Million americans filed unemployment claims. That means 22 million americans now say they have lost their jobs since this crisis began. That dire Economic News led the president just moments ago to lay out a threephase proposal to get americans back to work, t t after asserting that he has the authority to lift those stayathome restrictions, he now says states are responsible for that. Now, all this comes as the pandemic continues to take its brutal toll. Total cases in this country now top 650,000. More than 32,000 have died. And each day brings another horror. Today, we learned of a grim discovery at a new jersey nursing home 17 bodies found in a morgue meant to hold no more than four. Our correspondents have new reporting tonight. And we will begin with Mark Strassmann in atlanta on the economy. Mark . Reporter the longer this economy stays in lockdown with businesses closed, like this restaurant, the more jobs will be lost. And this unprecedented surge in unemployment raises anothe
A cbs news investigation reveals more than 5,000 deaths at ericaing hos. Agrbbagsth 17 seniors found dead at one facility. A mothers embrace the moment a mother who was put on a ventilator and barely survived meets for the first time her erwborn son. Racing to a cure. Our series continues. Researchers are taking a new look at a 100yearold vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis. Could it help fight covid19 . And, paying it forward. We have an inspiring story of Community Coming together to help their neighbors pay rent. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We begin with news of the faltering American Economy and nounced to try to restart it. Announced to try to restart it. In just the last week, 5. 2 million americans filed claims. Ment claims. That means 22 million americans that means 22 million americans now say they have lost their jobs since this crisis began. That dire Economic News
The rules. We recommended Face Coverings in the past and now as of midnight tonight, it will be a requirement. Two big stories tonight. The city of San Francisco makes it mandatory to wear a mask. The latest community to do so. Plus the economic consequences of this virus are now just coming into sharper focus. We are now in a pandemicinduced recession here in the state of california. Pandemicinduced recession. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And the Economic Advisory group will be joined by dozens. The Advisory Group will also include all four former living governors of the state. Pete wilson, gray davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Newsome is coming up with plans that can be tapped now, not down the line. The jobless rate climbed to 5. 3 . The governor said its a sobering fact but dont be permanent. In terms of what we should expect in the future, we have great confidence in our capacity to in a california way to not just survive, working our way through this pandemic but to thrive
Lots to talk about this morning, once again we follow the bouncing ball of the china story and overnight we are learning that both sides said they would be willing to roll back tariffs, interesting. Devil is in the details, this can be very good, imagine how much markets might soar if you, in fact, do get this first round deal with china, very good news for investors. Maria we have a rally underway right now, futures indicating doubledigit gain, on top of all 3 major averages closing in record territory yesterday over optimism in deal with china, u. S. And china, s p was up 11 and nasdaq up 46, washington and beijing considering rolling back tariffs of completing phase 1 of much larger agreement, President Trump spoke about that in rally last night, listen to this. China is doing poorly as you know, but they are paying billions and billions of dollars and theyve never given us 10 cents before, billions of dollars, they gave a lot of the money to our farmers who got targeted but no long
The Administration Made a big move on huawei with Edward Lawrence covering it from the white house. Reporter President Trump is not ready to make a deal with china. Every countermove or every move to increase pressure on chinese, are met by countermove by the chinese who have not backed off, or come back to the table, when china had stimulus for its companies and economy, white house announced 90 days for companies to stop selling to huawei. The news heard on mornings with maria. It is another 90 days for the u. S. Telecom companies, some of the rural companies are dependent on huawei. So were giving them a little time to wean themselves off but there are no specific licenses being granted for anything. Okay. Reporter this is relief chinese were looking for, they said u. S. Should allow huawei to continue to do business with u. S. Companies. The they are looking for chinese to reverse course to buy agriculture from the United States. This delay comes as tim cook, the apple ceo, met wit