Him a high degree of confidence the virus came from a lab in china, just hours after the Intelligence Community said it concluded the virus was not man made or genetically modified. Cases top 3 million with more than 230,000 deaths. The u. S. Recording more than 63,000 deaths as exclusive reporting now from nbc news revealed the federal government ordered 100,000 new body bags in april. Garrett haake is in dallas, texas, for us. Chris jansing is in ohio, blayne alexander in atlanta and morgan chesky. Well going to start out with garrett haake. Give us the scene this morning in dallas as we said, the highest death toll yesterday as well as reopening this morning. Reporter yeah, ayman, today is the day for texas restaurants, if they want it to be, half of texas restaurants have told the Restaurant Association that they will reopen. Another half are going to wait it out a little longer and stay closed. Things are going to look different for customers. Theyre subject to the 25 capacity lim
Members of congress, donald trump was reluctant to use the Defense Production act to nationalize production and distribution of these crucial items that could save lives. There was no such reluctance on tuesday when trump invoked that very same law to classify meat plants as essential infrastructure that must remain open. While Health Care Workers are forced to reuse masks until they fall apart, they should at least be able to score some chicken nuggets. Am i right . For the kids. Priorities. The move forces lowwage employees, many of whom are black, latino, or immigrant, to working conditions right for the spread of the virus. Already, more than 20 meat packing plants across the country have closed due to concerns about illness. According to a new report by the cdc, nearly 5,000 meat and poultry plant workers in 19 states have been diagnosed with covid19, 20 people have died. The federal government has also failed to coordinate the National Food supply which is why youre hearing about
Hoffman. What investigators found in his apartment . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone im erin burnett. Outfront tonight we begin with the big breaking news, Chris Christie answering questions. The new jersey governor seconds away from sitting down. Hes going to be taking questions on the bridge scandal that is threatening to take down his meteoric career. He will be answering those questions in the ask the governor program. This is the first time we have heard from the new jersey governor since his twohour News Conference last month where he denied having anything to do with closing down the lanes on the George Washington bridge for political retribution. His comments are pivotal. There are allegations that he knew before he admitted knowing. Chris frates begins our coverage tonight. So many cameras there. What is at stake tonight . Reporter this is the first time we are going to hear from the governor. This is a call in show that he does every month. But it will have national
Workers day. Istanbul, thousands defied a government ban and took to streets in protests that erupted in clashes with police. Moscow, tens of thousands marched through red square reviving a may day tradition not seen since soviet union dissolved. Cambodia, reports of beatings as factory workers and opposition supporters defied a ban by demonstrating in the capital of phnom penh. Americans are seizing on may day to put the working class and their struggles back in the limelig limelight. Rallies across the nation, including los angeles, pittsburgh, chicago, with events starting, you guessed it after work. But those observances, it must be said, less about marking progress than they are about the ongoing struggle. Income inequality at historically deep and distressing levels. Wealthiest have not taken such a large share of overall income since the year 1928. In 1965, average ceo earned 20 time as much as an average worker. These days that same ceo makes 273 times the workers wage. This di
The local level. What does that mean practically speaking . According to former congressman and onetime boehner ally steve latourette, it means you may wake up wednesday morning and find Central Committee of the Ohio Republican party populated with a lot more members of the tea party. And the Buckeye State is not alone. When texas held its primary in march, National Outlets focused on the fact that senator john cornyn crushed his Tea Party Challenger steve stockman. But downballot in the lone star sate it was an entirely different story. Among the host of lesser rices, rice Political Science professor mark jones says the state level results show the tea party is alive and well in the state of texas. So while john boehner can kick back tonight with a glass of merlot and watch his direct results roll in, he should remember change often comes with the bottom up and reports of the tea partys demise are greatly exaggerated. Joining me now former democratic governor of ohio and president of