Overseas french territories in france itself curfews will affect 70 percent of the countrys population on thursday france became the 2nd the United Nation to have more than a 1000000 confirmed cases Spains Health minister is warning of more drastic measures it reached a 1000000 infection market self on wednesday the government is accused of mishandling the crisis but it did survive a no confidence vote in parliament and germany is seeing a rise in infections the daily count there is up above 10000 for the 1st time well above the numbers seen during the 1st wave in march but testing has increased significantly and italy to more than 16000. 00 new cases reported there thats a new daily record in the Italian Region of lombardy which was the worst hit at the beginning of the year a nighttime curfew is in place. In other news a vote on the confirmation of u. S. Supreme Court Nominee amy county barrett will be held on monday fast tracked nomination has been one of the topics in the lead up t
Susan good evening, from the university of utah in salt lake city, welcome to the first and only Vice President ial debate of 2020, sponsored by the nonpartisan commission on president ial debates. Im susan page of usa today. It is my honor to moderate this debate, an important part of our democracy. In Kingsbury Hall tonight, we have a small and socially distanced audience, we have taken extra precautions during this pandemic. Among other things, everyone in the audience is required to wear a face mask, and the candidates will be seated 12 feet apart. The audience is enthusiastic about their candidates, but they have agreed to express that enthusiasm only twice, at the end of the bait, and now, when i introduced the candidates. Please welcome california senator Kamala Harris and Vice President mike pence. [applause] susan senator harris and Vice President pence, thank you for being here. We are meeting as President Trump and the first lady continue to undergo treatment in washington a
Department said its too early to definitively say it is arson. We want the evidence behind the facts. If we have to say that it is and arson case, we are able to take that with complete confidence. Reporter a letter posted on the churchs website, they informed Community Members about 4 00 a. M. Thursday morning. It said somebody set the church of ways. There was a molotov cocktail thrown on the church. I was very upset. I did not want anything to happen to our church. Reporter he was somewhat relieved when the church itself was spared. Ins dead, the fire gutted the neighboring property used as Church Offices and a Gathering Place for Community Members. As you can see the devastation is too much. I was not expecting it to be this bad reporter this is a second act aimed at this community this summer alone. In july a vandals crawled vulgar graffiti. Church leaders are concerned that the two incidents are part of a disturbing pap. We think there is a connection. It cant be haphazard. Its c
Issues during this difficult time. And as we face the challenges like this have never been more important during this covid19 pandemic. In these discussions will now begin printed as a reminder, we will be taking audience questions and will encourage you to submit yours located on the but not at the bottom of your screen. And it says, type in your question and we will try to get to it to the end of the broadcast. Todays briefing is from Victor Davis Hanson. Is a senior fellow here at the hoover institution. He focused his classics in the military and history. Author 24 books of the most recent, is been the National Humanities and the price, victor, youre a better man than i if i had that metal i would have it hanging around my neck 24 7. How are you. Victor very good. Host before we get into the policy side of things, a lot of us are watching this from Population Centers are in cities and suburbs and exurbs. What we know difference but in the past couple weeks, but is come to a standst
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