pandemic. that pro guess is making some people response with a wild new response from the far right including the pathetic attacks on big bird. we can report vaccines are getting to more people. in the week since the fda approved vaccines for kids over 300,000 kids have been vaccinated. it could change covid as we know it. pfizer now pushing this bill that is 89% effective at reducing the risks there of death or hospitalization. you take that together and you understand that we re seeing the way out of this pandemic. it doesn t mean you take things for granted, the experts say, but it does mean that the science and, frankly, some of the officials that have been pushing the scientific approach which is everything from safety measures like masking to vaccinations to, yes, treatment when warranted like this pill. all of that can end really the emergency phases of covid in america. the current president is the one who is leading this charge, sometimes with republican governors fi
and we should think of the virus as the enemy. plus, a frightening situation in the sky, an erratic passenger forcing an emergency landing at laguardia airport. we have details on what happened. plus nearly two feet of snow, whiteout conditions, and extreme cold, dozens of runners getting stranded during a 50-mile run in utah. we speak to the organizers of that race. sunday, october 10th. we are grateful to have you with us and great to see you as well, laura, good morning. good morning, boris. great to be with you lots to cover this sunday morning for sure. donald trump riling up a crowd in iowa, taking aim, lashing out, going after seemingly everybody, democrats, the media, even senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, a former ally, trump urging republicans to unite against president biden s economic agenda and took aim at the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection, calling it the unselect committee. i m not sure what that means, laura.
guy. all right. coming up this hour, how the russian invasion shows trump s fundamental misunderstanding of war. then the big decision the january 6th committee is about to make before it goes public. and jared kushner s dubious deal with saudi arabia. what did he promise to get a $2 billion investment for? i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right. we have some breaking news on day 51 of russia s invasion of ukraine. russian state media is reporting that major general vladimir, the deputy general of the army has been killed in combat. nbc news has not been able to confirm this reporting, but it would make frolov the eighth to be killed in ukraine. how do we explain the sorry state of putin s military campaign? the washington post max boot has a theory and it has to do with antiwokeness. he says years decried wokeness. trump has dangerously suggested that military shouldn t be constricted by humanitarian concerns. trump has bordered on expressing fondness for wa
understand the nature of the offenses charged. today, jenna ellis, one of the lawyers spreading election lies on donald trump s behalf, also pleaded not guilty and waved her right to appear at her arraignment. donald trump is also now trying to sever his case from the two co defendants who have requested a speedy trial. ken chesebro, one of the architects of the fake electors scheme, as a trial date scheduled for october 23rd. sydney powell powell also requested a speedy trial, but that date has not been set. this comes after fani willis asked the judge to advise those defendants demanding a speedy trial of the limitations on the discovery process writing, quote, by filing a statutory speedy trial demand, the defendants elected to proceed to trial without the benefit of the type of prior notice of the states discovery and similar transaction evidence that would have otherwise been afforded to them. similarly, that decision also cost the defendants the use of any evidence not
news. thanks for staying up late with me. they ll be no 11th hour tomorrow, so i will see you next week. have a safe and happy holiday weekend. be good. be good. donald trump pleaded not guilty to felony charges for the fourth time in less than five months. trump entered a plea of not guilty to 13 charges against him in the georgia case over his alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss. the former president chose not to appear in court to make that plea, waving its right to an arraignment. trump s lawyers also asked the court to officially separate his trial from several of his codefendants in that case, who had requested his trials beast beta. the trump legal team offered a familiar argument about not having enough time to prepare for a trial in the near future. today, we also got our first look at the full transcript of the former trump chief of staff, mark meadows. after he took the stand for nearly [interpreter] four hours earlier this week. that transcript inc