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my name is carl azuz and you've landed
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on cnn
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minutes we're so happy to have you
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watching this thursday
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last night was another debate night
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related to the upcoming u.s presidential
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election
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but it wasn't the presidential nominees
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who were facing off
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it was the vice presidential nominees
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incumbent vice president mike pence
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representing the republican party
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u.s senator kamala harris representing
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the democratic party
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like the presidential debates last
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night's event was sponsored by the
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nonpartisan commission on presidential
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debates
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it was scheduled to take place at the
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university of utah in salt lake city
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utah
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the moderator was susan page of usa
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today and the plan was that the
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90-minute debate would be broken up into
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nine
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segments of about 10 minutes each the
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coronavirus pandemic was an expected
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topic
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and social distancing measures were on
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the stage the candidates were seated at
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least 12 feet apart
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plexiglas panels were set up between
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them and as far as debate strategy goes
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one political analyst put it like this
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candidates in a vice presidential debate
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have a straightforward series of goals
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portray their running mates as the best
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choice for voters defend their own
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records
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and attack the records of the opposing
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candidates we got a glimpse of the
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candidates different approaches during
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their party conventions over the summer
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when they were officially nominated for
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the job of vice president
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make no mistake the road ahead is not
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easy
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we may stumble we may fall short
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but i pledge to you that we will act
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boldly and deal with our challenges
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honestly we will speak truths
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and we will act with the same faith in
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you
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that we ask you to place in us in these
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challenging times our country needs a
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president who believes in america
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who believes in the boundless capacity
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of the american people
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to meet any challenge defeat any foe
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and defend the freedoms we hold dear and
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with president donald trump
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in the white house for four more years
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and with god's help we will make america
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great again again
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next up on the campaign calendar a
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second presidential debate on october
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15th
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but that may depend on president donald
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trump's coronavirus recovery
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he's now back at the white house after
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being treated last weekend
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at walter reed national medical center
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the president says he's feeling great
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and looking forward to the debate
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democratic presidential nominee joe
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biden says if the president still has
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covid
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the two candidates shouldn't have a
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debate we'll keep you posted
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ten-second trivia which of these u.s
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founding fathers never served as
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president
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james madison benjamin franklin john
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adams or thomas jefferson
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benjamin franklin was an ambassador a
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governor the first postmaster general
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but never a president
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quote for years the u.s postal service
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has been losing
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billions of dollars that's true now but
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the quote came from a line i wrote in
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2013.
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at that time the reasons included email
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fewer letters were being sent
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a series of bad business decisions and
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the controversial retirement fund it has
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which you'll hear more about in a minute
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but today increased package deliveries
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and a steady stream of first-class mail
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are
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bringing in large amounts of revenue for
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the postal service but the agency
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is still losing money and some observers
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are concerned about whether it'll be
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able to handle a larger number of
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mail-in ballots
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for the upcoming election as more people
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avoid polling places out of coronavirus
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concerns
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here's a closer look at some more
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factors in the postal services struggles
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the u.s postal service can trace its
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history back to 1775
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when the second continental congress
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appointed benjamin franklin as
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postmaster general to help ensure that
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free ideas and information could be
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shared throughout the colonies
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it was not intended to be a profitable
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business
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it's about service correct not about
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profit today there's no other government
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agency
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or business that operates like the
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postal service
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first of all the u.s postal service
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receives zero tax dollars for operating
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expenses
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the postal service has to use its own
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revenue from things like stamps and
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package deliveries to operate
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although it does receive indirect
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government subsidies such as having a
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protected monopoly on delivering
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first-class mail
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secondly the postal service doesn't set
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its own prices like fedex and ups do
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congress sets them but by law usps has
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to deliver to
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every home in the country no matter how
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remote or unprofitable that delivery may
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be
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case in point to this day the postal
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service delivers mail to a small group
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of people living in the grand canyon
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by mule this leads to the third problem
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the u.s postal service has been losing
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money for over a decade
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without change our losses will only
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increase in the years to come
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in 2019 the postal service reported 71
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billion dollars in revenue
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but its expenses totaled almost 80
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billion
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if you dig into those numbers though the
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picture becomes a bit complicated
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in 2006 congress passed the postal
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accountability and enhancement act
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it requires the u.s postal service to
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pre-fund
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75 years worth of retirees health care
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benefits
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in the span of about 10 years before
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this law went into
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effect the postal service was reporting
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profits
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so the u.s postal service is subject to
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the congressional oversight of other
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federal agencies
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without any of the taxpayer funding it
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has the profit-driven business model of
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a private company
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without the freedom to make financial
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decisions for itself
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next up efforts to keep covet 19 out of
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professional sports
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the games in america came back before
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the fans were allowed to
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and in addition to empty arenas the
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national basketball association and
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major league baseball
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are playing their playoff games in a
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bubble meaning selected stadiums away
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from where the team's home courts and
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fields are
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measures designed to decrease the team's
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exposure to coronavirus
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so far this season the national football
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league has postponed two games because
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of covet 19
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and the nfl just announced that 11
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players and 15 staff members
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tested positive last week and its chief
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medical officer says all options are
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still on the table
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as far as more postponements or a
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possible pause in games are concerned
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cnn 10 contributor chris james reports
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on how the league has tightened its
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rules
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on measures like masks chris
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hey carl if there's one thing that
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without a doubt connects you to me
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and each and every viewer watching right
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now it's the fact that we've all had to
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adjust to a new normal during this
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confusing and sometimes
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scary era of coronavirus the national
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football league is no exception
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and this week they've made some
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significant changes in the hopes of
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preventing further outbreaks
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on monday all 32 nfl teams were notified
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of new
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much stricter coveted 19 protocols the
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changes were announced in a memo from
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commissioner roger goodell obtained by
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cnn
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if it's discovered that club personnel
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or players aren't following the rules
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the discipline could include heavy fines
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the adjustment
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or loss of draft choices and even the
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forfeit of a game
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which could create a major competitive
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imbalance
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and get this they're even implementing a
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new video monitoring system
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they'll be using this technology to make
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sure that everyone is complying with the
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league's mandate
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that team personnel wear personal
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protective equipment ppe
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at all times while in a team facility or
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traveling
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this comes as new england patriots qb
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cam newton tested positive for the virus
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and at least 20 separate coveted cases
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were reported by the tennessee titans
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and the nfl is already putting its money
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where its mouth is
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they've issued fines against 10 members
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of the las vegas raiders a league source
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told cnn
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the fines come one week after the 10
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raiders players failed to wear face
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coverings
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while attending a fundraiser hosted by
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tight end darren waller
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waller was fined thirty thousand dollars
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while his nine teammates had to pay
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fifteen thousand dollars each back to
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you carl
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[Applause]
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in a neighborhood of boulder colorado a
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female bear and her two cubs were
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recently
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caught and relocated and in their mad
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dash back to freedom
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the camera was the casualty boom
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wildlife officials say bears get pretty
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bold this time of year looking for food
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anywhere they can get it as they prepare
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to hibernate these were safely and
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successfully relocated
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and the video is a reminder to stay out
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of their way
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it's not really polarizing advice and
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you don't need to be spectacled to bear
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leave there's a real danger if you cody
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actually find claws to get face to
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muzzle with such a very real threat the
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outcome could be grizzly
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wakefield high school gets today's shout
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out the students watching in arlington
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virginia
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i don't personally choose the schools we
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mention on the shout out though i would
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love to take credit but for a chance to
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get your school city
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and state mentioned on cnn 10 start at
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m carl azuz
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