Gohmert who has consistently refused to wear a mask. Grijalva went to quarantine after learning gohmert was positive. When it comes to the bigger picture, a grim projection from the cdc. Another 20,000 americans are expected to die from covid19 in just the next three weeks. The month of july this country saw ten days of deaths topping 1,000 in just a single day. Five of those days were this past week. Meantime, the economic crisis is just crushing. Democratic leaders say their discussions with white house officials today were productive but theyre still not close to a deal after a federal 600 a week unemployment benefit expired yesterday. Negotiations will continue on monday. And in the world of sports, tonights game between the st. Louis cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed after more cardinals players tested positive. It comes a day after the Major League Baseball commissioner warned the already shortened season could be shut down alread altogether. Lets take you to flo
This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. President obama authorizing more troops seeking more money for the u. S. Led war on isis, up to 1,500 more American Forces will be deployed to iraq where vast regions of the country are under terrorist control. Chris van holland is standing by to talk about this with us along with our correspondents and other guests. Cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto, give us the latest. This is a substantial expansion of the u. S. Military presence in iraq. We talk about doubling the number of u. S. Troops from about 1,400 with this additional 1,500. In fact, its ten times the number of military advisers since those first 300 were sent in in june. Its an expansion of where these troops are placed in eiraq. To this point u. S. Mill he tear advisers have been confined to here and erbil and baghdad. The pentagon says they will set up two additional Operation Centers outside of baghdad in erbil. The locations discussed are one in
There is no doubt that the president who has had some rough times in the white house is now facing perhaps his toughest run. The reports coming out of the white house all suggest its a president who is growing increasingly disinterested in his job, increasingly angry. Weve got phil rutger here and well be talking about it in a moment. But willie, none of the portraits are flattering, of course, of the president , but also not comforting to americans and people around the world who understand that the president of the United States is one of the key figures in Global Politics and right now he seems to be checked out. Yeah. Well have all this reporting from Phillip Rutger and nbc news about the state of mind of the president and whats going on in the white house right now. But it supports i think what youve heard and what a lot of us are hearing is that because of the Mueller Investigation, because of the midterm elections which day by day continue to get worse for republicans, the presi
Of global broker as other World Leaders step up. And class photo day for incoming members of congress as the size of the blue wave now becomes more clear. The parties pick their Leadership Teams for the perilous two years ahead. As the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 664 of this Trump Administration, and there continues to be this avalanche of reports about the president s personal anger and bitterness. Following the midterms, a bad trip overseas, reports of new upheaval in the west wing. Tonight the Deputy National security adviser Mira Ricardel, who is said to have repeatedly clashed with the first ladys east wing staff, is out of the west wing. Officially, shes being reassigned. According to the white house, Mira Ricardel will continue to support the president as she departs the white house to transition to a new role within the administration. That new role was not announced. As for th
Today, and some political and jewish leaders said he should delay that visit. However, that would interfere with a busy campaign schedule, 11 stops through monday six days from now. Husband goal clearly to make this election about immigration now, specifically his new talking points are about ending birthright citizenship and sending troops to the border. The problem is that what helped in 2016 may not work in 2018. On the ground, democrats clearly feeling like they have an advantage with republicans suddenly scrambling to save seats once thought safe. Moderator of meet the press and nbc political director chuck todd standing by to help us make sense of whats happened. We starting on the ground, two nbc reports from our road warriors, kasie hunt is in des moines, iowa, Garrett Haake is in richardson, texas. Lets talk about beto orourke. He is the man of the moment. The shrinking advantage for senator ted cruz, is it enough just one week out . Reporter well, craig, were going to find ou