Thank you for joining us. It is 61 days before election day, and, tonight, joe biden is going on the offensive against President Trump. Today, biden traveled to kenosha, the wisconsin city reeling from unrest after the shooting of jacob blake, biden accusing the president of legitimizing hatred and racism. Bidens visit comes in stark contrast to the president s trip to kenosha just two days ago where mr. Trump highlighted his Campaign Theme of law and order and passing on a chance to meet with blakes family. Well, today, biden met face to face with the family for 90 minutes and then spoke on the phone with blake himself from his hospital room. Later, biden said blake, who is partially paralyzed after being shot seven times by police, told him he would not let the shooting defeat him even if he never walks again. Also tonight, u. S. Intelligence is sounding an alarm about russias efforts to sow doubts in americas elections, in a bulletin warning that russia is likely to continue to ampl
About that and whether there is political pressure over a vaccine. And election uncertainty. President trump causes new controversy as he appears to urge his supporters to vote twice. And only on cbs this morning, Mark Zuckerberg tells us about the new election safeguards. First, todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Calls for several Police Officers in new york to be fired and arrested after video was released showing them putting a hood over the head of a black man who later died. I placed a phone call for my brother to get help. Not for my brother to get lynched. President trump suggested voters in North Carolina should vote twice to see if North Carolinas mailin system is as good as they say it is. Send it in early and then go and vote. How are you handling the president of the United States . Anyone who is saying the election is going to be fraudulent, thats problematic. Its not just anyone. Its the president of the United States. Thats correct. The cdc is asking states
On a ventilator. Doctors best friend. The robotic dog helping Health Care Workers on the front lines. And a creative update to a classic board game keeping one family on the move during the lockdown. Good friday morning, everyone. President trump is praising new research on the coronavirus saying it offers new hope as we approach a grim new milestone. Today the u. S. Death toll from the virus will reach 50,000 people. It was back on april 6th when we first hit 10,000 deaths, and as you can see, the number has been rising by 10,000 every week. Just yesterday california reported its deadliest day so far. Here in new york this is one of the youngest faces of the victims. The 5monthold daughter of a new york city firefighter has passed away. She had a preexisting heart condition. At the white house briefing, President Trump said the u. S. Is doing a, quote, great job on testing. He disagreed with dr. Anthony faucis statement that the testing is not where it needs to be. The president also
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Get into position. Thank you for coming to the fifth annual kirkus prizes and the editor in chief of Kirkus Review we are pleased you could join us it is a culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work by the kirkus staff and judges and the 18 finalist of this years authors whose books we are honoring tonight. Silence your cell phones just so we can have the uninterrupted event. Next i would like to thank a few people who make this evening possible this Space Available has been made available to us and thank you to the publishers who do that excellent work and bring them to our attention. Thank you to the editors of Kirkus Review who invested time with the judges to make sure that process is orderly and thoughtful and fair in that nonfiction editor young and old editor. [applause] and independent editor. [applause] its my pleasure to introduce to you kirkus ceo. [applause] we come together tonight to celebrate remarkable achievements and illustrations. One thing that makes this event