Kung flu. He says to cheers. Its exactly the type of gathering that the president s own Coronavirus Task force recommends against. Former white house Ebola Response coordinator and former chief of staff to Vice President joe biden and cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, i want to start with you because of what dr. Fauci said yesterday. Dr. Fauci, as we know, is not an alarmist nor are you. So what do you see today and for the next two weeks . Well, look, i have no problem being an alarmist. I think there are times when things are quite alarming. Were acting like some of these decisions, some of these things are within our control, you know. Maybe we should ask people to sort of stay at home. Were in the middle of a storm at this point. You hear all of these different metaphors, its a storm, its a forest fire, things like that. Its a cancer that has metastasized. We didnt treat it adequately and now were surprised it continues to spread. Whatever metaphor you want
In florida alone, officials are reporting more than 3,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. But everyone as cases climb President Trump held a rally in tulsa, oklahoma, with thousands in attendance where he said this. When you do testing to that extent you find more cases. I said slow the testing down please. Kristen holmes is at the white house. The white house is defending the president s statements saying he was joking. Reporter thats right. Really brushing it off. This isnt the first time that the white house has used that defense when President Trump has said something incredibly controversial. However, this time it is raising a lot of eyebrows particularly as you said were coming on that 120,000 deaths from coronavirus mark. To use this as a joke, however, that is exactly what the administration is doing and official telling us last night he was obviously kidding and trade secretary navarro was asked about this. Take a listen. You know it was tongue in cheek. Did the president come
Are reports of a magnitude 4. 2, a near perry, oklahoma, that was felt in tulsa. A 4 is a fairly strong trembler. Not sure what caused that one, but there have been earthquakes caused by fracking. Oklahoma is one of the states where oil and Natural Gas Drilling are big business. That may be one of the reasons why. Were still trying to get more information on that. Cal perry is downtown a few blocks from the b. O. K. Center where the rally took place. First of all, cal, did you feel it . I didnt, but how 2020 is that . There was an earthquake in oklahoma. I did not feel it, joshua. If you see bees flying down the street, get off mic and just run, because who knows whats next . When you said it, i was like, of course, of course there was an earthquake. Naturally, and then the flood comes down the street. But one thing we did not see a flood of were clashes between protesters and supporters of the president. Tonight i think was one of those nights where, lets be clear, a lot of us who do
Correspondent, and Josh Lederman is an Nbc News National Political reporter live at the white house. Pete, what more can you tell us about this announcement . Reporter this has been a rapidly unfolding thing over the past 12 hours. What happened is last night the attorney general announced in a press release that the person who is now the chairman of the securities and Exchange Commission jay clayton would be taking over the job of u. S. Attorney in manhattan, and Geoffrey Berman was stepping down in two weeks. That immediately produced a blistering reply from berman who said, oh, no, im not. Im not going anywhere. I have no intention of resigning. I havent resigned and i will stay in this job until my successor is confirmed by the senate because, he says, he was appointed by a court. So what happened is normally the president of the attorney general under certain circumstances can appoint a u. S. Attorney and if theres a vacancy for a certain amount of time, a court can appoint a u. S
Former National Security advisers new book, but saying the book likely jeopardized National Security. And bolton could face financial and criminal penalties. Recordsetting coronavirus cases. Florida setting a sixth day of record highs this week. All Major League Baseball Training Camps shut down after multiple teams report cases among players and staff. And the crowded bars and restaurants where cases are still on the rise. Arson arrest warrant. Atlanta fire investigators identify this woman, a suspect in the arson fire that burned the wendys restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed. Breaking news from overseas. The mass stabbing in a public park. The chaotic scene. Police rushing to the rescue, performing cpr. Two air ambulances arriving to help. And missing soldier. The demand for answers after a soldier goes missing from ft. Hood. Her family says she told them she was being sexually harassed by a sergeant. Good evening. As we come on in the west, im whit johnson, in for tom llama