AFN NEWS
Thursday, September 10, 2020
1) From ABC News, I’m Daria Albinger. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump told the nation the virus was no worse than the seasonal flue, while a new book says he was saying something very different in private. Reporter Bob Woodward recorded the President last February saying he was downplaying the COVID threat and realized it was far more deadly than a flu despite publicly saying it wasn’t. His reason; “We don’t want to instill panic. We don’t want to jump up and down and start shouting that we have a problem.” In fact, the President referred to criticism of his handling of the virus as a hoax and slowed to order social distancing. Andy Field, ABC News, Washington.
2) Democratic
nominee Joe Biden waded in from the campaign trail in Warren, Michigan,
“He had the information, he knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly
disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose.” Woodward’s
book entitled “Rage” is based on 18 interviews with the President. ABC
News has obtained a copy of a whistleblower complaint which claims the White
House sought to censor or manipulate intelligence for political purposes. The complaint
which was filed by Brian Murphy, the former chief of intelligence for the
Department of Homeland Security, says it was a case when it came to the Russian
election interference, threat of white supremacist groups and statistics about
terrorists crossing southern border.
3)
There are dozens of wildfires that are burning across the Pacific northwest. Oregon
Governor Kate Brown says they’re moving dangerously fast. “We expect to
see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives. This could be
the greatest loss of human lives and properties due to wildfire in our state
history.” Evacuations are underway near Chico and Paradise in
northern California where the Bear Fire has more back to rash. You’re
listening to ABC News.
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I’m Liz
Claman and this is the Fox Business Report.
Stocks finishing higher, snapping a
three-day selloff, driving Nasdaq into a collection at the fastest pace in
history. The Dow rising 440 points, the Nasdaq up 294, S&P 500 up 67. //
and TikTok, Chinese parent ByteDance is discussing with the U.S.
government a possible arrangement that would allow the popular video-sharing
app to avoid a full scale of the U.S. operations, according to the Wall Street
Journal. // And J.C.Penney was receiving possible lifeline with the straggling
department store chain, reaching a tentative deal to sells its business and
stores to a group of mall owners and lenders in a move that would save the retailer
from liquidation. The company disclosing during a bankruptcy hearing that it had
struck the deal with Simon Property Group and Brookfield Property
Partners in the group of bankruptcy lenders. The deal was expected to save more
than 600 stores and 70,000 jobs.
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