Schools reopened safely. There is pressure coming from the white house. That he wants schools reopened and he wants kids back in the classrooms as early as next month. The American Academy of pediatrics has recommended this, trying to get schools reopen with many safety restrictions in place because we want to make sure kids dont fall too much farther behind. The Trump Administration making that point. They also have another motivation that basically its difficult to get parents back to work and get the economy really move again when kids are not able to be in school. So that is a focal point for the administration. At that event yesterday they did not lay out any specific policies that they want to see happen or offer to provide any additional funding to help schools reopen safely and restructure. If theyre going to have to be providing masks to students in the classroom, if theyre going to have to be potentially adding more buses so that children can be spaced apart further. Those ar
Case of virus elements as well, but not nearly as worrisome as we thought before. There are promising treatments on the way. We will talk about half a dozen cleared for takeoff, in face two, phase three trials. Not all of them but, prompted the president is optimistic that vaccine or some type of treatment would be ready by years end. The surge we saw in china, shanghai index notching a 6 gain. Highest momentum it has not seen in a better part of a month. Youre seeing similar robust gains across europe, european continent, optimistic even in more problematic places things are picking up. You have the good Economic News and good take over news. One in the food delivery arena. One with whisperings to come, initial Public Offerings and followup offers could become all the rage. This is interesting subset market too heady for folks right now . Share later in the broadcast by sheer statistical measures it is not, it is not too frothy. A view youre not often hearing people are worried when w
Away, can americans keep up this social distancing . That as state and federal leaders continue to debate when and how to reopen their states heres what you need to know at this hour. To start off your week Top Health Officials say the number of new cases has reached a plateau. There are now more than 972,000 americans infected and close to be 55,000 people have died. The white house says social distancing will be the norm for be the next few months. Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator dr. Deborah birx said that the current ways of testing will work through the spring and summer but the u. S. Needs a, quote, breakthrough on testing to reopen. Faced with a growing backlog the irs is bringing back thousands of employees the initial wave includes 10,000 employees at locations, ten nationwide employees were told to bring their own face masks or face coverings. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson is back on downing street after being hospitalized in the icu by the virus a few weeks ago, he will
John miller to pose as his own publicist in the early 90s, a new report has surfaced showing that trump also used the name Donald Barron as far back as 1980 how is anyone so lazy they can only be bothered to change half their name when going undercover unless he didnt decide that until halfway through that he wanted to do it. Yes, this is Donald Barron. A different donald a different donald and now i can say whatever i want. Like how i, donald, just saw donald trump, not me barron, in the office gym and if that boy aint hung like a horse, then my names not donald j. Barron, which it is. And if you dont believe me, just ask my wife, melania jones. [ laughter and applause thats good object work. So good at object work Melania Trump has given an exclusive interview to du jour magazine in which she shot down accusations that she avoids the public eye saying, im not shy, i know what i want. And if its anything like trumps previous wives, im guessing half of everything. [ laughter and applau
Our medical expert weighs in. A force for good. How a 6yearold has inspired a Movement Thanks to the savings in her piggy bank. And from the beatles to the boss to bon jovi and tony bennett, how the biggest names in music are trying to cheer us up during the coronavirus lockdown. Good thursday morning, everyone. We do begin with breaking news. Authorities declaring a disaster after severe storms overnight. Dramatic video from oklahoma shows one of several reported tornadoes. The storms also causing major destruction in texas. Across both states at least five people have been killed and dozens injured. Oh, my god. Right above j i. Reporter this morning a massive tornado caught on camera roaring through southern oklahoma slamming into a sheet metal business. The twister sending shrapnel hundreds of feet into the air. Golly. Its huge. Reporter witnesses say several vehicles were thrown into trees and this semi truck blown over. But look at that. That thing is getting larger and larger and