States so far. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, comparing the pandemic to a slowmoving hurricane and in two days on sunday new york city will run out of ventilators. According to new york city mayor bill de blasio. Today Governor Cuomo acting on that dire need signed an executive order that will enable the state to take ventilators and personal protective equipment from places not currently using them. The mayor de blasio called for the military to mobilize doctors and nurses in uniform to help ease the strain on the new york city civilian medical personnel as hospitals continued to be overwhelmed with patients. In a sign of how dire it is, ems in new york city have been instructed not to bring cardiac arrest patients to the hospital if they can cannot save the patient in the field. I also want to take a brief moment here to note in a im anchoring at this hour because our friend and colleague brooke baldwin, who normally anchors at this time, has herself been diagnosed with coro
Said i think hes telling me to trust myself. Um, and, you know, follow the gleam of light in your own mind from within, etc. , etc. , etc. It seems to me that cuts through a lot of this stuff weve been talking about and hearing about this weekend in the sense that, you know, when all else fails, we can take these writers straight. Its an extreme remedy, but it is possible, yeah. [laughter] they do talk to you. Thank you. One more . [applause] one more. This is the most moving lecture ive heard. For some reason it just pushed the right button. Im one and ive read all the books that you suggested, but i read them as a teenager as you did, certainly am going to go read them again. Do you have any other wonderful suggestions of books we should read . [laughter] well, if you havent read them all again, read my wifes books again, annie dillard. American childhood [applause] [inaudible] nice. Thank you. [applause] visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the au
Tonight or i am throwing her off the set. Andy levy is here in a vneck and a shirt that doesnt quite match. Bill schulz is here and the cohost of the anthony and opie show. Their pod casts are available on itunes and new episodes out every wednesday, a day of the week. A block. The lede. Thats the first story. Why did the bird suddenly appear every time you are near, greg . I dont know. The question worth pondering. The man called ford is out of his gord. A day after rob ford admitted to smoking crack, who hasnt . New video sur surfaced to prove that without a doubt this man is the most interest ing canadian that ever lived. This latest offering features the fired up freak talking about how he would violently kill on named dude. Kill an unnamed dude. On a side note i will [bleep]. He is actually referring to allen thicke. He was not a fan of allen thickes show or music. It was the undated tirade. I saw a video. It was extremely embarrassing. The whole world is going to see it. I dont h
Marks independence day. To our viewers in United States and around the world, welcome to cnn. We begin in iraq where bombings have rocked three major cities. Three car bombs and a roadside device explode one after the next. Another car bombing, several people injured. No one was killed in that blast. It was the first bombing in that city in one year. And in baghdad, a suicide bomber targeting the interior ministry killed at least four people and wounded 35 others. In the meantime, theres a different kind of terror taking place in a city which isis militants have held under siege for the past two months. The world has just been learning that this town has been essentially cut off by isis. Reporter the news coming out really describes the very desperate situation in there. Now this town is in a province. This is a predominantly sunnis province of baghdad. Isis has taken over many of the villages surroundi ining it. It has about 18,000 people. Thats about 5,000 families living in there. I
A sea of blue. A solemn procession flanked by officers from across this country. Selfinflicted gunshot wound right after the shooting, Ismaaiyl Brinsley posting threats towards Police Officer on his Instagram Account vowing revenge for the deaths of eric garner and Michael Brown. Police commissioner bill bratton and Vice President joe biden were among those who spoke at the service this morning. Listen. We know what it means to take the job, those of us who are privileged to call ourselves cops. No other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. The job can reward you like no other. But one day it might demand from you everything in return. For the ramos family today is that day. And here we are. Im sure i speak for the whole nation when i say to you that that our hearts ache for you. I know from personal experience that there is little anyone can say or do at this moment to ease the pain that sense of loss, that sense of loneliness. It was an incredibly moving ceremo