Good Morning, News: A Potential COVID Vaccine, Obama Speaks Out, and Happy Explosion Anniversary, Mount ...

by Wm. Steven Humphrey We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you've come to love. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury . President Trump after learning former President Obama criticized his bungled response to the pandemic. Steve Terrill / Getty Images GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! When you walk by every night, talkin' sweet and lookin' fine, I get kinda hectic inside. LET'S GO TO PRESS. First of all, HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUNT ST. HELEN'S ERUPTION, Y'ALL! On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted not from its peak but from its side. The...