's history. what was going through your mind in those last 30s to get the result that we got? i was just overcome just watching them celebrate and see their family and the husky fans. it was just a surreal moment and a moment of pride. it's like, they're my kids. i'm happy for the adversity to push throughtee situation and i just couldn't be more proud. do you expect to get so emotional after that win as a coach? that's what you want. and i wanted these players to have mo

i'm savannah guthrie, lester holt, hallie jackson, kristen welker, thanks for being with us. >> good night. she's going to my philosophy now. in fact, i was going to send her a maga hat right now on nbc bay area news. the nation was watching and now the nation is reacting. former president trump and vice president harris sparring on stage, who's claiming victory, and what were the big moments our political analysts are with us tonight. plus, the head of the san francisco catholic archdiocese for the first time in the same courtroom as survivors of sex abuse at the hands of clergy. our investigative team is there to. and should the teenager accused of shooting 49ers receiver ricky pearsall be charged with attempted murder, his lawyer says new video reveals his client was not trying to kill anyone. good evening. thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm raj mathai and i'm jessica aguirre. we're on on prime time. following this much anticipated debate between vice president harris and former president trump, both candidates sparring hard tonight. it starte

kristen welker and hallie jackson back.won this debate in days or weeks or months? >> once we look at the new poll numbers, lester, as we've been saying the harris campaign feels emboldened putting out a statement saying she is ready for a second debate. is donald trump? will that happen? fascinate to ing to hear the vo one of them at least, feels a little bit more favorably to harris. >> i always like to say election day is xx days away but, in fact, election day is, well, it starts tomorrow in one state, but six days away in pennsylvania. early voting is a huge factor. >> that's mail-in ballots. coming up soon, michigan, so that is for real. what's happening tonight matters when people go to make their decision about who they want in the white house. so will there be a second debate? that's an open question. what's next, all four of these lead leaders, kamala harris, president trump and his running mate will be at 9/11 ceremonies tomorrow. >> that concludes our debate. >> more coverage tomorrow morning on "today." we'll s

hallie jackson has more this morning. hallie, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah. good morning. this debate will be this race's most high-profile prime time moment yet with two very different candidates getting ready in two very different ways. >> their first face-off one day away with the stage and the candidates set to go. >> are you ready, vice president? >> vice president harris with a thumb's up in pittsburgh where she's been prepping. two sources familiar with the sessions say she's been practicing with extended mock sessions on specific topics and getting ready in case mr. trump were to lash out. >> it's time to turn the page on the divisiveness. >> harris stopping at a spice shop in pittsburgh. for his part, the former president is holding policy sessions to prepare for the debate. one front mr. policy sees as a potential policy weakness for harris, the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. this morning house republicans are releasing a scathing new report saying biden administration officials watered down security warnings ahead of the chaotic withdrawal, a withdrawal initi

nbc's senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest for us.ha hallie, good morning. >> good morning. with both presidential candidates planning to hit areas affected by helene today, they're also both ramping up for the final stretch to election day, with campaign stops in several key battlegrounds as mr. trump escalates his personal attacks. >> reporter: a swing state split screen as election day closes in. former president trump in the rust belt. vice president harris, the sun belt. rallying voters overnight in nevada where she called out the former president for saying he won't do another debate. >> as you say here in las vegas, i'm all in. i'm all in? i'm all in! even if my opponent is ready to fold. >> reporter: vice president harris also slamming mr. trump for his role in killing that bipartisan immigration bill earlier this year, in what she calls fanning the flames of division and fear. >> look, we need a president who cares more about solving problems than playing political games and demeaning people full time. >> reporter: the vice p

senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: a swing state split screenthe sun belt, rallying voters in nevada where she called out the former president for saying he won't do another debate. >> as you say here in las vegas, i'm all in, i'm all in! even if my opponent is ready to fold. >> reporter: vice president harris slamming mr. trump for his role in killing that bipartisan immigration bill earlier this year, and what she called fanning flames of division and fear. >> look, we need a president who cares more about solving problems than playing political games and demeaning people. >> reporter: the vice president fresh off her visit to the southern border in arizona, earning an endorsement from the state's republican former senator, jeff flake. >> she wants to have a tougher policy than the biden administration has employed, and i think that's certainly needed. >> reporter: but former president trump blasting the vice president on immigration. >> she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions. >> reporter: while escalating personal attacks by i

we're going to start with nbc's senior correspondent hallie jackson. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning to you. new numbers out now show the vice president has momentum nationally, but former president trump showing strength in some key battlegrounds, meaning, this race remains extremely competitive with new questions this morning on whether the candidates will face off in their second debate, one harris wants but one trump does not. the kickoff to a six-week sprint before election day with vice president harris ramping up the pressure on trump to debate her again after she agreed to a second face-off in october. >> i would like another debate. we have a lot more to discuss. >> reporter: mr. trump so far has not accepted. and in a new interview, he's pledging if he loses the race this time, he will not run again in 2028. >> i think that will be it. i don't see that at all. hopefully we're going to be successful. >> reporter: mr. trump has repeatedly refused to accept his legitimate 2020 loss. now facing a double-digit gender gap,

both candidates, we have kristen welker, moderator of "meet the press" and senior correspondent hallie jackson. good morning to both of you. they never meet in person these two candidates. let's talk about the stakes of the debate. the latest round of polls essentially after all that up and down, this is a tide race. it's anyone's ball. how important is this debate? >> savannah, think about it this way, this is one the last big events on the 2024 election calendar. okay. so this is huge. we saw in june how monumental, how impactful a debate could be. so this is going to be a critical test for both of these candidates. it comes, as you say, new round of polls show this race is all tied up. nearly a third of voters saying they want to know more about kamala harris. vast majority of voters, saying, savannah, they want a change candidate. right now donald trump is winning with those voters. so the challenge for kamala harris is to try to prove that she can be the change candidate, the challenge for donald trump is to try to hold to on to that and of course try to tie her to the biden administratio

nbc news senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: their first face-offou ready, madame vice president? >> ready. >> vice president harris with a thumbs up in pittsburgh, where she's been prepping. two sources familiar with the sessions say she's been practicing can extended mock sessions on specific topics, and getting ready in case mr. trump were to lash out. >> look, it's time turn the page on the divisiveness. >> reporter: harris stopping at a spice shop in pittsburgh. for his part, the former president is holding policy sessions to prepare for the debate. one front mr. trump sees as a potential policy weakness for harris, the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. and this morning, house republicans are releasing a scathing new report, saying biden administration officials watered down security warnings ahead of the chaotic withdrawal. a withdrawal initiated by former president trump. democrats have dismissed the report in advance as partisan, and the white house says it's based on cherry-picked facts and inaccurate characterizations. ahead of tomorrow's

. >> first we're going to get the latest on the news from nbc news senior correspondent hallie jackson before election day, with vice president harris ramping up the pressure on former president trump to debate her again after she agreed to a second face-off in october. >> i would like another debate. we have a lot more to discuss. >> reporter: mr. trump so far has not accepted and in a new interview he's pledging if he loses the race this time he will not run again in 2028. >> i think that that will be -- that will be it. i don't see that at all. i think hopefully we're going to be successful. >> reporter: mr. trump has repeatedly refused to accept his legitimate 2020 loss, now face ago double-digit gender gap as harris zeros in on reproductive rights, mr. trump is trying to make an appeal to women. >> women will be happy, healthy, confident and free. you will no longer be thinking about abortion because it is now where it always had to be, with the states. women, we love you, we're going to take care of you. >> reporter: notably absent at that campaign rally in north carolina, the st