Trace gallagher 1 00 p. M. , and updating you on the latest developments around covid19. The latest numbers indicate cases are growing exponentially. At this hour, we know more of 40,000 confirmed cases in our country and i believe 610 people have died. Prediction from the Surgeon General it will get worse throughout the week. In washington monday, second procedural vote on a 2 trillion rescue plan failing to pass congressional muster and democrats argued the package is tilted towards the corporate veil of the nonAmerican Workers and the fate of the stimulus still uncertain. At the same time, president hence he wants to see americans back at their jobs and a lot want sooner than the period suggested by doctors. Is he looking for acid solution to save lives the 112020 games will certainly be put on hold to my. Or nations expected to follow suit. 6 of all cases in the world are there in the governor calls for emergency medical procedures as hospitals report their overflowing with patient
Writing that james comey was concerned about sharing information with Incoming National security adviser general Michael Flynn prayed i want to bring in ken starr, the judge, former independent counsel in whitewater matter. And its nice to see you again through the pandemic and all. We know that she wrote it, what does it tell us . What is the legal issue do you think, sir . It is an effort to it seems to me to completely explicate president biden. Why would she be asked to write this two weeks after it happened, and we already have a new president during that time, she had finish this. So it is all very odd. I think that it is suspicious. But it also confirms another thing. That jim comey was holding back from President Trump during the election period. And absolutely without foundation. He never said according to this memo that general flynn had done anything wrong. It is just that he had a number of calls with the russian ambassador. That was his business. He was a National Security
Mechanical failure be ruled out . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The mystery of what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370 grows even more baffling 11 days after the airliner disappeared, the search now extending over a vast area of hundreds and thousands of square miles, covering a dozen countries and deep seemingly never ending ocean. The massive search involves ships, planes, and satellites. Increasingly on the ground. We have the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. Our correspondence and analysts are standing by but lets begin with jim sciutto for the very latest. Jim . Wolf, i think you can call it a frustrating 24 hours. You have this revelation that authorities thought the data streaming system was turned off before that good night, the final good night from the cockpit and now they say there is doubt about that. You have investigators extending it to the search area. And the investigation is at a stalemate. 11 days after flight 370 vanished, the confusing a
West africa, setting up hospitals, Training Centers and labs. Secretary of state john kerry says a vital part of this fight is keeping our american borders open. We need ebola treatment units, we need Health Care Workers, we need medevac capacity, we need mobile laboratory and staff. We need nonmedical support. And we need ways of getting that equipment to people. We need airlines to continue to operate in west africa. And we need borders to remain open. Other news here at home, the u. S. Is stepping up screenings of passengers who travel here from ebolastricken nations. There has been significant increases in the screening of passengers leaving the affected countries and were evaluating, as i referenced, what additional measures we can take both domestically and elsewhere to better guard against that threat. Those extra checks are starting at five of the busiest airports. Chicago, atlanta, d. C. And new york. And in omaha today nbc freelance cameraman ashoesh ka mukpo is receiving a p
Protests across this country, i harken back to my young days as a young teenager and the ending of the vietnam war. I dont have the stats but i have a sense there might have been more people in the streets across america that might date back some 50 years. This is a time, as i see it, for Law Enforcement to access their local media and tell people who are protesting, this is what were going to tolerate and well be cool if you be cool, because tonight im going to bring you a story of profiling, its still going on. Protests are ramping up across this nation. Tuesday night broad demonstrations over the death of Michael Brown in over 100 cities nationwide, new york, washington, dallas, oakland, los angeles, minneapolis, where there was a little buff, and also atlanta, cincinnati, portland, seattle, kansas city, denver, chicago, austin, pittsburgh, miami, somebodys got to talk to the country in a very serious manner. You know all politics is local, all Law Enforcement is local. In ferguson