Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
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Startup is a normal news day but things got busy. Late in the afternoon and then into this evening. In the Midst Of This Supreme Led situation that we are leading with the abortion rights. It is near certainty that the ruling of the case the just heard is going to overturn roe v. Wade. Tonight we got a big announcement from the fda. Tonight, the fda announced a new rule change around abortion pills. It used to be the case that if you wanted to have a medication abortion, if you are early on up in your pregnancy and were able to take a series of two drugs to end the pregnancy instead of having a surgical procedure in a clinic or hospital, it used to be if you are going to have a medication abortion. An abortion using these pills. The rule used to be that you had to physically go to a hospital or go to a clinic or medical office to be handed the pills for some reason. Even though you can take the pill. It is in a medical procedure. Its just a drug. You had to physically show up and be ha
The investigation into the january 6th insurrection. The House Committee has issued a subpoena to phil walden. Who is the . Hes a retired army colonel who served in aided in a power point plan, yes i said, a power point plan. In how to overturn the 2020 election. The committee obtained that document from former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, who insists that he had nothing to do with it. January 6th Committee Member kissinger said that the panel is now focused on what took place the days before the capitol riot. About a year ago now, and i cant believe its been a year. Seems like its been ten years ago and yesterday at the same time. But there was this kind of fever pitch to not accept the fact that a legitimate election had happened. That is why the committee is so important. Its not just about the day of january 6th. Thats an important point. But it is what is the rock that led up to that. We have a clock on this. We need to get this. Quickly we need to expect to see more