Those two states have something very serious in common. They are among nearly 24 states where coronavirus cases are going up. And remember, if it was just a result of more testing, the number of positives would be going down. But theyre not. As i said, theyre going up. Its not clear how much of a factor the virus had on saturdays turnout or if it will impact President Trumps strategy going forward. As his National Security adviser, former National Security adviser john bolton said over the weekend, reelection is constantly on President Trumps mind. I didnt see anything where that wasnt the major factor. So a lot of people have complained that he has a short Attention Span. He doesnt focus. I want to say when it comes to reelection, his Attention Span was infinite. Infinite when it comes to reelection. Lets go straight to the white house and geoff bennett. Whats the mood there today . Good morning. I can tell you the mood among some Campaign Staffers we talked to is defeated. Deflated f
Politics over pandemic. I would take a chance. I get that virus, but im not going to get that virus. One night of chaos at the department of justice. Attorney general bill barr says the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york is stepping down, but heres the catch. He says hes not going anywhere. And 800,000 dreamers got a reprieve this week, but is the Supreme Courts decision really the final decision . Velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday, june the 20th. Im ali velshi. Overnight the department of justice announced the replacement. United states attorney for the Southern District of new york, an attorney who led prosecutions against and investigations into several trump associates. But Geoffrey Berman, the head of new yorks Southern District, fired back saying contrary to what trump and barr said, he didnt resign and he wont step down until the Senate Confirms his successor. Quote, until then our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. Il
Like Kayleigh Mcenany and Sarah Sanders and others always do when the president says something that actually, seriously, reflects what he is really thinking. There was a comment that he made in jest. Its a comment that he made in passing. Specifically, with regard to the Media Coverage and pointing out the fact that the media never acknowledges that we have more cases because, when you test more people, you find more cases. Is it appropriate to joke about coronavirus, when 120,000 people have died . He was not joking about coronavirus. The way it always seems to go, whenever the president s defenders claim he wasnt being serious about something, their work is usually undone, completely, by the president , himself. Here he is, today, speaking to a reporter for the scripts chain of local news outlets. So much testing. 25 million textsts. Did you ask to slow it down . If it did slow down, frankly, i think were way ahead of ourselves, if you want to know the truth. Weve done too a good a j
Rayshard brooks shooting to the National Debate over race and policing. We are tired. And we are frustrated, most importantly were heart broken. We need to hold them accountable and we cant stop fighting. Were hurt and broken, but we cant stop fighting. Welcome to inside politics. Im conjijohn king. Thank you for sharing your sunday. The trump rally is back, not quite the crowd the president was expecting. The unhinged left wing mob is trying to vandalize our history, desecrate our monuments, our beautiful monuments. They want to demolish our heritage so they can impose their new oppressive regime in its place, they want to defund and dissolve our police departments, think of that. More on the politics and the Public Health risk in tulsa in a moment. But we begin with a law and order question. Because two crises are apparently not enough for this president. The president on saturday fired a top federal prosecutor, a prosecutor known to be investigating people close to the president. Pe
Ukraine, who has since resigned. Kent will appear on the first day of public testimony next wednesday along with ambassador bill taylor. Kent is expected to detail the irregular policy process that sought to pressure ukraine to investigate trumps political rivals. Todays transcripts confirming the president s explicit desire for a commitment from ukraine to investigating his political opponents from. That testimony, kent, Ambassador Gordon Sondland had talked to the president and potus wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, biden, and clinton. Kent also details the level of alarm among career officials about the Pressure Campaign run by that irregular channel of officials and Rudy Giuliani. He describes an interaction with a colleague in which he warned of the danger in pressuring a Foreign Government to do Donald Trumps political bidding. Kent, on august 15th, the new special assistant to special representative volker, catherine cro