Upstairs the men who serve as valets may lay out clothing for the president for the day while handling laundry and meals and packing for trips. Richard nixons valet, manolo sanchez, was famously loyal and grew close to the boss both in office and later on in his retirement years. So today when we heard that the president s u. S. Navy valet had the coronavirus, we knew it had come very close to the president. Just today this country lost over 2,100 people. Thats our oneday death toll as this illness continues to grow, bringing our National Death toll tonight to 76,441 lives lost. Indeed it was news of a positive case inside the white house residence that led the News Coverage today. The president was asked about that and precautions. Ive had very little contact, personal contact with this gentleman, know who he is, good person, but ive had very little contact. Mike has had very little contact with him. But mike was tested, and i was tested. We were both tested. Yeah, its a little bit st
Investigators. Flynn was fired by President Trump as National Security advisor and later pleaded guilty to the charges before removing to withdraw the plea. I will speak with Iowa Republican senator Chuck Grassley was the last of the Justice Department and fbi for its handling of the flynn case in just a few minutes. First, chief White House Correspondent john roberts with a lot of news tonight. Good evening, john. Lets start where you started. Adam schiff on the House Intelligence Committee may have capitulated in terms of releasing the transcripts of some 57 interviews they did. But in this press release, they certainly dont sound like they are capitulating, insisting that those transcripts show what the committee has insisted all along, that the Trump Campaign and donald trump himself invited illicit russian help, made full use of that help and then lied and obstructed the investigations in order to cover up his misconduct. Dont forget the Mueller Investigation found that there was
Came after the president defended a move that he would be winding down the Coronavirus Task force by months end. Are you saying Mission Accomplished . No, no, not at all. The Mission Accomplished is when its over. When its over, jim, Mission Accomplished. Hes talking about stopping the Coronavirus Task force at a time when deaths go over 70,000. Think about this. Weve just gone over 70,000 deaths in america. The media needs to make up their minds about whether they want the Coronavirus Task force briefings or not. For weeks we have heard from a number of journalists who have said that we shouldnt be showing these briefings because theyre propaganda. Howard the next day the president abruptly reversed himself. I thought we could wind it down sooner but i had no idea how popular the task force is, until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. Howard joining us now to analyze the coverage, ben domenech, founder and publicity of the federalist and capri cafaro, who
Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is a special memorial day edition of new day. John is off. Jim sciutto is with me. Great to have you here, jim. Good to be here. This morning, we remember the brave americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for america as well as those we lost to the coronavirus. Later this morning, President Trump and the first lady will visit Arlington National cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldiers. We near a staggering 100,000 americans who have died. Beaches from coast to coast were crowded. That includes alabama, which is seeing a steady rise in cases. So well speak with the mayor of montgomery coming up. Hes sounding a warning that his city is running out of icu beds for the sickest patients. The head of the fda is calling on everyone to follow those safety guidelines, warning that the coronavirus is not yet contained. Ahead, the the head of
Reagan secretary of state George Schultz about the art of negotiating. One of the Republican Leaders in the Senate John Barrasso joins us to discuss Senate Passage of gop tax plan and what comes next and we will ask president Trumps National security adviser general h. R. Mcmaster about Michael Flynn pleading guilty of lying to the fbi in the russia probe. We begin there with correspondent kevin cork live at the white house and how the president s inner circle is handling the flynn news. A twitter storm with the president tweeting several tweets about the fbi calling them unfit and unfair in russia probe but the white house also found itself trying to save another inflicted twitter wound this time not on the about the substance but rather over style and lack of nuance in social media which is raising all sorts of serious questions. The president tweeted i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Hes pled guilty to those lies, its ashame because his a