As many people are waking up to the tragic news of the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, its saturday, september 19th. Im Lindsey Reiser and im kendis gibson. It is yet another business saturday morning. We begin with tributes, memorials, news popping up in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this one outside the Supreme Court last night after ginsburg lost a final battle with pattern cree yachtic cancer. Chief Justice Roberts made the announcement. He added, quote, today we mourn but with confidence future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her. Ginsburg was 87 years old. She was the second woman appointed to the court and served more than 27 years. She spent most of her legal career fighting for equality and obtained pop culture status as the notorious rbg after the court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights act of 2013. Rbg rbg that was the scene in San Francisco last night. She was a longtime champion of womens rights and gender equality
Extraordinary and so it requires extraordinary measures. Nearly 250 lawmakers now calling for the president s removal. That line also get something traction among some republicans, including senator pat toomey who says the president has committed impeachable offenses. And investigators are making more arrests after that mob attack. Among them, a West Virginia state delegate. A new reporting from nbc news about Vice President mike pence and where he stands on the issue of invoking the 25th amendment. Good sunday morning, everybody. Glad youre with us. Im lindsey reiser. Im kendis gibson. We have a team of nbc correspondents and experts following the very latest for you right now. Josh lederman has new reporting from the white house. Heidi przybyla has the latest on the impeachment efforts and monica alba is on capitol hill with the newest details on the arrests following wednesdays attack. Lets start with josh right now. Good morning. You first there. There are reports that the Vice Pre
Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Weve been following breaking news. New this hour, the Fbi Washington Field Office says they have received 40,000 tips on possible rioters. That is just online. It does not include phone calls. Nearly 20 people have been charged or arrested with various federal crimes. Also, today calls for the president s resignation are growing. Now from within his own party, a second republican senator wants the president to step down. I think the best way for our country, chuck, is for the president to resign and go away as soon as possible. I do believe that the president has disqualified himself. I dont think hes a viable candidate for office ever again. Of course, this comes as the president is just days away from potentially being impeached a second time. House democrats moving ahead. Introduced one article of impeachment tomorrow for insightment of insurrection. Two democrats telling me why the
Danger to the American People. Its gotten worse and worse and worse and worse. So, you know, my message to them is, you dont want us to impeach him, what else are you willing to do . A new polling shows how the American People are perceiving wednesdays attacks with 56 of americans saying President Trump should be removed from office, a and that includes 94 democrats, 58 of independents. The capitol physician is alerting congressional members and staff who sheltered together wednesday that they could have been exposed to someone with coronavirus. Lets get to the headlines now with our reporters and the latest on the fallout. First joining me is going to be california congressman ted lieu, democratic member of the house judiciary committee. Welcome, sir. You and your colleagues have drafted an article of impeachment and it will be introduced tomorrow. What specifically are you charging with the president with . Thank you, alex, for your question. We are charging the president with incite
Warehouse store, the outbreak impacting daily life. Mulvaney out, meadows in, why now is the time for the oval office shake up. Front runner to second fiddle in a matter of days, the must win state for Bernie Sanders. Its saturday, march 7th. Im lindsey reiser, Kendis Gibson and Corey Kaufman are off tonight. Two people have died from coronavirus in florida. These are the first two fatalities on the east coast. Meanwhile, on capitol hill, an urgent plea from a Public Health expert, in a briefing of congress yesterday one doctor from Johns Hopkins Health System said the u. S. Desperately needs more tests. Not currently adequate and we need more. We need this as soon as we can have it. And off the coast of california, 19 crew members and two passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship have tested positive out of the 46 people tested yesterday. Vice president pence said all passengers will be brought into a port sometime over the weekend to be tested. Those that need to be quarantine