Unprecedented times, and we quote. Trump in recent weeks, the post reports, has been committing less of his time and energy to managing the pandemic according to advisers. One of these advisers said the president , quote, is not really working this anymore. He doesnt want to be distracted by it. This comes as we enter yet another july weekend once again in sad record territory. Thats because we have just recorded 75,820 new cases of coronavirus in our country in a single day, and thats a singleday record for the second day in a row. The curve showing the daily caseload keeps on going up. Were well past 3. 6 million new infections now with nearly 140,000 deaths. Tonight dr. Anthony fauci, who the white house has been keeping off of television, was allowed to appear on the pbs news hour where he promptly gave a blunt assessment of what we need to do right now to stop this spread. What weve got to do is reset. You may need to pull back a bit on a phase. You dont necessarily need to lock d
Day he was inaugurated enters the final stretch. Sunday will be exactly 100 days to november 3rd. Given what were seeing now, we are likely to still be grappling with the coronavirus 100 days from now. The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on friday with the total rising by over 284,000 in just a period of 24 hours around the world. Worldwide total infections are over 15 million now. Here in our country, cases topped 4. 1 million with more than 146,000 now dead. While the current surge appears to be plateauing in some states thankfully, today was the third day this week with a death toll over 1,000. The New York Times reports these ten states are recording more new cases than any country in the world. President trump did not hold one of his white house briefings today on what his administration was doing about the virus. Instead, there was an event to mark his executive orders to lower drug prices. Florida governor and trump acolyte ron de
Campaign now attempting to claim that Joe Bidens America will be unsafe and the suburbs will be plundered. Susan page of usa today, who is standing by to join us in a moment, points out the following, quote, sunday the Reelection Campaign that President Donald Trump officially opened on the day he was inaugurated enters the final stretch. Sunday will be exactly 100 days to november 3rd. Given what were seeing now, we are likely to still be grappling with the coronavirus 100 days from now. The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on friday with the total rising by over 284,000 in just a period of 24 hours around the world. Worldwide total infections are over 15 million now. Here in our country, cases topped 4. 1 million with more than 146,000 now dead. While the current surge appears to be plateauing in some states thankfully, today was the third day this week with a death toll over 1,000. The New York Times reports these ten states are record
Make a resurgence in the northeast the first epicenter of the pandemic. I think theres a lot of infection around the country, hard to keep the virus out even in the northeast, hard for that part of the country not to get receded and youre seeing rotate through different parts of the country. Theres also a stark warning out today from the world health organization, the agency says that despite hopes for a vaccine there will not be a Silver Bullet to stop the coronavirus and that it will be a long road back to normal. It will also be a long road ahead for the millions of americans hurt by the economic damage from this crisis, the Trump Administration and congressional Democratic Leaders resume talks today on a new pandemic relief bill days after expanded Unemployment Benefits for millions of americans expired. Were also keeping an eye on Tropical Storm isaias which is forecast to make landfall in the carolinas tonight and move up the eastern seaboard over the next couple of the days. Mor
Campaign that kicks off this labor day weekend. And the messaging is becoming more intense as these two candidates try to frame the key issues and arguments against each other. Today biden traveled to kenosha, wisconsin, one of the cities at the center of a renewed push for Racial Justice and Police Reforms and where there was also violence and unrest in the immediate wake of the shooting of jacob blake. Bidens trip came two days after the president s visit. The former Vice President met with jacob blakes family. He described a conversation he had with blake himself. I had an opportunity to spend some time with jacob on the phone. Hes out of icu. He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him, how whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up. My wife asked to say a prayer, and his mom said a prayer. She said, im praying for jacob, but im praying for the policemen as well. Biden also met with kenosha residents and Community Leaders and called for an end to violence d