You can send us a text at 2027488003 and if you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. A very good sunday morning to you. We take you to the coronavirus dashboard from Johns Hopkins university. The numbers 10 million cases worldwide, the United States counting for a quarter of those and 125,000 deaths. Amid renewed focus on the spread of this virus we are talking about masks this morning asking if you wear them. The topic came up friday at a hearing of the House Oversight committee. This is congressman jamie raskin talking to his fellow republican green. Sman mark [video clip] the mask is not to protect me. It is to protect other people in the event i am infected and the majority of infections are of presymptomatic. We had members of congress who did not know they had it in any of us would do that if that were the rule. Why is this complicated . There is one thing we can do to protect other people. It does not cost us anything.
People had their twitter fingers ready for tiger king. More like, netflix, we have a problem. Yes. Because that was more of a meow versus a roar there. It was i didnt even bother, i was like, uh, no. Joe mchale, its in the skinny, guys, well tell you. We do have to get to breaking news in the weather department. At least seven people are dead in mississippi after tornados tore across the southern part of the stg to fl grg, d the nas. Ississ and other Southern States today will begin cleaning u overnight, severe storms wreaking havoc across the south. Multiple tornados touched down. Got a funnel cloud right here in front of me. Reporter leaving nearly 500,000 people without power and forcing several states to declare emergencies. In mississippi, several people were killed, including a sheriffs deputy and his wife. It was a scary moment for sure. Reporter the ferocity of the storm is evident in the aftermath. Trees, trucks, even tractortrailers were toppled by the wind. Residents forced
Government stimulus payments. Also new this morning, we hear from the doctor just out of medical school now joining the front lines at a New York Hospital. Her message this morning. Plus the states now seeing a spike in coronavirus cases. And one special gift from mo. Good monday morning, everyone. As we start a new week together, we do start with that breaking news. At least seven people are confirmed dead after Severe Weather across the south. The damage is being described as catastrophic in some areas. A series of easter tornados tore a path of destruction from louisiana to alabama forcing at least three states to declare emergencies overnight. And we have this new video just coming in from a new tornado emergency in tennessee where heavy damage and several injuries are reported east of chattanooga. Overnight, severe storms wreaking havoc across the south. Multiple tornados touched down. Got a funnel cloud right in front of me. Reporter leaving nearly half a Million People without p
one item that made the cut restarting those student loan payments. if they just keep coming back to haunt. does all have all you need to know about the pause ending, and the long term impact that borrowers having to cough up the money again. plus, its pride month and we re talking to chasten buttigieg, his new book i have something to tell you about young of. outside the right-wing campaign to ban lgbtq books and schools and libraries. i m symone d. sanders townsend, and i have something to say. now that the president has signed the debt ceiling bill into law, it s becoming clear just what s in it. and today democrats and republicans are defending how they voted on the bill. now the bill is a far cry from the 843 billion dollars in non-defense discretionary spending initially proposed in the presidents 2024 budget. the steel cap spending at 704 billion dollars. according to the congressional budget office. and now here s an exchange for raising the debt ceiling until
Of water until the water ran out. And after spending their day like this in 90degree temperatures, many were turned away from the Distribution Event at hawkins airfield. The director of the state Emergency Management says seven Distribution Sites will be set up by thursday. In the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. Its very frustrating. Its very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what im saying. You got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. Reporter its just kind of scary. We dont know when anythings going to get done. You come in the store and its empty. Water were talking about. Lets back up and talk about how we got here. Moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the citys largest Water Facility. National guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, theyve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a lifetime storm. American citizens in 2022 struggling for the most