Ringleader of that group that tried to topple an Andrew Jackson statue near the white house. Now acting dhs secretary Ken Cuccinelli warning potential vandals ahead of more protests plan nationwide this weekend. Watch. We protect and defend many of these locations and many of these iconic statues around the country, and we are going to continue to do that. We are going to lean forward to do it. You are going to see that throughout this weekend, we are going to continue not only to protect the history of this country but, as President Trump has declared, we are going to prosecute violators of the law who vandalize property. Julie mark merited his life at the white house with more on this. Hi, mark. Good afternoon, julie. The president and the first lady are making their way up to south dakota. The president has been promoting this event saying its a chance to celebrate American History even during these uncertain times. We are going to have a tremendous evening. Its going to be a firewo
Slated to begin in the next hour. Facing an enormous deficit in electoral polling, the president has just four months to turn back time. And standing before mt. Rushmore friday night in the shadow of four white men who embodied the nations virtues and its worst vices. The president narrowed his election pitch to an even more simplistic message than make America Great again. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heros, erase our values and indoctrinate our children. Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities. A simple message, america be afraid. Of course far less was mentioned of the nations rising pandemic numbers, breaking records in state after state. As for the legitimate concern of protesters, including those of indigenous americans offended by trumps presence at one of their sacred sites, they were all just ammunition for the president s
Repeating this lie, that the increase in cases is due only to an increase in testing. His own task force contradicts that. There is no question that the more testing you get, the more you will uncover, but we do believe this is a real increase in cases because the percent positivities are going up. Percent positivities. Thats the percent of people whose tests are coming back positive that means the infection is spreading. Its in the data. Today, the president goes to a celebration at mt. Rushmore. Thousands are expected to attend. No masks required and crucially, no social distancing required. That disconnect and his push to reopen, theyre not new, but he isnt pushing to reopen too early. But isnt pushing to reopen too early, how we got here. It would be nice to be able to open with a big bang and open up our country. I want to get it open as soon as we can. We have to get or country opened. We cant the country wont take it. The people want to get back. They want our country opened. I
For the second day in a row, the United States set another record for new cases in a single day. By our tally here at nbc news, there were close to 55,000 new cases thursday alone. Right now, there are more than 2. 76 million cases in our country and so far weve lost close to 130,000 americans. During this pandemic, President Trump will be heading to mt. Rushmore tonight for a fireworks display. His Surgeon General told me a few hours ago that people need to wear mask these Holiday Weekend. They will not be required at mt. Rushmore. In california, some local leaders not just asking people to wear masks, in santa monica, if you dont, youll face a 100 fine. Meanwhile, florida, florida crossing a new milestone. 10,000 cases recorded in a single day. That number matches the highs that new york saw at the peak of its crisis in april. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is in lauderdale by the sea in florida. Kerry, beaches across that state closed, but not all of them. How is this state balancing the realit
In an exclusive interview with fox news, a woman claims she was sexually assaulted by epstein and maxwell when she was just 14 absolutely. I would definitely stand, take the stand and testify because i believe that she deserves to be where shes at today. And she deserves to say stay there for the rest of her life. And i hope that by me coming forward it encourages other victims to stand up and say, to be honest, let your voice be heard. Alicia brain yannis is live in new york city with more. Elise yeah, good morning. This is the first time that this jane doe has publicly spoken about being sexually abused by Ghislaine Maxwell who she says is just as evil as Jeffrey Epstein. She claims the sexual abuse at the hands of ghislaine and maxwell started in 1991 when she was just 14 years old and continued until she was 16 years old. She did not want to reveal her identity which is why we have protected that. She said maxwell not only facilitated her sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein but she cla