It out in a minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside. Our guests this week, michigans democratic governor, gretchen whitmer, the republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, plus white house Senior Adviser Kevin Hassett, and senator Amy Klobuchar on the economic response, and our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Exactly two months ago President Trump declared that the 15 coronavirus cases in the u. S. Would be close to zero in a couple of days. We all now know how wrong that was. As we come on the air this week, the number of cases in america is closing in on a million. At least 53,000 americans have died. In the weeks since the first stayathome orders more than 26 million americans have lost their jobs and officials across the country have been wrestling with the dilemma of our time, how to contain the Public Health emergency without
And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york, i amur trevelyan. Millions of americans have lost their jobs in the last month. It is affecting the economy, too. Ggin brazil, graves prepare for the worst as the cases there rise and a morning jog through a city in crisis. Crossing central park showsy ow new york c coping with the coronavirus outbreak. About being here in new york . You lots of hugs. Lots of pizza. Lots of thank yous yous. Laura for all of you watching on pbsnd arod the globe, welcome to world news america. Another day of staggering figures. 5. 2 milon americans file front appointment benefits last week. Their jobs in the last month. That is more than the population of chile. Coronavirus infections are on e rise in the u. S. The presiden has said it is up to the governors to decide when to reopen their states. Our north amican reporter reports now from maryland. Pretty and prosperous indianapolis. But it does n
Disabilities and despite some progress, discrimination continues to be a serious and pervasive social problem. Looking for a scene to principate him in is very isolating for an adult with an intellectual disability. There is no mandate. We had the americans disability act that says you are welcome here. That is not mean anybody is reaching out to try to bring these people in. The act is powerful in its simplicity. Will ensure people with disabilities are given the basic guarantees for which they have worked so long and so hard. We were very fortunate to have it. The government doing enough, i think that comes down to funding. We could always use more money. There is nothing we can do to change human nature. There are good people in the world and there will always be cruel people in the world. The more owners and Business Managers are educated to the benefits of hiring someone with a disability, the more phone calls we get from businesses. How can we seek people out and employ them . Pe
It is wednesday, april 15. I am in the romney building in lindsay joined by our chief medical executive. I wanted to give an update on where things are. I want to take a moment to acknowledge everyone who has stepped up and share their stories. It has been incredibly challenging, but also there are some phenomenal people who are going to work doing the hard work every single day. I have heard from nurses and first responders, educators, Grocery Store workers, childcare workers from all across the state of michigan and they are on the front lines every single day helping us get through this crisis. Every time i speak to them, i feel the impact this virus has had on them and their families. A staff member of mine has a Family Member who is a nurse. At the end of his lung shift, he will stay in the garage and cry before going into the house. Another friend of mine has multiple sclerosis and a compromised immune system. She has been in her apartment for five weeks. We have all missed birth
An annoying personal habit that my children remind me of often. Staff reminded me this morning. People love to give you their opinion on what they think. I often will stop them and say before you tell me what you think, just give me the facts. Just give me the facts before your interpretation of the facts. I like to start with just the facts. Just give me the facts, and that is what we are doing in this presentation. Here are the facts. No opinion, no filter. I will tell you what my opinion is, but first the facts. It is an annoying personal habit. People want to tell you their opinion. Tell me the facts first and then give me your opinion. Total hospitalizations still in the 18,000, but a clip down. Good news. That is a fact. That it is good news. Not my opinion. You see the flattening of the curve. All these expressions we never used before. Plateau, flattening, rounding. Net change in hospitalizations down. That is good news. Threeday rolling average. Any one of these days of report