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
Fulton county courthouse with all the breaking details, plus running out the clock. Its team trumps legal and political strategy with multiple court dates. Now on hold. It is paused so voters could decide the former president s beit before any of his cases reach a jury. And the white house has a message for republicans trying to impeach president biden, move on shockingly, the house may listen, will bring you that new sin and reporting this hour. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines inside politics we start in georgia where a judge just ruled that da fani Willis Willis can continue spearheading the election case. They are against donald trump if she removes her top deputy in the case, nathan wade, with whom she has had a romantic relationship that is part of a win for the District Attorney, but the rest of the ruling leaves a major stain. The judge went on to Admonish Willis for the relationship, writing, quote, georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict. Four,
the news continues, the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight, straight from the, source breaking news as trump s longtime money man alec weisselberg is now in talks to plead guilty again. this time, for allegedly lying on the witness stand and trump s civil fraud trial. another landmark trial we have watched, today the mother of the michigan school shooter ethan crumbley took the stand in her own defense. she said she did not know her son was in danger, despite the many warning signs. and a defensive near lloyd austin faced reporters for the first time since the secret hospital stay apologizing for not telling the president, saying, quote i did not handle this right. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, the man who spent decades helping run donald trump s family business allen weisselberg could be on the verge of pleading guilty for the second time. this, time to a charge we are told. the 76 world was the chief financial officer of the trum
so long, they have a pretty good sense of what they re going to get asked and what response they should have. that was sarah fisher, senior media reporter and cnn media analyst this morning joining us now. so, sarah, the big moment from today s hearing is when meta ceo mark zuckerberg was pushed by senator josh hawley to turn around and apologize to the families of various victims of nefarious activities that happened on social media. here say is a little excerpt. [ applause ] the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things that your families have had to suffer. what was your reaction to that? i thought it was very emotional, jake, and it wasn t just him, it was also snapchat ceo evan spiegel who apologized to the families. normally the tension is between the ceos and the members of congress. what made this testimony different was that you had those family memb
people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i