Getting to know each one of them was the event is called a new generation of mayors and citys, we have mayors all in their first term in the case of mayor lincoln only four weeks on the job, mayors doing interesting things, interesting ideas about the future, very challenging times, the pandemic, urban unrest and a bunch of other challenges that flow from those things. I want to dive right in and hear about what they are doing and what it means for Public Policy and the future of our cities, mayor of Miami Francis suarez was elected in 2013, first term mayors, district number 4, the first miami born mayor of the city. Look forward to hearing from you, Francis Suarez. David holt, mayor of Oklahoma City since 2013, the first native american mayor of Oklahoma City and one of the youngest mayors of the city with 500,000 residents that he served eight years in the senate in oklahoma. The newest member of the bench, Kevin Lincoln just assumed office which the Census Bureau calls the most div
Of the name is at the mike a junior welcome to the program ghanians head to the polls on monday to elect the president in what is expected to be a close contest old rivalries have been revived between incumbent president s the michael and his predecessor john mahama 2016 muhammad became the only incumbents to be voted out of office and hes hoping to inflict the same fate on. In a region besets with Security Issues ghana is viewed by many as a beacon of hope and stability but he shoes such as corruption and unemployment remain a headache for many gun ians like sunny brought in. Mohammed sunny ibrahim started Development Communications at the university and. An informal settlements in ghanas capital accra. Has tried to back fill to secure a meaningful job since 2016 the father of 2 often depends on the generosity of relatives as well as casual wake to take care of his family sunny says he said nights may weaken up every d. Much knowing you know where he is the next meal will come from re
And we lead the program with another record day for new cases of covert 1000 in the United States. The nation reported more than 153000 new cases. Thursday, as the u. S. Has now eclipsed more than 10500000. 00 total cases. Since the pandemic hit its shores, california on thursday joined texas as the only states to have surpassed 1000000. 00 cases of the coronavirus at this point. So lets go ahead and we go time and check in on the trends and spread of the virus globally with our chief correspondent cya tab. And where are we friday . Brian . , youre exactly right. It hasnt just been the u. S. , but the world as a whole has suffered the worst day of the pandemic. So far, almost 12000 people died and more than 666000, new cases were reported just in the last 24 hours. And then the u. S. , like you mentioned, once again bro, another record for new cases, more than 160000 new cases. And for the 10th, straight day in a row, more than 100000, new cases have been alex every single day and new
No state right now as seen cases decline. And heres a list. The few Illinois River had more than 75000 cases just last week, and 32 states from alaska, and idaho in the west to connecticut and New Hampshire in the east. I did more cases this week than any other time of the pandemic now in nebraska, vermont, utah and kansas, at least 10 states with a single day case records on thursday. But the situation is even worse in the great lakes region. Wisconsin, pennsylvania, indiana, minnesota. They all exceeded their previous single day records on thursday by more than 1000 cases. While in ohio, there hospitalizations have soared to record levels. Now taken a look at which are also on the rise with more than 1000. On average, every single day and hospitalizations are also set a record on thursday to over 67000. So were up to 39 percent in hospitalizations, double of where we were just 5 weeks ago. And then there is even bad, more bad news because the new model just been released by the unive
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