States that had reopened their economies have seen some of the largest rises in cases and is have moved once again to impose restrictions. Now, of course, liberals and their media allies were quick to assign blame. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden actually emerged from his basement this week to hold his first News Conference in three months, and he pointed to President Trump. Month after month as other leaders in other countries took the necessary steps to yet the virus under control to get the virus under control, donald trump failed us. Month after month as many of us urged him to step up and do his job, he failed us. Gerry others denounced the mostly red states that have been hit by the virus recently for acting foolishly by opening too soon. Democratic new York Governor Andrew Cuomo sternly lectured these reprobates for their stupidity and ma bignity. This was not a smart policy, to rush reopening. It did not help the economy. Its the exact opposite. If. Gerry
Take a look, dow futures down about 78 points, nasdaq down 4, s p lower by 7 points. Yesterday markets tumbled as vi to investor concerns the International Monetary fundscutd previously predicted 3 contraction. Case against Michael Flynn dismissed. Lawyers releasing notes showing that during the transition then president obama, then joe biden weighed in on the flynn case revealing a very different story from former fbi director james comey. Flynns Attorney Sidney Powell is here, joining me live at 8 00 a. M. Eastern on this case and what is being revealed. You dont want to miss it. Senate Republicans Police reform blocked by democrats, senator tim scott ripping democrats yesterday accusing them of trying to delay the bill until after the election. A rival democratic bill expected to hit the house today. Mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning, erasing early losses as coronavirus restrictions ease. Take a look at where we stand. In europe mixed story. Ftse 100
Us the rope is part of a rigging using by him and friends as part of a larger swing system. He even shared this video of it in action with abc7 news. Out of the dozens and hundreds and thousands of people that walk by, no one has thought that it looked in where close to a noose. Folks use it for exercise. It was really a fun addition to the park that we tried to regrate. Reporter they told this small piece of rope is part of the same system. Still for many people the image of anything that looks like a noose stirs up intense emotion. These are acts of hatred and our country is experiencing that right now. But oakland is about diversity and equity. It is unfortunate that genuin cate a good g misierpreted into heinous. Reporte lra anthony, abc7 news. New at 6 00, a birdseye view of the black lives matter painted on fulton street. Volunteers painted it last week. The words point to city hall to act as a reminder the community is watching. Multiple bay area labor unions have tried to defun
Still not many people. We will be tracking this story throughout our three hours. Nearly half a Million People will be returning to work in the city. And they are returning to work, by the way, to a city whose mayor is pushing to defund the Police Department in the wake of the george floyd protests. A lot of pushback on this, as you can imagine. We will get into it. Including from the president. He tweeted this just moments ago. Law and order, not defund and abolish the police. The radical left democrats have gone crazy. And Hillary Clinton, by the way, well, shes had another deplorables moment when speaking about trump reporters and we will have that for you as well. Im Ashley Webster. The big story for dyou today on monday, the markets pointing upwards. Varney Company Begins right now. This will go down in history as the biggest positive data shock for the markets and the economy. Its some combination of an incredibly resilient economy thats bouncing back, the impact of government me
Crime in communities. Reporter Minnesota City council announced they planned to defund their police force following the killing of george floyd, explaining defunding is a reallocation of funds from police to other forms of police safety. At this black lives matter rally pin san jose, theyre calling fr reforms but not quick to take a stand on defunding police. We need a dialogue on reformative change. Reporter the mayor is expected to announce his budget tonight, aware that his community is looking for change. Its critical for us to respond with action for reform. Reporter in san jose, chris reyes, for abc7 news. Chris touched briefly on what it really means to say defund the police. Lets get into that a little deeper. Heres an explanation. Reporter its something were hearing about right now as we talk about solutions for ending police brutality. Defunding the police. Its not a new idea, but sit new to a lot of people just learning about it. So what does it mean . The answer really depe