Were done with the chaos, the anger, the hate, the failure, the refusal to take any responsibility. The president seeking reelection during the worst covid outbreak yet. Its killing me inside. Im kind of broken. Im broken. And my colleagues are broken. With cases now approaching 100,000 a day. Is it no matter how you look at, its not good news. Plus, our final nbc news wall street journal poll just out on where the race stands with 48 hours to go. This morning well get reports from our four battleground states who could win the election, and on the chances the election could be decided by lawsuits and from our pollsters on the latest numbers on whether we could see another Election Night shocker. Join egg me for insight and analysis are nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker, nbc news correspondent kasie hunt, rich lowry, editor of National Review and former democratic senator claire mccaskill. Will to sunday and a special election edition of meet the pres press. From nbc news, t
Making his debut on the national stage. Disgraced Hollywood Mega mogul Harvey Weinsteins fate is in the hands of a jury early signs on what theyre focused on plus the inspiring story of one womans rise to the big leagues. Its wednesday february 19th early today starts right now good morning im cori coffin. And im phillip mena. President trump is flexing his pardoning power for some of the nations most highprofile whitecollar criminals perhaps most notorious is Rod Blagojevich. The president commuted the sentence of the former illinois governor who was removed from office and convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell the u. S. Senate seat vacated by barack obama. The president also wiped away criminal records for several other big names including michael milken, once hailed as the king of junk bonds the disgraced financier became the face of Insider Trading in the 1980s. The president also pardon former new York Police Commissioner bernard kerik. He served four years in prison
Democrats ready to unload on Michael Bloomberg as he takes the debate stage for the first time tonight he doesnt have the right to buy the selection. The latest on the showdown in vegas, including the new poll showing sanders far out in front. Under siege. The south braces for a second round of rain in areas already ravaged by floods. How many people did you have to rescue in this neighborhood six people were evacuated from this neighborhood we have those stories, plus, road to recovery an update on nascar driver ryan newmans condition after that terrifying crash law and order. See how a married couple at dinner, who happened to be offduty cops, sprang into action to take down an armed robber and todays best in show, thousands beat out as finalists to come to our studio for the first canine competition well crown the winner, today, wednesday, february 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good mor
rachel: that was the edwards that is the edwards waters university triple threat marching band, performing live at the speedway at the daytona 500 which by the way starts at 2:30 p.m. today and they are a triple threat. they ve got dancers, the band, two different types of dancers, they re amazing. they re amazing. i felt like i could pull off the shades. i need to take them off. it looks ridiculous. richard petty can do it. i can t do it. rachel: remember when i flew the f-16, my one regret was i didn t have off yatesers. aviators. i should have bought them before i did it. i made fun of him. those sunglasses lasted i looked at myself, i said you could do it. rachel: i would have looked so much cooler in the flight suit and this. that was a once in a lifetime you look cooler in those than i do. rachel: thanks, pete. just a fact. i m looking a at the monitor. >.rachel: i need the air forceo send me back the flight suit. i want a picture with this. it was a
Some officials at the highest level of government are choosing to wear protective masks while others are not. And President Trump continues to contradict experts on just about everything, including the time line for a vaccine. We are looking to guilty it before the end of the year if we can. I still think 12 to 18 months is an aggressive schedule. I think it is going to take longer than that to do so. It will go away. It may flare up, may not flare up. We will to see what happens. He talks about whether this virus will disappear. As i have said many times that is simply not going to happen. We have got to get this reopen. The idea of having a vaccine or a treatment to facilitate the entry of students into the fall term would be a bit of a bridge too far. I was surprised by his answer, actually, because, you know, its just to me, its not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools. In th this crisis continue and that disconnect intensifies. The president has tried to shift