Thank you for being here this afternoon. Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in Downtown Portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. Mainly the federal courthouse. The departments mission is very clear. We are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. Let me reiterate that the department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. Let me say this again. We support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. Unfortunately what we are seeing in portland every night, roughly from midnight to 4 30 or 5 00 a. M. , is a complete opposite. Again, what is occurring in portland in the early hours of every morning is not peaceful protesting. These individuals are organized and th
Declaring himself a president ial candidate. To discourage abortion, he says everyone who has a baby should get 1 million. He claimed Harriet Tubman never freed the slaves but had them work for other white people. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. Thank you for joining us on this monday. We begin with the debate over coronavirus funding taking center stage as the National Death toll surpasses 140,000. Overnight the bahamas announced it is no longer welcoming american visitors. Starting wednesday its borders will be closed to travelers from the u. S. As confirmed cases of covid19 across this country continue to surge. Today people can visit the statue of liberty again as new york city enters phase 4 of reopening, but no one will be allowed to go inside. Abcs Megan Tevrizian has the latest. Reporter the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb. Nearly 64,000 new cases reported. Numbers rising in 80 of states across the u. S. , prompting Los Angeles Mayor
Its doors. Nbc bay areas sierra johnson is live for us at that testing facility. So sierra, if testings so important why is this site shutting down after only reporter yes, marcus, they say its an issue with insurance liability at the site. You saw some folks behind me moving tents and before you could even get to the parking lot where this testing facility was theres a guard standing there with cones letting people know that testing here at this site is closing because of a Liability Insurance issue with this site. Yesterday when they opened many folks stood in line for hours for that rapid test. The property manager here tells us that they are made aware of issues with that insurance yesterday morning but they thought they had it resolved by last night. He says it in fact was not resolved and organizers made attempts to notify folks with emails and signs on the property. But this morning w were not able to getted made their way back today. Some women like the one youre about to hear
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Nurses in the bay area are peacefully. No one was hurt when he fired taking part of a national day of action. Off the shots. Lets take a live look at a lot of questions how did he Samaritan Hospital in san jose get that weapon, where was the where you can see the nurses there are appropriately socially breakdown in that security with him being put into jail but, distanced as they try to draw attention to their cause. Again and, by the way, the they want leaders at the local jail was on lockdown. And National Level to provide not clear if theyve lifted that better protection for workers on lockdown and several blocks are the front lines of the pandemic. Still shut down though we believe they will start opening there is a shortage of ppe and up the roads since this man had an inability to follow minimum surrendered after somehow Safety Standards still after all obtaining a gun while under arrest and barricading himself these months. Inside a patrol car. Health care workers plan to report