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The virus is becoming a pandemic. It could kill millions. It will reorder the Global Economy and change our politics. Could the disease help to determine the outcome of the president ial election eight months from now . Of course it could. It will. The leaders cant stop that. Like all matters of life and death, its beyond human power to effect. But they can respond to the threat in a way that makes this country stronger, not weaker. How can they do that . Heres how. The first step is to take the...

All right, a sobering reality as coronavirus cases grow rapidly in the u. S. And around the world. A top Infectious Disease doctor says theres still not a full understanding of the virus fatality rate. The World Health Organization has reported the virus may kill 34 out of 1,000 infected people. Dr. Fauci said that calculation is based on limited information. The range is lower than that. How much lower its uncertain. Until we have a much more accurate determination of who was infected including...

Former Vice President joe biden, senator Bernie Sanders, their supporters and their surrogates have spread out across the six states that could reshape the race. Both candidates picked up big endorsements just in the last 24 hours. Biden with support from his former rival, california senator Kamala Harris. Sanders secured the backing of the reverend Jesse Jackson. Both candidates received support from gun safety advocate groups. Biden with the brady group. Sanders with march for our lives advoca...

Pandemic and it could kill millions and at the least reorder the Global Economy and change our politics. Could the disease help determine the outcome of the president ial election eight months from now . Of course it could. It will. The leaders cant stop that. Like all matters of life, its beyond the human power to a fact. But they can respond to a threat in a way that makes the country stronger. Not weaker. How . Here is how. The first accept is take the virus seriously and convince the public ...

Velshi, picking up coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers of new cases and deaths continue to rise nationwide. There are now more than 724,000 confirmed cases around the world in the United States, more than 38,000 have died here. And at his Coronavirus Press briefing earlier, the president spent most of his time at the podium airing grievances weve gotten used to hearing about the media, certain governors and the previous administration, but he didnt offer a lot of new information ab...

Pressuring them to snoerg science, to bend the rules and to prioritize politics above all els else. It is inappropriate to place dedicated scientists in the crosshairs. Today, i am asking for the special counsel to invest what happened to me and for this administration to reinstate me and my job as the director of barta. Our governments focus right now should be on saving lives and ending this pandemic we are in a race against the virus, and every day counts. It is my sincere hope that my team a...

Extraordinary charge to even contemplate, given the size of floridas vulnerable population. Late last friday, the engineer of floridas socalled covid19 dashboard was suddenly removed from her post. The move quickly sparked backlash from critics who say floridas government is withholding important coronavirus data from its residents. Heres an example of what that dashboard looked like. Many states display very similar visual guides on their government websites. The florida database even received ...

Lets bring back our correspondent, caliper i, live on the ground for us this tulsa. Cal, tell me everything. They are walking in parallel around the arena. The tulsa Police Actually just tweeted out theyre causing some traffic jams but are doing so completely peacefully. I pulled one person and i got three. So im very lucky. So let me just ask you guys, first, are you nervous at all about violence happening . I was in greenwood yesterday, it was totally peaceful. But i see some folks here with g...

Announced. In which he reached to the depths of his usual base stoking rhetoric, including race bating that does not bear repeating or broadcasting at all on this network. Protestors have gathered in this moment of National Reckoning on racism playing out across the country. Its all happening despite the threat of coronavirus, which is now breaking records in oklahoma and other states across the southern u. S. And the convergence of all of it is in tulsa, right now, at this hour. Trumpism, racis...

Protesters gathered nearby. Throughout the day saturday we saw numerous cars being torched throughout the afternoon and building fires as the sun went down. Police departments have stretched thin dealing with protests. Looters have taken situation to stores. Its the very thing protesters fear is undermining their message of nonviolent resistance. We begin our coverage of minneapolis, thats where the gruesome death of george floyd on monday while in Police Custody ignited a level of anger in the ...