Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This national flu epidemic is getting worse by the day and today bostons, population 600,000 plus, declared a Public Health emergency after the virus killed more than a dozen people. At least three more states montana, south dakota, and arizona are now reporting widespread flu, bringing the total to 44 states. And the c. D. C. Said the percentage of people going to the hospital for treatment has doubled in the past month. We asked dr. Jon lapook to give us the latest. Reporter the emergency in boston was declared after confirmed cases of tphrur reached 700. There were just 70 at this time last year. Across the state, 18 patients have died. Dr. Barbara ferrer is the executive director of the boston Public Health commission. In the last two weeks alone weve doubled our number. So if we continue at this rate to see new cases well have an explosion of flu in the city of boston. So we really nee
88 degrees. Little bit of the breeze but lots of sunshine still. Lets see we have at the present time. Have you notice that had big full moon outside or opened your window and looked outside, unbelievable the we will talk more about that. Storm scan three you can see nothing in our area. There are a few clouds off towards the the State College area but otherwise it looks like a nice start to the day and it will be a very nice finish to the day too. 71 degrees in philadelphia. Sixtyseven in trenton. 69 degrees in wilmington. Cooler in the poconos at 62 and along the shore we have temperatures in the middle 60s. The dew points are higher then they were yesterday. Slightly more humid to take. It will be increasingly humid over next couple of days. Really not that bad at 62 degrees right now. You can see we are dealing with the super moon, this is a full moon this morning, the the moon is closest point to earth so it business 30 percent brighter and we have more coming on the 12th which is
Getting worse. The virus killed 18 people in massachusetts. All 50 states are affected and at least 41 states have a widespread outbreak. Cough a lot, sneeze a little. Ive been in bed all day. The president and i are determined to take action. Joe biden plans to meet with the National Rifle association. He wants to advance his agenda through executive order. The president can do almost anything he wants to. The question is will he get away with it. The prtss cabinet continues to take shape. Later, hilda solis announced she is resigning. Today a team of federal investigators are focusing on why a commuter ferry slammed into a manhattan pier. 74 people were injured in the accident, one critically sneerchs scared. Everyone just flew and people were on the ground. Tel aviv, explosions claim this car bombing near the defense ministry. A dozen killer whales in canada are trapped under a large stretch of sea ice. The hole is slightly larger than a pickup truck. All of whom are faced with star
And tampa bay rolls out the welcome matt for tom brady. Rob the hilarious letter and apology that has social media buzzing. Fox friends starts right now. Rob good morning. You are watching Fox Friends First on this monday morning, im rob schmitt. Jillian im jillian mele as always. Thank you for starting your day with us. Today, a number of states are rolling back restrictions and reopening parts of their economies. Rob over the weekend, thousands of protesters nationwide packed beaches, also churches, demanding action. Jillian todd piro joins us live as americans should be prepared for social distancing to not really go away anytime soon, right, todd . Reporter thats right, gillian, thats right, rob. Great to see both of you. Many states are trying to somewhat get back to the way life was before coronavirus, some as early as today. Take a look. Arkansas, colorado, kentucky and mississippi easing some restrictions today as part of a larger list of states doing so this week including flo
They are arkansas, colorado, kentucky and mississippi. And another 10 are set to roll back by the end of the week which will be may 1st. They are florida, idaho, maine, tennessee, texas, oregon, and ohio. Now the easing pertains largely to allowing some businesses to start reopening while maintaining existing safety precautions like social distancing and facial coverings. Congressman mark green from the state of tennessee who eases things on april 30th had this to say on fox friends first. I think it is time for tennessee to go ahead and open up. And i appreciate the president s glide dance to say basically local governments and states should make that decision. Griff this as the Paycheck Protection Program becomes available replenishing of relief bill. This time the sba says it will impose limits due to the lie demand last time. Secretary mnuchin expressing confidence in a bounce back after congress heavy spending. I think as we begin to reopen the economy in may and june, youre going