Every year booktv asks members of congress about the books they are reading. Joining us now on booktv is representative tom cole, a republican from oklahoma. Congressman cole, weve asked you this question before. Youve always had a large reading list. Whats on your current reading list . Well, i have just finished the splendid and the vile by erik larson, wonderful account of churchill and his family, really in the worst year of the war, the year right after he becomes prime minister, may 10, 1940, literally the day of the german invasion of low countries in france. And then basically what it was like to stood alone against nazi germany until june the 41 the russians are in the war and then obviously by december the 41 the United States is in the war. Its an extraordinary book, so its a wonderful read about a guy that i consider literally the greatest person in the 20th century and the supreme ordeal of a long and brilliant career. And then i have also been reading, i just picked up a
Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on the roads this morning. First lets start with a look at the forecast, kari. It looks great for today. Were starting out with some chilly temperatures, but we are going to see a nice little warmup as we go throughout the day with a touch warmer afternoon. Were going to see more weather like this going into the weekend with lots of sunshine, but with that sunshine comes more dry weather. Lets get a look at what were expecting around the bay. Napa reaching 66. San francisco reaching 62 and 66 in concord this afternoon. So all quiet weather here. How is it looking for the commute, mike . Well, that quiet weather obviously helps with the conditions for the commute as the map will show you green sensors everywhere. I am watching oakland, unusual not unusual but about once a week chp assists with Traffic Control around the construction zone. This morning theyve been called to southbound 880 aro
And we lead the program with another record day for new cases of covert 1000 in the United States. The nation reported more than 153000 new cases. Thursday, as the u. S. Has now eclipsed more than 10500000. 00 total cases. Since the pandemic hit its shores, california on thursday joined texas as the only states to have surpassed 1000000. 00 cases of the coronavirus at this point. So lets go ahead and we go time and check in on the trends and spread of the virus globally with our chief correspondent cya tab. And where are we friday . Brian . , youre exactly right. It hasnt just been the u. S. , but the world as a whole has suffered the worst day of the pandemic. So far, almost 12000 people died and more than 666000, new cases were reported just in the last 24 hours. And then the u. S. , like you mentioned, once again bro, another record for new cases, more than 160000 new cases. And for the 10th, straight day in a row, more than 100000, new cases have been alex every single day and new
No state right now as seen cases decline. And heres a list. The few Illinois River had more than 75000 cases just last week, and 32 states from alaska, and idaho in the west to connecticut and New Hampshire in the east. I did more cases this week than any other time of the pandemic now in nebraska, vermont, utah and kansas, at least 10 states with a single day case records on thursday. But the situation is even worse in the great lakes region. Wisconsin, pennsylvania, indiana, minnesota. They all exceeded their previous single day records on thursday by more than 1000 cases. While in ohio, there hospitalizations have soared to record levels. Now taken a look at which are also on the rise with more than 1000. On average, every single day and hospitalizations are also set a record on thursday to over 67000. So were up to 39 percent in hospitalizations, double of where we were just 5 weeks ago. And then there is even bad, more bad news because the new model just been released by the unive
Youre exactly right. It hasnt just been the u. S. , but the world as a whole has suffered the worst day of the pandemic. So far, almost 12000 people died and more than 666000, new cases were reported just in the last 24 hours. And then the u. S. , like you mentioned, once again broke another record for new cases, more than 160000 new cases. And for the 10th, straight day in a row, more than 100000, new cases have been announced every single day, and new cases are trending upward in every single state. In fact, no state right now is seen cases decline. And heres a list. The few Illinois River had more than 75000 cases just last week, and 32 states from alaska, and idaho in the west to connecticut and New Hampshire in the east. I did more cases this week than any other time of the pandemic now in nebraska, vermont, utah and kansas for among at least 10 states with a single day case records on thursday. But the situation is even worse in the great lakes region. Wisconsin, pennsylvania, in