Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Major League Baseball did not even make it a week before they had to cancel a game because of a krocoronavirus outbreak in th midst. The story of what happened is the story of americas utter failure to deal with this p pandemic that has killed nearly 150,000 of our fellow americans. You might remember back on march 11th, right, we had not quite shut down states yet, lots of schools were still open. There was supposed to be a regular season basketball game. Fans were in the stands. The game was about to start. And right before the tipoff, one of the jazz players tested positive and the game was canceled. Later that night, the season was postponed indefinitely. And then tom hanks announced he had the virus and then the nation basically shut down and then the before times were over. Four months later, we have not had sports for an obvious reason. You cannot safely crowd thousands of people, not to mention the competing athletes together and watc
Middle of a pandemic. But all these other sports leagues have a lot of money on the line. I mean, they have every single financial incentive to figure out a way to play and broadcast what their play is and to play safely. For months these sports teams have tried to figure out a way to make it work. The nba announced a plan to resume their season in an isolated zone in orlando called the bubble. The National Hockey league announced a similar plan. Major League Baseball worked on a similar plan of their own. Rob manfred telling the new york times, we cannot be the one sport that doesnt figure out how to play. The league created all sorts of protocols to make it work. They tried to cut down on travel, so there is a reduced travel schedule. There are, of course, no fans in the stands. Its bizarre to watch a game under those conditions. In fact, theyre piping in crowd noise to sort of give you the sense there are people cheering. Here is the Pittsburgh Pirates manager arguing with the umpir
Welcome to bbc news. On his second day in office, President Biden has declared the economic crisis in the United States is deepening. He says he will take action to help families struggling to afford food because of lost income due to the pandemic. Mr biden wants to go much further hes calling on congress to authorise a 1. 9 trillion relief package. He says the time to act boldly is now. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. A nations economy buckling under coronavirus, shuttered businesses and still rising unemployment. On his second day in office, the new president laid out his hand to confront the stark reality of covid 19s impact on peoples lives. Joe biden is promising swift action to help americans who have been left without jobs and to help americans who have been left withoutjobs and some who are struggling to put food on the table. fix, are struggling to put food on the table are struggling to put food on the table. A lot of americans are hurting the table. A l
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. On his second day in office, President Biden has declared the economic crisis in the United States is deepening. He says he will take action to help families struggling to afford food because of lost income due to the pandemic. Mr biden wants to go much further hes calling on congress to authorise a 1. 9 trillion relief package. He says the time to act boldly is now. I dont believe the people of this country just want to stand by and watch their friends, their neighbours, co workers, fellow americans go hungry, lose their homes or lose their sense of dignity and hope and respect. I dont believe that. Especially in the middle of a pandemic thats so weakened and wreaked so much havoc and caused so much pain on america. Thats not who we are. The bottom line is this. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So weve got to move with everything weve got, and weve got to do it together. I don
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. On his second day in office, President Biden has declared the economic crisis in the United States is deepening. He says he will take action to help families struggling to afford food because of lost income due to the pandemic. Mr biden wants to go much further. Hes calling on congress to authorise a 1. 9 trillion relief package. He says the time to act boldly is now. I dont believe the people of this country just want to stand by and watch their friends, their neighbours, co workers, fellow americans go hungry, lose their homes or lose their sense of dignity and hope and respect. I dont believe that. Especially in the middle of a pandemic thats so weakened and wreaked so much havoc and caused so much pain on america. Thats not who we are. The bottom line is this. Were in a national emergency. We need to act like were in a national emergency. So weve got to move with everything weve got, and weve got to do it together. I do