The cost already off the charts. More than the gdp of some entire countries. And the dramatic rescue of a 52yearold israeli hostage grabbed from a tunnel in southern gaza, raising new hopes for the 108 people still being held by hamas. What were learning about how the idf pulled it off. So much to get to but we start in georgia where democrats are suing the State Election Board over new rules they say will sow chaos and uncertainty election day. The rules allow Election Boards in 159 counties to make what they call reasonable inquiries about the vote count before certifying the results, but the rules dont explain what reasonable actually means. The lawsuit alleges that even individual Board Members can have the power to delay certification while they hunt for Election Irregularities and then a Battleground State like georgia that could mean holding up not just the state results, but potentially, then, National Results as well. All of it coming as trump keeps fueling the idea that the o
Good evening everyone and thank you so much for joining us. My name is bennett and im a bookseller and Events Coordinator and im going to be your host tonight for literati featuring myles harvey. Lets get underway and i want to extend a thank you for your support of ourVirtual Events programming. We feel lucky that were able to continue to offer Virtual Events and we wouldnt be able to do that and hear about the king of confidence if it wasnt for you all showing up so thank you for doing that. Id like to quickly go over our policy for tonights event. We ask you keep your a video feed disabled throughout the duration of the that event and if you dont we will disable it for you and if you enable it a second time we will have toreview you from the event we appreciate your cooperation. I just wanted to briefly go over our plan for tonight, a reading by both miles and after myles reads from the king of confidence which was published this last tuesday and donovan reads from his book publishe
This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome dr. Robert redfield, director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Dr. Redfield, to discuss the cdc and the on going response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas pole and our full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to the subcommittee members here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i move to my Opening Statement, and because this is our first labor hhs and education appropriation subcommittee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work in order to benefit both members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six foot social distancing between members, witnesses, and other individuals in in the room necessary to operate the hea
Redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended sixfoot social distancing between members, witnesses and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing. Which we have kept to a minimum. Some members have opted to use
Ahmaud arbery. Well have the latest on the expanding investigation. And surprise plea deal. Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband are pleading guilty today in the College Admissions bribery scandal. Why they may avoid spending time behind bars. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Its so important that we dont congregate in groups of hundreds of people. Each one is really almost guaranteed to create another outbreak. Officials are concerned the unofficial start to summer could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Now is not the time to tempt fate and pull back completely. There is you dont want to stay locked down forever. I tested positively toward negative. President trump says he tested negative for covid19 and thats one reason he gave for not wearing a mask in front of the press. I didnt want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. I have but one question. Are you going to beat this guy . Yes. Yes, yes, yes. President trump could be heading to the cap