Relations should not be used as a diversion. Four of the victims in the crash that killed kobe bryant and his daughter gianna have filed wrongful death suits over the helicopter company. Bryants widow sued the company in february. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, april 20th. Thank you for starting another week with us. We do begin with the push to curb the coronavirus and reopen the country. Congress appears to be nearing a massive new deal for a second wave of loans to Small Businesses crushed by the pandemic. President trump saying an agreement could come today. As the white house looks to restart the economy, mitt romney is the only republican senator excluded from a new Bipartisan Task force. The president admitted hes holding a grudge after romney voted to convict him at the impeachment trial. Abcs rachel scott has more. Reporter lawmakers signaling they may be just hours away from a deal on the next round of relief. Were close. Again, we have common ground. Im ve
Thank you for joining us. Im james tully. Hillsborough county deputy hurt after his patrol car was rammed. Fired at the suspects who ran off, at a busy intersection at Woodrow Wilson street in plant city. Lets go to rodney dunigan, hes on the scene, has been there for quite some time. Any word on the suspects . Reporter not at this point. Investigators have been here throughout the morning trying to g as they can. You mentioned that deputy was hurt, thankfully is recovering this morning, expected to be ok. This is a very active scene this morning. Im going to let you see where investigators have set those evidence markers, at the exact spot where all of this happened. Again this information were getting in slowly this morning but what i can tell you is all of this sparked around 11 00 last night. Apparently this deputy who was involved got a call about a aggravated battery call in this area and spotted a vehicle that that case. The deputy pulled that car over and investigators say as t
He was the first Italian American to ever serve on the court. Neki and he passed through confirmation with a unanimous vote after being appointed we Ronald Reagan in 1986. Sanela sabovic has more from the newsplex. Good morning sanela. Reporter good morning dmik. And sca lee passed away in hi sleep while on a hunting trip in texas. Weigh the longest serving justice on the high score. He was known for being a ston shall conservative. A critic of row versus wade and strong opponent of seasm same sex marriages. President obama spoke from california yesterday. And scalia was a larger than life presence on the bench. A bril a ant legal miel mind. Reporter over night they at of half staff. And a battle brewing over who will replace him. The president ays le fulfill his could president ial tiewt can i and the congressen says they will not confirm a nominee. And what happened in the court. A lot of controversial cases with abortion and o blam care and im tblaition r im glaition will be coming
Midmay today, but across the country, the competing signals. The governor of ohio already plank to ease some restrictions. In south dakota, a state that never issued a stay at home order, that major outbreak at a Food Processing plant. Hundreds sickened, now the largest cluster in the nation. And tonight, many hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses, still stretched to the limit. The moment one doctor f the e. R it was too much. Also developing tonight, the horrific toll on some of the most vulnerable. New reporting on a terrible discovery. At least 15 found dead in a small morgue at one new jersey nursing home. Police tipped off when more body bags were requested. 68 dead since just january, two nurses among the victims. Tonight, the investigation. The financial toll on American Families growing tonight. 22 million americans out of a job in the last month. More than 5 million workers filing unemployment claims in just the last week. The food lines across this country, even as
Midmay today, but across the country, the competing signals. The governor of ohio already planning to ease some restrictions. In south dakota, a state that never issued a stay at home order, that major outbreak at a Food Processing plant. Hundreds sickened, now the largest cluster in the nation. And tonight, many hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses, still stretched to the limit. The moment one doctor has to step out of the e. R. , she says, it was too much. Also developing tonight, the horrific toll on some of the most vulnerable. New reporting on a terrible discovery. At least 15 found dead in a small morgue at one new jersey nursing home. Police tipped off when more body bags were requested. 68 dead since just january, two nurses among the victims. Tonight, the investigation. The financial toll on American Families growing tonight. The new numbers just in. Now 22 million americans out of a job in the last month. More than 5 million workers filing unemployment claims in j