Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Don jr. And it goes on to say this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics. It is done frequently in politics when everyone involved is an american citizen. It is much more treacherous if there are any foreign nationals who are part of a meeting like that because there are violations of the law if foreign nationals contribute anything of value to a campaign. Money, information, anything of value. So thats where it gets a bit tricky. Now, one of the issues, we know, is that donald trump jr. , through his testimony and the emails that he released, did acknowledge that it was a meeting to get information, dirt as it was described on Hillary Clinton. We also know that another attendee of that meeting, jared kushner, who is the president s soninlaw and senior
Haze brown is the world news editor and reporter for buzzfeed news. Guys, i want to start with you, memoli, you are out there in michigan. Tell me what youre hearing from the campaign. Reporter lisa, theyre breaking down the rally here in st. Louis. This is quite a turnaround for the Biden Campaign from just a week ago. Last week in South Carolina we were waiting on the results to know whether or not joe biden had a fighting chance to stay in this race let alone be the nominee. Obviously he hit that 50 pr in north carolina, a resounding victory that gave him momentum heading into super tuesday. The next round of contesting starting here in st. Louis. Well see him in mississippi tomorrow and michigan. The biden team is selling this as a time to unify the party, but also to go at the heart of what has been Bernie Sanders argument about what candidate has what it takes to win a general election. Bernie sanders has been arguing all along that you need to have the kind of turnout that you n
Inside the white house. President trump names north you have cdc and hhs working very closely on a very crafted carolina congressman mark meadows as his new chief of staff replacing Mick Mulvaney message that fits with the who was in that job in an acting president s theme of trying to capacity for more than 400 days. Urge calm, trying not to over the latest from the administration as the president emphasizes risks here, but also spends the weekend in south florida. That has been, you know, really plus, we are on the Campaign Based in the facts that weve trail as the candidates been seeing playing out on the ground, but the president every crisscross the country hoping time he comes out and says to fwan suppogain support from something rusisks undercutting ahead of tuesdays primary that. Shannon pettypiece, thank you contest. What were hearing from the biden and Sanders Campaigns very much for the time. I appreciate it. Today. The facts and figures are no as i just mentioned moments ag
All the stops. President trump now expected to visit the cdc today after signing an 8. 3 billion coronavirus package from congress. Even as governments around the world are struggling to keep up with the crisis, the president doesnt sound worried about whats happening in the u. S. So here we are. 8. 3 billion. Its an unforseen problem. Came out of nowhere. Were take karg taking care of it. We did an interview, a town hall. It was very good. I said calm, you have to be calm. It will go away. Not everyone is so sure its being taken care of. The white house promising to have 1 million test kits available by the end of the week. Now mike pence in charge of the administrations response admits thats not happening. Not even close. Only 75,000 tests available. Meanwhile a Dramatic Mission off the coast of San Francisco. A team of National Guardsman repelled from the sky to drop test kits onto a cruise ship where at least 21 people are having flulike symptoms. Four coronavirus cases are linked
Thats a strong indication he wants to come out. The president did tweet the Vice President is going to be doing this. If pence is out there and the president has already indicated he wants pence to take the lead, but this is a president even when he does come to the cameras to make a statement and says no questions, he ends up taking questions and engaging with the press. I dont think its a controversial statement to suggest that the president enjoys interaction with the press and sometimes cant help himself. Thank you, hans nichols. Now my panel, dr. George penjamin, exact director of the Public Health association. Elaina beverly is a former National Deputy director of american african outreach for the obama administration. Joe watthouse, under george h. W. Bush. And jameel for rolling stone. Many of us have been critical about how the president has handled this coronavirus situation from the beginning, starting with saying it was a hoax, then gradually coming closer and closer to rea