Frontrunner to succeed and get a makeover marcus it is a very meet up with the german chancellor has political observers buzzing. The u. K. Bans equipment from chinese tech giant hallway on its side. Its a dramatic u. Turn that will delay the rollout of britains high speed netbook by 8 yet beijing warns the man didnt bear the consequences. Hello im christine want to welcome to the program the girl in a virus pandemic is costing a shadow over Frances National holiday a still day this years public celebration have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1945 canceled the traditional parade along. Instead a much smaller event is featuring a tribute to health workers. Its the day when france marks the birth of its republic a day to celebrate revolution and independence but this years bastille day was also dedicated to the medical workers whove been on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic instead of foreign dignitaries essential workers were included
Turn that will delay the rollout of britains High Speed Network by yet beijing wants london book bag of consequences. Chris you want to welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic is costing a shadow over Frances National holiday but still day this is public sit abrasions have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1905 authorities have canceled a traditional parade along the shelves in easy instead a much smaller event is featuring attributes to Health Care Workers. Its the day when france marks the birth of its republic a day to celebrate revolution and independence but this years bastille day was also dedicated to the medical workers whove been on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic instead of foreign dignitaries essential workers were included in the much smaller numbers of guests as were the families of medical staff who died fighting this pandemic a fight that isnt over yet in an interview to mark dusty all day president mccrone said
And on a mission to search for signs of life in space because mars rover blasts off in florida heading for the bridge. So theres more proof of the devastating impact of the pandemic on the United States on wednesday one person died nearly every minute from cave 19 and its seeing its worst financial slump since the 940 s. Its economy has shrunk at the fastest pace on record it is down 9 and a half percent between april and june in the past week another 1400000 people applied for jobless benefits at the same time europes biggest economy thats germany has plunged into recession shrinking by record 10 percent the pandemics wiped out nearly a decade of growth and now u. S. President on trump news talked of the strength of his countrys economy is asking whether novembers election should be postponed ok lets get more on that in a moment from our White House Correspondent can we hug it but 1st to gabriel as i know whos standing by for us in new york at 1st up those figures there very broad num
And biden came out against fracking. That means texas is going to be one of the most unemployed states in our country. That means oklahoma, north dakota, new mexico, going to be a disaster. Ohio, pennsylvania a disaster, no fracking. I want to have the result of the election. I dont want to be waiting around for weeks and months, literally, potentially, if you really did it right years because you will never know. These ballots are missing. You saw paterson, new jersey. You saw many other instances. There is tremendous litigation on that right now. And that doesnt include absentee. Absentee is different. Absentee you have to work, you have to send in for applications. You have to go through a whole procedure. Like for instance, im an absentee voter because i cant be in florida, because im in washington. Im at the white house. So i will be absent at the voter. We have a lot of absentee voters. Were in favor of absentee. It is much different than millions of people, in california theyre
Bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. And good evening. Im dan ashley good and im ama daetz. Contra costa county Health Leaders delivered a stern message to the community this afternoon. They say theyve reached a critical point in the pandemic. There have been three deaths today, seven over the past three days. Grocery clerks should not have to fight a grown man to wear a mask. Thats not their job. Contra costa county officials held nothing back telling the community to take covid19 seriously and taketa healthy and safe. After a period where we significantly slowed the spread of covid in our community, coronavirus has not only made a comeback, but were seeing new record numbers of cases and hospitalizations. More than 110 Contra Costa County residents have died from the virus. There are now 2 1 2 times the number of people hospitalized than there were at the beginning of the month. We had the National Guard come out to stem nonviolent protesters who have killed no o