Ill say it again, they like this cognitive test narrative out there right now. It reminds me when they fought his walk through the park thought his walk through the park on june 1st was iconic. Im not sure they have the best political acumen at this point. Maybe not. But before we get into polls that suggest americans dont think the fact that the president can identify an elephant is the most convincing thing. Well a lot of polls in a minute, but youre actually youve written a story about the president s obsession with this cognitive test thats meant for alzheimers patients. The president , about a month back started talking to advisers about this cognitive test he took at walter reed. Of course, the Trump Campaign has been trying for a while now to paint joe biden as having lost a step. It was not proving effective, as evidenced by the deficit in the polls that you just mentioned. But the president thought he could amplify this argument. He was talking to aides on air force one and st
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Major League Baseball did not even make it a week before they had to cancel a game because of a krocoronavirus outbreak in th midst. The story of what happened is the story of americas utter failure to deal with this p pandemic that has killed nearly 150,000 of our fellow americans. You might remember back on march 11th, right, we had not quite shut down states yet, lots of schools were still open. There was supposed to be a regular season basketball game. Fans were in the stands. The game was about to start. And right before the tipoff, one of the jazz players tested positive and the game was canceled. Later that night, the season was postponed indefinitely. And then tom hanks announced he had the virus and then the nation basically shut down and then the before times were over. Four months later, we have not had sports for an obvious reason. You cannot safely crowd thousands of people, not to mention the competing athletes together and watc
Middle of a pandemic. But all these other sports leagues have a lot of money on the line. I mean, they have every single financial incentive to figure out a way to play and broadcast what their play is and to play safely. For months these sports teams have tried to figure out a way to make it work. The nba announced a plan to resume their season in an isolated zone in orlando called the bubble. The National Hockey league announced a similar plan. Major League Baseball worked on a similar plan of their own. Rob manfred telling the new york times, we cannot be the one sport that doesnt figure out how to play. The league created all sorts of protocols to make it work. They tried to cut down on travel, so there is a reduced travel schedule. There are, of course, no fans in the stands. Its bizarre to watch a game under those conditions. In fact, theyre piping in crowd noise to sort of give you the sense there are people cheering. Here is the Pittsburgh Pirates manager arguing with the umpir
United states and around the world. Im Natalie Allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. Here on the east coast, thanks so much for joining us. And we begin with sad personal news for the u. S. President. Word emerged late saturday that robert trump, the younger brother of president donald trump, has died. 71yearold robert had been suffering from an undisclosed illness for some time. No details had been released about his funeral arrangements, but the president is planning to attend. Mr. Trump mentioned that his brother was ill while speaking with the news media earlier this week, and he visited him in the hospital on friday. Cnns Kristen Holmes has been traveling with the president in bridgewater, new jersey. Shes got more about it. Reporter President Trumps younger Brother Robert trump passing away late saturday night, a night after President Trump had gone on an impromptu visit to new york city. The press had known he was going to new jersey, at the last minute they told us h
World headquarters in atlanta, welcome to the viewers here in the United States and around the world. Imally allen and this is cnn newsroom. And thank you for join us. Our top story. U. S. President donald trump is mourning the loss of a man he called his best friend. His younger Brother Robert trump. President trump visited his brother there friday as he headed to new jersey over the weekend. Here is what he said at a white house news briefing that day. From day one. Its a long time a go and hes in the hospital right now. And hopefully hell be all right. But hes having a hard time. Cnns Kristen Holmes is traveling with the president. Here is her report from new jersey. Reporter President Trumps younger Brother Robert trump passing away late saturday night, a night of President Trump had gone on an impromptu visit to new jersey. We were told he was going to a hospital in new york to visit his Brother Robert. We knew he was seriously ill. Not clear what illness he had. He had been in an