but i'll tell you i've had 2 stories that have been since or by political act in usa today in just the past 2 weeks and in both cases neither usa today nor political fact actually fact check my information in fact the political article specifically stated the are there the report that i did the 15 minute report which we did not fact check so this whole concept of fact checkers and who's doing the fact checking it has made these companies and completely open them up to attack and i think that they have put themselves in the crosshairs and now president trump is going to squeeze the trigger and i bet i want to hit this last point before we let you go here you know facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg actually told me see this morning i know you know it's coming it is not think social networks should be fact checking what politicians post however his platform as you just mentioned fact checks journalists it and i think i have a broader question about this ben which is this a little bit of twitter versus facebook that we've never really seen in the. we only see it when it comes to these policie

going to actually watch the report in fact check it the other one is on the left that was done by a usa todaystory that never even looked at our report they simply look at the facebook post someone else put up saying obama administration gave 3.7 the. dollars of the lab and then declared that any story associated with this was false and here's the problem with this guys it is critically important fact checking organizations like snopes and political fact and usa today are being given the authority on facebook to fact check information when your story is in my case is labeled as being false news or partly false facebook says number one you have no recourse to appeal that and to say to someone here's proof as to why it's not wrong the 2nd thing is and this is also critically important not only do you not have that but facebook says we can take action against your page and if you go back and correct the information it does not change the fact that we will still take action against your page now as a journalist you guys know for instance a few months ago the w.h.o. said don't wear face masks a fe

this guys it is critically important fact checking organizations like snopes and political fact and usa today are being given the authority on facebook to fact check information when your story is in my case is labeled as being false news or partly false facebook says number one you have no recourse to appeal that and to say to someone here's proof as to why it's not wrong the 2nd thing is and this is also critically important not only do you not have that but facebook says we can take action against your page and if you go back and correct the information it does not change the fact that we will still take action against your page now as a journalist you guys know for instance a few months ago the w.h.o. said don't wear face masks a few weeks later they said do wear face masks a journalist reporting what the w.h.o. said before and then again later as with all journalistic stories you find that new information comes along you have to have the ability to present information as you find it and then to continue to build on that the idea that a journalist can not get anything wrong when in fact y

susan page, washington bureau chief at usa today. bevan real clear politics cofounder and president. as we watch the president land, what about the executive order? what do you think is in it? when we think is in and what about the battle on social media? >> we know that the president promised big action and we just heard in the past few minutes that he's going to sign this executive order tomorrow. no sign about what it would include. there are limits on what the president can do because of the first amendment. we saw one of the commissioners tweet out the text of the first amendment today, that seemed to be a reminder of that fact. >> bret: boarding marine one, joint base andrews. marc, your thoughts. >> i don't know why twitter chose this tweet as opposed to some of the joe scarborough tweets which are clearly false. but here the president has a point. it's legitimate to raise that mail-in voting that's being tried on a scale that's unprecedented, never been tried before, could lead to electoral issues. that's not false. it's a st

i asked usa's today's bob nightingale if public backlash from fighting over money could actually help the two sides agreed to a deal. >> you think they are cognizant of that and doesn't put pressure on them to get a deal? >> if everything was set and cities were opening up in every thing else and baseball is not played because of financial reasons, i think it would look worse than what happened in 94 with the world series being canceled, people on both sides. that's why i've been shocked if we are not playing here in july. >> reporter: the nationals could wait that long to show off their world series rings, they unveiled them last night, the ring includes accomplishments from their season and even a baby shark which became the unofficial anthem. peyton turner sports charity manning, tom brady, phil mickelson and tiger woods was the most-watched golf tournament ever for cable tv. how do you like that? there were plenty of tweets, ripping tom brady for playing worse than e weekend hacker, but agerhe siavlence t critics including charles barkley on the seventh hole. >> oh my goodness. >>

guidelines and the concerns by some expressed about the lifting of those guidelines, this is in the "usa today" this morning saying three out of four americans say they are more concerned about the government lifting social distancing restrictions too quickly. that's according to ucla nation scape project. that's more than double the 29% that say they're worried restrictions are not being lifted quickly enough. as far as your safety, your comfort level, whatever you want to phrase it as as far as normal activities, mark in north carolina, hi, you're next up. >> caller: yeah i just want to say i've been out going to stores and things intermittently trying to space those visits fairly far apart. my wife went to trader joe's and said she was probably one of about five people that was wearing a mask. she felt very intimidated. she said the people that were waiting in line to get into the store were snickering at her which was kind of disturbing. i would go to the walmart when they hope to go to the store, and i have to admit it's probably 70% of the people wearing the mask. yesterday i wanted to g

. >> meanwhile, shaquille o'neal told the "usa today" he thinks the nba should scrap the season, highlightingyer risk and says the season would have an asterisks for the champion. the nba season has been suspending since march 11. in the nba were to make a return, don't expect to see kevin durant take the floor. espn insider adrian said durant is not coming back. "that's not happening, they're not playing him." on this day in par yors hwarrio, in the fourth game of the western conference, eric sleepy floyd" scored 29 in the further quarter, 12 field goals in the fourth alone and 39 in the second half. led the warriors to the victory, 129-121. and in on this date in 2016, st curry became the 11th player to win back-to-back mvp awards. and did you see this? a tweet of a football player making an insane catch. the receiver takes the ball in mid-air, wraps it around the defender and makes the catch. warning, do not try this at home. happy mo >>> groups throughout the country are spend thing mi u t . the local chapter sent 300 lunches and flowers. kudos to them. >> that's it for "abc7 news" at 5:0

that is from usa today. and joining us now is dr.avid gifford with the american health care association. thank you for being here. tell us the types of organizations that your organization represents, who do you cover and how many members do you have? guest: we represent both nursing homes and assisted living. there are about 15,000 nursing homes in the country, 10,000 of them are part of our association. and there are about 28,000 assisted and 5000 are part of our association. host: what do you think is the biggest issue? we just read that staggering figure from the usa today, that in terms of the coronavirus deaths in nursing facilities, what is going to be the biggest thing that will help stop that? guest: i think we need to learn more about the virus. what we discovered is each time we have been following the guidance, it has been outdated by the way that the virus behaves, particularly how it spreads from person to person who does not have symptoms. in those whovirus are over 70 and 80, can really be devastating. and so when we

let me ask you about this usa today article as well that i saw this morning.this is an article about the president's new operation, i want to make sure i'm getting this right, this is called operation warp speed, four months ago the president announced this program's goal of developing 300 million doses of a covid-19 vaccine by january. "usa today" notes how the operation functions, its budget, what power it has, what resources it controls have either not been determined or not been made public. a puzzlement to public health and vaccine policy experts, goes on to say the fear is that it might politicize scientific and logistical processes under an administration that has been, at times, disdainful of science. do you have any information on operation warp speed, dr. lehita, have you heard anything about it? >> i have heard nothing about it, i have been talking about the new molecular mechanisms developed for the vaccines, very encouraging in the uk and here in the states but i don't know anything about warp speed. perhaps tony fauci or the people in washington

>>> coming up tonight on game day, more from usa today's bob nightingale on baseball future, and vern glenn profiles the st. mary's gale that has become the top rugby player in all the land. that's tonight on game day. my gut feeling, baseball will be back and will be back by the fourth of july weekend. >> sorry, it's not going to be back with people in the stadium, is it? >> no. absolutely not. safety guidelines. the players will actually be sitting six feet a part in the stadium seats, not in the dugout. but for the time being, certainly no fans. >> they'll hash it out. thank you. we'll be ♪ here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> many artists, singers, and musicians are sharing their talents with the world as we all get

on the show bob nightingale of usa today talking baseball.nn was the best rugby player in the united states. tonight i am going to get my butt kicked by a drill sergeant. that is all straightahead. first, a charity golf tournament in rainy florida featuring tiger woods. the trash talking started before they even got to the first tee. >> i am impressed. is more of a down quarterback. >> it was brady on the receiving end after a rough start. >> if you hit the green i am going to give $25,000 out of my own pocket. >> you saved yourself $50,000. >> should have said if you can keep it on the planet. >> the san mateo native silenced charles barkley and his critics at least momentarily a

usa today's bob nightingale is confident mlb will reach a deal to play ball in early july. >> they wouldn'tking out if they weren't optimistic about restarting here. the owners want it badly. we talk to players. they're ready to go. i'm very optimistic. i'd say 90/10 we're going to be playing baseball. >> 90/10. how do you like it? >>> meanwhile, turner sports charity match with tom brady, peyton manning, tiger woods, and phil mickelson was the most watched golf tournament ever on cable. early on tom brady looked like he couldn't play in the old kpix invitational. but he pulled it together. shot of the day on the 7th hole. it went down as a birdie but brady also had a hole in one when he split his pants reaching down to pick up the golf ball. brady tweeting pants wanted in on social distancing i guess. >>> i hold in my hand the top five for this date in sports history we begin in 1935. number 5. babe ruth went deep three times against the pirates. the last of his 714 career home runs, ruth retired one week later. >>> at number four, 1965. muhammad ali in his first fight since changing his n

there is an op-ed today by jodie heist in usa today. the headline this "experts can be wrong. we can safely reopen." "many of the models used to justify this seem to be flat out wrong. experts put out the worst doomsday predictions. the british epidemiologist ferguson claimed 2.2 americans -- 2.2 million americans would die. ferguson has since downplayed it. objective has the been accomplished, health care systems are no longer in danger by being flooded by coronavirus." how would you respond to that? ofst: there are a lot different models. some of them will be wrong. not all. it might be worthwhile to look at what the average modelers. aw many models are predicting particular outcome. over time, the models get better. as we get more data -- in the beginning, there were wild estimates. , ande have pulled back done social distancing. that slow down the virus a lot. the projected death rates are based on that. -- if oney you can person did something wrong -- hey, we are going to open up the country. [no audio] guest: i think a lot of the models -- if you predict 2 million people

susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today."nd philip rucker white house bureau chief for "the washington post." let's begin tonight. the president and the stateho one snapsin michigan where democratic governor gretchen hit me has faced intensecriticr ending her restrictions until m 28th. and president trump said "she should give a little." in maryland larry hogan told me in a "waington post" liv interview on thursday that he fierce the federal government could try to seize the 500,000 coronavirus tests his state secured from south korea. and he treated them like treasure when they landed at b.w.i. airport. >> it was like fort knockso us because it was going to save thousands of lives. >> is the nationalar guin maryland still protecting those tests? >> they are. the unanimous grd and the state police a both guarding them at anndclosed location. robert: amid the reopening plans and the protests and thelarm about testing, federal officials have warned governors to not got too fa fast. >> they know their states. the mayors know the

susan page, washington bureau chief f "usa today."nd philip rucker white house bureau chief for "the washington post." let's begin tonight. the president and the states. one snapshot inichigan where democratic governor gretchen criticism for extending her restrictionsntil may 28th. and president trump said "she should give a litle." in maryland larry hogan told me in a "washington post" live t interview orsday that he fierce the federal government could try to seize the 500,000 coronavirus tests his sta secured from south korea. treasure when they landed at b.w.i. airport. >> it was like fort knocks to us because it was going to save thousands of lives. maryland sti protecting those tests? >> they are. the unanimous guard and the state police are bothuarding them at an undisclosed locatio robert: amid the reopening plans and the protests and the alarm about testing, federal officials have warned governors to not go too far, too fast. >> they know their states. the mayors know their cities mingts you want to give them a wiggle room. bu

jarrett, let me first show you a poll that was taken just earlier this month by "usa today," suffolkntions of bernie sanders' supporters from the primary. at least so far, only just three of quarters -- three-quarters say they're going to vote for joe biden, but others say they'd pick a third party candidate. that's a smaller portion saying they will support joe biden than back in 2016 said they would support hillary clinton at this stage. does joe biden have a problem energizing and bringing those voters along with him in november? >> he has plenty of time between now and november. i know that he's anxious to get out there on the campaign trail and earn the vote. if he didn't do -- can't do it in person, he's going to do it virtually. he knows it's his responsibility to win over every possible supporter of bernie sanders and donald trump. he recognizes you win with a big tent. that's how president obama won not just once, but twice. so i think i've been very, very impressed with the way senator sanders and all the other folks who ran against vice president biden in the primary have

usa today reports it will be a slow rollout of samples, cosco says the food will be handed out with social distancing in mind. more menu items are also set to return to cosco food courts. also today, grand canyon national park are reacting to the public. it will be open with limited hours, the next friday, the entrance will be open 24 seven, the canyons north rim will also be open that same day, for now visitors can hike down into the canyon, and camp in more remote areas, rafting trips down the colorado river are scheduled to resume june 14th. >>> >> baseball teams and players still negotiating on when to restart the season. yesterday most teams in baseball cut some minor league players. 30 to 50 low-level and spring- training invited players were taken off for each roster. these are reductions that are usually happening at the end of spring training, but has been delayed because of the pandemic. it is expected there will be no minor-league baseball season this year. >>> the mayor of boston says it's clear september has become less and less -- as a possible time to have the marathon. the

. >>> meanwhile, shaquille o'neal told usa today he thinks the nba should scrap their season. risks for rushing back into play-off games and says the season would have an asterisk for the champion. the nba suspended nearly two months now on march 11th when they stopped playing games. if the nba were to make a return, don't expect to see kevin durant take the court for the nets. adrian jaworski said durant is not coming back, quote, that's not happening, they're not playing it. >>> on may 10th, 198 7 simply known as the sleepy floyd game against the showtime lakers. sc record 29 in the fourth quarter, 51 total. he had 12 field goals and 39 in the second half. both nba play-off records 39 points that was. he led the warriors to an epic comeback win 1 19-121. >>> on this day 2019 steph curry winning the mvp for the 2015-2016 season. that made back-to-back mvp honors for curry. he became the 11th player to win the award in consecutive seasons. >>> a tweet of a football player making this insane catch. the receiver goes up for the ball and somehow takes the ball in midair, wraps it

if you want to read more about that pole, you can do that in usa today. call us and give us your thoughts or tweet us and you can also text us at 20 janet in new hampshire starts us off. caller: good morning. go ahead. in these don't believe face masks. i don't. it drives back the droplets into your chest. i have never worn one. i am 68 years old. my husband just started to having where one fry way -- friday and he is not in approval of it but he does it because the company says for him to do it. feel they are needed. i haven't had coronavirus and i haven't had any of that. even at a difference and everybody is fine. host: in michigan, your next, hello. caller: hello. i don't wear it when i'm out walking about. . -- i like the fresh air. i stay away from people. i have practice that long before this coronavirus. a mask ind you wear close contact with people? caller: yeah, i think so. especially if people are sniffling and coughing. i don't rush into any crowds where people are sneezing or coughing. it can happen at a moments notice. i always keep myself t

usa today says she died friday of an aunt identified blood disorder, she was 54. >>> a virtual ceremonyfato celebrate the class of 2020. >> the graduate together event also featured a special commencement speech. >> what remains true is your graduation marks your passage into adulthood. the time when you begin to take charge of your life. it is when you get to decide what is important to you. the kind of career you want to pursue, who you want to build a family with, the values you want to live by. >> other special guests included athletes lebron james and megan were pinot and activist and nobel peace prize recipient who is also missing her graduation this year. >>> we want to celebrate the bay area graduates of 2020, so congratulations to sam, graduating from tele pius high school, his next stop, oregon state university, what he will study, marine biology. and one of our youngest graduates, lily from venetia, she is graduating from noah's ark preschool and the next step kindergarten at mary farmer elementary. do you have a grad in your life? tell us in your posts or send your pictures

this is from "usa today." this is a follow-up story to those stories that you heard about, cases of coronavirus in the white house itself. michael collins writing in the pages of "usa today," saying that the president and vice president will be tested daily for the virus, as will every staff member in close proximity to them. white house guests will be tested. work spaces will undergo regular deep cleaning, and staff will follow social distancing guidelines, undergo daily temperature checks and have their symptom histories reviewed, according to a white house spokesperson who made the comments on sunday. again, adding to what was previously said, the valet who had been in the same room as the president on tuesday tested positive last week, and then vice president pence's spokeswoman, katie miller, also testing positive on friday, prompting tests for six other pence staffers who had been contact. all six staffers tested negative, according to the administration. next up, renee in louisiana, independent line. ca

the next 100 days could define a new era, right usa today. it did not take longer than 100 days for the virus to claim the lives of nearly 100,000 americans. thenimaginable toll, since first person in the u.s. died from covid-19, which is thought to have been february 6 in california. borne out by the diminished rates of new infections and deaths in may is not enough to keep the u.s. from reaching that grim milestone of 100,000 deaths likely this week. health officials fear that the loosening of those restrictions will lead to a resurgence of cases and deaths. an assessment of what the new normal may look like in the next 100 days, consensus, writes the paper, is going to be a bumpy ride. here's what president trump had to say yesterday talking to reporters, the white house, about the current death toll. act. trump: if we did not quickly and smartly, we would to 20ad anywhere from 10 and maybe even 25 times the number of deaths. we closed the border to china, many we put on the band, people coming in from china. that was a big moment. as dr.

pat wasn't good for anyone now luckily usa today is showing you the answer just become a neo nazi yeaheo nazis really haven't figured out when you have a when you have to worry about all that hair you have more time for racism and hatred her world really opens up a look at him he's got his this guy's got a windbreaker with his favorite team on it that's adorable that's just adorable anyway if you have time after the haircut you should also think about this more than 30 countries in the developing world could experience widespread famine 30 countries millions of people it's horrifying if only it slowly we had to money to help them you know the u.n. estimates it would take roughly $30000000000.00 to end world hunger for the year and it where could we get $30000000000.00 dong dollars well well that that guardian article says at the top of same article says it's small print that the department that wrote the article is supported by the bill and melinda gates foundation ha. i wonder if this bill gates fella. had any if he has any cash on hand because if he did he might be able to help out w

rendan o'grady, ceo of [inaudible] usa today. we spoke yesterday and barbara, thank you for joining us. you heard the senator just layout that we need to do what we did after neat 911. ethink what we are producing even did to where when it comes to when i learned was a pi or the active ingredient that right now are based in china and there may be things that you hear about barbara, you are at siemens and you are an international transactional company of human at huge assets in the united states but as you look at it it's not the question of restoring production, i don't think but it's a question of what you think we need to do to take productive capacity in this country and better ready it for a time like this? >> stuart, thank you for the opportunity to talk about this. i do agree with senator warner that this is a moment that will help us drive change that we have needed anyway. we are in the middle of a fourth industrial revolution paid your bringing industrial software to the world and with tools today that simply did not exi

. >> usa today writes the new age of entrepreneurial spaceflight, private enterprises changing the economics and technology of robotic space, might bring the cost of human space down to the level where you can go beyond token efforts, but see what it can do rather than going back to big rockets and big government. before we get to calls about this launch, what did it take after nearly a decade for nasa to get back to this point and to get there with space x, a private company. what kind of security and safety concerns did they have to get past? tell us about that part of the process? >> the spacecraft had to go through numerous safety and hazard review with nasa over the last few years. nasa's partnership with space x on this project began in 2011 under the previous administration, around the time the space shuttle retired and at that time space x and nasa looked to fly this test flight around 2015-2017 timeframe depending who you ask, it has taken a few extra years to get to this point for a couple reasons, first of all congress did not fund the commercial crew program at the level nasa and

the report was obtained by usa today, it says that arbery was shot during a struggle for the shotgun. meanwhile, federal authorities are investigating how to local prosecutors handled the case when it happened back in february. it was only when state investigators took over that the arrests were made. a white father and his adult son were taken into custody last week. they could face hate crime charges in the killing, along with murder charges. >>> coming up tonight, the bright lights of broadway, expected to stay dark for several more months. the extended closure just announced today, and houston performances resume. >>> plus, a high school senior from the east bay is making history, what she has accomplished that no other student athlete from oakland as ever done before. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. subut when we real

checked with in the earlier hour and is going to join us here with a closer look at the forecast usa today, maybe a couple 2, 3 degrees cooler. >>yeah work under way in the right direction pay to 3 degrees. but as i can near a 100 degrees. no huge difference just yet,