A hoax. Small town spirit. How the pandemic is hitting main streets across the country both economically and emotionally. Plus, the good news about their chances of recovery. And fighting online hate. Big Companies Like starbucks used their financial power to try to erase hate from social media. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Covid19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. At least a dozen states say theyll not move to the next phase of reopening because of surges in cases. We knew that there would be more cases as people go about their business. Wash your hands. Avoid touching your face and wear a mask. Despite the advice from Public Health experts, President Trump continues to be seen without a mask while in public. Donald trump is for masking up like George Wallace was for integration. The white house says President Trump did not hear part of a video he retweeted in which one of his supporters yelled white
The [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. Maybe andrea snyder, part of bloombergs breaking news desk and Vice President of the club. Before we get started, would like to remind everyone to please silence earphones. For viewing and listening ideas, please feel free to also follow the program on twitter using the hashtag addin pc life. It seemed to introduce her head table guests. I would like to ask you to please hold your applause until all the guests are introduced and i would like each of you to please him briefly as was announced. From your right we have sarah riordan, reporter for a magazine. Fatah chief strategist in npc have letters member, currently mcwilliams for the Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, marine, washington correspondent with use site today, jennifer rodriguez, commissioner for affairs of the u. S. Pa. The medicine and health editor, kathleen quinn, Senior Adviser to the fda commissioner. He
Please put your phones on silent. Back in the day we used to tell them to turn them off but we want them on silent because would like you if you would be so inclined to live tweet this event. Is pound and pc life. We can follow that online. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phone in turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce our head table. Would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced and then you can erupt in a rapturous applause. We have starting from my left and youre right, mark heller. Hes an agricultural reporter. Paul marion, senior white house correspondent. Tamara harlingen at the atlanta journalconstitution. Sean rich, deputy commuter for secretary pretty. Philip, senior editor. Steven, deputy secretary of agriculture. Thats the number two for sonny perdue. We have betsy martin, executive and American University cochair. Skipping over our speaker for a moment, we have abby livingston, Was
Jon but we begin on this friday morning with stunning new developments in the nsa spying scandal. New reports the Intelligence Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its Legal Authority thousands of times each year since 2008. Good morning to you, im jon scott. Im allison cam rot tax in for general that lee. Jon mice to have you here. We have a lot of news, because details come from nsa leaker Edward Snowden. He shared them with the Washington Post. We have infractions was unauthorized surveillance of u. S. Citizens. A lot of what happens in the agency, even the nsa is reflection of the culture they see from the top and you have have a president and administration that revels going beyond the box, if you will, that theyre limited to to by law and i think that seeped all the way down into the nsa. Jon Wendell Goler is live in Marthas Vineyard where president obama is on vacation. Any response from the administration, wendell . Reporter well, jon, the nsa says these are mistakes
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