Particular setting where youre talking to a lot of soldiers and people that in some cases just got off the operating tables, i think it is a great thing to wear a mask. Ive never been against masks but i do believe they have a time and a place. The president s statement that hes never been against masks is hard to square with the fact that today as we mentioned was the first time that he has worn one in public. Meanwhile those comments he made came as the United States is continuing to set records amid this pandemic. More than 70,000 new cases were reported yesterday. The number hasnt hit been hit in a single day since the Coronavirus Crisis began. Well have much more on the pandemic in a moment but we want to turn now to the president s commutation of roger stones prison sentence. Is a move that republican senator mitt romney is calling an example of unprecedented, historic corruption. Now an Administration Official tells nbc News Attorney general william barr recommended against it i
To admit his fantasy or fear of the outcome of the election are not true. Trumps tantrum is set to continue later this morning at a rally in washington which is promoted by farright media personalities and conspiracy theories and White Supremacists and Trump Campaign officials and the president himself who tweeted he may pass by. It is brought about the quest to undermine the election and democracy. He started before the election as a calling card in his rallies. The baseless lawsuits brought about by the baseless claims continue to come crumbling down. Team trump lost cases in michigan and pennsylvania. Both which made little sense and had legal merit. They are not worth dumping you down by diving you into. They lost five cases in philadelphia. The Trump Campaign dropped its lawsuit in maricopa county, arizona. The one claiming the use of sharpies to cause ballots to be rejected. That was one day after the trump attorney admitted in court that in search for evidence by socalled witnes
If for any reason the lawsuit succeeded and jeopardized preexisting conditions, im sure the president and the congress would immediately restore it. Republicans will find that since they dont really have a replacement bill that does what the Affordable Care act does, stripping away that Key Protection through legal action by the Trump Administration will prove wildly unpopular. Were going to do everything in our power to make sure it doesnt pass. Politics aside, theres 20 Million People at risk of losing their health care. The showdown got personal and really fast as a top trump official tried to de fend dee funding the special olympics. We had to make a called decision with the budget. I cant understand why you would go after disabled children in your budget. You zero that out. Its appalling. Politically the optics are very tough for the Trump Administration. I dont know the number. Its 272,000 kids. Ill answer for you. Thats okay, no problem. Its 272,000 kids that are affected. We ma
If its monday. I am. The president threatened to close the southern border if mexico does not do more to stop the flow of immigrants to america. They are going to temporarily reassign 750 agents at border crossings elsewhere. The president calls on democrats to fix asylum laws and other things. But democrats warn that closing the border could come with some economic peril. We do more trade with mexico than we do with japan and south korea and germany combined. And far more, five times more than we do with the united kingdom. So something that closes off the border, i frankly predict, carries with it the peril of a recession. The peril of a recession. When President Trump made his latest threat to close the border last week, he said it would have a positive impact. With a deficit like we have with mexico and have had for many years, closing the border will be a profitmaking operation. The president says the Border Closure would be a profitmaking operation, but in reality, such a move wo
Hurricane forecast goes from a blip on the radar to a weeklong war of words. But at this hour in the bahamas the situation remains desperate. 43 people so far are confirmed dead. Thousands more unaccounted for. And as people return home, what they see is grim minnesota krchlt, tornado damage and inland flooding have left one of the most beautiful places in this country in ruins. We are going to have much more in just a bit. But first the art of the International Deal has been elusive for President Trump. First he had the usmca trade with china, even peace in the middle east. No one said it would be easy, well, almost no one except. Its something that i think is frankly maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years. But we need two willing parties. We believe israel is willing. We believe youre along. And if you both are willing, we are going to make a deal. So that was two years ago. This week the president s special envoy, but the big headline last night basically out o