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Hasnt yet declared spelling bee day a national holiday, some of our competitors are stuck at work. Are onour competition the hill for late votes. We will do things differently and have the journalists compete for their champion and when our politicians arrived, they will battle it out and the winners of each round will go headtohead to find out who is the champion. Lets get started. Competing for the press team this year, we have our defending champion, Alexandra Petri from the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. From nr, npr, my former colleague. Oey from buzzfeed alex from the and josh from the ericngton post and finally this is a great lineup of fierce competitors select have a round of applause and now, i would like to turn to scripts and they will go over the rules of the competition. Hello, everyone. I am one of the eight ....
Out of prison. Heat is on again our longest heat wave of the year drags into its fourth day, so how do you stay cool . Forget pool or water park we will test out some more unusual ways to beat the heat. Good day it is friday, july 21st, 4th day of the heat wave so why would we have extra wraps on. Are you okay. I will tell you why, we have put these sheets, in a freezer, up on the second floor for about two hours. They are cold. They are cold. That was within of the tips we red, we googled this unusual ways to keep cool, people put their sheets in the freezer and put them on their bed. I brought mine from home. Where did you get yours. I brought this from my home you have purple sheets. Yes purple is my favorite color. Yes. They are winter sheets they are flannel. It looks like a fleet blanket. Yes. What is all over here. You know were in a heat wave, you brought flannel. So i brought my flannel sheets. Not working as well as cotton sheets. Definitely chilly. Cottons cold. You have unu ....
A terrorism investigation. An attack inspired by isis. Sources tell abc news the wife of sid frook, tashfeen malik, pledged her allegiance to isis on social media using an alias just minutes into the attack. We are now investigating these horrific acts an an act of terrorism. Reporter the f. B. I. Says it heads has no evidence that isis directed the attack that left 14 people dead. We are going through a very evidence. This is electronic evidence that these killers tried to destroy and tried to conceal from us. Reporter new video from inside the killers home shows it ransacked by authorities, clothe and personal items left behind, a crib for their 6monthold daughter. They also left some 6100 round of ammunition and 12 unexploded we were all friend with the man that did this. And even though they knew he was muslim, they had had no idea that he had become radicalized. Reporter at a vigil thursday, thousands gathered to remember the victims. Their ages ranging from 60 to just 26. Daniel ....
This morning, the u. S. Is inching closer to a coronavirus shutdown, as state and local officials take the lead in responding to the national crisis. 7 million residents in the San Francisco bay area have been ordered to shelter in place. Only allowed to leave their homes for essential reasons. Its the nations strictest measures so far, seen only in places like italy, france, and spain, where the virus has exploded. The states of new york, new jersey, and connecticut have also launched an unprecedented, joint effort to close all gyms, movie theaters, casinos, bars, and restaurants, with the exception of takeout. Businesses offering nonessential services will be shut down by 8 00 p. M. Grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations excluded. Citing a failure at the federal level, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says it is incumbent on states to step up. The federal gov ....
Cases of coronavirus here in the United States. The death toll now climbing to 297. Across the country, local leaders sounding the alarm, warning of a dwindling number of supplies to protect those on the frontline of the pandemic. If the president doesnt act, people will die. We need millions of masks and gowns and gloves and the rest. Unfortunately, were getting still just a fraction of that. We will continue to see these numbers go up exponentially. The problem that we have right now is that we dont have enough test kits. I heard your conversation with the man from fema. We need test kits. This as the administration works to reassure state officials that help is on the way. The resources that are being marshalled are going to be clearly directed to those hot spots that need it most. Clearly, thats california, Washington State and obviously new york is the most hard hit. No ....