We begin there are with the latest protests over Commencement Speakers and whether you think they should reflect students values. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. An independents and all others, 202 5853882. College graduates, we want to hear from you, 202 5855883. Join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan, send us a. Weet cspanwj, or email us we will get to your thoughts in a minute but let me begin with iece. Inside higher ed p substitutes speak out. In a season in which numerous Commencement Speakers with drew. Free speech and the crucial place of disagreement and Free Exchange and Higher Education. One of them did so in a way that appeared to hurt the feeling of graduates. Sees its share of controversies, but this year pur intenses debate. Some of those who drew enmity were generally well regarded, not overtly partisan figures. Robert birgeneau withdrew as a speaker at pennsylvanias haverford college. At smith college, christine lagarde, head of the imf, backed
Infections were reported. The state currently has more than 414,000 known covid cases. Right now, the state with the most active cases is california where just yesterday alone 159 people lost their life to the virus. And big news from the fda right now. They just authorized the first diagnostic test to screen people who may be asymptomatic. Officials say that test may go a long way in helping schools and workplaces eventually reopen. First, lets go to florida right now where 50 hospitals are reporting they have already reached icu capacity. Rosa florez is in miami for us. Rosa, 8 of those hospitals are in Miamidade County where you are. So, what is the governor, ron desantis, saying about these dramatic spikes . Reporter you know, wolf, Governor Ron Desantis maintains that the number of cases in his state have stabilized. If you look at the numbers this past week for about four days the numbers were at or around 10,000. For the past two days, those numbers have spiked over 12,000. I as
To uphold our constitution as written on saturday i will be announcing my nominee to the United States Supreme Court. Jillian live in Washington Republicans push forward before election day. Your mission shall you choose to respect it will be to save texas. Todd everything is bigger in texas even the campaign ads. Jillian fox and friends first starts right now. Jillian i feel at this point no one could do that. Todd i dont know if he won the election but he won when it came to the air. Jillian you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. Todd thanks for starting friday with us, a fox news alert, and unlawful is silly declaring louisville overnight as protesters are seen smashing windows and destroying buildings. Jillian 24 people were arrested including a state lawmaker. Mark meredith has more. Reporter it has been a busy night for louisvilles finest and busy morning over my shoulder, and arson Investigation Underway and it is unclear if it is tied to the protest but this
But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the vaccine will be packed into subzero containers and loaded onto trucks at pfizers manufacturing facility and ported to michigan starting tomorrow morning. And thats where we find nbc news ellison barber. Good to see to you, ellison. How a
The United States surpassed 16 million coronavirus cases this afternoon while breaking daily records for cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Right now 1 3 of hospitals across the u. S. Say that at least 80 of their icu beds are occupied. But last night the fda authorized pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The first doses are expected to arrive in hospitals across the country by monday. Ill talk with a former fda commissioner about how it will all work and what challenges we will face next. Plus congresswoman Maxine Waters tells us where things stand with a Coronavirus Relief bill. Will congress break for the holidays without offering a lifeline to millions of americans . We begin tonight with a sign of hope. As we near 300,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States. And for context, only 291,000 people died in world war ii. Help is on the way. An estimated 2. 9 million doses of pfizers Coronavirus Vaccine will be distributed across the United States this week. Vials of the