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All right. Good afternoon. Thanks for coming out to the North Carolina museum of history. We are getting ready to do our program right now. My name is michael scott. I do a lot of programming at the museum of history. We have three distinguished guests with us. We have dr. Karl campbell, author of the book senator sam ervin, last of the founding fathers. He will be guiding the ship through the waters of watergate. In the center, we have former state attorney general and no stranger to most people here, Rufus Edmisten. [applause] closest to me, i hope no stranger to people around here, or maybe...

Welcome to monday. It is meet the press daily and im Kristen Welker in for chuck todd. On capitol hill it is a day to remember and honor civil rights icon john lewis as he becomes the first africanamerican lawmaker to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda. Were expecting joe biden to pay his respects any minute now. President trump told reporters today that he is not planning to go to the capitol to pay his respects. Well have more on congressman lewiss legacy and future of the social Justice Movement in the United States and where it goes from here. But we begin from a busy and tumultuous day f...

Economy right now. But the president seeming to indicate he will take steps to defer payroll taxes. The president also expected when he gets behind the podium in a couple hours, a couple minutes i should say, to sign something that would extend the Unemployment Benefits that were federal benefits that had been added when the coronavirus pandemic hit of 600 per week. The president looking to extend that since it is now expired although we are still waiting to see exactly what amount he will extend it with. The president also expected to take some action as it pertains to Student Loans and makin...

Good morning, everybody, it is thursday, july 30th, and im yasmin vossoughian. As coronavirus deaths swell to well over 150,000 people in the United States, the raging hot spots of california, florida, and texas all reported their highest singleday fatalities yesterday. The golden state hit more than 185 deaths and nearly 9,000 new cases. Florida, at least 216 people died, surpassing its previous high from just one day earlier, and according to the agency for health care administration, 51 hospitals in the state are out of space in their icus. Miamidade county Public Schools, the countrys four...

A new round of talks or not on a Coronavirus Relief bill. Democrats and even some republicans slamming the president s series of executive actions, not only on the substance, but on whether it is even legal or not. And as of this morning, the u. S. Holds about a quarter of all coronavirus cases worldwide. Now surpassing 5 million infections across the country. That number doubling since late june. Also, dday for joe biden, hes expected to name the woman who will join him on the democratic ticket this week, perhaps as early as today. Our new reporting on who hes met with and how the campaign pl...