Adults are most at ristic. Twothirds of the senate is over the age of 60. And the average age of house members is nearly 60 years old. Right now three men over the age of 70 are in contention for the white house. The president has no rallies in his schedule but both Bernie Sanders and joe biden do. Given the risks, were wondering how long politics as usual can be politics as usual. They have made a commitment of their life to serve publicly, and thats what theyre doing. There are just risks that people take. And there are relative risks. And each individual makes up their mind for their own safety. Youre saying that they, from where you sit, they are putting themselves they are taking a risk . Well, i dont know really hardly anything about the underlying conditions of these people. Im not just talking about elderly people. Im talking about elderly people, particularly those with underlying conditions. Though the president is not Holding Still interacting with supporters. Today in ore l
Voters here in manchester. This is video from just the last hour. Right now we are waiting to see minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar show up and vote. She got some votes in the very first little townships to cast ballots early this morning, they vote right after midnight, and former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg who is not even on the ballot in New Hampshire also got in a few write ins. Of course, there are many hours to go here until the polls close and a winner is declared, but we are standing by, john, and we will be speaking with voters as they come out this have polling place at this Elementary School in manchester. You know it is an important day for these candidates because they have stepped up their comments, some say the attacks on each other, and todays outcome really could reshape the race all together. Bernie sanders, can he emerge in the drivers seat . Pete buttigieg, can he emerge as the leader among the moderates . Might Amy Klobuchar see a bit of a surge off of her
Nearly 760,000 americans have now been infected. First, lets start with the latest in negotiations on capitol hill with kasie hunt and Shannon Pettypiece over at the white house. Kasie, give us a quick check on where negotiations stand this hour. Reporter this has been a scramble through the weekend. They were anticipating potentially a deal late last night. As of this hour, they still dont have a finalized agreement. The last my sources told me is that theyre still working on some of the testing provisions. Theres going to be 25 billion in this bill to help try and ramp up testing. There are some differences between democrats and republicans about how much of that should be done by the public sector, how much of that should be done by the private sector. Of course the major center piece of this, 310 billion additional for the paycheck protection program. Thats the fund thats aimed at help keep Small Businesses employees on the books through this crisis. That money ran out in 13 days a
Kneeling on mr. Floyds neck. As he repeatedly said i cant breathe. That mandatory curfew began more than three hours ago, yet some protesters are still in the streets as of this hour. Earlier this evening we saw minneapolis authorities trying to push back demonstrators using tear gas and flash bangs, and although minneapolis and st. Paul are still reeling tonight, they are not the only cities that are facing unrest. Peaceful protests in atlanta turned violent earlier with buildings damaged and Police Vehicles set on fire. Thousands have gathered in new york with clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police. More than 700 miles away from the twin cities in louisville, kentucky, protesters have taken to the streets for the second night of demonstrations as that city reels, not only from the death of george floyd, but also from the death of brianna taylor, a 26yearold emergency medical technician who was shot by Police Inside her home earlier this year. Now, were watching all of
On the streets of englewood, new jersey. They demand an end to system ic racism and Police Brutality. His name is samuel. He was murdered here in englewood in 1998. Police murdered him. My family stayed silent because my aunt was afraid of the brutality we would go through, us, the family. We stayed silent. No more silence. In buffalo, dozens of firefighters and Law Enforcement officers waited outside the county courthouse for the arraignment of two suspended officers as more jurisdictions move to hold police accountable. Theyre charged with Second Degree assault related to this disturbing moment there caught on cell phone video. Look at that. A 75yearold man shoved to the ground and no one came to his aid as he lay there bleeding. This new body cam video was released by police in charlotte, North Carolina, and it shows the Moment Police say someone tossed an explosive at officers last saturday night. Theyre hoping the video will lead them to a suspect. Those are the headlines for you