240u new cases day in this country. The number has plateaued over the past few weeks. We havent bent the curve. We sort of sloped and now its plateauing there. Despite cases being on the decline many the northeast and midwest, thats because numbers are on the rise in the south and the west as you can see here. It isnt that were in a sec wave so much as the first waver is now crashing over the regions that werent hit as hard during the earlier part of this wave. For instance, arizona and florida reported Record Number of cases today. Five other states are reporting Record Numbers this week. The governor of oregon that is seeing a new spike has decided to pause her states reopening. The noticeable increase in covid19 infections in oregon over the past week is certainly cause for concern. This is essentially a statewide yellow light. This one week pause will give our Public Health experts time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and determine if we need to adjust ou
Apart. The crisis in the middle east rages on and the stakes are clearly rising along with the death toll. Were just getting word of the first Israeli Death since the start of the current conflict. Officials say an israeli volunteer delivering food to soldiers was hit by a mortar shell. In other developments, israel resumed air strikes against targets in gaza after pausing its operation for about six hours. For its part, hamas never observed the ceasefire. Firing almost 50 rockets into israel during that sixhour pause in israeli air strikes. Secretary of state john kerry says hes willing to fly to the middle east as early as tomorrow if needed. Kerry postponed a visit to the region to give the ceasefire time to take hold. Theres no immediate word on his plans, now that the deal has effectively collapsed. And in gaza, the casualty count continues to climb. Palestinian Officials Say 194 people have been killed. At least 1,400 have been wounded. The death toll has surpassed the number of
And his contact with russian officials. And this morning, the president has something to say about all of this and tweets in part, blaming obama with this one. Let me read it. General flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration, but the fake news seldom likes talking about that. President trump also targeting the witness with this one sallyyates under oath. If she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to white house counsel. With that, lets get to cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. A lot of expectations riding on this one, jim. What are you watching for today . Reporter well, listen, you have two witnesses here, James Clapper and sally yates, who have become something of lightning rods for the gops reaction to the russia investigation. Sally yates being accused, really, of being an obama appointee, kind of a shill for the Democratic Party in terms of her role in this, clapper as well. Thi
Because in part because the Vice President was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believed that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. With us to share reporting and insights abby phillip, jeff zeal knee and niamalika henderson. That was sally yates and she raised a number of questions in her testimony before congress yesterday, this chief among them. To state the obvious, you dont want your National Security adviser compromised with the russians. Yates was acting attorney general when she and another high Ranking Justice Department official delivered the warning to the white house. That was in february. But President Trump waited 18 days to fire general Michael Flynn. And only then after Washington Post report detailing the blackmail concerns. Why is the question the white house hasnt satisfactorily answered. Did the president think yates was exaggerating the risk . Did he already know flynn was lying and didnt think it was a big deal
Special election here in the United States in a long time. Its already the most expensive in american hissly it, more than 50 million has been spent between the two candidates already. The democrats are hoping to make this a bell weather vote for next years midterm elections. Were going to break that down in just a few moments. Were also learning new information about the russia investigation right now the fbi special Counsel Robert Mueller is now set to meet with key Senate Judiciary Senate Leaders tomorrow on capitol hill. And President Trump facing crucial Foreign Policy tests in places like north korea just a short time ago. The president called the death of Otto Warmbier the university of virginia student and im quoting the president now, a disgrace. Well have more on that reaction coming pup the first, the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer expected to face some tough and serious questions later this hour about the russia investigation, rising tensions in syria, and with rus