Desperate plight of people losing their Health Insurance, too. And back in the game. The nfl kicks off its first ever virtual draft today. Well show you the other ideas leagues are considering to get sports back on tv. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Deadly tornadoes breaking out across parts of the south. In la louisiana, texas, oklahom. Everything is gone. The trees are gone. Swish. 4. 4 million new filings for Unemployment Benefits. This is about six to seven times higher than we ever saw during the great recession. Thats raising the total layoffs since the virus hit to more than 26 million. In some sense, the numbers are telling us what we already see with our eyes. Protests to reopen are growing. Southern governors are already loosening their restrictions. We have to proceed in a cver careful, measured way. You dont believe there should be distancing . Of course. Carolyn goodman sounding off about reopening the city. Youre talking disease. Im talking
Avert a worst case scenario. And remote control. How zoom calls may be getting hacked and what the company says its doing about it. Oh, no, dont hack zoom, but first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were going to have a couple of weeks, starting pretty much now, but especially a few days from now, that are going to be horrific. President trump says the National Stockpile of emergency medical supplies is almost depleted. With all due respect it seems like so much of this were making it up as we go along. When bullets start flying, everything becomes a fog and you have to play it by ear. The Labor Department says more than 6 million americans filed for unemployment last week. These are numbers we saw over the course of the entire great recession. This is like a flood, and the waters are still rising. Bloomberg news is reporting the u. S. Intelligence community concluded that china has been under reporting cases of the coronavirus. Seem to be a little bit on the late si
Nationally . Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. The deadly wave that is covid19 is steadily growing bigger every day. Consider this. One month ago today only two people in the u. S. Had died from the virus. Tonight the death toll is more than 5100. Men, women and children. More and more, states across the country are now hiding the danger signs, issuing stay at home restrictions. But tonight we take you inside the battle brewing between faith, the federal government and covid19. People are the church, not the building. Reporter its a warm spring evening in louisiana, and parishioners are gathering to worship at Life Tabernacle church outside baton rouge. The pastor welcomes his congregants. We are the good samaritans. The good, faithful members of this church. Reporter but in recent days he has come under fire by Holding Services. We continue to worship and practice our First Amendment rights. Reporter this past sunday, pastor spell says more than 1200 people gathered at his
All the overnight developments right now on america this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Vice president mike pence says it could be memorial day before we get through the most challenging part of this National Coronavirus crisis. Nearly 1,000 americans have died in just the last 24 hours. Heres the map this morning showing the death tolls by state. New york is reporting more than 2,000 deaths. New jersey and michigan each have more than 300 followed by louisiana, washington and california with over 200 each. President trump says the Strategic National stockpile of ongo one we. Nlqpmsey 40in y five states have not yet issued a stay at home order or some kind of statewide close. They include arkansas, missouri, nebraska and the dakotas. Abcs ines de la cuetara begins our coverage. Reporter with more than 5,000 deaths reported from covid19 across the country, President Trump striking a grim tone. Difficult days are ahead for our nation. Were going to have a couple of weeks start
Woodruff all that and mo, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity investments. Bnsf railway. Financial Services Firm ond james. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supp innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lu. Thank you. Woodruff yet anoer momentous day in the relentless march of this pandemic. As of tonight, covid19 has infected more than one Million People around the world, and already left well over 50,000 dead. The u. S. Count is nearing 6,000 dead, and President Trump has now ordered steps to make more ventilators available. White house Officials Say he may also call for wearing face masks hot spots. Meanwhile, there is fresh evidence that the u. S. Work