And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where senator lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless three days later with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and maybe still has a pretty serious case by his own admission. I had fatigue, i had some fevers, and sometimes i felt like it might feel to be 98 years old and in a boxing match. Mike lee is not fully out of the woods. His doctor today released a letter that acknowledged that while lee is improving, he is basically still experiencing symptoms selfreported, and yet there he was the hearing room today, speaking without a mask, so committed to ramming through a justice, to giving trump and conservatives a 63 majority on the court for a generation
Vote. Were voting like our lives depends on it. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. I want to show you tonight some video from earlier today that embodies the priorities of the party of donald trump three weeks before election day in the midst of a pandemic that is now entering its third wave. That is utah republican senator mike lee speaking in person in the room at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett today. As you can see senator mike lee, though speaking, is not wearing a mask. And you may recall the senator from such events as this one, that would be the white house rose garden event on september 26th, that dr. Anthony fauci described as a super spreader event for Amy Coney Barrett where another lee was seen hugging people. And here is lee maskless with judge barrett. He is one of at least 12 people who were at that super spreader event diagnosed with covid. And while he wasnt hospitalized he has had and m
Crucial voting bloc in a key battleground state. I sat down with a group of suburban women near orlando, florida, to ask them what matters most to them in this election. Record turnout for early voting across the country as more than 47 Million People have already cast their ballots, 65 voting by mail, but new reporting shows thousands of mailin ballots in key states have already been rejected. Well talk to an election law expert about what people can do to make sure their vote actually counts. Good morning. It is saturday, october 24th. The countdown is on. Im lindsey reiser. And im kendis gibson. Were live from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Can we say were at the home stretch now, ten days . Officially, for sure. Okay. All right. I hope so. Well be saying the same thing next weekend, but it really will be. We have a team of nbc news correspondents and analysts live for us right now across the country this morning. Marianne sotomayor is in washington, d. C. , with the very lat
Development plans. The records show that much of his charity has come when he was under duress, facing damage to his reputation or big tax bills in years of high income. Interesting and relevant as that story is, the story that continues to dominate the headline this morning is this h the coronavirus pandemic. On friday, the United States set a record for new daily covid19 cases. More than 79,000 new infections just one day after the previous record was set on thursday. That same day thursday at the final president ial debate, there was a stark contrast on display between how President Trump and joe biden view this crisis. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. We cant lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does. He has the he has the ability to lock himself up. I dont know, hes obviously made a lot of money someplace. He says were, you know, were learning to live with it. People are learning to die with it. You folks at home will have an empty chair at the Kitchen Table t
Reported biden was tapping vivek murthy as his new attorney general. Not a word from the president about the pandemic, not a word about the fact the u. S. Is seeing a Record Number of deaths, new cases and hospitalizations for a second straight day. Heres what were talking about. 219,000 new cases. Nearly 101,000 people in the hospital. And more than 2800 deaths on thursday alone. In the past six weeks weve seen more covid deaths in this country than the total number of u. S. Combat deaths in the entire vietnam war. This morning, dr. Anthony fauci, who has agreed to stay on as part of bidens new administration, says we havent seen even the true impact from the holidays. I think we have not yet seen the postthanksgiving peak. Thats the concerning thing because the numbers, in and of themselves, are alarming and then you realize that it is likely well see more of the surge as we get two to three weeks past the thanksgiving holiday. The thing that concerns me is that abuts right on the Ch