Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. A Good Samaritan who tried helping two stranded swimmers was swept away by a strong current. All three ended up near a sand bar near plum island between new york and massachusetts. Eventually a coast guard crew managed to rescue them. The swimmers swallowed a lot of saltwater but are expected to be okay. Turning now to the growing concern among Health Care Workers about the rising rates of coronavirus infection. Now a new call for nationwide shutdowns. I spoke earlier with dr. Ravi. More than 1,000 Health Professionals have now signed a letter to the government saying its time to reboot our fight against covid19. They argue we should shut down the country again and start over with testing and tracing. Whats your take . Kenneth, i agree with many of the tenets of the letter. I think we do need to improve our testing, i think we need to ramp up our contact tracing. I do think it is going to be difficult to go back to square one across the nation. I think we do need to
Plus, jailhouse rescue. The dramatic moment inmates came together to save the deputy who was guarding them. Mission to mars, the first of its kind trip to the red planet today. Why nasa is sending a helicopter. And bold brews. With more americans drinking at home during the pandemic, the new and unusual beer options hitting the market. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with the coronavirus crisis. More than 150,000 people in the United States have now died from the virus. The good news is new cases are down. The bad news is more than 1,400 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the most since may 15th with grim new records in texas and florida. A texas congressman who was set to fly on air force one with President Trump yesterday has now tested positive. He was seen the previous day with attorney general william barr who has now been tested. This morning a new report is expected to show the economy shrank by 35 during the second quarter, the largest decline on record.
Fear. We are still a country in crisis. The pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. It has cost more than 135,000 lives and climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. In just the last few days, 19 states 19 states reported record cases, including florida, which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response, are already unacceptably high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public. Im glad he made the shift. But mr. President , its not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get the American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open everything now isnt a strategy for success. It is barely a slogan. Quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health and protecting our economy. All it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts. Mr. President , please listen t
Program washington journal and if you missed any of our live coverage, watch anytime on demand on cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren spoke to young voters on a Virtual Campaign fundraiser for the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden, urging them to vote and answering questions. I am excited to introduce you to some super awesome young folks. I want to bring it my friend stephanie. Thank you so much for all of the work you do. We are excited to be partnering with you today. Give a warm welcome to stephanie. Hello everybody. Here. Ited to be i want to start by saying thank you to everyone on this call and for helping with this election and would leak 46. We always say every election is the most important of her lifetime, but this one really is. When the economy and coronavirus, peoples lives depend on replacing donald with joe biden and the white house, and young people are going to make it happen. To giv
Its time now to move i. Begin this hour with some disturbing video surfacing out of new york city thats where the n. Y. P. D. Is once again coming under scrutiny for this questionable arrest tactic here that youre seeing on screen in that spotlight you see Plainclothes Police officers arresting a trans woman on the streets of new yorks East Manhattan subduing her and then tossing her into an unmarked van now aided by identified and why p. T. To many people who witnessed this it appeared to be an abduction nikki stone was wanted for vandalization and destruction of Police Cameras at city hall but the method of her arrest have many worried about. Practices during these ongoing protests so joining us to band on the topic retired Metro Police Detective ron hampton ways and ron good to see you you were a cop on the ground here locally for a long time stone was wanted for vandalization did that warrant this sort of reaction. I dont think it was but you know some of this behavior app of the i