Pandemic. The director. These dayssmile much because the budget is not in , but it is a pleasure to be in rochester with so many of my great friends. Lieutenant governor bob duffy who has done so much work with me since we first got started and has done great work for the entire state of new york. Danny is a great civics leader and has been very helpful. Thank you for allowing us to do the antibody testing. We thank you for everything you have done. Lets give you an update on where we are today. The total number of hospitalizations is down. You see that curve coming down, you can see the mountain we went up and now we are on the others of the mountain. You start to see the shape of the mountain. The climb from the mountain is not as steep as the incline. The question is how fast and how low does the incline go. Decline does that happen and what is the lowest level that it will reach. For a quick up, plateau at the top, but a fast. Ecline net intubations are down. 80 a person is intubat
And golfer tiger woods making headlines with his dui arrest, even though he had zero alcohol in his bloodstream. Was his biggest mistake cooperating with the police. First, heres the worst part about the president s withdrawal from the paris climate accord. It was a decision of global importance not made based on science and diplomacy, but one which appears to have been determined by a political calculus. Sure, many people are angry. A growing list of cities, states and businesses saying theyll nevertheless honor terms of the accord, but theres no noticeable rebuike from those that supported the trump campaign. This is a pledge made to 46 of voters that carried him to victory, in states like pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, wisconsin. Thus far theyve had very little to show for their support. Okay. He withdraw from the transpacific partnership. Despite republicans controlling the white house and both houses of congress, the president has been unsuccessful in implementing the travel ban. T
Within two days, though, the president slipped off that original rationale like he was falling off a slippery rock, when he told Nbcs Lester Holt that actually, when he made the decision to fire . J7z comey, hed the russia issue on his mind. And then, he said the same thing to highranking russian officials, who he invited into c toe the oval office. He said, quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. I faced great pressu4az puaq of russia. Thats taken off. James comey himself saidsia seemed to him that he was getting fired because of the russia investigation. Do you believe the russia investigation played a role . In why i was fired . Yes. Yes, because ive seen the president say so. I take the president at his word that i was fired because of the russia investigation. Something about the way i was conducting it, the president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve. Just like all the rest of us, james comey saw the president admit to lester holt, saw the president brag to