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themselves through extortion and smuggling and are relying less on donations from wealthy benefactors, that s according to new bbc research. and macadamia gate. this south korean woman is forced to apologize for delaying a flight over a packet of nuts. hello. the head of the cia has defended his officers as patriots, whilst admitting some had used ha he called abhorrent tactics in the past. in an unprecedented news conference, john brennan said he couldn t prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate, but he defended the overall interrogation program for stopping attacks and saving lives. reporter: the cia s headquarters are situated just outside washington. away from the daily media and the capital. but they are wanting to know if the spy agency s director would describe as torture the harsh interrogation techniques used on suspects in the days after 9/11. in a limited number of cases, agency officers used interrogation techniques that had not been au ....
united and supported house republicans, supported the american people we could have had a very different outcome, but instead, senate republicans divided and in account fa, act ofly and aggressively attacked house republicans, attacked the effort. let s go to president obama right now. responsible republicans came together. the first government shutdown in 17 years is now over. the first default in more than 200 years will not happen. these twin threats to our economy have now been lifted and i want to thank those democrats and republicans for getting together and ultimately getting this job done. now there s been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of this shutdown, but let s be clear. there are no winners here. these last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy. we don t know yet the full scope of the damage, but every analyst out there believes it slowed our growth. we know that families have gone without paychecks or services ....
cases. around the world, nearly 11 million cases of covid-19 have been reported with over half a million deaths so far. the u.s. currently has the most cases of any country with brazil, russia and india following behind. major league baseball just announced that it is cancelling this year s all-star game. the los angeles dodgers, who were set to host this season s summer classic, must now wait until 2022. atlanta will be the site of next year s all-star game. coronavirus infections are ballooning across the country as we ve been covering, with florida, texas and california leading the pack in these new cases as hospitalizati cases. as hospitalizations surge in california, local officials are tightening the restrictions this weekend, closing beaches and public places, mandating masks in others. in los angeles, where the number of cases has topped 107,000, the demand for tests is skyrocketing. a nurse who works in a los angeles covid unit at the hospital there spoke t ....
it s not about her. it s about the american people. it s about the american people and how we have a real and strategic plan. this administration has not had a strategic plan for the six months that we know about the coronavirus. and as we said at the top right now, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and president trump s chief of staff mark meadows are heating with house speaker nance pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer. they are trying to come to an agreement on a coronavirus relief package. this as the trump administration is reportedly considering taking executive action to provide coronavirus relief, if congress can t reach a deal. that is according to two people with knowledge of the deliberations who spoke to the washington post. and joining me now is nbc news digital reporter and capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. garrett, let me start with you. that meeting about to get under way. in terms of the status of these negotiations, what can you ....
behaviors like smoking, drinking the u.s. economy added nearly 1.8 million jobs in the month of july. that s according to new data today from the bureau of labor statistics. now, that number is significantly lower than the nearly 5 million jobs added in june, stoking fears that a coronavirus economic recovery may be slowing. and chilling new coronavirus forecast is out predicting that the number of deaths could nearly double by the end of the year to close to 300,000. but if 95% of americans would wear masks, it would save 70,000 lives. all this as we re learning just minutes ago that california surpassed 10,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. that s the third highest figure in the nation. meanwhile, in new york governor andrew cuomo says he will allow children statewide including hard-hit new york city to return to the classroom for the start of the new school year. we re going to have more on that coming up in a moment. but let s start where the action ....