geoff: dr. fauci and dr. birx advised against him of holding a rally in tulsa that will bring together 19,000 people in a con find space for aboo hours. but the president is intent on ving this rally and giving his supporters the appearance that he in control. the coronavirus is in retreat and that everything in this country is back mato n even though we know in oklahoma d other states, conavirus is hitting record highs and there are millions of peoplet work. you have public health first who are seriously concerned that this rally could be a super spader. this isn't a one off but one of many hug trump rallies to come. robert: talkingabout the political strategy of the following your reporting and you personal the motivation in some respects for president trump ksthe desire to get out in front of his core supporters, tell me about that. josh: he has done 600 rallies and talk to his advisers, he ts energy and enthusiasm and feels like he connects with his supportersnd boosts his poll numbers and he has been coo

that's implied by the letter from bill barr to geoff berman.ith respect to other investigations, i can't speculate about what will happen. what i do know is the people in the office are professionals. they're career folks. and audrey strauss is well respected. and if there is an investigation that leads to a prosecution, it'll be done on the facts in the law without fear or favor as the oath says. and so i'm not worried about that at all. >> all right. preet bharara, thank you so much for your time this morning. >>> a white house aide called this quote highly offensive. so why did the president use the term last night? white house adviser peter navarro will join me next. >>> and six trump advanced staffers quarantined after the rally in oklahoma. will more people get sick? stay with us. ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more. eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the swe

that's implied by the letter from bill barr to geoff berman. with respect to other investigations, i can't speculate about what will happen. what i do know is the people in the office are professionals. they're career folks. and audrey strauss is well respected. and if there is an investigation that leads to a prosecution, it'll be done on the facts in the law without fear or favor as the oath says. and so i'm not worried about that at all. >> all right. preet bharara, thank you so much for your time this morning. >>> a white house aide called this quote highly offensive. so why did the president use the term last night? white house adviser peter navarro will join me next. >>> and six trump advanced staffers quarantined after the rally in oklahoma. will more people get sick? stay with us. ll welcome you back with exceptional offers on exceptional vehicles. get zero percent financing and make no payments for up to 90 days on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. you can take a personal assessment and get matched with a

that's implied by the letter from bill wbarr to geoff berman.spect to other investigations, i can't speculate about what will happen. what i do know is the people in the office are professionals. they're career folks. and audrey strauss is well respected. and if there is an investigation that leads to a prosecution, it'll be done on the facts in the law without fear or favor as the oath says. and so i'm not worried about that at all. >> preet bharara, thank you so much for your time this morning. >>> a white house aide called this quote highly offensive. white house adviser peter navarro will join me next. >>> and six staffers quarantined after the rally in oklahoma. will more people get sick? stay with us. >>> "state of the union" with jake tapper brought to you by -- from sweat-breaking dances... to sleepy smudges... to shower-skipping. these days call for a quick clean. luckily, help is still one wipe away. love, neutrogena®. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic ast

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geoff bennett, nbc news, richmond, virginia. >>> we've got more to tell you about coming up a ne name and image for a product whose origins recall a racist past >>> we are witnessing another cultural reckoning as a well-known american brand acknowledges racial stereotyping. we get more on that from stephanie gosk. >> men ask for aunt jemima buckwheat pancakes, my, they're good. >> reporter: pancakes and syrup what aunt jemima sold for over 130 years until today. quaker announcing it is scrapping the brand. in a statement sayin we recognize the origins are based on a racial stereotype, the name and smile taken from a minstrel show in >> reporter: a character based on a mammy, a stereotype on kind of stereotype that's premised on this idea of black inferiority. >> reporter: with demonstrations protesting racial inequality pressure was mounting on quaker. >> baby, you hungry? >> reporter: then this tiktok from singer kirby went viral, she called it how to make a non-racist breakfast. >> not today, black lives matter, people, even over breakfast. >> reporter: the company says the announce

geoff bennett, first to you, how is the white house reacting? the president reportedly grumpy, angry at brad parscale, annoyed about these numbers? he's got to be taking these polls seriously. >> reporter: and the campaign in just the last couple of hours or so, andrea, put out a statement, they said the polls were deeply flawed. you had the "new york times" poll showing trump trailing biden by 11%. another poll yet by marquette law school showed biden up by 8 points among registered votes. when you dig deep into the numbers, they show president trump is apparently losing his edge among white voters. it was that constituency that allowed him to cobble together that razor-thin electoral college victory back in 2016. but the president is headed to wisconsin today in an official capacity. but you can bet he's going to try to shore up his support there among wisconsin voters. he's going to speak at a shipyard that got a lucrative billion dollar navy contract. that shipyard is an in a deeply conservative, mostly rural part of the state. he's then goi

geoff joins me now. what's the governor saying about his past and about the moment that we find ourselves in now? >> reporter: craig, great to see you as always. i'll tell you what. this national reckoning over racial issues is resonating differently in virginia. virginia, as you well know, is the cradle of american slavery. this building where i'm standing, the virginia capitol building was once the capital of the confederacy. virginia has mormonments and statues to confederate leaders than any other state in the nation. so one of the things that governor northam told me in our wide ranging sit-down earlier today is he reviews these confederate statues as symbols of divisiveness. he says he intends to use as much attention aimed at removing them. that is a fairly remarkable statement for any southern governor to make, especially one who just a year and a half ago withstood immense pressure to step down after the racist photo on his med school yearbook page emerged, showing one man dressed in black face,

attorney for the southern district, geoff berman, on saturday.was overseeing the investigation of trump lawyer rudy giuliani's business e activitie activities, as well as two business associates tied to the ukraine impeachment investigation. the huse judiciary committee was already set to hold a hearing on political interference in the justice department on wednesday and the committee's chairman, gerry nadler, now says he is working to secure berman's testimony, as well. joining me now is former fbi general counsel and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissman. he also served as a lead prosecutor on the mueller probe in russian interference in the 2016 election and spent over a decade as a prosecutor for the eastern distriblgt district of new york. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> what is your reaction to berman being ousted? >> well, there are a number of reactions. one is complete sort of shock and disbelief, even though there are so many things that people have witnessed so far. it's quite unusual to have a u.s. attorney who is a tru trump-se

he looks like he completely lied about his conversations with geoff berman. the result is that he's getting an acting u.s. attorney who is going to be just as strong in terms of independence as geoff berman was. >> andrew weissmann, mike schmidt, thank you so much for jumping on and spending some time with us on this other huge and still unfolding story. >>> we've got a lot more to get to in tonight's special coverage. the rev al sharpton joins me next. rivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! he's here. he's right here. - hi! - hi. hey! - that's totally him. - it's him! that's totally the guy. safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. >>> donald trump picked tulsa, oklahoma, for the site of his first maga rally since coronavirus began. tulsa, of course, is infamous for the 1921 massacre of roughly 300 african-americans at the hands of an angry white mob targeting the w

attorney there, geoff berman, for the fact that berman allowed this investigation to go forward.f -- look, donald trump fails to surprise me, but he does a lot of things that are unpredictable, and he has in recent weeks, dating back to the end of the winter, fired different people, whether they were inspector generals -- or in this case a u.s. attorney -- who he believed were not loyal to him. so this fits into that pattern. >> it fits into that pattern, andrew weissmann, but before we lost you, we were talking about how this was a botched firing. i mean, the president said he had nothing to do with it. the attorney general, it's my understanding, didn't have the authority to do it himself. so it took them two days to get rid of someone who, as mike schmidt was just recounting, has investigated and we believe to still be investigating some of the people closest to the president. >> absolutely. and that's totally right. the key here is that the goal was to get rid of berman quickly and to immediately appoint an acting u.s. attorney from new jersey. but instead, because of both th

berman was stepping down and only agreed to do the dual role because he was told that geoff berman wasepping down voluntarily. you have a president of the united states who's worried about clearly investigations that touched upon prior personal lawyer and a current personal lawyer from reports. who have said over and over again including erdogan of turkey that he has problems with the southern district. he was offered two other big jobs in washington and then you have the attorney general going about it in this way that looks like he was telling flat-out falsehoods. he needs to be accountable for this and answer questions about that. by the way, jay clayton, the person that the president said he intends to nominate, i have nothing against him, i think we should ask that individual whether he, too, lied to by the attorney general to agree to take over the job and agree to be the nominee under the false premise that geoff berman who is doing a good job was stepping down. that's not a small thing. >> jeff, jeff toobin, is there -- i asked this to andrew mccabe earlier. is there any other

of the ymca where geoff has been a member for a decade. he has time and time again demonstrated his ability and ultimately support the diverse communities that the y serves. geoff is ethical and can be trusted to serve in the role of police commissioner. thank you. >> good afternoon, sou supervis. i live and work in san francisco. i opposed nancy tung and geoffry creed because now more than ever we need commissioner who will hold police officers accountable, who don't have a long-standing cozy relationship with the police and will protect all vulnerable communities and decrease the use of force, not drive it up any further. as multiple speakers mentioned, mr. creed is unqualified. but my most pressing concern is that nancy tung accepted funding for her campaign from police officers and the polarizing conservative san francisco police officer's association, which is a lack of independence that my supervisor emphasized earlier. she accepted a contribution from the poa, the same police union that has defended officers who made racist jokes an

nbc's geoff bennett joins us now from the white house. geoff, what has been the response from inside the west wing, first of all, to these new comments from john bolton? >> reporter: yeah. craig, good morning. look, white house officials in defense of president trump have slammed john bolton as a sensationalist, as a disgruntled opportunist who is just trying to make some money off of this new book. interestingly enough, democrats actually agree with republicans and white house officials on the latter point. they, too, say bolton is trying to make money after this book. and if he had any misgivings or reservations about the president, he missed his opportunity during the impeachment proceedings to go public with them. setting aside the motivating attacks and bolton's motivations for writing the book, it is wra remarkable that a former national security adviser, who served in the administration almost a year and a half, would detail in the way john bolton has the great many ways, he says, in which president trump is ethically unfit and int

geoff bennett at the white house. >> reporter: former defense secretary james mattis, the four-star retiredarine general with an extraordinary takedown of president trump in a new op-ed. mattis writing donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. instead he tries to divide us. mattis has kept his silence about his former boss following his resignation in december 2018 over the president's syria policy but now mattis writes that, when he was sworn in to the marine corps 50 years ago, never did i dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief with military leadership standing alongside mattis also says that the president's threat monday to deploy u.s. armed forces to put down protests erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect president trump hitting back wedne

attorney, geoff berman, respond by saying, i have done no such thing, and i do not intend to resign.ce that happened on friday night, have you been able to figure out any more about what happened? do you have any idea why attorney general barr has moved to oust that u.s. attorney and done so in this sort of shocking way that he did? >> well, we certainly think that it's because this is another instance of the attorney general doing the president's bidding, corrupting justice, and trying to make sure that the justice department doesn't do its proper job. it only serves ass an instrumen of the president for whitewashing the improper things he's doing. that's why we're holding this investigation into the corruption by barr of the justice department, which we've announced. >> in terms of mr. berman's public statements around this sort of botched incident, it was striking to me that he, in his initial statement, immediately talked about protecting the important investigations of that office, making sure that they were not impeded in any way. he sort of outmaneuvered the attorney general o

new criticism, not only from his former defense secretary, but also other retired military leaders geoffnett is at the white house with details. >>> president trump going to battle with former military members including former defense secretary james mattis, the four-star retired marine general with an extraordinary takedown of president trump in a new op-ed mattis writing donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, does not even pretend to try. instead he tries to divide us. mattis has kept his silence about his former boss following his resignation in december 2018 over the president's syria policy never did i dream that troops taking the same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief with military leadership standing alongside. president trump hitting back wednesday night on twitter calling mattis the world's most overrated general, adding i didn't like his leadership style or much else about

savannah >> geoff, thank you. >>> the questions growing tonight over the president's abrupt firing ofne of the most powerful prosecutors in the country, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york democrats are crying foul and the white house is responding. here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: democrats calling for an investigation into the sudden firing of u.s. attorney geoffrey berman chuck schumer writing a letter to the department of justice inspector general. >> over the past two days this sordid plot by president trump and attorney general barr to oust a well respected attorney in public view. >> reporter: the shakeup happened late friday william barr announced in a press release berman would be stepping down. berman quickly responding he had no intention of resigning. u.s. attorneys are appointed by the president who can remove them at any time the president fired berman on saturday the white house says it was just a personnel move, designed to find a position for outgoing s.e.c. chairman jay clayton. >> barr was working on a smooth transition. when berman chose to r

geoff berman is very popular in that office because he has tried so hard to maintain the independentf this office of the southern district of new york throughout the trump administration. so i think if something like that is attempted, there will be plenty of people in that office who will make sure that the information somehow gets out. but that is -- that is what the equivalent would be, it would be locking him out of the computer system. >> what a remarkable set of developments. you've been -- yeah. >> i was just going to say, i do think it's important, as you note, to use the right language here, right. this is dictatorial style conduct by bill barr. and again, the fact that he lied about it and that he's trying to push him out so quickly and berman's staff is what really has alarm bells going off for me. >> yeah, there's so much that we've been reporting on in the last few months that cal perry and i were saying the other night, we would use different language if we were reporting it on a different country. it's kind of fascinating that it's happening in our own. mimi, thanks fo

geoff berman gave her her job. fact she's at the helm significantly undercuts concerns this could have been a move designed to try to throw the president a political bone. >> hayes, i wonder what more you can tell us about strauss, about the way in which this replacement did roll out, about some of what betsy has already said about concerns over incompetence inside the building. where do you think this goes from here? >> so it's really interesting because even if you take the attorney general at face value and the only reason this is happening is because they wanted to move the securities exchange commissioner jay cleveland over into the role of new york, even if you take it at face value, this effort is a value because he will not be moving until the senate confirms him, and the ability to replace him, not happening. audrey is really an interesting person. she not only was a member of the investigative team that took on iran contra a few years -- several decades back, she was also responsible for -- she's the one

geoff bennett is at the white house. >> reporter: during his 45-minute unscripted and free-wheeling rose garden speech, president trump at one point invoked the name george floyd. >> they have to receive fair treatment from law enforcement. they have to receive it we all saw what happened last week we can't let that happen hopefully, george is looking down right now and saying there's a great thing that's happening for our country. it's a great day for him. it's a great day for everybody. this is a great day for everybody. this is a great, great day in terms of equality. >> reporter: after the speech, the president shhh'd a reporter who asked how he plans to address systemic racism. >> what's your plan? >> our country is so strong and that's what my plan is. >> reporter: 2020 democratic contender joe biden slamming the president's remark about george floyd, while campaigning today in delaware. >> for the president to try to put any other words in the mouths of george floyd, i frankly think it's despicable. >> reporter: all of it unfolding as president trump's former chief of staff, john

geoff bennett is at the white house tonight.un of flash bangs heard in the background he's deploying thousands of civilian and military police to stop what he calls the rioting and looting across the country >> i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the national guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets. if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. >> reporter: earlier the president lashing out at governors during a video conference calling them weak an urging them to take a hard line against protesters according to audio obtained by nbc news >> you have to dominate if you don't dominate, you're wasting your time they're going to run over you you're going to look like a bunch of jerks. >> reporter: president trump pushing the governors to use force to take back the streets. >> you know, other countries watch this, they're they're pushovers. >> reporter: at least one governor, democratic jb pritsk

quote, disorganized, mean-spirited approach to government that endangers american values savannah >> geoff, thank you. >>> the fbi says tonight it is confident no crime was committed in connection with a noose found in the garage used by nascar star bubba wallace nbc's pete williams joins us now pete, what have we found out? >> well, the fbi and the justice department now say it does not appear anybody intended to express hatred for bubba wallace. the discovery of a noose in his nascar garage touched off a huge and emotional show of support for him at the track in alabama. now the fbi says the noose had been there for at least six months since last october and that wallace was only assigned that specific garage last week investigators determined nobody could have known he would be assigned to that garage, conclusion no evidence of any federal crime nascar says it was a garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose and says it is grateful to learn this was not an intentional or racist act, savannah >> all right pete williams with the update thank you. >>> a growing battle in this country ton

crisis and vice president joe biden raising new questions about the president's leadership here's nbc's geoffnett. >> reporter: a white house welcome tonight for the president of poland president trump holding his first face to face meeting with the world leader since the pandemic prompted global lockdown. >> i think it's a great honor, and frankly poland's a country we have a tremendous relationship with, and i have a very good personal relationship with the president >> reporter: the white house hopeful that a return to a regular schedule will help signal the country's readiness to reopen. even as the coronavirus crisis ravages much of the nation coming just as new polling has president trump trailing his democratic rival joe biden. a "new york times" poll shows biden leading trump by 14 percentage points and with an advantage among women and non-white voters, while also making inroads with some traditionally republican-leaning groups a separate poll showing biden up by eight points in the all important battleground state of wisconsin. former president barack obama warning democrats not to

battleground states with key new poll numbers just out the latest from nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. >> reporter: joe biden tonight taking aim at president trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis. >> he's like a child who can't believe this has happened to him. and his job isn't to whine about it his job is to do something about it, to lead >> reporter: the presumptive democratic presidential nominee campaigning in pennsylvania, boosted by new polling from the "new york times," showing him now leading in six battleground states that were key to president trump's 2016 victory. including wisconsin, where president trump traveled today. >> under this administration you know that american workers like you are a national treasure. >> reporter: at this point in 2016 then candidate trump was also trailing democratic rival hillary clinton. but biden's lead is bigger than clinton's was, and mr. trump is now an incumbent, facing the worst polling position for a president seeking reelection since george h.w. bush in 1992 the trump campaign tonight calling the new poll numbers terrib

lester >> geoff bennett at the white house, thanks >>> eight days after the death of george floyd the minneapolis police department is under intense new scrutiny tonight as the mother of one of floyd's children speaks out for the first time gabe gutierrez in minneapolis. >> reporter: tonight at this memorial grows the state of minnesota has launched a sweeping civil rights investigation of the minneapolis police department for the first time in its history. >> today as a step towards that deconstruction of systemic racism. >> reporter: but there's mounting frustration here that three of the fired officers that it scene of george floyd's death have not yet been criminally charged. donald williams is still haunted by that night. >> he's not [ bleep ] moving >> reporter: he said he walked up while floyd was already on the ground >> at the time george is on the floor asking for his life, asking for forgiveness, calling for his mom saying he can't breathe. >> reporter: could you believe what you were seeing >> nah, it was like in the twilight zone. it was like something that was unreal. >>

nbc white house correspondent geoff bennett is following this part of the story for us.so is this the beginning of our nation's military leaders turning on the president? is that a reflection of the dire times we find ourselves in? >> reporter: it looks that way, craig. to be clear we should draw a line between the reaction from current military leaders and those former commanders, because the current ones, a handful of them anyway, in recent days have released memos and statements that in no way criticize president trump or his policies, but they do express solidarity for american values and reaffirm the u.s. military's long history of staying out of politics. it's instructive that those current commanders would feel the need to do that in the first place. but from some of those former military leaders, look, this is an extraordinary top-to-bottom takedown of president trump from former defense secretary james mattis, who when he retired in december 2018 resigned, rather, resigned in december of 2018 said he was going to stay silent. but he said he could no longer keep

nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house. >> tonight the white house putting a positive spin on the national surge in coronavirus cases. >> we slowed the spread we flattened the curve. we saved lives all 50 states and territories across this country are opening up, safely and responsibly. >> that's as many states are now rolling back their reoperation, with more than half of the country now seeing increases in daily coronavirus cases. the vice president addressing reporters today as the white house coronavirus task force held its first news briefing in nearly two months. this time say department of health and human services, not at the white house. and president trump, a fixture of former task force briefings, did not attend dr. anthony fauci today pleading with americans to take the virus moree an individual responsibility to yourself, but you have a societal responsibility, because if we want to end this outbreak we've got to realize that we are part of the process. >> reporter: the vice president, while encouraging americans to take steps to keep themselves safe -- >> wash your h

can this be one of them >> reporter: geoff bennett, nbc news, washington >>> in 60 seconds, finding theth after police violence. the killing of george floyd shining new light on a troubling issue, what police sometimes say and what really happened. >>> in some cases involving police violence, there is a disconnect between what officers say happened and what the evidence later shows as stephanie gosk tells us, it's happened enough that there is even a word for it. >> reporter: before the video went public, there was a statement from police. george floyd's death described as a medical incident during a police interaction but that wasn't the full picture now a revelation out of houston, that this was not floyd's first experience with an officer who would later be accused of police misconduct. in 2004, floyd pleaded guilty to selling less than a gram of cocaine. as part of a deal, he served ten months in jail the officer who arrested him was the only witness now that officer is himself charged with murder and lying in a different case goines pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. 14,000

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i've gone geoff gordon-creed for over a decade. as a lawyer he helped me sort through professional legal issues and ethical issues. as a friend he has provided balanced and thoughtful perspectives, honed from a legal kind. he has a curiosity to ask the right questions, the intellect to sort through conflicting information and the heart to embrace a broad understanding of human nature. his ability to approach others with open-mindedness rather than bias and cynicism is crucial in a strong democracy now more than ever. he has the courage to make the tough decisions that benefit the city. i found myself drawn to the words of martin luther king to guy this decision-making for this important seat on the police commission. the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but rather where he stands in times of challenge. until he can rise about the narrow confines of his concerns to the broader concerns of broader humanity. now more than ever we need leaders to radiate calm leadership leading wit

. >> why did the president say he wasn't involved in the firing of geoff berman when the attorney generalaid the president was the one who fired him? >> because the attorney general was taking the lead on this matter. he did come to the president and report to him when mr. berman decided not to leave. and at that point is when the president agreed with the decision of the attorney general to fire mr. berman and to promote mr. clayton. >> so he was involved in it then? >> he was involved in a sign-off capacity. >> reporter: wolf, we are learning that two more campaign staffers who attended that rally in tulsa, oklahoma, on saturday have tested positive for coronavirus. that's in addition to the other six advanced staff that tested positive for covid-19. on top of that we're also learning that two secret service agents who were there have tested positive for the virus, wolf. >> all right, boris, thank you very much. let's get some more on all the disturbing developments. the increase of coronavirus cases here in the united states. cnn's nick watt has the latest from los angeles. nick, we're

geoff bennett is at the white house. why now, geoff? >> hey, steph, the timing is actually connected to the case schedule. a supreme court is expected to hear this case around the time of a november election so the administration filed its opening legal brief last night but as you mentioned, it comes at a time the coronavirus is ravaging parts of the american south and west with cases and hospitalizations spiking. the move also came the same day that the trump administration itself reported that nearly half a million americans who lost their job during the coronavirus shutdown, they have since shifted to obamacare. as you point out, if the court sides with the trump administration, you have some 20 million americans who would use their health insurance and it would also erase pre-existing conditions. vice president joe biden, president trump's democratic rival obviously, was campaigning in pennsylvania and he referred to this as a potential double whammy. he said insurance companies would then be able to prevent americans, covid survivo

. >> and shares of wind ham hotels geoff ballotti will join us. let's get to the market now and another up and down session for stocks after yesterday's massive drop mike, you may be co-anchoring to day. you're not off the hook. we need your charts and your dash boards. walk us through the action what happened? >> i wouldn't have it any other way, of course here's a one year, the s&p 500, that selloff yesterday was a little bit destabilizing, it seems for the tape it didn't punk tour the air that this rally is inpenetratable it did hold today. back down around the 3,000 mark. they're fighting it around that level. i did highlight this zone in here a lot of this area is still in normal pullback zone the rhythms of the market seem like they're a little upset by yesterday's pullback you mention the vix also still elevated have to watch the bond yields. treasuries compressed in yield today. so all that working together for a little bit of a cautious end to the week. but certainly holding together the longer term trend. take a look at this chart. it sh

and geoff berman is not somebody that he felt that he could control. know they spoke probably once every three to four weeks. if you'll remember, just a few months ago, the attorney general appointed the -- the u.s. attorney in brooklyn to be the guy to handle all ukraine matters. because he knew that berman was already investigating giuliani's ukrainian friends. so that was always a strange arrangement. and it was -- it was seen as a sign that the attorney general wanted somebody that he felt was loyal. somebody that he trusted to handle a sensitive matter, like the ukraine stuff. so we know that that is one reason why -- why he did that. and so, perhaps, again, it may not be just about one case in particular. it just, simply, may be that the attorney general feels that the southern district of new york was acting a little bit too, frankly, ornery. they -- behaving just the way they always behave, which is a little too independent. and he wanted more firm control, and this is how he can do it. >> well, if we're going to have the breaking news we had t

geoff, what can we expect from the president's visit in arizona today? >> look, president trump returns to arizona, where he's going to return to a familiar issue that he thinks helped fuel his rise and win in 20 16. that is border security. he's going to go to yuma, arizona, where jacob is, to tout the progress made in his long promised southern border wall an then heads to phoenix where he'll talk to a crowd of thousands of young supporters, many of them students who will be packed into a phoenix megachurch there one reason he's going to arizona. this will be the third trip in the last five months, is that as you mentioned, arizona is an important battleground state. it used to be a reliable republican stronghold, but no more. in fact, national polling averages show president trump trailing joe biden by about four or five points at the moment. the president in last hour left the white house to make his way to arizona. he addressed the controversy from his last rally in tulsa where the president talked about the coronavirus crisis, and he said the more

. >> so, geoff, this is an awkward way to ask this question., would he not be this focused on racial justice and these injustices without the blackface scandal? >> reporter: in a word, no. i mean, i asked him that question. i said, would you be this champion for racial equity had this scandal not happened? and he made the point that he had in the past focused on expanding medicaid and focused on expanding access to voting, but one of the reasons why governor northam is still governor northam after that scandal is because african-american virginians, in particular older african-american virginians, i was here when that scandal broke and talked to a lot of people and one of the things i heard from them was, we're not going to judge ralph northam by what he did or didn't do some 40 years ago. we're going to judge him by the man he is now, by the governor he is now, and so it was their support that allowed him to remain in office. and so, that's one of the reasons why i think, politically, he has focused on this issue of racial equity, apart from j

geoff, know the ar, no goal—line technology.t is great to look back. i have not seen it for some time, in recording the programme i was getting a little excited, enjoy down a bit emotional in the clips during the filming of it. and my contribution to it. it is very good, long overdue and i'm looking forward to seeing it until my family this afternoon. hell vividly do you remember the day itself, said geoff? are you still there on that pitch? every single second of that game, and what i was thinking during periods of the game are just as clear, word for word, as they were 50 odd years ago. a beautiful thing about it is people's memories of it, people who come up to me today, he recall where they were and what they we re recall where they were and what they were doing on that day. 30 million people watched it and say that has become one of the most enjoyable parts. when you realise how big it is and how attached people are to the sport and england being successful in any sport at an international level. gabby, as discussed, we oft

emerging from the department of justice as trump attorney general and william barr, abruptly anouned that geoff ry berman, the key attorney in manhattan running key investigations into trump's allege lies among them rudy giuliani will leave his post only for berman to push back hours later saying he will not resign. we will bring you more on that story shortly and throughout the show. but first, america this week is celebrate juneteenth like it never had before. rallies, marches, and events unfurling across the nation on friday. a fitting celebration of freedom, amid the national protests over policing and systemic racism that hasn't stopped for more than 25 days. what did not happen on juneteenth of this year was a trump rally, originally planned for tulsa, oklahoma. instead, it is happening today. after the trump campaign's choice of juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states for his first maga rally since march, drew outrage and revulsion and even worse, locating the ma maga-palooza in tulsa oklahoma where in 1921 mobs of white supremacists attacked the bla

>> geoff berman has been doing that job since 2018. while he's been u.s. attorney for the southern district, his office has investigated multiple cases that have ties to the president. they investigated and prosecuted michael cohen, trump's former personal attorney. they also have investigated his company, the inaugural fund created for the inauguration. they also are investigating rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, and his activities that he was doing in ukraine on behalf of the president. they also indicted two of giuliani's associates who helped him in that effort. so many investigations by the southern district of new york that have touched the trump administration and donald trump personally. that has led to a lot of tensions. the president has not been happy with berm nan that position and bill barr has both in the sdny cases and other matters including michael flynn and roger stone, there were cases raised by some of bill barr's activities about whether he is interfering in certain investigations. earlier this year in march, geoffrey