News. Trump comes to the defense of an accused killer who also happens to be a supporter. Speaking just moments ago the president almost justifying what Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly did last tuesday night armed on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin with a long rifle, where police say he killed two protesters and injured a third. Do you condemn the actions of vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse . We are looking at all of it. That was an interesting situation. You saw the same tape as i saw and he was trying to get away from them i guess it looks like. And he fell. And then they very violently attacked him. And it was something that were looking at right now and it is under investigation. But i guess he was in very big trouble. He probably would have been killed. Its under investigation. All right. Lets look at what the criminal complaint said. It said rittenhouse was not on the ground when he first opened fire. Instead, he was clashing with people who had gathered near a car dealership. And t
Deaths. By the way, were rounding the corner. Were rounding the corner on the virus. Hospitalizations and deaths have continued to decline over the past week, very substantially decline. Were rounding the corner. Deaths have declined substantially. But just moments ago dr. Anthony fauci was asked right here on cnn if he agrees that were rounding the corner. What do you make of that characterization . You know, im not sure what he means. Not sure what he means because frankly the facts just dont back up the president. Deaths have not declined substantially over the past week. Rough i will a thousand people have been losing their lives almost every day. And things could get worse. An influential model often cited by the white house is now predicting more than 410,000 americans could die from coronavirus by the end of the year. That is another 222,000 lives. Its more than double the current death toll. And experts are also warning that dahly reported deaths as you see on the screen there
President of the United States telling a reporter to take off his mask to ask a question. Moments later applauding another reporter for not wearing one. Those exchanges part of a rambling nearly 50minute press conference. A press conference that was really more political rally in disguise or maybe not so much of a disguise filled with wildly inaccurate statements including this one about the president s handling of the pandemic. We are an absolute leader in every way. An absolute leader in every way. That follows the president s tweet this morning in which he claimed he is getting, quote, very high marks in our handling of the coronavirus especially compared to other countries and areas of the world. Now, compared to the other countries the u. S. Is leading in overall cases. When it comes to getting the virus under control, though, when it comes to having a plan, not leading. The president continues to focus on a vaccine, one that isnt approved or even available. Were going to have a v
News, the u. S. Death toll tonight topping 200,000. Just a short time ago the president addressing the tragic threshold. Well, i think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right, you would have 2. 5 million dead. But its a horrible thing. Should have never ever happened. China let this happen. The original numbers were around 200,000 if you do it right. If you did a good job and the public worked along. If you didnt do it right, you would be at 2 million, 2. 5 million. Those were the numbers. But this should have never happen. This should have never come out of china. They should have never let it happen. The president seizing the moment to praise himself. And i dont need to go through again with you the factual comparisons of places like south korea, right, that show his praise to be factually wrong, right, in terms of the death. Because it isnt just that he is factually wrong. It is that every one of these people was alive nearly seven months ago. Every one of th
Tonight, a surprising resignation amid a damning report amid pressure to get trump reelected. A top prosecutor working on attorney general bill barrs investigation has quit. According to the hartford current she is quitting over political concerns, pleasure to deliver a report that President Trump thought would benefit him and to deliver that report before election day. Shes a highly respected career prosecutor. She was working the u. S. Attorney, john durham. An investigation that will go against bob muellers investigation and show a conspiracy among democrats to bring him down. Durham is coming back and i hope its going to be soon. And i would imagine hes got plenty. Trump wants the Durham Report and he wants it out stat. That pressure is loud and clear. In fact he has publicly pushed barr to get that report out. Bill barr can go down as the greatest attorney general in the history of our country, or he can go down as just an average guy. Trump wants the report out because he thinks