NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/7/2020

(EXTREME LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

Cases of Covid-19 are up in the US but the death rate is declining.    That is the good news tonight about the coronavirus situation.   There's more good news as well......HEALTH FREEDOM IDAHO FACEBOOK

For the first time in nearly four months Connecticut did not report any coronavirus deaths today......HARTFORD COURANT

More on the coronavirus story later in the summary.......

In Russia an advisor to the CEO of Russia's space organization Roscosmos arrested on charges of treason.    The arrest said not to be related to his present position......TASS STORY

A federal magistrate judge in Portland granting pretrial release to one of at least seven arrested and accused in connection with attacks on the federal courthouse last weekend.....OREGONLIVE

The online app TikTok says its pulling out of Hong Kong after China's imposition of a new security law..... BBC NEWS...That move comes as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the US is considering a ban on TikTok, whose parent company is based in China....CNBC

Online exchange students will not be allowed in the United States for classes this fall and those currently studying online must leave.    Those are the new rules from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.    Many students now online because of Covid-19.     President Trump tweeted Monday that "SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!" although it was not clear which schools he was making reference to......AL JAZEERA QATAR NEWS STORY

RUSSIA TRACKING NATO NAVAL FORCES IN THE BLACK SEA NEAR THE SOUTHERN PART OF ITS TERRITORY........TASS STORY

The British government targeting individuals implicated in human rights abuses.     Among the 49 people on the sanctions list are those involved in the murder of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 and individuals implicated in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.......BBC NEWS

The United States formally moving to pull out of the World Health Organization.   Nofitication sent to Congress by President Trump.......AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VOWING TO REOPEN SCHOOLS BY APPLYING PRESSURE ON GOVERNORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.    AN EVENT HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.     THE PRESIDENT TWEETED MONDAY:

"Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don't want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! They think it will help them in November.   Wrong, the people get it!"......CNBC STORY

LAST FRIDAY SPEAKING AT MOUNT RUSHMORE THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT:

"Our children are taught in school to hate their own country..."....VIDEO LINK QUOTE AT :25

CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS IN THE US TODAY WITH 55,442 NEW CASES ACCORDING TO WORLDOMETERS WITH 9,414 IN TEXAS, 8,631 IN CALIFORNIA AND 7,347 IN FLORIDA.   ALSO 3,653 NEW CASES IN ARIZONA AND 3,406 IN GEORGIA.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO SAYS HE'S TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19......

The coronavirus crackdown in Australia expanding with a lockdown on the city of Melbourne.  This follows closure of access to the state of Victoria from the rest of Australia.....

The coronavirus story around the world as interpreted by BBC News on its daily blog.....BBC NEWS DAILY CORONAVIRUS BLOG 7/7/2020

And that's the way it really is Tuesday July 7th, 2020,  another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.