Second surge of cases in this first wave. A Record Number of cases are being confirmed right now. Yes, were testing more, but still were not nearly testing enough. In fact the cdc today said that there may be ten times more cases than whats been reported, which would mean north of 20 million infections in the United States. And this afternoon the cdc put out new guidance warning that more people may face an elevated risk. Cdc now warns among adults risk increases steadily as you age. And its not just those over the age of 65 who are at increased risk for severe illness. Earlier this week the cdc director testified that we are still far shy of the number of contact tracers that we need. Bottom line, over the last three days, lets put this in perspective here, the cdc basically our lead agency on this pandemic, has recently said that more people have contracted the virus, more people can get seriously ill from it than we first thought, and we dont have the resources necessary to isolate
This madness. And so do i. You know, its now late at night. Im going to venture to say most members of the United States senate are home in bed asleep. While america lives the nightmare. We were listening to the people, weighed be experiencing that nightmare. Any republican when cao cast a for cloture is saying yes, i want harry reid to have the power to do that. The only path,sykb if were goio oppose obamacare, is to prostate. I believe Joe Theismann should be really proud, one of our advertisers. Can i just focus on the media . This story illustrates the change in tone regarding these kinds of events. Cruzs talkathon is seen as a silly stunt among many. But texas state senator wendy davis who became a National Media darling for filibustering against a ban on abortions after five months, she became the susan b. Anthony of suction. The joan of ark of abortion. She is what the media thinks is brave. And she raised 1. 2 million after that filibuster. And if she wins and become governors,
Democracy doesnt function this way. This is not just for me but for my successors in office. Whatever party theyre from they shouldnt have to pay a ransom for congress doing its basic job. The greatest nation on earth shouldnt have to get permission from a fewer responsible members of congress to keep the government open to prevent an economic trafficker catastrophe. And this. I had a chance to speak with Speaker Boehner. I said what ive been saying publicly, i am happy to speak with him and other republicans about anything. About 4 30 this afternoon, Speaker Boehner responded with this. The long and short of it is there is going to be a negotiations here. We cant raise the debt ceiling without doing something about whats driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. This isnt about me and frankly not about republicans, this is about saving the future for our kids and our grandkids. The only way this is going to happen is to in fact have a conversation. Were going to ha
The mother of three, a marathon runner. And now, we learn, both had gone to the hospital. And the abc news exclusive, our interview with apple ceo tim cook. A major announcement about american jobs right here tonight. And what about those iphone batteries that slow down . Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And what a day it was on american highways and roads, from the south right up through the northeast. Nearly a dozen dead tonight, and that storm is still hitting at this hour. Several states of emergency, schools shut down in some places. Governors pleading with people to stay off the roads. Accidents right there in greenville, south carolina. Spinouts shutting down part of i85 in brazelton, georgia. Planes crawling at atlantas airport. Thousands of flights affected coast to coast. Abcs Steve Osunsami leading us off tonight from atlanta. Reporter drivers stuck for hours today on this icy highway in houston did what they had to do to ge
His employees will not show up for depositions over the next two weeks with the House Democrats because its, as he put it, not feasible. This is we are learning that pompeii was on that july 25 phone call with the ukrainian president. The call during which President Trump asked for an investigation into a political opponent, namely joe biden. Our nations top diplomat ignored reporters questions today. Mr. Secretary, do you have comment on reports that you are on the july 25 call with president zelensky. Shepard listen to what he said we could go. The wall street journal is reporting President Trump pressed the president of ukraine eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani to investigate joe bidens son. What do you know about those conversations . You just gave me a report about a whistleblower complaint, none of which i have seen. See when he was on the call, as i reported for the House Foreign Affairs committee subpoenaed secretary pompeo last week for documents related to that exact cal