also a human head the head of the post covert strategy here together with now former prime minister filipe and during that time he didn't give any interview to the press or tour so in our class certainly put him appointed him as a prime minister knowing that this person would really stay discreet and give the president more of the limelight so that in my class can sharpen his profile ahead of 2022 so that he yes has a better chance of winning the presidential elections again our correspondent lisa lewis in paris thank you the u.s. has reported record number of new corona virus infections 55000 new covert 900 paces were logs on thursday just as the country gears up for the 4th of july independence day weekend look at some data showing daily new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u.s. of the rising steadily to begin with the sense from the end of april to mid june but as the lockdown restrictions are eased new infections shot up again. as the pandemic it celebrates independence day events have been scaled back and officials are urging caution at both public and private gathering

its coronavirus lockdown his appointment follows the resignation after years of criticism edward filipe and he's gone. to the united states has recorded and reported a record number of new coronavirus infections 55000 were logged on thursday as a country gears up for the 4th of july independence weekend celebrations so let's look at the data showing new cases that every day from the start of the outbreak in the united states rose steadily at 1st in the curve flattens for me and of april to may june the lock down restrictions that eased a new infections shot again. well the startling statistics mean mists that weekends independence day celebrations are being scaled back as officials urged caution in public and private gatherings and they did leave washington bureau chief in a poll has been to ocean city maryland to gauge the mood for many americans this is the 1st time out after a month in the town they are hungry for fun and sun and want to celebrate this 4th of july weekend as they normally do. to keep moving on to the fireworks continue normality as much as we can moving back to norma

france's reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous prime minister in wa filipe and that in his government's resignation to president manuel markhor lives decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president might call for mr chart a new course for the last 2 years of his term that will focus on efforts to relaunch the french economy. now let's go straight to paris and bring in correspondent lisa lewis for more on this lisa who is the new man what do we know about john caustics. he's a 55 year old senior administration of official a public servant who's well known in public servant circles he's been the mayor of a small town in southern france for a few years he was also working at the elizee under the cozy the former conservative president and as you said he's been part of the team we've that now former prime minister you have to leap to put in place france's strategy to come out of the lockdown here after the coronavirus crisis of the peak of the coronavirus crisis he's known to be working and very efficient very wel

is and that is not what has been happening this is more of a personal feeling from from the king filipe that is what many people told me today you know what you're talking about there is possibly reparations and you're right it's we're a long way from being close to making better realities so this expression of regret or even an apology will that be enough. look of course we have those people who say regrets will never be enough and they will never pay for the atrocities will never pay for the pain that has been inflicted by this belgian regime under colonial times and that is what people clearly told me but it was quite interesting to see that after that statement that royal statement everywhere i went today people have been debating what that means what are the consequences that the country is moving forward it's a 1st step that clearly has for many been the signal i went to a particular place it's called the lumumba square it's the only place where there is some reference to a colonial hero the 1st prime minister of the democratic republic of congo and here is what people had to say

and that has even led to death cringe bus driver filipe monkey or was killed by a group of teenagers after asking them to wear masks to get on his bus. uncontrollable anger seems to be on the rise in lockdown social distancing mask wearing uncertainty about jobs and the future could all of that be causing a pandemic of stress and frustration. welcome to you covered not in special here on the daily news i want to get jones very relaxed in the in the to have you with us i don't know if you've observed this kind of aggression in your daily life too but along the pandemic last the more people seem to be losing their cool life suddenly noticed more road rage when riding my bike through the lens is it just me or is there more of it my colleague james jackson went to find out. fights in the supermarket and harassment on public transport i've seen more and more videos on social media of fights happening in public and i've even seen some confrontations out on the streets so i spoke to a conflict expert to find out why is this happening conflicted all the conflicts that normally occur in every

appointed officials ceo vargas talks about issues important to latino voters in campaign 2020 and jim filipen his -- from campaign 2020. watch c-span's "washington journal." live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your facebook comments and tweets. friday, the house returns at 9:00 a.m. to discuss work on a appropriations package to fund the state department and veterans affairs. on c-span2 at 9:00, a house hearing with fema administrator, peter gainer, on the response to covid-19. jill biden will participate in a discussion with texas representative. >> live coverage of tui -- two key hearings next week. googlembers of apple and and amazon. they examine the dominance of online platforms and market power. live coverage begins at noon eastern. u.s. attorney general william barr appears before the house oversight committee. watch live coverage monday on c-span2 and tuesday on c-span3. listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> a hearing on safely reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. a house subcommittee heard from school leaders and tenne

. >> i'm abby filip in for christie paul today. >> the records set here in the u.s., around the worldit is suggesting that there is a challenge ahead. the world health organization says record number of new cases in a 24-hour period yesterday. 284 284,196. fourth day the u.s. reports more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. >> the cdc says reopening schools for in-person learning in most of the country is safe but the agency also says schools in areas of more than 5% of covid-19 tests are coming back positive should consider staying closed. and the food and drug administration says it is giving emergency use authorization to the first coronavirus test for cases without symptoms, the fda calls it a possible game changer to reopen schools and businesses and keep them open. >> we start this morning with paw paulo sandoval. the experts say they see a plateau we records in other areas. >> reporter: that's right. we want to start on the west coast where california joining the top three states that been hardest hit since the start of the pandemic. of course, new york and florida a

do you know how to filipe gas tank? it is not that we were never sure that senator kerry and the republic never filled up a gas tank, but it was one of those moments that you just did not want to happen. in part, because of these moments in some of these early campaigns, you double and triple check every time you put your candidate in public, because you do not want these visual images to stick into people's brains. >> one thing we have not noted yet, which has been a presence in every cartoon, we have seen and we will see, is the presence of that little character down in the lower right quadrant. the pigeon who was kind of a de facto greek course, not a pigeon, a penguin that path oliphant included in all of his cartoons to provide an additional commentary. for me, the joy of these cartoons is on the one hand they are snapshots of the moment. on the other hand, they are windows into a period. i think what we start seeing in 1988 in this cartoon, is the departure from the era in which we regarded presidential elections