Times both reported, quote, mr. Barrs authorizization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud to step down. The move came on the same day the Trump Administration launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of Election Results in pennsylvania. Nbc news among those reporting tonight that those around the president are concerned his current rage will hurt his party and his legacy. Though in fairness a big part of that legacy of course is his takeover of the Republican Party, the incredible obedience his acolytes show him like Mitch Mcconnell who in refusing to acknowledge the Biden Victory today said everything the president wanted him to say right there on the senate floor. Our institutions are actually built for this. We have the system in place to consider concerns, and President Trump is 100 within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options. Jonathan swan over at axios reports the president has alread
Barr did them all one better. He wrote a letter to all u. S. Attorneys on letterhead telling federal prosecutors they are allowed to investigate allegations of voter fraud. Katie benner and Michael Schmidt of the New York Times, friends of this broadcast, both report it this way. Quote, mr. Barrs authorization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter fraud, richard pilger, to step down from the post within hours. The move came on the same day Trumps Campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the Election Results in pennsylvania. Nbc news, among those reporting tonight, that those around the president are concerned his current rage will hurt his party and his legacy. Though in fairness, a big part of that legacy, of course, is his take over of the Republican Party, the incredible obedience his acolites show him, like Mitch Mcconnell, who in refusing to acknowledge the Biden Victory today, said everything the president wanted him to say
Pesky problem as mornings on 2 starts right now. Well, good morning. Its wednesday, july 31st. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Welcome back from vacation. Thank you so much. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Lets begin with weather and traffic. Steve, gonna be a nice day . A little cooler. Welcome back. Thank you. A lot of low clouds and fog. Yesterday warmed up a little bit. I think they will cool down a little bit. If you are by the coast, you are saying what are you talking about . You are kind of stuck in that pattern. Well see if theres a change coming up in ten minutes. Heres sal. We have slow traffic getting out to 101. Most of this is here near the 880 interchange. Were looking at the san mateo bridge where traffic is smooth to foster city. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. One man is in Critical Condition after being shot several times in hayward. It happened last night on revere avenue. Ktvus Claudine Wong just spoke to a witness who is providing some chilling details
Task force but still dismissing the threat as a democratic hoax. And polling in wisconsin is taking place at a dramatic reduced number of polling stations. The state Supreme Court intervened at the last moment permitting the election to continue today. Well have more on that. And well have a report on london on Prime Minister Boris Johnsons health after he was placed in intensive care on monday. As far as we know, hes not on a ventilator. Hes turned some powers over to his foreign secretary. The Prime Ministers fiancee, who was pregnant with their first child and lives on downing street, is also ill. We have coverage now beginning with nbcs gabe reuters in new york, the epicenter of the pandemic. What is the latest from new york following up on what Governor Cuomo said from the usns comfort, which to date had about 50 patients but not covid cases yet, is that correct . Yes, andrea. Certainly very sobering news from Governor Cuomo a short time ago. Actually, its a mixed bag in both enco
And sister Razan Abu Salha all shot execution style with a bullet the head. Later that night, this man 40yearold chris hicks turned himself into police who was charged with the murders. What triggered the murders . Police say it was over a parking spot. It has nothing to do with the mundane frustration of a man day in, day out with this man not being able to park where he wanted to park. But the father of the murdered children said that it was a hate crime. I feel that he would not have acted this way if they were not clearly muslim. Reporter a family spokeswoman called for a in investigation. We ask that the authorities investigate these senseless and heinous murders as a hate crime. Reporter but hicks says he s is an atheist, and when it comes to religious insults, your religion started this and not me. P you kept your big mouth shut so would i. We cannot independently confirm the posts on the facebook page. His wife expressed shock at the senseless killings but she said it is not a