Good thursday morning, everybody. Its july 16th, and im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morningful were going to start in florida where the situation is dire as hospitals struggle for icu beds. Coronavirus cases continue to pile up by the tens of thousands. Yesterday the state hit an abysmal benchmark with more than 300,000 cases. According to the health care administration, hospitals have zero beds available in their intensive care units. Another 40 hospitals have less than 10 available capacity in their icus. In miamidade, one of the hot spots, ten of the hospitals there reported no available icu beds. On tuesday the state recorded 133 deaths, marking its second deadliest day since the start of this pandemic. Meanwhile the Trump Administration saying its going to press forward with the Republican NationalConvention Set to take place in jackville, florida, next month with possible plans, possible, to move the event outdoors. We also have a newly revised model projecting the u. S. Death toll from covid, that could climb just above 224,000 by november. That is up by 16,000 from a prior forecast due to rising infections in hospitalizations in a lot of states. So the university of washingtons institute for health metric and evaluation released its report on tuesday, which was also predicting the death toll could be reduced by 40,000 if nearly all americans wore masks in public. And over 224,000 covid deaths forecast in the u. S. By november 1st says university of washingtons ihme new covid model projects nearly 180,000 u. S. Deaths. So the white house is working to distance itself from Peter Navarros oped, criticizing dr. Anthony fauci. The scathing piece was in u. S. Today. In it he said fauci was consistently wrong. The president chided navarro yesterday for writing the piece. He made a statement representing himself. He shouldnt be doing that. No, i have a very Good Relationship with anthony. Thank you very much. Thank you. So according go one white house official, the president s chief of staff mark meadows was not happy about navarros oped and had to recently advise the white house to stand down on attacks against fauci. On air force one yesterday meadows said this, Peter Navarros statement or oped, whatever you want to classify it as, was an independent action and was a violation of wellestablished protocols that was not supported overtly or covertly by anyone in the west wing some of when asked if it was a fireable offense, meadows said, quote, i dont talk about personnel matters. And in an interview with the atlantic published questioned, fauci questioned the behavior out of the white house and said attempts to speak against him only hurt the white house. Watch this. Its bizarre. I cannot understand it. I cant figure out in my wildest dreams why they would want to do that. I think they realize now that was not a prudent thing to do because it only reflects negative loin them. I cant comment on navarro. Hes in a world by himself, so i dont even want to go there. Joining me now, Political Correspondent for business insider, sonnem chef. Lets address dr. Faucis point there in that hes saying this is only hurting the administration. Give me your reaction to that. Yeah, theres certainly merit to faucis reaction that this is bizarre and its hurting the admin strachlgts. Hes a voice of the white house. To have another member of the white house basically come out and attack him the way navarro did is certainly very notable and doesnt reflect well on the administration because it signals theres no one coordinated strategy from the white house on dealing with the coronavirus. Think this is also why we saw a string of statements from the white house and chief of staff mark meadows as you said basically distancing themselves from the oped. You know, we saw the president himself saying navarro shouldnt have published it and his oped was pretty much representing himself and not the white house. That said i would also note the Los Angeles Times had some reporting out yesterday showing that trump himself authorized and encouraged navarro to write the oped which kind of eventually complicates the situation. I think it reports to more than anything else trumps continuing frustration with faucis soaring reputation among the American Public compared to trumps own reputation, which has clearly been tanking on this. So in a way the president has seen himself as teflon. He cant be affected by this. No matter what, he feels he can rise above and continue to maintain support, but in some of the most recent reporting, you point out the president has picked a fight he cannot win. Right, exactly. The coronavirus as we look at it is just a different beast than the other controversies trump has faced throughout his presidency. If we look at the russia investigation, impeachment, they were sizeable, but their threat was contained largely to the president himself. The coronavirus, thats clearly not the case with the coronavirus. Its affected 34 million americans and killed over 130,000. So this isnt a crisis the president can message his way through as he has in the past. All right. Sonam shef, thank you. We look at walmart and the largest supermarket chain, kroger man dating masks. Costco and apple as well. Walmarts mandate goes into effect july 20th. Still ahead, prosecutors are asking the Supreme Court to rush a ruling matter to the lower courts. And the family of george floyd filing a new lawsuit against the city of minneapolis and the four officers charged in his death. Those stories plus, of course, a check on your weather when we come back. Eck on your w when we come back. To build unlimited right. You start with americas most awarded network, the one with unbeatable reliability 13 times in a row. 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In a joint filing in new york on wednesday, the president s attorneys told the judge they believe the subpoena for financial documents may have been issued in bad faith with an ulterior moment. Cyrus vance whos up against the statute of limitations and is under investigation over hush money payments said he would refrain from enforcing the subpoena and give the president until july 27th to make his new arguments. The filing suggests there may be a battle over whether vance has to disclose more information about his investigation with the president s lawyer saying this. The president should not be required, for example, to litigation the subpoenas bre breadth or whether it was issued in bad faith without understanding the nature and scope of the investigation. So here to help us clear all of this up, joining me now, msnbc legal analyst danny sell see vas cevallos. Take us through it. Theyre looking to slow down time any way they can, including a very technical argument that the case does not go back to the District Court because there are 25 or more days under the rules. But trump needs to delay, delay, delay. That is their tactic here. While the new York District attorney could go forward, in all likelihood, the court will allow them to brief the issue, and the argument becomes does trump as a regular person and not the president have an argument that these subpoenas are too broad or theyre arbitrary or a phishing expedition or otherwise issued in bad faith. Be forewarned, this is a bad situation, trying to oppose the scope of the subpoena. Is there any wagon to extend the statute of limitations here because of this job going battle . This is a really interesting unsettled area of the law, whether or not the statute of the law can be told or paused for a sitting president while he is in office or does it just continue to run during which time the local District Attorney cannot prosecute the president. And if he runs out the clock, then the statute may expire. But it is an unsettled area of the law because we simply havent had many prosecutions of president s. Weve had virtually none i can think of where this is an issue. So if it becomes an issue in the future, you can expect it will be a huge bat thal will go promptly to the Supreme Court, whether or not the president can run out the clock on a statute of limitations during his immunity period in the white house. So, danny, while i have you, i want to ask you about Something Else as well and thats george floyd and the lawsuit his family has filed. This federal lawsuit was filed wednesday against the city of minneapolis. The four Police Officers involved in his death over the improper use of lethal force. Watch this. It was not just the knee of officer Derek Chauvin on George Floyds neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, but it was the knee of the entire Minneapolis Police department on the neck of george floyd that killed him, and with this lawsuit, we seek to set a precedence to make it financially prohibitive that the police wont woely kill, marginalize people, especially black people in the future. So is part of what you heard there, attorneys for the family are accusing the city of minneapolis of fostering a culture of excessive force, racism, and impunity without fear of retribution in the police department. The complaint, which does not specify damages sought, was filed just hours after the body cam videos of the officers involved in George Floyds death were released for public viewing. Interim City Attorney eric nielsen said the city is reviewing the lawsuit and will respond to it. Attorneys for the officers have declined to comment so far. So, danny, talk us through here the criteria for a federal civil rights suit, for winning a civil rights suit. How high is this bar . It is very difficult to sue the government. Generally the government has whats called sovereign immunity, but a federal statute called section 1983 allows you to sue police for a wrongful death in a situation like this. But even then, the liability of the moo is in palt, the city, is not automatic. In fact, its only been since 1978 that the Supreme Court has allowed a path for plaintiffs to sue the municipality, the city, and the way do it is to show the city had a policy or practice ha led to the harm. So you dont automatically get liability against the city when you sue the officers, and thats really what you want. You want to bring in the city. You dont want to go off the officers personal assets because they dont have the assets to cover a judgment. Most humans dont have enough to cover in a wrongful death case. Thats kwhie youre going to see Benjamin Crump strategically smartly talk about the city of minneapolis was complicit in the death because that goes a long way of proving their case under section 1983 and whats called a mon el plan. Thank you, danny sell val lus. Great to see you this morning. What were learning this morning about a major twitter hack involving a lot of prominent figures including barack obama and joe biden. Were back in a moment. Uding barack obama and joe biden were back in a moment are you still at risk for a heart attack or stroke . Even if youre on a statin . Statins may lower some risks, but may not be enough. Thats why science delivered vascepa. For people who have persistent Cardiovascular Risk Factors and take a statin only vascepa is clinically proven to provide 25 lower risk from heart attack and stroke. 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Currency was sent to a bitcoin address which managed to receive more than 15,000. Twitter removed the tweet shortly after being posted. The site also temporarily shut down verified accounts like the National Weather service which was silenced during a tornado watch in illinois. Last night twitter released a statement tweeting in part this. We detected what we believed to be a coordinated social engineeing attack by people who targeted our employees with access to internal systems and tools. Were looking into what other malicious activity they may have conducted or accessed. Well share more as we have it. The f fbi also said it was awar of the report as well. Also, Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg has been released from the hospital after being treated for an infection. A spokesperson said she was home and doing well. The 87yearold went into the hospital in d. C. Monday night with fee fehr and chills. She was sent to a horde at Johns Hopkins for a procedure to clean out a stent that was replaced last year when treating for a tomb russ cancer on her pancreas. When asked about her health, mark meadows said, i cannot imagine if trump had a vacancy on the Supreme Court he would not quickly make a report and take quick answer. The senate said were glad Ruth Bader Ginsburg is well and out of the hospital. All right. Lets switch gears here and get a first look at your forecast with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning, bill. Good thursday morning to you, yasmin. Typical july headlines. Were going to have thunderstorms to deal with and severe weather, and the heat will get pretty epic toward the weekend. This is typically the hottest weekend annually and this weekend is steaming. Last night we had storms in illinois. We had three tornadoes, a lot of wind damage, large hail. And now those storms have weakened. A little bit of rain this morning for our friends this morning from toledo to detroit. Storms from erie to cleveland to buffalo and theyll push through new york state around 7 00, 8 00, a few storms also in west virginia. Lets go nr that record today, washington, d. C. Weve come this far. We might as well do it. Weve had 20 days in a row at Reagan National airport of 90plus. Todays going to be a close call. The forecast is actually 89, so a little drama building. If we hit 90 today, well easily get there friday, saturday, sunday, monday. You see the heat building in the nations capitol. Its hot in the south. Humid. Brutal around shreveport, little rock. Moving through memphis, areas of mississippi and alabama. Today some of the hot spots, little rock will feel like 109, tampa, 107. Just a broken record for the southern half of the country. Here it comes spreading into the east. D. C. Will feel like 90. Charlotte, 102. New york city, 92, 93, 92. It looks like a heatwave brewing in the northeast. Thats one area thats been spared so far, yasmin, but not this weekend. All right. Thank you, bill. City aid head, everybody, were digging into the Trump Campaign shakeup. The president has replaced his Campaign Manager. Also some of hissal lies are warning of blowback as trumps remarks escalate on joe bidens fitness. Were back in a moment. E biden fitness. Were back in a moment at the golden opportunity sales event. Lease the 2020 es 350 for 359 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Experience amazing for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. Just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. For 45 days. Welcome back, everybody. Im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin this half hour with major shakeup in the Trump Campaign. With only four months till election and lagging poll numbers, the president announced on twitter Brad Parscale had been demoted, replaced by bill stepien, who was just named Deputy Campaign manager back in may. The president said parscale will now be a Senior Adviser and continue to lead the campaigns digital strategy. In the New York Times its stated the changes were made in the last couple of days and was to be announced later this morning, but reporters started getting news late overnight. Haberman said per skal was caught by surprise and learned of the changes only a short time before they became public. Nbc news has learned other top staff were also caught off guard. The Washington Post reporting some officials were questioning why he was staying in florida instead of virginia where the campaign is headquarters. Trump was upset over how much money Brad Parscal