Good morning, everybody. It is friday, june 26th, and im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning with breaking news. Were starting with yet another move by the Trump Administration to strike down obamacare amid the surge coronavirus pandemic and record unemployment. The Justice Department filed a new legal brief late last night asking the Supreme Court to overturn the affordable c. A. R. E. S. Act. Now, the move came on the same day the government reported that nearly half a Million People who lost Health Insurance during the coronavirus shutdown, they enrolled in coverage through healthcare do healthcare. Gov, a 46 increase from the same time last year. The brief makes no mention of the coronavirus. Congress gutted the original mandate. That was filed by a coalition of attorneys general in the state of texas arguing that the entire law must be struck down, including populist protections for those with preexisting conditions. Joe biden slammed the move while at an event in pennsylvania yesterday. Perhaps most cruelly of all if donald trump has his way, those who have complications from covid19 could become the new preexisting conditions. Some survivors will experience Lasting Health impacts like lung scarring and heart damage. And if donald trump prevails in court, insurers would be allowed once again to strip away coverage, jack up premiums, simply because of the battle they survived fighting coronavirus. Mr. President , drop the lawsuit, t top trying to take away the affordable c. A. R. E. S. Act. Stop taking away their peace of mind. I cannot comprehend the cruelty hes striving to inflict of pain on those hes willing to serve. This began with the case against the president s former attorney Michael Cohen. Shortly after taking over the Justice Department barr spent weeks questions federal prosecutors with their decision to charge barr with campaign violations. At one point he instructed doj officials to draft a memo outlining legal arguments that could be raised to question cohens conviction and look at prosecutions of the same kind. Prosecutors reportedly did not follow up on that instruction. Chone was convicted and sentenced in december of 2018 before barr took office so he could not withdraw the charges like he did with Michael Flynn. In an interview, he said his choice in department of Justice Matters are not influenced by the president. But theres a claim of significant political influence on the department. And after ruling in favor of the dreamers, the young undocumented imgrants brought to the United States by children, the Supreme Court sided with the president 7 2 ruling that they can be fasttracked for deportation and that decision cannot be challenged in federal court. The ruling considered the case of an Asylum Seeker from sri lanka who had been detained by federal agents. When his claim was denied, he filed a writ of habeas corpus petition over unlawful detention. The Supreme Court said it was for those seeking relief from deterngs not as an avenue to get into federal court. In dissent, justices sotomayor and alaina kagan said it damaged the rule of law. So lets get into some of these cases. Joining me now, nbc legal analyst danny cevallos. Good morning. Good morning. We have a lot of ground to cover. A lot of things popping up. Lots. Lets start with the attorney general here. What is the major difference in your view between the Michael Cohen case and the Michael Flynn case when it comes to the department of justices ability to undo things, to walk back any prosecutorial measures . Procedurally Michael Cohen is much farther along in the process because not only did he plead guilty a few years ago now, he was alrea technically sg his sentence even though hes on comiccon finement because of coronavirus concerns. So procedurally its a lot different for the Justice Department to simply stop prosecuting someone whose prosecution is effectively already over. That doesnt mean his prosecution or conviction cant be overturned by a number of other procedural mechanisms, but hes in a different posture than Michael Flynn at this stage. So also lets talk about this asylum decision. It seems pretty straightforward especially when you have a 72 decision from the Supreme Court, not split at all. You have liberal justices, shall we say, that were in the majority there. So talk us through this. Are we missing anything here . Is there any nuance that were missing . Federal law provides for a procedure for expedited removal for people who have just gotten over the border, and thats exactly what this individual had done. He was 25yards over the border, and they sought to remove him in expedited fashion. Then he claimed asylum. Theres an expedited proceed for th that. He challenged it saying, look, im being detained, im allowed to challenge that. The Court Essentially held, the federal law that provides for that expedited removal is not unconstitutional. Somebody can challenge his detension or a prisoner can challenge his detention. But the major takeaway is this federal removable procedure is not unconstitutional. So this last one, i think, is astounding that we have been covering that really kind of broke overnight, and that is with regard to the affordable c. A. R. E. S. Act. You have 500,000 people newly enrolled through healthcare. Gov because of the coronavirus shutdown, folks that are depending on their health care right now, millions of people across this country depending on their health care right now. You have the administration filing this brief in support of striking down the affordable c. A. R. E. S. Act. How strong of a case do they have . The affordable c. A. R. E. S. Act was upheld as the federal governments taxing power, and in a strange turn, when the penalty was removed, it was no longer a tax under the law. Therefore t government said, hey, do you mind, please, paying for your health care or paying this money . Without that kind of mandate, its no longer a tax and the argument is its no longer a valid exercise of the federal governments power, and therefore, the administration is arguing the whole thing should be struck down. And is the case strong . Its one of those interesting issues that if a part of the statute is unconstitutional, do you exsize it, server it out, surgically remove it, or throw out the whole statute, the whole baby with the bath water, whatever that saying means. All right. Danny cevallos, thank you. That sounds awful. That is the saying and it does sound awful. Still ahead, the president is struggling with the second term. 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The president attended a fox news town hall last night and was asked about his Top Priorities for a second term. This was his answer. Well, one of the things that will be really great, you know, the word experience is really good. I always say talent is more so than experienced. Ive always said that. But experience is an important word. Its got meaning. I never slept overnight at the white house. Im riding down pennsylvania avenue with the first lady and said, this is great. I didnt know much about it. I was from manhattan, new york. Now i know everybody, and i have great people in the administration. You make some mistakes. You know, an idiot like bolton. You dont have to drop bombs on everybody. You dont have to kill people. Lets show the polls. Its showing joe biden leading or statistically tied with the president in four key states. Biden leads trump in florida, 5 47 45 . Also in North Carolina and ontario one point cents biden and trump in texas, 45 44 . Joining us now from politico anita kumar. Thank you for joining us on some of these polls. I want to break them down. Astounding to me when you look at some of the poll numbers from fox news. You have biden leading or tied with the President Trump. The senior number interesting particularly. If you think about that comparatively to the New York TimesSienna College poll that came out, i believe, two days ago, we also saw there the same trend among seniors, young people, africanamericans, which has been consistent across the board, and women as well. What is your reaction to some of these recent polling that you are seeing with trumps fading in popularity. Yeah. Theres a couple of different things. Obviously youve mentioned some demographics like africanamericans where he was never going to do that well. They do want to do better with him. But what really struck me is what you mentioned. Older people, white americans as well as men. These are all demographics that are generally very strong for republican candidates and were strong for him in 2016. So that tells me hes losing that conservative base or hes slumping in those areas. Hes got both to worry about. Hes got his base, supporters, people who generally have been supporters, and all the demographics hes trying to get. Hes already losing in the polls in both of those places. So with that lets talk about this attempt from the administration to overturn obamacare during a time when americans need health care more than ever. Millions are losing their health care, half of those registering through healthcare. Gov. How do you suspect this could impact the 2020 elections . I do think its going become a major talking point. I think as you noted earlier, this probably wouldnt be heard until the Supreme Court until the fall. We probably wouldnt have an answer to this question before the november election. But what joe biden is going to do is do what he started doing yesterday. Hes talking about this. Look, were in the middle of a pandemic and the president wants to get rid of health care for so many millions of americans. So i think its going to become a talking point for democrats. The house will probably talk about it. Joe biden will probably talk about it. Look. This is something the president s been talking about doing for years. He talked about it as a candidate. He talked about it while in office. In that respelkt, its not surprising. As you noted earlier, this documentation with the Supreme Court is not mentioned during the pandemic. So many people would lose their insurance. Exactly. I feel like thats what a lot of people are thinkinging that if they follow through on this thing and move forward, that a lot of folks will be risking the loss of their health care at a time when they need it more than ever. Thats not going to look good for the administration with an election around the cornerle. Anita kumar, thank you. Stay close. Ill talk with you in a little bit. Still ahead, President Trump sounds off on black lives matter, disparages new york city and says police need to bring back stop and frisk, all of those remarks coming in the last 24 hours. Were going to have the latest on that coming up. Were going to have the latest on that coming up. Heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. Prilosec otc uses a unique delayedrelease formula that helps it pass through the tough stomach acid. It then works to turn down acid production, blocking heartburn at the source. With just one pill a day, you get 24hour heartburn protection. Prilosec otc. One pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. Can leave you holding your breath. But Bristol Myers squibb is working to change things. By researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. 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When you look at honduras, guatemala, all of these different places, we have cities that are worse, in some cases that are far worse. Take a look at detroit. Take a look at roys happening in oakland. Take a look at whats happening in baltimore. And everyone gets upset when i say it. People say, oh, is that a racist statement . Its not a racist statement. Frankly, black people come up to me and say thank you for saying it. They want help. These cities, its like living in hell. Its very controversial to say stop and frisk, okay . Stop and frisk. So that was more from the president at a fox news town hall last night. Meanwhile, taking a look at some other polls, joe biden leading the president by 87 points among black voters. According to the latest Washington Post ipsos poll, biden is ahead. Nearly 90 of black seniors believe that the former Vice President is sympathetic to the problems of black americans compared to just 66 of those under 40 years of age. But black americans are split on the importance of biden choosing a black woman as his running mate. 50 say it is important while 49 say it is not. And the president lashed out at the black lives Matter Movement accusing the leader of treason. If u. S. Doesnt give us what we want, then we will burn down this system and replace it. This is treason, insurrection. In another tweet, bill de blasio wants to paint the fabled and beautiful fifth avenue right in front of trump tower, tiffany, with a big yellow black lives matter sign. Pigs in a blanket, fry em like bake con referring to killing police. The new york police are furious. New york city mayor bill de blasio wants to commission a mural on fifth avenue in front of trump tower similar to the one in washington, d. C. , that leads up to the white house. According to the Washington Post, the chant blav lives matter has been heard since 2015 app has been a source of conflict ever since. Lets switch gears and get a check on your forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning to you, bill. 2020 is almost halfway over, yasmin. Lets put a positive spin on this. I mean its really just not going well these days, is it . Yeah. Cant get worse, right . All right. So lets get into the forecast for your weekend. Dodging summerlike thunderstorms all over the place. A lot of heat and humidity, very typical for a summer weekend. As we go through the next few days, we will have Severe Weather plans that will interrupt your outdoors. The line of storms will be moving in through the plains this evening. There are nearly 40 Million People at risk. They have a slight risk of severe storms. The area in orange, thats enhanced. Thats where we think the concentration will be the greatest and the most Severe Weather reports. That includes chicago, dubuque, southern milwaukee and much of michigan and a slice of illinois and indiana. Then on saturday the storms will move from the northeast in areas of pennsylvania through new jersey. New york city, long island, connecticut, 38 Million People included. The area of light rain will be ending this morning in areas around chicago. Then the main round of storms, the dangerous ones, will be over the top of milwaukee, approaching chicago. For the chicago area, 7 00 to 10 00 p. M. Is your window. For detroit, youll have onandoff strong storms this evening too. Then the overname storm willing weaken. Then theyll roll through upstate new york. Then by 5 00 p. M. , new york city has a chance of severe storms and scattered strong storms throughout philadelphia as you go throughout saturday night. The other storm were tracking is the huge plume coming off of africa. It did arrive last night along the gulf coast. Your forecast for the look on saturday, the worst air quality will be from tallahassee all the way down toward miami and that could linger into the beginning of next week. If youre watching your instagram feed, im sure youll see dozens if not hundreds of pictures because of that dusty air later on today. All right. Thank you, bill. Still ahead, everybody, the latest on the coronavirus. The Trump Administration goes on the record with a major estimation about the number of unreported cases. Also more states slowed down their reopening process amid the latest surge. Were back in a moment. The latest surge were back in a moment did ydiscomfo