Scandals is who the Obama Administration seeks. Address the issues that concern most americans, there is no question that here and washington at least if not out in the country, there have been a great many distractions from the central preoccupations of the american people. Lou if this pivot sounds familiar, todays pivot back to jobs and the economy, marks the 12th such pivot by the white house, since the president took office. And mr. Obamas track record of job creation with each pivot, is checkered. The Unemployment Rate at 7. 6 a far cry from 5. 6 that Presidet Obama product ited in 2009 if congress would only pass his stimulus bill. 23 million americans remain either unemployed, under employed or marginally attached to the workforce with Labor Force Participation rate hovering 63. 5 for more than a year. Not seen since heyday of jimmy carter in 1979. There is nothing new this president ial pivot, that would suggestion it will be any more prproductive or efor effective n previous p
Scandals is who the Obama Administration see. Address the issues that concern mt americans,here is no question that here and washington a least if not out in the country, there have been a great many distractions from the central preoccupations of the american people. Lou if this pivot sounds familiar, todays pivot back to jobs and the economy, marks the 12th such pivot by the white house, since the president took office. And mr. Obamas track record of job creation with each pivot, is checkered. The Unemployment Rate at 7. 6 a far cry from. 6 that president obama product ited in 2009 if congress would onlyass his stimulus bill. 23 millionmericans remain eithermployed, under employed or marginally attached to the workforce with Labor Force Participation rate hovering 63. 5 for more than a year. Not seen since heyday of jimmy carter in 1979. There is nothing new this president ial pivot, that would suggestion it will be any mor prproductive or efor effective n previous pivots, that, that
Thanks for being here. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york. Tonight, the president versus his predecessor. The Trump Administrations handling of the coronavirus pandemic now at the center of an escalating feud between President Trump and former president barack obama. Look, he was an incompetent president , thats all i can say. Grossly incompetent. Thank you. Those comments come a day after president obama sharply criticized how the Trump Administration has handled the pandemic. More than anything, this pandemic is fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what theyre doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge. All of this taking place on a weekend when the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus is nearing 90,000. And 48 states now are in the process of reopening, at least partially. Lets begin with cnns Jeremy Diamond at the white house and that very public feud now between the president s, Preside
The year. Something many Health Experts say is a long shot. Lets begin in texas where singleday records for new infections are being broken. Its an upward trend that began more than two weeks ago when the state started to reopen. Cnns ed lavandera joins us now from dallas. Ed, where are we seeing these new cases . Reporter well, of these 1,800 new cases reported on saturday, here in the state of texas, more than, a little more than 730 of those cases came around the amarillo, texas, area up in the panhandle of texas, and state Health Officials are saying this is happening because of targeted testing in areas around meat packing plants in that panhandle area, and we have known for several weeks now those counties in that panhandle area where these meat packing plants are has seen some of the highest per capita rates of infection here in the state. In many cases far surpassing some of the bigger cities here in the state of texas as well. 734 out of those 1,800 new cases, state Health Off
Dont underestimate this virus. Lets go out to the west coast, where beaches are opened in los angeles county. The Law Enforcement you see there, reminding people of these rules they have to wear a mask unless they are in the water, of course. As states are working with how to stay safe under these loosened rules for the second time in just more than a weeking former president obama is criticizing the u. S. Response to the pandemic, while not mentioning his successor by name. Doing what feels good, whats convenient, whats easy, thats how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of socalled grownup, including some with fancy titles and important jobs still feel that way. Which is why things are so screwed up. He made it a little more plain than that. Just a piece of what the former president has to say and now we are hearing from the current administration. Lets go to the white house. We hear a lot from former president obama who did not by name as we said mention President Trump. It seem