Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
Already in. Meantime of course the president refusing to concede the election repeating his baseless claims that the election was a fraud. Lets go to carol lee standing by for us in washington. Welcome to you. What did the president say today if anything on this . He made a number of very familiar being aing could yaccud that wont sound new to you, but he continues to make them. He also vented a range of frustrations on everyone from his own Justice Department to the governor of georgia who is a republican and ale lie. T ally. The president said he was ashamed that he endorsed him. And he took aim at the Judicial System Making Unfounded accusations of unfairness there. Take a listen. They dont want to take the affidavits. Then they say we dont have proof. I wanted to file one suit, donald j. Trump president of the United States against, you know and put everything into one simple suit and they say sir, you dont have standing. I say i dont have standing. You mean as president of the Uni
I think they have more evidence as to President Trumps state of mind. Donald trumps former Attorney General with an ominous prediction for the former president in the 2020 election case. It comes as trump faces arraignment today in Federal Court in washington. Well get a live report from washington, d. C. , and legal analyst on what we can expect from todays hearing. Meanwhile, former Vice President mike pence just gave his most direct criticism of his former boss. Well play those comments for you. Also ahead, new reporting on a private meeting between President Biden and former president obama over concerns about the 2024 election. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, august 3rd. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Senior attorney and fbi official, chuck rosenberg. Reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany. And Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Associate Editor of the Washin
the indictment, i believe you said 38. we are still counting, going through it. 37 or 38. i m going like this, sandra. you know. sandra: yeah. it s it s over three dozen and it s 40-something page document. john: the 38th count is false statements allegedly on the part of the president s valet and personal assistant. but 37 related to trump and notta together, and then that one separate one, number 38. but i mean, this thing reads like a book. sandra: hard to print. so, we are still going through it, and the top secret records seized by the fbi from the trump home as we learn more, andy, as we touched on earlier, they detailed on foreign nations nuclear capabilities. we obviously have prepared for and had some inkling so far. is this more or less than you expected, where are you on this, andy? it s much more than i expected, sandra, on the substance of the documents. ordinarily when you have a classified information case they have a defense tactic that s known
Preparing will hold a News Conference shortly. He will likely be asked about the Bombshell Decision on abortion out of it arizona will bring that to you as it happens. Also, breaking this hour, the former financial chief at the Trump Organization who admitted to lying to prosecutors he is getting jail time will go out alive to that as well. Plus, we are live in mississippi courtroom, were six former Law Enforcement officers, members of a selfdescribed goon squad will soon be sent since for brutally torturing to menn and Severe Weather to tell you about flaring up across the deep south, we have those pictures will go live to that in just a few moments as well. So stay with us for that. But first, the president and first lady are hosting an official Arrival Ceremony for japans Prime Minister and his wife. It comes ahead of the two liters bilateral meeting and Joint Press Conference being held in the coming hours over at the white house. You can see the secretary of state, secretary of de