December 14th is the day already marked in the history books. Its the tragic anniversary of the massacre as andy hook elementary school. December 14th happens to be the anniversary of the death of george washington, who died on this day in 1799. But when the history of these times is written, december 14th, 2020, will warrant a double entry. Today, december 14th, 2020, the day that we passed the solemn milestone of 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths right here in the United States. Also marks the first day of the Vaccine Rollout in this country for the deadly coronavirus pandemic. These images of Front Line Health Care workers and residents of Nursing Homes are filling our televisions today and providing a realtime solve to our pandemicweary nation. Fridays latenight approval of the pfizer vaccine, which is expected to pave the way for approvals of similar vaccines in the coming weeks and months. Today, december 14th, 2020, also marks the day that is typically noted by broadcasts like this one
Weekend. We are still here. Prosecutors carefully laid out the plans to put donald trump on trial, and those plans have nearly all been appended with less than eight months until election day. Politico said its conceivable trump could face a jury in two or three of the cases before the year is out. Each day that passes makes cramming multiple trials into 2024 unlikely. We are starting a lookat what comes next in georgia, florida, new york, and washington, d. C. , as the clock keeps ticking towards november. Joining us is msnbc legal analyst mary mccord, the form from the Justice Department and cohost of an amazing podcast. Also with us is palm beach state attorney dave aronberg. Perhaps we need to take the party to miami next time. Right now here with mary in washington, and thank you for being here. If you can just do us sort of a Scene Setting for us about where the State Of Play in the cases are, my contention has been for some time that donald trump was going to use this system to
Trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 president ial election results. The paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. Nbc has not heard or verify the Audio Recordings. But its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. This afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the Election Officials were under pressure back in 2020. Theyre recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. It didnt surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. We knew as it was happening, its really, when youre up against the president of the United States, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our side, its really
trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but it s statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. this afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the election officials were under pressure back in 2020. they re recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. it didn t surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. we knew as it was happening, it s really, when you re up against the president of the united states, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our
be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high court ruling that would kick him off the primary ballot. there are challenges to trump s ballot eligibility underway and more than a dozen other states including michigan. now that state is also in the spotlight after the detroit news reported that trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just