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i am andrea mitchell in washington. thank you for joining us on this memorial day for our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and our tribute to veterans. here are the facts at this hour. as the death toll nears 100,000 americans, weekend crowds ignored social distancing and did not wear masks in great numbers at beaches, lakes, and pools around the country. even as states from arkansas through the mid-atlantic, including washington, d.c., continue to see spikes of new cases. >>> today, president trump is marking memorial day with visits to arlington ceremony and ft. mchenry in baltimore after being criticized by political rivals, including joe biden, for spending the holiday weekend playing multiple rounds of golf at his virginia golf course while unleashing a string of malicious retweets attacking nancy pelosi, stacey abrams, and hillary clinton, as well as a twitter tirade against his ousted attorney general, current alabama senate candidate jeff sessions. >>> and the trump administration is banning trave

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. >>> there is new fallout tonight for secretary pompeo here is andrea mitchell. >> reporter: mike pompeo responding to the inspector general after president trump said he fired him on pompeo's recommendation. >> i don't know what's going on other than that but you'd have to ask mike pompeo. >> reporter: pompeo denying the firing was an act of retaliation that would be unlawful and rid kuling the probe. >> i've seen the various stories someone was walking my dog to sell arms to my dry cleaner. i mean, it's all just crazy. it's all crazy stuff so i didn't have access to that information, so i couldn't possibly have retaliated it would have been impossible. >> reporter: the inspector general was investigating whether pompeo ordered an aid to pick up dry cleaning and walk the dog but also help pompeo bypass congress to sell arms to saudi arabia pompeo wouldn't answer questions about that but lashed out to one of the democrats calling for an investigation, bob menendez. >> i don't get my ethics guidance from a man that was criminally prosecuted. >> reporter: bribery and fraud charges against

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nbc news' andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: tara reade emotionally describing what happened in thepring of 1993, describing being asked to bring then-senator biden a gym bag in a senate office building. >> i said, here you go, senator, i handed him the bag, and it happened very quickly. >> reporter: she alleges biden pushed her up against the wall of a senate corridor and put his hand under her clothes. >> he had his hands, umm, under -- underneath my clothes and it happened all at once. he had one hand underneath my shirt and the other hand, i had a skirt on, and he like went down my skirt and then went up. rose reade claiming biden pulled back when he resisted. >> he pointed his finger at me and said, you're nothing to me, you're nothing. and i -- and i think -- i think that's the hardest thing. >> reporter: biden has consistently denied reade's claims, repeating his denial thursday when asked about her new comment. >> in every case the truth is what matters. and in this case the truth is these claims are flat out false. >> reporter: a year ago, reade was among several women who

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we get more from andrea mitchell and word of caution, some of the details in the story are graphic. >reporter: joe biden facing mounting pressure to speak out about an accusation he sexual assaulted a senate staffer in 1993 former senate aid tara reid says then senator biden pinned her against a wall and assaulted her in a corridor. she started telling her story in march to news outlets including "democracy now". >> i remember his hands underneath my blouse and skirt and his fingers penetrating me as he was trying to kiss me and i pulled away. >> reporter: the biden campaign says this absolutely didn't happen her account evolved over time. last year she was among a hand full of women that called out biden for inappropriate though not sexual touching. she described biden touching her on the shoulder or running his index finger up my neck during a meeting. nbc news reached out to five people she told about the alleged assault at the time or since. three former senate staffers told nbc news they do not recall any such conversation with reid. a fourth who asked that her name be with held

i'm andrea mitchell in washington as we continue our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. here are the facts at this hour. beginning tomorrow, more than two dozen states will be reopening some part of their economy. from retail and beauty to construction and elective surgeries. arizona, indiana, missouri, and ohio are just some of the states with partial reopenings planned. but many are still worried that it may be too soon. >>> and as more states begin reopening, protests by americans living in states that are still under strict restrictions are increasing even though they do not reflect widespread polling indicating most americans want to wait longer. still protesters rallied this weekend calling for an end to the lockdowns in those states. one of those states still underics strict restriction is new york, the u.s. epicenter of the virus. the nypd isn't out 100 officers to ensure that residents abide by social distancing rules in what was a nice sunny weekend. we will ask mayor bill deblasio about that and more when he joins us later on this hour. >>> lastly, the senate

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assault is speaking out in an on camera interview about the allegation which biden denies nbc's andrea mitchell now with the latest >> reporter: tonight, tara reade accusing joe biden of sexual assault sitting down with megyn kelly. >> i want to say you and i were there, joe biden, please step forward and be held accountable. you should not be running on character for the president of the united states. >> you want him to withdraw >> i wish he would he won't but that's how i feel >> reporter: reade was among several women that said biden touched her inappropriate. >> in a nonsexual manner, she said, in 1993 she said then senator biden pushed her against a wall in a senate corridor and sexually assaulted her. biden forcefully denying that on msnbc. >> i'm saying unequivocally, it never, never happened. >> reporter: reade filed a complaint with the senate in 1993 but did not mention sexual assault. no record has been found. former biden aids say they cannot remember a complaint. several of reade's friends have differing recollections but a neighbor says reade did describe it several years later.

cry after president trump fired another independent watchdog scrutinizing his administration andrea mitchell in washington what's the latest? >> reporter: lester, for the fourth time in six weeks the president fired a watchdog the inspector general at the state department this after he fired the intelligence agency watchdog that helped launch impeachment and the pentagon inspector general overseeing trillions in covid aid. steve was investigating whether mike pompeo ordered an aid to pick up dry cleaning he would rather have pompeo on the phone with a world leader than washing dishes because his wife wasn't there. he was investigating him for by passing congress to sell billions in arms to saudi arabia he said the firing was not retaliation which would be illegal. >>> tropical storm arthur dealt a blow to virginia with heavy rain and strong winds. the storm is heading to sea but rough surf and rip currents are likely for several days. >>> as we continue next, signs of life in one of the world's great treasures. mrs. walker. michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about y

i am andrea mitchell in washington.thank you for joining us on this memorial day for our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and our tribute to veterans. here are the facts at this hour. as the death toll nears 100,000 americans, weekend crowds ignored social distancing and did not wear masks in great numbers at beaches, lakes, and pools around the country. even as states from arkansas through the mid-atlantic, including washington, d.c., continue to see spikes of new cases. >>> today, president trump is marking memorial day with visits to arlington ceremony and ft. mchenry in baltimore after being criticized by political rivals, including joe biden, for spending the

. >>> but right now "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> and good day. andrea mitchell in washington, continuing our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. here are the facts at this hour. the u.s. death toll is now expected to pass that terrible milestone today. 100,000 americans dyeing from covid-19. this as large groups of people were gathering over the holiday weekend, cramming to the at beaches and bars, including at the lake of the ozarks in missouri, most not wearing masks and apparently not concerned about the risks to themselves or to others. we'll talk to the mayor of st. louis about her new quarantine advisory in response to the weekend activity. >>> governor cuomo rang the bell at the new york stock exchange today, celebrating the reopening of the trading floor for the first time since the march shutdown, although trading was never interrupted. new restrictions though now include mandatory temperature checks, masks and reducing the number of people allowed on the

i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we're continuing our breaking news coverage of the latest developments from minneapolis. the minnesota governor tim walz addressing his constituents. a night of looting and rioting including setting fire to the precinct headquarters where the officers involved with george floyd worked. protests were spreading to other major cities around the country. a big show of force today, but many local and federal prosecutors giving no information at a news conference important importantly. a county da may have triggered outrage saying he has evidence for not a criminal charge. based on an unusual amount of video of the incident. >> we've been failed by our politicians on every level. our county attorney had arrested them four cops, this might not have happened. >> do you think that they handled it correctly yesterday by pulling the officers out of here? >> they couldn't even protect themselves. >> i just want to say something though. this city knew it was coming. they knew it was coming. we've

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here is andrea mitchell. >> reporter: joe biden emphatically denying the sexual assault allegations in an interview on msnbc. >> would you please go on the record with the american people? did you sexual assault tara reade? >> no, it is not true. i'm saying unequivocally, it never, never happened and it didn't it never happened. >> reporter: former senate staffer tara reade and other women said biden made them uncomfortable with unwanted sexual touching. reade publicly accused biden of holding her against a senate wall in a corridor when he was a senator and she briefly worked on his staff. >> do you remember her? do you remember any types of complaints she might have made? >> i don't remember any type of complaints she may have made. it was 27 years ago, and i don't remember, nor does anyone else that i'm aware of. >> reporter: reade told nbc news she told several people at the time about the alleged incident one told nbc news reade did describe a sexual assault but she would not let us use her name a neighbor did confirm that in a text to nbc. reade says she filed a complaint with th

andrea mitchell has been watching all of this for and you say how it's impacting the 2020 race. it gets back to what kristen was speaking of, andrea, this idea of leadership. there are clear trfcontrasts fo folks to note today. >> indeed, joe biden going online and making a forceful statement, talking about 400 years of american racism, and that every american has to stand up. this is as he is considering whom he would choose as vice president. and one of those contenders, senator amy klobuchar, has been very much on the spot. i talked to her an hour ago on msnbc and she has defended, fiercely defended her record. she had the job of hennepin county attorney that mike freeman, who you just saw bringing charges against derek chauvin, that was her job before she went into the senate, elected in 2006. she was under fire because that same police officer was under investigation for the fatal shooting of a stabbing suspect and he was not indicted by a grand jury. she has pointed out, she was already in the senate, it was not her job, she was not on the watch, it was her successor's watc

vice president joe biden to make his you ain't black remark well never fear emma said he sees andrea mitchell has his excuse campaigning for his basement or back of course has its drawbacks to nannying by the retail politics he relishes and he can get dressed to go like this miss to help with lady i was shot i mean the crowd last week if you have a problem figuring out where you're from mere trump and you ain't black yes you see he was rusty that's all that thing to see here can you imagine a president trump had said something like that oh boy they never stop now on thursday the president signed an executive order he issued it he's trying to he says stop big tech and social media from the bias that he believes they exhibit towards conservatives i will have more on that coming up but have you been keeping up with the president's twitter tirade if you will against m s n b c host and former congressman joe scarborough. well the president wants an investigation into the death of a scarborough in turn back in 2001 the coroner had ruled the woman had passed out and hit her head and then died now no