Calling recent attacks on assault of the government of the United States. Democrats accused barr of violating protestors civil rights and sending Law Enforcement to portland and other u. S. Cities as a prop to bolster the president s reelection prospects. Lets bring wall street journal columnist and deputy Editorial Page Editor dan henninger, columnist kim strassel and editorial page writer gillian. Kim, did democrats achieve what they were calling on attorney general . Kimberley they claimed that they we wanted to hear from the attorney general but they didnt let him speak. The real idea behind this is they wanted to accuse him and the Trump Administration of essentially sending storm troopers into cities and abusing protestors rights and wanted to accuse him of politicizing the Justice Department by having ordered reviews of what happened in the 2016 election in terms of the trumprussia collusion investigation and some of the mueller indictments. The problem is that the attorney gene
Points in her favor such as her experience on the campaign trail. When she was running for president , but adds that u. S. Senator Tammy Duckworth has value as well and one of the person should think about is Tammy Duckworth mainly because republicans really dont like or. But you shouldnt from illinois. So she can have some gravitas for the midwest. A war veteran its going to be hard to really go after her and i just wonder if its. If its kind of a chemistry thing that is also at play here. I i definitely think that comes in to play and on that score. I think somebody that you already know like susan rice would we be that the just because they do have a great chemistry and theyre ready have worked together doctor terry bynes a Political Science professor at cal feels that susan rice might be a good fit. But she does put her money on harris saying that she has a youth and charisma to energize the campaign. And Kamala Harris is a strong candidate the 2 major picks right now bass and harr
California is the first state to top a half a million coronavirus cases its a record first that no one is envious of the state will have to endorse stricter shutdowns or the stopping of indoor activities if the numbers dont improve in the coming days. Stephanie elam has the story. California was the first state to shut down. And now its the first to have more than half a million coronavirus cases on sunday, the state recorded almost 509,200 total infections. But back when california began reopening in may. There were roughly 64,600 cases. There is some contained the and controls how this spread in the beginning when the opening up took place. We have more cases and that should be. Instructive to others. The the virus is vicious and you have to have. City shelter in place as long as you need it. California added over 9,000 new cases yesterday on may 8th, it was just over 2000. The rise hitting major cities like San Francisco, hard and state leaders fear its because residents are becomin
Patience along with that mask. New Text Messages shedding light on the events leading up to the death of Ahmaud Arbery as lawyers for the men accused of murdering the unarmed jogger speak out. Attorney Benjamin Crump joining us live this morning. Severe storms striking the northeast and south. High winds damaging this building. Flash flooding leaving cars stranded and the tropical system strengthening in the atlantic. Our weather team tracking it all. And virtual graduation for the class of 2020. High high hopes the starstudded event and oprahs commencement speech. New way forward. The class of 2020, bravo. And the celebration isnt over yet. The preview of tonights graduation special featuring more big names airing tonight right here on abc. Tonight right here on abc. Hello, good morning, happy saturday. I am very happy to note that the whole team is back together, all three of us in the studio once again, although we are doing our as you can see here our part to social distance. Eva d
Announced, but the big story is surrounding big tech earnings like microsoft, facebook, and even comcast and qualcomm. It look like some of these companies were basically created for this moment if you didnt know, the microsoft quarter was just a thing of beauty a lot of that is because theyll have a product like teams or like azure that are incredibly strong linkedin doing very well facebook quarter was good, and boom, they say april is stabilization. One of the themes were seeing in tech, or you have service now, well have Bill Mcdermott later today. They have an unbelievable quarter. Maybe the best in the history of the company. So youre seeing companies that frankly not only do not have to make any excuses but are saying good things. You know, qualcomm, ill say, secular trend, 5g, and then highspeed internet is one of the most lucrative parts of comcast. Yes, of course, theme parks not going to happen, but theyll open up again. But high speed, it will never go back you dont switch