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President Trump urges in-person worship services to resume

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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President Trump urges in-person worship services to resume
President Trump urges in-person worship services to resume

President Donald Trump is urging individual state leaders to reopen houses of worship as soon as possible, adding America needs more prayer, not less, amid the pandemic.

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HE SAYS...HOUSES OF WORSHIP AREESSENTIAL...AND...WARNED GOVERNORS NOT....TO DEFY HIM!LETS GET TO....13 INVESTIGATES REPORTER...JOE BARTELS..LIVE NEAR LAS VEGAS BOULEVARDAND SPRING MOUNTAIN....WITH THE DETAILS...JOE?THE PRESIDENT SAYS..PLACES OF WORSHIP HAVE BEENCLOSED LONG ENOUGH..AND DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE..HE CALLED FOR GOVERNORS TOALLOWIN PERSON WORSHIP SERVICES TORESUME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..IN LINE WITH NEW FEDERALGUIDANCE...IN UNCERTAIN TIMES..FAITH IS THE CONSTANT FORMANY.FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS...COVID-19..

.HAS PUT A STOP...TO IN PERSON..RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS...SOT: PHILIP GOLDSTEIN/CANTORAND SPIRITUAL LEADER SHIRATSHALOM 14:51:52 "I'M HAPPY THATWE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT HOUSESOF WORSHIP ARE AN IMPORTANTPART OF EVERY DAY LIFE." PHILIP GOLDSTEIN...IS A CANTOR AND SPIRITUALLEADER AT SHIRAT SHALOM..HE SAYS..THE PRESIDENT'SANNOUNCEMENT... IS WELCOMED.SOT: PRESIDENT DONALDTRUMP/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA1:11 "THESE ARE PLACES THATHOLD OUR SOCIETY TOGETHER ANDKEEP OUR PEOPLE UNITED THEPEOPLE ARE DEMANDING TO GO TOCHURCH AND SYNAGOGUE GO TO THEMOSQUE MANY MILLIONS OFAMERICANS EMBRACE WORSHIP AS ANESSENTIAL PART OF LIFE." THE PRESIDENT SAYS..NEW FEDERAL GUIDANCE BY WAY OFTHE C-D-C..WILL ALLOW IN PERSON WORSHIPSERVICES..HE URGED..GOVERNORS TO ALLOW THEREOPENINGS TO TAKE PLACE..BY THIS WEEKEND.SOT: PRESIDENT DONALDTRUMP/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.2:01 "IF THEY DON'T I WILLOVERRIDE THE GOVERNORS INAMERICA WE NEED MORE PRAYER NOTLESS." THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ATODDS WITH GOVERNORS..AND STATES THAT HAVE BEEN SLOWTO REOPEN..BUT THE LARGER QUESTION..CAN THE PRESIDENTIAL...THERE A LEGAL MECHANISM FOR HIMPRESIDENTIALLY LIKE ANEFFECT." ATTORNEY MATTHEWHOFFMAN..SAYS THE CONSTITUTION GIVES ALOT OF POWERS..SUCH AS REOPENINGS..THE CATHOLIC ARCH DIOCESE OFNEVADA..AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR'SOFFICE FOR THEIR TAKE ONTHIS...WE'RE GOING THROUGH THEGUIDELINES FOR REOPENING..AND WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU AT6..REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWS.TODAY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF

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