Seen and much of what ambassador samad has shared with us as far. A great enthusiasm leading up to the vote and on election day despite significant threats, personal threats and amidst great personal risk that so many afghans came out and voted in those elections on saturday is really inspiring and we certainly observed that enthusiasm into places that our observers were able to get out and observed on election day. The turnout that is being reported at this point is somewhere around 7 million votes cast. I think we will see that number be refined a little bit as the results sheets come, and actually from the polling stations and into kabul to the National Tallying Center and it was just a few weeks ago where we were sitting around talking about her hats we distributed to many ballots around the country and the fact that one of the issues that we are now talking about is that there were shortages of ballots in places because of enthusiasm and because of voters coming out is exactly the
Second man dies near seattle. At this point we do not know how this gentleman contracted the illness. He was in a hospital. This hospital is one where the nursing home sends patients. There are cases in the nursing home also. Right now there is a large investigation going on in the nursing home and hospital, Contact Tracing to try to determine where that disease was introduced and how it might have spread. You dont know. At this point this is a community transmission, somewhere out in that community in kirk land, washington it is a sus peted community transmission. Yes. Good morning, david. Good morning. Officials here in washington and at the white house and National Institutes of health in bethesda continue to hold highlevel meetings as more cases come into the spotlight. Vice president mike pence is the point person for the Trump Administration on coronavirus. He held a meeting yesterday and on saturday he led a situation room meeting with cdc officials along with President Trump. P
Think a lot of us are predicting, after having studied it so hard, we are going to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel. This is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. Sean the president saying that we all need to face the truth, make no mistake. The next two weeks, maybe longer, will be rough. Here is where we are we are uptotheminute tonight. Fema has supply 250 ambulances and 500 emts to new york. Thats the point of interest right now. It could spread elsewhere. The army corps of engineers are developing a facilities to expand Hospital Capacity in california, including hundreds of additional sites across the u. S. Fema is soon delivering a 250 bed Field Hospital in the state of michigan. And additional Field Hospitals now being built in louisiana. Up to 500 beds as of now. And a 3,000 bed alternate care site, they are building that in new orleans. Also fema is also providing 100 travel trailers to help with Housing Needs in the administration, the
Attempted. Fox friends first starts right now. Co well, maybe you are on your drive to work early this morning or you are just waking up. Regardless, thank you so much for joining us here on fox friends first. It is friday. We made it. I am heather childers. I am ainsley earhardt. A fox news alert. Lawmaker vs have been burning t midnight oil and talks of a government shut down. Doug luzader is live for us with the latest. Can these guys really hammer out an agreement . The talks are going to continue at the white house. Seems as though the ice was thawing, we have a long way to go. House republicans less the white house after a negotiating session with the president say the broader part of an agreement was taking shape. They would raise the debt ceiling the president would agree negotiating budget terms that could lead to reopening the government. It sounded like things were on track. If they were to send a clean debt ceiling extension, no partisan Strings Attached he would sign it. B
Leave revel held town under a deal brokered by an agency also coming up a Large Exchange of prisoners between pro russian separatists and the Ukrainian Government is underway in the east of the country why is it happening now and detained in Myanmar Court orders to reuters journalists to be kept in custody over allegations they breach the countrys official secrets act. Welcome to the show my name is sarah harman thanks for joining us aid workers in syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people for besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were greatest part of a deal between the Syrian Government and rebels Government Troops have besieged Eastern Ghouta for more than four years. The u. N. Has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer who need to be evacuated from the suburbs. Joining us now from gaza on tap in turkey is mohammad could too hes from the Syrian American medical society which supports hospitals in mostly oppos