Dueling rallies. The proud boys bearing arms and a farright wing message. Descending on portland. Two people identified as journalists attacked. Downtown. Protesters return to its a cat and mouse game. Were on the ground with the latest. Cause for concern . Coronavirus cases rising to more than a thousand in a single day in new york state for the first time in three months, as bars are packed in florida, and the first nfl player of the 2020 season is placed on the covid reserve list. And getting the job done. The Los Angeles Lakers heading back to the nba finals for the first time in a decade. As the team sets its sights on bringing home a championship. Good morning, america. Its great to have you with us on this sunday morning. Dan harris is off once again. r. Happy to have janai back with us. Happy to be here of course. Great to have you as always. Weve got a lot to cover this morning. We start with President Trump delivering on his promise to reveal his nominee, picking Amy Coney Ba
Did focus in part on Law Enforcement biden was talking to the community. He was meeting with members of jacob blakes family. Those are some of the relatives just after the meeting blakes relatives apparently did not want to meet with the president earlier this week. I asked our political analyst for their thoughts on todays visit. This was a tale of 2 can oshas into campaigns, donald trump was all about law and order and wreckage. And today, joe biden talked about healing and unity and rebuilding in meeting with jacob blakes family which trump refused to do. Thats the kind of contrasts that biden wants to have from between now and election day. So today, joe biden went to kenosha wisconsin weeks frankly i find can change. Ive never seen one president ial candidate. Follow another. Usually you try and lead on an issue not fall and now joe biden is going to be following. President trump to pennsylvania as well i think thats good form for joe biden makes it look like a follower not a lead
Delighted to welcome back robert caro the last time he we visited was 2002. It was unforgettable. The storiess of dead johnson political machine painted the picture of the powerbroker extraordinaire. Like his subject he has no fear. He has spoiled us with a portrait to treat us to the narrative and the diversions of bystanders so rich in detail they might form the basis of future studies in and of themselves. His book as a companion piece to the moses book and today in 2019 more resonant than ever power used for good and against the greater good. As he gives a deep background into the why he does what he does. Why he take so long to crank out the next volume and with every sheet of paper with every file with that essence of political power and with political power the latenight comedy beats to its own drum and without question as one of the funniest guys on the planet. And an armchair president ial scholar and also a robert caro devotee a. He sent regrets and calls the johnson series o
Is a good way to prove you havent disappeared. Thats right, joe biden appeared on snapchats daily political show yesterday they were only able to tell it was joe biden from the thumbprint the fbi has seized the cell phone of republican senator richard burr as part of an investigation into whether he used information from a coronavirus intelligence briefing to sell stocks. Its also incriminating that right after the meeting, he signed up for netflix and hulu so, he knew something was coming according to a new report, amazon founder jeff bezos could become the worlds first trillionaire by 2026 so, i guess it wont be long before amazon stops selling pitchforks and torches in a new interview, President Trump claimed that his critics would like to keep the country closed during the coronavirus pandemic to damage him politically. I mean, if anyone wants to damage you, they dont have to keep the country closed. They just have to keep your mic open and, those are my thoughts about that can som
Murders. And warnings parts of the us could soon be overwhelmed by a resurgence of covert 90 with new cases near their late april peak. And in school liverpool move within touching distance of the premier league title the closing in on a big win of a Crystal Palace that would take them to the brink of the championship. Un secretarygeneral antonio has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank calling it a watershed moment and the most serious violation of International Law members of the Un Security Council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israels move which could be put into motion as soon as next week our diplomatic editor james baker has. With the clock ticking towards a july deadline for an accession the u. N. Secretary general made his position to the Security Council extremely clear if implemented and accession constituted of serious violation of International Law or grievously harmed the prospect of a 2 state solution and the gulf