Sarah, its the first thing i thought of because were covering trump gavel to gavel keep in mind, we just heard a Sandoval Hearing in Donald Trumps case. Theres two things that this is directly impactful to Donald Trumps case. First prior bad acts evidence coming into the courtroom. The second, the Appellate Courts finding that Harvey Weinstein basically could not testify because so much was going to be allowed in on crossexamination the same type of argument would apply to donald trump at the Sandoval Hearing. Thats where prosecutors are told by the judge what can come in if donald trump were to testify, they opened up the gates. The judge to the E Jean Carroll case, to the new York State Attorney general, Civil Fraud Case because of that, donald trump will have a similar argument that hes hamstrung. He couldnt possibly testify because of everything thats going to come in on crossexamination. Its directly related to the Appellate Division decision that we just heard today. Did not see
States such as texas, arizona and florida are on the brink of apocalyptic levels in his views. Still, the president who should be leading in this pandemic continues his pattern of deliberately down playing it. A recap. Looks like by april, you know, in theory when it gets a little warmer, miraculously it goes away. Its going to disappear, one day like a miracle it will disappear. Its going to go away. This is going to go away. Eventually, its going to be gone. Its going away and i think well be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. Well, inside the white house, top aides are now debating whether the president should shift back to focusing on this pandemic or stay focused on his hopes for the economy. Just this morning, some good news for the country. We learned that the economy added 4. 8 million jobs in june. Lets go straight to Christine Romans. Christine, these are good numbers. They are somewhat backward looking. P
Record shattering. Just devastating numbers for the u. S. Economy. Good morning to you. Im jim sciutto. Im poppy harlow. I wish we could bring you better news. We have learned that 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. That is twice the number from just a week before. And it shatters all records. No doubt these are all people that we know that touch our lives in one way or another. And many of you watching, im sure, 10 Million People, americans with families in just two weeks with us now, christine romans, cnn chief business correspondent, and austin goulsby, christine, first to you, put this in Historical Context here, this country did not see this in the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, and not even weeks like this during the depression. There is no historical precedent for it. It hasnt happened. We pushed the pause button on the American Economy and all of these people are rushing to get Unemployment Benefits, 10 Million People in just a couple of wee
Our country in some ways, and nih is working hard doing a terrific job. I hope were going to have a vaccine and were going to fast track it like youve never seen before. If we come up with a vaccine, i think, they probably will. Lets start the hour in new york with cnns erica hill. Youre following how states are taking various approaches to reopening, but first, let me ask you. Whats happening where you are because of coronavirus . Its my understanding the subway is partially shutting down. Reporter yeah, thats right, brooke. Were actually getting new details from the city on how this will work. Starting may 6th, next wednesday, between 1 00 and 5 00 a. M. , the subway is going to be shut down for deep cleaning. This has been a point of contention in the city. The subway, the buses are essential in this major metropolitan area for people to get to work. And those are essential workers. Not just the people, the people who drive the trains and buses, who rely on Public Transportation as
Union reopens, its now considering blocking americans from entering because of the continuing spike of coronavirus cases here in the United States. Lets begin our coverage this hour with our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Hes traveling with the president in arizona right now. Jim, testing remains a huge issue months into this pandemic. And the president is creating a lot of confusion. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is on his way to another event with supporters after visiting his border wall earlier today, the president is in damage control mode today trying to clean up his comment that he told Administration Officials to slow down testing for the coronavirus. First, aides to the president said he was just joking about that. Then the president contradicted his own aides by saying he doesnt kid. Even after more than 120,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the u. S. , the president and his top aides are having a tough time explaining whether mr. Trump is just kid