Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in the east with coronavirus now killing more than 1,000 americans a die, well over half a million cases confirmed in the u. S. And the much needed measures to flatten the curve leaving more than 16 Million People across the country suddenly jobless. How to reopen our economy are con suling state and local leaders. Enter donald trump, in a press conference last night shifted the conversation away from thousands of lives at stake and back what it appears to be his number one priority, himself. Challenging the meaningful steps now being taken by nearly a dozen of governors on the east and west coast, to reopen the business. Trump asserted he and he alone has the total authority to reopen the country whether the states are ready or not. Rest assured that a claim that any student of the constitution can confirm for you is false and the condemnations from the governors is swift and ongoing. Donald trumps delusions of kinglike authority invited a rebuke from new York G
Captured american soldier and is also in the middle of an International Sports bribery scandal. You can bet that youll be hearing plenty about qatar in the week ahead. We wanted to know how the countrys reacting to the part they played in the freedom of beau bergdahl. For the tiny country of qatar, this has been an extremely important development, but you might not realize it looking at the morning newspaper. This is the gulf times. The lead story is some rather esoteric story about qatars heritage to go digital. Somewhere buried in the middle of the front page and watch how they phrased it obama thanks qatar for assistance as taliban free american soldier. And that speaks volumes to how this country views what it did. Very few details have been given of their involvement. They will only say that the talks were mandated by the emir himself. That they were long negotiations. That they were part of the countrys basic humanitarian principles of foreign policy. And when i asked a question
Are historically unpopular. Their integrity and honesty doubted by many. What can they do to win the confidence of voters . Hello and welcome to Hofstra University. I will be with you here for the next hour, largely dedicated to the big news with the debate right here tomorrow. Its expected to be the most watched debate in american political history. You can see people are pumped. Lets start with the new reaction pouring in this sunday as the campaigns are looking ahead. Here is what they are saying. I dont appreciate campaigns thinking its the job of the media to go and be these virtual Fact Checkers and these debate moderators should do their bidding. We all have the experience a few years ago of mitt romney being interrupted and being challenged on an assertion he made. I believe it was about the tragedy in benghazi. It turned out the moderator was wrong. The important thing is that the American People hear from these two candidates. We need to hear from these two candidates. I hope
Theres somebody out there shooting Police Officers. We hope we find him before anybody else gets hurt. We definitely dont want anybody in the public getting hurt. In the Community Getting hurt. Theres a clear and present danger to Police Officers right now. Jean casarez is following the latest developments. In urbandale, iowa, this is a picturesque city with a Police Source of 50 they got called of shots fired. One of their own shot dead, sitting in his patrol car. About 20 minutes later des moines, iowa, the neighboring des moines, officers went to an intersection and it appears just happened upon one of their own officers shot dead in his patrol car. So at that point they realized that there is that clear and present danger for Police Officers. We want to show everybody the picture of Scott Michael greene. This is the suspect right now. They are looking for him. There is a manhunt in this area. They believe he is armed and dangerous. Do not approach him. If you see him, 511, 180 poun
For otherwise routine travel. Driven by a series of investigative reports by politico, the stories of the secretarys travel expenses caused an uproar that ultimately the former secretary could not contain. The behavior that those reports exposed threatened to tarnish further a president who famously vowed to drain the swamp. Heres how President Trump expressed his displeasure with his now former secretary late today just minutes before price was officially gone. Hes a very fine man, but were going to make a decision some time tonight. We are looking into it and were looking into it very strongly. Im not happy. Okay . I can tell you, im not happy. Okay. In firing price, President Trump sent a strong signal he wont tolerate government excesses at least when they embarrass him. Former secretary price joins a list of growing top advisers and officials to depart this administration. Joining me is peter baker, dan diamond with politico who first broke this story about prices private plane tr