Memorial day. Good evening everyone. Im Frank Somerville working from home tonight. And im julie haener. No big parades or sports event and traveling to your favorite vacation spots no longer an option. We honor the thousands of americans who died from the coronavirus in the past new months. We have Jana Katsuyama with how the nation marked this holiday. Reporter julie, some of the memorial day events were canceled entirely and others were held with no crowds. A very sobering start to a summer of uncertainty. Reporter at Arlington National cemetery President Trump and the first ladesy paids tribute to the dead. We honored the herose we have lost. We pray for the loved ones they left behind. Reporter the president nots wearing a mask. Joe biden and his wife jill, did have their masks. Images of a nation honoring the war dead while fighting another battle of health on the political front. Those numbers made ream in each name listed in the sobering obituary in the sundays new york times.
Sit down and talk. Shes calling coronavirus economic shutdown total insanity and shes here to explain why she believes that las vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman on this edition ticket. Was going to politicking on larry king as the u. S. Covert 19 death toll can be as sure rise and the disease invades the white house President Trump focuses on reopening the economy with the majority of states following his cue joining me now to talk about her hopes to reopen her city for business is Carolyn Goodman mayor of las vegas. A position shes held since 2011 shes called the current Coronavirus Business shut down total insanity and generate a lot of controversy of the photo and the idea of using vegas as a control group for testing whether social distancing actually works the mayor joins us from the view change any of you opinion gowan you know i think what i was trying to get across is we werent broken you know you dont build a city with such great. Tourism and convention numbers if we hadnt already
Would show the whole world that we were safe from wonderful place Great Entertainment great food Great Conventions and across the most fabulous weather you could imagine so it was a turn the entire and the last time a survey says the vegas will open in certain degrees over the next month or so will have if they have tables theyll be separated separate from slot machines no nightclubs. Restaurants limited capacity isnt that a good start. Well you know i dont think much has changed thats the tragedy we still dont have our arms around this very significant virus that really has set a death toll around the world. So we really are where weve always been with that were very aware of it and everybodys terribly concerned a lot of people are extremely frightened and certainly i understand that but it is we have no prevention yet. We have no treatment if ones diagnosed yet and we certainly have no vaccine yet so far so i sent them the city if all 0 since you say a true why open the city. Where p
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Concerns over Civil Liberties in the us a Small Technology is deployed in the fight against the virus. But accused of genocide and murdering a young girl could a trial in germany prove a landmark case in the years e. D. s search for justice. Also illustrating how to get the message across we meet artists highlighting the dangers of the virus in one of the worlds most crowded places. With us and welcome to the news hour a warning is being sounded by the World Health Organization for those pinning their hopes on the coronavirus not striking people more than once it says theres no evidence those who recover from the virus develop antibodies or any immunity from repeat infections its urging against issuing what are being called immune. Passports theyre essentially certificates given to people whove recovered from a bout of covert 19 chile has announced that it will be the 1st country to hand out these certificates so that people can return to work other countries are looking at antibody te