Experiment with offflabel use of ent drugs in hope of combating covid19. We havent had a situation like this. People are used to saying ive got this disease, where is the drug . Evyone is starting to learn a little bit more about what Drug Discovery is like. Judy l that and more tonight. Major funding forws the pbs nehour has been provided by Consumer Cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Supporting social tentrepreneurs andir solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. Committed to improving lives through invention in the u. S. And developing countries. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. More information at macfoun d. Org. And with t ongoing support of these institutions. Mthis program we possible by the corporation for public abroadcasti by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the u. S. Death from th covid19 pandemic has now topped 127,000 people the epicenter has shifted to the west and the south, where cas
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Additional federal assistance. Later, pbs frontline correspondent talks about pbs frontlines latest documentary host good morning, everyone. Confirmed cases of the 780 7000,s stands out 960. Conversation our with hazard pay for frontline workers. You think they should get paid more than their hourly wages or their salaries as it stands right now . We want to know your opinion. Other essential workers, 202 7488001. Business owners, is this feasible . 202 7488002 al , first also text us name, city and state. We will post your comments on twitter. We will get to what you have to in just ahazard pay minute. Some front page headlines we want to share with you this morning. Oil street journal, u. S. Costs less than zero after a sharp monday selloff. There is nowhere to store the oil that is being pumped. The president tweeting out late last night in light of the attacks from the invisible enemy , i will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend emigration into the United States. N
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The first concrete evidence weve ever had of massive voter fraud. We have talked about it at nausea. This proves it. We have not made any referrals yet. It is not about just blankly trying to arrest somebody. You have to have evidence of a crime. There clearly is an effort to support suppress the votes of africanamericans and clearly, a kind of partisan cherry picking going on. Millions of voters could lose the right to vote in a new electoral purge. We will speak to Investigative Reporter greg palast and air his new expose. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The worlds top Climate Panel has issued its direst appeal to date on the need to stop Global Warming. In a new report, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says continued emissions of Greenhouse Gases will cause further warming and longlasting changes in all components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe