Were going to close down the city playgrounds and leave the open spaces available. So use the open space in a park. Walk around, get some sun, great. No density, no basketball games, no close contact, no violation of social distancing period. Thats the rule. Governor cuomo and others have warned that anyone can get the virus including young people. There is confirmation of that at the state of connecticut. An examination of the remains of a 7 week old infant showed the child had the coronavirus. Authorities say the cause of death is unknown. Sandra. Sandra so many difficult stories to hearing coming out of this. Ed thank you, sandra. President trump and his administration calling for new blood tests to determine who may have immunity to covid19. Dr. Anthony fauci saying it would be an important step to keep all americans safe. Antibody testing right now is not the first thing on our priority. It is something we need to do is testing to see if someone is infected. It is very important u
Stopthespread guidelines, but it turned out that was wishful thinking. Instead the coronavirus will not stop spreading within our country. The governor of the commonwealth of virginia wants his citizens indoors for the next 70 days. The president , who has backed off his goal of packing churches on easter sunday, has now gone along with his experts. He will continue the current behavioral guidelines for at least another month. Yesterday i announced that we would be extending our social distance guidelines through the end of april. This is based on modeling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modeling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines, we could save more than 1 million american lives. Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days. Were sort of putting it all on the line. This 30 days so important because we have to get back. But the more we dedicate ourselves today, the more qu
Fatalities per week continues to drop. The country currently more than ab month removed from the deadliest seven day of the pmed when the u. S. Routerred more than 2200 deaths. We will have more on that in the Fox Team Coverage ahead. Mike tobin is with us along with Aishah Hasnie and chris a that coleman but we begin with mark mer dith right now. Spending Holiday Weekend in wean visited his golf club. But that comes also as president is calling on america governors to reopen places of worship, nationwide. The president says if places like churches and synagogues and mosques are closed, Liquor Stores should be on same rules but many say president has no authority to overrule governors when it come to health restrictions. I call upon governors to allow our church and places of worship to open right now. If they dont do it, i will override the governors. In america were need more prayer not less. The government is also putting up recommendations for communities of faith including promoti
Drop. The country currently more than ab month removed from the deadliest seven day of the pmed when the u. S. Routerred more than 2200 deaths. We will have more on that in the Fox Team Coverage ahead. Mike tobin is with us along with Aishah Hasnie and chris a that coleman but we begin with mark mer dith right now. Spending Holiday Weekend in wean visited his golf club. But that comes also as president is calling on america governors to reopen places of worship, nationwide. The president says if places like churches and synagogues and mosques are closed, Liquor Stores should be on same rules but many say president has no authority to overrule governors when it come to health restrictions. I call upon governors to allow our church and places of worship to open right now. If they dont do it, i will override the governors. In america were need more prayer not less. The government is also putting up recommendations for communities of faith including promoting healthy hygiene making sure pe
And thriller. A wild victory for the ages. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Im kate snow in for lester tonight who is interviewing president obama in chicago just hours before the president s farewell address. Well have more from him in just a moment. But we begin with a very busy day in the president ial transition from obama to trump. And a grueling first hearing for one of trumps most controversial nominees, senator Jeff Sessions spent more than eight hours today fielding questions at a hearing about his nomination for attorney general. Pete williams has our report. Senator sessions served as an reporter Jeff Sessions held a granddaughter in his lap prepared to go before the very committee he was a member of but voted against him in 1986 when he was nominated to be a federal judge, concerned about his record on several rights. The caricature credited of me was not accurate.