He said will encourage Higher Standards in policing, it will create a database to track instances of misconduct and use the broader use of Mental Health resources and have grant money to incentivize Higher Standards when it comes to use of force and that would include dropping chokeholds, as he announced the order, he stuck to his message of law and order. Law and order must be further restored nationwide, and your federal government is ready, willing and able to help. Americans want law and order. They demand law and order. They may not say it, they may not be talking about it, but thats what they want. Some of them dont even know thats what they want. But thats what had they want and they understand when you remove the police you hurt those who have the least the most. Now the president did not address the question of systemic racism today. Recent polling shows that 3 4 of americans now believe that Racial Discrimination is a big problem in this country. Trump said that its only a ti
And i cant do better than ken burns. Hes right. He was great. Of course theres always overcorrection. In everything. It swings and comes back. The question is we should be looking out for the people who make exexcuses about are we going too far. Yes. We will go too far and come back. And you have to remember that for hundreds of years people as he said had a foot or knee on their neck. So, you have to allow for imperfection. Thats what happens. I dont necessarily agree. I dont think anyone agrees with the destroying of property. You can understand how offensive it is to see the statues and similar bombs still up in your face every day. When you know what they mean to you. Key for people like me. The take the cotton out of your ears and shove it in your mouth. When youre in my position. I have been looking at statues for a long time. The museum of natural history. Never saw it the way i do now. Thats good for you. That thing on your face. Youre on tv. Do your show. Do what everybody els
July. The alternative reality the president wishes he was inhabiting, in the real world arizona is experiencing the steep growth in cases you once saw in new york at the beginning of the outbreak. Look at that chart. Here is the growth in the number of people sick enough to be hospitalized. Again, not a good sign. Arizona is hardly alone. Look at texas. New cases rising there just as sharply and again, not just from more testing. So many people are getting sick that in houston, texas Childrens Hospital tells cnn its providing additional icu and acute care beds now for adults. The Governor Greg Abbott a strong supporter of the president is telling texans the safest place to be right now is at home and on a global scale, the European Union is now weighing the possibility of banning travel from the u. S. Just think about that. Because of the way america has handled, this administration has handled the coronavirus pandemic, americans may not be allowed to fly to europe by the europeans. Go
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It was a monster of a tornado of a size they see maybe once or twice a decade in illinois. It killed two people and turned the small town of fairdale into a tortured landscape of misery and devastation. In the destruction zone tonight survivors are still recounting harrowing moments of when it hit, the frantic searches for those trapped and coming to grips with what they have lost. And as we come to expect, there were cameras rolling as buildings were ripped from their foundations and vehicles sailed through the air. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer is in fairdale where they took a direct hit. Miguel, show us what youre seeing there. Reporter lester, good evening. Tonight in these blustery conditions this is symbolic of what weve found here. At this one property alone this barn was literally ripped into hundreds of pieces. Take a look at the main home here. We
With a prepaid card. Spends like cash. Feels like membership. Good morning, im chris hayes. The country will see more extreme weather. In the east, highs in the 50s. On the west coast, temperatures near freezing and severe storms are threatening the mississippi and ohio River Valleys with flooding. And in egypt, a court has ordered a retrial for former president hosni mubarak. Im joined by msnbc contributor, joy reed, and tara mcinnis, executive director for american for progress action fun and professor of linguistics and contributing editor at the new republic and columnist at the New York Daily News and amy goodman, author and, of course, host of democracy now. This week president obama anoupsed three cabinet nominations all white men. The five departures which as of wednesday include hilda solace to our males. The appointments have called into question the president s commitment to diversity in his second term, concerns by a mick kmur in the New York Times on tuesday, showing presi