The call, how theyre pitching pr supply and demand. The white house responding to the urgent need for more masks. When exactly can they expect to receive these masks . Well prioritize the president s press when will the masks start coming in . How theyll be distributed across the country. Fighting the pandemic. Researchers around the globe scrambling for a treatment. This morning a new approach. Will shifting the focus be the key to a cure . And home court advantage. The athletes showing off their skills all through the house. How theyre rolling on and still making baskets. To make the best of their situation. Hey, good morning. As you can see, whit is not on the desk with us this morning. Well hear from him in just a moment. First, though, lets dive into the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, now hittin eeciay here are the latest numbers. Overnight, cases of covid19 surpassed 300,000 worldwide with nearly 13,000 deaths. Here in the u. S. , the numbers are soaring, more than 26,000 ca
Coast of the u. S. Well have some reaction also coming up pope francis holds an open air mass and buddhist majority of myanmar and of thousands turned out for that he calls on the people there to embrace peace and reconciliation. Tackling migration the European Union and the African Union get together to work out how to deal with the flow of migrants from africa to europe. Last we visit one of the most dangerous places on the planet the sleepy looking town one hundred or us as the third highest murder rate in the world we look at the work being done to keep Street Children safe now out of the hands of the gangs. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show. U. S. President al from says he will handle the latest missile test by north korea the government there claims its a new type of missile and some experts believe it could be capable of hitting the eastern seaboard of the United States. That. North korea claims it has become a Nuclear Power after a lot of over two months it has ag
And welcome to aljazeera live from my headquarters in doha the plane as a random also ahead. Dozens of dead and thousands affected as another big storm that is Central America. Surveying the damage with me Puerto Ricans fearing for what will happen today could help communities and why the muslim arabs are joining the kurds and turning their back on iraq. The u. N. Is bracing for what it calls a further exodus of the hunger of refugees from myanmar to bang the day with up to one hundred thousand people waiting to cross the border half a million behind i have already crossed since the end of august to escape a military crackdown in Rakhine State myanmar says its fighting separatist groups and denies accusations of ethnic cleansing and the u. N. As criticizing me on my other difficulties getting humanitarian aid into Rakhine State the access we have. In rakhine especially in northern rakhine is unacceptable and we repeat our cole to the authorities in me to put in place the arrangements t
Wimp, you got to be ready for it, it is tough. Good weather day . Exciting times. We are watching nothing on ultimate doppler radar, in our area, were still keeping an eye on the remnants of bonnie, to see if that ever leaves the carolinas, and ever starts to affect us, still up in the air about, that but we can tell that you it is dry, right now, and probably the rest of the day. A tad less than perfect, but we will tell about that, too. 69 degrees getting start in the philadelphia, with calm winds, and it is a little stick toy start, 90 relative humidity, we have little bit after sea breeze going on when we get a breeze, and thats bringing little moisture in off the ocean, sunrise, 5 34 this morning, lets take a look at the other temperatures, 65 degrees in allentown, trenton has 67. Six an over in lancaster, 64 Atlantic City so a comfortable morning, little cooler, tiny bit than it was yesterday at this time. Checking the winds, southerly winds or the easterly winds, depends on wher
Amy we will discuss Merrick Garlands record with terry oneill, president of the National Organization for women and Ian Millhiser, author of, injustices the Supreme Courts history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. Then to one of the Worst Supreme Court rulings in history. We will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles the Supreme Court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. This was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. As a result with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. Amy judge Oliver Wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. After weeks of speculation president obama has announced , his nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin