People still missing. We have the news from europe, including the french president Francois Hollande courts his chinese counterpart with billion dollar deal on the table. And the bishop of bling steps down from his post in germany. The u. S. President said the ukraine crisis has highlighted the need for europe to increase its spending on defense, speaking at a meeting with european meeting in brussels, barack obama said some n. A. T. O. Members are not pulling their way, and for n. A. T. O. To work effectively all allies need to invest, not just britain and the u. S. It was president s first visit to e. U. Headquarters and one dominated by russia and the west after the annexation of cry ma. Obama warned russia that it will be punished for its actions in ukraine. The situation reminds us that our freedom isnt free. And weve got to be willing to pay for the assets, the personnel, the training thats required to make sure that we have a credible n. A. T. O. Force. One of the things that i
West virginia today. Im cheering for the mountaineers. See you in a few. Thanks. New this morning, a search for a killer. Someone shot and killed a man on 30th street southeast. This happened not far from southern and alabama avenues. When officers got to the scene they found the man unconscious. He was shot several times. Rescuers tried to save him but he died at the hospital. Police have not released a description of the gunman. It maybe the weekend but we could see progress in the shutdown showdown. House republicans could vote on a budget bill as early as this afternoon and this comes a day after the Senate Passed a bill that would keep the government running into november. It does not defund the new healthcare law which republicans in the house are trying to do. Time is of the essence here. If lawmakers cant pass a budget by the end of the day monday the federal government will shut down. Tuesday is the day people can start to apply for healthcare under the care act. Dramatic day
In texas, the governor there is now mandating masks for people in public but is that too little too late . I have no beds. We open a new wing of the hospital. 32 beds because we literally filled up the covid unit. It is getting bad, really bad. And now we are telling people go ahead and wear the masks and things like that and yet were allowing people to go and participate in mass gatherings. Florida is now the state averaging the most new coronavirus cases each day. The state is seeing just under 9,500 new cases, coronavirus cases. That number just released in the last hour and that was a number from just yesterday. Boris sanchez on Clearwater Beach in florida joining me now. What do the numbers mean for this weekend . Reporter thats the big question for local Health Officials and for the Governor Ron Desantis of florida. We should point out as you noted 9,500 new cases, almost 9,500 new cases in the state of florida, third biggest day they have had in new coronavirus cases. Just yeste
Ballot. Who we are as a nation, what we stand for, most importantly who we want to be, thats all on the ballot. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, i think the message of this convention to me boils down to character and covid19. That is the democrats trying to make the case that trump failed in controlling the pandemic and the reason is his flawed character. Did they succeed in delivering that message well enough in your view and strategically, politically was it the right message . Daniel yeah, i think so. What the heck . They could not have possibly have overstated it one speaker after another went after donald trump. I believe joe biden opened his address last night by describe ing a season of darkness which sounds to me Netflix Series rather than political campaign. [laughter] daniel this is a poll tested convention, make no mistake about it based on 3
Ballot. Who we are as a nation, what we stand for, most importantly who we want to be, thats all on the ballot. Paul lets bring in wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, i think the message of this convention to me boils down to character and covid19. That is the democrats trying to make the case that trump failed in controlling the pandemic and the reason is his flawed character. Did they succeed in delivering that message well enough in your view and strategically, politically was it the right message . Daniel yeah, i think so. What the heck . They could not have possibly have overstated it one speaker after another went after donald trump. I believe joe biden opened his address last night by describe ing a season of darkness which sounds to me Netflix Series rather than political campaign. [laughter] daniel this is a poll tested convention, make no mistake about it based on 3