Week. In new york today, the governor compared the pandemic to september 11, calling it evil and stressing that people should continue to stay at home, even though there are signs that the curve may be flattening. Thats because fewer people are being admitted to the hospital now, but more people are still dying each day. Nationwide, there are now 425,000 confirmed cases, though there are still concerns that without widelyavailable testing, those numbers may not represent the total amount of infections. And as we come on the air tonight, a plan to add another 250 billion to that fund to loan money to Small Businesses has stalled in congress, even as the number of americans who have thats twice the population of new york city. Our team is covering every angle of this ask well get to the financial fallout in just a moment, but mola lenghi leads us off tonight in the epicenter of the crisis, new york city. Mola. Reporter well, norah, Health Officials canceled plans today to open up another
Work since the crisis began. Long lines americans struggling to feed their families, now waiting hours just tot food. So why is congress fighting over more funding to help those in need . Close to home a doctors struggle. Why we cant care for the patients he cares about most, his parents. Im so helpless in this whole process. Odonnell preventing the next outbreak inside the effort to close those markets for composite animals where the deadly virus was first spread. Why are they still in business . And moments of grace, americans coming together in crisis. The meaningful ways tonight that were all growing closer, even when were forced to be apa ws withah odnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Two stark numbers that show how dramatically coronavirus has changed life in america. Tonight, the death toll nationwide has now reached more than 16,000, and more than six million americans hav
To get food. So why is congress fighting over more funding to help those in need . Close to home a doctors struggle. Why we cant care for the patients he cares about most, his parents. Im so helpless in this whole process. Odonnell preventing the next outbreak inside the effort to close those markets for composite animals where the deadly virus was first spread. Why are they still in business . And moments of grace, americans coming together in crisis. The meaningful ways tonight that were all growing closer, even when were forced to be apart. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, donnell evening and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. Two stark numbers that show how dramatically coronavirus has changed life in america. Tonight, the death toll nationwide has now reached more than 16,000, and more than six million americans have filed for unemployment in just the last week. In new york today, the governor compared the pandemic to septemb
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