Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
Next, the debate between the candidates for West Virginia governor. Incumbent republican jim justice faces democratic challenger ben solanki on a debate hosted by the West Virginia Broadcasters Association. Live coverage now on cspan2. No matter how things change, one thing never will. You can rely on the people and network of at t. To help keep your business connected. Good evening and was welcome to the West Virginia Broadcasters Association the Gubernatorial Debate between an chemic governor jim justice and democratic candidate ben salang salango. I am your moderator for this evening. The West Virginia Broadcasters Association comprised of commercial television and radio stations across the state is proud to bring the debate to all West Virginians tonight. We thank at t for sponsoring the event. Well do our best this evening to explore issues important to West Virginians while in a venue a clear picture of where each candidate stands. How the time for details and specifics on the im
Refrain from tearing confederate statues down, saying the state is working on removing them. Announced virginia continues to decrease new covid19 cases and hopes to enter phase two soon. Gov. Northam good afternoon, and thanks to all of you for joining us today. Its good to be with you again. We plan on this being a short briefing today. I want to touch on our health metrics, number one, reopening education, andr our revenue numbers for the month of may and what they mean for our Financial Planning as we move into the latter part of this year. First, i want to speak briefly to the ongoing protests and the confederate monuments. I have said that i believe the confederate monuments are divisive and glorify a racist and painful time in our history. Thats why we are working to monumente lee enrichment, which our state owns. The Richmond City council has also agreed that it will remove the other confederate monuments that are on monument avenue. We all came together to create a process to d
And thanks to all of you for joining us today. Its good to be with you again. We plan on this being a short briefing today. I want to touch on our health metrics, number one, reopening education, andr our revenue numbers for the month of may and what they mean for our Financial Planning as we move into the latter part of this year. First, i want to speak briefly to the ongoing protests and the confederate monuments. I have said that i believe the confederate monuments are divisive and glorify a racist and painful time in our history. Thats why we are working to monumente lee enrichment, which our state owns. The Richmond City council has also agreed that it will remove the other confederate monuments that are on monument avenue. We all came together to create a process to do that safely. ,e need to let that happen because these statues are very large and they are very heavy. A demonstrator was seriously injured by a that was being pulled down. I know these statues are causing a lot of
Highlight a new tool to help assess symptoms, and find a place to get tested. Lets look at a couple of slides about our testing data. Yesterday, we got results of 1438new pcr tests, and serology tests. As you can see from this slide, the present positivity from testing continues to trend downward. Statewide it is at about 15 . On this slide you will see the number of tests continues to trend upward. Both of these are good things. We know there are simple steps that all of us can take and should to help stop the spread of this virus. Work, and we know these guidelines will be part of our new normal as we continue to move forward. You have heard me say this hands, please wash your stay six feet away from other people, and where a Face Covering in public. Wear a Face Covering in public. When people wear masks, it goes a long ways to reduce the spread of the disease. Wearing a mask could literally save someone elses life. That is becoming clearer every day as we move further into managing