You cant stop it with a tweet. You cant create a distraction and hope it will go away. It doesnt go away. By its nature, a pandemic is unforgiving. If you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and its very hard to catch up. You dont get a Second Chance at getting it right. Well, President Trump, you got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again. Senator Kamala Harris reality check to a nation reeling under multiple crises is where we start today. Washington post columnist Eugene Robinson and Associated Press White House Reporter jonathan hemere, democratic strategist ayesha mills will join us in a few moments. If you had intel about all the places where you could hurt donald trump the most politically, and then wrote a speech about those places, that was the speech senator harris delivered today. Well, we just saw right there, nicolle, one of the reasons why senator harris is on the ticket. They saw her time in the senate in a number
Pieces of that interview between woodward and trump put out by the post. We dont know what became before or after these short exchanges. Its a very tricky situation. Its indeed, it is. It goes through air, bob. Thats always toughest than the touch. You know the touch you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air. Thats how its passed so thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one its more deadly than your even your strenuous flus you know, we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here who would ever think, right . I know. Its much forgotten. I mean, its Pretty Amazing and then i say well is that the same thing this is more deadly. This is five per you know, this is 5 versus 1 and less than 1 . You know, this is deadly stuff. His admission to bob woodward, more than two weeks after the first coronavirus case was discovered in the u. S. And according to his new book, donald trump was warned that the outbreak would become an historic crisis. From the Wash
We are collectively mourning the nearly 3,000 americans lost in the attacks. As well as the First Responders who are still getting sick from the rubble of ground zero. To say nothing of the american soldiers we lost in the wars that followed the attacks and the countless civilian casualties. Today is a solemn day. It is a day to take stock of all that we have lost in the past 19 years. It is also a day to take stock of where we are right now. Over the last seven months, we have lost more than 190,000 americans to covid19. 190,000 men, women, and children. Parents, grandparents, and siblings. There is hardly a facet of American Life left untouched by the tragedy of 9 11. Now we wonder how covid19 will mark us in the years to come. Let us begin in washington, where even as our dueling candidates try to keep today as apolitical as possible, we are still just 53 days away from the general election. Joining me now is nbc News White House correspondent carol lee. So carol, in this moment in
By this president , whose political strategy rests on division, with the very foundation of democracy, the vote under daily assault from the commander in chief. According to joe biden, we cant afford to drag the country down any lower. We need to deescalate. Not escalate. Thats why i appeal to those few Senate Republicans, the handful who really will decide what happens. Please, follow your conscience. This appointment isnt about the past. Its about the future. And the people of this nation and the people of this nation are choosing their future right now, as they vote. To jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. And i dont believe the people of this nation will stand for it. It should be noted that the vast majority of Senate Republicans are so far not at all moved by joe bidens plea, nor by Justice Ginsburgs dying wish. Nor do Top Republicans own purported principles, which they laid out when they rejected president Obamas Supreme Court pick
Vice President Joe Biden who paused campaigning for the day visited the 9 11 memorial where he and the current Vice President had a rare moment of unity dpreeting each other, and their wives did the same. Donald trump marked the occasion but continued his day largely as if it were business as usual. Now, as we grieve the lost souls of 9 11 we continue to grapple with the devastating impact of the covid19 pandemic. To date 193,000 americans have died the anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks and pandemics remind us there are moments when president s are called upon to lead this nation through trying times. Some have done it better than others, and at this time the current president , donald trump, has by every conceivable measure been an utter failure, full stop, with it comes to protecting americans and leading during times of crisis. Now, this week we learned that trump admitted to playing down the threat of the virus even though he knew it was deadly. As we were learning about that