Which i believe according to the laws of physics is impossible, and of course driven by ill motives. The story broke land wednesday. We are six days into this and the speed i guess we knew there was a whistleblower complaint coming out of the dni. One of the defining features of the trump era is the incredible speed, ferocity with which information happens. It was apt that we would end up here after all these months of waiting around, that the thing that turned out to be the trigger could turn it this quickly. Its a great point, it was last wednesday the Washington Post broke the story about the whistleblower complaint being tied to the president s conduct with ukraine. It snapped everyone square in the face. Theres nancy pelosi. Tuesday we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the constitution on september
17th. Sadly, on that day, the Intelligence Community Inspector General formally notified the congress that the administration was forbidding him from turning over a whistleblo
Rounding out the top five. Over the past five weeks senator klobuchar has been gaining in the polls. But a new story made polls a problem particularly as this race moves to more states. The case which klobuchar has mentioned often on the campaign trail to show that shes tough on crime put a then 16yearold Myron Burrell in jail for life. After a stray bullet killed a young girl during a shooting in minneapolis. But new evidence and witness statements are raising questions about the convicted teens guilt and how the case was ultimately handled. In light of this new report the minneapolis naacp and black lives matter are calling on Amy Klobuchar to suspend her campaign for president. Issues of criminal justice have tripped up other candidates in this race. Kamala harris, as youll remember, had to defend her criminal justice background when she was still in the campaign and mayor Pete Buttigieg has struggled to explain his firing of sous bend, indianas First Black Police chief in his handl
Campaign for president. Issues of criminal justice have tripped up other candidates in this race. Kamala harris, as youll remember, had to defend her criminal justice background when she was still in the campaign and mayor Pete Buttigieg has struggled to explain his firing of sous bend, indianas First Black Police chief in his handling of a an unarmed black male while he was mayor. Klobuchar is facing a similar challenge to her criminal justice record. Meanwhile, less than an hour well find out where klobuchar and the rest of the democratic field stands in iowa when the Des Moines Register releases its final poll ahead of mondays caucuses. I want to introduce my guest, senior politics editor at msnbc. Charlie pearce, writer at large at esquire, and erin haines, editorial at large at the new nonprofit newsroom covering women in politics, the 19th. Thank you all for being here, panel. I want to let everybody get in on all the issues but really quickly before we do that i want to quickly
Moving on to super tuesday and on to a rivals home turf as prominent democrats float a convention fight with his supporters as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im receive kornacki in for brian williams. Day 1,134 of the Trump Administration. Tonight the spread of the coronavirus is taking a further toll on Global Markets while adding to the pressure on President Trump. Today the dow saw its biggest oneday point decline in history, plunging more than 1,000 points. And tonight there are indications of potentially more losses to come. The number of reported virus cases worldwide meanwhile continues to climb. It is now at more than 82,000. And while the majority of cases are in china, the New York Times reports that coronavirus has now been detected in at least 48 Different Countries with case numbers rising rapidly in italy, iran, and south korea. Today the centers for Disease Control expanded fed
But we start with a newly emboldened President Trump going on offense. An hour from now the president expected to address the nation on the senates vote to acquit him. Nbcs Geoff Bennett starts us off from capitol hill. This has been an incredibly divisive time in congress, geoff. What can we expect to hear from the president roughly an hour from now . Reporter well, we expect, craig, that the president will take that victory lap that hes been aiming to take ever since the senate trial started. I know my colleague kelly o odonnell can tell us more about that. We expect to hear the House Speaker brief the press shortly. The big question for her substantively as it relates to impeachment is when or whether House Democrats will subpoena john bolton as a way of ferreting out what he knows. Our colleague told Rachel Maddow refused to submit a sworn affidavit after the senate refused to admit the evidence into the senate trial. Impeachment is now over but it would be one way for House Democr