Good morning to you and everyone at home. Its being revealed which obama officials between 2016 in President Trumps inaugural. Usually the u. S. Citizens that, and attorney general william barr said the fbi probe was not legitimate. Sandra john roberts joins us now as we had this list may be made public as early as tod today. It was white house officials a moment ago said that they do expect that list could be made available today. We do now know why they acting dni ric grenell was over at the department of justice last week, it was to deliver a declassified list of names of Obama Administration officials who were behind the unmasking of general Michael Flynn after flynn was picked up during the president ial transition and intercepts of phone calls that he had with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. Susan rice requested the unmasking of several trump transition officials were picked up in various intercepts. The rice is oak fiercely denied ever licking those names to the med
We are so far from being out of the woods here in new york city, still the epicenter. Ed the opposite approach to what President Trump is taking to discuss the federal response. Joins us live from the north lawn, good morning putting some meat on the bones, the stock process saying the number of coronavirus cases is strongly trending downward throughout the United States with few exceptions. A very good news indeed. The latest statistics to show, but the peak is still maddeningly slower. In video poker limited operations, florida and texas gyms and Fitness Centers and some other businesses can reopen. Vermont retail stores, minnesota the same thing with a lot of restrictions on those. New hampshire restaurants may offer that is a big step forward for them as we get into the nice weather in South Carolina, some businesses can reopen as well as public and commercial pools. The white house says that the federal government stands ready to offer expertise and support to do it. The hhs secre
A lot to unpack. Good morning. Lets start with Sidney Powell turning to the d. C. Circuit of appeals seeking the immediate removal of judge Emmet Sullivan and demanding he or his replacement dismiss the case saying sullivan has no basis to continue prosecuting flynn. The law is clear. He doesnt have authority to grant it. He cant appoint a prosecutor himself. The case is over. And his bias is so egregious he should be removed from the case. Griff as it stands until the federal Appeals Court responds he has set oral arguments for july. As you mentioned acting dni ric grenell acketting at the request of senator ron johnson more of that rice email that was already declassified. But this newly released portion, which had been marked top screeght describes jim comey cautions president obama on passing information to Michael Flynn. Here is what rice wrote. Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming is frequently frequently with Russian Ambassador kislyak. Comey said that could be an
Welcome to friday. It is meet the press daily. Im chuck todd continuing msnbcs coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Full speed ahead is the message from the white house in the rose garden this afternoon. President trump formally announced the team in charge of fast tracking a vaccine. Its part of what is called operation warp speed. The white house claims it could produce and distribute a vaccine in a matter of months. Usually, it takes longer than that. Experts are warning that kind of time line may be overly ambitious and some have argued its perhaps dangerous. But perhaps more pressing than that is how president yet again made it clear he is desperate to turn the page. I just want to make something clear. Its very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, we are back and we are starting the process and, in many cases, they dont have vaccines and a virus or a flu comes and you fight through it. We havent seen anything like this in 100 and some odd years. 1917 but you fight through it and pe
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