Containing the virus and protecting americans, President Trump is now going to try to lie to you about the death toll. It was only, of course, a matter of time before it reached this point but here is the headline. Team trump pushes centers for Disease Control to push down the covid death counts. The white house pressed the cdc to work with states to change how they count coronavirus deaths and report back to the federal government and dr. Debra birx, the coordinator of the administrations task force urged cdc officials to exclude from coronavirus death count reporting some of those individuals who either did not have confirmed lab results and are presumed positive or who will have the virus and may not have died as a direct result of it. President s task force is pressuring the cdc and state officials to change the met tri ricks they use to count deaths so they are lower. This is despite the fact the tabulated, counted deaths we have are under counted. It hard to find an expert that l
Is clear for significant change. Im not running some consultant driven campaign with some vague ideas that are denied not to offend anyone. Im running a Campaign Based on a lifetime of fighting for working families. And in talking about hope and belonging sounds optimistic for you for a time like this, fine, call it optimistic, but do not call it naive. I believe these things not based on my age, but based on my experience. Now attendees at that democratic dinner got a surprise just a few hours before it took place. Beto orourke was dropping his president ial bid, the campaign is continuing on for all of the other democratic contenders and later this afternoon several of the 2020 candidates, Elizabeth Warren, pete buttigieg, they will be attending an event that will focus on jobs and the candidates are trying to get their shot to be the democratic nominee in 2020. At that fish fry, is this a moment for the candidates to interact with people . Just ordinary voters who have come out . I
Buttigieg as well as several of the other candidates. They were there taking their pitch, trying to convince voters why they are the best choice to be the democratic nominee. Take a listen to a few of those messages from last night. Tonight all of us, no matter what candidate we are supporting, are in agreement that we must defeat the most dangerous president in the history of our country. The first thing we have to do is get rid of donald trump. Get him out of office. And once that happens, the road is clear for significant change. Im not running some consultantdriven campaign with some vague ideas that are designed not to offend anyone. Im running a Campaign Based on a lifetime of fighting for working families. Reporter now, its not just the messages that were important last night but also this event gave candidates a chance to show off their organizing strength. How many supporters they could pack into that arena. Elizabeth warren and Pete Buttigieg were among the candidates who had
Browns. Brown brown two star Wide Receivers were nearly benched, Fox Friends First continues right now. Rob maybe the most bizarre world series in history of all world series. Think of all the money that was spent on games. Jillian thousands of dollars for a ticket, crazy. Good to be back. Rob good to see you after 2 weeks, good morning, youre watching Fox Friends First. Im rob schmitt. Jillian im jillian mele, thank you for starting your day with us, several white house officials expect today skip this weeks testimony as democrats prepare for next steps in the inquiry. Rob this as we know the whistle blower who sparked awful this is willing to answer questions. Jillian Griff Jenkins live from washington, theres a big caveat here, right . Griff nearly a dozen new witnesses are being summoned to the hill but the whistleblower who sparked the inquiry is not among them, the attorney for the whistleblower is offering to answer questions from democrats and republicans tweeting they would do