Disheartening to see that it can spread so easily. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff as our nation honored those who gave their lives in service to the country today, the u. S. Death toll from the covid19 pandemic rose to some 98,000 americans. More areas loosened their coronavirus restrictions over the holiday weekend, and Pres
[ crowd chanting ] texas opening up their health clubs. Two days after marking its n, w from illinois to michigan, rivers dangerously rising. Evacuations under way. This morning, eight states under flood watches. Ginger is tracking the latest. New twist in the case of those missing idaho siblings. Exclusive Police Body Cam footage shows lori vallows late husband telling police shed gone crazy, threatening to kill him and worried she might try to hurt the kids. The footage only on gma this morning. And oneonone with Magic Johnson. How hes giving back to Small Businesses in a big way, the 100 million pledge. Ocusjoandos heasdance. G a Magic Johnson, the nba legend, live on gma. Good morning, america. Thank you guys for joining us on this tuesday morning, and, robin, we have a big morning ahead. We certainly do, my friend. So Many Health Care heroes as we know have stepped up in the fight against covid19. Were excited for everyone to meet two First Responders who came to new york to help
Spread so easily. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff as our nation honored those who gave their lives in service to the country today, the u. S. Death toll from the covid19 pandemic rose to some 98,000 americans. More areas loosened their coronavirus restrictions over the holiday weekend, and President Trump ramped up his push to
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.
Indisputable facts today. Today is saturday, that is a facts, indisputable. Somebody probably could dispute it. But i will stand by that factual determination. Hospitalization numbers are down. Good news. We were hovering around 18,000 then we went to 17,000 now we 17,000. 16,000, almost but that is good news. We are down now for several days. The statisticians will say, are we passed the apex, have we hit the plateau and flattened for a period of time, and are we now on the way off the plateau and scent . E de if you look at the past three days, you could argue that we are past the plateau and be a scendting to de which is good news. Again, it is only three days, but that is what the numbers would start to suggest. You see that with the numbers across the board. Hospitals will tell you that Emergency Rooms have fewer people in them. They were at max capacity for a very long period of time. Remember, we increased hospital everyity by 50 , so hospital had 50 more, and that capacity was