Is it too early for people to be asking the 2016 question . I dont think its too early. I think its part of a process. This isnt an issue about bullying. This is an issue of mine and jons relationship where i may ive taken stuff too far. All right. Weve got a lot to get to this afternoon from Chris Christie, the newly crowned prince of the gop, to failed talks with iran, to the explosive story unfolding this week in the nfl. And, yes, the gops benghazi obsession. But, first, we want to give you an update from the philippines where Officials Say 10,000 people could be dead from fridays devastating typhoon. Characterized as a state of calamity. Last night u. S. Defense secretary chuck hagel announced u. S. Forces are headed to the Pacific Islands to aid in search and rescue efforts. Among the organizations that you can contact for information on how to help, you can reach out to the red cross, unicef, save the children. And we will be posting a Additional Information on our facebook page
Record books. After losing 26 games in a row, the 76ers managed to pull off a win and avoid a loss that would have given them a dubious place. Today march 30th, 2014. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. Congratulations to the 76ers. You would have thought they won a championship. They simply won the right to say theyre not the worst didnt have the worst losing streak in nba history. But what about the other team . How do you lose to the worst team . And a dubious honor. You didnt quite win. You didnt quite lose. It could be worse. It could always be worse. So you guys go. Take the day off. Exactly. Well you ponder that. We want to get on a serious note to the top story. That is a frustrating search by air and water for any clue as to what may have happened to that malaysian jetliner. It is possible the plane could be lost deep below the ocean surface, of course. And could it be there longer than anyone imagined . Kerry sanders is joining us with
Wallace will moderate debate number one here in cleveland 9 00 eastern but the attacks have already started. President trump demanding his democratic opponent take a drug test either before or after tomorrows showdown. The biden team jumping on the New York Times report dropped late last night 20 years on the president s taxes. Anticipation as you know is sky high. Both men are looking to put their best foot forward in hopes of swaying anyone who may be undecided in this campaign. President trump i debated a lot four years ago. If you look at the polls, those polls are coming out according to the polls i won every single debate in the primaries and then when i debated crooked hillary. My guess is, it will be just straight attack. Mostly personal. The only thing he knows how to do. He doesnt know how to debate the facts. He is not that smart. He doesnt know that many facts. He doesnt know much about foreign policy. Not much about domestic policy and know much about the detail. I think t
Before. And as always with trump, there was the use of race as a prop yesterday. The only black people visible in the rose garden being judge barretts adopted children. And while they were, indeed, off limits, remember that the president famously denigrated their birth country, haiti, as a, quote, shole just two years ago. But also remember that by the time he is done or reelected, donald trump may not have installed not one, not two, but three Supreme Court justices in one term. Leaving a generational mark on the nations highest bench. And now we have a date. Senate judiciary chair Lindsey Graham announcing just hours after barretts nomination that her nomination hearings will begin on october 12th. Hours ago, joe biden addressed the stakes of it all. This is about your health care. This is about whether or not the aca will exist. This is about whether or not preexisting conditions will be continued to be covered. This is about whether or not a woman can be charged more for the same p
Why . A deadly pandemic still hangs over this nation and the entire world. More than 200,000 deaths in this country, more than a million now across the globe. Biden is expected to zero in on exactly that. The president s pandemic response. This comes as the New York Times is reporting this morning that the administration pressured the cdc over the summer to downplay the risks of opening schools. Now, the president also faces some serious questions about his taxes after the New York Times also obtained decades of his records. Lets begin with our correspondent jessica dean. She joins us from cleveland. It is here, it is debate date. A very different debate day but equally consequential. No handshakes, lots of testing, what else will we see tonight . Reporter ill walk you through how different this is and all of the guidelines now in place. You see the stage set up behind me. They are tinkering with everything, making sure it is perfect. In the meantime, typically we would have about an a