Sen. Sanders good evening and thank you for joining us for sen. Sanders good evening and thank you for joining us for what i think is going to be a very interesting discussion. Let me think the workers that have participated in that video and our panelists. Youre going to hear from them in a few moments. I dont have to tell anybody we live in crazy times. We are in the midst of this terrible pandemic. So many people have lost their jobs and income. We are worried about climate change, systemic racism. We are worried about so many things. Tonight, we are going to be asking, how does this happen . In the richest country in the history of the world, half the people are living paychecktopaycheck. The billionaires are doing well. Does that make sense . How does it happen in our great country, we have millions of workers earning starvation wages. You just heard that on the video. You cant make it on 10 an hour. You cant pay your rent. You cant feed your kids or take care of yourself. How doe
Thank you for joining us for what i think is going to be a very interesting discussion. Let me thank the workers that have participated in that video and our panelists. Youre going to hear from them in a few moments. I dont have to tell anybody we live in crazy times. We are in the midst of this terrible pandemic. So many people have lost their jobs and income. We are worried about climate change, systemic racism. We are worried about so many things. Tonight, we are going to be asking, how does this happen . In the richest country in the history of the world, half the people are living paychecktopaycheck. Well the billionaires are doing well. Does that make sense . How does it happen in our great country, we have millions of workers earning starvation wages. You just heard that on the video. You cant make it on 10 an hour. You cant pay your rent. You cant feed your kids or take care of yourself. How does it happen that the United States of america, our nation, is the only major country
Reporter no specific details were outlined but they are working on a plan to reopen. The governors agreeing to Work Together to put the health and safety of residents first. He says decisions will be based on data and science, not politics. Again, it is a spirited collaboration, partnership, a recognition that this pandemic, the virus, knows no boundaries, no snowboarders, you cannot build walls around it, and you cant deny basic fundamental fact. Reporter President Trump address the pact on his afternoon briefing. The president of the United States calls the shots, and we were not here for the states, you would have had a problem in this country like you have never seen before, we were here to back them up and we have more than back them up, we did a job that number every thought was possible. With that being said, we will work with the states. Reporter now in week five of the stayathome order, california has made significant progress in bending the curve, and slowing the spread of co
President trump says it is his decision and he will be calling the shots. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im andre senior, and for frank somerville. Im julie haener. President trump pushing to reopen the country sooner rather than later but he may get some resistance as gov. Newsom and others plan to chart their own course. Live coverage from deborah, she joins us live with that question of timing. Reporter the president has hinted at may 1 as a target date to restart the economy in a but he may face a power struggle with governors who want to go slower. Surviving on a shoestring, this restaurant central suffers home. Get the owner is nervous about lifting restrictions. I care about my community, i want to be sure they are safe 100 before we reopen, even if we get through this tough time. They should open up certain areas. People are dying. You know, financially. We need to get back to work. We are close to putting a plan to open our country. Hopefully even ahead of schedule. Reporte
Today he announced he is banding together with governors of. We begin a process of establishing what it would look like and how we can begin the process of the kind of incremental release of the stay athome orders, that advanced fundamental, keeping people safe, using science to guide our decisionmaking, not political pressure. The state will spend 42 million on support programs for children. Especially children in foster care to help with certain challenges during this pandemic. The white house says it is seeing progress in the coronavirus pandemic, with new infections flatten out across the country. Resident trump also spent time this afternoon pushing back against criticism, by the new york times, and others, that the u. S. Was slow to urge social distancing to fight the virus. This weekend, dr. Anthony fauci set on cnn that if the u. S. Had taken action earlier, it could have saved lives. Today, he said that was in response to a hypothetical question. Mitigation works, and you inst