Approve of Donald Trumps handling of the Worst Health Care crisis in over a century 60 disapprove that is up 7 points. And all you had to do was look at the president , confused, rattled, angry very rattled. Ignorant of a pandemic that has been with us since march. But republicans are now saying republican governors are now saying, republican senators are now saying hes lost interest in it, hes ignorant when it comes to the basic facts of it and theyve given up talking to the president of the United States and many of them now call mike pence, hoping that maybe he can do something for them because donald trump is checked out when it comes to a pandemic thats killed almost 140,000 americans. Mika, i know were going to talk about this too but what is really angering republican senators right now who are in trouble is the fact that trump is trying to continue to cut funding for testing and Contact Tracing. Think about that. At a time when our economy needs that the most, our Small Busines
It will be up to four republicans to side with the constitution. Weve tried to enter negotiations with the other side but they wont have any conversation until we deal with witnesses up front. Thats not what we did during the clinton trial. Now and then, President Trumps uncertain future three years to the day after the took the oath of office. The constitution of the United States. So help me god. So help me god. Congratulations, mr. President. This american carnage stops right here and stops right now. And good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where we are learning new details just now about a legal brief sent this hour from the Trump Defense team to the senate, outlining its case for the president s acquittal. This as house impeachment managers at the capitol are facing serious legitimate hurdles on the senate trial, take their walk to the senate floor with no idea about how Mitch Mcconnell plans to run the proceedings, clearly a tactical move unlike in advance of bill clintons
Strong to this legislation. So this needs to be changed in a dramatic way to have a chance to pass in my judgment. I think the white house, the administration and the president understand that theres enough conservatives that they cant pass obamacarelite. Thats whats going on behind the scenes is a Charm Offensive. The republican plan has the backing of President Trump, although Vice President mike pence indicated its still a work in progress. Im proud to support the replacement plan released by the house of representatives. The American Health care act is the framework for reform. Wer certainly open to improvements and to recommendations in the legislative process. Lots to get to this morning with our nbc correspondents and special guests. Lets start with kasie hill on capitol hill where House Speaker paul ryan and other house gop leaders spoke just in the last hour. Kasie, what did paul ryan say about the gop plan and the odds of passing it in the face of this rebellion by members of
Flights. Even though Miami International airport remains open, airlines have been canceling flights in and out. Ive spoken to people who spent the night at the airport, making the last attempts to get as far away from this lifethreatening storm as possible. Lets see if we can talk to some people here. Go ahead, maam. Excuse us. Hi, folks. Where are you trying to get to today . Atlanta, georgia. To get away from the storm . We were in cuba and they evacuated cuba for u. S. Citizens. We had to make it here. Now were trying to get to our home state. Youre running away from this storm, its chasing you. Whats the status of your flight right now . Our flight has been canceled. It wasnt due back until saturday. We had to leave cuba. I just confirmed us a rental car so now were driving. You basically have given up . Oh, yeah, because it will be a couple of days before anybody will get out of here. Youve gotten a rental car, youre going to hit the road in a couple of minutes . As soon as we lea
It’s show week, and 25 students from five Lawrence County schools will unite on stage to perform the recently published show, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.