Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. You cant on its face determine whether its unlawful or its within the law. Thats for prosecutors and factgatherers to decide, but, boy, it is something people will be looking at seriously. David . Kelly, very quickly. Youve been in contact with Rudy Guiliani over these last many weeks, talking to him about the grounds by which he might agree to have the president sit down for an interview. And we saw Rudy Guiliani. We saw the president s legal team and the White House Communications team this week talking about the president s tweets. What they signify to them. They talked about them as opinions versus orders when we got that extraordinary tweet earlier this week. It seemed to address the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, directly. Lets take that and apply it to this. I am sure that we will hear from the president s legal team. This is the president spouting off. Its him offering an opinion. Over th
Do we keep economies closed indefinitely . We know we cant. We have already dug a hole so deep it might reach china. Once we reopen, the curve could on flatten, thats why nobody knows the right thing to reopen, so stop pretending. Dems have the luxury of doing nothing but waiting for something to go wrong especially when you have an ocean view and a fridge full of gelato. This is something you can get through the mail. Okay. Come on out and show me. Yes, absolutely. This is the episode of cribs i never knew i needed. Other people and our family go for some other flavors. But chocolate and we have some other chocolate here. Greg Marie Antoinette had cake, nancy brought the ice cream. But adults, we get it. Each decision brings a wrist. But insulated dope still smear americans on their selfishness for just meeting a paycheck. Patton oswalt mocked anxious gangs for cracking under the lockdown. He assumes that everybody can sit down with netflix and mannings indefinitely just like him, a w
Our offer, lets see where you are. Its in 1800 page liberal wish list. Strikes me as hardly salvageable. It is a parade of absurdities i can hardly be taken seriously. Sandra john roberts standing by at the white house but we begin with chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill for us. The big tickets they will vote on is a 3 trillion package. A Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the heroes act but she says has support from many leaders. Governors, mayors, county executives and the rest, grassroots organizations who minister to the needs of the hungry, food stamps, the snap program is something we have done before and its very needed now. Of 3 trillion bill putting was a moderate House Democrats in an awkward spot. Oklahomas kendra horn says she is a no on the bill, he says hes concerned and from upstate new york as a freshman worth watching. Has always within 1800 plus page bill, there were a few surprises in there including support for banking for marijuana and rela
Nearly the entire country has reopened in some shape or form today. Massachusetts enters phase one of its reopening, resuming operations at construction sites, manufacturing plants and churches. Connecticuts reopening is set for wednesday. Of those that have reopened, several states, including michigan, california and illinois are still under stayathome orders. But while restrictions are being taken off, people are supposed to be practicing social distancing and Wearing Masks. However, in a lot of places, that is not happening. Beaches and bars from jersey to south carolina, across to california, we saw people crowding together like this virus never even happened. We have reporters spread across the country to take you inside. Lets start in miami beach where there has been some confusion over whats happening and when. Kerry sanders is there. Whats going on . Good morning. Theres a little bit of confusion. Youre talking about the states reopening and, of course, south florida is almost
It is high noon in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Covid cases on the rise. Florida and texas scaling back their reopenings. Hear from the governor of another state who says the virus is everywhere. The president talking about ditching obama care in the midst of a health crisis. Whats his reason . Keeping the president s niece from publishing a book about her Famous Family and later a History Lesson when it comes to people who just wont wear masks. What you didnt already know about the 1918 spanish flu, ahead. But we begin with breaking news this hour. The New York Times is reporting that american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to talibanlinked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan, including targeting american troops. Amid the peace talks to end the longrunning war there, according to officials briefed on the matter. Josh leven is standing by with more on this. Quite an explosive story. What more