Another candidate who wants to right. Buy this party out. And you know it really started yesterday. There was an extended conversation about his medical records that were released. Senator sanders back in the fall, after he had that heart and that was just the first ten minutes. Attack that sidelined him from good morning, everyone, it is the campaign trail, he promised thursday, february 20th. To release his full medical im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside records. Instead we got about three letters from doctors saying he Alicia Menendez. Was in good condition. It was a bit of a fight night. That came up on the debate stage last night. It was a vicious fight, yes. He was asked about that in terms a bit of a slug fest. Of transparency. Listen to his response to that. The most contentious debate we released reports from two between the democratic president ial candidates yet, as you saw there, the rhetorical leading vermont cardiologists punches came right out of the gate with every single one
Applications from foreigners to live and work. Here in the United States, the times reports that workers who have received visas for specialized jobs would also be barred entry, although some deemed critical would be allowed in. A source telling nbc news, the order could be signed as early as this week is unclear how long the executive order will actually be in place. Also here in new york state, the single day coronavirus death toll fell below 500, marking the Third Straight day of a notable decline. In new york city, the epicenter of the outbreak, lockdown measures are showing no signs of easing. All major events in the city are now canceled through the month of june. Meanwhile, several city leaders are urging Governor Cuomo to temporarily shut down the citys subways, to help slam the brakes on the pandemic. But while the path to recovery could be long, the governor remains optimistic as he works to reopen the states economy. Watch this. We have a lot of work to do to keep the beast
Good monday morning, everybody. It is monday, may 4th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with the Washington Post scorching look at the president s monthlong struggle to actually reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. In interviews with 82 administration officials, the post is outlining a story of, quote, desperation and dysfunction with a detailed look at what took place in the 34 days between march 29th, when trump actually agreed to extend social distancing guidelines to this past week. During that time, the post is noting that trump was so determined to extinguish the deadly virus that he repeatedly embraced fantasy curealls and tuned out both the reality that the first wave has yet to significantly recede and the possibility of a potentially worse second wave in the fall, as we have heard from many experts. According to the paper in early april, tensions were growing between the doctors and scientists advising the response and the president s economic and polit
Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, may 7th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We have a lot to cover this morning. Just a day after suggesting the White House Coronavirus task force should start winding down, the president is now reversing course. In a series of tweets yesterday, the president said, quote, the task force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on safety and opening up our country again. We may add or subtract people to it as appropriate. The task force will be very focused on vaccines and therapeutics. Here is what the president told reporters about his change of plans. Could you explain the change you gave about winding down the task force and well, i guess if you think, were always winding it down, but its a question of what the endpoint is. I think it is a change a little bit. I thought we could wind it down sooner, but i had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. I get calls from very respected p
President threatening to withhold federal funds from states that make it easier to vote during this pandemic. In one tweet, the president blasted nevadas transition to a mostly mail election, falsely calling it illegal and accusing the state of creating a, quote, great voter fraud scenario. The president put finance officials on notice tagging his budget director and the treasury department. In another tweet, he falsely accused michigan of, quote, illegally mailing absentee ballots to 7. 7 million people. When the state only sent out applications for absentee ballots. He corrected that part, but stood by the false claim that the state did something illegal, which it did not. The president was asked about his tweets yesterday. Well, i think if were talking about the mailin ballots, if people mail in ballots, theres a lot of illegality. They harvest ballots, you know all about harvesting. And people go out and they vote. If you need a mailin balanceout, specifically, im in the white hous