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
That it is doing something, so i applaud every one of you for doing that i know how hard it can be. Im very lucky to have this house and this family, but its tough so i applaud you guys. Thank you for staying home lets flatten that curve we have a great show tonight Kerry Washington is on the show shes a good friend of our show and she has a new show called Little Fires Everywhere that her and Reese Witherspoon are starring in on hulu. And get those two together, im there. Ill watch that show anytime her charity is medshare. Org. And we thank kerry for coming on well be talking to her later in the show. Also, Andrew Rannells from the show black monday will be on the show, on showtime. Andrew, he was supposed to be our show friday before we left the studio his charity is meal train. Ive never heard of this this is a new charity to me, but its fascinating how theyre feeding people that are on the front line. It and i think kind of an unknown charity so thats a great thing to to broadcast
All over nationwide theyre amazing. Jose andres is very close to them he is just doing he is like an angel, that guy he is amazing. Well be talking about that. Also, later in the show, were going to have some of our favorite clips from the tonight the show, including Nicole Kidman, one of the most awkward interviews ive ever done so, get ready for that guy, here in the quarantine i start off my morning by coming downstairs and making fresh coffee no big deal. Not the stuff of miracles, except for this morning. Take a look at what happened this morning jimmy hi, guys welcome to what i think is the First Edition of how did jimmy pull this one off. I was just making coffee, and its not an ad i like mr. Coffee. Actually, this is insane but i put the water in the back of that thing there. Anyways, the coffee came into that part. What is that how did i there is nothing in the pot. What how did i do that . Im like david blaine. All right. Back to our show jimmy winnie, what are you coloring i
Breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. My congestions gone. I can breathe again ahhhh i can breathe again ughh vicks sinex. Breathe on. Please join me and the nba. Lets follow all the Health Guidelines about washing your hands on a regular basis. Thats the hall of famer Magic Johnson spreading a Health Message in a new psa asking nba fans to wash their hands and practice social distancing. We thank you, magic. What could be a major game changer, the first Clinical Trial for a potential Coronavirus Vaccine got under way monday. Four volunteer participants were given their first injections in seattle. It comes amid a new development in the quest for more streamline testing for the virus. Heres abcs matt gutman. Reporter its an issue that has seemingly come to epitomize the nations chaotic, late response to covid19. So the current test thats been available up to this point has been very manual or labor intensive. So that has hindered how quickly we can turn results around and the volume o
Americans, complete strangers stepping up to give back. All the overnight developments right now on america this morning. Ments right now on america this morning. Captions paid for by abc, inc. Captions paid for by abc, inc. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us as we are in different studios this morning, exercising social distancing. On this march 17th, the United States is one nation hunkered down as millions of people in isolation unable to go to work or school. More local governments are taking drastic new action to keep people off the streets. 7 Million People in the San Francisco bay area are being told to shelter in place, only essential businesses are open. President trump is urging all americans to avoid gatherings of ten or more people, with a surge in cases being reported, medical professionals are growing more concerned about the lack of protective gear like masks and gowns. The economic toll is unimaginable. The airlines are the first industry to ask fo