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will we ever see donald trump's taxes? tomorrow the supreme court hears arguments on whether he'll be forced to release them. special coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern for all the highlights and a live discussion i'm doing with former acting attorney general neal katyal on youtube. tune in and i'll see you tomorrow night. keep it right here on msnbc. good evening from new york. i'm steve kornacki. the outbreak inside the white house, perhaps the most secured space in america is a reminder that until there's a vaccine, the coronavirus has the potential ability to spread virtually anywhere and as we face the prospect a long wait of a vaccine, it drives home
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agonizing questions to semblance of normal life "the new york times" reporting some senior officials believe the disease is already spreading rapidly through the west wing after two staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. a personal valet for the president and katie miller, the press secretary for the vice president. according to the times, quote, others who came into contact with ms. miller and the valet are continuing to report to work at the white house. when asked how the virus was allowed to get a foothold in the white house, trump said the outbreak was limited to just one person and added that the virus has been in his own words well contained. >> where did the system break down to allow that to happen? >> i don't think the system broke down at all. one person tested positive, surprisingly because the previous day tested negative. it can happen. it's the hidden enemy.
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remember that. it's the hidden enemy. things happen. >> what do you say, mr. president, who other companies who may look at this and say we're not ready for all this in. >> we have a lot of people in the white house, we had one. we had one person. we controlled it very well. we have hundreds and hundreds of people a day pouring into the white house. i think we're doing a good job in watching it and i think it's very well contained, actually. >> after his economic adviser kevin hassett said the white house has become a scary place under circumstance and it's scary to go to work. it was not part of the white house in march. i think that i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than going to the west wing. you've been in the west wing, it's a small, crowded place, it's a little bit risky but you have to do it. because you have to serve your country. >> with the clear majority of states now in the process of easing some of their
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restrictions on business activity, the president setting an ambitious goal when it comes to the access to the availability of testing for every american. >> your senior staff as you just referenced is able to get testing every day, when will it be americans across the country will be able to get tested every day? >> very soon. i mean, really very soon. >> why hasn't testing gotten to the point where every american who wants a test can get a test. >> as far as americans getting a test they should be able to get a test. if someone wants to be tested right now they'll be able to be tested. >> i'm joined now the former veterans affairs doctor in the trump administration. thanks to all of you for being us. eli, let me start with you, in terms of your best understanding right now about the scope of this outbreak inside the white house, do you have a sense
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exactly how widespread this is and when the president says he believes this is contained, is that accurate? >> well, he can say whatever he wants. if you look around the rose garden today, you saw a lot of administration officials, senior administration officials, most of them were wearing face masks and that's a new development, because most people around this president understood that he didn't want people in masks and they behaved accordingly, so this is change a guidance that the white house, the president himself that he put in place but he's been really trying so hard to convince the country that it's safe, it's time to go back to normal life and when this can happen inside the white house he knows it cuts against that message. when kevin, hassett describes the white house, where every gets a test on a daily basis. that undercuts that message. as much as they're trying to
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ease people's anxieties about returning to the work place, what's happening at the white house is obviously a concern for the messaging of the president and that's his prime concern. he may be worried about his staff but what everybody around him says, the most important thing for him is convincing the country that it's safe. >> the stated purpose of this press conference today that the president held, was to celebrate what the administration says is progress significant progress on the testing front, we've been talking so much about this, we're now testing about 300,000 people a day in this country. 150,000 a few weeks ago. the president today saying that with this cares act funding sent to the states, $11 billion, there's going to be rapid and dramatic escalation in that testing over the next few weeks, take us through that claim. i know in the past this administration, this president, have said some things that were
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bullish about testing. are we in position for that? >> i think it's true that the testing capacity has greatly improved over the last several weeks, just a few weeks ago you had an average of about 140,000 tests a day. it's certainly improving. . the problem is, the u.s. has the worst outbreak in the world. while the testing capacity is improving it's still nowhere experts say you need to be to safely reopen the country. the conservative estimates you need to be able to conduct 2 million to 3 million tests a day to safely reopen, get people back to work, to have the c capacity you need to identify outbreaks quickly. so 300,000 is definitely an improvement from where the u.s. was several weeks ago, if you're talking about safely reopening, starting to phase people back into work, most outside experts would agree 300,000 tests a day
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is still not enough. >> the president also blasted democrats for what he said playing politics by not opening up blue states quickly enough. he tweeted this, the great people of pennsylvania want their freedom now. they are fully aware of what that entails. . the democrats are moving slowly. don't play politics, be safe, move quickly. let me bring the doctor in, this question of reopening, you've got this very politicized, sort of partisan rhetoric. the reality on the ground is, red states and blue states, right now the clear majority of states are moving towards easing these restrictions and reopening parts of their economy and i want to ask you and pick up on what yasmin was just saying, where testing capacity is, as states you undertake this partial reopening from these
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states. what the states are saying, the positivity rate, when you take tests in our states right now, the percentage of tests coming back positive are going down. that's a sign of progress that warrants easing some of these restrictions. do you agree with that assessment from these governors? >> there's no doubt that we're making progress. we're seeing trends that are very positive. but we always seem to be getting the timing a little bit wrong. by opening up and not having enough diagnostic testing out there, we're really repeating the mistakes of february and march of this year, where we were flying completely blind. the goal of testing is to isolate those who have symptoms and those who have been in contact with symptoms. that's where these figures about 150 tests for every 100,000 residents come from as yasmin was saying, a couple million
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tests a day. the only states today that actually have that type of numbers available are rhode island and north dakota. yet, we're seeing a dramatic opening up of the country and unfortunately, we are going to have to play a little bit of russian roulette, we'll have to watch the numbers like we did back in february and march, hopefully this time we won't see the dramatic increases if growth. as you know, we have had projections that have been done that suggests that's exactly what we're going to see. a little bit of a gamble here with people's lives. >> again, there's some form of reopening happening in these states. every time i look at these rules that are in place in these states, vast majority they're reopening, they're capping capacity, only 25% of the normal occupancy can go in there. same thing for a restaurant. restaurants, outdoors only,
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connecticut is doing. employees must have masks. customers must have masks. as we have this conversation about reopening, is there assumption the debate around this, flinging the doors open, people coming out of their houses going in, whereas the reality on the ground with all of these restrictions in place in these states, a chance that it's not risky as the debate given the level of restrictions that are being put in place here? >> i think the way that one should realistically go about a safe way of reopening is in the phase-in approach. 40% of the economy right now is working, largely with our first responders and the essential workers. the question is, how do you phase it in without understanding what happens when somebody has symptoms or what happens when you identify through contact testing those who have been in touch with
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symptoms? that's when you have to the testing available. otherwise, you'll isolate a lot more people and start shutting down the economy again. you want to be ready and you want to have a plan in place before you start just opening up indiscriminately. >> the washington post reports the outbreak at white house has prompted renewed security around the commander in chief. like trump, most of his aids haven't worn face masks. that appeared to change today when the white house management office started requiring everyone who enters the west wing to wear a facial covering. the president said it's because he's been able to stay far away from others. >> why haven't you required everyone at the white house to wear masks before now. >> they're a certain distance from me, from each other, they do.
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in the case of me, i'm not close to anybody. obviously, in my case i'm very far away from everyone. everybody i have seen today has worn a mask. >> are you the one who required that, sir? >> yeah, i did. >> eli, on this subject, not about the president but the vice president, because it's his press secretary who has tested positive here, we're getting news of anthony fauci, some other top officials going into self-isolation for 14 days here, it appears that the vice president is not doing that, president trump at this press conference said there would be statement a forthcoming, what's your statement of what's going on with the vice president? >> the at the end of day, is he going to do what the president requires him to do. today that met showing up the white house and attending, even though he may be trying to isolate a little bit, he's in a tough spot because obviously he
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has his public health concerns, he has his -- the example to give to the country but he has to please this president. he can't, you know, cross this president. if the president doesn't want him to wear a mask he won't wear a mask. so that's where mike pence is. but the president himself, granted this is wishy-washy, but he was asked today if he might distance himself from pence, he said he was open to it. you know, you're getting this muddled message all the time from this administration about the importance of the guidelines and you know, it's a personal choice. that's still the message you're getting tonight. >> yasmin, a distinction between what the president was saying and how he was framing testing versus the admiral was saying, the president has had this line, anybody who wants a test can get a test.
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3030 million people in the country. what admiral said, anybody who needs a test can get a test right now. anybody, for medically necessary reasons advised to get one, is that an accurate statement? >> i think for the most part, you know, it will depend on how quickly states want to reopen and, you know, how they do this phase reopening. a total lockdown, the guidance from the government is that people who are showing symptoms and who are among the vulnerable groups are the ones who are supposed to get tested. for a while the guidance was that, if you think you might have it or otherwise healthy, stay home, assume you have it and isolate for 14 to 28 days. when you talk about reopening the definition of who needs a test depending on how many
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people you're trying to send back to work. when we're talking about reopening, you know, experts would argue, anyone who wants to go into the office probably needs a test to make sure you don't have people who are asymptomatic carriers or positive for the coronavirus taking it into the office and causing these big outbreaks. in terms of reopening like the white house would like to see states reopen you don't have the testing capacity you need for that. >> dr. shulkin, on what the president is saying today about where testing is going in the next few weeks, with this $11 billion going out to the states, you were talking about meeting testing thresholds to begin reopening, are you optimistic that in the month of may with this money, that we'll be in that position in far more states this month? >> yeah, mostly concerned that with some of the premature openings without having that
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testing structure place we may do a little bit of yo yo back and forth and that's going to create havoc people and the economy. if we get the timing right, if there's a little bit of patience, we're making such good progress in getting the diagnostic testing and the other components necessary for a comprehensive plan that we do this. we can do this in phases. we can do it safely in the latter part of this month and through june and july in some parts of the country. and in terms of, you know, what we're seeing in the white house, you know i spent a lot of time in the west wing. people may not realize how close those quarters are, when you go up the stairs from the first to second floor, two people can't pass in the stairway, i'm so glad that now we are seeing people wearing masks. i'm glad to see that type of testing is available to people and we need that for the rest of the country. so the people can have that type
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of security when they go back to work and they go outside their homes. >> all right, dr. david shulkin, eli stokols thanks for joining us. we'll talk to a governor who says he has a plan to safely reopen. that's next. people who have small businesses aren't rich. we are not chain stores. we're not big corporations. so us closing for a month can be the end of our business. can be the end of our dream. guidance. i recommend topical pain relievers first... like salonpas patch large. it's powerful, fda-approved to relieve moderate pain, yet non-addictive and gentle on the body. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!!
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by the white house. connecticut remains closed, after seeing a decline in positive tests, downward trajectory in cases, the governor has decided to move forward on opening businesses on may 20th, next week. his criteria to begin this process, quote, including a 14-day decline in hospitalizations, sufficient contact tracing, protections for those at highest risk, adequate protective equipment. today, the editorial board of the hartford courant cautioned the governor of moving too quickly. writing this quote, connecticut has made good progress in fighting the coronavirus threat so far but that doesn't mean we should be announcing an arbitrary end date. for now i'm joined by governor ned lamont. thank you for joining us.
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i want to start with a point made by one of our guests in the last month, dr. david shulkin said in his estimation only two states in the country right now that have the testing capacity necessary to begin reopening and that was rhode island and north dakota. i know you have seen a significant drop in cases here, but from a testing standpoint are you confident you're at the capacity you need to be to begin the reopening process? >> hi, steve. i'm confident. we doubled the amount of testing in the last week, we'll double it again in the next week, we're able to go after every single first responder, everybody in our nursing homes, we're testing in the door to the factories. everyone who's going in and out have been tested and they're safe. may 20th, making sure we have the protective gear in place, we have the testing in place and the track trace.
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>> so may 20th, you're saying this is phase one of the reopening. let me ask it this way, on may 20th, what still can't open in connecticut? >> bars, bars, look at what happened in south korea. indoor dining. that's closed in. little tougher to take care of. hospitality, we still don't want a lot of people driving in and out of the state. casinos, we've got some major casinos here if state. lot of places where you're indoors, lot of social c congregating that's too risky now. >> what have you seen in the other states, georgia, florida, colorado, some other states out there, have you been taking lessons, have you seen any lessons you've seen so far to apply to your reopening in connecticut? >> that's really good question.
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number one, i wanted to see whether the consumer went running back in, like prohibition, running back into speakeasy, not the case in georgia, oklahoma, the public has been cautious. you look around at flare-ups and make sure you don't see flare-uflare-u flare-ups in opening too early. >> connecticut is among a handful of states opening up covid-19 only facilities, specially designed to help infected people and prevent outbreaks at other nurses homes. more than half of the state's known covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes, this is fascinating, because this nursing home issue is starting to get some attention, explain what you're doing here, you're setting up facilities that are just for those who have been
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infected? >> that's right. we find it they were infected, maybe they go to icu, they get infected, on their way back we have a covid facility so they can get back on their feet. we want to keep the rest of the nursing home covid-free. this is greatest tragedy, if we haven't learned this from the covid we haven't learned anything. these nurses homes are like petri dish, incredibly dangerous. the inspection protocols have to be really strict. we're testing every single one. >> you mentioned a minute ago, i have been noticing the too in the stories coming out some of these states the reluctance of people, the reluctance of consumers even given the option to go back out there and start frequenting these businesses what do you expect in
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connecticut? >> i'm expecting it's going to be baby steps. i'm expecting the consumer is going to maybe check out some outside restaurants, see if everybody's wearing the masks, tables are six feet apart. before they'll go back and that's not a bad thing. that means the restaurant owner the store's owner is going to be very careful making sure these protocols are there so their employees want to come back not to mention the customers. >> schools are closed now for the rest of the year, an article in wired magazine notes, that quote, governors from both parties throughout the united states have recommended school closures for the rest of the year, given that many states are starting to reopen workplace, stores and other areas frequented by those most at risk, adults. officials met today to discuss how and when to reopen
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connecticut's schools. the argument that's being made in the piece, all of the data out there, more than half of the deaths in connecticut coming in nursing homes, all of the data out there is suggesting the risk for school-aged children is low. in your mind should that prioritize the discussion of reopening schools above maybe some businesses? >> hey, steve, it broke my heart, i wanted to have two, three weeks of the school year. the kids could hit the new year running. teachers didn't feel safe. lot of things we wanted to avoid right now. we got great online learning. we'll get summer camps going
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with an educational component in about two months. what's the difference? summer camp's more likely to be outside, much easier to manage. schools are closed in, that's where kids congregate, kid aren't great at socially distancing by the way. >> one more question, i saw in a few articles, your daughter is set to get married labor day weekend, first of all, congratulations to you and your family on that. second of all, i bring that up, under your orders in connecticut, you can only have five people together in a gathering at once, and i saw you quoted saying, you're still optimistic that your daughter will have that wedding at the end of the summer, you're optimistic by the end of the summer in connecticut, the idea of a big wedding could be a reality again? >> yes, steve, i got the tell you, emily my daughter monitors the infection rate and hospitalization and capacity like a hawk right now hoping
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that, you know, connecticut and other governors take the lead in opening up a little bit. these are the type of decisions that we make, it just reminds me of what a responsibility we have. also, weddings and religious services and such are places where people congregate, you got to be really careful. >> all right, connecticut governor ned lamont. thank you for the time. appreciate it. and still ahead -- a congressional special election out in california tomorrow, could provide a snapshot of republicans' chances in november. trump's backing going to help or hurt the republican candidate? i'm heading over the big board, next. to everyone navigating these uncertain times... whether you're caring for your family at home or those at work, principal is by your side. we're working hard to answer your questions. like helping you understand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you.
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how about this? i'm back at the big board and i'm not going over coronavirus statistics. i'm using the big board for its original purpose, we're here to talk about elections because guess what, amidst all of this, there's an election tomorrow and it's potentially a significant election tomorrow, let me tell you why. this looks familiar to you, this is 2018, this is the midterm election map for the house of representatives, this is how it shook out, all the blue you here, right here, these are the districts all around the country that the democrats flipped, they took from republicans, a couple that republicans took from democrats and if you added it
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all together the democrats got that big 40-seat gain in 2018, the blue wave midterm election for democrats. metropolitan areas all around the country, suburban areas where democrats did particularly well. that's the setup heading into 2020, is the climate similar to 2018? has it changed? is it moving back to republicans? now in 2020 a new penalty for republicans like the one they faced in 2018 for being tied to donald trump? all playing differently in 2020? this is the setup for tomorrow's election. now, take a look here, this is the national map from 2018. this is california, this was the california -- seven republican incumbents in california n 2018, seven republican house incumb t incumbents they all represented districts that hadn't voted for donald trump in 2016, actually voted for hillary clinton. all of these districts down here in orange county, traditionally
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republican districts, guess what, every single one of these seven districts switched hands, became a democratic district in 2018, and now in one of them there's a special election, you can see right here, steve knight was the republican, he got unseated by katie hill. democrat katie hill, she was in a big scandal, she left office. seat is vacant. a special election in the 25th district of california, north of los angeles, and he is what i mean, hillary clinton won this district in 2016 by seven points, a very ripe target for democrats in 2018. katie hill won it by eight points in 2018. flip the seat. no longer representing this district, it's an open seat. so tomorrow these two candidates where are going to square off, christy smith and steve garc-- garcia. here's an interesting test, republicans are very bullish on
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the chances of their candidate here. remember, the special election tomorrow, the turnout may be lower than normal, an advantage to republicans, their base is motivated, ballots returned, mail-in ballots favored the republicans more than the democrats, we'll see if that holds up. for republicans a chance to say that climate in 2018 not the same in 2020, for democrats it's a chance to say, hey, it is, because here's a district that the republicans are very bullish on, they like their candidate, trump has been weighing in big time on behalf of garcia, democrats have been running ads tying garcia to trump. if democrats won this thing tomorrow, they're able to say, look, there's been real damage to trump because of coronavirus and that climate in 2018 could carry over to 2020. keep an eye on this one tomorrow. by the way, mail-in election, as long as it's in by friday,
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welcome back. president trump is reported to be in increasingly concerned about the pandemic's effect on his re-election chances. according to the washington post, quote, some of trump advisers described the president as glum and shell shocked in his pound larty. he's losing to the likely democratic nominee former vice president joe biden in virtually every poll, including his own campaign's internal surveys. the president's re-election campaign has rolled out two new ads in recent days attacking biden. accusing him of defending china amid the pandemic.
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. the president's strategy could bring risks. in some cases, the strategy appears at neutralizing wea weaknesses by muddy the waters. thanks to both of you for being with us. the trump campaign, going negative. certainly did that in 2016 as well. seemed to pay off then. what do you see as the risks this time around? >> steve, it's an interesting strategy by the president. the important thing to note, president trump can't win re-election on his favorable rating. he's stuck in the low 40s and the key thing in 2016 that he was able to do was to disqualify hillary clinton and win voters who disliked both trump and hillary client akron.
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right now, the reverse is happening, voters who both dislike donald trump and joe biden are supporting joe biden. he's looking to disqualify joe biden, that means, throwing spaghetti and see what sticks. going after him on china and nepotism, the sexual assault allegations from tara reade, even though the president has many more women who accusing him of similar or worse things. the one thing he wanted to run on has been taken away from him. >> susan, let's put up those numbers, back to election day 2016, exit poll, 38% of voters in said they favorable view of trump. here was the stat that made the difference. those who had an unfavorable
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view of both candidates, trump won election day. in a recent monmouth poll, here's the current, 40% with a favorable opinion of trump right now. 53% unfavorable opinion. 41% favorable for biden. 44% unfavorable. susan, it seems that it's that second piece that mattered so much in 2016 to get those voters who said i don't like trump, i don't like clinton, and then they went lop sidely for trump, trump has to line that piece up again. i'm not sure what goes into that, the polling right now is saying the ones who don't like both are going biden right now? >> so, those are favorable ratings aren't that impressive. but they're catastrophic for president trump. one problem that president trump has is that people have decided
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what they think about him. people are not yet decided in what they think about joe biden. but can you imagine the boldness of president trump attacking biden for sexual harassment against women or for nepotism with his children, attitudes toward china, it's -- it's something that relies on voters to forget some of the things they've learned about president trump in the first -- in the last four years of his presidency. >> susan, a second question here, too, when you look at hillary clinton in 2016, unfavorable numbers, very high, i guess -- there there is existential question here, is that phenomena unique to hillary clinton that level of dislike or could that also end up applying to owe biden as well?
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>> we have seen campaigns successfully make their opponent unlikable, that happened with john kerry in 2004. it happened -- it happened with michael dukakis back in 1988. it's possible. joe biden is a pretty familiar figure. americans know who he is. eight years vice president to a popular democratic president. it's harder to do that. joe biden is also someone who's seen as pretty likable. they that gives him in a way, maybe democrats hope, a little bit of teflon when it comes to these attacks, steve. >> there's this question of the veep stakes, joe biden saying he plans to pick a female. according to politico today, former rival senator kamala harris has emerged as a top contender. harris is not only a top
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contender, see her as the best fit at theon set of the process, at least on paper to join him atop the democratic ticket. take a look back at this. >> it was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputation and careers on segregation on race in this country and it was not only that but you also worked with them to oppose busing. and you know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> so, some buzz here for kamala
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harris, note, going back to veepstakes in the past, lot of different prospects get their moment of buzz, it doesn't always pan out, but if the biden campaign is looking at kamala harris as a top prospect, what's it particular they're seeing in. >> every biden ally says that senator harris is a serious contender for this job, she checks all of the boxes without raising many red flags, she has racial diversity to the ticket. she's a general-x, she has some progressive credentials in terms of her voting record in the senate. not overly ideological. what she doesn't have this is clear, obvious -- this is a big thing that she brings, like amy klobuchar has in the upper midwe midwest, looking down the important state of minnesota which will be in play this time
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around. very strong with progressives and young voters, elizabeth warren. more so than anybody on that debate stage not named bernie sanders. harris, there's a familiarity between the biden family and kamala harris. >> susan, we mentioned the debate moment back in june, a very low moment for joe biden, it's always an interesting question when you look at these veepstakes, you wrote about this in the barbara bush book, the bush and reagan, but sometimes i have seen in the past, you have these moments in a primary that the losing candidate rubs the winning candidate or somebody around the winning candidate the wrong way with the way they behave and it gets them scratched from the ticket, what's your sense of how that moment lingers with the biden
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folks, or does it linger with them? >> you know, jack kemp was the perfect candidate on paper to be the running mate of bob dole. bob dole didn't like jack kemp and wouldn't put him on the ticket. with joe biden, the personal chemistry is going to matter a lot, someone he's comfortable with, that's one piece of advice that barack obama gave him when thinking about choosing a running mate. senator harris has lot of strengths. so does amy klobuchar. but it's hard, i think it's hard to know at this point all these months out. >> all right, i mentioned susan's book on barbara bush, i went and got it today. up next -- the latest from georgia. hold on one second... sure.
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hope isn't quarantined. first words aren't delayed. caring isn't postponed. courage isn't on hold. and love hasn't stopped. u.s. bank thanks you for keeping all of our spirits strong. we've donated millions to those in need and are always here for our customers and employees. when you first saw the video, what was your reaction? >> i was stunned and i was sickened by it and i think that's why it's important that we swiftly and thoroughly and transparency get to the bottom of this. >> welcome back. that was georgia attorney general christopher carr reacting to the video that shows the shooting death of ahmaud arbery. it would consider carr's request
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for the d.o.j. to review the shooting and should hate charges be pursued in the high-profile case. blaine alexander has the latest. >> reporter: two major developments today. there is a fourth prosecutor that is leading this investigation, wlaleading this case. it a prosecutor out of cobb judicial district four hours away from bruinswick georgia where this occurred. i spoke with the attorney general to ask why he made this appointment. he said this office is much larger and has more resources to handle a case of this magnitude but also talked about the fact he has concerns with the way that this was done. that the why he's asking the federal government. he wants the d.o.j. to come in and investigate the way that this case has been handled so far by local authorities. i'll layout a timeline for you that really has been getting a lot of attention. these shootings happened back in february, but it wasn't until last week when state investigators got involved that we saw the arrest of gregory and
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travis mcmichael. those arrests happened within about 36 hour the of the state getting involved. that's why so many people, big names including tom brady, alisha keys, jay-z, so many people called and said look, there need to be outside eyes to look to make sure this case is done fairly. the doj is still considering the attorney general's request but certainly, the attorney general told me that he believes that he has confidence in this newly appointed prosecutor to do the job correctly. steve? >> nbc's blayne alexander reporting and we'll be right back.
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we want to end tonight with a very special reunion of the cast of "the office" to celebrate the wedding of two fans from maryland. on his youtube show actor john krasinski officiated the wedding bringing in family, friends co-star and zac brown. if that wasn't enough came this, recreation of the classic wedding dance from an episode of "the office." >> we can't play this song unless you let me invite some of my family to the party. ladies and gentlemen, the cast of "the office." >> oh my god. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ >> oh my gosh. ♪ ♪ it's you and me moving at the
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speed of light into eternity ♪ ♪ tonight >> i miss that show. thanks for being with us and don't go anywhere because "all in with chris hayes" is next. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. there are two things i want to keep in mind before i show you what p hahappened in the rose garden. the first, despite encouraging signs, we're nowhere near the end of fight against coronavirus. we're at 81,000 coronavirus fatalitie fatalities, an incomprehensible numbers. the second thing to keep in mind the trump administration itself is sfrugtruggling to contain an autobreak. in the past week, three separate people tested positive so today donald trump appeared in the rose garden in front of a building dealing with the outbreak to
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