Sisters. Still, there was always a little tension especially when it came to sunday dinner. The grandmothers were kind of in competition with one another. So we would start here, at grandmom jacobs, we would have a typical italian mealidwait, i m. Reporter so you had to go to the other grandmother . We had to eat at both houses. Reporter it was here at the home of her maternal grandparents that jill jacobs first introduced the family to joe biden. The u. S. Senator she had been dating. A widower, nine years her senior with two young sons. My grandmother when she saw joe, she was so excited. I can picture her in her house coat, and her black lace up shoes. She said im so excited to meet you because she was a staunch democrat. Reporter jill and joe biden were married in 1977. She said she first fell in love with his boys. Bo and hunter. And they were front and center in 1980, when she realized that she and joe might be expecting a new baby. They went with me to the drug store to get the
Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
Press secretary tested positive for coronavirus. Tonight the nations top Infectious Disease expert, along with the heads of the c. D. C. And f. D. A. , are all in what they call modified quarantine, because they were in contact with one of the aides. The Administration Says the prt ce president do not have coronavirus and that theyre being tested daily. And late today, the president declared the u. S. Has prevailed on testing, saying any american who wants to get tested can, though he did not explain how. He did say the white house is making 11 billion of funding from the stimulus bill available to the states to increase testing. As we come to be air tonight, more than 80,000 people have been killed by covid19 in the u. S. , and more than 1. 3 million cases have been confirmed nationwide. Tonight in some parts of the country, infections are still rising, even as 49 states are loosening restrictions. Theres a lot of news to get to tonight. We have team of correspondents covering it all.
Took two months for police in georgia to arrest a father and son in the death of ahmaud arbery. And remembering Jerry Stiller. A look at the comedy legends iconic career on sitcoms, the Ed Sullivan Show and beyond. So sorry to hear that. But first, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. It is scary to go to work to think id be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than if i was going to the west wing. The white house is dealing with two confirmed coronavirus cases. Prompting several officials to selfquarantine. Easing lockdown restrictions this week. If there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. Georgias attorney general asked the u. S. Justice department to investigate the killing of ahmaud arbery. This was a lynching of an africanamerican man. Happy mothers day to you, mom. I miss you. I love you so, so much. I wish i could be with you. Governor cuomo took some time in his daily news briefing to wish his mom a happy mothers day.
Last few minutes of trading hire is what is new at this hour President Trump making his way to california this hour. Heading west for a multiday visit to campaign in key swing districts not beforehanding out a few president ial pardons before he hopped on air force one. Plane to rein in on wall street. Mike bloombergs newest proposal to crack down on some of his old friend in the Financial Services industry. Well talk about that. They may be a waste of your time. Now there is a way to get even with them and get paid. How you get revenge on the pesky robocallers. Stay tuned for that coming up. Lauren meantime we have fox Business Team coverage. Blake burman live at white house, Jackie Deangelis on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence in washington. Jackie, you first to wrap up well, the nail biting day for us. Looks like we have the record on the nasdaq. I hold my breath this time of day to see how it shakes out. Any gain on the nasdaq, any green territory would be