The president resists calls for a broad lockdown and continues to dismiss the severity of the crisis. Im admitting how broken the corona virus has spread across the planet but is playing out differently in Different Countries britain has just recorded its largest daily increase in deaths 563 on wednesday bringing the total number of deaths there to 2500 the u. K. Government has been under pressure of writs response critics say it was unprepared despite having seen the virus spread elsewhere and the too few tests have been carried out compared to other countries the Prime Minister who has himself tested positive positive for corona virus has promised to remedy this were also massively increasing testing i want to say a special word of. Testing because it is so important and i as ive said for weeks and weeks this is the way through this is how we will unlock the coronavirus puzzle this is how we will defeat it in the lets go to philip play and i just stuck to and from a member of parliam
Smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning. Two white house aides resign charged with abuse by their former wives. President trump defending the men rallying against mere allegations that ruin lives. That fits a pattern for President Trump. Behind the scenes he is seething. His team is cracking. The knives are out for john kelly and the president s closest personal aid, hope hicks. A staff shakeup is looming. Just another week in the trump white house. We certainly wish him well. Its obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career. That was President Trumps First Response to the resignation of rob porter after porter was accused of abuse by both of his exwives. Porter second wife Jennifer Willoughby said this to the washington post. He grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. His first wife Colbie Holderness said he punched her in the face leaving this b
Good morning. Two white house aides resign charged with abuse by their former wives. President trump defending the men rallying against mere allegations that ruin lives. That fits a pattern for President Trump. Behind the scenes he is seething. His team is cracking. The knives are out for john kelly and the president s closest personal aid, hope hicks. A staff shakeup is looming. Just another week in the trump white house. We certainly wish him well. Its obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career. That was President Trumps First Response to the resignation of rob porter after porter was accused of abuse by both of his exwives. Porter second wife Jennifer Willoughby said this to the washington post. He grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. His first wife Colbie Holderness said he punched her in the face leaving this black eye. They shared their story with the fbi a year
Hell tell you how hes playing it. To the story that captivated main street and everybody desk on wall Street Communications director Anthony Scaramucci, aca the mooch, was out after ten days on the job. Short, eventful stint that saw memorable debut press conference followed by a bombshell. New yorker profanitylaced interview. The resignation as Reince Priebus as chief of staff. A divorce in the tabloids. And ended today with President Trump removing him as Communications Director. First, we go down to kayla toush she in d. C. Whos got all the details. Reporter Anthony Scaramuccis resignation less than two weeks after announced as white house Communications Director makes him the shorter serving staffer in that role ever but in that short period of time, he fired a press associate for alleged leaks, provoked the resignation of Reince Priebus, the chief of staff as you mentioned, and engaged in an on the record back and forth with a reporter that got published. That led to his removal t
Colin jost, welcome. Thank you for having me. Very nice to have you here. So as the story goes, you were 22 when you joined the staff . When i started snl as writer, yeah. On the show as a writer, just out of harvard. I was like ya know probably half a year out of, or year out of harvard, yeah. Right and id worked at a newspaper, actually. Id worked as an editor overnight on a newspaper back on Staten Island where i was from. Right, journalism good career. Journalism. Not quite comedy. No, i got to see, i got out right probably before it started crashing as a print. It was bad before, let me just tell you. It was a fun job, even if its not necessarily lucrative. Yeah, not at all. And so a couple of months and then you get to say. Its inconceivable to me what it must have been like at 22 having grown up presumably aware of the show, watching the show, fan of the show. To walk on there and suddenly be on the staff. Yeah, its very weird. I mean you kinda have to pretend like its not weird