Good tuesday morning, everybody. It is august 11th, and im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning. Several governors are expressing their outrage over a lack of clear directives from the president s clear actions aimed at providing coronavirus relief. Most notably, the leaders have taken issue with states being responsible for 25 of the administrations unemployment measure as tax revenues plummet and costs continue to increase. Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo estimates it would cost his state 4 billion. Governor mark dewine says he has no plan to do as trumps order demands. Theyre calling for a cohesive nation all strategy to address the economic fallout. In a joint statement the group chaired by Governor Cuomo and vicechaired by the governor of arkansas called on the white house, two with congress to, quote, come up with a workable solution. When asked when payments will be delivered to struggling americans, the president relayed the message to secretary treasurer s
Good morning, everybody. It is friday, august 21st. We made it to the end of the week, and it has been quite a 24 hours. Im yasmin vossoughian. So lets start with the democrats wrapping up their Convention Last night with former Vice President joe biden formally accepting the partys nomination for president. In his speech, biden implored americans to help him, quote, end this chapter of american darkness. Speaking against fear, anger, and division, the president ial nominee vowed to be a, quote, ally of the light. As president , bind said his First Priority would be to get the virus under control by implementing a national strategy, something the president has failed to do. Just judge this president on the facts. 5 million americans affected by covid19. More than 170,000 americans have died. By far, the worst performance of any nation on earth. More than 50 Million People have filed for unemployment this year. More than 10 Million People are going to lose their Health Insurance this ye
Nothing officially from the u. S. Government. We will continue to follow that story. Rachel, canoe around for a couple days. Thank you. Seven years ago our own chris hayes wrote much of conservative is a con and the movement is the marks. Now it is far more important than this. With trump at the top, it is the entire movement. This week former white house strategist steve bannon became the latest trump associate to be taken into custody when the chinese owned yacht on which he was sunbathing was boarded by agents. He gave tens of millions of dollars to a private fund which existed, bannon claimed to finance construction of the border wall. Federal prosecutors said that the real purpose of that fund called we build the wall was to cover the luxury lifestyle of bannon and the other departments. Now, depending on how you count it and in honor of conservatives, we shall count conservatively tonight. He is the seventh trump adviser to be arrested, face charges, plead guilty or be convicted
Say about the virus or its toll, but he did go hard after joe biden and Kamala Harris. After all, bidens widely praised acceptance speech was a takedown of trumps leadership. And so 24 hours later, trump was in front of a conservative group with a rebuttal and a dystopian vision of a democratic victory. Over the last week, the democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in american history. They spent four Straight Days attacking america as racist and a horrible country that must be redeemed. Joe biden grimly declared a season of american darkness, and yet look at what weve accomplished until the plague came in. Im the only thing standing between the American Dream and total anarchy, madness, and chaos. If we dont win, its all gone, okay . Its all gone. We have to win the election. Im the one. You know theres a theory that if you dont have it by the end of the year, crazy nancy pelosi would become president. You know that, right . No, no, think of that. Think of th
Story. Rachel, scanoe around for a couple days. You have a great weekend. Seven years ago, our own chris hayes wrote much of Movement Conservatism is a con and the base are the marks. That observation was true at the time but the con is not just most of conservatism anymore. With trump at the top, its the entire movement. This week, former white house strategist steve bannon became the latest trump associate to be taken into custody when the chineseowned yacht on which he was sunbathing was boarded by u. S. Postal service agents. Bannon was accused of defrauding people who gave tens of millions of dollars to a private fund, which existed, bannon claimed, to finance construction of the border wall. Federal prosecutors said the real purpose of that fund, called we build the wall, was to cover the luxury lifestyle of bannon and the other defendants. Depending on how you count it, and in honor of conservatives, we shall count conservatively, steve bannon is now the seventh former trump adv