Financial records from prosecutors in new york. I want to read you the opinion. 200 years ago, a great jurist of our court established that no citizen, not even the president , is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding. We reaffirm that principal today and hold that the president is not immune from state criminal subpoenas seeking his private papers, nor entitled to a heightened standard of need. It was a victory. For the rule of law. Not a close one. It was a 72 ruling that included also the two trump appointees neil gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh who voted with the majority. It was not a good day for the president. Even as the president s own press secretary tried to spin it in the wind, donald trump himself was whining and throwing himself a pity party. Quote, courts in the past have given broad deference, all caps, but not me. Then complaining to reporters that the Supreme Court ruling was a witch hunt and a hoax just like eve
27 states have now paused or rolled back their reopenings. Hospitals nationwide continue to be pushed to their limits. Were now just 1,000 patients away from the peak that we reached in april. Think about that. And when it comes to testing, one major lab said americans could wait as long as two weeks to learn their results. All of this is happening as President Trump steps before the media in just a couple of hours for his First White House briefing on the pandemic since late april. In the months that followed, the u. S. Added nearly 3 million cases and 90,000 deaths. And while dr. Deborah birx was present for trumps last appearance, the coordinator may not be there today. That is according to dr. Fauci who tells cnn neither he nor birx have even been told if they should be there in a couple of hours. Well get back to that. Let me start off in florida where the state is reporting more than 9400 new cases today, that is a slight drop from yesterday but new data shows the number of avail
Hardship and heart break were everywhere, but president ial leadership came swiftly and effectively with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the covid virus. Boy, that was something. Do you remember we were in the middle of that pandemic. That was something. Man. We never thought that would pass. That pandemic was bad. Just like cancer. That was remember when people used to get can terrible. Oh, wait. Theres still people dying from the coronavirus. Were moving towards 180,000 dead so im not really sure why larry cud lokudlow who used to about it going away quickly, im not sure why hes talking about it in the past tense but, of course, he is consistent if nothing else. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, august 26th. Along with me weve got willie. Also nbc news and msnbc contributor Shawna Thomas host of msnbc nation and reverend al sharpton. Mika will be back tomorrow. Willie, were going to get to the big take aways from night two of
Science and health alone. Not with the political consequences. Vice president harris and i and our entire administration will always be honest and transparent with you about both the good news and the bad. We will level with you. When we make a mistake. Well straight up say what happened. And i said at the outset, the honest truth is, were still in a dark winter of this pandemic. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Its going to take many months before we need to be. Progress in our plan will take time to measure as people getting infected today. They dont show up as case counts for weeks. And those who perish from this disease die weeks after their exposure. Despite the best intentions, were going to face setbacks which i will always explain to you. But i also i also know, we can do this if we come together. Thats why, ultimately, our plan is based on unity. And all of us acting as one nation. It requires families and neighbors looking out for one another. Health care provide
Delivering the article of impeachment for in incitement o insurrection. It remains unclear how many republicans will vote in favor of impeachment. At least 17 would need to accept reality and join all 50 democrats to convict. Josh hawley and ted cruz do not accept reality. Having long ago pledged loyalty to the dear leader. Senate democrats have filed against cruz and hawley over the insurrection and including if they organized with the insurrectionists. In a giant about face of the domestic extremistextremists, T Administration says this is a National Security threat and announced a plan to overhaul the governments approach to domestic terrorism and working with the fbi and Homeland Security to conduct a National Threat assessment. Also, in an about face to the former president s loyalty to russia, joe biden has a review into the role of the hack of government and Computer Networks and seeking a clean fiveyear extension of the last remaining Nuclear Arms Treaty with russia. We are in