Development in the fight against the virus. The first large late stage Clinical Trial of a covid19 vaccine in the United States is now under way. This as President Trump has been defending his pandemic response, urging governors to reopen their states, even after the virus infected the highest level member of the trump administration, yet the president S National Security adviser, robert obrien. Nick watt joins us from los angeles. Nick, as the death toll climbs and climbs, were learning more about how many patients are getting infected. Update our viewers. Reporter you know, wolf, the one question we all have is why is this virus still spreading. The chief medical officer in mississippi asked people who were in the hospital. He says 80 of them told him i think i got it at a social gathering where people have let their guard down. You know, a nurse here in california told my colleague something similar, she asked the young people where do you think you got it. They said parties. The go
Expectations with 1. 8 million jobs added and the Unemployment Rate falling to 10. 2 . Moments ago, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing that the Covid Infection rates statewide in new york are now low enough to allow all School Districts to open including new york city, the nations Largest School system. And the gridlock on capitol hill continues. Democratic and white house negotiators will be meeting again this afternoon after being unable to close a wide gap all week as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell stays on the sidelines and President Trump starts the weekend early. Hes at his bedminster golf resort where hes also holding fundraisers over the next few days. Ill speak to a member of the House Democratic leadership, south carolinas jim clyburn, and get his take on joe bidens recent controversial comments on black americans. We begin today with the pandemics impact. Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining me right now, madam mayor, thank you for being with us. A new r
Comes as schools and families grapple with the realities of reopening. It was terrifying. It was my worst fears had come true. Reporter thats how this Georgia Parent ends a traumatic backtoschool week. Her child quarantined like the more than 2,000 teachers and students and staffers across the state. At least 230 positive covid cases reported from schools. The head of the cdc says reopening schools cant be done quickly. We dont want to pressure anybody. Our guidance is there to help them begin to open, as i said, safely and sensebly. The timing of that is going to have to be decided one school at a time. Reporter given what hes seen this arizona teacher says, hes quitting. We werent given an option to teach from home, no. Its a small room. There is one exit. The ventilation isnt all that great for schools. And so its just its not a good situation. Reporter but the Trump Administration continues to insis schools reopen. The radioist who backed up the president s own theories is driven b
Burnett. Kneecap the Postal Service to win election. Serious accusation from former president barack obama aimed at president donald trump. What weve seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president whos explicitly trying to discourage people from voting. What weve never seen before is a president say, im going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting, and i will be explicit about the reason im doing it. This comes as the Postal Service tonight is reportedly warning 46 states that mailin ballots may not be returned in time to count for the election because of lags in mail delivery. Why a lag . Because the Postal Service is starved for cash at a time when demand for mailin ballots has never been higher. All the while, President Trumps hand picked postmaster general, a campaign donor, is behind a major restructuring of the agency that includes cuts to hours, banning trips to deliver mail on time, and removing high volume Mail Processing mac
Being pushed in the white house that proponents hope will beat the virus. And that plan is to just let most of all of us get infected with the coronavirus. If more than two Million People have to die as a result, well, so be it. That might sound crazy or hieber bollic, but that is really what it is. That is what is happening. The Washington Post reporting that that strategy is being pushed by a guy like scott atlas who just this month became the president s pandemic adviser. The guy is not an epidemiologist, hes associated with a conservative think tank and does make appearances on trump tv. He said americans should embrace socalled herd immunity. Basically the idea being let the virus spread among everyone except the most vulnerable and then we all build up immunity and its all over. This strategy has been tried before in sweden, most notably, and it was a disaster. You want to know what herd immunity looks like . Look at this chart. This is the cumulative coronavirus deaths per Milli