Baton rouge where louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards holds a briefing on the states response to the coronavirus operate. Outbreak. 95 of thes positive results that we announced today are from t ests conducted in commercial labs. The increase of cases appears to be less a sign of exponential growth over the last couple of days and more a sign of a logjam for commercial labs that have developed over a long period of time. Many of these tests were taken several days, if not longer ago. That theery good thing louisiana has been able to rapidly wrap up testing. Day,ct, depending on the we are somewhere between the third in the nation or fifth in the nation in terms of per capita testing. That said, the reason we have been able to wrap up is weve got more and more commercial labs that have come online. But, our different data systems have to be able to talk to one another and that is a part of the problem. A bigger part of the problem is with private testing, those labs have greatly exceede
Conducted in commercial labs. The increase of cases appears to be less a sign of exponential growth over the last couple of days and more a sign of a logjam for commercial labs that have developed over a long period of time. And so many of these tests were taken several days, if not longer ago. It is a very good thing that the louisiana has been able to rapidly wrap up testing. In fact, depending on the day, we are somewhere between the third in the nation or fifth in the nation in terms of per capita testing. That said, the reason weve been able to wrap up is weve got more and more commercial labs that have been able to come online. But our different data systems have to be able to talk to one another, and that is a part of the problem. A bigger part of the problem is that with private testing, those labs have greatly exceeded their capacity in terms of the tests that they have taken in and they are waiting through their labs. So what were seeing is a logjam and these tests are coming
we will prepare all the options, ready for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to hit the ground running. liz truss and rishi sunak answer questions at a tory leadership hustings in northern ireland as they vie for votes to become the next party leader and prime minister. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. horrific and shocking police describe how 87 year old thomas 0 halloran rode 75 feet on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. good afternoon. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says
welcome back to washington journal. i am joined now by president ofe constitutional accountability center, exact smith from the and zach smith. welcome to both of you. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning. host: i wanted to start with you, elizabeth. i wanted to ask your reactions. it was not a surprise. it was leaked last month. what do you think? guest: the court felt the constitution egregiously wrong. the majority opinion by justice alito is a view of liberty and equality that is to me, as a scholar of the constitution, bears no resemblance to the amended constitution that was taken by generations of activists, americans, over time, amended to make it more inclusive and more just, more equitable. or free. it is a crucial part of constitutional progress. the 14th amendment guarantees the equal protection of the law, due process of law, liberty. these sweeping rights were put into place at a time when the nation was, after the civil war, deeply struggling with
. pete: good morning. it is sunday on fox & friends weaken and it is father s day. all the fathers we saw in that shot if you re on set including will cain, rachel campos duffy has a father too. rachel: i do i guess. happy father s day to both of you. so great to be here with it on father s day. you are some of my favorite dads. will: thank you very much. rachel: i m probably getting a father s day text. i will turn my phone off people don t know how well we get to know each other. one of the joys that i get to know you not just as friends but dads. what you talk about during the day. anyway for father s day, for mother s day we had a lot of surprises for you. i got nine exists i got nine kids. we got nine kids between the two of you. we ll have four 1/2 surprises for each of you. the first one i played right there for you. there you go. will: wow. pete: whoa. will: this is no small gift, man wow. look at this. pete: you got jordans for us. rachel: yeah. listen i had to sa