Hearing tan hearing about the virus in the press because its an electionyear conspiracy. The reason you see so much attention to it today is that they think that this is what brings down the president. I got a note today from a reporter saying what do you do today to calm the markets . What i might do is tell people to turn the televisions off for 24 hours. So, gaslighting obviously is one strategy that theyre using there. Mix of fear and mistrust left the public feeling spooked. Markets fell again capping the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. The stocks fallen faster since the president took charge of this on wednesday evening. The World Health Organization is upping the Risk Assessment to very high at a global level. Health officials work on a vaccine which is still likely months or perhaps more than an away. A whistleblower complaint combined with reports of scarce access to accurate diagnostic testing an insufficient resources to handle a widespread outbreak are raising c
First a little about me. As a 30year branding and marketing veteran and consulting to president ial campaigns and former business associate of potus for 20 years im here to shed some strategic light during those next 542 days. Im going to bring in some thought leaders inside and outside of politics to break down the key strategic questions and challenges as we head into 2020. To my left is the great Nicolle Wallace. Now, you know nicolle obviously, i think shes become one of the most political voices of our time. People stop me on the street, is she as nice as she seems, and say yes. I just got off the phone with w, off the phone with the attorney general, the most plugged in, but you break it down in such a real way. And i think you are truly the most beloved host on this network, and the reason youre here is youre a friend and you have to come on and help me out. I never would have had a first show if you werent one of my friends and champions. Thats not true. Really cool to be here.
Town hall event. Not since barack obama has a candidate has someone ignited so much buzz so fast. Hes 37 years old, a graduate of harvard a rhodes scholar, a naval officer deployed to afghanistan and a mayor of a small city in indiana, population 100,000. Pete buttigieg. He says his eight years leading south bend, indiana, gives him more experience to be president than donald trump had. He gave me a tour of his hometown which a decade ago was cited as one of americas ten dying cities, the same year buttigieg was elected mayor. How are you doing . Hi, pete. So you dont mind being called pete by this guy . You dont have to say your honor . Thats my man. Hes my mayor. It would many funny if i insisted on it. In south bend, they just call him pete, the hometown mayor who is suddenly a national celebrity. Say hi to mayor pete. When you wake up in the morning do you feel mayor . Yeah, because the first thing youre doing is checking to see what happened overnight. If it wasnt something worth
We begin with the new information surrounding the jailhouse suicide of sex offender jeffrey epstein. A Justice Department official tells nbc news that a team from the bureau of prisons will be at the Metropolitan Correctional Center today. To examine what went wrong there. Were told that it is protocol, whether there is a significant event at a detention facility. Meanwhile, the Administration Official telling nbc news that the fbi and doj Inspector General which are also investigating the circumstances around epsteins death are being stymied by some federal employees who are, quote, lawyering up. This comes after yesterdays news that the warden at the federal lock jot has been reassigned. And two guards tasked at monitoring epstein have been placed on leave. Were also learning about one of the workers supposed to be guarding epstein at the time. Yesterday, we learned the employee was not a fullfledged officer. And now a person tells nbc news that the employee had been a corrections gu
Perfect conversation he had with president zelensky you know he deserves whats coming. This tuesday Congress Heard from the first witness who actually witnessed to that first call with zelensky as Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman whose testimony validated the concerns expressed by the whistleblower. Vindman also filled in the blanks of the white houses summary of that phone call raising questions about why there were first place. But most important his testimon morrison yesterday affirmed that military support to ukraine was indeed conditioned on the investigation into trumps political opponents. And that means that as of this week three witnesses have now testified under oath to the quid pro quo. Military aid in exchange for political dirt. Finally we saw more evidence that republicans are not going to fight this on the facts, which they have neither contested nor defended. The only person defending trumps conduct with ukraine is the president who still describes his call with zel