the president s national security advisor, jake sullivan. but first for our ongoing coverage we are joined by helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york times, an msnbc contributor, former top state department official rick stengel, now also an msnbc political analyst and paul rieckhoff is here, founder of veterans of america and host of the podcast independent americans. helene, i start with you. if there s any question as to whether or not this president and this white house cease the criticism of this decision, i think it was answered by the president going right at this very sort of specific line of attack that you hear frankly from the right and the left. he talked about this, quote, we shoulda, coulda maintained a small force and not taken on any casualties. they felt it was important to knock that down. what did you make of the specifics that he had and the attempt to knock back the critics? hi, nicolle, thanks for having me. it was a clear effort to kn
any time in history, still higher than any time in history. so that s not how i judge whether or not we have economic growth. mr. president, on china and cyberattacking, your administration is naming and shaming china, but no sanctions. why? they re still determining exactly what happened. the investigation is not finished. thank you all very much. what is your understanding of the biggest difference between what they ve done versus what russia has done in terms of cyberhacking? that would take a longer explanation. we have all the time in the world. no, we don t. i have to go see king jordan. to the best of my knowledge, and i m getting a detailed report tomorrow morning, my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but is protecting those who are doing it and may even be accommodating them being able to do it. that may be the difference. thank you. this is andrew mitchell reports in washing
road. a key panel holding it s first field hearing in 20 years in a state that many see as ground zero of this political fight. we re live in georgia. welcome to monday. it is meet the press daily. and we start with a surge in the virus. both new warnings from the new president and public health officials and a new spike in covid cases across the country fuelled by that very contagious delta variant. you can see it here. new infections in the u.s. are way off their all-time highs, the recent increase in the number of cases is not prompting some officials to criminal reimposing restrictions. cases are going up in almost every state in america. just as communities all around the community were hoping to put the pandemic behind them. just in the last hour or so president biden delivering remarks on the economy as the dow plunged 900 points on fear of a surge. we changed the course of the pandemic. a disease with the most severe impacts on the unvaccinated people in the cou
beheaded until blood ran down like decapitated heads bobbed in the water like melons along the banks of a canal, oh, no, wait, that was the fall of constantinople in 1453, and this was way worse. as emilio reminded us, the media was in the front line and bore the brunt of the assault from vice magazine, the reporters who survived the insurrection. that would be as opposed to the reporters who did not survive the insurrection? into the statuary hall of death the 600 correspondence, but only nine would return from the gates of, what would really traumatize me if these reporters are truly traumatized is having to go to writing class at columbia for four years and then apply the word insurrection into something that is no such thing. how politicized and corrupt is the city of washington? so politicized and corrupt at the smithsonian institution called up andy kim and asked if he would then make his suit so that generations of children unborn could marvel at his taste in suits.
august 9. and our affiliate reporting that the member of the u.s. women s gymnastics team who just tested positive for covid-19 is alternate kara eeaker. and the delta variant prompting new guidance for kids headed back to school. the american academy of pediatrics recommending that any kid over 2 should wear a mask at school. and new fears that the coronavirus spread will reek chaos with the global economy, the dow down as much as 900 points today. but we begin with the breaking olympic news. according to usa gymnastics, 18-year-old kara eaker, and one other gymnastics team alternate, are quarantining after that positive coronavirus test. so just days away from the opening ceremony, heightened concerns that the pandemic could cast a growing shadow over the competition. joining me now is freelance sports reporter mary pallone who covered the rio olympics with nbc. good to see you. so first coco gauff who said that she is out because of covid and now kara who traveled to j