About it. And all jokes aside, the first public apology from Ellen Degeneres. What shes saying about toxic workplace allegations now that shes back in the studio. She had some things to say. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. As our nation mourns the loss of ruth bader ginsburg, i will soon announce a nominee for the United States Supreme Court. The president told his crowd of supporters that he will name his nominee for the Supreme Court by this weekend. The president said he wants this done very quickly. Before election day. Can it be done . We believe that it can. With a fight over the next Supreme Court justice looming, joe biden tried to keep voters attention focused on the pandemic. The virus was too big for him. He just wasnt up to it. He froze. He failed to act. He panicked. The u. S. Will likely hit 200,000 coronavirus deaths today. Were rounding the corner in any event. But were going to have a vaccine very soon. A great vaccine. Tropical storm
Birthday. Abraham lincoln was [ cheers and applause ] born 209 years ago. Of course he was tragically assassinated at fords theater in washington by a member of ms13. [ laughter ] i read that on the white house website. Is that not right . Lincoln was known i was looking him up today. He was known as honest, a the great emancipator, the rail splitter, tight coop. He had a lot of nicknames. He was like the diddy of 1863. [ laughter ] even had his own vodka. [ laughter ] you know, its funny. When you think about president lincolns hat, the tall stovepipe hat he wore, and then you think about Donald Trumps hat. Its kind of all you need to know, right . [ cheers and applause ] today isnt president s day. President s day is next monday. But president obama and his wife michelle were honored at the Smithsonian Today with the unveiling of their official portraits. This is a tradition that goes back to George Washington in 1796. Its a big deal. And the obamas were there in person to be part of
Birthday. Abraham lincoln was [ cheers and applause ] born 209 years ago. Of course he was tragically assassinated at fords theater in washington by a member of ms13. [ laughter ] i read that on the white house website. Is that not right . Lincoln was known i was looking him up today. He was known as honest, a the great emancipator, the rail splitter, tight coop. He had a lot of nicknames. He was like the diddy of 1863. [ laughter ] even had his own vodka. [ laughter ] you know, its funny. When you think about president lincolns hat, the tall stovepipe hat he wore, and then you think about Donald Trumps hat. Its kind of all you need to know, right . [ cheers and applause ] today isnt president s day. President s day is next monday. But president obama and his wife michelle were honored at the Smithsonian Today with the unveiling of their official portraits. This is a tradition that goes back to George Washington in 1796. Its a big deal. And the obamas were there in person to be part of
Friday. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with overnight breaking news. Nbc now confirms President Trump last june ordered his white House Counsel to fire the special prosecutor overseeing the russia investigation, Robert Mueller. With the New York Times first reporting, ultimately backed down after Donald Mcgahn threaten today resign rather than carry out the firing. Mueller remains as special counsel. The times writing, mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior white house officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice. It continued, the president began to argue that mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation. Those three conflicts, according to the times, a dispute years ago over fees at trumps virginia golf club. The fact that mr. Mueller had most recently worked for a law firm that previously counted Ja
Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. Dari legionnaires disease has been detected in another location in our area. A worker from Rockland County has contracted the disease. Sky sox is over the plant where the person worked. This is breaking tonight. We have no word if this patient in Rockland County had any contact in the south bronx. That is where more than 100 cases of legionnaires disease has been found. Sky fox flew over the corporation tonight. There is no evidence that the unidentified worker contracted to bear. A Company Spokesperson says that the cooling towers on the roof were treated to kill any potential bacteria and we did confirm activity at about 8 00 p. M. Tonight on the real. In the meantime the cdc is there to help with the outbreak and arthur has more. Reporter thats right, at least 500 legionnaires cases have been reported. The city. Optimism is the word that Public Officials have been using because the