He was such a positive dude before this. [ laughter ] what hes doing in the white house, nobody knows. Hes been tweeting, we do know that. Sometimes he leaves to play golf. And that seems to be it, which is weird, because it almost seems hypocritical coming from the guy who likes to say this. These people do nothing. They talk a big game and they do nothing. Theyve done nothing, they do nothing. I see these phoneys, the donothing democrats. They keep talking, they do nothing about it, they do nothing about it. I call them the donothing democrats. The donothing democrats and they are do nothing. Joe biden wouldnt have done anything. The democrats have been playing at it for years and havent done anything. Hell say, oh, yes, we did this he did nothing. He did nothing and he got nominated. 47 years he did nothing. For the most part they did lil. I did so much. I did everything and more than everything. Jimmy and more. No president has done more everything than him. [ applause ] this is hi
She is, the breakout star so far of week one of the Biden Administration. And its not unusual because the Press Secretary is the one whos out there in front of the camera more than anyone other than the president. So, she has instantly taken command of that room, and it has been, as you said, you know, a kind of shocking gear change for us and welcomed gear change for us to deal with. And i love the way you two talked about whats happening and whats going to happen. Well, i mean, shes setting the tone for the administration. We have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. He has spoken publicly a lot. But we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and shes setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, Expository Work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. And that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behalf of the entire ad
Us to deal with. And i love the way you two talked about whats happening and whats going to happen. Well, i mean, shes setting the tone for the administration. We have actually heard a lot from the new president in the past eight days. He has spoken publicly a lot. But we are hearing even more from jen psaki in the briefing room, and shes setting this tone of normalcy, accountability, Expository Work that tells us what the administration thinks the problem is, what they are doing to work on it, who is in charge of that work. And that person will be answering questions about it, as will jen psaki on behalf of the entire administration. Its just basic accountability, which is basic small deed democracy, which is just something we were used to before. We lost it for four years, and now it just feels so radical to get back to it. I hope it never i hope we never take it for granted again. I think we have, for this year, a series of rachel and jen conversations coming up at 9 00 p. M. Interm
Crawls east. Al is tracking its path and were live from the rainsoaked region. Coronavirus confusion. Yet another reversal from the nations Top Public Health institute. This time over how the virus spreads. As a former member of the White House Task force who quit over her frustration with the president s response speaks out for the first time in an exclusive interview. I felt that in my heart and in my entire being i think american lives were continuing to be on the line. Changing seasons. Ellen degeneres returns to the air responding to those allegations of a toxic Work Environment and promises big changes at her show. Take responsibility for what happens at my show. This morning, both new support and new criticism uring. Those stories plus, air bubba. Michael jordan and Bubba Wallace teaming up for a new era of nascar as they make history on and off the track. Today, tuesday, september 22nd, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio
We have a great show tonight but before we get into the show, i just do want to say, its so tough this week. Its thursday. And i know everyones everyones at home doing their part, staying at home, which is great. I just wanted to give a special shout out tonight to new york city because we do our show from manhattan in new york city and were very lucky to do our show from there. And so i just want to say, new york city, youre in my thoughts all the time but especially today were losing a lot of lot of great people transit workers, sanitation workers, firefighters, police officers, people that are just doing their jobs and thats all theyre doing and i just want to let them know that they will not be forgotten and what theyre doing is an amazing job. And you make our country proud so thank you so much and just like the sun the sun will shine again it will. And well be back in this city doing the show from there. We have an amazing show tonight. My favorites of all time, rap icons, new yo