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oregon. dan. reporter: yeah. hey, rich. as you know, very few democrats have chosen to campaign with president biden this year, but when he asked if he could come out to oregon and help with the run for governor, tina said come on out. biden s three-state western spring began in colorado where he appeared with senator michael bennett who looks to be pretty safe there. he attended fundraisers in california and now he finishes up in portland. he gives a speech on lowering cost for american families. cotech is locked in a three-person race, and it s been locked up for months. betsy thompson, most believe is taking more support from the democrat than from the republican. she attacks cotech relentlessly over the dual crises of homelessness and crime. in a statement she said, quote, i hope biden comes more often so that portland will clean up more of the trash and tendencies that tina s created between the airport and downtown portland. kotek has been pretty much in lockstep with
Mount rushmore, you can see it there right behind me, it will be a spectacular fireworks display. The president will arrive with air force one doing a flyover right across the face of the mountain before he lands at nearby Ellsworth Air force base and another five by marine one, so will be quite extraordinary evening. Just in terms of celebrating america. On the other hand, there were several controversies following this as well. In one of courses social distancing for the governor of south dakota has said that it will not be a socially distanced event here. They are providing masks for those who want them, but not requiring anybody to wear masks. In coronavirus numbers have been relatively low in south dakota. As of yesterday, there have been 97 deaths in total, that puts it at the 11th lowest of all the states across the country. So that is why the governor of south dakota does not believe social distancing and masks should be required. Another controversy here, fireworks were ended
Now that a lot of places at this moment are trending in the wrong direction. The president wont acknowledge this. In fact, he flat out ignores it saying those talking about slowing the reopening or keeping students at home are trying to hurt his reelection chances by hyping the coronavirus risk. Once again though as the president s own advisers making clear he is out of touch with reality. Listen closely. We all know that kids need to be back in school physically for all the reasons we talk about, social, emotional, nutritional health, eye creek, discovery of child abuse. All those things that are very important, but we have to get the virus under control, and if we get the virus under better control, clearly kids can get back into school safely. The but and the if, right there, are quite telling. Unlike his boss admiral giroir is willing to acknowledge the science and acknowledge the obvious. The virus is not under control today, and if things dont improve considerably, back to school