Written daily Intelligence Briefings last year. Additionally, according to the associated press, quote then National Security adviser john bolton told colleagues at the time that he briefed trump on the intelligence assessment in march 2019. Though we should point out that we have not confirmed that detail. Separately the New York Times is saying that trump got a written briefing on the situation in late february of this year. That is according to two officials, one of them saying it was included in the daily brief on february 27th. When the reports of this all emerged over the weekend, the president said on twitter, nobody briefed or told me about the intelligence in question. Theres also the question of the intelligence itself. On sunday, the president said it was not found to be credible and characterized it as a potential hoax. Then yesterday, his White House Press secretary is said there was quote no consensus on the credibility of the intelligence assessment and today the New Yor
Financial times hes not personally briefed the president in over five weeks. Hes still finding ways to get his comments out, including these comments thursday. As a country, when you compare us to other countries, i dont think you can say were doing great. I mean, were just not. Here are the facts at this hour. There are stunning new numbers today out of florida. More than 11,000 new positive cases, another 92 virusrelated deaths. And a record single day increase in hospitalizations. In texas, Governor Greg Abbott, for months, one of the nations leading opponents of mandating mask wearing is now warning that his state may have to shut down again if the surge there continues. And Los Angeles County is now reporting more total covid19 positive rngesidents since the pandemic began than 49 states combined. This hour, i will speak with former defense secretary and white house chief of staff leon panetta. On President Trump and joe bidens plan to reboot the economy. Joining me kara lee. And
Wash your hands. They dont do it. They think it is a hoax. Anybody thinks this is a hoax should come spend the day with me here. Once again, we begin the show with sound from medical workers on the front lines of the pandemic. Welcome to wednesday. It is mtp daily. The u. S. Is battling a record surge of covid cases. We crossed 3 million cases. Hospitals are being pushed to the brink of capacity, and yet the president is publicly dismissing the warnings and recommendations of his top Infectious Disease experts while also threatening to cut funding to schools if they cannot reopen. It has been a head spinning 24 hours. The u. S. Set another record of confirmed cases at more than 60,000. Hospitalizations hit record levels in arizona, alabama, california, georgia, mississippi, north carolina, nevada, oklahoma, south carolina, tennessee, and texas. The situation in the south continues to deteriorate. Cases are still exploding. Hospitalizations are still climbing, and deaths have begun tick
Somewhat. The white house says commuting stones sentence spares him from coronavirus exposure behind bars. Without the president s help, stone would have served a sentence of more than three years on a range of convictions, starting this tuesday. This is a man who obstructed justice, lied to congress, threatened a witness, and the purpose of that was to protect President Trump. As for covid19, ppe is still in high demand, including face masks. The president has avoided Wearing Masks, but that could change today during his visit to walter reed medical center. Confirmed covid19 cases are rising in 36 states. Yesterday, the nation added at least 70,000 more, a new daily high. But is that a sign that americas fight against coronavirus is going badly . Depends who you ask. Is the United States losing the war against covid19 . No, were winning the war, we have areas that flamed up and theyre going to be fine over a period of time. As a culture, when you compare us to other countries, i dont
National affairs analyst, cohost of showtimes the circus and executive editor of the recount, john heilemann, and nbc news and msnbc contributor shauna thomas. And willie, cant have a rally . Bring the rally to the rose garden with a captive audience. Yes, he did. For 63 minutes, only six of which were spent answering questions from reporters. It was hailed as a News Conference. It was not that. Chief correspondent for the New York Times, peter baker, describes the News Conference this way in his lead piece for the paper in theory, President Trump summoned Television Cameras to the heatbaked rose garden early tuesday evening to announce new measures against china to punish it for its oppression of hong kong, but that did not last long. Peter continues, what followed instead was an hour of president ial stream of consciousness as mr. Trump drifted seemingly at random from one topic to another, often in the same runon sentence. Even for a president who rarely sticks to the script and wan