during a call with house gop leader kevin mccarthy while the capitol was under siege on january 6th along with congressman the three had been facing trump s wrat. republicans in two of those states, arizona and wisconsin, set to make their picks for statewide offices in the next few weeks. arizona today and wisconsin next tuesday. amid a rift between donald trump and mike pence that dates back to january 6th. the washington post reports, quote, two gubernatorial candidates in arizona and wisconsin backed by trump will face-off this month against those endorsed by former vice president mike pence. who split with trump after refusing pressure to reject the results of the 2020 presidential race. but make no mistake, this year s republican primaries have been shaped in large part by who donald trump is endorsing. and competition for his endorsement took a surreal turn last night when trump endorsed eric in the missouri primary. just eric, no last name, you know, like beyonce
Hours . Ill see you again tomorrow night. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. I guess we all had a difficult choice to make tonight with these two things going head to head. I decided to watch the town hall that would be about governing and that would be the presidency, and so i was watching joe biden. And you might want know, rachel, although the joe biden town hall ended half an hour ago at 9 30, last time i looked before running out here, he was still in the hall in philadelphia answering questions without, you know, without it being part of the show because not everyone there got to ask all of their questions. And so he, i think well find out tomorrow how long he stayed there still in the hall right now answering peoples questions. Put the mask on after the program was over to stand there and answer their questions. And i have to say, having seen joe biden on the campaign trail in the past, that is the candidate biden
Im chuck todd. We tuned in expecting a fight but a debate broke out last night. Hats off to our nbc news colleague Kristen Welker for a job welldone, commanded control was key there. Revealing exchanges last night on the candidates approaches to numerous issues, a raging pandemic, health care, race and racism in this country, Climate Change and many others. Were going to dive into the highlights in a moment. But with just 11 days to go the biggest headline is it doesnt appear theres a headline knowing to change the overall trajectory of this president ial race. And already the virus is back in focus with a vengeance as the United States reported nearly 80,000 new cases yesterday, breaking the single day record. And sadly as weve seen, it doesnt appear were peaking anytime soon. Looks like this curve is still going up. The president is once again butting heads with his Public Health exerts pz athey sound the alarm. Returning to the president ial race, democrats are taking heart after a
Someday i will be rethe carinated as one if im really good in this life. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. I want to clarify for the audience by Court Reporters you dont mean members of the press who were there reporting for a news organization. You mean the stenographers in that room who are just miracle workers in the way they capture every single word. And rachel, i know i know that i speak for the Court Reporters of america in thanking you for glorifying their work as you do whenever you get your hands on a transcript. Nobody nobody worships their work more than you do, and they thank you for that because most people just ignore the transcripts. Well, Court Reporters, members of it press able to get into the courtroom to convey what happened do an incredibly important service, too. But theres nothing quite like the person responsible for getting every single syllable in a way thats going to become part of the legal record and it has to be perfect, and they work
Eight weeks throughout the United States. That news comes the same night new York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new york citys Public School system, the nations largest, will close this week. Currently 32 states have called for all Public Schools to be closed, on top of that a number of states are shutting down restaurants and bars to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Ohios governor, mike dewine, tweeted in response to his announcement, quote, every day we delay, more people will die. If we do not act and get some distance between people, our Health Care System in ohio will not hold up. Also tonight for you, the Federal Reserve cutting its Interest Rate to zero and launching a 700 billion Quantitative Easing Program in hopes of protecting the economy from the effects of the coronavirus. Were being told the democratic debate in d. C. Has come to an end in time now to turn to Lawrence Odonnell for msnbcs postdebate coverage. This is msnbcs live coverage of the democratic president