United states the highest death toll in the world what does that mean for the president ial election that just weeks away. And racing against time in tasmania australia rescuers are trying to save scores of pilot whales after they become marooned in Shallow Waters. Im guy raz its and welcome to the show the United Nations General Assembly has been holding its annual debate as the world body marks 75 years since its founding but far from delivering a unifying message on the anniversary u. S. President donald trump repeatedly lashed out at china this in a new format for the assembly because of the coronavirus pandemic and it was the 1st time World Leaders a didnt gather in new york but instead addressed the forum via video. Facemask some tight security at u. N. Headquarters even though the most. Wish guests joined by video link a precaution to avoid worsening the coronavirus pandemic that has already killed almost 1000000 people worldwide. To a half empty hall of socially distance u. N.
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Navigate it all. With the clock ticking, get reaction from republican Congressman Ken Buck from colorado. It takes a lot of guts and a lot of innovation to start a business during a pandemic. One man is doing just that, very inspirational story coming up. All that and so much more on making money. Charles so for the most part the market has been elevated all session long but obviously on pins and needles which plains the rapid air pocket we saw earlier in the session where there was a tweet that nancy pelosi sounded very skeptical about a deal with steve mnuchin. I suspect it was strategic tweet as both sides are using proxies to move the market and gain leverage but beyond the drama in washington, d. C. , there is lot of mostly positive news on the economy and stock market today. Initial jobless claims came in better than expected. As they continuing claims was dropped by almost one million in just one week. Consumer spending came in much better than expected even as incomes declined.
You really look at what is happening. But a random act of kindness planted a seed of hope. Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Barriers to the ballot are not new for black and brown people in america. From poll taxes and literacy tests to intimidation and physical violence, all were blatant forms of efforts to suppress the vote. Today, Voter Suppression is the result of overly strict voter id laws, complicated rules for mailin ballots, extreme consolidation of polling places, and mass purging of voters from election rolls. Some examples, oklahoma, where state law requires absentee ballots to be notarized. Texas, where vulnerability to covid19 can not be used as a reason to get an absentee ballot. Kentucky, where just one polling place was open during the primary election in jefferson county, which serv roughly many people could be turned away from the polls in november or find out that their ballots did not count . Janai nelson is the associate director counsel of t