This morning there were signs it could be happening again. The Wall Street Jurm reported that Big Tech Companies are using their power to silence certain political views. Both google and Web Hosting Service go daddy stopped providing Hosting Support for Daily Storm Area White Supremacist website. The Hotel Website airbnb announced it will perm nernt in any eventually ban White Supremacists from booking booking rooms. Pay pal wont let them use the payment platform. No one is weeping for the daily stormer, mentioning their name probably got us written up as dangerous alt right sub investigatives. Theres a principle at stake and is worth defending. We should be concerned by the prospect of big Companies Using their power to enforce ideological conformity when it seems to affect people we dont like as it does now. Especially now we should be concerned. Support for Free Expression seems to be fading on the left
point. Its proof of how robust that right is. Tech companies arent the governmen
Good morning, everyone. This morning, new details about the Police Reaction to last weeks Deadly School shooting in florida. Weve learned an Armed School Resource deputy resigned after failing to confront the shooter. Plus, President Trump goes into his details about School Safety including Arming School teachers. And a new indictment hits Paul Manafort and rick gates with tax and bank fraud charges. Its just the latest in Robert Muellers russia investigation. Snoelths good morning, everyone. Its friday, february 23rd. Im ayman mohyeldin. Police, a failure if in Communication Led police to believe they were tracking the Shooter Realtime when they were watching footage delayed by about 20 minutes. In the wake of the shooting, the fbi says it is trying to rebuild public trust after failing to pass on a tip about cruz to agents in florida. President trump is backing a series of new Gun Control Measures during a white house meeting about School Safety yesterday. The president gave new deta
Another cruise ship off the coast of florida. Going nowhere. The Airline Industry slowed by the pandemic. What will happen to its workers . But at the top of this hour, today there are more than 287,000 confirmed cases here in the u. S. The death toll climbing to 7,721. In florida, beg development in the last few hours, the cruise ship coral princess has docked in miami after being turned around from port everglade. First Governor Andrew Cuomo in the last howard said the state hit a new high in coronavirus cases, also announcing 630 people have died in new york since yesterday. Were not yet at the apex. Depending on whose modeling you look at, four, six, seven days, some people go out 14 days, but our reading of the projections is were somewhere in the sev sevenday range. Were not at the apex yet. Part of me would like to be at the apex and lets do it, but part of me says its good that were not at the apex, because were not yesterday ready either. New guidelines from cdc urging all ame
And connecticut. Some people would like to see new york quarantined because its a hot spot, new york, new jersey, maybe one or two other places, certain parts of connecticut quarantined. Im thinking about that right now. We might not have to do it. But theres a possibility that some time today well do a quarantine shortterm two week on new york. Probably new jersey, certain parts of connecticut, restrict travel because theyre having problems in florida, lot of new york ers going there, we dont want that, heavily infectd. So many possibilities with that, is it little, well share how Governor Cuomo and others are responding to that truly extraordinary idea. While the president s suggestion is the most dramatic, some states are closing in themselves, shutting out visitors as they try to shut out the virus. In texas ordered anyone flying from new york, new jersey, connecticut or new orleans to selfquarantine for 14 days or however long theyre in texas whenever is shorter. Florida has a rou
Of infections could rise in the us President Trump announces a programme to speed up the development of a vaccine against coronavirus dubbed 0peration warp speed. The German Bundesliga is back itll be the first major European Football League to restart later, with matches held in empty stadiums. And could sniffer dogs be trained to detect coronavirus . A new government backed trial begins in the uk. Good morning, youre watching bbc news, im Karin Giannone with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here in the uk, the government and teachers unions should stop squabbling and agree a plan to reopen schools safely. Thats the message from the childrens commissioner for england who says disadvantaged children are losing out from schools being closed for so long. Teachers leaders met the governments scientific advisers yesterday to seek assurances over safety, but have not yet agreed on how schools should open. The government has set out plans to begin a phas