nbc's ryan nobles is on the hill for us.were talking in the last hour, obviously, the weight has been lifted. there have been weeks and weeks of tension in both house and caucuses of the senate. we know there were trips to talk to president biden. so, now what? is there a sense on the hill that the prospects have gotten significantly better for the fall? >> reporter: yeah, i do believe that a sense of relief has kind of showered over the democratic caucuses in both the house and senate after president biden decided to decided to step down and the party is coalescing around kamala harris. the last few weeks have been difficult for democrats. there's been a lot of infighting, back fighting, a lot of sources chirping behind the scenes but they're very worried what the process would look if president biden were to step down. it's interesting to see chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries come together, the leaders of the senate and house, because they were key players behind the scenes in operating this eventual outcome. both schumer

nbc news congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what is the latest you have on this abc reporting about schumer and jeffries? >> reporter: you know we have been reporting on this for the past couple of days, wanting to give an inside look at this meeting between chuck schumer and joe biden that took place on saturday. it was very much a surprise meeting between the two men. neither side had forecasted that it was coming. schumer traveled all the way to rehobeth, delaware to have this in person meeting with the president. i'm told that the two of them met one-on-one. that there was no other staff in the room, it was just schumer and biden having a direct conversation about the state of the race and i'm told that schumer presented the president with polling data that reflected the current state of the race and a conversation about the current state of the polling and the impact that it would have on the party going forward. now my sources would not characterize specifically what the polling data looked like. that the majority leader

ryan nobles, what's it like on the hill?now lawmakers are back at home in their districts but what are you hearing? >> reporter: the act has not subsided in any way, shape or form. it's been consistent from that day a couple weeks ago. there's been ebb and flow from the pressure in the campaign put on in the house and some democrats but now it's reached a fever pitch. we know the most important people from the democratic party from a congressional perspective, chuck schumer, hakeem jeffries, nancy pelosi have had conversations with president biden that showed the polling that indicates it's a difficult path to win. it's clear that many of these democrats believe that a different course of action would be necessary for not only the president or the party to be successful in the fall election in the presidential election but also in the down-ballot races in both the house and the senate. and in just the last few minutes, a new development, jamie raskin of maryland someone who very much admires president biden has been a long s

lester. >> all right, ryan nobles, thank you. and join us monday when i interview president biden exclusively. the complete conversation airs starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern monday as savannah guthrie and i lead our coverage for the start of the republican convention. >>> a deadly power struggle goes on tonight in houston with more than 800,000 still without electricity after hurricane beryl. priscilla thompson is there for us. >> reporter: tonight, frustration. >> how has the past couple days been? >> horrible. >> reporter: and desperation. >> you got to hop on long lines like this just to get ice and food. >> reporter: as more than 800,000 people swelter through a fifth day without power. guy and ruth say they've tossed $600 in spoiled food. >> i don't know what i'm going to do, and i don't have much money left. >> reporter: the couple says they pawned their wedding rings to buy gas so they can drive between long lines at food distribution sites and cooling centers with their three grandchildren in tow. >> we got to do what we go

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ryan nobles is still with us on capitol hill. lisa rubin is here with me. mpeachment articles? i know the story just broke. what happens next? >> reporter: this comes from congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez from new york city. she's filed two articles of impeachment against justice alito and justice thomas. these articles of impeachment are not based in any of the decisions that either of these two justices have made, but instead, specifically about their conduct around the office. for instance, in both thomas and alito's case, she's accusing them of not properly disclosing financial benefits and gifts they were given by donors and others. in some cases, people who had business before the court or had a political interest in some of the issues before the court. she's also doing that in the case of clarence thomas, saying that he refused to recuse himself from certain cases that his spouse had a vested interest in as well. his wife ginni was very much involved in the stop the steal effort, the effort to overturn the 2020 election and things along those li

>> ryan nobles. thanks very much. >>> please join us monday when i interview president biden exclusively the complete conversation airs on a primetime special starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern as savannah guthrie and i lead the coverage of the start of the republican convention. >>> tomorrow morning, democratic leader jim clyburn joins the "today" show. >>> turning to the remnants of hurricane beryl dumping heavy rain and causing a flooding emergency in vermont. here is stephanie gosk. >> 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 up state new york, ripping the roof off a home. four tornadoes were confirmed in the state. >> came fast from the time i ar it to the downstairs basement. >> tornado right there. >> reporter: reports of three more being investigated by the weather service. in northern vermont, torrential downpours overwhelmed rivers. water raging through towns after some areas receive

i'm ryan nobles in for jose diaz-balart.ments in the intensifying debate over the future of president joe biden's candidacy. today, the white house is ramping up its damage control efforts after a debate in which biden has acknowledged to donors he performed poorly. happening in the next hour, a source tells nbc news that the white house chief of staff jeff zients will hold a call to tell the full white house staff to, quote, keep their heads down and weather the political storm. >>> and moments ago, we learned the biden campaign sent an all staff memo this morning saying they expect new polling today, which, quote, is likely to show a slightly larger swing in the race. president biden also spoke with house minority leader hakeem jeffries last night, after

joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. lk us through what is happening so far in today's hearing. >> reporter: well, this is an interesting development, ana, because the house homeland security committee just got back from a site visit to butler, pennsylvania, where they were actually on the scene of that rally venue where the former president was almost assassinated. and many of these members actually got up on the roof of that building, where the shooter was perched and learned a lot about the dynamics of the situation there, and just how close the shooter was to the former president himself. and this committee also wanted to hear from the secret service director, the secretary of homeland security, and the director of the fbi, they were turned down on all fronts by all three of those leaders, that's why they are instead hearing from the local law enforcement on the ground and connected to what happened on that day. so, this is one of many different investigations by different congressional committees, house and senate, l

really. ♪♪ >>> let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. s will be a crucial week for the president with both the house and the senate returning to capitol hill after more than two weeks over the 4th of july holiday. and of course, we spent a lot of time talking to many of these democrats in the house and the senate to get their pulse of what comes next from joe biden. and what i think you really see playing out here is that there are very few congressional democrats, as evidenced by the fact that only six or seven have come forward publicly stating they want joe bide on the get out of the race, but there's a lot more saying it privately. they don't want to get in a position where they publicly have to get into a confrontation with joe biden. what i was most struck by in my conversations with democrats after the interview on friday night with george stephanopoulos the president seemed dug in and that frustrated a lot of these house democrats in particular because they don't want to get into a standoff with joe biden. it gets to the point whe

he immediately accepted it.Ñi joining us is ryan nobles. %-phallway.or her, could have been what you announced this morning, the bipartisan commission, like a january 6th commission, but with almost equal membership to take a serious look at the agency. >> reporter: i think there's no doubt that her leadership continued to be somewhat of a cloud that hung over this>x process in that the members of congress, in particular, felt that in order toçó get past the event that happened on that day and start to focus on the investigation and also come up with remedies to prevent it from happening again, that they needed to remove cheatleÑi from the equation. she'd become too much of kind of the symbol of the failure of the agency on that day. you're right. she didn't do herself any favors in this lengthy hearing where she failed to even entertain some of the basic questions that ez these members of congress upset. that's way too long. they feel as though they're in an urgent situation right now with this presidential campaign starting to ramp up. they need to f

ryan nobles is following that story. what happened, ryan? >> reporter: this group of senators were less than satisfied with the private briefing the director of secret service and other law enforcement agencies gave senators about what went wrong. listen to senator ron johnson of wisconsin's description of what they heard. >> only four senators were able to ask question. the first was senator cornyn asking when was the secret service made aware of this person on a roof. more than an hour ahead of time. >> this is what we were doing today. stone walling. you owe the american people answers. you owe president trump. >> reporter: what you see playing out there is it just so happened that the director ended up at the republican national convention. she wasn't scheduled to go there originally. went there because of the assassination attempt on former president trump. many republican senators happened to be in milwaukee and they tracked her down and tried to get her answer questions she did not answer in this briefing. now, one of the other things

nbc's ryan nobles is reporting on capitol hill. aaron gilchrist is covering the white house. also with us, jake sherman, co-founder of punchbowl news and an msnbc contributor, and michael steele, co-heft of msnbc's "the weekend." great to have you guys. what is the president's plan to win back support and confidence, and how is it taking shape? >> well, chris, i keep thinking back to the volunteer in philadelphia yesterday who told president biden that she wanted to see dark branded again. he responded dark branded is coming back. that's the person we heard on the call with msnbc this morning. the fighter joe biden. talking about the reality behind what he believes he still has the support of voters. he obviously feels like he needs to be back out in front of voters shoring up that support, but he feels as though the push for him to get out of the race is something that's been coming from inside the beltway, if you will, for the politicals and washington' elites, and he expressed conversation that continues to happen around his debate performance while he's out pressing the f

we start with mike memoli and capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. so, mike, the president came out swinging on "morning joe," says he's listening to the base and he is running. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, andrea. president biden may now be the president. he was the vice president before that. the chairman of prestige committees in the senate but has never considered himself the establishment or elite in his party and you're hearing that come through so clearly now as he's fighting for political survival. we've heard he, his wife and others say he's not about to let 90 minutes in a debate overshadow his years as president. he's not going to make a snap decision to get out of this race based on that 90 minutes. he's going to fight this through and stay in this race until we see there's no path forward. that interview with "morning joe" today making the point he's made in other settings in that letter to congressional leadership at that rally that i was covered in madison, wisconsin last week. setting this up as a disconnect. a fight between the v

nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles has the very latest. >> for secret service director kimberley cheatle it was a bipartisan unloading. >> not only should you resign, if you refuse to do so, president biden needs to fire you. >> if you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president, or a candidate, you need to resign. >> would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter? yes or no? >> no, thank you. >> reporter: cheatle appearing by subpoena and testifying under oath directly addressed the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. >> on july 13th we failed. as a director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. >> reporter: but facing off with members of congress, she left many frustrated. >> was the gun already on the roof, or did the shooter carry the gun up with him? >> i do not have that information at this time. >> reporter: cheatle pressed on why the building thomas crooks fired shots from, less than 150 yards from the stage, wasn't secured. >> wasn't that bui

peter alexander, ryan nobles, thanks to you. >>> joining us now, one of the democrats who called himsident biden to step aside, massachusetts congressman seth molten, you noted nancy pelosi stopped short of saying he should stay in the race. let's watch that exchange. >> it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we're all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short. >> he has made the decision. he said firmly this week, he is going to run. do you want him to run? >> i want him to do whatever he decides to do. that's the way it is. whatever he decides, we go with. >> what is your read on the comments? >> i think that she's being honest, that there's still a lot of uncertainty here. a tremendous amount of concern. even though the president said he is going to stay in the race, there are a lot of us on capitol hill and across america who are really concerned about whether or not he can win. we all know how high the stakes are with this election. the other choice is a convicted criminal who incited a mob to attack the capitol right here in washing

ryan nobles is following that story for us. what more can you tell us?reporter: it's interesting, chris. this came between a back and forth between christopher wray and jim jordan, the chair of the house judiciary committee. he was asking about the number of cartridges found at the scene at the assassination attempt of former president trump. unprompted, the director made the point it's not clear whether or not the president was actually hit with a bullet but rather shrapnel from the shooting. take a listen to what the director said. >> with respect to former president trump, there's -- there's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear. >> reporter: now, of course president trump himself has said multiple times that he was hit by a bullet. ronny jackson, a member of congress who was there with him at the scene put out a letter talking about what he saw after. he said he was hit by a bullet. i talked to the speaker of the house, mike johnson about the director's testimony and this is what he said to me. we've

nbc's ryan nobles joins us. he's got the latest. hey, ryan.ood morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. the members of congress were so upset with the response or lack of response that they got from director cheatle that they leaders of the committee sent her a bipartisan letter demanding she resign. a call that at this point she's resisting. for more than four hours, secret service director, kimberly cheatle faced an avalanche of attacks from both republicans and democrats in congress. >> i believe director cheatle that you should resign. >> not only should you resign. if you refuse to do so, president biden needs to fire you. >> reporter: cheatle forced to appear by subpoena attempted to take the blame for the security lapses that led to the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. >> we must learn what happened and i will move heaven and earth to ensure that an incident like july 13th does not happen again. >> reporter: instead, she left many members of congress frustrated. >> you are full of [ bleep ] today. you are being

ryan nobles is reporting on capitol hill. what more can you tell us about what key democrats are telling the president? >> reporter: we know that many of these key democrats have had very frank and what i'm told are blunt conversations with president biden about the state of the polls and the impact that could have on the party and down ballot races in november, and what many democrats are doing is they've basically putting it on the president saying he needs to make a decision about his own future and that decision could play a big role in his legacy going forward. but it's also important to point out, chris, that many of these conversations are happening behind closed doors. what is very, very revealing is what democrats are saying publicly or even what they're not saying publicly. there are very many democrats who refuse to fully embrace the bide campaign, even at this late stage of the game. take senator bob casey of pennsylvania who's up for re-election. our team is on the ground in pennsylvania today. this is what bob c

. >> joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli, ryan nobles and chief white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst, peter baker. mike, kamala harris is going to be going to delaware, visiting the campaign staff. what do we know about that visit, and what do we know about any interactions she's been having with president biden in these last 24 hours? >> reporter: any minute now, we should see some pictures of vice president harris boarding air force 2 for that very short flight from the washington area into wilmington, delaware, and from there, she'll head to the campaign headquarters, what was the biden harris campaign headquarters, now the harris, to be determined campaign headquarters, and this is an important visit because since last april when the president announced he was seeking a second term, his campaign has raised tens of millions of dollars, built a behemoth of an organization across the country and hired hundreds of staff to not just staff the battleground states but especially to staff the campaign headquarters, and they were rather uncertain

. >> nbc's capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us now from washington. reporter: hey, guys. good morning. and several members of congress have already called on kimberly cheatle to resign as director of the secret service. so far she's resisted those calls. but today she is going to be forced to answer some very direct questions about what went wrong and what it will take to prevent it from happening again. from the moment the shots rang out in butler, pennsylvania, the questions started rolling in about the role of the united states secret service, the agency tasked with keeping presidents, former presidents, presidential candidates and their families safe. >> the oversight here, the mistakes, the ineptitude, whatever it is, was inexcusable. we almost lost the life of a former president. >> reporter: the early investigation into the shooting reveals there were key choices made by the service that led to the venue where trump spoke less secure, including a decision to leave the roof where the shooter was perched from unguarded. in excerpts from her openi

. >>> joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles and staff writer at "the atlantic," and the author of "thank you for your servitude," mark leibovich. what we are hearing from congressman doggett, is that what you're hearing from democrats on the hill? there's a lot of private hemming and hawing, but no one is signing their name on the dotted line like he did. >> a lot of that is based on what congressman doggett said to you, there's a concern if too many democrats come out quickly, that might force joe biden into a corner he feels he needs to come out of as opposed to coming to the decision on his own. what you're seeing democrats on the -- doing behind the scenes, putting the private pressure on the president himself to come to this decision on his own, and if they get the sense he's not willing to take the step, they're going to have to take a step back and rally behind hm, which is essentially what congressman doggett said he's doing. it's a family conversation. i keep hearing that over and over again, we're having a family conversation. how long they can have t

. >> let me bring in nbc's ryan nobles who was at that presser and follows both of these men very closely. to bring you in on the conversation we were having, i don't know when i have seen chuck schumer like this. certainly seemed like joyful, for both men, to quote chuck schumer, boy, oh, boy, are we enthusiastic. what a change a couple of days makes, ryan. >> reporter: it is pretty crazy, chris, because for the last three and a half weeks, almost a month, it has been difficult to get either of these two men to talk about the presidential race in any way, shape or form. and, today, they were eager and as you rightly point out enthusiastic to talk about kamala harris and her campaign for president. there is no doubt that democrats are ready to turn the page. this has been a month of infighting, a month of private and anonymous sources talking about the future of the party, the future of the ticket and the future of president joe biden. they are now ready to put that all behind them. and the fact that they have so quickly uniied behind kamala harris is indicative of that. part of the repor

ryan nobles and aaron gilchrist, thank you very much for the reporting. susan glasser staff writer at "the new yorker" and former democratic congressman max rose currently senior advisor to vote bets. let me start with your reaction to what we're hearing from president biden this morning. >> that's what everyone wants to see. i'm not sure that interview was planned. they weren't announcing that interview several hours ago, came on the phone. the question is, behind the scenes, are there members of the president's staff who have for the past two or three years saying that's not a good idea. that was quintessential joe biden and that was great politics, and they should be doing more of it. joe biden is the nominee. joe biden is not going to blink in this game of chicken. so if any further democrats come out against joe biden, they are part of the problem, not the president. it's time that everyone gets together, gets disciplined and focuses on the actual challenge, the actual problem, the existential threat to the future of this country which is donald trum

us now nbc news white house correspondent gabe gutierrez, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan noblesusan page. washington bureau chief at usa today. this interview and the letter to democrats, this seems to be the beginning of a reset for the biden campaign. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jose. look, the campaign and the white house have said now for the last several days they do plan on getting president biden out there more, and we did see that over the weekend. he went to battleground pennsylvania, went to several events met with voters in front of that church. he did so without the aid of a teleprompter. this week he will welcome world leaders to washington for the nato summit. he's set to hold a rare solo press conference on thursday, and then next week the white house announcing that he'll make other trips to las vegas to speak at several conferences there. you mentioned that more aggressive stance. president biden campaigned really on offense here delivering that letter to house democrats earlier today, and then really trying to turn the page and prosecute the case against d

joining us from capitol hill is ryan nobles. yesterday we were moving towards acceptance. would feel the framing on the hill this morning. >> reporter: definitely there's no sense that democratic party is ready to accept joe biden as their nominee. you're right, ana. for a good part of monday it felt like he stopped the bleeding and democrats were ready to rally around his candidacy and then the house democrats were together tuesday morning and the senate democrats tuesday afternoon, and when they emerge from the meetings it was clear that there was not a consensus as to the path forward and that there remains a great deal of anxiety behind the scenes with house and senate democrats about whether or not joe biden has what it takes to beat donald trump. most of those concerns were voiced privately, but some that have information leaked out of those meet, including comments that senator michael bennett met in the democratic meeting. once that information came out, he went on tv to explain his thinking. take a listen. >> donald trump is on track i think to win this election a

let's go to the hill and ryan nobles who is there. also with us, former u.s. ryan, netanyahu's joint address will be delivered to a very fractured congress right now. what are we expecting this afternoon? >> reporter: i think you're right, ana, there is no doubt his appearance here today is divisive, polarizing, there are some members of congress who strongly support netanyahu and the reason behind his invitation here by house speaker mike johnson. but there are many democrats and even some republicans, frankly, who feel that this isn't the right time for him to be here, that his political future in israel is in doubt, and his prosecution of the war is very controversial and shouldn't just be outrightly embraced by the united states government. regardless, it has led to a very chaotic atmosphere here on capitol hill. you're right to point out that security on this campus is at extreme levels. there is fencing up and around the capitol, there are bike racks that extend beyond the office buildings, they are limiting who can come in and out of the capitol to only

r ryan nobles reports. >> reporter: for secret service director kimberly cheatle, it was a bipartisan unloading. >> president biden needs to fire you. >> if you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president or a candidate, you need to resign. >> would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter? yes or no? >> no, thank you. >> reporter: cheatle, appearing by subpoena and testifying under oath, directly addressed the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. >> on july 13th, we failed. as a director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. >> reporter: but facing off with members of congress, she left many frustrated. >> was the gun already on the roof? or did the shooter carry the gun up with him? >> i do not have that information at this time. >> reporter: cheatle pressed on why the building thomas crooks fired shots from, less than 150 yards from the stage, wasn't secured. >> wasn't that building within the perimeter that should be secured? do we agree with that? >> t

joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. and nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. allie, just this morning, we had a two-page letter from the president and a live interview. right here on "morning joe." walk us through the strategy here when it comes to these calls from some members of congress. >> reporter: jose, you'll remember the white house waited almost a week before formally and publicly answering questions in a press briefing about the president's poor debate performance on june 27th. and that debate performance, the briefing, rather, really centered around that poor debate performance, and the white house received some criticism from lawmakers for waiting that long, saying waiting that long really only fostered and allowed these concerns to grow among members of congress, and today the biden team appears to be realizing that. they're launching this all hands on deck effort to really prove that the president is defiant, is going to say in this race. he even on that interview on "morning joe" this morning c

ryan nobles is standing by. only a couple years.ut what you hear from other members of the u.s. senate. obviously his name has been out there for weeks if not months, and also his policies, the fact that he was a big supporter of the overturning of roe v. wade. he's been very tough on immigration policies. including wanting to prevent the use of taxpayer funds for health care for migrants. tell us about j.d. vance and how he's viewed on the hill. >> well, i think, chris, if you were to look for the blueprint of the maga senator and you were to put -- input the characteristics into a computer, it would output j.d. vance. he has become one of donald trump's biggest warriors in the senate. it's important to keep in mind he came boo a senate that was largely a bulwark of old conservative principles before that round of senators were voted into office the same year he was in 2022. he hasn't been here for very long, so it's not as though he's left an indelible imprint at this point. but he has certainly made his voice known. perhaps as ga

let's go to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, what a day yesterday on the hill. i'd ask, what did you hear? i guess i'll ask, how much did you hear of what we just talked about? >> where to begin. >> where to begin. >> joe and mika, you've crystallized it very well. the issue here is rank and file democrats have just not felt comfortable about president biden at the top of the ticket since that debate took place. i think part of the reason that you saw the calls and the angst subside a little bit was because of that assassination attempt on former president trump. it just kind of pushed the story to the back burner. but i can tell you from my own reporting that the conversations were still ongoing and that people were still very nervous. in fact, you know, right before the assassination attempt was this phone call that president biden had with the new dem coalition, and more than 100 rank and file democrats, mostly moderate to left democrats, which was a very uncomfortable phone call. it was supposed to last an hour. it only

ryan nobles has that story for us. >> reporter: tonight, the list of democrats calling on president biden to end his campaign for reelection is growing. >> ultimately, the president is going to have to make his own decision. >> reporter: the first senator, peter welch of vermont, joining a list of more than a dozen house democrats publicly asking biden to do the same, including earl blumenauer from oregon. >> i mean, his legacy is at stake now. >> reporter: and despite president biden's repeated insistence that he'll remain in the race -- >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: house democratic leader hakeem jeffries today indicating his caucus is far from decided. >> those conversations have been candid, comprehensive and clear-eyed, and they continue. >> reporter: and senate majority leader chuck schumer batting down a report claiming he has signaled to donors he is open to a change at the top of the ticket by saying, quote, i support president biden and remain committed to ensuring donald trump is defeated in november. the white house and the campaign hoping to calm capitol hill fears,

we will bring in our capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, okay, this pick is coming against the backdrop of just days against that assassination attempt against former president trump, and so there is a bit of a somber feeling as well, and you can hear the noise behind me, because they are in the process of officially nominating donald trump to be the official party's nominee, and we are moments away of getting to the state of ohio, the home state of j.d. vance, and what are you hearing, ryan? >> many of us thought that j.d. vance was the front-runner the contest from beginning, because he is thought of being loyal to donald trump, and especially when he made the decision to run for elective office. j.d. vance's story is very remarkable american story, and someone born in poverty and spending time in kentucky and ohio, and he is of course the author of the blockbuster book "hillbilly elegy" which came out around the time donald trump was elected president in 2016. it became in many ways the thesis of the average american in middle ameri

nbc's capitol hill correspondent, nbc's ryan nobles has got that story this morning. ryan, good mi ning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. the fbi is leading the criminal investigation into the shooting and director christopher wray told lawmakers, the agency is still trying to figure out what the gunman's motive was. and while the investigation is in its early stages, he was still able to reveal plenty of new information of what they've discovered. >> reporter: this newly released video shows a new angle of the terrifying moments shots were fired at donald trump during his rally in pennsylvania. you can see frightened people running for their lives. and we're learning just days before, thomas crooks was on the internet, searching for information about the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> on july 6th, he did a google search for, quote, how far away was oswald from kennedy. >> reporter: that revelation from fbi director christopher wray, among many new details wray provided in his testimony, including the discovery that the gunman may have had a fi

joining us, ryan nobles and steve kornacki. ryan, first to the hill. if senator menendez does not step aside, what is the likelihood there will be a vote to expel him? >> reporter: i think the chances of that are increases by the second. in fact, we've seen a handful of senators say they are will be to move to expumgs. there's no immediate consequence of being convicted. if menendez were to leave the senate, he'd have to do so on his own accord, but you can tell there are many democratic senators uncomfortable with the idea that he would continue to serve. of course, his term ends at the end of this year. that would mean if he's unwilling to go on his own, they would have to move to an expulsion vote. that is rare in the united states. the last time it happened was in 1862 and that was a group of senators that were expelled at the same time because of their connections to the confederacy during the civil war. you saw menendez in the statement he gave as he left the courtroom. he seemed defiant. how it impacts him politically is something we're still wa

ryan nobles joins us from washington with that part of the story. hey, rayen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for a day, it seemed like joe biden held off the avalanche of calls to get him to drop out of the race. after a day of closed door meetings, anxiety among democrats on capitol hill is at an all-time high. leaders publicly stating they don't believe he can win in november. for the first time, a sitting democratic member of the senate saying out loud what many of his colleagues are saying privately. >> donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. >> reporter: senator michael bennett of colorado echoing what he and other senators told colleagues in a closed door meeting. they don't think joe biden could win. another house democrat there. >> i think we could lose the whole thing, and it's staggering to me. >> reporter: coming on the same day as another democrat joined the group calling for biden to step ahead. >> i spent the week hearing from my const

. >> we begin with monica alba, ryan nobles, matt visor and ben rhodes. , starting out with you on the hill, what was the major takeaway from this morning's democratic caucus meeting from the people leaving? it sounded as though it's not over but that the president has certainly, with his defiance, quieted the growing calls for him to step aside. >> reporter: i think your assessment is correct. for the white house, heading into monday morning, they were dealing with a category 5 hurricane. perhaps this has been reduced to a strong tropical storm. i do think that the democrats you saw emerging from that meeting aren't being completely honest about what the current is within the democratic party, at least privately. yes, they are unified. unified in the idea that they want to beat donald trump. they are far from unified in the idea that joe biden is the best person to do that. they find themselves in a very difficult position here, because there are real concerns about whether he is up to the challenge of taking on donald trump over the next couple of months

. >> congressman, one of the things that's striking is ryan nobles, my colleague who was just anchoringe on msnbc has put in a note with three sources saying that he has just talked to chuck schumer, the majority leader. i was struck when i talked to nancy pelosi that they had not talked yesterday. all these days after the debate. no one has been more supportive of him than nancy pelosi. chuck schumer is just getting a call from the president. these are the two leaders with hakeem jeffries, of course, who succeeded pelosi, who have the most touch and feel for what's happening on the hill. >> yeah. i think your conversations with speaker pelosi and james clyburn were inflection points in the storyline. this goes to the fact that joe biden himself has to be more involved. his staff's approach has been wrong. it just has not worked. i think everybody would agree on that. i hasn't worked. what needs to happen -- the most powerful line came from joe biden in north carolina when he said, trust me, i give you my word as a biden, i can do this and i wouldn't ask you to support me if i couldn't.

joining us now is capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. and punchbowl news cofounder jake sherman. so ryan, let's start with nancy pelosi. she's no longer the head of the caucus, but she's still the muscle of the democratic party. what has her comment done to the halls of congress today? >> i think it kicked a hornets nest. it depends how you want to interpret what nancy pelosi said, but there's no doubt there are quite a few members of the democratic caucus on the senate and the house side that viewed her less than affirmative comments about the president's reelection bid as a slight opening of the door to begin the process of talking about replacing him as nominee. i know that the former speaker attempted to try to clean up those remarks that she made on "morning joe." the statement that she put out was the same thing she said in the interview. there was a simple answer to that question. the question was do you support joe biden as the nominee. the simple answer was yes. she purposefully chose not to give that answer, which indicates ther

. >> we begin with our reporters, mike memoli, garrett haake and ryan nobles.e, the president, he has made gaffs in the past. since the debate, everything he does is under a microscope. is this sustainable for another four months to live through a campaign like this? >> reporter: that's right. as you know, i have been covering president biden for 16 years. when i was covering him in the 2008 campaign after he joined the obama ticket, these were the verbal miscues that we would document and have some fun with from time to time. they take on a much higher level of seriousness now as every word the president utters, every move is highly scrutinized. we knew it would be a consequential week for president biden. it has been even if he is ending this week in the same place he began it, very much committed to staying in this race. but there has been something of a tone shift around the president's team and those close to him as one person put it to me, there's more of a reality-based conversation happening within the west wing, within his campaign about what the polit

and ryan nobles is reporting from the hill that a lot of democrats have deep concerns, many more than12, ten that we're hearing from publicly, 12 that we know are concerned that he should step aside. >> reporter: that's right. while all this has been going on across town with nato, we have seen an effort by democratic congressional leaders and the biden campaign to keep the remaining congressional horses in the biden barn, if you will, on both chambers, essentially at the same time. on the senate side as we speak, there's a briefing going on or just beginning with top biden campaign officials talking with senators about the path forward. on the house side, hakeem jeffries has been fielding the same version of question, whether he will continue to support the ticket. what he's said in so many ways is this is an internal conversation that needs to happen among house members and he will, as you say, relay those results to the white house. what i think is interesting and notable about that, obviously, is the president has made clear he has made his decision. here you have hakeem jeffries

now, nbc news senior white house correspondent mike memoli, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and political analyst, phil rucker. what more do we know about this donor call, which is kind of about to get underway? >> yeah, jose. this is interesting. as nbc news was reporting yesterday. we're not just seeing a defection in terms of lawmakers. that new list includes ten who have said they want the president to step aside. we have also seen a major slippage in terms of the amount of money the campaign has been raising, in terms of the awful debate performance, as much as 25% of what they were expecting to raise over the course of this time period, and so what this invitation that was sent to key donors, donors supportive of the president and his reelection effort, the vice president would be joining so they can discuss the urgent needs of the campaign at this point. they're going to be hearing not just from the vice president but other leaders in the field, trying to speak to what is the path forward. now of course the president and his closest advisers are insisting he has not

. >> nbc's ryan nobles is reporting on capitol hill. nbc's steve kornacki, of course, at the big board. basil smikle with us in studio, he's a democratic strategist, former executive director of the new york state democratic party and an msnbc political analyst. mike, the biden re-election campaign apparatus has been up and running since he announced his intention to seek re-election last april. so for 15 months now. what do we know ability the transition that's happening to harris right now and what a harris campaign will look like? >> chris, it's so interesting, because if you remember when president biden launched his bid for a second term last april, vice president kamala harris was front and center in that announcement video in a way you typically don't see a vice president in an announcement video like this. it speaks to the fact that this was the biden-harris campaign, really a joint ticket where both brought their strengths to the table. so many people talked about the fact that harris, really leaning into this idea of abortion

on the senate side, we're in a position where you can see ryan nobles is standing there waiting for the senate leaders on the republican and democratic sides to come out, but we're eager to hear from chuck schumer, who we have not yet heard from on camera and at the capitol, about president biden. he will be coming out of what's probably about an hour and a half long at this point senate democratic lunch. it stands to be pointed out that this happens every week. the same goes for the house democratic huddle that we witnessed this morning. it's not infrequent that these meetings happen. what's notable is the topic of conversation at this pivotal moment in joe biden's presidency. now, what's different about what we've seen on the senate side of this is that no senators at this point have come forward to say they think joe biden should drop out and no longer be the democratic nominee. instead, what we've heard is senators who are saying what we all i think have heard at this point publicly and privately from lawmakers writ large which is that the debate performance about a week and a half