Rest of washington, so therefore, all of the nuances on foreign policy, all the diplomatic protocol, all the hand holding you have to do sometimes with senatorsand people on capitol hill, all of that would be something that scaramucci just hasnt been steeped in for his entire career, and thats why i think you might be seeing some of the sort of anxious tone of that email that i just read you a few moments ago from some of those folks. Eamon, thanks we appreciate it i know we will be back to you. We dripped into power lunch. Our thanks to our friends for letting us do that mike, thanks for being here. See you soon guys, i will hand it off to you now. I know you will continue to follow what is a developing story for the rest of this day we are leaving it on screen so you can see heres whats on the menu. More of that bombshell, major shakeup at the white house nbc reports press Secretary Sean Spicer is reportedly out he quit. Wall street veteran Anthony Scaramucci expected to be named Whi
Hi there. Im Stephanie Ruhle live from nbc news headquarters in new york city. It is thursday, august 20th. Lets get smarter. Tonight is the night. We are just 12 hours away from the grand finale of the dnc when joe biden will officially accept his partys nomination for president. Last night, it was his running mate Kamala Harris who took center stage, an historic moment. The first woman of color ever to take her place on a major party ticket. You are pushing us to realize the ideals of our nation. Pushing us to live the values we share. Decency and fairness, justice and love. We have a chance to change the course of history. Were all in this fight. You, me and joe. Together. The other big speaker last night, the warmup act, was former president obama who waited until this convention to level some of his harshest criticism yet of donald trump. In fact, we may have never seen one president take down another the way we did last night. Take a listen. For close to four years now, he has sh
The director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe was not specific, this is the kind of email they appear to be speaking about sent from a viewer to Rachel Maddow. The subject line is vote for trump or else. And it appears to have been sent to registered democrats. While it looks like it comes from the far right group the proud boys, officials tell nbc, it was actually sent by iranian intelligence. It warns the voter that if they dont switch their affiliation to republican and vote for President Trump, quote, we will come after you. We dont know how many people got this email but the fbi and dni obviously thought it was a big enough deal to hold a public briefing last night. Heres a little part of it. This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy. To that end, we have already seen iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimid
30 . Former Vice President joe biden has 19 . Biden is 15 in third. Bloombergs candidacy has already transformed this primary, he enters the race about a year after some of the democratic contenders skipped the first debates and first floor states. That vote while spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Race is very unpredictable. Changing fast, and likely to change again after most voters get their first real look at bloomberg on the debate stage. Lets get right to our road warriors in nevada ahead of tomorrows big event. Josh letterman joins us from las vegas. And Josh Schuster joins us from reno. You. Know when you watched the debate for mayor, he is dry. One of his former aids put it this way, hes not a warm and fuzzy guy. How are they preparing and whats the strategy . Youre right, its been a long time since Mike Bloomberg has been on a debate stage. Theres trepidation about how hes going to conduct himself, given that hes been under relentless attack for the last several days i
Three of governments response to the outbreak. We could soon learn more. A massive trilliondollar stimulus bill, a package that could put checks in the hands of every single american, and time is of the essence. Two members of congress now becoming the first to contract the virus. Another putting himself in selfquarantine protectively this morning. Over at the white house, President Trump signing one relief package on paid sick leave, and free testing. The president taking rare executive powers that could put the response more on a war footing, as wall street marches on, sinking once again after another wipeout on wednesday. Our nbc news team is ready to g covering every angle of this ongoing crisis. Kristen welker at the white house, courtney at the pentagon, Stephanie Ruehl on set with me at 30 rock and Gabe Gutierrez outside of the Brooklyn Hospital center. All eyes on the white house this morning, kristen. We are awaiting an update from the Coronavirus Task force within the next ho