366 days this year. At least there will be by the time we get to the end of it provided the giant meteor doesnt get us or the sun doesnt burn out. So there will be 366 days by the end of this year. Divide by two to find the half way point. Thats 183 days. Count up all the days weve had so far. Yesterday was day 183. That means at midnight we hit day 184, which means we have made it through the whole first half of this year that we all wish would stop already. Honestly, 2020 would have ban catastrophic year in the news if it had stopped three months ago. But we have made it half way through. They cannot make us do that again. And it is astonishing that this first half of this year alone more than 128,000 of our fellow americans did not make it to see this point. Because of the coronavirus. And there will be more to come. Nbcs tabulation of the new case numbers today, these are tabulated as of 6 30 p. M. Eastern time each day, nbc news tabulation as of 6 30 p. M. Tonight shows that today
Crescendo all at once though. Officials now pointing to a rush to reopen as a likely factor. By nbcs own tally, 11 states are seeing their case numbers at least doubling over the past two weeks. Public Health Department in los angeles is warning the county could run out of icu beds this month. The number of cases surging. Los angeles mayor promising more testing, but people seem to be running into trouble getting the test there. Gadi schwartz made his way to Dodger Stadium, one of los angeles countys largest testing sites. Gadi, good morning to you. Whats the scene there . What are folks saying about their ability or inability to get a test . Reporter yeah, craig, Dodger Stadium here is set to open for testing in a couple hours. I just checked. If youre looking to make an appointment and youre asymptomatic, there are no Appointments Available here or at any of the nearby county or city testing sites, which means youll have to find a private Testing Center if you dont already have an ap
With democracy and human rights with hello and welcome to the national, broke off in life from the russian capital. Just going for am, im a glad you could join us. Im right, mommy. Lets take a look at todays top story. We start with breaking news for somebody put in a have find an order declaring was up. What was your am cares or regions independent . The 2 former ukraine regions, along with the republics of the don bus all to officially become part of russia on friday. This comes author of boss majority of people voted in favor of this in recent referendums. However, some parts of these territories still remain under the control of the ukrainian army. This includes approaches, capital, a part of the dance republic and a portion of cares on region officials. Theyre say they expect more fighting as they seek to gain 100 percent control of the area. Meanwhile, ukraine, im as allies have dismissed the referendums and refused to recognize the results. He has said it would put International
Blankets nearly half the nation. Sweltering temperatures stretches from the midatlantic to new england, back through michigan. Parts of nearly every state hit the 90degree mark. Youre kidding, the whole area . In maryland residents will have no Running Water for up to five days. Officials are shut down a major water main after discoffering its beginning to fail. A u. S. Air strike has apparently killed the number two man for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Four of the six jurors in the George Zimmerman trial are now distanting themselves from the comments made by juror b37. Eric holder spoke out against stand your ground laws. These laws try to fix something that was never broken. One member of the royal family who maybe isnt so much on the baby bandwagon, the queens cousin. Are you excited about the baby . Not terribly. Crews battling this Massive Wildfire in the mountains near palm springs. It destroyed seven homes so far. A man going toe to fin in massachusetts. The major league
Newsroom starts right now. It is 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. U. S. President , donald trump, return ting to a format that helped to get him elected. It was Campaign Style rallying in florida. Thousands showed up there. His remarks hit on many of his most popular themes. Restoring american jobs, slamming International Trade deals and defending his con tro certification travel ban. Some of the harshest words on stage aimed as the media, specially News Organization that is he recently denounced as the, quote, enemy of the american people. Lets listen. They have become a big part of the problem. They are part of the corrupt system. Thomas jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln and many of our greatest president s fought with the media and called them out often times on their lies. When the media lies to people, i will never, ever let them get away with it. The media will continue to do the job of just covering the news. We are going to get more from athena jones in melbourne