At a News Conference in tallahassee, florida, Governor Ron Desantis gave an update on the coronavirus and his states phased approach to reopening. This is just under an hour. Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection
Gov. Desantis good afternoon. Im here to give an update on covid19 and specifically an update on where we are with the Reemployment Program and the compensation we have been paying out and what we are going to continue to do going forward. Doing what have we been with the plan . From the beginning, protect the vulnerable, increase testing, promote social distancing, tight Health Workers and prevent introduction from outside the state. We are going to continue to be doing that. Nothing changes. The contours of that will shift a little bit. Those are still key priorities as we go forward. We are now in phase one in the state of florida. Other than our three southeastern photo counties that have had to deal with a little bit more significant epidemic. This is something where we received input from a wide crosssection of people across the state including many of our great physicians. We did have a reopen for the task force that crated a number of great recommendations. Considered that repo
Lauren simonetti watching markets for us. Edward lawrence with new reporting from washington. Same story for Hillary Vaughn on capitol hill today for us. Lauren, lets begin with you on the markets . Lauren i cant hear but i can tell you what happened in the markets today. A lot of whiplash. The market was fixing positive news with negative news. The big news today was the fed stimulus, right . Also the numbers from the coronavirus seem to be improving. So at the end of the did i we cannot say that the dow is up the best since 1938 but it was higher by 281 points. Check out the s p 500. It squeaks out its best Weekly Performance since 1974. What a week for the stock market. Despite the negative news, one in 10 American Workers has lost their job. We got those jobless claims this morning. Take a look at the airlines, guys, it has been a spectacular week for them. Names like american airlines, united up. Some of them double digits. Up all week. I have do have to tell you as you know the n
Launches tomorrow. Also today, Governor Newsom announced a release package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses the next year without penalty. And in San Francisco maryland and breed announced a Small Business Emergency Loan Fund that can provide zero interest loans. According to the labor department, a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 800 78,000 people filed firsttime claims. We are live with how people are dealing with the overwhelmed unemployment system. Reporter many of the people who are trying to file our feeling overwhelmed, julie. The state saw a 0 increase in unemployment claims just last week and some gig workers and contract workers are saying they are seeing long delays. Before the coronavirus pandemic steve craig was barely getting by as an uber driver. Now he is among the millions who have filed for unemployment. I know of at least half a dozen people in my family that have file. Report
rights become a central issue in the upcoming november midterms. the big picture tonight the states where abortion will be banned. we re in wisconsin, where one clinic turned away 70 women with abortion appointments. driving more than 20 hours for an abortion we re in a so-called surge state, where they expect a nearly 400% increase in patients. why the head of planned parenthood calls it a healthcare crisis. and finally, what all parties agree on that the fight is not over. the part of justice thomas concurring opinion that has critics worried that access to contraception and same-sex marriage is next. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from the supreme court. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday night, on a day that changed america. we re outside the supreme court after the landmark decision that overturned roe v. wade and ended a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. as you can see behind me,