On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff were having guests join me here at the newshour anchor desk in the coming weeks. Tonight, its Audie Cornish of npr news. Welcome, audie. Cornish thanks for having me. Woodruff the days top story a federal Appeals Court hears arguments over President Trumps executive order on refugees and immigration. The panel will have to decide whether to override a lower court that blocked enforcement nationwide. We will examine this in detail, right after the news summary. The white house says it is confident of ultimate victory in the court fight. And the president made clear today, he is willing to go to the mat. John yang reports. Reporter President Trump vowed to fight for his exe
Theres a jump in case this is. The number of people affected stands at more than 400. There are 32 states and washington, d. C. , involved, and 19 people have died. Listen to whats happening worldwide. There are more than 105,000 cases. There is a spike in italy this morning, nearly 16 Million People in northern italy are living now under lockdown in an effort to contain the spread. First, lets get to whats next for that cruise ship off the coast of california. Cnns natasha chen is here, good morning to you. Good morning. What do we know about the timing and what happens when the passengers embark . . This was announcement the captain gave to everyone on the ship over the p. A. System late saturday night. Very welcome information. We want to let you hear a little bit of that first. Thank god. You heard that passenger say thank god. First, what were hearing is that the people with acute medical needs will disembark first and those who do not need immediate medical attention will disemba
Contender for the republican nomination in 2012, but he decided not to run in 2012. He did make a go for the republican president ial nomination in 2016, but nothing really seemed to come together for him that year. He sputtered out earlier than people thought he would. He got only 2 of the vote in iowa in 2016. He came in sixth place in new hampshire, which is where hed. Really been giving it his all. But just became clear pretty fast that there was no republican appetite in 2016 for what he had to offer. And then, interesting decision, Chris Christie saw the writing on the wall earlier than the rest of the republican president ial contenders did. And as he dropped out of the race, again, early on, he endorsed donald trump and that was at a time when no prominent republicans were fixing their cart to that particular horse. I mean, at the time, Chris Christie plighted his trough with donald trump, he was alone. I mean, the closest trump had to some other high profile endorsement at tha
Good evening from new york. Im ali velshi for chris hayes. The man who has been leading the democratic primary polls since they started is officially in the race. After waiting for 19 other candidates to enter the field, Vice President joe biden officially announced his candidacy in a video basically saying his entire reason for running is donald trump. Specifically, trumps comments after the White Nationalist rally in charlottesville. He said there were very fine people on both sides. Very fine people on both sides . Those words, the president of the United States assigned a 85 spreading hate and those standing against it. I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. The core values of this nation are standing in the world and our very democracy and everything that made America America is at stake. Thats why today im announcing my candidacy for president of the United States. Trump responded as he usually does, on twitter, giving biden a nickname, sa
William barber is he to respond. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im ali velshi for chris hayes. The man who has been leading the democratic primary polls since they started is officially in the race. After waiting for 19 other candidates to enter the field, Vice President joe biden officially announced his candidacy in a video basically saying his entire reason for running is donald trump. Specifically, trumps comments after the White Nationalist rally in charlottesville. He said there were very fine people on both sides. Very fine people on both sides . Those words, the president of the United States assigned a 85 spreading hate and those standing against it. I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. The core values of this nation are standing in the world and our very democracy and everything that made America America is at stake. Thats why today im announcing my candidacy for president of the United States. Trump responded as he u