First off this hour, the tahoe airport. You probably havent heard of it but that is the site of the republican nominees rally tonight. Joe biden and Kamala Harris are keeping their things virtual with no inperson gatherings today, contrasting strategies from contrasting candidates with just 52 days to go. Lets bring in our team of reporters. Josh, lets start with you on the developments. Any other week and we say this every week this has been quite a bunch of days for the president at the white house. Reporter yes, it sure has. And now he is starting a Campaign Swing not at all the way he wanted to, richard. The president hoped to hole a pair of major, large rallies at the airports in las vegas and reno. That is not going to be able to happen because the event sites sawed they wouldnt do it. They wouldnt exceed the nevada restrictions on gatherings of 50 people or more. Theyve seen the rail its president has held in tulsa and phoenix and other places without social distancing, have not
Good morning, you are taking a live look at berkeley where a major fire destroyed several businesses last night. You could see firefighters still on the scene. The street is still blocked off and the investigation continues. Allie rasmus will have a live report coming up. I am claudine wong. I am Ken Pritchard in for mike mibach. We will go to rosemary a a quick look at the weather. Second half, looking at walnut creek area where we are looking at low clouds once again and more widespread than what we had yesterday. Concord and was sunny yesterday. This is the coast across the bay. Well inland and well to the south, into the south bay and in the east pay. All the way stretching through antioch with a delta breeze that continues to blow through the evening hours. And to the north bay where we do have fog and low clouds reported in the areas. I am beginning to see a transition ready. Number 1, fairfield has died down quite a bit. We will check in on the wind. They are is a look at the te
Carolina. What happens if joe biden does not win South Carolina . He will be in a very precarious situation. And deal reached . A tentative agreement may have been made between the u. S. And the taliban in order to draw down american troops from our longest war. But former defense secretary ash carter does not trust the taliban to live up to it. I would keep a small u. S. Presence in afghanistan, continue to help the Afghan Security forces to strengthen themselves. The taliban, remember what these people stand for, they took the country back to the middle ages. Im a skeptic. And more on my interview with ash carter coming up as we have breaking news today. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump is claiming he did not interfere in roger stones sentencing despite his tweet pressing for a lighter sentence. William barr surprised many with his declaration that mr. Trump should not be tweeting about criminal cases, a rare rebuke from the attorney general loyal to t
Colonel vindman and the ukraine debacle. We also learned today this familiar face is coming back to the white house as a counselor to the president. Plus, as Mike Bloomberg sizes up super tuesday, donald trump attempts to size down the former mayor who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1120 of this trump administration, 264 days to go until the 2020 president ial election. And tonight in a new interview, the attorney general bill barr, who has been nothing but supremely loyal to and protective of the man who appointed him to office, seems to be saying two things. Sure, he intervened in lowering the recommended prison sentence for trumps friend roger stone who is a convicted felon, but he went on to say that the tweets from the president , which is how we know how Preside
Over the department. The attorney general pushing back on that saying he is the one calling the shots. Not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody, and i i said it whether its congress, newspaper editorial boards or the president. Im going to do what i think is right. I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. Arthel Mark Meredith is standing by in West Palm Beach, florida, with the latest on this. Hey, mark. Reporter good afternoon. A couple hours from now President Trump is set to attend a fundraiser here in florida. He came down here yesterday afternoon, he did not stop to speak with supporters even though there was a swirl of questions over some of these recent decisions you were just talking about. Earlier this week, we did hear from the attorney general bill barr, and he was telling, basically, abc news that the president s tweets and comments about ongoing cases are making it difficult for the Justice Department to be