School just two or three days a week. Others will do it remotely. Face coverings for students and staff will be required. Also this morning new jersey governor saying hes making Face Coverings mandatory even when people in his state are outdoors but unable to maintain social distancing. Roughly 30 minutes from now the White House Task force will hold a briefing at the department of education. This beefing coming as President Trump says hes going to be applying pressure on governors to rep open schools in the fall. I want to get right to nbcs Geoff Bennett for the briefing, dr. Lipi roy, msnbc medical contributor and so is Kimberly Atkins from bostons npr news station. Dr. Roy, let me start with you. This breaking news out of new york city. Youre based in new york city. The mayor there talking about how they are going to reopen schools. This is what mayor de blasio said just a few minutes ago. For the vast majority of kids and the vast majority of schools, youll be going to school in th
King, and how they were actually trained not to respond physically, but, you know, it was civil disobedience knop question about that. Yes, we did talk about the acrimony as you described, we did talk about that and he always was careful to point out you got to rise above that. Youve got to stay focused and youve got to remember what the prize is. Not necessarily those words, but that was what i took from it, and i tell you, again, it was just an honor to have known john lewis and an honor to have served with john lewis. As you probably are aware, congressman clyburn is going to offer legislation later today to rename the Voting Rights act, the john lewis Voting Rights act. It would restore a key part of that act. The house has passed it. Congressman, do you think the senate should take it up and pass it as well . Well, certainly that will be up to the senate. And it will be judged on the, on the merits of the legislation. You know, i dont want us to get caught up in the politics of na
Everything possible to make sure everyone is taking all precautions possible. Geoff bennett is at the white house, msnbc contributor jake sherman is on capitol hill. Mike memoli is following the Biden Campaign in grand rapids, michigan. Nbc Senior Business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle has her eye on the markets for us this hour. Geoff, lets start with you. Chief of staff mark meadows a few moments ago walking out to that group of reporters without wearing a mask again, saying he fully expects there will be more positive cases in the president s orbit over the next few days. What else did we learn from mark meadows . Reporter he said President Trump is in good spirits. He described him as being energetic. He said President Trumps first question to him when they spoke by phone this morning was how is the economy doing. Mark meadows also confirming on the record President Trump is experiencing mild symptoms as he put it. He said hes optimistic he will make a quick and speedy recovery. Ev
Hes firing back at his former National Security adviser, john bolton, over explosive criticism in that new book. A series of interviews, as well. The president also ready to hit the road again for the next Campaign Rally in a key swing state. This time, its arizona. Well go live to yuma and talk to that citys mayor. How he is preparing for a president ial visit to the border, while also seeing a surge in coronavirus cases in his state. And about the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization just reported its biggest jump in global cases ever. It comes as were seeing a spike here in this country in the south, and an alarming trend in the number of people in their 20s who are dealing with this virus now. Well start this monday morning at the white house. Because the west wing is dealing with the political fallout on two fronts this morning. That stinging, new criticism from john bolton. And the president reportedly fuming over his underwhelming reelection rally in tulsa, oklaho
House. Were looking at the president s party as well, how republicans are trying to defend their leader with what our First Read Team calls a weak hand. As one of their former colleagues says its time to put their principles over their careers. Also, what does all of this mean for joe biden . The president s allies are trying to transfer the heat onto the former vice president. So is his Campaign Ready to handle that pressure . Well dig into that in just a bit. But we start at the center of this storm, the tension between the Trump Administration and lawmakers. Nbcs hans nichols is at the white house. Nbcs Geoff Bennett is on capitol hill. Mr. Nichols, ill start with you, sir, the president has been tweeting almost nonstop on this issue, nearly 30 tweets, or retweets on this topic in just the last 24 hours. Nbcs got some new reporting on how the white house plans to try and handle all of this. What are you hearing . Well, its just a plan, at this point, craig, and we dont know if its b