Have lost their lives. These are mothers and fathers and sons and daughters, siblings and grandparents. On wednesday, one person died in the u. S. Roughly every minute from covid19. The economy is in shambles posting its steepest decline in gdp output on record. Millions of americans are facing Economic Uncertainty or disaster. According to trump, everything is fine. Based on the polls, im doing well in florida and the local government is doing a fantastic job. I think were doing a fantastic job. We did the right thing initially. We saved millions of lives. We did the right thing. We have started them up and i think we really started it up very successful. No, no, none of that is true. Today three of the Trump Administration Top Health Officials appeared for a economy. James clyburn slammed the administration for not doing more at this stage many the pandemic. The United States response stands out among the worst of any country in the world. My question is, where should we go from here
News, President Trump down playing the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Well, i hate it anywhere, but if you look at other countries, other countries are doing terribly. I think were doing really well in florida. Today florida did post a Record Number of deaths. That is something in fact it has done for four days running. When you compare the american death toll to other countries, as he did, you can see what it looks like. The United States in green and the other countries, well you see them at the bottom. In just the past eight days, half a million americans we know have become infected which is 43 americans every minute, many more we dont know about. The thing you know about is deaths. That has hit record highs in two states. Nationally were closing in on 153,000. Tonight the cdc is forecasting that the United States could report 30,000 more dead americans in the next three weeks, people who are alive right now, some of whom may not even be sick yet. And tonight trump went ahead and hel
Cal. Since you watch the news, you know the top stories range from the pandemic to the pandemic recession to those National Protests which took fire during the pandemic. I mean, basically the top story is pretty much almost never what it would be in any other year 100 days out from the election. Which is usually a top story about the president ial election. Tonight, that race is pushing its way well into the front of the news as joe biden gets closer to this potentially historic running mate announcement. More on that this hour. And the Trump Campaign is caught going into a very exposed defensive crouch. The campaign hitting the brakes. This new reporting showing they pause on television and radio ads for a fine tuning of the campaigns strategy. That alone is a Major Political sign. This is the period when campaigns do keep persuasion. You drop message in the summer and early fall. By the time that early vote go and mail voting starts, you move from the persuasion messages to turnout.
Word. I cant imagine what makes Rachel Maddow nervous. You are going to be fantastic as you always are. Thank you. Rest up. Know that. I mean, i know that to be true to some degree, and thats what makes you as wonderful as you are because you care so much that you are actually nervous about it, rachel. Thank you, my friend. Have yourself a great weekend. Thank you, ali. All right. Donald trump knows that he is losing. The writing is on the wall everywhere he looks. His poll numbers are terrible. A new National Poll shows trump running 11 points behind joe biden. The Unemployment Rate has skyrocketed. It is now sitting at 10. 2 . The covid statistics are sobering. 169,082 deaths in the United States. 5,317,612 cases not including what the New York Times said has been a massive undercount. None of this is good news for the president 81 days before an election. Whats he done to change his prospects . He hasnt come up with a National Plan to fight the coronavirus. He hasnt taken part in re
All right. Donald trump knows that he is losing. The writing is on the wall everywhere he looks. His poll numbers are terrible. A new National Poll shows trump running 11 points behind joe biden. The Unemployment Rate has skyrocketed. It is now sitting at 10. 2 . The covid statistics are sobering. 169,082 deaths in the United States. 5,317,612 cases, not including what the New York Times said has been a massive undercount. None of this is good news for the president 81 days before an election. So whats he done to change his prospects . He hasnt come up with a National Plan to fight the coronavirus. He hasnt taken part in relief negotiations. He isnt doing any of the work that could make a difference. It doesnt seem like the president thinks he could win anymore by doing anything real. So whats he doing instead . Hes trying to corrupt the election process. Hes trying to win by cheating. President trumps handpicked postmaster general has ordered sweeping changes at the Postal Service tha