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compared to less than 21% pre-pandemic under mr. trump. bo spending estimate are running 1 trillion dollars above prebiden estimates. finally, real median household income increase under trump pre-pandemic by over $5,000 a family, they have fallen 4 thousand under mr. biden, and poverty data, well, that has ratcheted up sharply from 7.8% under mr. trump to 12.4% under president biden. for black americans poverty gone from 11.3 to over 17%. for native americans 12.4 to 23.2%. and for female head of household 11.7%. to 22.6% under mr.ed by in. no matter how much president biden denies the factoid, the public knows better, save america. mr. biden, please, retirement now is the time. >> that is my riff. >> all right. let's turn to this donald trump's masterful interview, welcome john c carney, coauthor of breitbart business digest and great mark samone listen to what president said about retribution and fairness. >> you launched your examine in -- your campaign and march, you told the crowd i am your retribution. >> i think retribution is talki

mr. trump's net worth to suit the business's needs. mr. trump has repeatedly attacked this case as a witch hunt and as an another example of what he calls election interference, and his attorneys have had to appeal that tuesday ruling lester >> garrett haake, thank you. >>> and a day after a republican debate without the gop front-runner, president biden took his most aggressive swing yet against former president trump and his supporters gabe gutierrez reports tonight from arizona >> reporter: tonight, the general election campaign appears to be under way. >> trump says the constitution gave him, quote, the right to do whatever he wants as president. >> reporter: sharpening his rhetoric against gop front-runner donald trump and his supporters, today, outside phoenix, president biden again framed the 2024 race in stark terms. >> something dangerous happening in america now there's an extremist movement that does not share the basic believes in our democracy. the maga movement. >> reporter: this was his fourth speech hammering former presiden

now mr. trump also thrashed joe biden's policies on electric vehicles including electric trucks and he emphasized his economic successes both pre-pandemic and post-pandemic and frankly the public agrees with him. joe biden's economic approval hovering around 35%. donald trump's economic approval around 60%. the subject of "bidenomics" wasn't specifically raised in the nbc interview but let me fill in some blanks especially with recent articles by former cea chairs kevin hassett and tyler goodspeed and e.j. antoni from the heritage foundation all make important points about the absolute failure and the untruths regarding "bidenomics." president joe biden brags about manufacturing. actual production year own year basis has dropped five consecutive months. plus the ism manufacturing survey has been under 50 for 10 straight months. that's a clear future recession signal. meanwhile workers real wages have declined nearly 3% during the biden presidency. they rose by 7% under president trump. with the lat

they show mr. trump lying to his attorney, and some of the new things we got today show it was actually when his attorney, mr. corcoran, said if you don't comply with the subpoena, the government may get a search warrant. it was in response to that mr. trump said things like wouldn't it be better if we just said we didn't have anything? we know now that not only did he then spend two weeks, mr. trump, you know, directing his aides, walt nauta, and carlos de oliveira, to move a lot of boxes out of the storage unit and many fewer boxes back into that storage unit, we know now that maybe wasn't just to avoid mr. corcoran being able to see all the classified and go into it and provide the government the response to the subpoena but maybe was to seek those documents away so if there was a search warrant, it wouldn't be found. >> it was almost like he was acutely aware a search warrant was on the horizon and did everything in his power to make sure certain documents were not found. is it strange to you evan co

we must remember that mr trump has been charged with - mr trump has been charged with numerous charges020 election, but he's not been charged with a very serious charge of sedition which carries a 20 year prison sentence. some of the sentences we've seen being handed down recently have been very lengthy indeed. more than 12—14 years for those imprisoned yesterday. the defendants here say, "if my clients have been charged with sedition, why wasn't the president who many allege encouraged them to do what they did because?" of course he wasn't present in congress that day, but why wasn't he charged with sedition? the proud boys saw themselves as donald trump's foot soldiers, they were among the first to be in and around congress on that fateful day of january 6th, and they took their part in leading what was at times a very violent riot and attempt to stop congress doing what it constitutionally was going to do. just looking at some of those images from january 6th, who can forget, and more than 1100 people were charged — 110 found guilty at trial? yes, a large amount, and i think it show

they show mr. trump lying to his attorney. his attorney, mr. corcoran, said, if you don't comply with his subpoena, the government may get a search warrant. it was in response to that that mr. trump said things like, wouldn't it be better if we just said we didn't have anything? we know now that, not only did he then spend two weeks -- mr. trump -- directing his aides walt nada and carlos day lilly vera -- and many fewer boxes and -- we know now that maybe was not just to avoid mr. corcoran seeing all of the classified and being able to go through it and provided to the government, the response to the subpoena, but maybe was to secret those documents away, so that if there was a search warrant, they wouldn't be found. >> right. it almost establishes that he was acutely aware that a search warrant might be on the horizon, and then did everything in his power to make sure certain documents were not found. is it strange to you that evan corcoran, who took these -- first of all, the fact that evan corcoran was making voice memos a

well this go for all against mr trump? _ lifestream news. well this go for all against mr trump? mr trump? i lived - lifestream news. well this go for all against mr trump? i lived in i allagainst mrtrump? i lived in america in 2016 and every time i looked at a tv screen, he saw his face up there, every rally. it was free publicity, but this is not necessarily the best publicity. he is necessarily the best publicity. he: is facing trial. that is a great observation. in 2016, the attention, the amount of coverage mr trump had, part of the celebrity politicians, he is an entertainer and understands it looks a lot like show business, for better or worse, probably worse. so this is a continuation of that, but it is more complicated as to whether it hurts or help. probably hurts in a general election, because our elections are close and moderate voters of the most important. in a primary, we can't tell and they have been oversimplistic analyses that do they go before indictments and say, they go before indictments and say, they went up so the indictment must help. that isn't good evid

mr. trump gets disqualified only if people can prove in a court of law that he participated in an insurrection. >> it was georgia secrof state brad raffensperger talking abou in a recent op-ed, professor. wre this, for a secretary of state to removethe candidate would only reinforce the grievances of those who view the system is rigged and corrupt, denying voters the opportunity to choose is fundamentally un-american. since our founding, americans have believed that the government is just when it's earned in the consent of the governed, taking away the ability to choose or object to the eligibility of candidates eliminates that consent for slightly less than half of the country. >> the problem is the constitution removes choices. you may think a 33-year-old is the best qualified person to be president, or a person not born in the united states, but that person is ineligible under the constitution. remember we are not simply talking about choice in 2024, but also in 2028. if a person has shown s

mr. trump has been criminally indicted four times and faces 91 felony counts, but continues to hold a commanding lead as the republican frontrunner. i began by asking mr. trump what a second term would look like if he's re-elected. ■ talk about retribution, are you talking about directioning your attorney general to go after your political know mes? >> when i'm talking about retribution i'm talking about fairness. these people on january 6th, some of them never even went into the building and they're being given sentences of many years. >> are you going to pardon those people? >> i'm going to look at them and i certainly might if i think it's appropriate. no, it's a very, very sad thing, and they're dividing the country so badly and it's very dangerous. >> mr. president, we will delve into that a little bit later on, but i want to stay on this idea on what you mean by retribution. are you looking to appoint an attorney general who will prosecute the people you tell them to prosecute? >> i'm loo

if mr. trumpertain one of his arguments on appeal is the court erred in permitting government to pierce that attorney/client privilege. it will be an appellate issue if there's a conviction in the case. for now, the government has used mr. corcoran's information, knowledge, testimony, and again, i think you're going to see that at trial. >> joining us now is former attorney for donald trump, somebody who knows all about what we were just talking about. tim parlatore. have you heard those recordings? you know what was said, what evan corcoran was talking about. what can you tell us about this moment and this idea that donald trump didn't want to give back these government records? >> you know, unfortunately we've only seen, you know, small snippets of this. but when you read the entirety of the transcript as i have, it's very clear that this is a standard conversation between an attorney and a client who has never received a grand jury subpoena before, and they're asking questions about what are th

mr. trump saying, the report reveals what he called partisan motives by fulton county's democratic d.a. fani willis they wanted to indict anybody who happened to be breathing at the time, mr. trump wrote, saying, the report has, quote, zero credibility and badly taints willis and this whole political witch-hunt among those the special grand jury recommended charging with crimes, south carolina senator lindsey graham, who made calls to investigate claims of voter fraud in georgia in november 2020 graham was not charged. >> we can't criminalize senators doing their job when they have a constitutional requirement to fulfill. we're opening up pandora's box. i think the system in this country is getting off the rails. >> reporter: the special grand jury, which did not have the power to indict, also recommending the prosecution of former trump national security adviser michael flynn, who publicly advocated for seizing voting machines and declaring martial law after the election he also was not charge

mr. trumpightwe fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you are not going to have a country anymore. >> joseph sobbed in court and begged for lean -- joseph biggs sobbed in court and begged for leniency. his lawyer blamed the former president. >> where is donald trump in this? he stood on the ellipse and told his people, 74 million followers, go to the capitol and fight like hell. some people listen to him. >> dominic pezzola has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. in a debate with joe biden before the 2020 election, donald trump refused to condemn a violence and name checked the proud boys. mr. trump: proud boys, stand back and standby. >> proud boys leader enrique tarrio will be sentenced next week. donald trump himself is facing two criminal prosecutions related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. he is due in court next year over the actions to stop joe biden being confirmed as the president. if convicted, he could be facing a lengthy prison sentence. sarah s

mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel and when when he recounted the story to me he motioned toward his clavicles. >> we learned from cassidy hutchinson in that remarkable day of live testimony that the former president not only tried physically to steer the presidential limousine to congress and in her telling physically lunged at the secret service agent telling him that the limo would not be going there. we learned from her as well that the president acknowledged toward members of congress trapped inside he refused repeated requests to ask the rioters to stand down. we learned from cassidy hutchinson that when trump heard that the rioters were calling for the lynching of his vice president who was on the premises, mike pence, we learned from her that he said pence deserved that fate. that the rioters weren't doing anything wrong. when she gave that testimony she was 25 years old. and very much alone in the world. and very much without resources. and i mean that litera

mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engle, and mr. wood, and mr.banana recounted the story -- >> we learned from cassidy hutchinson, and that remarkable day of live public testimony that the former president not only tried physically to steer the presidential limousine to congress and in her telling, physically launched at the secret service agent, telling him that the little would not be going there. we learn from her as, well that they acknowledged that they in fact lost the election, but he didn't have to admit. it we learned from her that when trump was told that the rioters had in fact breached the capitol building, and were surging in towards the members of congress, from both sides he refused to asked the rioters to stand. down the line from cassidy hutchinson that when trump heard that the rioters were calling for the lynching of his vice president who was on the premises, mike pence, we learned from her that he said pence deserve the faith that the rioters weren't doing anything wrong. >> when she gave the testimony she was 25, five years

mr. trump's historic mug shot. all 19 including the former president have pled not guilty. >> garrett, there is a late headline involving former trump chief of staff mark meadows. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. meadows is one of mr. trump's co-defendants in georgia, and a federal judge has just rejected his request to move his case to federal court. mr. trump's attorneys have suggested they too may soon try to move his case to federal court. lester. >> all right. garrett, thank you. >>> in a new interview on "meet the press" california governor gavin newsom joins chuck todd with a warning about the stakes of the 2024 election. >> i think another four years of donald trump will break us? >> i don't -- i hope we don't have to experience that, but i worry about democracy. i worry about the fetishness for autocracy that we're seeing, not just from trump, but around the world and notably across this country and made the point about desantis, that i think he's functionally authoritarian and am worried about trumpism. >>

the political newcomer vivek ramaswamy frequently praises mr. trump when you're using the trump playbook and embracing trump so much, why would voters vote for you when the original is in the race and way up? >> well, that's a media framing that's just a false characterization of the facts. the truth is i do show 90% plus of politics in common with him that much is something i respect about him. we're going to take the agenda to the next level because i can actually reunite this country. >> reporter: teacher tom jackson is interested in ramaswamy but hasn't yet made up his mind. >> what do you think it's ultimately going to take for a candidate to win your vote >> well, i think i'm going to want to see how they would do in the general election >> reporter: dasha burns, nbc news, milford, new hampshire >>> in just 60 seconds, the college student fatally shot at random his father speaking out to us tonight, his shock and heartbreak as police search for a reason why stay with us >>> welcome back, tonight we're hearing from the father of a tcu football pl

with the trump organisation, have been accused of staggering levels of fraud. 0ne claim is that mr trumpnd exaggerated the size of his luxury flat in trump tower. the case is due to go to trial next week, but the judge has already ruled on part of it, and determined that the former president repeatedly lied about his financial affairs. in a post on his social media platform truth social, donald trump called the judge deranged and said the claim he committed fraud was both ridiculous and untrue. it was, he said, another attempt by his opponents to try to prevent him from winning the next presidential election. the new york ruling means some of the trump organisation's licences to operate will be cancelled. the civil case is in addition to the four major criminal trials donald trump is facing. while some opinion polls now show him edging in front ofjoe biden in the race to regain the white house. when you are encouraging someone to search online, what do you do? you tell them to google it, of course you do. tech giant google is celebrating its 25th birthday with a new doodle, thanking user

i think this bear this most ill for mr. trump. now we have decisions we expect very soon relating to the georgia trial or whether it gets submitted to the federal court for trial. uh and the, the, the trial is the thing with regards them are like, oh, destruction of evidence. but i think this indicates he's going to be convicted and he's going to be in appeals a long time. but now he's finally understanding there's a difference between politics and law. there is a bruce, just a final thought to you. i mean, what impact to this likes to have been on him politically in the run up to the us presidential elections? i mean like you more love with him and then trump remains extremely popular with his base doesn't. yeah, i think just in isolation, it's not going to have a huge impact because your claim was the we times and you know, the annual golf vc will be able to raise money to pay whatever things are opposed upon him. but i think that it will be utilized in other cases to show this is somebody who lacks credit bill. you don't use it

but it's clearly a voter base, and a section of the population that both mr. trump and mr.iden are working very hard to try to win over. you saw mr. biden's recent speech, he's aligned himself with the goals of the autoworkers. he, said they deserve a fair contract, the corporation have been bringing in record profits and the workers deserve a part of, this it looks like the workers and the leadership unconvinced at the riyadh. >> 2016, what is the first time we saw union workers sort of peel away from union leadership and so support to donald trump? amna, tonight is your birthday, i just want to inform the audience which means extra questions to you. she's like, men stuff, it's my birthday, lay off me. but i'm coming right back at you. because, i want to talk about the americans that were freed from prison in iran. what can you tell us about the story? how long were they held? and why today? why were they freed? >> let me just say, i'm happy to talk about this, birthday or not. this is a story i've been covering for a very long time. we're talking about five americans who

mr. trump was ordered to pay her $5 million. now a judge has found him liable for another series of comments he made when carroll first went public with her accusations. mr. trump continues to deny any wrongdoing and has appealed the jury's verdict and the rulings against him. >>> an update now on his legal problems in georgia. two of mr. trump's co-defendants will be tried together. today a judge rejected a motion to sever the cases of mr. trump's lawyers sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. both are accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy to reverse the former president's lot in the election in the state of georgia that trial scheduled to begin next month. >>> back here at home, a judge set a new hearing today accused of killing a kim kardashian look-alike. this is vivian gomez leaving the san mateo courthouse after her hearing. there she is in the white top. prosecutor says in april she flew into the bay area and performed an illegal silicon injection on christina grokani from antioch.

guest: what you presented is that is evidence that mr. trump was in fact doing what he could do in his office to further the insurrection. it's evidence and it's relevant. whether it's positive is for a tryer of fact to determine. host: you probably heard the name of jonathan turley over the weeks and months of this topic being brought up and was on fox news recently making the case against -- pushing against using the 14th amendment and was in response to the comments made by adam ship on msnbs but here's what he had to say and i want you to responsible to it. [video plays] >> does getting a less leaning states attorney general as ad am ship was referring to, getting them involved, does it give the 14th strategy any more credibility? >> i don't think it does. there are academics that have thought about -- we're going to leave this as the house gavels back in for votes.

he also criticized both president biden and mr. trumpor failing to address vital issues. >> i think it would be a great thing if both president biden and former president trump were to stand aside and let their respective party pick someone in the next generation. i think both parties would be far better served if they were going to be represented by people other than those of us from the baby boom generation. >> romney is a former republican nominee for president, but he faced criticism in his own party after twice voting to convict mr. trump in impeachment trials. ukraine has staged a major new attack in russian-annexed crimea, damaging two warships and wounding 24 people. i missile and drone struck a shipyard in sevastopol. that came as russian attacks across ukraine killed three people. the red cross appealed for help today after 6800 migrants descended on the italian island of lent producer -- lampedusa. they were packed onto more -- more than 120 flimsy boats. the flotilla overwhelmed the italian coast guard and border patrol. back

professor. >> i think you are talking about mr. trump >> so when president biden oy pointed his son to manage u.s. foreign policy both in the persian gulf and middle east peace. he couldn't get a security clearance but mr. biden gave it to hunter anyhow and leaving the white house getting a $2 billion deal. we're told by mr. dab inski follow the money, shouldn't that be of concern to us that maybe a sweetheart deal occurred with the blessing of the president with foreign money and shouldn't we look at hunter biden for that given the fact that he handled middle east peace in the white house. >> it should have been concern of trump and his son-in-law. >> trump. i got that wrong again. i'm sorry. let's see. i'm looking at -- i heard again i think it was professor turley talking about, you know, he is not pre-judging, of course. but he is just suggesting that maybe we want to look into criminal activity like obstruction, fraud, abuse of power. so let's take fraud. so shouldn't we be concerned that a new york judge just found president biden'

how is this being received by mr trump's supporters? his political su ort trump's supporters?ms impenetrable by l trump's supporters? his political| support seems impenetrable by a criminal case, so much so his lead in the polls are so overwhelming among republican candidates he is not even going to show up tonight as a planned national republican presidential debate in california. he has this trial which begins monday, a civil trial against his company forfraud, which monday, a civil trial against his company for fraud, which the judge has already determined happened, he has already determined happened, he has criminal trials in washington, new york and miami all coming in the next few months. none of this damage is his political support among republican voters to view the department ofjustice in washington and other prosecutors as weapon icing their power to try to take him down. —— weapon arising their power. his supporters believe it very much to be true. ., ., , , his supporters believe it very much to be true-— his supporters believe it very much to be true. ., ., , ,.,'

special counsel jack smith asking the judge to impose a narrow gag order on mr. trump alleging he has made inflammatory statements that have led to harassment of witnesses. the trump campaign says the biden administration is trying to deprive the republican front-runner of his first amendment rights mr. trump has until september 25th to respond. >>> and as we look toward a potential biden/trump rematch in 2024, the battle is on for younger voters vice president kamala harris launching a college tour even as the biden campaign faces mounting questions about the president's age. here's gabe gutierrez. ♪ >> reporter: kicking off a month-long college tour across eight states, vice president kamala harris courting young voters in virginia and today in north carolina >> when you vote, you have the ability to determine the future of our country >> reporter: the biden administration focusing on issues such as abortion rights, gun safety, and climate change as it prepares for a grueling general election fight according to a recent nbc news poll, just 41% of registered voters, a

>> i'm not characterizing mr. trump or my thoughts about mr. trump. >> mr. barr appointed special counsel, is that correct? >> that's correct. mr. trump has called mr. barr a got loose peg, a coward, in a rhino. which of those is correct, which is a? >> in my experience none of those are correct. >> so mr. trump isn't that good of an expert on character and judging people? in your opinion he isn't, because he's on those. he is not a godless pig. but trump says he is. >> that's outside the scope of my report. >> also on the outside of your scope of your report apparently. [laughter] also outside the scope was apparently a meeting at trump tower between the russians and the trump boys, where they talked about allegedly adoptions. we know it was really about sanctions. how is that outside of your report? >> yeah, i'm not, i'm sorry, i don't quite follow that. >> the meeting at trump tower, attorney, the russian attorney came to trump, and donald trump jr., they said, wonderful, wonderful, we love it, we love it. i'm -- russian decisions to interact with the tru

a new poll showing more voters, 51% believe mr. trumpecord of accomplishments versus president biden, 41%. meanwhile, republican candidates in new hampshire trying to make a dent in former president trump's lead. that same poll showing he's up 46 points over his nearest rival, ron desantis. vivek ramaswamy frequently praises mr. trump. you're embracing trump so much. why would voters vote for you when the original is in the race and way up? >> that's the media framing it. it's a false characterization of the facts. the truth is i do share 90 plus percent of policies in common with him. that much is something i respect about him. we're going to take the agenda to the next level, because i can reunite this country. >> reporter: teacher tom jackson is interested in ramaswamy, but hasn't made up his mind. what is it going to take for a candidate to win your vote? >> well, i'm going to want to see how they would do in the general election. >> reporter: dasha burns, nbc news, milford, new hampshire. >>> in 60 seconds the college student fatall

do you stand by, mr. trump? previously said that you would stand by him even if you were if he was convicted. now, do you stand by that statement? that was that was certainly one that came to mind. and it seemed like if you wanted to stand out, these are the questions that you would want to go after as well. you differentiating yourself from from, um, from president trump, right? you would think that's the main game at this point in a primary is why you should be the standard bearer. and you and if you're not going to target the clear leader at this point, why are you there? what is the point ? you know, go home and enjoy yourself. there's also the issue of the government shutdown, the looming government shutdown this weekend that was not addressed in this debate at all, which i thought was complete. i was waiting for that to happen. so i could see how they handle it. what would they say? but i didn't see that. sure. not really. not at all. that a that a if you were president, what would you do? how would you br

in the meantime, mr. trump is firing back after the release of the special grand jury regard on friday with the panel showing prosecutors filing charges against 39 people in the georgia election interference case. trump writing the fulton county district attorney, quote, wanted to indict anything who happened to be breathing at the time. among those named, three senators. including lindsey graham who made calls to investigate claims of voter fraud in november of 2020. >> why is a senator from south carolina calling the secretary of state in georgia? >> because the future of the country hangs in the balance. >> reporter: he was not ultimately charged. overnight, lawyers for mark meadows appealing the decision to keep the case in fulton county and asking to halt the proceedings. laura and peter. >> julie, thank you. >> you are the senior legal correspondent here. the question folks are asking is what impact this will have on the case not just for mark meadows, but mr. trump and the co-defendants going forward. >>

so mr. trump, should the doj continue to operate independently from the president, or any president. yes or no? >> i'm sorry, can you repeat that one? >> should the doj continue to operate independently from the president, yes or no? >> yes, the department of justice should operate independently. >> thank you, mr. durham. and as i said, donald trump has made it clear that if he's reelected, he wants to use the doj to go after his political enemies. regardless of the facts, and he has shown that he is willing to dismantle american democracy if it will put him on top. he has demonstrated his willingness to do this as president, and he has promised publicly to continue to do this if he is reelected. taking apart our institutions his a refrain we have heard over and over again from some of my republican colleagues. and we even have seen a subcommittee created under chairman jordan that is essentially tasked with rooting out examples of our government being weaponized, and those branches of government

mr. trump's request. now the trial which has no jury is starting monday. prosecution said it plans to call donald trump, donald trump jr., eric trump, and ivanka trump all as witnesses. >>> the american soldier who slipped into north korea is back in the u.s. tonight. private travis king -- this is him getting off the plane in san antonio, texas, this morning. this is his plane, back in july came stationed from south korea and was just freed on assault charges and was supposed to fly back to the u.s. to face disciplinary action but he sprinted across the border into north korea. north korea said yesterday it was finished questioning him and expelled him from the country. tonight king is in a u.s. military hospital for a medical and mental health evaluation. >>> still ahead fast food workers just got a raise. the bill governor newsom signed today boosting their pay and when that change goes into effect. >>> and he's not your average high school senior. garvin thomas introduces us to a san jose teenager manufacturing products that are now helping people in un

is president biden going to try to avert any potential momentum mr. trumpain with union workers, that critical voting bloc? >> look, this is who president biden is, who is a deep pro-worker president. not only compared to the anti-union tendencies of the trump administration, and compared to any other modern president, president biden is proud to be the most unapologetically pro-worker, pro-union president we've had and that will be on display when he's on those picket lines. we want the auto companies, the auto sector to succeed, as well, and are pushing the parties to get a win-win deal to be right by workers. >> what is a win-win deal? what does the president want to see out of this deal? does he want the workers to get the pay increases they're asking for? >> the president says when you have record profits there out to be record pay going to the workers that created that value and that's only fair and only sensible and by the way, it's in keeping of how the middle class was built in the first place. my hometown, south bend, indiana, home of uaw local 5

mr. trump to respond. >>> the disturbing video. an ohio school worker appearing to slam to the ground a 3-year-old boy with special needs then holding him upside down. what the family is demanding. >>> the battle over wild horses in the west. why they're causing so much controversy. >>> and the solemn ceremony 60 years after the birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls and a fifth who survived that day in 1963 speaking out to us all these years later. her powerful message. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. the brakes on the american auto industry slammed on overnight as autoworkers officially went on what the uaw calls a historic strike against the big three carmakers, gm, ford and chrysler owner stellantis. in an unusual strategy workers walked off the job at only select assembly plants in michigan, ohio, and missouri. nonetheless, with 146,000 union workers at the big three, the consumer impact expected to be felt

in january 2022, a full year later, mr. trump finally turned over 15 boxes and 14 of them containing documents with classified markings and 30 documents top-secret and in june 2022, a year and half later, the doj and fbi recover an additional 38 classified documents. and your fbi and are fbi and a lawyer for mr. trump signed a statement to the best of her knowledge and she said all classified materials had been returned, but surveillance footage showed that wasn't the case and in august 2022 a federal judge approved a warrant to search and this wasn't a rate as some of the other side would have liked to have a pity party for mr. trump and this wasn't a raid and they retrieved another 100 to documents with classified markings. and 300 and some documents taken by the president improperly stored and then trying to evade and obstruct justice as is alleged. do you think the fbi went over the top or was out of line and your participation in retrieving these documents? >> again, i don't want to discuss the specifics of a pending case bu

[applause] mr. trump next president have to bear the brunt of what biden has done to our country? he has done such damage. i did not want to be the next herbert hoover. the great depression. he was the president during the beginning of the great depression but i will not let that happen. that i can tell you. during bidens first 30 months in office, 2.1 million new jobs created. the wrinkle is so off even the fake news said you cannot get way with that. he makes up these stories like a picture of a fighter jet. i used to be a fighter jet pilot . there's a picture of a truck. i used to drive a truck. the worst is did you ever see his golf swing? he said he said he's a six handicap. six handicap is a good golfer. this guy cannot hit a ball to chrissy -- kristi. six handicap. i think that is the greatest light of all. during the first 30 months of present trump we created 4.9 million new jobs chattering all predictions and projections. it is the greatest economy in history. hunter biden, rome come gone down -

that's a mr. trump simply didn't see any point in taking costs. that's right. i think that last person we heard in the report that trump supporter really said it best. why should trump show up to this when he has a very secure, really way out ahead a lead on the field. i'm. it is really isn't a republican nomination for president, this is a trump nomination for president, and he's the only trump. at the same time, donald trump, as we, we know from his history, loves to be loved. so why would he stand on that stage as, as chris christie, the permanent jersey governor said to be criticized to be attacked to be among people that maybe don't like him. he's at a riley where people will shower him at attention. so from, from both political, strategic in his own ego perspectives, there's very little reason for him to be there, his own senior advisor. it's called the debate boring and in consequential. i think that right there sums up a reason why donald trump did not attend. let him go crossed up next on d w a documentary series. don't fail. looks that threw his behind