Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
justice department to say they had found some classified documents from his vp days at his indiana home, and he says he that takes full responsibility. so another special counsel? are we in danger can of running out of them? no, the media reaction has been very different just as joe biden s discovery of one batch after another of classified material cast what donald trump did in a different light, the pence administration seemed to take the edge off biden s actions. ah, maybe this is a systemic problem. maybe a lot of this material is overclassified, maybe it s easy to misplace. maybe it s not that big a deal. for all the breathless headlines, nobody including journalists really believes pence intended anything nefarious or that biden really intended anything nefarious, so where does that leave the trump story? i know trump was engaged in a long subpoena battle leading to the fbi search that found 100 classified documents, but what was portrayed as utter recklessness acco
president biden in south korea as north korea appears to be on the verge of testing a missile. and did a republican lawmaker lead a tour of the capitol complex on the eve of the insurrection? plus new cnn reporting this morning on rising tensions among conservative justices over roe v. wade. and u.s. health officials sounding the alarm on a new covid wave disrupting american life. we will get answers from the white house coronavirus czar. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is friday, may 20th and just a short time ago president biden speaking in seoul, south korea, kicking off his first visit to asia since taking office. biden joined the new south korean president yoon seok-youl at a samsung semi-conductor plant. the main goal of this trip is to reassure america s asian allies of u.s. s commitment to counter and contain china. the president will also visit gentleman on this trip. there is growing concern over what north
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COVID-19 cases are trending down nationally, but state health officials are still advocating for vaccination, and the governor discusses over the counter Narcan.