Good to be with you. Im katy tur alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and chris jansing. Whats happening right now in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial could determine how it all ends. A legal conference between judge merchan, prosecutors, and attorneys for donald trump to determine the charges the jury can consider. And there arent any fireworks to note inside the courtroom right now, no fireworks, but really important conversations, arguments with the conference thats highly sequential, theres gamesmanship at play on both sides. This is the final phase of the proceedings, right, before Closing Arguments begin next week. And jurors now have an extralong weekend. Actually, they have a full week to absorb this weeks testimony. They probably need it. Theyre not going to be back in court until a week from today, next tuesday, when Closing Arguments will start. Prosecutors rested their case against the former president earlier, after another lessexplosive round of testimony from Defense A
On Governor Kemp to overturn the results of the election ahead of his rally in the state on saturday. Welcome to friday. Its a grim one and its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. As bad as the pandemic headlines are right now it will get worse. We havent seen the full impact of the thanksgiving gatherings. The United States reported more than 2,800 covid deaths yesterday, a new record. It broke the new record from the day before. For this week covid appears to be the leading cause of death in america right now. Covid hospitalizations, climbing above 100,000. Thats also a new record. The number of confirmed cases in a single day risen to 220,000. Im a broken record saying thats a new record and Public Health officials see even darker days ahead before a vaccine is widely available. Heres dr. Faucis most recent warning with Savannah Guthrie as accepting a position in the next administration. I think we have not yet seen the postthanksgiving peak. Thats the concerning thing because the
Peace, actually, that help was finally coming. That we were not alone. The comforts arrival as the Field Hospital set up in new york citys Javits Center is also about to open along with another Field Hospital in new york central park. Nationwide, there are now more than 153,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. More than 2,800 people have died in the United States. We should note that most people who contract the virus will recover at home without ever being hospitalized. While there are huge number of cases in new york city, other big cities including new orleans, chicago, and detroit also grappling with the rising number of cases. Something that is worrying to the head of the White House Coronavirus task force. Were very worried about every city in the United States and the potential for this virus to get out of control. If we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. If we do everything well, we could get in the range of
chambers and finish their work and finish the process. january 6th 2021 was a surreal and disturbing day. at the time of yasmin s reporting, all we have are questions. now, two years later, some questions remain, but many, many of them have been answered. in the last two years, the department of justice has worked tirelessly to bring those who were at the capitol and who descended on the capitol building to justice. more than 950 people have been arrested. 484 have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges, including seditious conspiracy. we also have a much clearer understanding of the others involved who were not physically at the u.s. capitol, including the twice-impeached ex-president and his inner circle. that is thanks to the extensive 18-month investigation by the january 6th select committee. their vast trove of evidence and testimonies painted a stunning picture of the ex-president s incitement of the riot and just how far his efforts went to stay in power. yet with all o
set-up on the inauguration balcony, that s for president-elect joe biden s inauguration in just two weeks time. instead, over the last couple of hours, they have been filled to the brim with rioters and protesters trying to breach the capitol. hi, again, everyone. it s 5:00 in new york. that was the phenomenal reporting from my colleagues on the ground at the united states capitol building. that was yasmin vassoughian at the top of the 5:00 p.m. hour, brian williams, my former colleague and i were sitting right here two years ago today. the now twice-impeached ex-president had finally broken his 187 minutes of silence, his supporters had turned into rioters and they were just starting to leave the capitol. my director reminded me it looked more like a tailgate, after violently storming it with the intention of stopping the certification of president-elect joe biden s win. they, of course, failed in the end, and in a few hours, lawmakers would make their way back to the house and sen