Back this morning. We now have University Virginia Miller Center president ial Recordings Program chair Mark Silverstone thank you for joining us on the 60th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis to be here to you. So lets start today about, you know, october 16th, 1962 is when president John F Kennedy was shown the photographs taken by u2 plane over what exactly did these pictures show . They revealed the existence of soviet Ballistic Missiles that were capable of carrying Nuclear Warheads. And that was a really thing, especially since president kennedy twice the previous month said that if soviets had decided to place offensive Weapons Systems in cuba, the gravest issues would arise. So kennedy had essentially laid down his red line twice. Once on september 4th, because there was chatter in washington. The soviets were bringing missiles into, cuba, and there were pictures that they were those missiles happened to be surface to air missiles. But what was dangerous were the Ballistic
House, brook, where we have been going back and forth on whether or not this trip was happening, and that statement from the white house saying he didnt want to interfere in their mission was kind of confusing from the start because b of course they had planned this trip over a week ago. We confirmed on sunday he was going. Its not like they hadnt considered this and what a president ial visit would, of course, do at the cdc at their headquarters in atlanta. He is going. He is there today. Hes on the way there right now. Well see him when hes there and see if he provides any update of what hes learned. Of course, this comes as, you know, the cdc has really been at the center of this. The president has been at odds with some of the top officials at the cdc over the last several weeks. This comes as we have new reporting today essentially showcasing how the president has often throughout his presidency been someone who even when experts have come to him to tell him something he has disag
And author of soul of america and from vanderbilt university, jon meacham is here. Hes an nbc and msnbc contributor. All along with willie and me and joe is back on monday. Were going to begin this monday with another unfortunate milestone as the u. S. Overtakes china as the country with the most number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The u. S. Has more than 85,000 cases with more than 17,000 reported in the last 24 hours. As the country sets records for new cases just about every day. President trump continues his push for guidelines on selfdistancing to be relaxed. The administration is planning to identify certain counties by risk level, high, medium or low. Hoping that some parts of the country can get back to work sooner than others. Meanwhile, members of the house are racing back to washington right now to vote on that massive economic rescue package today. Leaders had hoped to pass it by voice vote but feared at least one member Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey would dem
At Ellington Field, artillery fired the salute in that band played a hail to the chief as a military honor guard brought the president s casket from the harvest to the plane. Of course that plane normally goes by air force one but the solemn flight has been dubbed special air mission 41. The late president s family is also on this flight including his son, the former president george w. Bush along with the former first lady laura bush. Here they are getting on that plane. Also on board, the former president s service dog, sully. You may have seen this photo of him lying down by the president s casket at the funeral home in houston. Of of course, bush senior was known for his colorful and iconic socks. The last pair he would wear would pay tribute to his lifetime of Service Starting as a navy aviator in world war ii. They are gray with Navy Fighter Jets flying in formation. This is just the beginning of a fourday tribute to president bush. His body will lie in state at the capital until
Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. After days of blocking subpoenas and rejecting information requests, President Trump just addressed reporters in this wideranging and impromptu q a at the white house this afternoon. And the president discussed everything from his National Security adviser john bolton to north korea to even calling the Mueller Report, which he called a witch hunt for months and referred to it as the bible. And the president responded to the first ever congressional subpoena of one of his Family Members. Sources say about the time the redacted version of the Mueller Report went public the Senate Intelligence committee subpoenaed donald trump jr. I was surprised. I saw richard burr saying there was no cleegs and he went outside and said there was no collusion. We found no collusion. But i was very surprised to see my son my son is a very good person. Works very hard. The last thing he needs is washington, d. C. Hes now testified for 20 h