good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 19th. friday, folks. we made it. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the federal judge deciding whether to unseal the affidavit in the unprecedented search of mar-a-lago appeared to stake out the middle ground yesterday. saying he is inclined to unseal it, the magistrate judge gave the justice department until next thursday to submit redactions. in a written ruling, the judge stated, the government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed. the judge said he would review the proposed reactions and then, redactions and decide if he agrees. he could not give a time line beyond next thursday saying quote this is going to be a considered careful process. the the government had argued against unsailing the affidavit laming it would jeopardize its investigation, and because it contains quote substantial grand jury information with national security over
Abc news, special report of an active shooter situation taking place on the Las Vegas Strip, it happened at a concert, a Country Music festival. Jason aldean on stage as rapid fire gunfire could be heard right there, coming from the mandalay bay area. And the update that were getting from the Las Vegas Police department, just within the last few moments is that at least one active shooter is no longer. That shooter is down. But theyre still warning people to stay awhat from the Las Vegas Strip. They had been looking at the possibility that this was multiple shooters. So that is a possibility. Also the possibility that automatic weapons were used in this attack. But weve been listening to the video. It sounds like machine gun fire. But were hearing from the University Medical Center Hospital in the area. They are reporting 26 victims transported to the hospital. Currently, two dead, 24 injured. Thats only one hospital in the area. Were looking at multiple casualties, potentially multipl
Really hits the economy. A record 6. 6 million americans filed for benefits in the last week. The comedian eddie large, best known for the double act little and large, has died at the age of 78 has died at the age of 76. And saying thank you celebrities urge people across the country to show support for nhs and key workers with another round of applause tonight at eight oclock. Thank you so much, all of you nhs staff and key workers. When this is all over and done with, i am coming to kiss all of you on the lips. So pucker up. Good afternoon. Senior Health Officials say theyre frustrated by a lack of progress in expanding uk coronavirus testing. It comes as a further 569 people have died in the uk. The overrall total is now 2,921, with 33,718 confirmed cases. You can see here the upward trend of the last few weeks. 0n testing, the government is facing continuing criticism. So far, only 2,000 out of half a million front line nhs workers in england have been tested. Addenbrookes hospital