Too quickly could lead to further outbreaks. Today the head of the Federal Reserve said americans must feel comfortable returning to work, and that he said would take a sensible plan, including testing, treatment and a vaccine. And as we come on the air tonight, more than 91,000 americans have been killed by the coronavirus in the u. S. , and there are more than 1. 5 million confirmed cases nationwide. At a Cabinet Meeting late today, President Trump did not back down from his decision to like hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug the f. D. A. Has warned is not safe or effective for treating covid 19. The president called a study showing a higher death rate among veterans who took the drug phony, saying it was a trump enemy statement. Well, theres a lot of news to get to tonight and were going to begin at the white house. Cbss weijia jiang leads off our coverage. Weijia. Reporter all day President Trump stood by his decision to take hydroxychloroquine and even called on cabinet members du
For 72 hours before anybody else can try it on. Were there any items you guys decided probably need to put this on hold or were not selling this . We started a fewonths ahead of us in this. There hasnt been any specific merchandise thats been problematic. I think mostly through services, we think in our Beauty Department we do a lot of make overs. Youre telling the customer we cant do that right now. We do say lot of tayloring. Reporter the retail brought in nearly 4 trillion last year employing roughly 52 million americans. Matt shea is president and c. E. O. Of the National Retail federation. The Group Estimates 7 million retail jobs could be lost due to the pandemic. As the Retail Industry goes, so goes the economy. And we need those businesses, large and small, to support those communities and to deliver products and services. But also to create Employment Opportunities for those millions of americans who will be impacted if we dont. Reporter the Retail Industry supports more than