After months of withholding his support, House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff has finally endorsed Democratic nominee Zoran Mdani to be the next mayor of New York City. Jeff announced his backing on Friday, less than two weeks from the general election. Early voting began in New York City over the weekend with a massive number of people casting ballots.Over 164,000 voters checked in on Saturday and Sunday. That's a five-fold increase from the opening days of early voting back in 2021. Last night, Mom Donnie was ...

[Music] What of Jamaica is bracing for catastrophic impacts. Hurricane Melissa strengthening to a powerful category 5 hurricane and expected to make landfall in Jamaica in the coming hours. The storm has already produced winds of 160 m per hour, the most dangerous on the hurricane scale, and the conditions are only supposed to intensify.The island expecting up to 40 ines of rain, so major flooding expected. Last night, one of Jamaica's government ministers delivered this stark warning. >> If you listen to w ...

Joining us now is Democratic Congresswoman Primila Jaipal of Washington State. She serves on the foreign affairs, Judiciary, and Budget Committees and is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. Congresswoman, you were in Chicago last week hearing from residents and local leaders impacted by ICE actions there, and I want to play something that you heard from one one young woman who is now left to take care of her disabled younger sister after their mother w ...

This morning, questions are growing louder from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about President Trump's strikes on what he says are drug boats. With eight strikes in the Caribbean and now two in the Pacific. And as the administration now dispatches an aircraft carrier to Latin America, lawmakers are pressing for more information.From the intelligence used to target the boats to the change in protocol from what used to be a Coast Guard duty to why they haven't been asked for approval. Joining us now to ...

Let's go to MSNBC senior White House reporter Von Hillyard in Seoul ahead of the Apex Summit. Also with us, former chair of the Council of Economic Adviserss and the Biden administration, Jared Bernstein. He's a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.And there's MSNBC political analyst Ashley Parker of the Atlantic. Uh great to have you all here with me. So Van, let's start with Japan.That's what's all the focus today. What's President Trump's goal with this leg of the trip. And what concrete win ...

my init I was deeply disturbed. There's nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition and so I I I I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting.>> That was NBA commissioner Adam Silver's reaction to the federal indictments of Portland Troublers head coach Chanty Bilip and Miami head coach Terry Heat Miami Heat guard Terry Rosier. Their arrests stem from a pair of illegal gambling investigations that federal authorities say involved leaked inside information abou ...

or to who presents themselves in 2028 and and who meets that moment and and and that's the question for the American people. They'll make that determination. >> After the 2026 midterms, you're going to give it serious thought. >> Yeah, I'd be lying otherwise. I I'd just be lying and I'm I can't do that. >> When are they going to see a woman in charge in the White House? >> In their lifetime, for sure. Could it be you? Possibly. Have you made a decision yet? No, I have not. >> That was former Vice President ...

plan to call it after myself. That was spectacular. Probably going to call it the presidential ballroom or something like that. We haven't really thought about a name yet. >> So, President Trump is saying that his new White House ballroom will not be named after himself. That was on Friday as he directly addressed reports that he would indeed dub the new space the Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Backlash over the project has really grown after the entire East Wing was demolished to make way for the new structure. ...

Today marks day 27 of the government shutdown and still there's no resolution in sight. Senate lawmakers returned to Washington this afternoon, but the House remains in recess as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has canled yet another week of work for lawmakers, instead calling for a district work period. Despite this, House Democrats are set to meet this week at the direction of Minority Leader Hakee Jeff.Additionally, after a Republicanbacked bill to pay federal employees and contractors who continue ...

President Trump is in Japan this morning. It's the second stop on his nearly week-long trip to Asia. Today, the president will meet with the Japanese prime minister, who's the first woman to hold that office.The two leaders are expected to discuss defense spending and trade, the latter of which tops the agenda for each stop on Trump's Asia tour. So far, the president completed the first leg of his trip in Malaysia, landing in Koala Lampur to a red carpet welcome and a dance party that you see there before a ...