Holding a weapon i just booked it down the lane, and i slid basically to where the pins are and climed up into the machine and was on top of the machine for about ten minutes until cops got there. I was in there about ten minutes. That was a survivor of the deadly shooting last night in maine. Its the latest Mass Casualty Event caused by gun violence to impact our nation. Im sam stein in for Jonathan Lemire here on Way Too Early. Its thursday, october 26th. Thats where we begin this morning with at least 15 people dead and up to 50 who may be injured in the community of lewiston. North of portland. 30 miles police say the Gunmannted Two locations wednesday nig. First was a Bowling Alley where he fatally shot seven people before moving onto a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear that many teenagers could be among those killed or injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night yesterd
Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The u. S. Recording 1,000 deaths in 24 hours. California just now surpassing new york in the most cases of coronavirus. And what President Trump said just moments ago. Governors in three more states tonight now making masks mandatory. Ohio, indiana and minnesota. President trump now saying wear a mask, even if you dont like it. It has impact. In florida tonight, icus nearing capacity. Some hospitals forced to convert rooms to handle the new covid cases. California now surpassing new york. Los angeles considering a stayathome order. And with the debate over when and how to reopen schools, one district in Tennessee Reopening Today and what they did. And how often students will go to school there. In texas, the two brothers in houston losing both parents within weeks. And in arizona tonight, a mother
infected, dying during childbirth. The baby surviving. And the new study tonight about how long antibodies could last. How quickly t
another significant moment, isn t it? ~ ~ ., ., it? we did know it was coming, and certainly there it? we did know it was coming, and certainly there have it? we did know it was coming, and certainly there have been certainly there have been indications that this investigation by the department ofjustice was coming to a head. the day before we are reporting that the legal team at donald trump received what was called a target letter notifying that donald trump was the target of this investigation. now it has come to pass that indeed he appears to have been indicted, although were saying we still have yet to hear from the department ofjustice, i have just been in contact with them in the last hour to ask if they are offering any comment, and they are not. and to some extent but allows donald trump to do what he does rather well, and that is try and set the narrative. it was him that broke the narrative. it was him that broke the news of his own indictment as he announced it on soc
make the network more trump and republican friendly. and that ideological project is so strong that they will do that even if, you know, that cost them viewers and revenue, which it seems to have been doing recently. which brings us to their second reason for this town hall, i believe in this network, this business i understand, ratings. it is not a novel observation to say there is a car crash quality to donald trump. i saw it on social media last night. people hate watching. he compels attention in spite of ourselves. but here s the thing, even that is fading quite a bit. last night, 3 million people watched this event. that s a lot of people, but that s not a crazy number. it is nothing like trump would draw in 2016. tucker carlson used to get that on a typical tuesday night before he got fired. what s galling about the decision to do this trump town hall, to me, is the disingenuousness about the decision to do it. today, cnn chairman that was journalism they did
ownership last, year the warner brothers discovery murder. that ushered in a new leader running the operation. particularly with a key shareholder who has his ear, that is jon malone, you see him there next to zaslav. malone is a member of warner brothers board and he is a conservative guy, a conservative billionaire republican donor who donated $250,000 to donald trump s inaugural. if you read interviews with malone and track both public statements from zaslav and reporting, it s quite clear that the new ownership has an explicit ideological project. they come out and say it, to make the network more trump and republican friendly. and that ideological project is so strong that they will do that even if, you know, that cost them viewers and revenue, which it seems to have been doing recently. which brings us to their second reason for this town hall, i believe in this network, this business i understand, ratings. it is not a novel observation to say there is a car crash quality to dona