President s continued downplaying of it all. And well dig into that jawdropping headline out of michigan, a foiled plot to kidnap the sitting governor, revealing a brewing battle in the shadows on our own shores. This is american voices. For the First Time Since leaving walter reed, the president decided it was time to stump again, holding a Campaign Event from the white house balcony. Its the second possible covid spreading event hes held. The first is believed to be where he contracted the virus. Hundreds were on the south lawn today, screaming and cheering for the president who could still be shedding the virus just feet away. The administration has so far refused to tell us when the president last tested positive as america surpasses 215,000 lyes lost. Do you remember when he had his last negative test . I dont want to go backwards. The last negative test . I cant reveal that at this time. The doctors would like to keep it private since its his private have you been tested recently
More than 120,000 americans are waking up in the hospital. Battling the coronavirus. In addition to that, millions more worrying about the coming days and what that will look like as crucial Economic Relief runs out. 14 million are on the brink of losing unemployment benefits. Others can lose their homes. Small Business Owners do not know if theyll make it to the new year. Yesterday afternoon, the covid relief spending bill was flown to West Palm Beach physically where President Trump is spending his christmas but its unclear this morning whether hell sign it or not. Joining us this morning, nbcs Josh Lederman with the president in florida and jake sherman who covers capitol hill. Hes the coauthor of the widely read political playbook and sam stein. What we heard from the cdc, josh, why now with uk travelers . Well, the Trump Administration has been closely watching this situation in the uk with this new variant strain of coronavirus which the cdc now says Research Shows could be as mu
Are spending their holiday on the front lines. What are you hearing from them . Reporter cori, theyre at their breaking point. These doctors and nurses along with so many of these front line workers have just been going nonstop trying to meet the demand as patients just continue to flood the hospitals. So you take nurses, for example, typically theres one nurse for two patients, but right now were seeing that ratio being expanded. One nurse to three patients or even more. Youre hearing doctors describe the situation inside their hospitals as a disaster, as scenes from a movie because theres so many patients coming that doctors are candidly saying we cannot provide the same quality and level of care because we just cant get to everybody. Weve talked about how icu capacity across Southern California has been at 0 for a while now, so what does that even mean . Theyre trying to set up icu beds in areas of the hospital that arent typically for icu patients. Theyre putting up beds in parking
Works. But this is such a unique situation. We can watch the polls, but were not going to know anything until election night. Its going to be a busy week and an interesting week. Lawrence, good to see you, my friend. Have yourself a great show. Thank you, ali. Well, welcome to the 10 00 p. M. Version of pardon watch here on msnbc. 23 days left for donald trump to pardon way more than 23 people. You know hell do way more than 23 people. Mary trump is going to join us later in this hour because, unlike you, she actually has some relatives who are waiting for trump pardons, and those relatives are named trump. Professor Laurence Tribe is going to join us to ask and answer the question, is it possible for a president s use of the pardon power to absolve crimes to actually become a crime in and of itself . Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe will analyze for us the possibility of donald trump committing a crime while granting a pardon. Thats later in the hour. Weve now completed fou
Making masks, ventilators, and medical supplies. Has he made that request . How he answered today. The hospitals and their pleas for help tonight, running out of supplies, ventilators. And an e. R. Doctor, in protective gear, testing positive. The president tonight and what he said about a possible drug that he said could be a game changer to treat the virus. And then the nations top doctor in Infectious Diseases asked about it moments later. Dr. Anthony fauci offering a reality check. The stern warning from the World Health Organization for young people. Nearly 40 hospitalized in the u. S. Are between 20 and 54. The staggering new number in italy tonight. The worst yet. Inside the hospital at the epicenter of the hot zone, and you will see tonight what it could tell us about what doctors could very well soon see here. And at least two senators under fire for selling stock right before the coronavirus pandemic. One of them privately warning others about what could be coming. That senat