Million confirmed cases worldwide. More than 600,000 are in the u. S. , where deaths have surged past 27,000. Tonight, new yorks governor is ordering everyone there to wear masks in public. And l. A. s mayor reportedly wont allow concerts or sporting events until next year. But in other places, there is anger that all of those restrictions are taking their own toll on the economy. In michigan today, cars jammed streets near the capitol, protesting that states strict stayathome rules. And while most restrictions nationwide were put in place by governors, President Trump says tomorrow hell announce federal guidelines to reopen the country. Adding to the president s sense of urngencey. Retail sales for things like clothes and furniture hit historic lows in march, and that federal loan fund designed to help Small Businesses pay their employees . Well, its set to run out of money tonight. All of that is balanced against scenes like this in new york city bodies piling up in refrigerator truc
Reporter bazemore is communicating with parents any way she can like over textings. She started hosting virtual pizza parties with a different student each friday as encouragement. I solicited donations from friends and family, and through those donations, im able to provide a pizza at their doorstep, forget all of the things that are happening in our world today and just have a relaxing moment. Reporter are you concerned that theyre going to be left behind . Oh, im absolutely concerned. We talk about summer slide, how students decline over their reading and math skills over the summer, were going to have a corona slide and its going to be very very significant. Reporter education expert dr. Karen aronian agrees, saying data points to a steep decline. This is a crisis right now. We know were looking at with reading, a 30 dropoff, and in that, 50 for this time frame. Reporter aronian thinks district should begin utilizing retired and substitute teachers to help reach students who dont h
The daily show host tells us how this helped m prepare for the challenges of today. Noahs ark, i like that, anthony. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by being truthful and transparent failed to do so. Reporter President Trump has announced he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. He accused the w. H. O. Of severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus. So much dea bed he idacowledged that individual statese the powi powish power to reopen or not. We say this unequivocally. There is no question that testing anywhere in our country is not nearly where it needs to be. Reporter former president barack obama has endorsed his v. P. , joe biden, for president. Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us in a long recovery. Reporter senator sanders and cardi b. Both threw their