Yesterday and he actually explained in a tweet today which i will now read to you. He said, i have stayed away from comments on portland, now chicago, until i have studied the law in some detail. Its outrageous and against everything our nations founders stood for. Ill detail my views tonight on this show. I love that he had to study the law before coming on here and talking about it because thats who he is. Hes going to do his homework. Hes going to thoroughly go through this. Hes going to study this. Hes not just going to use his lifetime of legal experience and knowledge. Hes going to go and do the homework specifically for this, so we will hear that from him tonight. That is the difference between a pundit and an expert right there. Exactly. Someone willing to do the work before they speak. Exactly. Pundit thinks homework is cheating. Thats exactly right. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you. Well, joe biden and donald trump are both old enough to remember when texas used to elect democrats
Is in the numbers. Ten times in the last two weeks the nation has seen more than 1,000 covid deaths per day. 1,400 dead in just the last 24 hours. And new reporting this morning sources familiar with the president s Oval Office Meeting with the Coronavirus Task force say that despite all of this, all of these deaths and the numbers, the president still does not grasp the severity of this pandemic. Well have more on that reporting in a moment. And no one in the world following the u. S. Example. Also the president continuing the strong push to open schools despite many schools already seeing set backs when they attempt to reopen. My view is the schools should open. This thing is going away. It will go away like things go away and my view is that schools should be open. If you look at children, children are almost i would almost say definitely but almost immune from this disease. Thats false. Science doesnt back him up, yet he repeats that falsehood. Children not immune to this virus. Th
As she makes one of her highest profile speeches ever. Her chief of staff will join us in a couple of minutes to talk about what to expect. Also speaking tonight, secretary of state mike pompeo, breaking more norms in a convention that is doing plenty of that already, as he delivers his speech from an overseas trip. Our new reporting on why that has infuriated a lot of folks in the diplomatic community. So lets get to it. Im hallie jackson, joined by our nbc News Reporters Peter Alexander at the white house and monica alba here in washington where some of the speeches will happen tonight. And let me start with you, peter. You phrased it this morning on the today show, one part praise, one part end of days. Here is a taste of what were talking about. Your family will not be safe in the radical democrats america. Crime, violence and mob rule. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. You must fight to save america now or we may lose her forever. Trump is the bodyguard of western civ
Biden campaign is putting on the campaign at this point. Were seeing joe biden touch down at an airport not far from here from what is a short trip from delaware. The kind of trip he will be doing behind me. Its something he could be doing from home. Its largely virtual conversation that hes going to be holding with Union Workers but at this stage of the game, youve got to win by showing up. Thats what the bhiiden came pp is doing by having him come here. Theres really no electoral map that has joe biden winning the presidency that doesnt have him winning pennsylvania. Part of his message will be focused on the economy. Thats one of the issues that shows polling shows President Trump continuing to hold an advantage over joe biden on. He laid out his economic plan in the month of july. Its called build back better. What well start seeing today is a shift towards talking about his on plan versus contrasting it with what he says is the lack of plan for President Trump. In terms of bringin
I also would have asked him about his major role on the Coronavirus Task force and vaccine development. Mr. Kushner did at least six other Television Interviews yesterday. He canceled ours only after the president s appearance on that abc town hall last night with George Stephanopoulos during which mr. Trump made this comment, among others, about the coronavirus. It is going to disappear. Its going to disappear. Not if we dont it would go away without the vaccine, george, but its going to go away a lot faster with it. It would go away without the vaccine . So far as a period of time, sure and many deaths youll develop like a herd mentality. Its going to be herd developed and thats going to happen that will all happen we of course do not know why mr. Kushner canceled the appearance at the last moment. He is welcome to join us whenever his schedule permits. And well have a lot more on the fallout from President Trumps town hall in just a few moments. First lets turn to the disastrous, sl