7488001. If you are recently unemployed, special line for you this morning 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning to you. President trump released his new guidance yesterday as the Labor Department announced another 5. 2 million americans have filed for unemployment last week as the Washington Times notes that raises the jobless claims for the month to about 22 million. Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s have so many people been thrown out of work so quickly. Reason, the white house argues, to get a plan in place to open the economy. This was President Trump yesterday. [video clip] believesam of experts we can begin the next front in our war, which we are calling opening up america again, and that is what we are doing. We are opening up our country. And we have to do t
Governors flexibility to start to reopen their states after this pandemic. I think it is a thoughtful plan. It is good we have a plan to begin with. I hope there are stringent measures to ensure we follow the plan. In the event we need to close back down in a limited fashion we also demonstrate we can do so. What measures do we need to see . The measured out, of decreasing cases over 14 days, decreasing use of hospitalization, those types of things. If we see a reversal in any municipality we have to be disciplined enough and willing to go back to the stayathome. I know there is eagerness to reopen the economy, but i want to make sure we do not have a second wave that is even worse. Especially if we are not prepared to deal with that. When did Howard University shut down and send people home . We put in our announcement around the ninth of march. And subsequently did not open up from the 16th of march going forward. What is it going to take before Howard University welcomes students ba