How it could cost House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy his job. Trump trial. The former president says hell be in court today to fight back against a case thats threatening some of his biggest real estate holdings. And californias new senator. We are learning who will take over the seat left vacant bay by the late dianne feinstein. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a battle brewing in our nations capital, but unlike most d. C. Shutdowns, this one involves members of the same party. Not long after helping pass a shortterm bill to fund our government, representative matt gaetz is threatening to try and oust Kevin Mccarthy this week from his role as House Speaker. Mccarthy is saying bring it on. Cbs jarred hill has the latest from new york. This is interesting. Good morning. Reporter yeah, this is something right here. So florida congressman matt gaetz is saying that mccarthy breached agreements that he made with republicans in how he went about averting the
President of the United States thought the Confederate Flag was okay. That cant be overstated. She didnt touch that issue, didnt come out and denounce it. And another tweet saw the president weigh in about the nicknames of washingtons football team, the cleveland inians in baseball and took a shot at senator Elizabeth Warren while doing so. This is a fight the president wants, even though a lot of people around him and most people in his own party dont. As you say his chief of staff mark meadows was on Morning Television moments before the tweet of Bubba Wallace saying were looking at the economy, china and joe biden. Then comes the tweet. Well dig deeper into everything the president was saying yesterday but more importantly cases of the coronavirus continue to surge nationwide. So far the United States has confirmed nearly 3 million cases, at least 131,000 deaths. The seven day averages in a dozen states have hit new highs with the u. S. Adding nearly 300,000 cases in the first week
For the paycheck protection program. Now, all of this as the virus and its infections reach 4. 9 million nationwide and unfortunately, 160,000 deaths so far. Nbc jo ling kent is in los angeles with more on the jobs report and lee an caldwell on capitol hill covering the latest on the stalled relief talks. Jo, let me begin with you. Walk us through the numbers and what they say about the state of the economy this morning. What we know is this economy is a slow recovery. Thats what were feeling on the ground when we talk to people, and thats exactly what this jobs report was saying today. The good news is for the thirty month in a row, the Unemployment Rate is ticking down. 10. 2 . You saw good job gains with leisure, hospitality, retail, professional business services. Thats all good news. Overall, in this pandemic, you do see the 22 million jobs have been lost and weve only really seen a recovery about 9. 3 million of them. So that basically means that weve seen a lot of people go back
President trump will be hitting battleground North Carolina today. Senator Kamala Harris also stumping in that state as you can see here. The Biden Campaign dispatching one of its most popular surrogates, president barack obama. President obama hitting the trail in philadelphia today for a drivein rally. Right now the former president sharing his message, this message with young voters. In times as polarized as these, your vote doesnt just matter, it matters more than ever before. To change the game on any of the issues we care about, joe biden needs your vote. Lets start with our reporters on the ground. Ali vitali is in nashville ahead of the final president ial debate, and Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is covering the white house on this wednesday. Ali, ill start with you. As joe biden focuses on the debate, getting a big assist from president obama. It is his first appearance on the trail this year. What should we expect today in philadelphia . His first appearance on the campaign trail and
Biden became president elect, and President Trump is still refusing to admit defeat. Yet thousands of his supporters gathered in washington, d. C. , to protest the election results, and last night those demonstrations turned violent. Officials say one person was stabbed, and at least 20 others were arrested. So listen, the president is in denial. He has no path to victory. But he continues to push these baseless conspiracy theories, these false claims, and President Trump has chosen his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to lead the several longshot legal challenges. And while trump focuses on his efforts on an election that will not be overturned, the coronavirus pandemic is surging in the united states. Take a look at this map. Yesterday there were more than 166,000 new cases, and it is the 12th consecutive day that the number has been above 100,000. Listen to this from the chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Hospital he predicts there will be an unprecedented sur