Just extending some professional courtesy. All of us in that room are trying to do our jobs and it's important the press corps be united around that mission.
Classy move by
@Jordanfabian
. And a big thanks to him from our team at
@NBCNews
. Follow-up questions are a part of our jobs, and it's helpful to be able to ask them.
South Korean President Yoon surprises the crowd at the White House state dinner by singing what he said was one of his favorite songs, “American Pie”
“I had no damn idea you could sing,” Biden says
Loud boos for President Trump when he was shown on big screen at Nationals Park during Game 5 of the World Series. Some fans in crowd chanted “lock him up” afterward.
(Bloomberg)--Elliott Broidy, a former top political fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged as part of a wide-ranging federal probe into back-channel efforts to influence the U.S. government on behalf of foreign interests via
@TheTerminal
(Bloomberg) -- Trump White House senior advisor Stephen Miller sued the House Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena of his parents’ T-Mobile family plan which provides him with a number.
Trump goes after Rep. Debbie Dingell for voting for impeachment after he lowered flags for her late husband and longtime Rep. John Dingell. Then makes a joke at J. Dingell's expense, saying "maybe he's looking up" instead of looking down. Crowd reaction was not great.
Trump hits "globalists" at WH event after call for unity in wake of bomb-scare suspects arrested. Several audience members shout out "George Soros" and others shout "lock 'em up." Trump chuckles, points and repeats "lock 'em up."
Saudi Arabia has threatened to imprison the bankers and consultants it works with if they cooperate with a probe by US lawmakers into the planned merger of the PGA Tour with LIV Golf
New: Biden admin as soon as Thurs will sanction ~12 Russian individuals, including govt & intel officials, & ~20 entities in response to SolarWinds hack & election interference. ~10 Russian officials will be expelled from US
From
@AlbertoNardelli
+
@nwadhams
+
@JenniferJJacobs
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said earlier today the U.S. economy will suffer without more relief
President Trump apparently didn’t view it as a dire warning. He just ordered Republicans to pull the plug on stimulus talks
...request, and looking to the future of our Country. I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business. I have asked...
.
@PressSec
tells me POTUS's health care plan would protect preexisting conditions, but doesn't answer why Trump admin. is supporting lawsuit & take regulatory action that would undercut protections under O'Care
President Biden joked with Susan Collins he feels like he’s back in the Senate during a very brief media availability before a meeting with GOP senators on Covid relief
In Monday interview, Trump acknowledged likely visit to the DMZ and said he "might" want to meet KJU there. WH asked we delay publication, citing security concerns. We agreed. Then he just tweeted it out
Gordon Sondland, the hotelier and Trump inaugural donor who was ousted as EU ambassador after delivering bombshell testimony during the the House impeachment investigation, received a PPP loan
"The antibody cocktail for Covid-19 that President Trump touted on Wednesday afternoon was developed with cells originally derived from fetal tissue, a practice that the president had repeatedly condemned"
Biden is greeting Ukrainian refugees with Jose Andres at the Polish national stadium where they are processed. Andres’ World Central Kitchen has a food tent set up here along with other local vendors
First
#UNGA
surprise for Trump: he unexpectedly showed up at the climate summit. He stayed for about 15 minutes, listening to Modi and Merkel, then left (w/
@Josh_Wingrove
)
Indictment related to alleged illegal lobbying of the Trump administration over the 1MDB embezzlement scandal
Story here from
@CalebMelby
&
@davidvoreacos
Trump, speaking at the UN, on impeachment talk:
"I think it's ridiculous. It's a witch hunt ... That call was perfect. It couldn't have been nicer ... There was no pressure put on them whatsoever. But there was pressure put on with respect to Joe Biden."
“STOP THE INSANITY”
— Editorial in
@nypost
, one of Trump’s favorite newspapers, calling on him to stop "cheering for an undemocratic coup” and concede defeat in the election.
Biden condemns "vicious hate crimes against Asian-Americans who've been harassed, blamed and scapegoated" for the Covid-19 pandemic
"It's wrong, it's un-American and it must stop"
You can hear sailors shout "what the f---" when Modly said Crozier was "too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this" if he didn't think letter about covid cases on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt would become public
Trump today:
"I know nothing about Wikileaks. It’s not my thing"
Trump, Nov. 4 2016:
“Getting off the plane, they were just announcing new WikiLeaks, and I wanted to stay there, but I didn’t want to keep you waiting...Boy, I love reading those WikiLeaks.”
For all those wondering (and there are many!)
@PressSec
confirms Major caused a “minor injury”
to an “unfamiliar” person at the White House. She says, however, “the dogs will return to the White House soon.”
With Covid relief hanging in the balance thanks to his attack on the stimulus bill, President Trump has arrived at his private golf club in West Palm Beach
President Trump told reporters that the House's push to impeach him again is “absolutely ridiculous” and is causing “tremendous anger,”
@justinsink
Trump did not address his own role in inciting the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, for which he may get impeached
Biden on Trump/CO: “Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, we'll let the court make that decision. But he certainly supported an insurrection. There's no question about it. None. Zero. And he seems to be doubling down on it.”
.
@VP
Harris just got her second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
When the nurse practitioner asked her how the shot was, Harris joked “when are you going to put it in?”
Biden, speaking in Oval Office, seeks to calm nerves about JNJ pause:
"I made sure we have 600 million doses of the mRNA -- not of either Johnson & Johnson and or AstraZeneca. So, there is enough vaccine that is basically 100% unquestionable for every single solitary American"
Biden visits the Pearl ice cream parlor in La Crosse, Wisconsin
A reporter suggested he order a rocky road for infra and he responded, “it’s been a rocky road but we’re going to get it done”
The president ordered cookies and cream and strawberry in a double-dipped sugar cone
Will be interesting to see how House Republicans, who have vehemently defended Trump from impeachment & many of whom served with the well-liked Dingell, respond to this
The White House has called a travel/photo lid, meaning we do not expect to hear President Trump speak publicly today.
Joe Biden is expected to speak this evening in prime time after he was projected as the next U.S. president
VP Harris meeting with exiled Guatemalan judicial leaders:
“Corruption is also a deterrent to financial and economic investment in the region. A significant deterrent”
BIDEN: "We know there are those who focus more on seeking power than securing the future, those who seek division instead of strength and unity, who tear down rather than build up. Today's a day for builders. Today, America is delivering. Delivering."
If we're using Trump's standard for Whitaker, which was Senate confirmation as US atty in '04, then Mueller was confirmed as FBI director in 2001. The vote was 98-0.
I met Michael Cohen in a green room at FOX in 2016. He told me then he was a Democrat. He said he believed in Donald Trump, but was always a Democrat. He has turned against his old boss obviously, but the rest of this is no surprise.
Janet Yellen takes a ceremonial oath, administered by VP Kamala Harris, to become the nation’s first female Treasury secretary. Yellen was accompanied by her husband and son
FAUCI: "So my message and my final message -- maybe the final message I give you from this podium -- is that please, for your own safety, for that of your family, get your updated COVID-19 shot as soon as you're eligible to protect yourself, your family and your community"
VP Pence in Texas today says "wear a mask, wherever it's indicated."
At the coronavirus task force briefing in Washington on Friday, Pence did not give that specific guidance.
Full Trump quote on Saudi killing of Khashoggi:
“They had a very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups. Very simple. Bad deal, should have never been thought of. Somebody really messed up.”
Biden at FEMA notes this year’s hurricane season could be historic in scale:
"I'm here today to make it clear that I will insist on nothing less than readiness for all these challenges."