A passenger reportedly tweeting on board saying everyone is calm. And outside of san francisco, police have confirmed theyve made five arrests over several incidents of lasers pointed at police headquarters. Helicopters. The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office says their chopper was struck by a green laser pointer over three separate incidents in the past weeks. Suspects five men ranging from ages 19 to 58 could each face up to three years in prison. A homeowner in southern ohio is fighting city hall over his socalled nativity scene. Jason dixon says his zombie nativity rubs people the wrong way because the baby jesus and zombies. Its a little scary here. He claims the whole thing is just an advertisement for a Haunted House he runs. He was told to take it down last permit. This year his permit application was denied because Officials Say the stable be too dixon is being fined 500 a day every day that the zombie scene is still there. That baby jesus is a little bit scary. Its sort of o
States such as texas, arizona and florida are on the brink of apocalyptic levels in his views. Still, the president who should be leading in this pandemic continues his pattern of deliberately down playing it. A recap. Looks like by april, you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, miraculously it goes away. Its going to disappear, one day like a miracle it will disappear. Its going to go away. This is going to go away. Eventually, its going to be gone. Its going away and i think well be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. Well, inside the white house, top aides are now debating whether the president should shift back to focusing on this pandemic or stay focused on his hopes for the economy. Just this morning, some good news for the country. We learned that the economy added 4. 8 million jobs in june. Lets go straight to Christine Romans. Christine, these are good numbers. They are somewhat backward looking. P
Attorney in new york last month as well as the handling of the mueller report. In his prepared opening remarks, barr accuses House Democrats of trying to discredit him and calls the russia investigation bogus. Here to set up our live coverage of todays marathon testimony, msnbc capitol hill correspondent garrett haake, nbc justice news correspondent Pete Williams and the legal analyst who served in the Southern District of new york, maya wily and Daniel Goldman, former u. S. Attorney who most recently served as the House Majority council during the trump impeachment inquiry. We have a lot to cover. Plenty of time to do so before this gets under way. Let me begin with garrett on capitol hill. Bring us up to speed as to what happened. We know this was supposed to start at around 10 00 a. M. , there has been a delay. What can you tell us . Reporter yeah, thats right. The Committee Chairman jerry nadler was in an accident on his way down from new york to start this hearing. Im told that no
Questions. A lot hitting headlines right now. Not the least of which is the Washington Post report on a new book by bob woodard who said he had conversations in preparation for that book with the president earlier this year that led him to believe that the president did impact know how deadly serious the coronavirus was at that time. Back on february 7th are the notes i am reading. I dont have a copy of the book. Melissa francis did not. We were not given a copy as this was breaking 10 minutes ago. Now the press briefing with the White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany. Lets watch together. President trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work in the israeli and United Arab Emirates peace deal. It was a Historic Deal and the first such deal in over two decades. This is a heard earned and well deserved honor for this president. President trumps Foreign Policy will always be one of peace through strength. That is what the American People are seeing abroa
Good morning. Im Steve Kornacki. Topping the agenda, meetings with the old guard, new hours a. A general election fundraising plan. They all point to one thing. Donald trump getting an Organization Ready for the general election. These people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars, millions of dollars to pollsters. I pay nothing. But the networks give me polls every day. After vowing never to use pollsters during the primary, trump changing courses this morning bringing a new pollster aboard. Also, word of a meet with trump and Henry Kissinger as he looks to bridge the republican divide. Also, Hillary Clinton saying her husband would handle the economy if shes president. Now the former president is
weighing in on his role. Ill do whatever im asked to do. But before hillary can plan her white house or even focus on donald trump, she still has to deal with Bernie Sanders. Two more primaries tonight in kentucky and oregon. With a sweep, clinton would end whatever doubt there is about who wi