Is no excuse for the problems plaguing the Health Insurance exchange website. He expressed his frustration during remarks in the white house rose garden. The president says hes confident the issues can be fixed and that Health Care Reform is about more than a website. Mike viqueira is at the white house for us. The president could have been the star of his own infomercial today. He is pushing back against some strong and negative headwinds. Reporter thats right. He really was pitchman and chief today. He said its a good program. You get a good price. Everyone not insured can go to the exchanges. You can go online, but the administration and the president over the course of the last three week since october 1st when the exchanges launched online, they say the problems are the result of this overwhelming and unexpected volume and interest from the public. 19 million unique visitors they say. Today a marked change. The president marching into the rose garden. All around him were people th
We knew that he always worked on the side of the angels and now we know that he is with them. John had deep faith. Believing that every person has a spark of divinity, making them worthy of respect, and he had faith in the charity of others, which is what gave him so much hope. Later this afternoon, former Vice President and Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee, joe biden, will pay his respects to congressman lewis. A short time later, his casket will be moved to the east front lobby so that americans, the members of the public, can always pay tribute to the civil rights legend and american hero. John lewis final trip to the capitol took him past washington landmarks that held so much significance for him. The lincoln memorial, where he was the youngest person to speak at the march on washington in 1963. Black lives matter plaza, near the white house now, where he made his final public appearance at the beginning of june. And the National Museum of africanamerican history and c
State. Well, the polls have closed in several states includes new jersey, massachusetts, what voters is a decided today offers an intryinging look at the parts. Governor races in new jersey and virginia, and six states have more than 30 battle measures ranging from a hike in the minimum wage, new taxes on the sale of marijuana, and 200 million bond issue to save the houston astro dome, and there are cities electing mayors like atlanta, detroit, houston and new york. Lets begin with the governor races, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said hes not concerned about lack of support from the states tea party republicans, and from the looks of the polls he has no reason to be. Christie is expected to win in a landslide over democrat barbara bono. We just heard that the Associated Press has just called the race for governor Chris Christie in the state of new jersey. But its been a different story in virginia why Terry Mcauliffe faced off against a conservative opponentopponent ken cuccine l
And a day that the United States hit 60,000 deaths from coronavirus. Dr. Anthony fauci putting his krelkts on the line to tout what he describes as significant news on a possible treatment for coronavirus. The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recover. This drug happens to be blocking an enzyme that the virus uses. According to dr. Fauci, you heard it, the results from the preliminary trial show that remdesivir improved Recovery Time for coronavirus patients solidly, 15 zais for the placebo, 11 days for the people on the drug, and that is important. There are still Big Questions tonight. Faufrpy admitting that the drug did not show a statistically significant benefit in whether patients actually died. News of a potential treatment though was enough for markets. The dow surging more than 530 points today. On that study result alone. And tonight, the fda is reportedly planning to okay the emergency use of remdesirvir that may
More than 1. 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases here in the United States, and that more than 67,000 americans have died. And we can all agree that the economic toll is staggering with more than 30 million americans filing for unemployment. But what americans and Public Officials cant seem to agree on is how and when to reopen the country. By tomorrow, 33 states will have begun the process of at least partially reopening. A recent gallup poll found that 44 of republicans and just 4 of democrats said that theyre ready to return to normal activities. And this week we watched as protests broke out in states like michigan where a statewide stayathome order remains in effect. Of course, it was just two weeks ago when the president called for the liberation of certain states, michigan included. And this week the president tweeted his support for those protesters calling them, quote, very good people, and urging Governor Gretchen Whitmer to give a little. The disagreements and the divides