phillips, mr. powell and mr.raser to make full restitution for funds they unlawfully profited in salaries they earn both employees and paid penalties. to remove mr. lapierre and mr. frazier from the nra's leadership and to ensure none of the four individual defendants can ever again serve on the board of a charity in new york state. it is important to note that mr. phillips and mr. powell have left the nra. it is clear that the nra has been failing to carry out its stated mission for many, many years and instead has operated as a breeding ground for greed, abuse, and brazen illegality. in this state we have a set of laws that every individual and entity must be held accountable to, regardless of who you are, regardless of your power, size, influence, wealth, station in life. one set of laws. and today, we sent a strong and loud message that no one is above the law. not even the nra. one in the most powerful organizations in this country. again, i would like to thank the chief of the charities bureau, and the co-

phillip danoe outside. brendan gallagher. score! petry with the follow-up, montreal wins game one in overtime >> bria . >> mike: i said it, brian, doesn't have to be pretty, just opportunist. that's what they were here and they draw first blood. here we are, good penetration. good speed gets a puck to the net but waits for his opportunity to jump on sort of a loose puck tries to block the shot. but petry shows a good patience and rips his shot with murray. >> john: there was a screen in front of him good job by petry and monster game defensively ends up being the hero here tonight. coming up next, late local news. more hockey action on nbcsn right now as the jets face off against the flames and don't forget to tune back in tomorrow at 3:00 eastern. boston bruins take on the philadelphia flyers. for mike milbury and brian boucher, i'm john forslund saying so long from toronto. >> nbc sports thanks you for watching this presentation of the national hockey league hi. we're glad you came in. what's on your mind? can you help keep these

it is tuesday, "early today" begins now >>> good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera secret service is on high alert after a scare near the white house. president trump was rushed out of the briefing room after a secret service officer shot a man just blocks away minutes later, the president returned to the podium to explain what happened. >> law enforcement shot someone, seems to be the suspect, and the suspect is now on the way to the hospital i can't tell you the condition of the suspect >> was the suspect armed >> there was nobody else injured. >> in a statement, they said the suspect told the officer he had a weapon and crouched into a shooter's stance and the officer fired. the 51-year-old suspect is in the hospital this morning and the incident is now under investigation. >>> with millions of out of work americans anxiously awaiting details on a new coronavirus relief package, talks are at a stand still thisw questions about president trump's executive actions made to offset the financial fallout. nbc's scott mcfarland joining us from d.c. with t

i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. >> hurricane laura is battering louisiana. the category 4 storm making landfall just a short while ago. it's packing a powerful punch with an unsurvivable storm surge as it's called and also dangerous winds. people rush to sandbag a bayou as flood waters rush in. what are you seeing so far, priscilla? >> reporter: well, phillip, frances, the rain has picked up in the last 20 minutes or so we're beginning to see that downpour begin and one os going to be the red river that you see behind me. in the past in 2015 this river actually flooded causing an interstate highway to shut down and also some flood damage to a number of homes and so as we wait for this storm to come in and this continued rain we're going to be looking to see if that flooding becomes an issue and the other thing here is obviously the wind right now the wind is fairly calm even as the rain begins to come down. the fact it could pick up throughout the day in the next few hours. forecasters are projecting up to 60 miles per hour winds and that would be a major pr

you now we: thank turn to commissioner noah phillips. phillips: thank you. i am honored to be with you today to testify about the important work we do with the ftc. you for yournk flexibility on format. it is always good to be back even if it means virtually. there is a lot to cover and i look forward to our discussion but i want to highlight an important issue, which i know is important to you, data security. hardly a week goes by without americans worrying about another cyberattack or one ability. revealed, researchers vulnerability on devices running windows, which could impact billions of devices. consumers get this. it's 2018 study showed identity theft is the number one privacy and security issue concerning americans. considering the harms americans have in mind when they think about private, data security legislation is one of the best things we can all do for privacy. the endemic use of data in our economy is not going away and it waysrts not only the new -- [no audio] commissioner, your video froze for a moment, so we want technicalre -- these -- we

phillips? >> they generally speak the same information. >> yes. >> yes i agree. >> i think i missed ms. bulimic carry-on. >> i know many consumers want to buy american-made products but they cannot verify the country of origin of items when they are shopping online, in order to ensure that online consumers get the same access to country of origin and location information that in person shoppers have, i introduce the online act with senator rick scott back in may, the bill requires online sellers to provide the country of origin for products that they are selling, with more and more consumer online during the pandemic, this transparency is more important than ever, commissioner, can you please share if you are supportive of the goals of my cool online act and explain the role that you see the ftc playing in this important issue for american consumers. >> yes, there is no question that there's so many products where consumers want to know where they were made, particularly during the pandemic, i

they have been forced to leave yet, but they are being warned to be on standby kron four's phillipe djegal all reports. >>at least 1100 acres of wild land has burned along the point raze national seashore near the west rim county community of bolinas by wednesday afternoon marine county fire chief jason webber says his crews were struggling to reach the flames 0% contained right now webber says the woodward fire started

early today" starts right now >>> glad you're with us to end the week i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. hurricane laura leaves a path of death and destruction on the gulf coast hundreds of people are still without power and thousands of louisiana residents are waking up with their lives upside down. in the town of west lake, people had to shelter in place after an oil refinery went up in flames plumes of smoke released hazardous chlorine gas and this is what lake charles looks like boats were tossed around, roofs were peelestorm-ravaged areas ts

professor mohammad reza fars than a gun economics professor at the phillips university marburg thanks very much for your analysis thank you. and now it's time for a your questions here's our science correspondent derrick williams. for how many days are as symptomatic people contagious. this is one of the questions that medical professionals would love an answer to but it's pretty complex and we haven't even nailed down answers to to simpler related questions like like what percentage of people who get the disease can even be classified as as asymptomatic or or how infectious they are you might remember last month there was an uproar when a w.h.o. official appeared to say that there were indications that asymptomatic people very rarely passed on the disease to others that was that was followed by a lot of backtracking but maybe it helps to look at what we do know one expert i read on this said that transmission from people with symptoms generally tails off completely within 8 days after the onset of those symptoms and and he thought it unlikely that an asymptomatic person would be infe

i'm joined now by mohammad reza farzana gun he's an economics professor at the phillips university marburg here in germany professor you've done a study that shows a relationship between international tourism and the corona virus outbreak could you tell us how tourism is impacted by the spread of covert 19 worry able to track that spread or identify hotspots. it is i mean does these based on humanity to you many to actions so it is not surprising to sink your bar a little at the importance of these business and using does in all 19 i won't be dealing honestly was to look at the other factors which are able to explain cross-country valuation nucor with 19 cases and this we shortened our study that one percent counted the one person higher level of international one and inventories them are experiencing 1.2 percent 1.54 percent high and it was of course 19 cases and this so basically this is an empirical evidence that shows that all of globalization do a lot to lose in an expansion of the 19 all pretty give us basically because of the nature of to use in these relying on human interactions a

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greg phillips, still won't show us any evidence. >> the illegal immigrants were voting.mmigrants are voting. we don't want noncitizen voters. >> a voter fraud conspiracy was born. >> voter fraud, voter fraud, here's the evidence. it's a lie. >> trump has made an astounding number of completely unsubstantiated voter fraud claims. he tweeted that president obama's win was a sham. >> god bless the great state of iowa. >> in the 2018 primaries, he accused ted cruz of stealing iowa and marco rubio of rigging florida. >> new hampshire was taken away. >> people have died ten years ago are still voting. >> nearly 2 million dead people voted for hillary clinton. >> 10s of millions mail-in ballots. >> and in 2020 -- >> will they be forged. >> according to our president. >> will they be stolen from mailboxes. >> mail-in ballots will be riddled with fraud. >> will they be taken from the mail men and mail women? >> it's based on a lie, and it's a trick and it's lethal to american democracy. >> it has been investigated by. republicans and democrats. proven cases are less common than s

. >> i'm phillip mena. the united states response to the pandemic is front and center in the race for the white house. in a sharp contrast to president trump, joe biden is calling on every governor to issue a mask mandate for three months andrea mitchell has the details. >> reporter: joe biden and kamala harris getting briefed by doctors on the coronavirus today. >> every governor should mandate mandatory mask-wearing the estimates by the experts are it will save over 40,000 lives in the next three months. >> reporter: the president did not wear a mask publicly until last month >> this is america, be a patriot, protect your fellow citizens >> reporter: the president jumped on that >> joe biden would allow rioters and looters and criminals and millions of illegal aliens to roam free in our country he wants the federal government to issue a sweeping new mandate to law-abiding citizens. >> reporter: biden does not support rioters or illegal immigration. and is calling on the governors, not the federal governme

>> all right, kyra phillips, who was in the briefing room as this played out. thank you. >>> and of course this all happened at the president was just beginning his coronavirus briefing, railing against mail-in ballots and praising a good day on the markets. it, of course, comes amid a new milestone. america passing 5 million cases of the virus and the american academy of pediatrics now reporting nearly 100,000 children testing positive with the virus in just the last two weeks of july, just before parents decide whether to send their children back to school. tonight here, my interview with dr. anthony fauci. is he comfortable with children going back to school here in the u.s.? what he says about masks tonight. first, abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: across florida today, thousands of students were back in the classroom in some rural counties. masks encouraged but not required. >> we're encouraging if possible the face-to-face because we know that that's the best that our children can receive. >> reporter: in this hard-hit state, the biggest school districts

good wednesday morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news. more kay yogs on the streets in wisconsin. and more fallout after the police shooting of jacob blake overnight shots ringing out. >> we have shots fired leave the area the sheriff says one person has die die and two others are injured. this report on the blake family. >> reporter: another uneasy night in wis corn sin after the shooting of jacob blake. he was shot seven times in the back sunday. his family says he is paralyzed from the waist down. >> they shot my son seven times. seven times. leek he didn't matter. but my son matters >> police have said little calling it a domestic incident that involved shooting the shooting ignited two nights of protests. protests that grew violent and destructive. >> never did i think anything like this would happen >> after the sun came up the smoke cleared. it was time to clean up as the family pleaded for calm. >> if jacob knew what was going on the violence and the destruction, he would be very unplease the family asking for prayers, a community

holly phillips. jaman, we messed up closing things down and now we are trying to open the doors up and we don't have to. is this too much too soon? >> thanks for having me. the decision made by the mayor and governor are inexplicably goofy and unnecessarily risky. we feel like maybe they are trying to prove a point because we were so bad at closing down. in fact, i want to remind folks the decision we made early on may have negatively infected the nation. now instead of opening slowly, we want to swing the doors open which could work and could not. why are we taking this risk that we just don't have to take. >> dr. phillips, i want to bring you into the conversation. what are your concerns as the state reopens, especially new york city. those students will be taking subways and buses and crowded at my high school. a high school in new york city. it was more than 3,000 students packed in together. >> sure. you know, i think this is one of those situations where we are reminded that for anything to go

. >> hi, phillip this is the if most progross we've seen saying they they over making progress and as some are inching along. on others they're making progress they're hoping to make that progress at the the end of the week with this big coronavirus relief package with the important pressing issues of unemployment and eviction protection included. one of the chal ledges all republicans aren't on the same page >> the american people in the end need help and wherever this thing settles between the president of the united states and his team have to sign it into law and it's something i'm prepared to support even if i have problems with certain parts of it. >> reporter: so it looks like they may be irnging along some sort of solution sl. president trump raising his eyebrows about just where we are with thisvirus close closing i on deaths for ten days street. >> i think it's under control. >> thousands of americans are dying a day. >> it is what it is but that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. it's under control as much as you can control it >> reporter: there is a slight bi

phillips, mr. powell and mr.and board members at the nra abused their power and illegally diverted or facilitated the diversion of tens of millions of dollars from the nra. these funds were in addition to millions of dollars the four individual defendants were receiving in grossly excessive salaries and bonuses that were baseless and did not adhere to prudent standards for evaluating and determining compensation as is required by law. altogeth all together there are 18 violations, and that includes laws governing the nra's charitable status, false filings with my office and the irs, improper expense documentation, improper wage reporting, improper income tax withholding, failure to make required excise tax reporting and payments, payments in excess of reasonable compensation to disqualified persons and waste of nra assets amongst other offenses. for these years of fraud and misconduct, we are seeking an order to dissolve the nra in ins entirety, to require mr. la pierre, mr. phillips, mr. pow l powell, and mr. fr

our team coverage on the wildfires continues with kron four's phillipe djegal he met with cal fire todayfor the latest on the as c u complex fires that expanded overnight right now the amount of land burned stands and more than a 137,000 acres. >>in alameda county mines road in livermore is still closed off the area is under an evacuation order. >>fires are burning along the hillsides in all more than 137,000 acres of land have been scorched in 5 east and south bay counties, including alameda contra costa and santa clara. >>making up the se you lightning played without really smoky and thick smoke. >>conditions, the past couple of days, so it has been difficult for for our air assets to get up there drop some water on the fire cal fire spokesperson, jake miller says 6200 structures remain threatened. but men destroyed miller says the fires are mostly tucked into rural wildlands away from communities. we saw the acres on the fire. >>jumped from about a yesterday, it's up to all close to a 140,000 acres, so it's still growing and they're still rapid rate of spread on this fire. so we're we

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lisa phillips -- she is a specialist in labor history. lisa phillips, thank you for being with us. your thoughts on his significance to the american story. >> i think the significance has to do with this activity in labor unions -- the american railway union and the socialist party as well. he has had a lasting effect on many of the laws that were passed during the progressive era as a result of his activism, some of which we still enjoy. he can tell us a lot about his time period through running for president and through all of his labor union activity as well. >> lisa phillips will be showing us some of the artifacts through the house. she is part of the debs foundation. tell us a little bit about the debs foundation. >> it seeks to keep his legacy alive. it hopes to promote not only the museum, but the policies that eugene debs promoted such as the social justice and equality and the rights of workers. we try to live through the spirit of his mission. >> as we turn to your expertise, this house and what you showcase here, can you tell me a little bit about how the house is finan

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> joe biden is officially the democratic nominee for president. the final day of the dnc had one target in sight. >> i am edward goode i'm 95 years old i'm a veteran of world war ii and of korea nra and i voted for trump. i think trump has been the worst president we've ever had so i'll be glad to see him go. >> that's the kind of leader our service members deserve. one who understands the risks they face and who would actually protect them instead they have a coward in chief who won't stand up to putin. >> why would we ever rehire donald trump for another four years? >> tracie potts joins us now from delaware with the highlights of the most important speech of joe biden's career good morning >> reporter: good morning. it was really not only this week but this night that built to this acceptance speech for joe biden. he made a lot of promises. the speech was not extremely heavy on deep policy it seemed to be inspirational about a lot of details of specific plans he did talk about what he wants to do with the coronavirus >> we'll never have our liv

kron four's phillipe djegal reports.>>despite staying open every day during the pandemic trip the other wall says business has dropped about 90% since march in no other wall says she's doing her best to keep her home in livermore sanitized it's where she operates shoot his family day care or lack kids get a temperature check at the gate in the morning. and throughout the day fifi that the kids need a temperature check with school resuming for students throughout alameda county treaty is expanding her services now reaching out to families with teenagers that need help managing distance-learning i know it's difficult for parents were working full time as president of the valley family child care association representing daycare centers throughout alameda county treat he says she knows there's a desperate need for teenage supervision. she says families are just hesitant to leave their kids around others during the pandemic if parents just put a lot of trust in him. the providers and spending cuts back and they can have more

lisa phillips -- she is a specialist in labor history. lisa phillips, thank you for being with us.our thoughts on his significance to the american story. on his significance to the american story. >> i think the significance has to do with this activity in labor unions. he has had a lasting effect on many of the laws that were passed during the progressive era as a result of his activism, some of which we still enjoy. he can tell us a lot about his time. for running for president. >> lisa phillips will be showing some of the artifacts -- artifacts through the house. tell us a little bit about the debs foundation. >> it seeks to keep his legacy a life. it hopes to promote not only the museum but the policies that eugene debs promoted such as the social justice and equality and the rights of workers. we try to live the spirit of his marriage -- his mission. as we turn to your expertise, can we -- can you tell me a little bit about how the house is financed and functions? critics care of it? >> it is paid for by the debs foundation and is cared for by dr. charles king and karen brown.

you both own phillips 66 does this change your thesis at all >> no, this is short term. phillips 66 is probably one of the only energy companies that we own, owned it for a very long time it also has another income stream from chemicals and plastics we're hoping that that goes wells, but we're going to ride this storm out, for lack of a better reference >> carrie, you also own phillips 66 why? >> it's our only exposureto energy it's a small position. any invest in energy has not been good, as we all know. we've got it i think it will recover at some point. >> thinking about everybody and all the workers and refineries out there. now 41% of capacity now off-line. >>> check out this mystery chart. it's an e-commerce stock with a bullish call on it we're going to reveal the name do you know? we'll debate it as well. if you're heading out, hopefully not in the houston or louisiana areas, you can listen to us on the go from anywhere with the cnbc app we're back in a minute yes it is. jim, could you uh kick the tires? oh yes. can you change the color inside the car? oh sure. h

abby phillip, political correspondent for cnn. lesion lease from the pbs newshour and drape drame, ow -- author for the new yorktimes and "to start a war," jonathan, what did you learn from the interview about w the psident is handing the virus? jonathan: the president, much before he went into political life, was aned a heernlts to a philophy called positive thinking, an idea populized by christian minister norman vincent peale that if you visualize something it can come true. television a perfectly harmless self-help philosophy when aprior real lied to commercial estate and reality tv with you history it's ever been applied to a adly pandemic and i think what you see in that clip is the perspective trying to euloge and for the first time in his political life running up against a force that he can't useis usual rhetorical skills to deflect. he's just structure bonnly -- sub torn -- stubbornly running into this viain and again and you even see him trying to spin t death toll. john: jonathan, is ohio he going to keep thisar hd lin

phillip? >> all right thank you. >>> the virus has left the american education system in disarray while some students are gearing up for online classes others are already coming home from school with covid-19. our scott cohen has more on what california schools are doing to re-open. scott, good morning. >> reporter: it is back to school week here in california but for the vast majority of the state that will be virtual back to school. the rule here is if a county is on state's monitoring list for rising covid cases, that school cannot re-open for personal instruction, 97% of the k-12 population live in counties that are on that monitoring list. here in san jose where they will tart classes on wednesday, the virtual instruction will begin the teachers, though, are being told they need to teach those class from the classroom the idea is they will have a better wi-fi connection and more access to classroom materials. some teacher unions raised concerns about that. when they can go back to in pers

. >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. >> protesters poured into the streets. some smashing police cars. the outrage sparked by an officer involved shooting and a warning you may find the video disturbing we don't know what happened before this recording, but a man identified as jacob blake can be seen moving to open a car door and that's when multiple shots are fired. blake was air lifted to a hospital our local affiliate spoke to his fiance >> two male officers detained him, like you know, put your hands, no questions or none oaf thand i'm just trying to simply get the kids out the car i'm like, wait a minute. he didn't do nothing wrong ask some questions first before you pin this man up the car. an emergency curfew has been declared but protests continued through the night and the police station and state capitol there. his father says his son is out of surgery and is in stable condition. the wisconsin department of justice is investigating the shooting >>> let's turn now to those massive wildfires in california. the haze is even hitting states in the midwe

they are wanted for questioning in connection to the death of a 24 year-old man kron four's phillipe chagall talked to the man's family. >>the alameda county coroner's bureau says 24 year-old vincent naples died from a drug overdose and the livermore police department wants to speak with these 4 persons of interest who may be able to help detectives piece together. what led to naples passing great father. >>sohn grass on nephew. >>friend the livermore police department has ruled vincent's death suspicious based on his age and the circumstances surrounding his discovery on may 24th during a welfare check at the sands extended stay residents on airway boulevard livermore police say naples was discovered lifeless in a room. police are now sharing photos of for persons of interest young women who may be able to shed more light on what happened. >>vinson's grandfather, jose chavez senior voicing the pain the loss of his grandson has caused the family and the 4 year-old daughter he leaves behind i look around would break my heart. >>she's going to be osama father. not knowing. he had plans

in livermore phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>san bruno police they are asking for the public's help in solving the death of a delay home man police say they found his body last month in a yellow construction bag. our susan drive and skyline boulevard the man identified as 37 year-old dustin schneider, anybody with information is being asked to please call san bruno police. >>and the south bay, a standoff ended peacefully today this was at san jose's main jail. >>after a man somehow stole an officer's gun while in custody. police say 40 year-old joseph castro was being taken to the jail about one 30 this morning. he was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car but managed to take the officer's gun and turn it on him. the officer ended up taking cover he called for help. police say castro continued firing at officers from inside the patrol car. a tactical teams eventually moved in and took him into custody and is not clear how castro got the gun, but police claim it was stored properly. >>well the gun was inside the compartment of

phillip phillips and his family hope it will stay that way they this new golden age for cycling seems almost too good to be traded. do you like oysters i have to admit it's not a huge fan of but if you are then you surely know what a costly delicacy they are well in france this delicacy now needs its own security detail as thieves have also come to realize their value they break into farms and steal the oysters to sell them later for a profit it's a huge loss for oyster farmers like nicole that one name is now hoping that the local police can help protect his precious. it's early morning this is debated off a name on the french brittany coast. because on the name is an oyster farmer he loves working here but for months he's been extremely worried because thieves have been stealing the precious molluscs. if the tide is out we come here in the mornings to check if everything is all right. soon he spots a basket that has been cut open again oysters these have struck it's a major financial loss it takes 3 years until the oyster can be sold and until then they need to be carefully tended t

>>or somewhere else if they choose a new start in vacaville phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>and we have the latest on the lnu lightning complex fires and 5 north bay standing at more than 371,000 acres, 35% contained 5 people have died 4 people have been injured the fires destroyed 1080 structures that still threatening more than 30,000 others and we're following the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties now standing at more than 82,000 acres, it's 26% contained more than 600 structures have been destroyed. most of them are homes more than 13,000 are being threatened cal fire says one person has died in the fires and of this morning's news conference they were warning everybody it is just the beginning of what could obviously be a long fire season remind everybody. >>that we're just moving into or peak fire season here in san mateo santa cruz. and we have an 82,000 acre fire that we're going to be continuing with through that for those that have not done your defensible space. it's not too late to start you see because we're doing it so you don't

james phillips is joining us now, he's a chief disaster medicine of george washington university, dr.lips it is a disturbing development as schools are reopening right now and thousands of students confirmed for coronavirus in the past few days alone, how dist b disturbing is this especially if you are looking for other colleges and universities around the country where young people are gathering? >> good evening, wolf, thank you for having me on. in regards to these colleges and alabama tods, they had this announcement. it is completely predictable and expected. we have been talking about it for weeks. the most dangerous places you can be right now is bars and college campuses. we have taken a lot of times taking a look at risks and the different factors, social distancing and limbiiting class size. those environments are relatively controlled. you got teenagers and kids that you can control in a certain degree. when it comes to college, you can make those classrooms as save as you possibly can. what goes on when they leave the classroom. whether it is living arrangement or the dorms

early today" starts right now >>> glad you're with us to end the week i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. hurricane laura leaves a path of death and destruction on the gulf coast hundreds of people are still without power and thousands of louisiana residents are waking up with their lives upside down. in the town of west lake, people had to shelter in place after an oil refinery went up in flames plumes of smoke released hazardous chlorine gas and this is what lake charles looks like boats were tossed around, roofs were peelestorm-ravaged areas ts week our chris pallone has more >> in southwest louisiana, it was a day of taking stock and cleaning up. >> there's so much damage here, you're going, this is a disaster area you know, it's a literal disaster the recovery time from this is going to be phenomenal >> reporter: hurricane laura struck the area just after midnight, the most powerful storm ever to make landfall here packing 150-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, the storm destroyed buildings, toppled trucks and brought trees and power lines down lake charles, one of the hardest

phillips. at what point can you mandate, do we mandate any vaccines?der to go to elementary school require vaccines. you can't go to school if you don't have your shots. that's how we stay on top of measles, mumps, rubella. absolutely, we mandate vaccines all the time. it's how we've beaten the old childhood scourges. >> but we don't mandate the flu vaccine. why? and what would be the consideration in doing so? >> we don't mandate it. in the past, we've used it for older people. flu is one of the diseases like covid that is more lethal, the older you get. we used to target older populations until we saw older people didn't mount as much of an immunity to the virus. and then we focused on young people, and in the past, the flu vaccine hasn't been mandated for kids. but this year, it makes total sense to have kids in school be immunized against flu. >> two points of pushback. first, the flu vaccine sucks. it's never right, you get it wrong three-quarters of the time, people get the bad reactions, they still get the flu. i'm not doing it. >> the flu vacci

she did it magnificently. >> phillip, let me pick up on a few points raised by kamala harris. particularly about these protests that took place. she said that her and joe biden spoke to the family of jacob blake, something the president has not done yet to my knowledge, correct me if i'm wrong. she went on to talk about breonna taylor, ahmaud arbery, george floyd, the time our country finds in in the pursuit of racial injustice. a stark contrast that we've been hearing from the rnc and the white house. she came down on the side of the peaceful protest. >> that's right. i was so struck by the difference of what kamala harris versus what president trump said an hour earlier. the president answered some questions by reporters. he was asked about the nba suspending games. he attacked the nba. he said their ratings were poor and they're a political organization. then he asked whether he watched the video of jacob blake being shot in the back and the president refused to answer that question and shushed reporters out of the room. it's a huge difference between president trump who do

phillips, let's talk about the trend of younger people getting infections. here is one of the main factors driving the infection spike in new jersey. new data out shows that children are at least just as you sesusce to spread coronavirus. what does this data tell you? >> there are two important studies about kids. one out of "jama." kids have between 5 to 100 times of covid material. it did not look at trans mi transmissability. that came on the heels of a korean study that showed children between 10 and 19 transmit the virus to adults as easily as adults transmit the virus to adults. what this really brings us is, number one, we have to remember despite what is spreading and people have said, children are not immune to the virus. even if they might not get us sick, they can carry the virus and potentially spread it. these are things we are learning that we continue to focus on with school opening in a couple of weeks as well. >> dr. holly phillips, our thanks to you. cori coffin, thank you. >>> the state of joe biden's veepstakes. who's up? who's down? that

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kron four's phillipe djegal met with a couple whose home was still standing after the initial wave of flames passed through the neighborhood. but it did eventually burned down. >>sifting through the ashes, the melted metal and landscaped lost to the lnu lightning complex fire. current hat and his wife or you ponder their next steps their home of nearly 20 years in the gibson canyon region of vacaville has burned to the ground. the mortgage was paid off a year ago. but after they were evacuated last week. her to learn the home was no longer insured days later after their house survived the first wave of flames burned down it would have. >>you know that old past that it did survive for days after an only succumb to embers and the wind blowing up new flames and no one here to. just dump it out or a little shovel, a team of private contractors has been driving through the community helping families like the hatton's could out fire hot spots that was the case on their 5 acre property friday. >>but really it's too late to do anything. >>and unlike every was able to recover some of her artwo

it could be weeks before the se you lightning complex fires are fully contained in alameda county phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. all right, we have a signal now with a cal fire's assistant deputy director daniel berlant want to. >>go to him daniel sorry about the signal earlier but now that we have you can you give us an update on how all the crews are doing not only throughout the bay area but up and down the state. >>well obviously it's been a the several days for and our firefighters continued to battle. hundreds of fires in fact in the past 4 days we've had over 540 new fires 2 dozen of those becoming major fires. many of them required evacuation of a community and so we've been very focused on protecting life protecting property and working to fight against mother nature. the full the fires down. >>we talk every year around this time and usually it's a big fire that starts or what have you but can you recall in recent memory a time when we've had so many fires obviously the lightning at something to do with that but we have the all these complexes even here in parts of the bay area.

>>in oakland phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 5 where in the bay area you can now cross the street without danger of coming into contact with covid-19 and at 5.30 the pandemic costing the city of san francisco for billions of dollars how the city might be able to make up some of that lost revenue and why one east bay city is proposing a dear california... we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can. united we are always stronger. stay well, california, and keep it golden. businesses continue to struggle to stay afloat during the pandemic. >>palo alto city leaders are considering a proposal to add a covid surcharge to a customer's bill, some business leaders question the timing of this idea kron four's haaziq mady

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i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the democratic national convention has begun with much of the first night focused on racial justice in america. >> now more than ever we need a president who will unite this country. we need a president who in george floyd's memory, instead of using the bible as a prop, will heed its words, to act justly >> george should be alive today. it is up to us to carry on the fight for justice. he was always finding ourselves in what john louis called good trouble. >> together we must build a nation that is more equitable, more compassionate, and more inclusive. i know that joe biden will begin that fight. >> the major theme for the evening seemed to be unity our capitol hill correspondent tracie potts joins us withmore of the night's big moments for a democratic event, we heard from a whole lot of republicans. >> reporter: yes, republicans kicking off the democratic convention, there were four prominent republicans who spoke on this first night, a couple of former governors, a former member o

>>but for now health services says it does not intend to send out a health advisory in richmond phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >>with so many people staying at home during the pandemic pg e says it will not be shutting off power today tomorrow, or even over the next few weeks, however, things could change flex alert has been issued for tonight urging customers to try to save electricity during peak hours because of the high heat and electricity demand. that means adjusting your thermostats to 78 degrees or higher or just turn it off if you're going to be outside the home. fijian also says they have learned from previous experiences about how disruptive planned power outages can be to people's lives. pg e says it plans to send additional crews out to handle any possible outages that may result from this high heat, san francisco department of energy emergency management rather is reminding residents said even though it is hot outside we are still in a pandemic officials are asking people today to remember the precautions while they go out and. try to get a break from the heat or get clos

it is not a phillips curve. you have to put that together and you really got to work to find every scrap of leverage in helping stabilize the economy. our actionsll, and will ultimately tell. i am grateful to you and to be a part of a great organization where they used every part of the organization to advance the project. i'm very grateful to be part of this. susan: thank you, chair powell. it is really a pleasure to speak with you this morning here. i would like to congratulate you and the federal reserve team, a thoughtful and publicly-engaged review of the monetary strategy. so thank you very much. chair powell: thank you very much, susan. good to see you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] on tuesday, secretary steven mnuchin testifies in for of the house on children, workers, and families and the implementation of key stimulus programs approved earli