This man bears testimony i think you should here, joining us is Richard Rifkin. How are you doing . Im doing well. Richard, a bit of background. You now live in los angeles and operate the Jewish Activity Center in los angeles, and run an architecture company, but i know its been a painful frightening three weeks. You are dealing cancer. With the cancer, the doctors pretty much knew what we were dealing with, but with coronavirus, theres no solution, theres no cure. And were really just guessing, so coronavirus is much scarier. Watching you to detail the ballots,ib ballots, i could tell there were days you didnt think you were going to make it. How did you catch it . My offices are inside fashion malls, so it could have been just through contact with a lot of people. I also do a lot of traveling for work. I really dont know how i got it. Community spread, right . How long did you think you went before symptoms started showing . I remember very specifically it was a wednesday afternoon,
White House Task Force member dr. Anthony fauci joins us this morning. On the lines. Millions struggle to get benefits. Desperation setting in as crowds seek applications. 6. 6 people filing for unemployment. The staggering new numbers this morning. Covid19 confrontation. Where are you from . The suspicious popup testing site driven out by angry residents. The red flags, the operation under investigation this morning. White house showdown. Joe biden set for the democratic nomination after Bernie Sanders drops out of the race. How the Coronavirus Crisis is reshaping the race for president. Severe weather strike. Overnight tornadoes touching down in arkansas, damaging homes and cars and powerful winds flipping a semi truck off the road in illinois. Were tracking the latest this morning. And day of hope. Were celebrating americans all across this great country, making a difference. With lines at drivethrough food banks stretching for miles, the Unsung Heroes racing to help hungry families
Rightwing extremist groups, and of course there was some of that, but a large number were simply ordinary working people who see their livelihoods slipping away. Theyve lost jobs, income and in some cases hope for the future. Theyre scared. A few states are responding to the demands. Florida and South Carolina opened some of their beaches. Texas is now allowing retail to go curb curbside pickups. Georgias governor brian kent went further allowing nonessential businesses to given operations. To begin operations. But the pressure for continuing to keep the economy shut remains. Even President Trump came out against georgias governor. I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for the incredible people of georgia. Finish i think its too soon. Gerry now, moving too fast certainly does risk the spread of the disease weve been working hard to stop, but perhaps this lockdown wasnt really necessary at all. In sweden, whic
We are all in it together, good evening, everyone. I am julie haener, working from home. Im frank somerville. It is tough to gauge progress when the numbers continue to go up. The death toll from the coronavirus is now past 10,000 here in the United States and is approaching 11,000. In california, gov. Newsom said that he expects the outbreak will peak in midmay but he also said there are already indications that the hospitalization rate is slowing down. Signs of progress in the fight against the coronavirus in new york. Retail and travel stocks were among the biggest gainers with markets up more than 7 today. And the Prime Minister of Great Britain was put in intensive care at the hospital after his symptoms for coronavirus took a turn for the worst. Boris johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus 10 days ago, the white house is now reaching out to offer assistance. Gov. Newsom said california will be lending 500 ventilators to the National Stock file to help u. S hotspots. At the same t
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