Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home have got more criticism and more scrutiny than the people who singlehandedly crash the entire Financial Market in 2008. And they got bailed out, the government bailed out those people. It shows you that the fix is in. John White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher picks up reporting for us on this friday live on the north lawn. For the third day in a row, the white house is declining to weigh in on this controversy that has consumed both wall street and main street. The White House Press secretary w
To Walter Reed Hospital where he is expected to be treated the next few days. It was overnight we learned he had covid19 and has mild symptoms. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dion lim. Thanks for joining us. It has been a dizzying day following the president s latenight announcement that he, along with the first lady, have tested positive for covid19. Any event he or his family members are supposed to be at are postponed. Now, as for Vice President mike pence, he has tested negative and will do Campaign Events as scheduled. Two people who were at last saturdays white house event announcing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court have tested positive. Its not clear if there is a link. Reaction has been coming in as the situation evolved throughout the day. We begin our coverage with abc7 News Reporter chris win, who spoke to republicans and democrats about the president s diagnosis. Reporter tonight all eyes are on america as President Trump and the first lady deal
President trump believes he is no longer contagious and could be back on the campaign trail as early as tomorrow. And the drug that he says cured his covid. Will the fda give it a final approval good morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. There was a chilling plan thwarted to kip michigan governor 13 men have been arrested. During a press conference whitmer called out the president for not doing enough to condemn hate groups. In a series of tweets the president slammed the governor he says, rather than say thank you, she calls me a white supremacist. Reporter the fbi says the target of the plot was michigans governor gretchen whitmer. Five men from michigan and one from delaware met several times starting in june and talked about storming the capitol and taking the governor hostage. Their main complaint was the strict conditions especially the closing of gyms. Members of this conspiracy on two occasions conducted coordinated surveillance on the governors vacation home. Reporte
A massive explosion in parts of the city a huge new fire has triggered panic and prompted fresh questions about government negligence. Its good to have you with us tonight european governments are racing against the clock and the weather to find shelter for thousands of displaced migrants from greeces camp a massive fire destroyed the camp tuesday night leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of the refugees for the past 2 nights most of them have slept outside and theyre still struggling to get enough food and water. A 2nd one to foreigners burn the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. Leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. Among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children some of whom are born in the now destroyed morea camp we do if it were free. Im definitely not ive no doing nothing really. To do with the you all for. Taking no money put up that lets a little know we will
Were seeing just a couple hours ago. But come sunrise tomorrow, all of the citys beaches will be blocked off and closed. Yet, that wont be the case up the road in half moon bay. Conflicting messages between two coastal cities a mere mile apart. I think the whole things been confusing. It gets confusing. Pacifica has closed a lot over weekends recently. And i get the closures because of the fire evacuations and all that. But it gets confusing. Reporter surfs up in pacifica for now. But it wont stay that way for Labor Day Weekend. All four of the citys beaches will be closed. We are urging people to just stay home this Labor Day Weekend. Reporter there will be enforcement, but theyre hoping for voluntary compliance. Well have officers monitoring the beach. And well have additional park rangers augmenting our efforts and discouraging people from coming on the beach. Reporter yet, just a mile u tide in half moon bay. The sandy beaches will all be open. Now hearing that the other beaches ar