Address new concerns about the pandemic fight in this counoat. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The governor of wisconsin summoning the National Guard after violent protests broke out. Protesters set cars on fire and clashed with officers in riot gear after the shooting of jacob blake. Shot in the back seven times. This was not an accident. This wasnt bad police work. This felt like a vendetta. The Republican National committee nominated President Trump for a second term. If you want to really drive them crazy you say 12 more years. This is now hurricane laura. And laura is doing exactly what it a onetwo punc se punore ockout. Desuctive wildfires continue to burn through parts of california. Thousands forced to evacuate. Were deploying every resource at our disposal. Every resource. Californias highest court overturned the Death Penalty for Scott Peterson convicted of murdering his wife in 2002. All that. Off the coast of greece, a little girl right here wa
Crystal clear. We failed to predict and plan the shortages and thats simply unacceptable. Youre frustrated and irate governor newsome demands an investigation. Into weekend power shut off his millions of californians had to deal with sweltering heat. Governor said that the agency failed to properly. Brace for the Current Energy shortage in subsequent power disruptions. Leaders from cal iso though firing back saying they constantly warn the Public Utilities commission that power shutoffs could happen saying the situation could have been avoided. The regulatory authorities how the grid operates. People to do a lot of Different Things i guess what i have to do a better job of making our voices heard through all of that. The Public Utilities commission has not responded today. The governor also signed a proclamation allowing utilities and other energy users to use backup thats amid a record heat wave that is scorching the state this was the first time cal iso ordered rolling blackouts in s
The president told woodward that the virus was deadlier than the flu and he was intentionally hiding the truth from you, the American Public. Here now is trump in his own words in a series of taped interviews by woodward with the president s own permission and for his new book on the Trump Administration. Listen for yourself. And so what was president xi saying yesterday. We were talking mostly about the virus. And i think hes going to have it in good shape. But it is a very tricky situation. Indeed it is. It goes through air, bob. That is tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things but if you just breathe the air and that is how it is passed. So that is a very tricky one. That is a very delicate one. It is also more deadly than your, even your strenuous flus. People dont realize, we lose 25,000, or 30,000 people a year here, who would think that. I know. And what would that do for this is more deadly. This is 5 versus 1 and less than 1 . So this is deadly stuff. N
The stark milestone, 100,000 deaths, comes less than three months after the First American was reported to have died. The people most ravaged are those whose suffering often is unseen, the elderly, africanamericans, and the working poor. The Washington Post front page tonight. This is the front page tonight at usa today. Quote, 100,000 deaths. 100,000 people have died from coronavirus in the United States. And it will continue to change our lives. The u. S. Is the only country to record anywhere near 1 million cases of the coronavirus. The country now hits another somber milestone. Heres the front page tonight over at the web site for our friends at cnn. 100,000 americans didnt have to die. One tragedy of americas coronavirus milestone is that so many didnt have to die. Another is that no one knows how many more will perish. Again, this is the cnn front page right now. Also, this next one maybe isnt that important for you to see, but just so youre aware, this is what it is, in contrast
Owner. Our guest, isaiah thomas, joins us with his reaction. And the world lead. A company says it may have done what nobody else was able to do, find flight 370. Just one problem, of course, its thousands of miles from the current search area. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the national lead, from the gulf to the great looks, 75 million americans are currently in the path of a tornado spawning Severe Weather system. I dont mean like a, oh, no, did i leave my car windows down kind of storm. Its more like i hope my car is still on the ground in one piece kind of storm. This could be heading your way in the next couple hours. This massive tornado inflicted widespread damage in louisville, mississippi. One of dozens of tornados unleashed by the storm system, the same storm system that killed 31 people from sunday. Far from finished, its now reloaded and ready for round three. Some of those got hit yesterday by the same system. Two people die