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cnbc's john ford is taking a look at what they're doing about it. >> social media companies have newindsets and new defenses. this time around, facebook isn't waiting for users to report abuse. algorithms sniff it out. the company says multiple independent studies show we've cut the engagement with fake news by more than half. the social media powerhouses are trying to avoid an ugly replay of four years ago when they caught heat from both sides of the aisle for leaving their users vulnerable to illegal manipulation. >> we've also learned about how vulnerable social media is to corruption and misuse. the very worst examples of this are absolutely chilling and a threat to our democracy. >> reporter: a report out of the republican-led senate intelligence committee late last year determined that russian agents sought to influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election by harming hillary clinton's chances of success and supporting donald trump. the attackers pretended to be americans while igniting facebook, twitter, and other platforms with inflammatory rhetoric about divisive issues in u.s
cnbc's john ford is taking a look at what they're doing about it. >> social media companies have newindsets and new defenses. this time around, facebook isn't waiting for users to report abuse. algorithms sniff it out. the company says multiple independent studies show we've cut the engagement with fake news by more than half. the social media powerhouses are trying to avoid an ugly replay of four years ago when they caught heat from both sides of the aisle for leaving their users...
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kpix 5's john ford with more on that and how you can protect yourself. >>> special filters for your furnace and some air purifiers for selected rooms will certainly help your home feel more comfortable. but will it help protect you from the virus? some doctors are suing that covid-19 may be spread by much smaller particles than the water droplets that mask may catch. some folks are getting air purifiers. there are dozens and dozens of air purifiers on the market. they claim to filter and remove, dust, pollen, and mold from the air. but do they catch viruses? xperts say they're better rce n colonel and sanford infectious disease specialist, dr. dean winslow is cautious. >> i would be concerned that just putting a few in-room air purifiers in a large crowded room with lots of people would give folks a false sense of security. >> the virus is extremely small and isn't likely to be captured in standard filters. >> the most important place to incorporate filters would be as part of a very high efficiency hvac system. your home heating and cooling system gives you options. filters claim to remove
kpix 5's john ford with more on that and how you can protect yourself. >>> special filters for your furnace and some air purifiers for selected rooms will certainly help your home feel more comfortable. but will it help protect you from the virus? some doctors are suing that covid-19 may be spread by much smaller particles than the water droplets that mask may catch. some folks are getting air purifiers. there are dozens and dozens of air purifiers on the market. they claim to filter...
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listen i thought the mount rushmore great westerns was close with john ford and the searchers and stuff like that but your father came along later and that is a that's one we'll talk about for the rest you know the westerns they might not be in vogue at any given moment but they are timeless it will stay around forever and that's one of the office yeah he said but i listen i'd like it like i said i want to talk about you i'll talk about your career but boy that i didn't see those director chops come in i mean i didn't know him from adam but then i watched him in the surgical young things and you watch him early in the cow and things and then you're thinking boy what an artist he turned out to be amazing good for him you have been a director it showed you a map. you look at it see even cross that bridge yet but i mean yes yes i do only because it you know i have to you know they're doing this for 1617 years now and it's at a certain point you just. you see what you like and you see what you don't and you say well if i ever got a shot. i do it that way. melissa man you should do a film ab
listen i thought the mount rushmore great westerns was close with john ford and the searchers and stuff like that but your father came along later and that is a that's one we'll talk about for the rest you know the westerns they might not be in vogue at any given moment but they are timeless it will stay around forever and that's one of the office yeah he said but i listen i'd like it like i said i want to talk about you i'll talk about your career but boy that i didn't see those director chops...
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it's john ford just so happens i was talking to manny medina yesterday of outreach, a unicorn base therea latino. he said it's like you had to know the right people in seattle to enter that very narrow investor group he went down to the bay area to raise. how are you going to change that culture? is it a matter of holding events how will you create that deal flow and put your banner out and change the culture around vc in seattle? >> i think it's a merit of hosting events it's making sure the company knows we're out here doing a great job sourcing a lot of deals they have seen. we'll do a better job of making sure the companies out there feel the presence of the vc firms. i feel like that's our job to go out there. >> i'm going to ask you another vc question. my husband is a big seahawks fan. i'm sure he would like me to ask a sports one i wanted to get your broad thought on the state of start ups and markets now. it's been an interesting year. you had weworks big surprise and subsequent fall. valley of coronavirus. how are they looking to you right now? dr do you think there's a lot of
it's john ford just so happens i was talking to manny medina yesterday of outreach, a unicorn base therea latino. he said it's like you had to know the right people in seattle to enter that very narrow investor group he went down to the bay area to raise. how are you going to change that culture? is it a matter of holding events how will you create that deal flow and put your banner out and change the culture around vc in seattle? >> i think it's a merit of hosting events it's making sure...
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it's john ford great to have you.re going through this period of civil unrest and asking a lot of questions, very often, i hear people conflating racism with capitalism suggesting they are necessarily joined as someone who has innovated, as you have, and built wealth in capitalist system. how would you frame this issue >> i understand the question and i fundamentally don't believe that justice, freedom and equality are at odds with capitalism those ideas are completely separate i think the question is how do we work within the frame work of capitalism to redistribute wealth and create better economic, social and health outcomes for folks that have been systemically left out of the picture. that's really what we're talking about when we're talking about addressing structural racism >> when you say redistribute wealth do you mean redistribute wealth or opportunity is issue as i see it in capitalist, democratic system that's working well, everybody is view and as having great potential within the economy and their full p
it's john ford great to have you.re going through this period of civil unrest and asking a lot of questions, very often, i hear people conflating racism with capitalism suggesting they are necessarily joined as someone who has innovated, as you have, and built wealth in capitalist system. how would you frame this issue >> i understand the question and i fundamentally don't believe that justice, freedom and equality are at odds with capitalism those ideas are completely separate i think...
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will post property for foreclosure this fall is when i think it all hits >> ray, good morning it's john ford how closely are you watching what dallas county does with schools? schools are set to open soon i'm seeing news reports that 1400 children under 18 have been diagnosed with covid 29 hospitalized this month the schools opening, is that important to your business the way they do it, is that important? >> we don't serve in schools not in a big way dallas county has one death. one death. the big problem in our state is there are only 6500 icu beds in the entire state of texas. dallas county and the counties in north texas have actually a lot of beds available but problem is in the rio grande valley where there's few icu beds and they're at max capacity down there every one in the entire state gets thrown into one bucket. even though one state has flare up, dallas county is not bed one death yesterday. over the last six or seven days the number of cases have gone down as far as the schools opening or not opening, where that affects the most is our employees on what do they do with their ch
will post property for foreclosure this fall is when i think it all hits >> ray, good morning it's john ford how closely are you watching what dallas county does with schools? schools are set to open soon i'm seeing news reports that 1400 children under 18 have been diagnosed with covid 29 hospitalized this month the schools opening, is that important to your business the way they do it, is that important? >> we don't serve in schools not in a big way dallas county has one death....
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he is with edward braddock at the monongahela in 1765 and then with general john ford who takes the army with the same objective of seizing the french fort duquesne and succeeds. and succeeds without firing a shot because he recognizes the realities of the west and that is that the french may have fought in indian country but even fort duquesne depending on that defense on indian allies outside the walls rather than french firepower within the walls, so forbes the rip series of proxies answer a gets gets involved in complicated diplomacy that brings 500 indian people from 30 different nations to a treaty in eastern pennsylvania where the british say once we can count the fringe the lands will be safe and protected and that is why the indians were fighting in the war, not because of the french and with the treaty that she the shawnee and delaware were accomplished, the war is over. they step aside which gives the british army under forbes the green light for fort duquesne, the fringe abandon it because they know it is untenable. five years later after the british have captured montrÉal, a
he is with edward braddock at the monongahela in 1765 and then with general john ford who takes the army with the same objective of seizing the french fort duquesne and succeeds. and succeeds without firing a shot because he recognizes the realities of the west and that is that the french may have fought in indian country but even fort duquesne depending on that defense on indian allies outside the walls rather than french firepower within the walls, so forbes the rip series of proxies answer a...
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. >> reporter: over the next 30 years, through five generations, ford sold 1.1 million broncos, including pope john-paul ii's pope mobile during his 1979 visit to the u.s., and the truck drove right into pop culture. speeding through 1,200 movies. ♪ in my bronco >> reporter: and rolling into more than it00 songs ♪ rolling in my bronco ♪ >> it could be a very good bet that this is o.j. simpson's vehicle. >> reporter: but the bronco is perhaps known for this infamous slow-speed chase across southern california. murder suspect o.j. simpson hiding in the back of a white ford bronco as police pursued and estimated 95 million watched it live. but by 1996, the hulking two-door suv was falling out of favor as folks wanted four doors. production ended just as mark was starting at ford. >> this is what i would think about every day when i wake up and every night when i go to bed that, you know, how are we going to bring the bronco back? >> reporter: and he wasn't alone. a group of ford employees aroun underground worked on their own time for more than 20 years to get ford to saddle up. >> our management woul
. >> reporter: over the next 30 years, through five generations, ford sold 1.1 million broncos, including pope john-paul ii's pope mobile during his 1979 visit to the u.s., and the truck drove right into pop culture. speeding through 1,200 movies. ♪ in my bronco >> reporter: and rolling into more than it00 songs ♪ rolling in my bronco ♪ >> it could be a very good bet that this is o.j. simpson's vehicle. >> reporter: but the bronco is perhaps known for this infamous...
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. >> john: thank you. about 100 ford employees are asking the automaker to reconsider building police vehicles. "the detroit free press" reports ford executives have also fielded questions during at least one virtual town hall and in a series of letters since the death of george floyd in late may. ward's chief communications officer says the company wants to hear from all employees and be transparent about its decisions. optimism over the prospects for the coronavirus treatment stocks up, the dow gained 369 today, s&p 500 finished ahead 33, nasdaq rose 70 and yes, that's another record close. the dow was up almost a full percentage point, s&p gained one and three quarters, nasdaq up 4%. amazon is not ordering employees to delete the popular video app tiktok from phones on which they use amazon email. the company sent out a correction today saying it sent to the original demand out in error. the initial directive cited security risk from the china-owned app. china is rejecting any prospect of joining a nuclear arms limita
. >> john: thank you. about 100 ford employees are asking the automaker to reconsider building police vehicles. "the detroit free press" reports ford executives have also fielded questions during at least one virtual town hall and in a series of letters since the death of george floyd in late may. ward's chief communications officer says the company wants to hear from all employees and be transparent about its decisions. optimism over the prospects for the coronavirus treatment...
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john? >> 1,200. >> if the ford study is right, half of those people would be alive, okay? >> the ford study -- >> the ford study we reported on on the broadcast. just so people know, the study did find that it had some effect on people who took it early but the study had limitations that you will acknowledge. number one it wasn't randomized. it was not double blind. the people who took hydroxychloroquine were assigned and chosen by the researchers. also, they were twice as likely to receive steroids which we know have been proven in clinical trials to help. >> that was controlled from the study. we had a really good dialogue about it. you and i aren't going to settle this. let's see what it is. >> here's the thing, you're making it sound like you -- you're making it sound like there are two sides to this. >> there are two sides to this. >> listen to dr. fauci. listen to dr. fauci. listen to dr. fauci yesterday. >> i go along with the fda. the overwhelming, prevailing clinical trials that have looked at the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine have indicated that it is not effect
john? >> 1,200. >> if the ford study is right, half of those people would be alive, okay? >> the ford study -- >> the ford study we reported on on the broadcast. just so people know, the study did find that it had some effect on people who took it early but the study had limitations that you will acknowledge. number one it wasn't randomized. it was not double blind. the people who took hydroxychloroquine were assigned and chosen by the researchers. also, they were twice...
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. ♪ >> john: the ford motor company is bringing back the bronco. 25 years after ending production ofnic sport vehicle which of course was not long after the infamous low-speed chase, the new 2021 model will be rolling into showrooms beginning next spring. the starting price tag is around $30,000 but you can gussy it up to about 60 grand fully loaded. if you in for one of those sandra? >> sandra: i don't mind it, it looks actually. just two days after to mcallen, texas, police officers were gunned down in an ambush. the stephen stiller tunnel to towers foundation will be helping the families of both of those fallen officers, paying off their mortgages as part of their phone first responder home program. let's bring in frank stiller, ceo of tunnel to towers. bobby, good morning to you and frank, always great to see you. you are the widow of a following law enforcement official and you know firsthand what it's like when frank and his foundation step in to help. how did he and the foundation help your family? >> his foundation reached out to us when this tragedy happened with my husband.
. ♪ >> john: the ford motor company is bringing back the bronco. 25 years after ending production ofnic sport vehicle which of course was not long after the infamous low-speed chase, the new 2021 model will be rolling into showrooms beginning next spring. the starting price tag is around $30,000 but you can gussy it up to about 60 grand fully loaded. if you in for one of those sandra? >> sandra: i don't mind it, it looks actually. just two days after to mcallen, texas, police...
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john. >> 1,200 peter. >> yeah. you know what, if the ford study is right, half of those people would still be alive, okay? >> the ford study -- >> that was one study, one, compared to multiple studies showing the opposite. and as john berman so rightly explains to navarro, it has serious limitations. so why are they focussing on this unproven drug? 150,000 dead americans. that's what they need to be focussing on? 150,000 mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents, children. 150,000 americans. that is horrific and it is unacceptable. john harwood is our white house correspondent. he joins us as well as dr. jonathan reiner, the director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. gentlemen, good evening. every night i can hardly believe i'm reporting these numbers and reporting what the president is doing to either ignore them or to say something really whacky is the word about it. john, 150,000 dead americans. 50 times more americans than died on 9/11. and the president was in a hot spot today without
john. >> 1,200 peter. >> yeah. you know what, if the ford study is right, half of those people would still be alive, okay? >> the ford study -- >> that was one study, one, compared to multiple studies showing the opposite. and as john berman so rightly explains to navarro, it has serious limitations. so why are they focussing on this unproven drug? 150,000 dead americans. that's what they need to be focussing on? 150,000 mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents,...
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rights protections for all of us, who got to reside over the floor when the house passed hr ford, which is named the johnegacy he held was tremendous. so often staff are in the background and don't get much attention and to see jamila up there today talking about who he was. i thought our staff was special because we had lunch with him every wednesday. turns out he did that with everyone and so i'm so happy we could share that moment together. >> a personal tribute to take you inside the curtain, if you will, of how he was as a man and because in the office. it was very moving. i want to go to victor blackwell who is with a very special guest, who was inside the services. >> reporter: i had to put on the mask here. we have atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms who attended the service here. first, our condolences, because we know this is a friend of yours. often sometimes people attend because protocol dictates. but what we heard from the leaders is this was personal. this was a personal connection to congressman lewis. >> he was my congressman but really all of our congressman and for me, it's a long-stand
rights protections for all of us, who got to reside over the floor when the house passed hr ford, which is named the johnegacy he held was tremendous. so often staff are in the background and don't get much attention and to see jamila up there today talking about who he was. i thought our staff was special because we had lunch with him every wednesday. turns out he did that with everyone and so i'm so happy we could share that moment together. >> a personal tribute to take you inside the...
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ford balance being first lady and being a mother? >> she said, it is funny, for people who -- one reason i said i thought lady birthday johnson was a role model because mrs. johns is exhibit a. and in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trail blazer. and as we've already said, she not only balanced the job, but of course before she were in the white house, she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency, they hosted 33 state visits. >> oh, yeah. well because the reason it was so concentrated is because it was the by centennial year. so 1976, in addition to being a hotly contested republican race for the nomination, and then, of course, the fall campaign, it played out against the back drop of the american bicentennial. and she loved entertaining. this is why i think when steve talked about her blossoming, this is what he meant. i said earlier, this is a woman who was accustomed to being on the stage. well, as first lady, she was back on the stage. she really enjoyed the e
ford balance being first lady and being a mother? >> she said, it is funny, for people who -- one reason i said i thought lady birthday johnson was a role model because mrs. johns is exhibit a. and in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trail blazer. and as we've already said, she not only balanced the job, but of course...
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ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of the johnnter for the performing arts. [applause]
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ford slash science. hi everyone i'm also if you john paris and i'm melinda crane in berlin a drastic rise in hunger over a 1000000000 informal workers facing unemployment and up to 100000000 people pushed into extreme poverty those are the latest grim projections of coronas worldwide impact we're told have a killer virus that spread across the globe in days livelihoods the world over that have been shot down but is there an opportune. knitty here can those livelihoods be restored in a more equitable in a more sustainable manner just as an e.u. summit bargains over the recovery plan the united nations is staging a conference that's talking about building back better our title a green and better recovery for a hollow france 24 and d w t v join up for the debate welcome and it is a pleasure to introduce our guests starting with the finance minister of ghana ken a for iata faso chemin is the lead all sir for the intergovernmental panel on climate change at the united nations lecture at the french political science institute for your books include the anthropocene and the global environmental crisis thanks f
ford slash science. hi everyone i'm also if you john paris and i'm melinda crane in berlin a drastic rise in hunger over a 1000000000 informal workers facing unemployment and up to 100000000 people pushed into extreme poverty those are the latest grim projections of coronas worldwide impact we're told have a killer virus that spread across the globe in days livelihoods the world over that have been shot down but is there an opportune. knitty here can those livelihoods be restored in a more...
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ford. but in 68, according to john each's book about bush, destiny and power, nixon's shortlist for vp was, john tower, george bush, sparrow aga new, and one more, ronald reagan. wouldn't that have been something? now comes 1989. at this point, tower is former senator tower, former chair of the armed services committee of the senate. which names him his old friend who secretary of defense. it comes out that there is concerns about -- his love of women and boos. there was also some sort of conflict of interest investigations well. it was the first time since 1959 that a cabinet officer was not confirmed. the senate at that point was 45 -- republicans 55. democrats, i believe. and the vote went down, 47, 53. that to me, it means, i believe it means two democrats crossed over and voted yes. more republicans voted no, but it was due to the fact that the democrats were in the senate, and in control of the senate. that is why tower did not get through. the larger point to make here though, is george bush feel very strongly that loyalty goes down as well as up, and was tremendously loyal to john t
ford. but in 68, according to john each's book about bush, destiny and power, nixon's shortlist for vp was, john tower, george bush, sparrow aga new, and one more, ronald reagan. wouldn't that have been something? now comes 1989. at this point, tower is former senator tower, former chair of the armed services committee of the senate. which names him his old friend who secretary of defense. it comes out that there is concerns about -- his love of women and boos. there was also some sort of...
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ford has that story. >>police chief peter newsham came personally to hotel today to say thank you to john burroughs homelessade them i mean, but she's talking about an incident last thursday downtown and officer was trying to get a man to stop. >>burroughs was watching is the man turned on the officer is saying anything this turnaround said those surveyed in my years i burleson after watching for an instant he grabbed and punched the stabber and with the officer got them and under control he was arrested about me really enough aid. >>and then at that and he just couple mean fabian anybody you know i don't care who was you know it's going to stab >>dc human services put boroughs up in a hotel started a go fund me account for him, but so far up to $16,000 and publicity of the answers that got the attention of his family and prince william county who hadn't seen him for years this nice renee came today 8 years. >>and when asked about him calm my grandma. my mom said he heard from uncle don. this is every time he came around he was funny. humble. >>she even brought a cake for the hero. he says he's been living
ford has that story. >>police chief peter newsham came personally to hotel today to say thank you to john burroughs homelessade them i mean, but she's talking about an incident last thursday downtown and officer was trying to get a man to stop. >>burroughs was watching is the man turned on the officer is saying anything this turnaround said those surveyed in my years i burleson after watching for an instant he grabbed and punched the stabber and with the officer got them and under...
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ford in world war 235000 people were employed. who are. coming great admirer of the canadian intellectual john ralston saul who use the term corporate coup d'etat in his book the unconscious civilization was a very important book for me because it it gave me the vocabulary to understand that corporate d'etat how it was carried out and how it expressed itself in our society. 9095 writing something like that felt really risky because i was saying you know mostly won the 2nd world war it was his proposal corporatism that seriously was defeated war and i was really arguing that was the way of organizing society which he had become more and more powerful please raise your right hand and repeat after me. donald john trump do solemnly swear and i was slightly covering my bad saying that it was a coup d'etat in slow motion because i was feeling my way into no one ever said anything like that. when i sign this bill into law america will have the lowest marginal tax rates and the most modern tax code among major industrialized nations . where i guess i was wrong was that it wasn't slow motion was really
ford in world war 235000 people were employed. who are. coming great admirer of the canadian intellectual john ralston saul who use the term corporate coup d'etat in his book the unconscious civilization was a very important book for me because it it gave me the vocabulary to understand that corporate d'etat how it was carried out and how it expressed itself in our society. 9095 writing something like that felt really risky because i was saying you know mostly won the 2nd world war it was his...
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i would recommend john robert green who wrote a book on the ford presidency as part of the universityf kansas series also did a book on mrs. ford. it's very well-researched and really a great read. and he makes the case probably stronger than i would that she was on balance detrimental to her husband's re-election prospects, particularly within the republican party but not exclusively within the republican party. >> you've a couple times mentioned the "60 minutes" interview. how significant was it for her to sit down for the party's view of her? >> i think it defined her for millions and millions of people. first of all, it was the first time they had seen her in that kind of setting. but i also think for millions of -- remember how americans were accustomed to seeing their first ladies on television? we'd seen mrs. kennedy's unforgettable white house tour, but it was a very orchestrated presentation. people were not accustomed to a first lady being asked or answering, as i say, the kinds of questions. her view was, look, people are talking about these around their dinner tables all o
i would recommend john robert green who wrote a book on the ford presidency as part of the universityf kansas series also did a book on mrs. ford. it's very well-researched and really a great read. and he makes the case probably stronger than i would that she was on balance detrimental to her husband's re-election prospects, particularly within the republican party but not exclusively within the republican party. >> you've a couple times mentioned the "60 minutes" interview. how...
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reached nearly 70000 and over to the sunshine state and ford up shattering the single day infection record with more than 15000 new cases artist john hardy has more out of miami. florida's coast but numbers continue to surge the state said a record with 15299 new cases july 11th higher than any other state governor rhonda santas says testing for the virus has ramped up statewide so we've tested 2400000 people that is one for every 9 people in the state of florida so i'd be interesting to see what other things have been tested at this level you know in our country in modern times but this is something that as a whole the country's done a lot of test obviously florida you know we're doing a lot to go in the last however however many we want to demand has really been high demand for cove in 1000 tests has been so high there been numerous reports of people waiting for hours in line stretching at least a mile long and test results in some cases taking several weeks in miami dade county where the number of cases is now close to 68000 the highest in florida one in 3 people who reportedly took over 1900 test last week tested positive repre
reached nearly 70000 and over to the sunshine state and ford up shattering the single day infection record with more than 15000 new cases artist john hardy has more out of miami. florida's coast but numbers continue to surge the state said a record with 15299 new cases july 11th higher than any other state governor rhonda santas says testing for the virus has ramped up statewide so we've tested 2400000 people that is one for every 9 people in the state of florida so i'd be interesting to see...
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attorney john bash on unmasking of attorney general michael flynn separate from the durham probe. fordu got it, emac. take care. elizabeth: you too. coming up the battle over the 2020 vote now heating up. we have a new front. this one over democrats wanting to count illegal immigrants in a way that republicans say could rig elections. house oversight ranking member james comer joins us next. he is leading the counterattack against that. i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. almost done. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. leaapps except work.rywhere... why is that? is it because people love filling out forms? maybe they like checking with their supervisor to see how much vacation time they have
attorney john bash on unmasking of attorney general michael flynn separate from the durham probe. fordu got it, emac. take care. elizabeth: you too. coming up the battle over the 2020 vote now heating up. we have a new front. this one over democrats wanting to count illegal immigrants in a way that republicans say could rig elections. house oversight ranking member james comer joins us next. he is leading the counterattack against that. i appreciate what makes each person unique. that's why i...
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assignments and rachel gage, jeff pierce, eric will et, jared, our moderator today, john kim, thomas mcclain and pat ford. i'm grateful for the work they've done. at the end of the fiscal year and when we start looking at this new year there are changes that reflect how we're going to continue to adapt operationally and structurally and both with all of the on going dfw needs and other changes that we have to assess and to put into place. as part of that, we have staffing related changes and i want to just provide you with before turning this over to questions or comments that you might have as you may recall in our original budget commission we requested a new manager level position for day-to-day responsibilities for districting management duties that we need to ensure that we have an appropriate photographic us and attention on very critical budget, financial and human resource operations and the required target cuts in the budget don't permit that and to secure that information so what we're doing is rearrange our assignments and they will be continued to be performed both by deputy director and myse
assignments and rachel gage, jeff pierce, eric will et, jared, our moderator today, john kim, thomas mcclain and pat ford. i'm grateful for the work they've done. at the end of the fiscal year and when we start looking at this new year there are changes that reflect how we're going to continue to adapt operationally and structurally and both with all of the on going dfw needs and other changes that we have to assess and to put into place. as part of that, we have staffing related changes and i...
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. >> reporter: over the next 30 years through five generations, ford sold 1.1 million broncos, including pope johnnto pop culture. ♪ speeding through 1,200 movies -- ♪ and rolling into more than 200 songs. ♪ >> it could be a very good bet that this isgi o.j. simpson's vehicle -- >> reporter: the bronco is perhaps best known for this infamous 1994 slow-speed chase across southern california. murder suspect o.j. simpson hiding in the back of a white ford bronco as police pursued and an estimated 95 million watched it live. by 1996, the hulking two-door suv was falling out of favor as folks wanted four doors. production ended just as omark grueber was starting. >> every night i would go how are we going to bring the bronco back. >> reporter: he wasn't alone. a group of ford employees around the world known as the bronco underground worked on their own time for more than 20 years to get ford to saddle up. >> our management would sometimes even tell us don't even say the "b" word anymore. >> reporter: they came close three times only to see the idea sent to the stables. >> that's not where the market's
. >> reporter: over the next 30 years through five generations, ford sold 1.1 million broncos, including pope johnnto pop culture. ♪ speeding through 1,200 movies -- ♪ and rolling into more than 200 songs. ♪ >> it could be a very good bet that this isgi o.j. simpson's vehicle -- >> reporter: the bronco is perhaps best known for this infamous 1994 slow-speed chase across southern california. murder suspect o.j. simpson hiding in the back of a white ford bronco as police...
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assignments and rachel gage, jeff pierce, eric will et, jared, our moderator today, john kim, thomas mcclain and pat ford. i'm grateful for the work they've done. at the end of the fiscal year and when we start looking at this new year there are changes that reflect how we're going to continue to adapt operationally and structurally and both with all of the on going dfw needs and other changes that we have to assess and to put into place. as part of that, we have staffing related changes and i want to just provide you with before turning this over to questions or comments that you might have as you may recall in our original budget commission we requested a new manager level position for day-to-day responsibilities for districting management duties that we need to ensure that we have an appropriate photographic us and attention on very critical budget, financial and human resource operations and the required target cuts in the budget don't permit that and to secure that information so what we're doing is rearrange our assignments and they will be continued to be performed both by deputy director and myse
assignments and rachel gage, jeff pierce, eric will et, jared, our moderator today, john kim, thomas mcclain and pat ford. i'm grateful for the work they've done. at the end of the fiscal year and when we start looking at this new year there are changes that reflect how we're going to continue to adapt operationally and structurally and both with all of the on going dfw needs and other changes that we have to assess and to put into place. as part of that, we have staffing related changes and i...
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john lewis. >> he was powerful. he was larger-than-life. >> he was a great man and he was tough as nails. >> garrett: outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. and later, ford hopes for a stampede. the bronco rides again. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to raffage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. with more than 12,500 new infections there. slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. many people do recovery-- recover. but each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. and absent a significant reversal, the nation appears headed for 100,000 new cases per day. this weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia, tennessee, missouri and kentucky. we begin tonight with lilia luciano in los angeles. >> california is bracing for yet another shutdown as deaths and hospitalizations continue to spike. down south in florida folks are also expecting the worst. >> so
john lewis. >> he was powerful. he was larger-than-life. >> he was a great man and he was tough as nails. >> garrett: outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. and later, ford hopes for a stampede. the bronco rides again. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to raffage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all,...
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john kerry, bill clinton faced it, lost to bob dole. you go back as far as jimmy carter with ronald reagan and gerald ford with jimmy carter. it has been a pattern in a pattern i am sure the president hopes he will be able to break on september 29. >> how are the negotiations with the commission on presidential debates? is the president committed to showing up to all three debates? gov. christie: the president would love to have more debate if they can work out the timing. remember something, a lot of people are going to start voting before september 29. they will not see one presidential debate by then, seems ridiculous. i think we need to move the date up or add additional debates between the president and vice president, given the phenomenon of early voting that occurs in so many states. you will absolutely see the president onstage stage for all three debates. i am sure he would love to have more of them. >> is that in discussion right now? having an earlier debate? is there actually a chance of that happening? usually the c.p.d. is pretty firm with its plan with three presidential and one vice presidential. gov. christ
john kerry, bill clinton faced it, lost to bob dole. you go back as far as jimmy carter with ronald reagan and gerald ford with jimmy carter. it has been a pattern in a pattern i am sure the president hopes he will be able to break on september 29. >> how are the negotiations with the commission on presidential debates? is the president committed to showing up to all three debates? gov. christie: the president would love to have more debate if they can work out the timing. remember...
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the ford appointee, and president what it was an office and 76 was john paul stevens. the oral arguments were heard over two days, march 30th and 31st. and they have more than four hours of argument. is that surprising considering the number of cases? >> you have a prosecution and defense attorney for each case, and then to front of the court arguments, one for the united states, and one by the california attorney general. >> a question for both of you. what was the overall attitude of the court toward criminal justice cases? we learned about the warren accord, out of the burger court established a world view during its time? >> people talk about the kind of revolution and criminal procedure rot by the burger court. the warren court had been known for establishing many procedural protections and criminal cases, such as the famous miranda warnings, the application of the exclusionary rule to the states for unconstitutionally seized evidence, the extension of the right to a jury trial in the states, which had not been mandated until 1968. the requirement of a right to co
the ford appointee, and president what it was an office and 76 was john paul stevens. the oral arguments were heard over two days, march 30th and 31st. and they have more than four hours of argument. is that surprising considering the number of cases? >> you have a prosecution and defense attorney for each case, and then to front of the court arguments, one for the united states, and one by the california attorney general. >> a question for both of you. what was the overall attitude...
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ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]
ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]
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ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 presidential site summit. the kennedy center is the perfect venue for this. it's so fitting because itself is a presidential site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the kennedy center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d.c. [laughter] >> and we want thank you for that. also, we've been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. kennedy center for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. so please feel free to do so. this year's site summit is the largest gathering ever of presidential site representatives. these historic sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coa
ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 presidential site summit. the kennedy center is the perfect venue for this. it's so fitting because itself is a presidential site which is dedicated as a living memorial to...
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john lewis: that's right. it was only there two years with president reagan. and i remember president ford only president of the didn't meet with in the white house, was president nixon. peter: point out. rep. john lewis: never invited me. i saw him after he was out at the airport at washington. and he said to me, you're jerry lewis. and i said no mr. president. i am john lewis. i sent jerry a jerry is from california and i'm from georgia. so which chatted for a while at the airport. peter: what was your relation to check with george w. bush. rep. john lewis: it was wonderful. i got along with him. i talked with him. the young bush. i remember seven to one of my staff people. he said honey feel working with an american hero rated the staff person didn't know what to say. but i got to know both of them rated. peter: bill clinton pretty. rep. john lewis: he was a friend. he has a friend. he is a friend. you know he wrote something about march 1. the book and he was just wonderful. peter: congressman john lewis has been a resounding voice in the quest for equality for more than 50 years. and
john lewis: that's right. it was only there two years with president reagan. and i remember president ford only president of the didn't meet with in the white house, was president nixon. peter: point out. rep. john lewis: never invited me. i saw him after he was out at the airport at washington. and he said to me, you're jerry lewis. and i said no mr. president. i am john lewis. i sent jerry a jerry is from california and i'm from georgia. so which chatted for a while at the airport. peter:...
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john lewis. >> he was powerful. he was larger-than-life. >> he was a great man and he was tough as nails. >> garrett: outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. and later, ford hopes for a stampede. the bronco rides again. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to ravage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. with more than 12,500 new infections there. slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. many people do recover. but each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. and absent a significant reversal in trend, the nation appears to be headed for 100,000 new cases per day. this weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia, tennessee, missouri and kentucky. we begin tonight with lilia luciano in los angeles. >> california is bracing for yet another shutdown as deaths and hospitalizations continue to spike. down south in florida folks are also expecting the worst. >>
john lewis. >> he was powerful. he was larger-than-life. >> he was a great man and he was tough as nails. >> garrett: outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. and later, ford hopes for a stampede. the bronco rides again. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. coronavirus continues to ravage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. california, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida....
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ford foundation grant helped finance her first film. it was during the time porter worked on a four part series about bobby kennedy that she realized the wealth of firsthand experiences johnw. >> he told us about volunteering for bobby kennedy on the nice martin martin was murder. >> martin luther king encouraged bobby kaemd to speak to an all black crowd that evening. >> he continued with his service volunteering for the kennedy campaign. he was in california on that. he was up in bobby kennedy's suite watching the speech. of course it was a terrible tragedy that night. that was the one time he really lost his hope. dr. king had been killed, then bobby kennedy was killed. on the way home, he just was despondent, but out of the ashes came his inspiration to run for. >> what makes him special, being successful in making that transition from activist to elected official. >> how you doing today? >> his accomplishments as a legislator are significant. even more important and moving to me when you think about his humble beginnings. he really did as a very young person decide that he didn't want to live under segregation and he decided he -- if he -- if that was going to be his
ford foundation grant helped finance her first film. it was during the time porter worked on a four part series about bobby kennedy that she realized the wealth of firsthand experiences johnw. >> he told us about volunteering for bobby kennedy on the nice martin martin was murder. >> martin luther king encouraged bobby kaemd to speak to an all black crowd that evening. >> he continued with his service volunteering for the kennedy campaign. he was in california on that. he was...
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panel of nixon's short list of vice president ford, but in '68 according to jon meachum's book about bush "destiny and power" nixon's short list for v.p. was john tower, george bush, spiro agnew and one more, ronald reagan. wouldn't that have been something? so now comes 1989, and it is former senator tower and former chair of the senate committee and bush names him, his old friend, to secretary of defense. and it comes out that there's concerns about, as herb parment put it, his love of women and booze. and there was some sort of conflict of interest investigation as well, and it was the first time since 1959 that a cabinet officer was not confirmed. the senate at this time was 45 republicans and 55 democrats, i believe, and the vote went down 47-53. 53 no. so that, to me, means -- i believe that means two democrats crossed over and voted yes, or more republicans voted no. but it was due to the fact that the democrats were in the senate, in control of the senate, and that is why tower did not get through. the larger point to make here, though, is george bush felt very strongly that loyalty goes down as well as up. he was tremendously loyal to
panel of nixon's short list of vice president ford, but in '68 according to jon meachum's book about bush "destiny and power" nixon's short list for v.p. was john tower, george bush, spiro agnew and one more, ronald reagan. wouldn't that have been something? so now comes 1989, and it is former senator tower and former chair of the senate committee and bush names him, his old friend, to secretary of defense. and it comes out that there's concerns about, as herb parment put it, his love...