Hello and welcome. The number of people who have died from covid 19 in the United States has now officially exceeded 100,000. The actual numbers are likely to be higher than that, but it is clear that in the past three months, more americans have died from infection than during the korean war, the vietnam war and the conflict in iraq combined. Well, lets take a look at how the us got to this point the first death was reported on february 29. On march 13, President Trump declared a National Emergency as schools were closed. Stay at home orders were issued in california, new york and washington. Within a month, the us passed italys death toll withjust over 20,000, now the highest death rate in the world. Then, President Trump released his guidelines for reopening the country, as anti lockdown protests broke out. Into may, and the president said his task force would continue indefinitely, 2a hours after announcing it would close. The death toll stood at 71,000. And, now, just three months
Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, december 13th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. A threeyear prison sentence for the president s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. And another bombshell. Bombshell for an already shaken white house, prosecutors striking a nonprosecution agreement with ami. The Parent Company of the National Enquirer. In exchange, ami admits making 150,000 to silence Karen Mcdougal. Part of the effort to bury bad press about donald trump. Michael cohen recorded a conversation he had with the then candidate about that payoff. I have spoken to allen about how to set the whole thing up with funding. What are we going to do . Yes. It is all the stuff. Allen weisselberg is the cfo of the trump organization. Right at the center of trump world. He was granted immunity. News of the deal with ami came moments after cohens sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. Cohens advisor
Much different from what weve seen, the majesty of air force i taking him from houston to washington, d. C. , the u. S. Capitol, National Cathedral and all of this and this is just returning back to small town america is really the last part of this weeklong journey and this weeklong goodbye to this president. It really is kind of fascinating. You actually had as the train was going by, i didnt see president george w. Bush or jeb bush, but you did see a number of family members. You had a pretty clear shot of a lot of the family members who were up against the windows there waving to these crowds as people have gone by. We talked to a county constable here in the town of magnolia, who told us an interesting story, said it wasnt uncommon for folks here to see or at least they saw george h. W. Bush coming through town here, that he would often ride the train from houston to College Station for sporting events or maybe some other events if he ever chose to rode the train. You would never
Lawyer, a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing, that is why you pay them a lot of money, etcetera, etcetera. He is a lawyer. He represents a client. I never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong. He understands. Look, he did some bad things, unrelated to me, maybe related to his other clients. Dana live ata the white house, kevin clark. Good afternoon, the president continues to down play the origin of his situation with x fixer Michael Cohen. He didnt do a great deal for us, but he did cooperate with the special counsel and continues to do so, danaa, as he stares down the barrel of three years in prison. President trump he was on a committee, a Condominium Committee many years ago, and he was a big supporter of mine on that job. I did a great job, trump world tower, big building opposite the united nations. I liked him. He was a lawyer. Because of that, i did it. In retrospect, i made a mistake. Very interesting, rarity you heard the president say
Whose democracy do you want this morning . Live to london where it is 10 00 a. M. Welcome to early start, im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were going show you this photo that we just showed on late night broadcasts of mike pence, what exactly happened here . Was it weekend at bernies, it was Madame Tussauds rolled into a version of mike pence in this office spat . You compared it to watching grandparents argue squabbling over maybe a bing old game. There were funny analogies on social media but a very serious situation. You have nancy pelosi whos trying to set the agenda about keeping the border keeping the government open, and the president trying to see this isbois about border funding. A clash. America lost. T the stock market went up 368 points. You could watch the stock market start to get rid of its gains. Michael cohen about to learn the price he must pay for his loyalty to President Trump. The former lawyer and fixer will be sentenced in new yo