Laws a special edition of early today starts right now. Good morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The nation is in mourning today after the deadliest and darkest 13 hours in the country, with back so back Mass Shootings here in el paso, texas, and in dayton, ohio here in el paso, chaos and gunfire erupted at a walmart near the cielo vista mall. The gunman opening fire on dozens of families on a busy saturday morning, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. Special coverage on early today with phillip in his hometown of el paso. No doubt covering another mass t especially so, phillip, when it happens where you grew up, where your family is, and when are you call home. Reporter itl, frances on saturday i was getting ready to go to work and anchor an hour of msnbc and i got that email alert, and it started to it didnt really hit until i started to flooded with Text Messages from my mom and then from friends. And then i started getting alerts and then my mom t
The globe. Plus stocks tanked for their worst day of the year. Will today be any better a special edition of early today starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The country is once again grappling with grief after the unspeakable tragedies in dayton and here in el paso where the pain deepens after reports that two more people who were shot at walmart have died. Bringing the death toll to 22. Authorities now zeroing in on the alleged gunman Patrick Crusius and how the allen, texas, native ended up 11 hours away here in el paso but one thing is clear this community is not letting this divide them in the face of intolerance and hatred and violence, this community is coming together and displaying an extraordinary strength that i dont think this country or the world has ever known. And, phillip, with el paso being your hometown, youve seen that strength firsthand with your family and friends who know people who didnt survive this yeah
The election, raising some new concerns as this pandemic spirals out of control. Our country just experienced a seventhstraight day of more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases. Just since election day, the United States has seen 878,000 new cases. Its adding urgency to what president elect joe biden warns could be a dark winter. And it comes, as were learning his lead over President Trump has now passed some 5 million votes, nationally. Lets go right to our reports on the ground. Mike memoli is in wilmington, delaware, covering the biden team. Monica alba is covering the trump team and the white house. Mike, well start with you. President elect biden, told you they are already beginning the transition, despite President Trumps refusal to concede. Take us through what that looks like. Well, craig, its interesting. This week weve seen something of maybe a Good Cop Bad Cop routine play out. Bidens Transition Team and the president elect, himself. Democrats, really, still outraged, frankly,
The Trump Administration is denying president elect biden the daily intelligence brief. I think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. I think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter how do you expect to work with republicans if they wont even acknowledge you as president elect . They will. They will. Thank you all so very much. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, following the president s lead as he tries to save the republican majority by winning those two Georgia Senate runoff elections in january. Mcconnell has almost all of the republican senators following him in lockstep. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondents Kristen Welker and peter alexander, cohosts of weekend today, and two members of president obamas 2008 Transition Team, chris lu and stephanie kotter. Peter alexander at the white house, you pointed out this morning, we still have a month before all states will certify Election Results so this behavior from President Trump could go on for a while. Repor
As americans give thanks to the heroes who have fought to defend and protect our freedoms, no matter how divisive we are with each other. Welcome to wednesday. Of course more importantly its the 11th day of the 11th month, which means it is veterans day. It is also meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. A senior white house official tells nbc news that its fight to contest the election result is up sustainable. Right now there is simply no legal pathway to overturn the results although his president and his campaign are franticly looking for one. More republicans are signaling limited patience with the efforts to disrupt the transition but are largely giving him space to air his grievances, to settle scores, to wage dubious legal fights and falsely claim rampant fraud, undermine democracy, all of which is arguably already chipping away at what is an already fragile and fraying foundation for our democracy. Why are they enabling this behavior . It may sound transactional and cynical, but