Much to the dismay and outrage of well d i guess what those who care more about stones symbols of hate than peoples flesh blood and lives never one to miss an opportunity to sound off in an Election Year u. S. President donald trump chimed in or rather tweeted in declaring i have authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalize or destroys any monument statue or other such federal property in the United States with up to 10 years in prison. But it wasnt just the president was clutching his pearls the activists gadflies and Culture Police from the right even some on the left were also losing their collective minds on t. V. And social media over the toppling of these slave owning idols yes apparently the removal of the ulysses s. Grant statue was just a line too far for some people ignoring the fact that grant despite helping to win the. War didnt back to own slaves and presided over a particularly horrific chapter of physical and cultural genocide against native american
Site. Gov. Cuomo good morning, good to see you all here in masks, related gear. To my right we have general to my left we, have general raymond shields. These are two gentlemen who i have been through many situations with. We have been through hell and back. And if you have to have two professionals dealing with the situation like this, these are the two situations that you these are the two people you want to be with. I thank both generals for being here today. Im private cuomo but ill be your governor today. I want to thank all the army corps of engineer people who are here today who have done an outstanding job. They came in very quickly in setting up this emergency hospital. Which is going to be badly needed. I want to thank all of the people at the javitt center. This is a great exhibition hall. This is not what they normally do, and they have really stepped up and risen to the occasion. So i want to thank them. Let me take you through some facts today because we have some new fac
Outbreak to hit City Health Officials say it is not a matter of if but when Health Officials announced 2 new cases of coronavirus in Santa Clara County. This brings the total number of crowd of iraq fires cases in that county to 9 in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested. Presumptive positive for coronavirus which means the person has tested positive at a Public Health lab. Officials are awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc has new cases with unknown are just begin to pop of understanding the risk of cor navirus has become more and more important. The cdc says at this point we should all be prepared for more cases to emerge across the United States kron fours well bellow spoke with an Infectious Disease expert at u c berkley is she standing by live with more well thats right the head of Infectious Diseases at u c berkeley doctor lee riley says. This is an outbreak it is an epidemic after comparing it to sars and mers he believes there are 3 likely outc
Into San Francisco. Were looking good so far with no big problems and thats roughly 8 minutes thats not bad at all right thats considered quick. Thats your average from the bottom of the maze through the pay gates across the upper deck and after fremont street, heres 92 our busiest bridge and its not bad. Its just crowd already have a lot of folks packing up rolling to the peninsula so well put it at 13 minutes and growing off to one o one west 5. 82 the richmond sandra fell bridge doing just fine and easy commute of 6 minutes to the north bay and the traffic tracker has more freeways and more drive times so take a peek to take 6. 80 of sell its 11 minutes for 2 danville thats going south maybe youre dumb. Martin bridge commuter. Its a 13 minute trip off to bayfront expressway. No problems for 5. 18 no hot spots for want to want an easy trip heading north from brisbane to San Francisco. Americans have lost their lives. The coronavirus and on behalf of the president. And all of the Amer
Teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are people who understand what youre going through. I understand. I have been through it myself. And there were times i did not think i was going to make it, but the lord brought me through it and he can bring you through it as well. Just keep faith and keep fighting. Amy we will speak with cyntoia brownlong in one of her first interviews after prison. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Shelling is continuing in Northern Syria one day after