Other leaders face another reckoning. And the pandemic ravages americans lives and livelihoods. Next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by life isnt a straight line. And sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected with Financial Planning and advice for today and tomorrow. Announcer kaiser permanente. Additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation. Committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. The corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. It was a week when one death in minnesota rivaled in public intensity 100,000 now dead in the United States from the pandemic. And we begin tonight with that anger and pain on the streets of minneapolis. Millions of americans
Robert next. Announcer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by life isnt a Straight Line and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected with Financial Planning and advice for today and tomorrow. Kaiser permanente. Additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and Patricia Yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. The corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. We start with sobering numbers. An update on the health of the nation. More than 95,000 americans have died due to the coronavirus paemic with nearly 1. 6 million nfirmed cases in the United States. Next, a spike in the joblessness rate, almost 2. 5 million americans filed for unemployment last week, pushing the total to more t
Its the exact opposite. It says that would be a king. Robert next. Annocer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by life isnt a straight line. And sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Delity is here to help you work through the unexpected with Financial Planning and advice for today antomorrow. Aughter] announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams, and koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundaon committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. Theti corpo for public broadcasting and by contributis to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thanu. Once again from washington moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. It was a critical week for the trump presency. At its core it was about his decision to encourage the reopening of america. He veered from claiming total authority toultimately leaving it in the hands of states. But theres no doubt about where he stands. Earlier friy, te president tweeted
Coming up, more on the coronavirus outbreak on the u. S. Response with dr. William schaffner from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and we will get your reaction by phone, facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Guest republicans 2027488001 independents 2027488002. The conversation on twitter cspan wj or facebook. Com cspan. Here speak House Speaker nancy yesterday sounding confident that the house would vote. I dont think well get consent. Theres some other people who that. Bject to were not worried about that. Our members want to come back in debate and wethe expect to have a voice vote on it. Preparedt, well be for whatever it is. One way or another, with losing no time, we will be passing the bill tomorrow. Thank you. Host speaker of the house yesterday. David when they gaveling in at next . M. , what happens guest they will pass this as quickly as they can. The question is whether or not, is going to have force rollvoice and call voice. Theres parameters in place to r
End of this. Are really just beginni we are seeing case numbers climb on a dai basis. Judy all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Fidelity investments. Consumer cellular, american cruiselines. Entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. The lenelson foundation, improving lives through invention. Supported by the johnd and Catherine T Macarthur foundation, wking toward a more just and peaceful world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible broadcasting and byblic contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the United States h more than 60,000 people infected wit use coronav p the pandemic is now taking more than 600 lives in this country alone some 300 of those are in new york city wherergent efforts e underway to cope with a is,geoning Public Health cr but the