Defense secretary and the termination earlier this week. V a tweet from President Trump. . Hy did that happen guest there has been a lot of friction between secretary esper and the president over the last few months. There was some concerns from the white house that esper was not loyal enough, not telling the president what he wanted to hear and was not helping him. Hear and was not helping him. One of the friction points was the issue of the lafayette one of the friction points was the issue of the Lafayette Square the Infamous Press appearance where the president walked out of the white house after protesters were cleared out and posed in front of the church across the street. Of conversation about the military taking on a more active role in responding to those racial protests and finding some way for the military not just a guard but active duty military to be involved and there was pushback on that. It was not appropriate. Just burrow into some of problems the president had with e
Could eta make a third landfall . Tributes for trebek. How fans, contestants and colleagues are remembering the tv icon and the answers to the questions of life. The lessons he learned in his 80 years. Plus, the army of the future. The plan for robot soldiers. And later a merry marriage. Meet the newlyweds with the last names white and christmas. Good monday morning, everyone. After days of counting the vote we begin this week with a new president elect, joe biden. But President Trump has not conceded, and overnight we learned new details on how he plans to fight the Election Results in court claiming voter fraud even though theres been no evidence of widespread fraud. Meanwhile, as cases of coronavirus set records across the country, biden is announcing his Coronavirus Task force today. But we begin with the legal fight being waged by the white house. This morning, lawmakers return to washington for an unprecedented lame duck period. Dont give up. Do not give up. President trump refus
Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
Breakneck sprint to election day just hours from now. President trump and former Vice President biden are battling those states. And lastminute votes they think theyll need to win. President Trump Holding five rallies in four states while joe biden is going all in for pennsylvania making three stops there. And a surprise visit to ohio. While election day isnt until tomorrow as we come on the air this election is already making history. More than 97 million americans have already voted early. Now thats record shattering and its more than two thirds of all the votes cast just four years ago. But it also means with so many ballots to count and some of the biggest battleground states not starting that process until tomorrow night, we may not know who won on wednesday morning. President trump is threatening to go to court to challenge that idea, falsely claiming that ballots that havent been counted tomorrow night shouldnt count at all. Now across the u. S. Tensions are running high and bui
8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.