There are more than 263,000 confirmed cases in this country and over 6,600 people have died. New york continues to be ground zero where every day the news is worse than the day before. This morning we woke up to find out in just the last 24 hours it has been the deadliest so far. 562 more lost souls. Each day it seems Governor Andrew Cuomo is forced to take another drastic step. He is authorizing the National Guard now to commandeer medical equipment across the state and then redeploy it to hospitals that need it most, most urgently. And once again, he is calling on the president to do the same across the country. This is an n 95 mask. This is it. It was 70 cents before this started. It is now as high as 7. But this is all that an n 95 mask is. Its fabric. Its material. People want to say, well this is a states rights question versus federal interference. Who should decide what is done on a state level . There is no governor who is arguing that their states rights are being trampled. T
Members of congress, donald trump was reluctant to use the Defense Production act to nationalize production and distribution of these crucial items that could save lives. There was no such reluctance on tuesday when trump invoked that very same law to classify meat plants as essential infrastructure that must remain open. While Health Care Workers are forced to reuse masks until they fall apart, they should at least be able to score some chicken nuggets. Am i right . For the kids. Priorities. The move forces lowwage employees, many of whom are black, latino, or immigrant, to working conditions right for the spread of the virus. Already, more than 20 meat packing plants across the country have closed due to concerns about illness. According to a new report by the cdc, nearly 5,000 meat and poultry plant workers in 19 states have been diagnosed with covid19, 20 people have died. The federal government has also failed to coordinate the National Food supply which is why youre hearing about
Bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear but we will make no progress by falsely labeling tens of millions of americans as racists or bigots. I think we need to be on the same path. I think we are going to do it easily and it will go quickly and very easily. We want compassion. We want everything. What happened two weeks ago was a digrace. We are dominating the street with compassion. We are saving lives and businesses and families from being wiped out after working hard for 20 and 30 years. Dallas morning news said todays event excluded the top three Law Enforcement officials in the county who all happened to be black. In tomorrows of policy trump said he will issue an executive order to order departments to follow the most current use of standards on force. The use of force last week in Lafayette Square continues to strain relations with the white house. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff famously seen walking into Lafayette Park weighed the idea of resigning. It concluded w
Murder. Moreover, the other three officers who stood by and watched wild chauvin pinned george floyd to the pavement with his knee were charged with aiding and abetting in the crime. Heres ellison this afternoon. To the floyd family, to our beloved community, and to everyone that is watching, i say george floyd mattered. He was loved. His family was important. His life had value. And we will seek justice for him and for you and we will find it. But what i do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and loss that so many people feel. The solution to that pain will be slow and difficult work of constructing justice in fairness in our society. That announcement came shortly after members of floyds family paid an emotional viz it to the site of his death, which has become a Community Gathering place for mourners. Reacting to the charges today, the floyd family called it a bittersweet moment, saying we are deeply gratified that attorney general ellison took decisi
That could lie ahead. Taking a hard look at the behavior of Police Unions as the impediment to real Police Reform. And the virus never went away. Why Public Health experts are raising the alarms over the spread in hot spots around the country when all in starts right now. As protests continue around this country for the ninth straight night, mostly peaceful, well be covering those marches. We begin by the unraveling of the moment the president seems to have hoped would be a defining triumph. The assault on Peaceful Protesters at the white house on monday to clear the way for him to go stand in front of a church, august wardley holding a bible, because he was reportedly mad anyone would think he was hiding in a white house bunker during the protests. He thought that photo op would project strength. She had it has turned into a defining debacle. Widely condemned by many involved. Now his former defense secretary retired marine corps general james mattis, who left his administration in de