Despite the fact the president made a very rare appearance yesterday at a meeting of his coronavirus experts, and we heard the president again sow doubt about the ability to hold an election in the middle of a pandemic suggesting we might not know the president ial winner for a very, very long time. Youre not going to know the november election results. Talking for the country. It could be for months and months. I mean, actually, could be for years. Now, the president supporters call such remarks harmless hyperbole. Critics hear things like that and worry he is laying the groundwork to ignore the results if he loses. Casting in county votes much easier, of course, if the coronavirus is under control. The experts on the White House Task force concede it is not at this moment. Listen to the president. He disagrees. Its coming down. Some states are going up a little bit, but they will very shortly, theyre under control. Theyll be coming down. My view is theal skew aschools open. This thin
That, then dont show up. Sandra well have more on the situation on the ground in portland coming up. First negotiations turn sour on capitol hill. White house officials and democrats failing to hash out their differences over the next round of Coronavirus Relief taking to finger pointing as President Trump considers taking executive action. Good morning, im sandra smith. Im mike emanuel. Great to be with you. Sandra good morning. Both sides painting a bleak picture after their facetoface meeting with no deal in place. Nancy pelosi says the gops proposal doesnt go far enough. Mutschin threatened to stop the negotiations if democrats dont meet halfway. We have said the republicans and president dont understand the gravity of the situation and certainly just when they set a skinny proposal it was anorexic and it was not to meet the needs of the American People. The compromises that we put forth are significantly greater than the compromises from what we saw from the other side of the nego
In eastern syria. The strike authorized by ut President Biden is the First Military action of this administration, and it comes in response to a series of rocket attacks on u. S. Targets inside iraq. According to the pentagon, the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border u control point used, they say, by a number of iranianbacked militant groups. For the latest, i want to bring in msnbc News White House correspondent mike memoli by phone. E mike, what can you tell us about what just happened . Reporter well, chris, this c is interesting when you consider several things weve been nt talking about a lot in the last few days. One is a call that we also learned just happened tonight between the president and the king of saudi arabia, king salman. En there was an interesting momenta at the white house today where press secretary jen psaki downplayed what seemed to be a delay in that phone call, saying there was some misreporting e about when it was taking place. But in the
Returns because as you know theyre under audit. Ill talk to tax fraud prosecutors about what the manhattan d. A. Is looking for now that he has physically obtained trumps tax returns. Plus fixing the energy grid in the wake of texas. My exclusive interview with the newly confirmed secretary of energy, Jennifer Granholm. And does the perpetrators of trumps disgraceful family separation policy try to create a new controversy, Jacob Soboroff on whats really happening on the border when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We start tonight with breaking news. The pentagon is confirming tonight that u. S. Military forces conducted air strikes against what they say is infrastructure utilized by iranianbacked militant groups in eastern syria. The strike authorized by President Biden is the First Military action of this administration, and it comes in response to a series of rocket attacks on u. S. Targets inside iraq. According to the pentagon, the strikes dest
They have to get used to a different playing field. They will not control committees anymore, that sort of thing. I think on some of these big picture issues over the well leave this hearing to keep our over 40year commitment to coverage of live congress. Hear more of this at cspan. Org or our mobile app cspan. Org. Coming up, House Speaker nanty sy pelosi is expected to announce if she will or will not seek another term as leader of the democratic party. Lawmakers will also work on fema disaster aid. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Today, o god, we lay before you our petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving. We request that you bestow upon us the joy of your presence among us. That when we look upon the faces of those who labor in these halls known and unknown, elected or employed, we may see your