It s a great book from a great reporter. I m glad you had him on, chris. Agreed. Have a great weekend. You too. Okay, well, today started yet again with news of bomb threats in springfield, ohio. Yesterday two elementary schools, city hall, dmv and the county court facilities had to close because of bomb threats. Today two elementary schools were evacuated and a middle school had to close. Yesterday the mayor of springfield told nbc news he believes these bomb threats are directly connected to the baseless rumors spread online in the wake of viral social media posts claiming haitian migrants were abducting people s pets in springfield in order to eat them. I should note that the claims about haitian migrants eating pets in springfield are lies. There is no evidence to back up any of those claims. But that does not seem to matter. Here s the thing, a week ago today, on all of twitter, there were only about 1,000 posts mentioning haitians, migrants or immigrants eating animals. Twitter i
More of the msnbc hosts on the screen. That is our show for tonight. Now it s time for the last word with ali who s in for lawrence. That just made me sad because it was almost all the people on that picture. Almost. You know what the picture is not, forget the picture. What matters is the event and what s going to be airing on television tomorrow. That s true. It was a good event and that was a good line i have to say. That was excellent. You know, i got dressed while watching the show so i decided i would coordinate with you tonight. It s a sea of gray blue. Yes. You have a great night my friend. You got the memo. Have a good weekend. Have a great show. There are 53 days until election day and today was all about reaching out to voters in deep red parts of battleground states. A county which donald trump won 68% of the vote in in the last election. And in wilksberry pennsylvania where donald trump won with 57% of the vote in 2020. That s where kamala harris was today. And she wasn t
Worsening pandemic the country saw record turnout for both candidates. More than 270 million americans voted for joe biden. On Inauguration Day biden will be the oldest person ever elected president. His running mate senator Kamala Harris is the first woman and first person of color to be elected Vice President. President trump returned to the white house a short time ago as large crowds amassed at nearby black lives matter plaza literally within shouting distance. President trump has yet to concede but president elect biden is set to give his victory speech in a few hours at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Of course the eyes of the whole country will be on him. Lets go to biden headquarters in wilmington, delaware. We are now just a few hours away from the primetime address from the president elect. What is the latest youre hearing . Reporter we have just started in the last few minutes seeing vehicles arriving here for another drivein rally for joe biden and Kamala Harris. Weve seen several of t
right now, anti-abortion protesters are in the district for the anniversary of the u.s. supreme court s roe versus wade decision. young people are also voicing their opinions on the issue this morning at the verizon center. rain, sleet, and snow are still a possibility today and the weather for the weekend looks warmer, but not totally dry. more help this morning headed from our area to haiti after more aftershocks hit the devastated country this morning. news 4 midday begins right now. good morning, everyone, and welcome to news 4 midday. i m barbara harrison. good morning. i m joe krebs on this friday, the 22nd of january, 2010. in the news this morning, it s called the march for life. an annual anti-abortion protest marked roe v. wade. several road closures include parts of seventh street, f street, tenth street, first street, and constitution avenue. these closures are expected to last until 5:00 this evening. and thousands of people have flocked to washingt