Donald trump will do it. Amy almost a year after he endorsed donald trump for president , hearings begin for republican senator Jeff Sessions to serve as trumps attorney general despite his , controversial opposition to the Voting Rights act, support for antiimmigration legislation, and hisistory of making racist comments. We will speak with the aclu National Legal director david cole, who is set to testify at sessions hearing and with kyle barry of the naacp defense fund. And then where Esteban Santiago could face charges when he opened fire in a crowded baggage claim terminal friday in Fort Lauderdale. He was allowed to keep his gun, despite previously walking into an fbi office in alaska and tellingg thehem he was beingng controlllled by y u. S. Intellige and being institutionalized. They knew ahead of time. They cant say this is a a persn who overnight committed an act. They are ready knew about the thoughts he was having. That angers me. Amy we will speak with thomas gabor, whoo a
To take him down, strzok new is pulling no punches. So do you think the president is a National Security threat . Well have his answer and much more of my interview with him in a little bit. For now, good morning. Im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc News Reporters mike memoli in harrisburg, pennsylvania, ali vitali in milwaukee. Mike, lets start with you, p. A. , huge battleground state, joe biden supposed to be meeting with Union Leaders today, members on this labor day. Part of his overall strategy, hes looking to get more on the road starting now. Yeah, thats exactly right, hallie if joe biden had his drudge e druthers, he would be spending the day marching in the pittsburgh labor day parade, no parade in pittsburgh this year because of the pandemic. Hes on his way here to harrisburg, hell be at the headquarters of the state aflcio for a virtual conversation with Richard Trumka and workers across the battleground state. Were getting a taste of what his message might b
Coverage and eliminate the safeguards for preexisting conditions that protect between 50 and 130 million americans. The representatives and ags are making this argument in the middle of a global pandemic. In response president elect joe biden will deliver a speech any moment now on preserving the Affordable Care act. A signature accomplishment of the Obama Biden Administration of 2010. Before biden takes the stage, though, here is where the country stands on the pandemic. The sevenday rolling average for new cases has now topped 100,000. And dr. Fauci warned earlier this afternoon, there is reason to believe things could get even worse as we enter the Holiday Season and the colder winter months. Whenever you have a respiratoryborne illness and you enter into the cooler months of the fall and soontobe colder months of the winter, you do more things indoors as opposed to outdoors. And thats just another added ingredient to the risk you have with a respiratory infection. President elected
Here is what were watching over the next 60 minutes on this election day extended edition broadcast. A live look at volunteers processing the ballots in pennsylvania, a place the president won last time where we learned the last hour his lead is getting smaller as his past to 270 gets narrower. Georgia an update from the secretary of state there, well bring that to you live and in arizona, its joe biden whose lead seems to be getting chipped away a bit as more ballots get counted. The electoral vote count as we speak 253 for joe biden, 214 for President Trump and the states in gray on the map making all the difference. Pennsylvania, North Carolina, georgia, nevada, arizona, check it out. All of them too close to call, the country on edge with protests erupting from coast to coast, and this morning, sources around the Biden Campaign sounding more and more confident about hitting that 270 threshold, while the Trump Campaign is on a battleground blitz of legal challenges including what we
Roughly 600,000 americans contracted the virus. 13,000 were hospitalized, and 5000. It is the first covid19 advisory board. Obama care architect dr. Ezekiel emanuel, and dr. Rick right who was ousted after chris sizing trumps response to the pandemic. In a speech touting the advisor term that the coming winter will be difficult. Were fating a very dark winter. This claimed nearly 1,000 american lives today. Nearly 240,000 deaths so far. The projections indicate that we could lose 200,000 more lives in the coming moneys. And breaking news from pfizer says their trial shows a 90 effectively rate. The flu vaccine normally has a 40 to 60 effectiveness rate. The trump had min straight is taking credit, but pfizer took stepped to distance itself from the white house. They say it is not part of operation warp speed and they received no federal money for it. Dr. Ben carson also tested positive for covid19. Joning me is ali vitali. Hope youre getting comfortable there in delaware. I imagine you