Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for

 
–Friday, July 3, 2020 —
 
 
—Here are 3 big things you need to know—
 
 
Three—  Ford Motor Company is launching a new program for potential customers that are nervous about buying or leasing cars in an unsettling economy. Under the Ford Promise program, customers who lease or purchase a vehicle with Ford Credit financing and then lose their job within a year can return the vehicle.
 
Two— State officials are urging people not to delay care after a 62% hike in out-of-hospital deaths amid the pandemic.  EMS data represent an increase in out-of-hospital deaths from 1,579 in 2019 to 2,824 for that same two-month period this year
 
And number one— President Donald Trump will attend a fireworks ceremony today at Mount Rushmore –an event that will not include social distancing, according to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. The celebration honoring Independence Day occurs a day before the actual July Fourth, when Trump will be back in Washington to host fireworks there.