Winter. He discussed the strain that to sim mule tainous out breaks could put on the system. He called protests to lift stayathome orders, quote, not helpful. Yesterday the president was asked what happens if the virus makes a comeback after social distancing guidelines are relaxed. I would say that you keep away until this thing is gone. Its going to be gone at some point. Its going to be gone, gone. And i would say you keep away and you do the social distancing until such time as you know its gone. Well know when that time is. Well. Its gone, okay. Need a vaccine. Well, listen, willie 18 months. There has seemed over the past few days the president , again, all over the place. But deferring more to his medical advisers. It is it is interesting, though, that yesterday the cdc and thank god for it, the cdc came out and did warn about that second wave that weve heard others and Anthony Fauci and others worry about because the next wave could be far deadlier because it coincides with flu
Lied about contacts with kilminik. And saying quote this is a problematic attempt to shield his russian conspirator from liability and gives rise to legitimate questions about where his loyalties lie, specifically manafort lied about sharing internal Campaign Polling data and discussing a socalled peace plan that would benefit russia. As muellers prosecutor told mueller quote this goes to the heart of what the special counsels office is investigating. All of this begs the question why would manafort risk spending the rest of his life in jail to keep those discussions secret . Theyve floated the theory that manafort might hope to be pardoned by the president. A pardon has been considered since 2017. But trump was most late last year. Saying quote i wouldnt take it off the table. Why would i take it off the table . And yet he can only pardon federal crimes and not state offenses. Quote new york state prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Paul Manafort that they could file
Has admitted wearing blackface at a party when he was 19 years old as a College Student. Governor northam continues to face controversies of his own reviewsing to step down. The Lieutenant Governor emerged in a Sexual Assault scandal. Bill the headline today, virginia is for losers. Many lawmakers being asked about it and weighing in now. Im shocked and incredibly disappointed. This has been a horrible week for virginia. Just made me sick from friday to now. It has been one bit of bad news after the next and it has all been shocking and surprising. The only thing about it if you look for any Silver Lining is that virginians are saying clearly and loudly that behaviors are unacceptable. Sandra elson barber is live with the latest from richmond, virginia. There is a cloud over richmond literally and figuratively right now. The states top three democrats are engulfed in scandals related to racism and Sexual Assault allegations. Northam, herring and fairfax, if they were unable to serve in
Racist. I think the party of lincoln wants to win the white house. And here we are again. President trump over the weekend told four women of color all u. S. Citizens, all duly elected members of congress to go back to the countries they came from. A racist putdown, but so far essentially silence from the Republican Party. A spokesman for Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell declined to comment yesterday. No comment, joe. How is that possible . How is it possible that the president of the United States makes a racist comment. Proves once again that he is a racist. And theres no criticism whatsoever from the Republican Party. I mean, you had paul ryan calling donald trump a racist for the judge curual comments and then two or three days later of course he endorses donald trump. This is again, its very important to remember that this is donald trump trying to distract. This is donald trump trying to distract from the fact that he was humiliated in the census in the census issue. He had to back
Im bill hemmer live in new york. A good day to you at home. Good morning, sandra. Sandra im sandra smith. Hazma bin laden, reports of his death. Were told the u. S. Played a role. Lucas tomlinson tracking this. What can we report . Hamza will not be seeking revenge for his fathers death because he is now dead. A u. S. Official after there was a 1 million bounty on his head. John roberts asked the president to comment. Do you have any information that Osama Bin Ladens son has been killed . President trump i dont want to come interest on that. U. S. Intelligence agencies viewed hamza as an emerging leader of al qaeda. After the attacks the c. I. A. Says he and other al qaeda members fled to iran. They were detained but then let go. He released audio and video messages on the internet calling on supporters to launch more attacks on the u. S. And allies around the world. To be t 19 a video of his wedding was found in the compound the c. I. A. Continues to hunt down the current leader of al