donald trump doesn t run in 2024. there are all sorts of people, people like ron desantis and greg abbott who are trying to fill that void should there be one if trump doesn t want to run in 2024 so running in 2020 makes sense to set him up and possibly for 2024. if you look at the landscape here, the cook political report does it this way. 34 seats up, one leans dem. the wisconsin sit is a tossup and thune seat solid republicans but even if you re mitch mcconnell, even though ron johnson is a tossup state you don t like uncertainty so you hike your incumbents saying i ll go again. exactly. the landscape is looking better and better for republicans. mitch mcconnell and others in the party worked really hard to get john thune and ron johnson to run again because typically you would rather have an incumbent than an open seat but in the case of ron johnson democrats actually, a rare instance where they potentially wanted the incumbent to run again because of all the things he s done w
8.8 million new yorkers see you as their family members and we are here together to push through this. and so some clear messages that we want to send. one, for those who want to help, please do not drop donations off to fire stations or ems stations. let them do their jobs. there are real outlets. our elected officials are here, drop them at the offices and other facilities that we will put in place if you want to do so. if you want to help financially we have the mayor s fund to advance new york. every dollar raised will go directly to the family members that are involved, so this way we can help families in a real way. and if we take message from this, commissioner nigro has mentioned several times, close the door. close the door. that was embedded in my head as a child watching the commercials over and over again. we re going to double down on
make this painful moment a purposeful one, to close the door. that s something that they want to spread the where had on in the only in the communities but in the schools as well to make it a muscle memory to help save lives. appreciate the live report from a horrific scene in the bronx. thank you so much. ahead for us, another big test of the united states. voting rights dominating his push to
look back at the scene at this building behind me, honestly saying a prayer and thinking about many family members, neighbors who have lost third loved ones, and they are heartbroken and in addition to that there are people lucky to be alive at that moment and they are coming back to the building because they need to get inside and get medications and get anything else they can grab from their homes even though they know full well that the lives are destroyed and that it swept through the fire building. you can see daniel nigro as well as the fire marshal here on the scene and waiting for the mayor to join in. we ll likely get a very big update and there s still so much updates, one about the doors, the ones kept open that was going throughout the fire allowing the fire to circulate throughout the billing. a lot of people want to know is there a mechanical malfunction that caused the door to stay open. not only the one to the
heads to to florida. a full page ad from the new york times from the post popular democrat on the planet, the former first lady michelle obama. we begin this hour with the coronavirus and its staggering across-the-board disruchts the numbers are simply numbing. the united states is now averaging more than 100,000 new infections daily. that leading workers to call out sick at record numbers. up analysis estimates more than 5 million americans could be stuck at home ice late over the coming days meaning, of course, disruption across the economy. today in chicago some 340,000 students missing school for a fourth consecutive day as the teachers union and the city continue to fight over safety and reopening. their alliance cancelling thousands more flights over the weekend as covid outbreaks among workers continue, and the health care system is teetering. nearly one in four hospitals report critical staffing shortages. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is live with more o