We dont know what the governor is planning, we just got wind that hes going to be doing something on monday on that, it cant come a moment too soon in manhattan were there still ghost crowds, we are following other developments as well including the president , hes about an hour away from speaking to the nation, hes going to be heading to westminster over the weekend and visiting his brother who is in the hospital, we dont know much more about the details and whether the president or share anywhere details on his brother but we do know he is going to outline the latest on stimulus and where it stands and aware we have the executive action orders, we know as well that theres no one to take him up on capitol hill because no one is there, you look at a live shot at capitol hill where theres nobody live inside, the houses outcome of the senate is adjourned through labor day, if youre expecting any immediate action on stimulus, it is not happening right now at least if you want congressiona
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