With a master’s degree in epidemiology, a Mexican American woman is now working in the same fields where her family first got its start in the US. Due to the pandemic, she went back to the fields to help her family and also to raise awareness about the plight of immigrant farm workers.

Every bride dreams of the perfect wedding day. But for one young woman in Beirut that special day became a nightmare after a horrific explosion leveled part of the city. The video of her posing in her gown just before the blast has now gone viral.

The Labor Department reported today the unemployment rate fell to 10.2% in July, down from a peak of 14.7% in April. The economy also added 1.8 million jobs in July. To discuss this, we spoke to Chris Lu, former deputy labor secretary under President Obama.

In New York, new checkpoints are being rolled out to try to contain the spread of the virus in what, just months ago, was the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.

“As a teacher, I have been filled with anxiety the last few weeks about how I am going to protect my students… It is a horrible situation and we need the leadership to help get us through this time," says Angela Philpot, a junior high school teacher in Mesa, Arizona and treasurer of the Arizona Education Association.

The US is fast approaching 160,000 deaths due to the coronavirus as Texas is set to become the third state with half a million cases. The Rio Grande valley is in crisis mode setting up a makeshift hospital. This as Dr. Anthony Fauci warns we may never fully eradicate covid-19.