country. again 156 years of belmont stakes. this is the third leg of the triple crown so where the triple crown goes the money follows. small businesses in town are rushing to capitalize on the thousands of people that will descend on the town this weekend racing teams looking to capitalize on a whopping 2 million-dollar purse. there s 23 races over the course of these for friday s totaling $9.7 million and you can watch it all on fox sports as part of their super saturday slate. we talk with tom season race and analyst for stocks fox sports and expects tomorrow s race to be very exciting and he says he has his eye on 1 horse in particular. for me at sierra leone not a sexy pick but the best 3-year-old country. you have to bring your a game every time and that s why the triple crown is so hard to win. 6:40 tomorrow.
viktor orban, has regularly used anti migration rhetoric to defend a christian europe since coming to power in 2010. pope francis last visited the central european country, where 39% of the 9.7 million population are catholic, briefly in 2021. in the uk, the transport secretary mark harper has criticised the decision of rail unions to hold strikes on the day of the eurovision song contest. speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg, he said it was especially appalling due to the role that ukraine s railways had played in resisting vladimir putin. the uk is hosting eurovision in liverpool on behalf of ukraine who won the contest last year. i spoke to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart who told us more about this. all the strikes looming here, whether it s nurses, potential teaching strikes. but the transport secretary, mark harper, because of his job
care work is demanding as many of you in this audience know requires serious skill but these workers are among the lowest paid workers in the country. as soon as i got in office, i signed the american rescue plan. to help millions of families afford childcare keep 200,000 childcare providers, mainly in small women-owned businesses, keep their doors open during the pandemic taking care of as many as 9.7 million children during the pandemic because of that act one-third of childcare providers said they would have to shut down for good without the help instead, the plan helped them stay afloat. in many cases, increased pay for the childcare workers. also help states expand and strengthen medicaid home care
we are now one week exactly from the worst tornado disaster worst tornado event, most destructive in our history. right now missing persons based on this tornado event are at zero. our hope is that means we won t say many, maybe any more death, but remember there are still a number of people in the hospital. of i don t a report on how significant injuries are. so it could grow. reporter: western kentucky, that was formed by governor beshear, has raised a staggering $19.7 million already. that money will go to help people rebuild the homes and also the funeral expenses for families who have lost loved
our children approaching 2500 across the country right now. this is part of this overall there we go up again in cases. there is some evidence that perhaps there s at least a plateauing of cases, but we re waiting for the labor day impact as well. perhaps down a little bit as we wait, but the key to pushing this down even more is ramping up vaccinations. just look at the numbers. the numbers do not lie. at the beginning when vaccines became available, those who wanted them eagerly lined up, 30 million here, 50 million here, 34 million in may. look at the last couple of months as the delta variant has grown as the government has urged unvaccinated americans please do your part. just 9.7 million people in august. stagnant at best, slight growth there. let s bring in dr. jean morezo. grateful for your time today. you see us approaching and i think the governor of kentucky