Straight Arrow News NowCast: May 27, 2021

May 27, 2021 at 06:50 PM CDT

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Today’s NowCast shares updates on the San Jose mass shooting, investigating the origins of COVID-19, the potential fate of a Capitol riot commission and vaccination-related lotteries.

Ben Burke

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben was a primary news producer at Straight Arrow News. His main responsibility involved producing the news updates throughout the day

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Gwen Baumgardner: NEW OVERNIGHT: A NINTH PERSON IS DEAD AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING IN SAN JOSE.

NOW: THE CLOCK IS TICKING, PRESIDENT BIDEN SETS A DEADLINE FOR HIS COVID ORIGIN INVESTIGATION.

NEXT: INVESTIGATING THE CAPITOL RIOTS…IS A FILIBUSTER ON THE WAY?

WELCOME BACK TO STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.
I’M GWEN BAUMGARDNER – WITH WHAT’S NEW, NOW AND NEXT.

RIGHT NOW – – PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTS ANSWERS ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE CORONAVIRUS –AND HE’S NOT WASTING TIME.
HE ORDERED U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TO “REDOUBLE” THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND OUT IF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BEGAN IN A CHINESE LABORATORY.
HE SET A DEADLINE OF 90 DAYS FOR THAT REPORT.

HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEK – WE’VE GOT GOOD NEWS TO REPORT ON THE VIRUS.

THIS CASE COUNT TRACKER FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOWS A STEADY DECLINE IN INFECTIONS.
THE CURRENT SEVEN DAY AVERAGE — DOWN 91 PERCENT FROM EARLY JANUARY.

THE TIMES IS ALSO REPORTING IMMUNITY TO THE CORONAVIRUS COULD LAST A YEAR — OR EVEN A LIFETIME IN CERTAIN CASES.
THE RESULTS — FROM TWO NEW STUDIES — SUGGEST MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 — AND LATER GOT THE VACCINE — WILL NOT NEED BOOSTERS.

NEW DETAILS OUT OF SAN JOSE, WHERE AN EMPLOYEE OPENED FIRE AT A RAIL YARD.

OVERNIGHT — WE LEARNED A NINTH VICTIM IN THE MASS SHOOTING DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
THE SUSPECT ALSO TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

MEANWHILE, STRONG WORDS FROM CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOME…

GAVIN NEWSOM: “There’s a sameness to this. You know, anywhere USA. Listening to governors, mayors, chiefs, speaking similar tone in terms of expression of condolences, all the right emotions and perhaps the right words. But it begs the damn question what the hell is going on in the United States of America? What the hell is wrong with us?”

BAUMGARDNER: THE SHOOTER’S EX-WIFE TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HE HAD A BAD TEMPER — AND WOULD TELL HER HE WANTED TO KILL PEOPLE AT WORK.

THE NEXT BIG THING ON CAPITOL HILL MAY BE A FILIBUSTER.

REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE SET TO USE THEIR CONTROVERSIAL FILIBUSTER POWER TO BLOCK THE CREATION OF COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL.

A VOTE MAY COME AS EARLY AS TODAY.

RIGHT NOW — ONLY 3 GOP SENATORS: MITT ROMNEY — SUSAN COLLINS — AND LISA MURKOWSKI HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.

THE FILIBUSTER HAS BEEN THE BUZZWORD IN D-C FOR YEARS –AND HOTLY DEBATED TOPIC.

BUT EXACTLY HOW DOES IT WORK?
SHANNON LONGWORTH ‘GETS THIS STRAIGHT’ IN HER STORY,
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT LATER TODAY.

AND FINALLY –ONE PERSON BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE — AND ANOTHER GETS A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP. – ALL BECAUSE THEY GOT THE COVID VACCINE.
SAY WHAAAAYT?!?!?
TAYLOR, CAN YOU EXPLAIN

TAYLOR KNIGHT: IT’S ONE OF THE MOST LUCRATIVE VACCINE INCENTIVES OUT THERE.
EACH WEDNESDAY FOR FIVE WEEKS — THE STATE OF OHIO SELECTS ONE VACCINATED ADULT TO WIN ONE MILLION DOLLARS — AND ONE TEEN TO WIN A FULL-RIDE COLEGE SCHOLARSHIP.

MORE THAN 2-POINT-7 MILLION ADULTS SIGNED UP FOR THE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE — AND MORE THAN 104-THOUSAND KIDS ENTERED TO WIN THE SCHOLARSHIP.

THE INCENTIVE SEEMS TO BE WORKING… VACCINATIONS IN THE STATE JUMPED 33 PERCENT THE FIRST WEEK.

AND OHIO ISN’T THE ONLY STATE.
LAST WEEK — NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO STARTED A “VAX AND SCRATCH” PROGRAM — WHERE THE STATE GIVES A SCRATCH OFF TICKET WORTH UP TO 5 MILLION DOLLARS TO ANY ADULT WHO GETS THE VACCINE AT ONE OF THE STATE’S 10 LOCATIONS.

PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH AND GETTING A CHANCE TO WIN THE LOTTERY IS A GREAT 2 FOR 1 DEAL, DON’T YOU THINK SO?
GWEN WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

BAUMGARDNER: sounds like a good deal to me.
that’s WHAT’S NEW, NOW AND NEXT.
FOR BREAKING NEWS AND CONTEXT THROUGHOUT THE DAY — — KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.

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