Forces free a german woman kidnapped by militants in iraq. Was taken. Out abduction in the capital. Welcome to the program istanbuls high as a fear has opened for muslims friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 2 yeahs thousands of worshippers gathered outside the Historic Building to take part in the prayer as it follows a controversial decree from turkish president. To turn the former museum back into a mosque one himself was in attendance along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral in the building at the heart of istanbul. 1500. And. Describe. The 1st friday prayer is underway inside the ios of fear but also outside as you can see behind me there are thousands of people who are joining these prayers right behind me actually you can see many of my colleagues from takesh media who are out also praying now are joining the prayers according to the information we have about 500 people were allowed inside the i assume that there was a limitation due to coronavirus a measur
A german woman. Had been missing since monday. And. Completed the 1st. A major. Project. With. Welcome to the program. Open for most. For the 1st time in more than. Thousands of gathered outside the Historic Building to take in the prayer as it follows a controversial. President. Back into a mosque. On himself is in attendance along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral the building has to the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. For more now im joined by d. W. Correspondent julio han whos quite near the hargus of fear in istanbul judea what is going on at the monument. Well the 1st friday prayer is underway inside the ioseph ear but also outside as you can see behind me there are thousands of people who are joining these prayers right behind me actually you can see many of my colleagues from turkish media who are our also praying now are joining the prayers according to the information we have about 500 people were allowed inside the i. O. C. There was a limitation due to coro
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Plus, lowering the flag for good. The historic vote concerning the confederate battle emblem. Bradys replacement. A big move by the new England Patriots at the quarterback position as the team gets hit with a new fine for actions via film crew. Fireworks fizzle. The shortage that could take the sparkle out of your fourth of july fun. Good monday morning, everyone. Lets get right to the coronavirus. 31 states are now reporting an increase in cases. 23 of them reporting an increase in hospitalizations and as we look ahead to the fourth of july holiday, more cities and towns are closing bars and beaches with some hospitals in the south and west worried about getting overwhelmed. M been overrun with some people getting in line well before dawn only to see all the tests gone by 9 00 a. M. One man in texas says he called more than 50 times trying to schedule an appointment for a test. Abcs andrea fujii begins our coverage this morning. Reporter this morning at least a dozen cities and states
This man bears testimony i think you should here, joining us is Richard Rifkin. How are you doing . Im doing well. Richard, a bit of background. You now live in los angeles and operate the Jewish Activity Center in los angeles, and run an architecture company, but i know its been a painful frightening three weeks. You are dealing cancer. With the cancer, the doctors pretty much knew what we were dealing with, but with coronavirus, theres no solution, theres no cure. And were really just guessing, so coronavirus is much scarier. Watching you to detail the ballots,ib ballots, i could tell there were days you didnt think you were going to make it. How did you catch it . My offices are inside fashion malls, so it could have been just through contact with a lot of people. I also do a lot of traveling for work. I really dont know how i got it. Community spread, right . How long did you think you went before symptoms started showing . I remember very specifically it was a wednesday afternoon,