Applying every week, safe to say americans want answers and results, not whiplash. Were also keeping a close eye on Salt Lake City, utah. That, of course, is where this pandemic will be center stage. Tonight a live look at the debate hall where in just a few hours senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence will face off in their first and only debate, separated by plexiglas. Also this hour, we expect attorney general bill barr to hold a News Conference on a National Security issue. Were not getting a great deal of information. We will be watching for what exactly that is. A live look there at the Justice Department. Well take you there when it starts. We have also learned in the last 30 minutes or so that two isis terrorists who are part of a group dubbed the beatles are expected in court in alexandria, virginia, today. We start, though, with our reporters following the president s treatment for covid19 and how hes impacting those relief talks. Carol lee is covering the white
Will face on january 20th. Dont forget, though, he was also the chief of staff to joe biden at the beginning of the obama administration, when robert was the press secretary. Hell remember this well. And bidens office was the one that was overseeing the implementation of the recovery act that had such a Critical Role in helping to get the u. S. Economy back on track during the great recession. But he has, of course, a long history with joe biden as well. He served as his chief council when he was chairman of the judiciary committee. He was also a clerk to a Supreme Court justice. The breadth of experience across the goth is going to suit biden very well in this position. Now is the harder part. Hes going to fill out some additional west wing jobs. We expect to hear some more announcements in the next week. We understand biden is huddling with his teams, trying to combine clear roles for some of his most trusted campaign aides. And then it gets to fill ting tt cabinet. And were still de
Reporter craig, bloomberg officials that i talked to were confident he would make the debate. He needed one more National Poll where he hit 10 or higher. As of this morning he has that poll. What they didnt expect is that he would have done quite so well. He has now leap frogged to second place in the National Polls according to this new survey out this morning with 19 , ahead of joe biden and the other candidates. And were hearing from the campaign from kevin sheekey, the Campaign Manager saying our campaign has seen a groundswell of support and qualifying for the debate is the liest sign that mikes plan and ability to dough feat trump is resonating with more and more americans. Its the first time hell be under that level of scrutiny from his fellow rivals kbl wh. What kind of debater is Michael Bloomberg . Any ideas based on previous mayoral debhaates what we can expect . We dont really know. Its been many years since hes been in this kind of a setting, since he had to campaign for m
Well get to those stories in just a minute. We start with new questions today about just how President Trump plans to deploy those troops to our border with mexico. The president just left washington a few moments ago, bound for West Virginia. He did not take questions from reporters there as he boarded air force one. At this point, it is unclear where those troops would be deployed a long the nearly 2,000milelong border with california, arizona, new mexico and texas. The troops would be National Guard units and they would serve in mostly a support capacity were told and the move itself actually mirrors efforts made by president george w. Bush and president obama during their administrations. The pentagon set to have a briefing that is going to start and it actually has started. You see a look there at the podium. We are expecting that some reporters are going to be asking questions about the border wall, about the president S Immigration plans. In just a few moments. When those questi
Also, trumps gamble. President trump leaving for his second facetoface meeting with north Koreas Kim Jongun just an hour from now. Why u. S. Intelligence officials are worried. And without her consent. A new report just out details a lawsuit from a former Trump Campaign staffer against the president and the Trump Campaign. She says that trump forcibly kissed her in 2016 and experienced pay discrimination, as well. The white house denies that. The reporter who broke that story will join me. Before all of that, we start with the president. Washington. President trump starting with the washington he leaves behind, departing to vietnam shortly. Moments ago, he met with the nations governors. Selfcongratulations about his domestic agenda. Nothing on the big week ahead for his former fixer Michael Cohen. The president s former attorney will testify before three, count them, three congressional committees this week. Two behind closed doors, but one scheduled to be very public, perhaps painful