NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 7/9/2020

(LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

The National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Fay tonight.   Its centered off the mid-Atlantic coast and is expected to make landfall on Long Island, New York and then move into southern New England late Friday or early Saturday.   Maximum sustained winds reported at 45 miles per hour.....NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORY 11 PM 7/9/2020

A tightening of coronavirus controls across the USA with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy among the latest to impose mandatory face coverings (muzzles) in public.     Over 60-thousand new cases of Covid-19 reported by Worldometers Wednesday and Thursday in the USA...... REUTERS STORY ON YNET NEWS ISRAEL

A FACE COVERING ORDER COMING INTO FORCE IN KENTUCKY TOMORROW.  THAT'S THE WORD FROM GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR....WDRB-TV LOUISVILLE STORY

Many Walmart stores have tightened up their front entrances so there's only one way in and out.  At the front are "health ambassadors" to remind customers to wear face coverings (muzzles) and there are other measures to ensure compliance with muzzle orders....WWNY-TV WATERTOWN NEW YORK STORY

TONIGHT IN IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO A MUZZLE ORDER IS ON THE TABLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.   PROTESTERS PLANNED TO BE ON HAND.   EARLIER TODAY IN THE NEARBY CITY OF POCATELLO, CITY COUNCIL OPTED AGAINST SUCH A FACE COVERING ORDER.....KPVI-TV STORY

THE US SUPREME COURT RULING TODAY THAT DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS BUT A LOCAL PROSECUTOR WHO IS A DEMOCRAT IN NEW YORK CAN SEEK ACCESS TO THOSE RECORDS AS PART OF A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.......BBC NEWS

THE RUSSIAN MILITARY RECONCILIATION CENTER IN SYRIA IS WARNING ABOUT A POSSIBLE FALSE FLAG CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN THE COUNTRY.  JIHADIST OPPOSITION FORCES SAID TO BE MAKING DEVICES WHOSE USE WILL BE BLAMED ON SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND ITS ALLIES IRAN AND RUSSIA......TASS STORY

"The Israeli government ruined the lives of 120,000 people in just 47 seconds"

Israeli gym owner Stella Weinstein came into the "coronavirus cabinet" meeting today and made the plea for gyms not to be shut down in the country.     They were recently closed in a bid to prevent spread of Covid-19.......YNET NEWS ISRAEL

SIX ISRAELI CITIES INCLUDING JERUSALEM ON A LIST TO BE SHUT DOWN IN THE COMING HOURS AND OR DAYS IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING THE CORONAVIRUS......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

AFTER TWO NIGHTS OF PROTESTS THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT BACKING DOWN FROM A WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CURFEW IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF BELGRADE.....BBC NEWS

The coronavirus story around the world as reported by BBC News on its daily blog.......BBC NEWS DAILY CORONAVIRUS BLOG 7/9/2020

In other news......

A Russian art collector offering to buy the Teddy Roosevelt statue in New York City that's set to be taken down.     Andrei Filatov would like to move it to St. Petersburg.   His Art Russe foundation hasn't received any answer from authorities in New York yet......TASS NEWS AGENCY

That's the way it really is Thursday July 9th, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.