Weve got a lot to cover this morning. Were going to begin, though, with coronavirus. Nbc news tracking data Shows Positive tests from the countrys most populous states helped drive the states to a new record for the most cases in a single day. More than 45,500 cases were reported yesterday, blowing past the previous record of more than 36,000 new infections set on april 26th. Californias nearly 7,000 new cases was among its highest ever reported. Florida broke its previous record set over the weekend by well over a thousand, adding more than 5,500 new cases yesterday. Texas nearly doubling its previous high from the day board, recording nearly 11,000 new cases. South carolina also reported its highest number of infections yet as well as oklahoma. However, officials in tulsa say it is too soon to attribute the records in that county to the president s rally last weekend, but we will be monitoring that. So in Texas Governor greg abbott warned his state is facing a, quote, massive outbrea
In an emotional appearance, the brother of george floyd went before law members and urged members of congress to pass Police Reforms. Just days after laying his brother jorm floyd to rest, he appeared before the House Judiciary Committee and said hes only seeking one thing from congress, justice for george. He was mildmannered. He didnt fight back. He listened to all the officers. The man who took his life, who suffocated him for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, he still called him sir as he begged for his life. I cant tell you the kind of pain you feel when you watch Something Like that, when you watch your big brother who you looked up to your whole entire life die . Die begging for his mom . Im tired. Im tired of pain, pain you feel when you watch Something Like that. Im here to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain. Stop us from being tired. George called for help, and he was ignored. Please listen to the call im making to you now. For the rest of my life, thats all ill ever see, looking
Democrats arent fooling around on impeachment and it sounds like more subpoenas are under way. Proof that mike pence can read the papers. A not so thinly veiled effort by his aides to keep him clear of the wreckage over ukraine. The problem with that is mike pence was also involved with ukraine and the questions are mounting over what he knew and when he knew it. But wait, theres more. Rudy giuliani has been communicating with Paul Manafort through an attorney on the topic of ukraine. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. And good evening once again from our headquarters in new york. Day 986 of the Trump Administration and the president is clearly deeply troubled by the escalating impeachment inquiry headed his way. Weve seen him invoke witch hunts and hoaxes just this week but today it all came out while the president of finland was next to him. We dont call him shifty schiff for nothing. Hes a shifty, dishonest guy, who, by the way, was critical of the one o
Tomorrow, Gordon Sondland, the lead witness, a man with a lot of explaining to do as the 11th hour get the under way this tuesday night. Good evening from our headquarters in new york. The latest round of republican impeachment hearings wrap up a short time ago. It was a marathon day. The questioning was relentless again today. It will be again tomorrow. Four witnesses testified for nearly ten hours before the House Intel Committee about what they knew about President Trumps request to ukraines president to investigate Democratic Political rivals. The day was divided into two sessions. The first set of witnesses saw Jennifer Williams, a state Department Employee detail to Vice President pences office on eurasia matters. And Lieutenant Colonel vindman on the National Security session. The afternoon session heard from two officials the republican side called as witnesses. Kurt volker, the former u. S. Special envoy for ukraine and the peace talks there, and tim morrison, an nsc senior of
Day 967 of the Trump Administration. Just tonight, theres a new problem with the way House Democrats are going after and trying to use what are normally secret grand jury materials from the mueller investigation. The democrats argue they need them for an impeachment inquiry. The Justice Department, though, is pushing back saying the democrats havent made it at all clear that this is an impeachment inquiry. This question is now before a federal judge. In court papers, trumps doj specifically mentions the messaging by the democrats have been all over the place, specifically, they say, quote, the speaker of the house says the investigation is not a true impeachment proceeding. They add the committees own description of its investigation makes clear that it is too far removed from any potential judicial proceeding. The filing even cites news media reports on the democrats conflicting descriptions of what they are doing here. It includes two stories. From Andrew Desiderio who joins us in ju