Show. Tonight. John such a nasty word people say it caused by our financial problem. A lot of people in business are greedy but arent you . At abc a documentary on greed showing how it can be selfdestructive. To test peoples greed they put dollar bills in ballpark you canget as many for yourself but every 10 seconds if there is money left he will double it. John the game ends if they empty the bowl. What happens . They could have made more money if they left half of the bills but they did not work that out. Sally kohn is a liberal blocker writing about that attitude. I dont thinkreed is bad but what values do we hold alongside as a country . As a society . To balance out those impulses for the better good of everyone . John an eonomist from George Mason University thinks the government should but out except in foreseeing rule of law. Property rights constrain selfinterest. I dont like to 17. We are more self interested ourselves, our family, not about strangers. Every economy will be b
2 2236,000 236,000 have been infected. More Research Experts now say people can spread the coronavirus just by talking and even breathing. This hour ill speak with the doctor in the white house about the everyday. Thats coming up. We also have new reporting on the struck to him get desperately needed ventilators to hospitals across the country as thousands of machines remain on the side lines due to maintenance troubles. First, lets go to cnns nick watt. Give us the latest. Reporter well, washington, here in california, the case count still rising here in los angeles the mayor has turned over the enormous convention center, the National Guard has turned it into a Field Hospital and the mayor has also told Utility Companies that they can cut off water and power to any nonessential businesses that are still refusing to close. The epicenter still over there in new york. We are dying. We are getting sick. It doesnt matter how many ventilators we get if we are dead and cannot run the ventil
Passing 5600. Meanwhile, the economy is being battered by the record 6. 6 million americans filing unemployment claims this past week. 10 million americans have asked for Unemployment Benefits in the last two weeks. And food banks across the country, they are struggling amidst the surge of people in need as a result of the coronavirus crisis. In washington, d. C. , speaker of the house nancy pelosi creating a House Committee to oversee the Trump Administration covid19 response. That committee will be able to subpoena the white house for records. The democrats saying now is the time to advance some of their priorities. Watch this. We want to include some infrastructure that directly relates to the coronavirus crisis. For example, clean water. We will do infrastructure. We need it big, we need a bold, and we need it futuristic, which means clean. What is the opportunity to your question . Reimagining a more progressive era as it relates to capitalism. We see this as an opportunity to res
This country especially for those in front lines of this fight, the doctors, the nurse, the First Responders, the patient who s who are suffering the loved ones of all of those people, some of whom dont get to say goodbye. Continuing the special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Were standing by for todays briefing on day where it feels like were getting a clearer picture of how unprepared our whole of government was for this war and how much we still dont know about the enemy were fighting. President trump announced he was limiting travel from china at the end of january. The the 63 days the confirmed cases have spiked pov 230,000. The most of any world when global cases hit one million. Theres the ast next to china. We dont know for sure how many people have this virus. We dont know how many people are asymptomatic. 63 days into this war and we still dont know where the enemy is that were fighting. All we know is where the enemy was. The New York Times reviewed cdc data and found
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. It is the first day of the new reality in washington, a government that is about to become even more sharply divided. Voters have given republicans control of both houses of congress for the next two years, the last two years of the administration of democratic president barack obama. The g. O. P. Won back the senate by taking at least seven seats now held by democrats. Three races are still undecided. The republicans will have at least 52 seats in the new senate, the democrats at least 45. Mitch mcconnell is expected to be the new majority leader in the senate. Today, both he and the president said they will try to Work Together to get things done try and we have a series of reports tonight. First, Major Garrett at the white house. Reporter after another Midterm Election drubbing, president obama pledged no fundamental changes in his White House Team or its tactics. Re if the way we are t