OPENING
Greetings with guest John Herlin (Economics professor)
TOPICS
Police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia, PA.
On Monday Philadelphia police responded to reports of a person screaming as well as a report of a 27-year-old male assaulting an elderly female at a home on the 6100 block of Locust Street.
Wallace was armed with a knife during his erratic episode.
Wallace has a history of mental illness.
Looters, rioters, and protesters react with violence.
Why didn't the police use non-lethal methods to contain Wallace?
inquirer.com/opinion/walter-wa...g-20201027.html
nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local...ly-says/2575493
Rising Covid-19 Cases
The US reported 99,321 new Covid-19 cases on Friday -- the highest single day number of cases recorded for any country.
Friday's number surpassed the previous daily record held by India, which reported 97,894 coronavirus cases in a single day on September 17, according to India's health ministry.
The total number of US Covid-19 cases reached at least 9,047,792, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US reported more than 1,000 additional deaths Friday. The US death toll from the pandemic rose to 229,708 on Saturday.
Our doctors get more money if someone dies from Covid. You know that, right? I mean our doctors are very smart people. So what they do is they say 'I'm sorry but everybody dies of Covid,' " Trump said, without citing any evidence, at a rally in Waterford Township, Michigan.
Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a "Trump Train" surrounded a campaign bus.
Hundreds of Trump supporters stuck in the cold for hours, several taken to hospital, when buses can’t reach Omaha rally
The buses, the huge crowd soon learned, couldn’t navigate the jammed airport roads. For hours, attendees — including many elderly Trump supporters — stood in the withering cold, as police scrambled to help the most at-risk get to warmth.
At least seven people were taken to hospitals, according to Omaha Scanner, a service that monitors official radio traffic.
In Omaha, an estimated crowd of more than 6,000 people jammed into risers outside the airport. Though the campaign checked temperatures and provided masks, many people didn’t wear them, the World-Herald reported.
After Trump’s speech, where he promised that “we’re making that final turn” on COVID-19 in a state where positivity rates now exceed 20 percent, per the World-Herald, Trump flew away on Air Force One around 9 p.m. Attendees began lining up for buses to return to their cars. By nearly 10:30 p.m., though, there were still no buses in sight. “President Trump took off in Air Force One 1 hr 20 minutes ago, but thousands of his supporters remain stranded on a dark road outside the rally,” tweeted CNN’s Jeff Zeleny.
inquirer.com/politics/nation/d...l-20201028.html
Remembering. Sir Sean Connery (1930-2020)
James Bond
Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in "The Untouchables"
Other notable movies.
"The Hunt For Red October"
"The Rock"
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
Quotes
"I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him."
"I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back."
"I've always been told I was either too tall or too short, too Scottish or too Irish, too young, too old."
Borat 2
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