Confirmed cases in these United States. Theres now the possibility that new york city, the largest urban center in our country, may soon see more severe measures to contain this virus. This is moving very fast. We should all be very concerned about how we find a way to slow down the trajectory of this virus. The idea of shelter in place has to be considered now. It has to be done between our cases the city and state working together, respecting the states role. What i was trying to say to new yorkers this is reality were facing now. Get ready for the possibility because its not so distant an idea at this point. What a series of events. That was mayor de blasio here in this studio not long ago. Also tonight lets look to the west. The governor of kansas has announced all Public Schools will be shut for the remanldind of the school year. Governor of california warns most schools in that state will likely face that same fate. In washington the Trump White House grappling with the economic
Everything except for essential goods and services. Here on the set tonight, well be going to people remotely. Amidst all this, today is supposed to be the day where voters in four states went to the polls in the democratic president ial primary. Florida, arizona, illinois and ohio. Of course Ohio Governor mike dewine thought it was too dangerous given the pandemic. Yesterday he sued to delay the election. A judge denied his request. Then the ohio director of health, dr. Amy acton, ordered the polls closed anyway, saying she made the decision in order to, quote, avoid the imminent threat with a high probability of widespread exposure to coronavirus with a significant risk of substantial harm to a large number of people in the general population. So we will not have results from ohio tonight. Theyve extended their deadline till june. We do have, however, arizona, illinois, and florida all plunging ahead with in person voting although it was not without issues which we will talk about. W
“Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings is attempting to backtrack on years of insults hurled at conservatives and others on his Twitter feed in what some have speculated is a bid for the popular game show’s open host position.
Jennings, who is a Brett Kavanaugh rape truther and currently an interim host of “Jeopardy!” following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek in November, issued a statement on Twitter on Wednesday addressing any “insensitive” and “unartful” content he has shared in the past.
“Hey, I just wanted to own up to the fact that over the years on Twitter, I’ve definitely tweeted some unartful and insensitive things. Sometimes they worked as jokes in my head and I was dismayed to see how they read on-screen,” Jennings wrote, claiming he did not delete his tweets “just so they could be dunked on” and so he wouldn’t be “whitewashing.” He continued the thread by claiming it “wasn’t my intention to hurt anyone.”