Washington. As horrible as it is. And he spoke about it for the same reason that we just carried it on our air, which is that talking about the economy is vitally important to him, as is vitally important to our network and i think the as far as the additional shooters go, that is still a little speculative. What we heard from kathy linnear, the washington, d. C. , police chief was potentially, so im not sure that is hard information, but in any case, the work of the government doesnt stop because terrible things because they happen all the time. This was intended, john, to be, what, a victory speech . The president did note all that has been done by his Administration Since the financial crisis, noting that in the past three and a half years you have a had the addition of 7. 5 million new jobs, the Unemployment Rate has been coming down. Is that what this was intended to be, a victory speech by the president . I dont think so, scott. When you look at the text and it unfolded the way y
More than 1400 deaths reported just today. Tonight, nearly 96 of the u. S. Population is living under orders to stay at home or shelter in place. That works out to nearly 315 million americans out of a population of 328 million. But eight states are still resisting imposing stayathome orders, despite Anthony Fauci advising that all states should do so. President trumps refusing tonight to issue a national stayathome order, saying hell leave it up to the individual governors. And we had this bit of breaking news late on a friday night. Under cover of a coronavirus, the president settling scores with a perceived enemy from his impeachment. A source on capitol hill telling cnn moments ago that the president has removed Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, the official who told congress about the anonymous whistleblower complaint that sparked the house impeachment proceedings against trump. I want to get right to cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and cnn just
Hello there everyone. Im eamon mohyeldin in new york. Right now, significant movements in the fight against the coronavirus. As we come on the air this hour, all eyes on the house of representatives. A vote to approve that massive stimulus package now just hours away. This hour, well hear live from House Speaker nancy pelosi, her first comments following that rare unanimous vote by the senate late last night, giving the okay to the largest economic rescue package in u. S. History. One that included direct Cash Payments to most americans. Weve got new details oen wha s in the bill and when you might expect to get your money. That money cant come soon enough for millions of americans. This morning more than 3 million americans filing for unemployment in the past week alone. That is a new record for this country and while all this is happening, the Federal Reserve acknowledges another r word. We may well be in recession. Just ahead, more of what jay powell said in that today show exclusiv
Orders to shelter in place. That works out to nearly 315 million americans out of a population of 328 million. But eight states are still resisting imposing stayathome orders, despite dr. Anthony fauci advising that all states should do so. President trumps refusing, tonight, to issue a national stayathome order. Saying he will leave it up to the individual governors. And we have this bit of breaking news, late on a friday night. Under cover of the coronavirus, the president , settling scores with a perceived enemy from his impeachment. A source on capitol hill telling cnn moments ago that the president has removed Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson. The official who told congress about the anonymous whistleblower complaint that sparked the house impeachment proceedings against trump. I want to get right to cnn White House Correspondent john harwood and cnns senior justice correspondent evan perez. Good evening to both of you. Evan, this is a big deal. What do yo
At the navy yard to update us on the situation, perhaps tell us how this all went down maybe more details about the 911 call that sparked such concern. Lets talk about it with Jonathan Gilliam, former navy s. E. A. L. And former fbi special act. Youre looking at an environment right now where theres heightened concern about security heightened concern about isis some of these lone wolf oneoff attacks weve been seeing. The response reflected that today. It did, and i dont want people to get gun shy not to call 911. Its okay. If you think you see something or you think you hear something, its okay to react. Its better that you in this case if it turns out where somebody made a 911 call and there was nothing there, its better to be vigilant especially this weekend, than to just cast it aside. We dont want another boston bombing where people looked a the a bag that was set down and did nothing about it and ended up getting their legs blown off. We dont need that to happen. The other thing