Written by Frederick Douglass and spoken by his descendants that remind us that there is no other holiday more symbolic of american patriotism than the 4th of july. But today, its being celebrated as other symbols of this nations past are toppling down. Were seeing the removal of confederate statues by protesters and by state leadership, mississippi, stripping the confederate symbol from its flag. And even the statue outside new yorks famed Natural Museum of history. You know the statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by an indigenous man and an african man. Thats coming down, too. Which may explain why donald trump chose the most graddious symbol of u. S. Imperialism on earth to issue an on brand starspangled spectacle complete with fireworks and military plyovers. It was trump ad predict flyovers. It was trump ad predictable way of throwing red meat to his becaus base. Lets talk truth here. Mt. Rushmore isnt exactly the innocent ode to our Founding Fathers as described in
Out of control. Its so serious that today the governor of texas did a controversial 180. He declared that wearing a mask in the Lone Star State is now mandatory in texas. Today we learned that Trump Campaign surrogate and former president ial candidate herman cain, seen here attending the trump rally in tulsa less than two weeks ago, hes been hospitalized with covid19. And new tonight, the Washington Post reports that Vice President pences trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret Service Agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. Were going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. But despite all of this, President Trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mt. Rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. The crisis is being handled. Somet
Past month as having spiraled out of control. Its so serious that today the governor of texas did a controversial 180. He declared that wearing a mask in the Lone Star State is now mandatory in texas. Today we learned that Trump Campaign surrogate and former president ial candidate herman cain seen here, attending the trump rally in tulsa less than two weeks ago, hes been hospitalized with covid19. And new tonight, the Washington Post reports that Vice President pences trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret Service Agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. Were going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. But despite all of this, President Trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mount rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. Th
Continues to mount here in texas and hospitals are overwhelmed, in san antonio local Health Officials have brought in or are bringing in massive trucks to help alleviate the pressure on hospital morgues as they have run to capacity, and its a morbid scene. There are two trucks helping out the hospitals. City officials there say three hour of these trucks which can store up to 36 bodies will be up and running by the end of the week. This is due in large part to the hospital morgues being filled. Also, theres a backup on funerals that have been delayed because of the covid pandemic as well, so all of that adding into the need that city Officials Say there for these refrigeration trucks, and, you know, the numbers it. Another recordbreaking day here in texas, number of cases continue to spike. Youll remember the governor has said that this week was going to be worse than last week and hospitalizations continue to rights as well. The governor was asked in a local news station last night if
I watched your interview with ken. Its interesting what is happening. I have been watching and paying attention. I did the special we did an hour on crime in the cities around the country. And we should do more. But its interesting that people are im glad people are paying attention to crime. Especially in cities like chicago. But it is sad they are doing it in a year where they can use it as political. To hurt someone and try to help someone else. Because crime in those cities theres spikes in crime. Theres real work to be done. Things need to be fixed. I lived in chicago for a while. Every night when i lived in chicago there was a crime story. A shooting story. I have been stories for crime for so long. Im glad people are paying attention to it. It has been an issue for a long time. You know what one of the biggest issues is . The availability of guns. And you wont hear that from some people. Especially in chicago. Because in illinois it doesnt matter what the law is, specific to chi