Two, not having adequate testing capacity. And three, thinking that the problem to be managed is the economy as if that is somehow separate from the Public Health emergency of fighting the virus. Those mistakes gave us the whole disastrous response from the white house. The failed test kits. The utter inability for weeks to ramp up testing, to know where the virus was. The fact that they took way too long to begin to recommend social distancing. The fact the president during this period would come out and do a series of song and dance are you teens to pump up the stock market as if that was the goal, instead of taking action on the virus, right . All those errors are what got us to this point. Right now there are almost 30,000 americans who have lost their lives. Its an incomprehensible toll. The new york city death toll alone has shot past 10,000 just in new york city, after a revised count added 3700 additional people who had not been counted. And today, the daily total fay silts fat
Cenk welcome to the young turks. Great show for you, of course. The Bradley Manning tapes out. Hes on tape explaining his own case and we have those tapes for you tonight. Come on, fire. Cenk last night, there was a riot in brooklyn. Was it in any way justified . Up like a tornado just came, all them ran in here. My kid wouldnt have been outside. Cenk why were they so angry . Well talk about that, and speaking of angry another terrible injustice in a Sexual Assault case in the military. My heart is beating fast right now, i am so upset with this. Mccaskill is asking the air force to consider removing the general from his post. Cenk well tell you why. Another huge show tonight. It is go time. Theme cenk most of you know Bradley Manning is face be a Court Martial. He leaked information to wikileaks. We know that now because he has admitted some of those charges the smaller charges in his Court Martial. What we never got to hear from is Bradley Manning itself, because this trial is shroud
Santorum opening up today about his daughters disability. And why Chris Christie must be glad this week is finally over. And our very special guest this morning, senator al franken from minnesota. We begin with the latest on american isis hostage Kayla Mueller. Until isis claimed that mueller was killed in a Jordanian Air strike before all that the American Public did not know much about Kayla Mueller or the fact she was being held. Los Angeles Times revealing new details overnight in the year and a half the mueller family spent holding the painful secret of their daughters capture in the hopes of securing her release. The efforts to contain that secret were extraordinary. All contain kayla herself. Young woman who spent years doing aid work around the world. Three months before she was taken hostage, mueller told a local kuwanis club about her work assisting Syrian Refugees in turkey. For as long as i live i will not let this suffering be normal. I will not let this be something we ju
World premier. Ill take you to the red carpet next on cnn newsroom live from los angeles. It is 9 00 p. M. Here on the Las Vegas Strip where in about 18 ors the Top Republican contenders in the u. S. President ial race will take to the stage. Its their final debate of the year, a clash that will shape a contest thats full of complex issues and it is fair to say some very colorful personalities. Okay. Lets bring in cnn politics executive editor for more analysis on this and of course the man who is center stage once again, made this debate all about himself, donald trump has a rally here a short time ago. I tell you, van, hes still working the crowd. Casino hotel down the strip. He acknowledged he is going to be the target tomorrow night. He is the frontrunner. Weve seen a new poll out here in the United States, National Poll that shows he is by far leading the republican field by many, many points. As many now as 30 points. Ive got to tell you, john, not only did he talk about himself
Good saturday to you. Nice to be with you. Nice to be with you at home. Im leland vittert. Im liz bate prann. Elizabeth prann. We begin on the campaign trail where Donald Trumps supporters are hoping mike pence will energize conservatives. Mike pence has been speaking for five to ten minutes saying hes a christian first followed by other titles. Thats very similar to what donald trump said here yesterday. He said here, and he promised the christian conservatives in attendance that he would cherish, protect and defend christian values like never before. Now trump did avoid hot put top issues like abortion and same sex marriage, but he did promise to repeal these things. All religious leaders should be able to freely express their thoughts and feelings on religious matters. And i will repeal the Johnson Amendment if i am elected your president. I promise. Reporter now last night donald trump was down in pensacola, florida, and made headlines for saying that if president , he would order