Tries to activate whats called a snapback mechanism hoping to reimpose all u. N. Sanctions against iran. Also ahead argentinas steps up efforts to find a Coronavirus Vaccine as the economy struggles on a long lockdown. Will be kicked off this news with a developing breaking story for you federal prosecutors in the United States in the last hour or so have arrested and charged a former senior white house strategist steve bannon he was one of President Trumps most influential advisors during the 2016 Election Campaign the Justice Department is accusing him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud it has to do with a Fundraising Campaign to support the building of Donald Trumps wall along the border between the u. S. And mexico live now to the heart of the story the white house and our correspondent there kimberly how kick him hi there so mr bannon what does this mean. Well what this means is that he could face along with his associates up to 20 years in prison these are not light indictments t
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Pres. Trump thank you very much. It is a great honor to have everybody here. I know the press was not quite expecting this, so i appreciate your being able to attend. We have a terrific number of things and positive things to tell you tonight. I want to give an update on the economy. Economic health is vital to public health. That is why our strategy to kill the china virus is focused on protecting those at greatest risk, while allowing younger and healthy americans to safely return to work and school, very important. We added 1. 8 million jobs in july, exceeding the predictions, and in may. I will say the job growth we have seen over the last three months, 9. 3 million, is the single best in u. S. History. That is big news and great news. Over the past three months, the u. S. Has surpassed Market Expectations by a total of 12 million new jobs. Over the last three months the u. S. Has added 623,000 manufacturing jobs. Remember,
Your number is going to be 202 7488002. And if you are in american gun owner but not part of the nra, you should be part of this conversation, as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text us your opinion at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media on ontter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again this week, new york state announced a major lawsuit against the National Rifle association, accusing them of corruption and misspending of the organizations funds. Here is a bit of the story from the New York Times. New York Attorney general has issued an existential threat to the National Rifle association on thursday, arguing in a lawsuit that years of runaway corruption and misspending demanded a dissolution of the nations most powerful gun rights lobby. While the legal confrontation could take years to play out, it constitutes another deep blow to an organization whose legendary medical clout has been diminished by infigh
A tobar. No more junk food for children in a mexican state tackling obesity in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests are being held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president in 91 hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now at 149. 00 its expected to go up by one and smith has more. On the streets of buried on frances president. People many of them. French mandate front was the clonal power here before independence and its because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own political leaders mokhtar on its been able to offer practical support in the terms o
Nationwide. And tonight a key model is predicting covid will kill nearly 300,000 americans by december 1st, currently 160,000 americans have died from covid19. But if the data from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation plays out that would mean an additional 136,000 people will lose their lives to this virus over the next 4 months. In a statement, researchers at the institute say consistent maskwearing could save about 70,000 lives a message that was echoed by the nations top Infectious Disease expert. Now is the time. To accelerate the fundamental preventive measures that we will talk about masks social distancing avoiding crowds out to his grade than indoors, washing hands, et cetera. Those kind of simple things can actually prevent that uptick from becoming a surge. Earlier this week doctor deborah birx warned of an uptick in the covid19 test Positivity Rate in several cities as well as in californias central valley. But the severity of the pandemic in california is now mu