Dollars in jobless benefits have been paid out to imposters samsung unveils a hot new outdoor tv that can resist the weather. Early today starts right now on this friday, good morning, im david gura. Im frances rivera. The country is about to face the biggest test of the coronavirus as more businesses open up for the memorial day weekend. The United States has confirmed nearly 1. 6 million infections and more than 95,000 lives have been lost to the virus flags will be lowered to half staff over the next three days in honor of the victims of covid19 the flags will be lowered to pay tribute to veterans. A massive testing effort has been launched on the las vegas strip. Theyve teamed up to screen 4,000 casino workers a day resorts are hoping to reopen by june 1st but no official date has been set facebook is the latest to announce that work from home may be the new normal. Half of facebooks work force could be remote within the next five to ten years. Salaries may be adjusted based on whe
There will be hours of surveillance well have to recall. Reporter [ inaudible question ] the Fusion Center . Reporter correct. There are cameras everywhere. How could this happen . Well, i dont understand what youre alluding to. How could it happen . This was an individual described as a lone wolf. I dont know how it could have been prevented if we didnt have prior knowledge to this individual. It wasnt evident he had weapons in his room. We determined there has been employees going to and fro from his room. Nothing nefarious was noted. Thats what we know now. Reporter First Responders were integral. Youre correct. Its required to supply Police Officers to insure security. The mandalay bay did a great job of hiring Police Officers. They had sufficient staffing for the concert. When this individual decided to fire upon the crowd which was approximately 22,000 individuals its very difficult to manage that side crowd. You have to insure you have the proper staffing. As described our offic
Satellite center. Walter perez is at the airport where we begin with reporter Kristen Holmes who just filed this report from las vegas. Reporter we just wrapped up a press conference from officials here on the ground in who are still trying to get to the bottom that of question of why, why Stephen Paddock 64 years old drove here checked into this Hotel Thursday night with more than 10 rifles and opened fire on 22,000 people. President trump at the white house addressing the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History. It was an act of pure evil. The fbi and the department of Homeland Security are working closely with local authorities to assist with the investigation. Reporter in las vegas, the investigation just beginning. This Morning Police identifying the shooter as 64yearold Stephen Paddock. Paddock checking into the mandalay bay resort on september 28th and in his room, at least 10 rifles. Last night just after 10 00 p. M. In las vegas, paddock firing from the 32nd floor into
Temperatures for the day today. Outside, things are tranquil. Mainly cloudy skies over center city. You cant quite see the clouds but they are starting to push out as well. Take a look at our satellite image. It was thicker, now the latest image shows high, thin clouds overhead. Current temperatures, 73 for philadelphia, low to mid60s for Atlantic City. In wildwood, the clouds help keep the temperature warm this morning. The high for the day, 85 degrees. Sun and clouds, slightly humid but not too bad. Your winds are light and from the southeast. Coming up in a few minutes, there are some points that coulc see a slight chance of a quick shower today. Well pinpoint those for you. First, lets check in with jillian mele and our wednesday morning traffic. We had a little bit of overnight construction, especially in the 95 area northbound as drivers make their way through Delaware County and out to the Philadelphia International airport. Lane restrictions there. The area bridges with quiet a
Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on her schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. You are looking at a live picture from Oak Ridge Cemetery from revealed illinois, where the 150th anniversary of president aber cap president abraham we can pause euro. With us is richard hart, a springfield resident and author. Your book is lincolns springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in those divisions. You will se