Not a very tough job to do if they knew what they were doing. So we will be talking about that next week. An announcement as to what we are planning to do to help them. Bill that was the oval office, and the president saying about the ag will be part of next weeks announcement. She is the Justice Department director and public affairs. Good afternoon. Welcome to our program. Good to see you, bill. Bill what is this operation legend, and how should we look at it . It is something the department of justice announced. It is named after a 4yearold boy who was killed in kansas city as he was sleeping in his bed. A stray bullet hit him. It is the highest it has ever been, and so we watched operation legend being named after this child who was tragically killed, and what it means, as we speak, whether federal access, fbi, dea, to come along local Law Enforcement there and help them deal with this terrible Violent Crime issue that they are currently experiencing. Bill thats kansas city. Did yo
It comes as the administration and americas biggest cities take very different approaches to a surge in violence. Federal agents cracking down on protesters in portland after the 50th night of demonstrations. Anarchists were threatening to burn down a Police Precinct before the cops stepped in. Oregons democrat governor called the move political theater. Acting dhs chief chad wolf is calling her out for letting anarchy run while held. We continue to see the violent activity, violent anarchists night after night. The concern i have, the local and state leadership, they are fostering an environment where its very difficult for Law Enforcement to do their job. They are not coming out, in my view, in my opinion, coming out strong and of condemning the violent activity there in portland. Jesse in new york, the police are under attack on their assailants are being set free. The men who punch in nypd chief on the Brooklyn Bridge was released without bail. With shootings up 277 from last year,
Good wednesday morning, everybody. It is july 15th. And im yasmin vossoughian. Weve got a lot to cover this morning so well start with the coronavirus. Infections surging across the country. The director of the cdc Robert Redfield saying the president should, quote, set an example by wearing a mask. In an interview with a medical journal, redfield warned about the upcoming convergence of flu and coronavirus saying together they could overstress the u. S. Health care system and could be, quote, one of the most difficult times that we have experienced in American Public health. Redfield also argued that universal mask wearing for the next four to eight weeks may help to bring the pandemic under control. Masking is not a political issue. Its a Public Health issue. And it really is a personal responsibility for all of us. And i am, you know, heartened to see more and more people now, glad to see the president wear a mask this weekend, the Vice President. Clearly in their situation, they co
Trillions more in relief as republicans say anymore federal funding will have to be narrowly tailored and not make it more the burden of for people who stay home rather than returning to work. Gop senator john kennedy joins us in minutes for that other piece in the New York Times that had us pretty fired up tonight. Senior correspondent Rick Leventhal kicking off talks with our current covert restrictions are playing out across america. State and local governments are getting tougher in the fight against coronavirus rubric is threatening beer fines, arrests and shutdowns but stories of people rebelling keep popping up. In louisiana 64yearold man refused to put a mascot inside a walmart. After saying you cant wear make me wear a mask he backed his car into a Police Officer twice and faces multiple charges included aggravated assault. In st. Petersburg a man was busted after punching another passenger honestly bus in the face after a mask wearing dispute. In new York Governor Andrew Cuom
Outfront. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the breaking news, the u. S. On track to break another single day record in coronavirus cases across the country as the death toll sets one day records in texas and florida. 138,000 americans have now died from the virus. And as we speak, 39 states are seeing increase in the number of cases. These new records have dr. Anthony fauci speaking out today, calling this a serious situation that needs to be addressed. Yet what did we hear from the president today . Another campaignstyle speech on the south lawn repeatedly slamming obama and biden. He didnt mention any plan to stop the virus. And in fact, this is the thing, when it comes to the virus, trump likes to make big statements and leave out any detail on how to get anything done. Take, for example, reopening schools. Schools should be opened. Kids want to go to school. Children and parents are dying from that trauma too. Theyre dying because they cant do what