I just want to make sure we can earn every vote possible. The president ial race enters its final week, just seven days to go. President trump and joe biden making a big push in battlegrounds that will determine the outcome. Well break down the very latest numbers from those key states. Breaking overnight, outrage. Violent protests erupt in philadelphia, after the deadly shooting of a knifewielding black man. At least 30 officers hurt, dozens of demonstrators taken into custody. Well have the latest in a live report. Alarming trend. No matter how you look at it, its not good news. The u. S. Now averaging more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases per day. Hospitalizations up 40 . And the Ripple Effect now being felt on wall street. Wild weather. New wildfires in california forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. An ice storm in the plains bringing widespread power outages, while hurricane watches are once again posting along the gulf coast as zeta targets the region. Al is covering it all.
Encouraging news in the development of two experimental vaccines for covid19. Both hitting important milestones. And delivering conflict. As we rely even more on delivery apps like grubhub and doordash, what was once a love affair is now a war with restaurants and the cities they serve. Well go inside the booming business that some call a financial bust. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cant stay locked down for such a considerable period of time that you might do irreparable damage and have unintended consequences. Reporter this memorial day weekend will look very different, and officials want it that way. New restrictions at beaches and restaurants are in place with the hopes of preventing the additional spread of the coronavirus. Were not bothering anybody else. Were not going to be around anybody else. Its just us. Reporter President Trump declared places of worship essential places saying he wants them to open immediately.
That statement. Iranian leaders, they have made statements. They have largely avoided the bellicose language we have seen in the past. Overnight, leader ali khamenei says it was a slap in the face to america. They say they do not seek escalation or war. Obvious question this morning, was the attack deliberately proportionate, a oneoff that makes a point but doesnt risk a devastating american response . Can the iranians risk taking action that results in allout war . Their economy is collapsing. They are out of cash. What will the president say this morning and how will he say it . Escalation . A threatening tone . We will find out soon. Now look at this. Yet again, the market is largely shrugging off an attack in the middle east, in the middle of the oil patch, no less. When the news broke, futures showed a near 400point drop but look at it now. Down maybe 20 for the dow and all of that loss accounted for by just two dow stocks which we will mention momentarily. The s p is going to go
Mean he went to enter distillery but or only only journalists an authorised people were allowed in there was no punters unload into us can questions and when somebody remonstrated with them from the press corps he said well youre a voter arent you so he sees is being kept well away from anything resembling the electorate and Jeremy Corbyn well Jeremy Corbin came up and there had a lot of difficulty 1st of all he changed his pitch on a 2nd independence referendum 3 times the space of 2 days which is never much of a good look and then he is using terrorism so no i dont think theyll look but with fondness and their school john but then of course scottish political journalists have something of a reputation and i seem to remember that even the formidable our stock combo was a bit wobbly of scott his john morris is not without due cause i do think i listed a terrifically good press up here either but and tony blair certainly didnt so this so this suspicion of them english leaders coming ove
But do you really think that democrats are how do you think that democrats should talk about immigration . An Election Year so theres additional polling out yesterday that shows when democrats just simply point out what happened on the bipartisan border bill that it was the toughest bill if enacted in decades. And it was killed by donald trump that republicans political advantage on the issue of immigration disappears it literally disappears because people, you know, kind of have come to that conclusion that yeah, republicans talk a big game on immigration, but have they ever done anything . No, they havent. I think democrats should lead with a simple message. We believe in border security. We want to protect the border and we have a plan to get that done republicans have no plan to get that done. Now, i also think that we should talk about the importance of providing a pathway to citizenship for people that are here, we should maintain robust Legal Immigration, but we should not be af