Corporate funding is provided by. Representative val demings,e welc firing line. Its great to be with you. Is n, in your statement, following the death of Supreme Court justice ruth bad ginsburg, you said, quote. You were the first female chief of the orlandoen police depar what does her legacy mean to you . Well, i thank you so much for that question. Justice ginsburg was a reallife superhero that i envision wearing a pink cape. She wasnt afraid to use her brainpower, even during a time when women were not really expected to or accepted in that way. And when i think about my career at the Orlando Police ment and the awesome opportuny of serving as the first woman chief of police, i believe that my ability to make it so far in a nontraditional role for women is a direct result of the work that justice ginsburgot anr women like her did. So, what a loss, but what a legacy she has. And shes left a roadmap for all of us to follow. She sure has. Like so many things in washington, not a beat
July 14 thd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. When you hear what people in this road rage survey admit to doing while theyre agitated behind the wheel, you will be shocked. Were going to have that for you in our 7 30 half hour this morning. Lets start with politics this morning. We know the when and where, but the who is anybodys guess. Donald trump announced on twitter hell reveal his running mate tomorrow in new york city. Lets start with nbcs Hallie Jackson with the latest. Hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump today getting ready to reveal to the world who his pick for the president ial ticket may be. Publicly he says. Privately he says hes down to two or three finalists. Trump is waking up on the west coast for a fundraiser in california. Hes in a new york state of mind. Thats where an announcement wi
Call it of the National Polling news nbc news wall street journal poll. And this poll has former joe biden expanding his lead over President Trump to 11 points. In just a moment, were going to go inside those numbers with Steve Kornacki at the big board. But this is nbc wall street journal. We dont fluctuate like the others that go back and forth. We have a very, very careful screening of our samples, of our electorates. So when were moving into double digits, its a big deal. Heres also whats a big deal. A whopping 50 of the country in our poll now says there is no chance theyll support President Trump in november. No chance versus just 37 who say there is no chance theyd support joe biden our poll numbers indicate that our voters right now are eager for change, which is never a good sign if you have the i that stands for incumbent next to your name, particularly during a pandemic. Only 19 of registered voters think the country is headed in the right direction in this Election Year ver
Pancreatic cancer. She was 87 years old and despite her long bout with several different forms of cancer and all the complications, she seemed to many indestructible. Last night she appeared at the National Constitution center where she was honored. In the coming hours, well talk to the people who knew her best and look at her remarkable legacy before she got to the Supreme Court and after. And whether the president will try to fill her position with the election fast approaching. Joining us right now by phone, cnn chief political analyst geor Gloria Borger and Jeffrey Toobin and on the phone, dr. Sanjay gupta. Jeff toobin, lets start with you. First of all, just, i know you were speaking to erin earlier but for the viewers just joining us, just talk about Justice Ginsburg. Jeff toobin, can you hear me . We dont have toobin. Lets check in with sanjay gupta just to talk about the medical aspect on this. Sanjay, pancreatic cancer is obviously an extremely difficult form. She has been thr
Men and women at the most trusted american scientific institution, the centers for disease control, insisting that he knows better. How is it that you dont trust your own experts do you think you know better than they do no, i think i have yeah, in many cases i do according to the new york times, which obtained internal cdc emails, Trump Associates tried to browbeat scientists at the agency into parroting trumps rosy and dishonest view of the virus while pushing the deranged strategy of herd immunity some would say this is gross incompetence but new reporting shows that its more repugnant than that. Trump and his cabal often appear to frankly not even care if scores of americans live or die. Jared kushner, who is running a shadow Coronavirus Task force, gathered people together and seated like boss baby in a chair taller than all the others admonished attendees that it was, quote, not the role of government to help with personal protective equipment adding that new York Governor Andrew