President Biden’s Thursday primetime speech echoed his 2020 campaign Mark Murray, Cornell Belcher, Sara Fagen and Michael Beschloss discuss. Sahil Kapur and Ryan Reilly reports the latest ahead of a federal judge’s decision that will determine whether an independent special master will review documents obtained from the Mar-a-Lago search. National Center for Education Statistics commissioner Dr. Peggy Carr takes apart data that reveals alarming learning achievement gaps as a result of the pandemic. Former Chief Economist at the Department of Labor Betsey Stevenson discusses the August jobs report. NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz reports from Los Angeles, where excessive heat is hitting communities.

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