From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The death of klinghoffer was written in 1991, telling the story of a hijacking of a cruise ship and the killing of one of its passengers, who was shot and thrown overboard in his wheelchair. It premiered overnight at the Metropolitan Opera House in new york. Hundreds of protesters called the police antisemitic antiinflammatory. Others viewed it as an ad a met mrs. A masterpiece. The performance has raised questions about the responsibilities of an institution like the metropolitan opera. Joining the are two First Amendment lawyers on opposite sides of the controversy, Martin Garbus and floyd abrams. Floyd, what is wrong with this . First of all, lets say it is protected by the First Amendment to request yes. Quite yes. They have every legal right to do this. And he has every legal right to put this on. I find it disturbing and morally obtuse that they would choose to do so. Rk, perhapslly a wo work,ight a fine but a work about th
And rather 500,000 enlistment on capitol hill, the republicans 500,000. You see the rate of return and and House Democrats coming together with his to work trillion dollar stimulus package the number of tests across the to help American Businesses and country. Our death rate is still 1. 5 , workers, the speaker of the really at the low end back of the spectrum for the countries house. We ensure in the bill in a taxpayer dollars given to around the world. South korea 1. 5 is welcome to industry goes first and foremost to workers. Italy over 10 and in a day they and the paychecks and benefits jumped over that a point too. Not use to pay ceo bonuses, doctor, if i could come and take stocks, funds, buybacks or donovans. Bill the bill heads to the me through what you look at on white house for the president s this map, given all the signature. Getting word from the countries and the numbers. White house that will take place what are the markers for you, later at 60 minutes from now sir . On
The idea of night raids or forcible vaccination today is just unthinkable. Theres a few big things that are very different. Internal politics, global politics, extremism, the whole issue of human rights. You have to be transparent, because the wrong information can actually contribute to the spread of the disease. Im particularly interested in looking at rumors. The way that rumors replicate and spread are very similar to how viruses spread. They need a host. They need to be supported to stay alive and thrive. Oh, there we go. Oh, there we are. Okay. Hi. Rumors have been around since man existed, but i think right now whats changed with technology, and particularly social media and the internet is the global spread and the speed. I mean, look at twitter. You needed 140 characters or something. And thats all you need to spread some of the rumors and perceptions that were certainly tracking. And one of the things we found is that rumors thrive in times of uncertainty. They thrive in time
Northeast and western u. S. Have banded together by region to try a shared approach to reopen their states. The president claims its his decision to make, not theirs. Tonight the pandemic death toll here in the United States continues to climb and now tops 23,000 with more than 572,000 confirmed cases. Worldwide, there are more than 1. 9 million known cases and more than 118,000 confirmed deaths. Meanwhile, dr. Anthony fauci, a key member of the White House Coronavirus task force, has admitted to cnn that earlier action on social distancing, and im quoting him now, could have saved more lives. The New York Times is reporting that worried Public Health experts warned Top Administration officials in a series of emails, of a looming health catastrophe. Well talk about that and more with new York Governor Andrew Cuomo in just a few minutes, hes standing by live. Meantime, lets get the latest on the impact of the pandemic across the United States. Cnns nick watts is in los angeles for us. N
The highpower attorney Beth Wilkinson to defend his decisi decision. No stranger to highprofile cases, previously represented thensupreme Court Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh back when he was fighting allegations of sexual misconduct. How all of this shakes out remains to be seen but judge sullivan has until june 1st to explain himself to the Appeals Court amid all the back and forth in endless saga. The president has maine consistent in his defense of flynn. General flynn, the fbi said, didnt lie and mueller said he did lie and he went through hell. If they ruin time, ruined good people, we are going to be helping a lot of good people. They have been destroyed and they didnt do anything wrong. Ed here are tonight especially on what lies ahead for her client, Sidney Powell, the attorney for general michael flynn. Sidney, welcome. Thank you. I think a lot of people have this over the weekend had a simple question, why is the federal judge hiring a defense attorney . I dont know t