Full of straightfaced, unironic and casually normalizing stories about the president s new tone, they called it, and because covering president s and presenting their quotes in the old way went out with those old president s, and because this matters at a time with 140,000 dead, a virus out of control, and now ripping through states like utah, it is fair to presume, as some already have, the president is hoping the electorate forgets that he was an early and consistent coronavirus denier he is hoping the electorate somehow forgets the six months that led up to today and how he has sought to diminish the threat at just about every turn. Were finding very little problem, very little problem now, you treat this like a flu the democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. This is their new hoax what would people gain from wearing a mask, and why are you opposed to wearing one yourself . I just dont want to wear one myself yeah, no, i dont take responsibility at all. The number of coronavirus
Campaign now attempting to claim that Joe Bidens America will be unsafe and the suburbs will be plundered. Susan page of usa today, who is standing by to join us in a moment, points out the following, quote, sunday the Reelection Campaign that President Donald Trump officially opened on the day he was inaugurated enters the final stretch. Sunday will be exactly 100 days to november 3rd. Given what were seeing now, we are likely to still be grappling with the coronavirus 100 days from now. The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on friday with the total rising by over 284,000 in just a period of 24 hours around the world. Worldwide total infections are over 15 million now. Here in our country, cases topped 4. 1 million with more than 146,000 now dead. While the current surge appears to be plateauing in some states thankfully, today was the third day this week with a death toll over 1,000. The New York Times reports these ten states are record
On that in a moment. On capitol hill, weve just gotten word that white house officials and Democratic Congressional leaders are about to meet again on those relief negotiations at the white house. President trump is grappling with a credibility crisis. A weekly tracking poll finds that just 31 of Americans Trust what the president says about the coronavirus pandemic. As the president struggles to defend his claim that the cases of covid19 in the u. S. Are falling. Here he is with Jonathan Swan of axi axios. The United States is lowest in numerous categories. Were lower than the world. Lower than the world . But first, lets begin with our breaking news. Tropical storm isaias now barreling up the east coast. Tropical storm warnings in effect for more than 50 million americans as the coastline braces for potential flash flooding. Check out this live look. Seaside heights, new jersey, courtesy of earth cam. Winds seem to be picking up speed. Parts of the carolinas were pummeled with floodi
Underfunding the post office would prevent mailin voting. It was at least clarifying. Also birtherism is back. And we got a sense of what a trump biden debate might sound like in an election sure to be defined by the debate over this pandemic. The afternoon started, in fact, with the former Vice President calling for a nationwide mask mandate. Every single american should be wearing a mask when theyre outside for the next three months at a minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory maskwearing. The estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. Its not about your rights. Its about your responsibilities. Biden spoke after he and his newly minted running mate met with a team of Health Experts theyve been advising with during the campaign about coronavirus. This evening during whatever it is we are calling his Daily Briefing room appearances, donald trump fired back. Today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a
Feel it until the end of the day. I think the risk is vanishingly small. Reporter scientists are divided over how to try it. But one thing is not in question. This pandemic only ends when they succeed. Raf sanchez, nbc news, oxford. Top of the hour. We have a lot were covering right on msnbc. First up, theyre ready to go. One day to go, the Democratic National convention about to begin. We have a guide who youll see and how its going the look. The backandforth of the nbc correspondents exchange with the president over the falsehoods that he spread about Kamela Harris. And a new warning from the cdc about children 17 and under while worries ramp up on College Campuses. Im really nervous about classes being in person. I think thats a really big risk. I could hear parties happening last night. Plus, the post office agreeing to stop doing one thing that make jaws drop. Taylor swift in a highly unusual move weighing in on politics and taking on president trump, her warning to fans. All righ