Prosecuted for standing up for the president , he was prosecuted for covering up for the president. And done nighable is the parallel universe in which a federal judges ruling is received. Donald trump seemed to be priming his base by live tweeting todays proceeding and announcing in the next hour he expect stone to be exonerated. I want to address today sentencing of a man, roger stone. Roger stone. Hes become big part of the news over the last little while. And im following this very closely and i want to see it play out to its fullest because roger is a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion. What happened to him is unbelievable. They say he lied. But other people lie too. Just to mention comey lied. Mccabe lied. Lisa page lied. Her lover, struck, peter struck, lied. You dont know who these people are . Trust me they all lied. And of course trump lied 16,000 times and counting. Burt its comments like those that have us on pardon watch this hour. But even if justice doesnt ult
Reports in noim the New York Times on just where the president s trump is highly concerned about the market and has encouraged aids not to give predictions that might cause further tremors. Privately trump has become furious about the stock market slide. The New York Times add as warning to donald trump and his public focus on quieting the stock market. Quote, theres also the risk the administrations focus on the optics of the market distracts them from trying to protect from the putenshal spread of disease and loss of life that would accompany a Global Pandemic. And one expert describes the effort this way. This is like trying to control the wind. Well see Serious Problems in the u. S. And no amount of political rhetoric will overtrump the science of what we have here. Theres world documented theres a world documented record of donald trump trying to bend science to his political will. Who can forget the president s sharpyaltered map showing the path of Hurricane Dorian headed to alab
This saturday. And as bloomberg, who isnt even campaigning in the first four contests is now polling in double digits in National Polls, this weekend joe biden, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar all went after the former new york city mayor for his past comments and for, in their words, trying to buy this election. 60 billion can buy you a lot of advertising, but it cant erase your record. This is a time where voters are looking for a president who can lead us out of the days when it was just commonplace or accepted to have these kinds of sexist and discriminatory attitudes. And, you know, right now this is our chance to do something different. He just cant hide behind the air waves. He has to answer questions, and of course i think he should be on that debate stage, which eventually he will be, because i cant beat him on the air waves but i can beat him on the debate stage. And i think people of america deserve that to make a decision. Sanders, meanwhile, has made bloomberg a part of h
Need a clear, consistent message from the government and whats become clear so far is from a testing, messaging and an Economic Perspective we need more funding, coordination and preparation. This hour the number of coronavirus cases has passed 500 in the u. S. 21 people have died. Congress acted this week to give 8. 3 billion in extra funding but that comes after years of grinding away at the Public Health infrastructure. Its not as though we didnt have any warning. First, it was asia. Now 16 Million People in northern italy are quarantined including the Financial Center of milan and a quarter of the countrys population as the death toll there spikes above 300. Even the pope who has famously watched the feet of the infirmed video streamed the sunday blessing. Now ten american states have declaured emergencies and there are very real questions of how ready we are to test widely and treat american who is are infected. But the president has been defiant about the administrations response
As the president mentioned, well youll receive a report that our task force received formally this week from bill bryant of the science and Technology Director at the department of Homeland Security. He will outline as the president said encouraging news about the impact that heat and sunlight have on the coronavirus, which will increase the confidence that we feel about the coming summer. On the subject of testing at the present moment we have reports of 4. 93 million tests having been performed across america and encouraging news as states have been engaging commercial labs at a higher level across the country. Yesterday our commercial lab system did more than 100,000 tests in a single day. So were beginning to activate all of the capacity. And tomorrow at the president s direction, our task force will convene a Conference Call with all of the nations governors to talk about their progress that they are making on testing and were going to hear from governors about the practices and m