white house. president biden today also touted the reduced cost of insulin under the inflation reduction act one year after he signed that bill into law. from the white house, alice barr, nbc news. >> thank you, alice. >>> so far thanks to help from you hundreds of pets have found new homes this month and we've worked together to clear the shelters. we're not done yet. there are more pets to be adopted like this guy named after our friend and today in the bay colleague bob redell. in the final days of august you can even get adoption fees waived or reduced. >>> rob mayeda is here to talk about a lot going on. the smoke, the rain that might be coming in, the heat, a bunch of things. >> that is the good news at the end of the week. right now the change in the wind, north wind which we know causes problems for fire danger. in this case it is going to bring in smoke which has been across northwestern california by tomorrow morning very likely to see that smoke moving into the skies around the bay area. but ahead of that not too bad a day. in fact, we are back in the sent around san francisco with no fog right now. 73 degrees over to livermore earlier into the 90s. still,

: president biden touting an effort to save seniors money as he eyes a second term in the white house alice barr, nbc news >>> house majority leader steve scalise revealed that he's undergoing treatment for cancer. he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma which he calls a very treatable blood cancer even though the treatment will take months he does expect to return to washington and continue his work as the house leader you may remember back in 2017 scalise was injured during a shooting at a congressional baseball practice. his recovery required several surgeries and sidelined him from the house floor for three months >>> russia bids farewell to the man who led a faileda failed co against vladimir putin the kremlin said putin would not attend the funeral u.s. intelligence says an international explosion likely caused that crash, the kremlin calling that claim an absolute lie. meanwhile, the russian military says ukraine launched massive drone attack across six vooenls rooenl /* /* rooenl /* /* regions drones were fought down in five other areas including moscow where flights were halted from capi

president biden touting an effort to save seniors money as he eyes a second term in the white house in washington, alice barr, nbc news >>> new video has emerged of paul whelan, showing the detained american inside a russian penal colony he is serving a 16 year sentence for spying, a charge he strongly denies in the video, he tells a russian interviewer he is not allowed to answer questions we should note that the video was released bay russian state-run media outlet we have not been able to identify the date it was taken or whether he was filmed under duress >>> the clock is ticking on borrowed time as borrowers will soon have to hit play on loan payments as many say they won't be able to repay them as interest starts to accrue on friday >> reporter: josie is a single mom living paycheck to paycheck. it's hard enough dealing with rising prices at the store >> my student payments are sitting right now at about $400 is what they're expecting each month. that's my food budget right there. >> reporter: the freeze on payments allowed her to open up her salon. but $4,000 in outstanding debt she says she won't be

white house in 2024. here's nbc's alice barr from capitol hill. >> reporter: one day after sitting at the defense table in federal court pleading not guilty to charges he broke the law in trying to overturn the 2020 election, former president trump going on offense, writing on truth social, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits, while fund-raising to make up for millions in legal costs. as the trump legal team forms its strategy, one of his attorneys arguing the former president was right to try to delay the vote certification on january 6th. >> let's just pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to the -- as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. that's constitutional law. >> it is a flat-out admission that they did what exactly the u.s. code and the indictment says is a crime. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, former vice president and now candidate mike pence stepping up his rebukes of the republican front-runner. >> it wasn't just that he asked for a pause. the president specifically asked me a

attorneys for the republican front-runner in the race for the white house are setting the stage for a legal fight. nbc's alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: as donald trump grapples with becoming a three-time indicted former president, the world is reacting to the latest historic charges accusing mr. trump of conspiring to overturn an election he had lost ultimately culminating in the january 6th capitol attack. >> it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government. >> the federal indictment charges the former president with conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding as congress certified the election results and be conspiracy sentences against the right to vote and have that vote counted. the indictment alleges that former president trump spread lies that he had actually won the election but that, quote, these claims were false and be the defendant knew that they were false. former president trump adamantly denies wrongdoing in a new fundraising push saying, quote, biden's weaponized departm

white house said today that new federal response coordinator will help ensure all federal agencies are bringing the right resources to help the community rebuild and recover. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> dozens of maui's hardest hit residents arrived in the bay area, and hope you can help them find a forever home. greater good charities and ameri flight joined forces to bring 80 dogs and cats, ghost, banana and angelica are at the tri-city, in fremont. we spoke to a woman who jumped at the chance to help. >> that's something we have always enjoyed was maui, especially lahaina. i'm trying to help out in a way that i can rescue a puppy. >> you can help clear the shelters, that's part of our campaign this month. berkeley, humane, marin animal rescue foundation, east bay scca, and the friends of the alameda animal shelter have also received dogs and cats from maui. >>> and you know, this whole time we have been doing the clearing the shelters this week, so it works out perfectly that we have all of these animals coming in as well. >> we have pup events happening this weekend. cynthia is here. timing for the rain. are we going to continue to see the sprinkles or is it going a