How and where the virus is spreading. Steve. Reporter kristin, the u. S. Is currently testing about 150,000 people a day. Researchers at harvard say that number will need to triple if the u. S. Is going to be able to safely reopen the economy. Vice president pence said the u. S. Was quickly ramping up the testing numbers. We believe the testing that we have today, chris, across the country, once we activate all of the labs that can do coronavirus testing, is sufficient for any state in america to move into phase one. Reporter not all states are waiting for new tests. The mayor of jacksonville opened up the beaches. He put in Place Limited hours, restrictions on towels and chairs but the crowds came, despite admonitions to keep up social distancing. The mayor of miami said the beaches would open up, he didnt say when. South carolina also prepared next week to reopen its beaches. Texas as well as vermont opening up some limited shopping next week as well with curbside pickup. This comes
And boy, the more that we learn about the situation in california and the family of officer singh the cedric s. Welcome to americas news headquarters i am leland vittert. And Kristin Fisher. This is day number eight of the partial Government Shutdown and the present is continuing to blame it on democrats. An hour ago he said im in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security from what i hear theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment, that they little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Garrett tenney is live with more on where the standoff stands today. Not expected to resolve the next few days. Lees congress is out of session until wednesday with the new Congress Begins and so far Democratic Leaders are refusing to negotiate with the white house. That could change later this week though. Once democrats take control of the house and nancy pelosi is expected to become speaker. They are expected to atte
Leland newspeak of the house coming in and just a couple days. A lot of misery for the new year. Im leland vittert. And im kristen fisher. It is now day nine of this partial government shut down with still not deal in sight. Democrats and republicans are continuing to blame each other. Garrett tenney with us now. Reporter not any major progress but maybe just a little. Most home for the holidays left it up to a negotiated deal. The problem is those negotiations like you typically see during the shut down other than happening. Behind the scenes the number of lawmakers in both parties have meaning to try and work out a deal than the shutdown. The proposal so far include a combination of funding for the wall, and a fix for daca and others that they could support. The hope is they could be enough to get a deal, but that was also the hope of the bipartisan immigration deal that President Trump next last year. Today on face the nation, senator jon tester was an optimistic this time around wo