Neither stories have been able to garner much attention often the lack of coverage is justified because the story only affects a very few but that is not the case with these 2 stories because these stories could be happening or about to happen in a Community Near you this is why on this weeks news news hughes at 360 of you we ask can bad behavior produce good results. Thank you for joining us i am starting now hughes and i have to be honest with you i am very concerned about what is happening in portland and why we cannot get any sort of resolution you know what to start is out of touch this week is going to bring us up to the latest Portland Police declare an Unlawful Assembly once again late thursday after signs of vandalism. And burning down the neighborhood and now the democratic mayor is supporting the police using tear gas after a Police Building was set ablaze. First. Unrest continues in portland for the 74 straight day protesters being asked to clear the area late thursday. Acc
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out
Good but still will not accept they should be law. Asia is set to follow wall street higher as investors weigh theirdevelopments against cases. The s p climbed for a Third Straight day. Shery lets get you started with breaking news south korea. We are seeing inflation rising faster than expected. Both the month on month and year on year figures now escaping that disinflationary territory. Month on month inflation rising 0. 2 and 18 expectations. The expectation was for no change, also coming out of three months of decelerating prices. When it comes to the year on your numbers, the inflation remaining flat. The expectation was for prices to contract, and its also coming after falling into disinflation for the First Time Since september. Core prices your near rising 0. 6 , which is a faster gain than was expected as well. We have seen a little bit more demand coming from china. The export slump in south korea also easing for the month of june, not to mention exports to china in fact rose
After the oval office meeting, President Trump and polish president duda went to the white house rose garden to talk with reporters and answer if few answer a few more questions. Pres. Trump thank you very much, everyone. Please. Beautiful day in the rose garden. I want to thank everybody for being here with us. We all know what a wonderful country, a great country poland is and its my honor to have a friend of mine here, president duda of poland who has done an incredible job. I do believe he has an election coming up, i do believe hell be very successful. Thank you very much and all your representatives, thank you for being here. This is the third time we have hosted president duda. The first lady and i also cheerish our remarkable visit to poland three years ago, that was an amazing event. We had an event because it was a speech and a lot of people watched that speech. It was a very historic moment. And an important moment for our two countries. The american and polish people enjoy
Will see the winds pick up as well, so changes ahead. Heres a live look with the Treasure Island camera. Great start to the day right around the bay, clear skies inland for concord, livermore, and san jose. In the mid to upper 50s as we kickoff friday and as we head into the afternoon. Mid70s in oakland, upper 80s in san jose, and 90 degrees for concord. Still heating up inland this afternoon. I will let you know what you can expect for the weekend. Details on that are coming up, back to you. Developing this morning, the u. S. Seeing a disturbing trend in new coronavirus infections. On thursday there were more than 36,000 new cases, a single day record according to Johns Hopkins university. The previous record was set back on april 24th. And this morning, texas is pausing its reopening plans, a new study from Baylor College of medicine says if Current Trends continue, houston could be the most affected city in north america as we continue to track the hotspots. Back in the bay area, on