5 00 in the morning. Four days from election day. Hard to believe. President trumps reset on the pandemic has been officially unmasked as the coronavirus dealt out some harsh realities. 27 states seeing an increase in deaths. The death toll now eclipsing 1,000 for the fifth time in a week. Partly because texas changed how it reports the numbers. Hospitalizations nationwide remain near the april peak. Unless we get our arms around this and get it suppressed, we are going to have further suffering and further death and thats the reason why, as ive often said many, many times, there are things we can do right now in the absence of a vaccine that can turn us around. Now there are some positive signs. New cases are up in just 22 states, and thats actually far fewer than two weeks ago when it was almost 40, but every time the country tries to return to normal, the virus fights back. Thats right. After a much anticipated return, there are now questions over whether Major League Baseball can s
In a significant war with an enemy. If this was a traditional war where there were soldiers outside of our doors in the streets and people would be risking their lives to be outside of their homes, no one would think about the need to go to work. No one would think about getting their dog groomed. The death toll in illinois cook county is among the top five in the nation with more than 1,900 lives lost. The city of chicago reached what the mayor called the sad milestone of 1,000 coronavirus deaths on most. An er doctor is joining us. Thanks for joining us. Listening there, the state Health Official essentially saying this is a war and people need to rethink their personal privileges, if you will, whether its getting your dog groomed or going out to a nail salon. Is that message sinking in, or are you seeing in your daily work that as people keep hearing more and more about reopening, is the psychology changing . Are people taking more risks . I think it seems, you know, there are certa
Their talks ahead of an expected summit between kim and President Trump. Ivan watson live for us in seoul. Tonight at 6 00 p. M. Tonight, 6 00 p. M. There. Ivan . Reporter this was a surprise summit and really remarkable how it unfolded because we didnt hear that the meeting had taken place until after it was over and after kim jongun had gotten back to north korea. He got to china traveling on a special train all the way from north korea to beijing. It was a fourday visit, and xi jinping, the chinese leader now for life, unrolled the red carpet for kim and his entourage. He underscored the importance of an alliance that goes back more than half a century saying that this is truly a strategic choice. Thats important because relations had grown really frosty between beijing and pyongyang in recent years in part due to north Koreas Nuclear weapons tests, its Ballistic Missile launches which have been banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions and had forced china to join in In
If you believe you are a victim of this man, Jeffrey Epstein, we want to hear from you. Reporter prosecutors allege over four years epstein lured under age women, some as young as 14 years told massage him and engage in sex acts. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to the charges. In addition to finding hundreds, possibly thousands of photos of nude and partially nude young women and girls, some of them locked in a safe, investigators found compact discs. Now epstein is already a registered sex offender after agreeing to a deal in 2008. The miami herald in an investigation helped prompt the new charges found that acosta signed off on a deal in 2008 essentially shutting down an fbi investigation giving immunity to any potential cocon spiritors allowing him to pay restitution victims, register as a sex offender and plead guilty to two state charges. Epstein is also connected to the president. He was photographed with trump in 1997 and 2000 at the president s maralago estate, also in palm beac
I mean, first of all, you have pete alonso, rookie, new york mets, winning it. Incredible. I mean, the number of home runs that were hit, over 300. And you had young vlad guerrero jr. And Jack Peterson from the dodgers going back and forth with two or three hitoffs they call them. 49 home runs, 50 home runs. Just an amazing evening for Major League Baseballs home run derby. It really was. And 1 million to the winner. And alonso made more money last night than hell make all year for the mets. Yeah. Yes, but the good news is theres a lot of money waiting for him over the course of his career. Hes such a great player. George and i got to sit and watch a little of that last year. Some years it comes and goes. Vlad guerrero, hes been hurt all year but what a talent hell be in the big leagues. No doubt about it. All right, lets get to our top story this morning. Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein is being charged with one count of sex trafficking, conspiracy and one count of sex trafficking.