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That i know so many of you demand and deserve. Reporter we are making progress, but we are neither there yet. That is the message from governor gavin newsom. Good evening, everyone. The governor says the curve has been flattened and hospitalizations and icu numbers have leveled off. Widespread testing have to be available before the state can reopen. Governor newsom has set a goal of 60,000 tests each day, up from the 16,000 that are available right now. He also said President Trump told him the 100,000 testing swabs are on the way, with 250,000 coming to california the following week. The governor said ramped up testing will supporting strong Contact Tracing program to identify people who have been exposed to the virus. The governor did announce one modification to the current shelter in place, hes allowing hospitals to resume surgeries and other procedures that were delayed. Resuming surgeries is a big relief to patients and doctors alike. Hospitals need the procedures for revenue an
Put one on the calendar for trump to stand trial in georgia, and its this second request, but by all means be a boolean move from fani willis considering what weve been talking about for the last two months, weve been talking about allegations of an improper romantic relationship that willis had with her special prosecutor. What sources close to her even acknowledged was a major distraction in this case. But now that willis has at least been told she could remain on the case by judge mcafee. She thinks its time now to push him to put a trial date on the calendar and we could see that come in the coming weeks. Now, look, that doesnt discount the challenges that you still going to face mcafee obviously, was really critical of williss credibility, really criticizing her for her actions that almost got her disqualified from case. And also the threat of his qualification still looms it was over willis and Appeals Court is going to decide whether or not it wants to review mcafee is order tha
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First time since withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and do you have your tickets more than a billion dollars up for grabs tonight. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. We start tonight with breaking news. Police in new york city restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattans union square neighborhood. A crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social Media Influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. The crowd appearing to be mostly young people turned restless and then unruly, surging into the streets, some throwing objects, others climbing onto vehicles, as well as the roof of a major subway hub all of it paralyzing travel at the height of the evening rush. Police quickly moved in en masse working to regain control block by block ron allen is in Downtown Manhattan now with the very latest reporter tonight, mayhem in manhattan where police say a least 2,000 people mobbing union square, getti