"THE 11th HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN
ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, DAY 1,317
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
67 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
BOTH PARTY CONVENTIONS ARE NOW
HISTORY.
BOTH WERE LARGELY VIRTUAL RIGHT
UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT WHEN THE
CONVENTION CAME TO THE
TRUMP-BRANDED WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
VERY FEW MASKS.
A PRE-PANDEMIC SORT OF SEATING
LAYOUT.
THEN CAME TONIGHT, AN AIRPLANE
HANGAR RALLY AT THE AIRPORT IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE CROWD BOOED AN ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER THE P.A. TO WEAR MASKS.
THE SPEECH WAS RED MEAT FOR THE
BASE.
HERE’S JUST SOME OF WHAT WE
HEARD STARTING WITH TRUMP’S TAKE
ON THE DEMONSTRATORS WHO WERE
CONFRONTING SOME MEMBERS OF THE
RNC EXITING AS AUDIENCE LAST
NIGHT OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> YOU OUGHT TO SEE LAST NIGHT
IN WASHINGTON.
IT WAS A DISGRACE.
IT WAS A DISGRACE THAT THESE
PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT WAS A DISGRACE.
PROTESTERS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY?
PROTESTERS
PROTESTERS YOUR ASS.
I DON’T TALK ABOUT MY ASS.
THEY’RE NOT PROTESTERS.
THOSE AREN’T -- THOSE ARE
ANARCHISTS.
THEY’RE AGITATORS.
THEY’RE RIOTERS.
THEY’RE LOOTERS.
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN’S
AMERICA.
I CAN’T EVEN CALL IT BIDEN’S
AMERICA.
THE GUY DOESN’T KNOW HE’S ALIVE.
HE’S GOING TO BE OUT IN TEN
DAYS.
IF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WANTS TO
STAND WITH ANARCHISTS,
CRIMINALS, RIOTERS, LOOTERS, AND
FLAG BURNERS, THAT’S UP TO THEM.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND YOU --
I CAN SEE YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THIS PLACE
THAT ENJOYS BURNING THE AMERICAN
FLAG?
IS THERE ANYBODY?
PLEASE QUIETLY RAISE YOUR HAND.
BE CAREFUL.
IT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.
>> JUST A POINT OF ORDER HERE ON
TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, ALL THIS IS TAKING
PLACE IN TRUMP’S AMERICA
PRESENTLY.
NUMBER TWO, IT ALSO REMAINS TRUE
THAT SOME OF THE FIRST AND
LARGEST MASS GATHERINGS WE’VE
SEEN IN THIS PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN
TRUMP EVENTS.
THE VERY SAME PRESIDENT WHO,
REMEMBER, IS IN CHARGE OF
KEEPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE
FROM THIS VIRUS.
AND AS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES
TO HOLD THESE IN-PERSON
POLITICAL EVENTS, "THE
WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING THE
SECRET SERVICE IS NOW DEALING
WITH SEVERAL CORONAVIRUS CASES
WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY.
CAROL LEONNIG, A FREQUENT GUEST
OF OURS, REPORTS, QUOTE, IN THE
PAST TWO MONTHS, DOZENS OF
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WHO WORK
TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE AT PUBLIC EVENTS HAVE BEEN
SICKENED OR SIDELINED BECAUSE
THEY WERE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH
INFECTED PEOPLE ACCORDING TO
MULTIPLE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH
THE EPISODES.
JUST TODAY WE LEARNED FOUR
PEOPLE AT THE BRIEF IN-PERSON
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN
CHARLOTTE BACK ON MONDAY TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
POLITICO SAYS THE SUPPORT STAFF
WERE TESTED UPON ARRIVAL AT THE
CONVENTION SITE AND SENT HOME.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASES IN THE UNITED STATES
CONTINUES TO SOAR.
OVER 51,000 NEW CASES REPORTED
TODAY ALONE, AND THE NATION’S
DEATH TOLL HAS NOW PASSED
182,000 SOULS, THOUGH TONIGHT
THE PRESIDENT PUT IT AT 175,000.
TODAY THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON UPPED ITS FORECAST
FOR PROJECTED VIRUS DEATHS TO
OVER 317,000 BY DECEMBER 1.
THAT IS 8,000 MORE DEATHS THAN
IN THEIR LAST PROJECTION.
THE PANDEMIC ALSO A CONCERN AS
THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS
GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE LINCOLN
MEMORIAL ON THE NATIONAL MALL
TODAY ON THE 57th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN ORDER
TO DEMAND, AS THEY DID 57 YEARS
AGO, RACIAL JUSTICE.
SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS OBSERVED
IN SOME AREAS.
MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE
SEEN WEARING MASKS AT LEAST.
SPEAKERS INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILIES OF GEORGE FLOYD, JACOB
BLAKE.
WE’LL HEAR SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID
LATER IN OUR HOUR.
TODAY WAS ALSO THE DAY THE
PRESIDENT CLAIMED SUCCESS FOR
THE SITUATION IN KENOSHA, WHICH
HAS OF COURSE SEEN A WEEK OF
PROTESTS.
HE WROTE THIS, QUOTE, SUCCESS.
SINCE THE NATIONAL GUARD MOVED
INTO KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, TWO
DAYS AGO, THERE HAS BEEN NO
FURTHER VIOLENCE, NOT EVEN A
SMALL PROBLEM.
WHEN LEGALLY ASKED TO HELP BY
LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL ACT AND QUICKLY
SUCCEED.
ARE YOU LISTENING, PORTLAND?
JUST TONIGHT ON THE TARMAC IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRUMP WAS ASKED
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A LOCAL TV
STATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF
JACOB BLAKE THAT SPARKED THE
KENOSHA PROTESTS.
THIS IS THE MOST HE HAS SAID ON
THE TOPIC.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT OFFICER
WAS JUSTIFIED IN THAT SHOOTING?
>> WELL, I’M LOOKING INTO IT
VERY STRONGLY.
I’LL BE GETTING REPORTS, AND
I’LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW
PRETTY SOON.
BUT I’LL BE -- IT WAS -- IT WAS
NOT A GOOD SIGHT.
I DIDN’T LIKE THE SIGHT OF IT
CERTAINLY, AND I THINK MOST
PEOPLE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT WE’LL BE GETTING REPORTS IN
VERY SOON, AND WE’LL REPORT
BACK.
>> THAT CLIP COURTESY WMUR.
MEANWHILE, MSNBC HAS OBTAINED
NEW AUDIO CLIPS FROM DONALD
TRUMP’S NIECE, MARY TRUMP,
TALKING TO TRUMP’S SISTER, THE
RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGE MARYANNE
TRUMP BARRY.
IN ONE EXCERPT, THE PRESIDENT’S
SISTER OFFERS THIS TOUGH
ASSESSMENT OF HER BROTHER.
>> AND THEN YOU GET DONALD,
WHO -- WHO WON’T DO ANYTHING FOR
ANYBODY UNLESS IT’S GOING TO
INURE TO HIS -- I MEAN HE WON’T
DO ANY -- PUBLICLY.
I MEAN IF YOU -- ANYTHING HE
DID, HE SAYS, LOOK WHAT I’VE
DONE.
AREN’T I WONDERFUL?
>> OF COURSE.
