On wall street, its been another dark day, with trading again halted to stop a freefall. At the capitol, theres a frantic push to pass a 1 trillion rescue package. And in florida, a crackdown on spring breakers as officials plead with younger americans to avoid big crowds. Now wider testing is revealing a clearer picture of the pandemics toll, and with a jump in the number of confirmed infections over the last week and u. S. Death tolls still rising. And all this as workers, medical professionals, and the sick all ask, when will help arrive . We have a team of correspondents reporting on the pandemic. We are going to begin tonight with ben tracy at the white house. Ben, these are dramatic moves that most americans have never seen. Reporter thats right, and the president now says he considers the country on a wartime footing, comparing this to world war ii and saying americans are going to need to make sacrifices. President trump is invoking the full power of the federal government to c
Flash floods and landslides in nepal have killed at least 43. 00 people after 2 days of incessant rain the bug the river overflowed its banks destroying roadways and flooding towns more rain is now expected over the weekend so mistrust it has more now from katmandu. Cars and motorbikes buried in mud after rivers quickly rose above the danger levels and burst their banks streets have been flooded the water flowing into her since thursday its been raining steadily across nepal triggering flash floods and landslides hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes and rescuers have been searching for those reported missing Emergency Services have also recovered some bodies in my skirts of the capital katmandu the heavy rains brought crashing down crushing a section of the heart which are not the of the one the wall suddenly crumble we thought it was an earthquake by the time we came out the host was broken 20 members of one family were asleep at the time 3 of them died 2 women one
Important research and news you can use on how long the virus remains on surfaces. The growing concerns about americans Mental Health. We talk to psychologist lisa damour about how to manage stress and anxiety in the middle of a pandemic. And answering the call how americas distilleries are stepping up and changing their recipe to meet a critical need. Ir this is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. We begin with breaking news tonight as President Trump is closing the border with canada and calling himself a wartime president , invoking Emergency Powers to help deal with the shortage of medical supplies. Military hospital ships will be sent to big cities to help ease the crush of new patients. And as major automakers suspend production, the president says a worstcase scenario could bring job losses not seen since the great depression. On wall street, its been another dark day, with trading again
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