New this morning, a baseball broadcaster suspended after using an antigay slur. I dont know if i would be putting on this headset again. His apology before pulled off air. Plus, strangers lifting a car to free a woman. The dramatic rescue caught on camera. Fighting covid19 with fashion. The new apparel claiming to inactivate germs and viruses. And the must see video. One familys close call with a whale. Oh, my god. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. Im will reeve in for kenneth moton. We begin with a historic night at the Democratic National convention. Senator Kamala Harris officially accepting the Vice President ial nomination. Harris vowed that she and joe biden will deal with challenges honestly and fight for the ideals of the country. The democrats continue to highlight bidens empathy and lifetime of Public Service drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump. Ent back cin de la cuetara joins us from washington with the highlights. Good morning, ines. Reporter g
All the reaction this morning, senator cory booker joins us live. Under siege. California battling hundreds of wildfires, supercharged by nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in just 72 hours. Multiple fires now burning into each other. The firestorm on the move at this hour. Thousands fleeing. Some barely making it out. Raising the alarm. The startling new evidence, how children could carry high levels of coronavirus. Some significantly higher than hospitalized adults. This as teachers in hardhit florida are suing to stop inperson learning and the Largest School district in the nation, new york city, demanding schools to require testing. Putin critic poisoned . The most proud Opposition Leader to Vladimir Putin rushed to intensive care after falling sick on a plane in moscow. His plane made an Emergency Landing just hours after he had hot tea at the airport. Was poison mixed in his tea . Courtside confrontation. New body camera video shows the sheriffs deputy aggressively pushing raptors T
More important, new york has had three times the deaths california has had. Back in april almost ten times as many people in the bay area may have had the virus than reported. It is explained it could mean a lot more testing. The mayor says testing will increase significantly. Locations like this will add more appointments. One expert said testing is critical and so are studies that give a clearer picture of where we are with this virus. I am excited to announce a significant expansion of testing in San Francisco. San francisco is recently adding more than 3,000 covid tests each day and that will be going up. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing spots per day. The embarcadero location will have 14 spots and a third city site and two popup sites will be coming for higher infection rates. Turn around time can be 72 hours to several days, an issue that extends beyond the state. They say testing and Contact Tracing is a way to contain the virus. We need to do more, now especial
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. And jane obrien. Reporting from new york city. Violence on the streets. Chaos in the government. Otesters in beirut vent their anger over last weeks massive explosion. The countrys Prime Minister says his government has stepped down. Na announce the reson of this government. Y mad protect lebanon. May god protect lebanon. May goprotect lebanon. Jane brazils growing emergency. The country is struggthng to contaicoronavirus pandemic, with more than 100,000 fatalities reported. More wrangling over relief aid in the u. S. Lawmakers struggle to find Common Ground after President Trump offered a pof his own. And more alarming news about the ice shelves of antarctica. A new report shows just how much has been lost as Global Temperatures rise. On pbl of you watching and around the globe, welcome to
States across the country. Saying goodart by morning to you. The trendlines have not been good. There are two indicators for whats happening with employment. The Census Bureau is putting out per luminary data that indicate that the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again. And the Labor Department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. Filing foreople their Unemployment Benefits for the first time. And those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june and recently have begun to take up a little bit. Which is an indication that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. Those indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth, its going to be a low number at best and thats going to suggest that this recovery is going to take a good long time. In this discussion and our anticipation of the jobs number on friday . That 600 benefit from the federal government. Looking beyond the next few weeks, how long do you think