Good afternoon, everyone. As we all know, we have been gone for six weeks. Necessarily gone, i might add. The has stacked up since senate is in the personnel business and the house is not. Onare working diligently getting nominations out of committee. They are important for the country, they have been languishing for six weeks. Oversight is beginning already. Senator alexander is going to have dr. Fauci and others before his committee next week, related to the coronavirus epidemic that we are all working our way through. We will continue to discuss with the administration a way forward. Many people are asking for additional legislation. Conference for our by saying, we are not ruling that out, but if i could pause here do a good job of evaluating will we have already done. It was encouraging yesterday that the secretary of the treasury issued a guidance that provides some flexibility on the state and local front, where we 150 million. You. Ank he covered well what the senate is doing.
The coronavirus crisis, flocking to parks on a beautiful spring day with the weather looking good again today. Shoppers across the south, meanwhile, heading to the malls from georgia to texas. But in other places frustration and anger as pockets of protesters fight the restrictions imposed in their states. Here is the latest this morning. Seven more states will begin to partially reopen for business. They are arizona, florida, indiana, minnesota, missouri, nebraska and new hampshire. All roads into and out of the city of gallop, new mexico, have been blocked as the governor says the coronavirus is, quote, running amuck there. Meanwhile, there are now 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus in the United States, and more than 66,000 deaths so far. Much more on those starts of the story in a moment. Plus, with scientists now focusing on more than a dozen possible vaccines, we will talk to the man who helped to develop a vaccine for another deadly virus about how soon we might see one now. Late
Intervenesly for intiitalized patients. Launn d manufacture a vaccine for covid19. But are we flattening the curve . Some experts say with the books closed on april, we havent seen the effective results from the stayathome orders, at one point in place for 90 of the country. With new predictions of the virus lasting for some time, perhaps as two years, are we moving too fast too soon . Well talk to the governor of illinois, j. B. Head ofr. Gilead science will join us. And well look at the fallout as the number of jobless americans jumped to more than 30 million. Well talk with rafs raphael bostic, and the c. E. O. Of american airlines. All that and more is just ahead on face the nation. Brennan welcome to face the nation. As we turn the page to a new month, americans continue to struggle emotionally, financially, and with just trying to plan ahead. In most cases, there are few clear answers to our many questions. We will continue to seek them for you. Our coverage begins today with cbs
Why it hasnt put all rumors to rest. Driven away. With less people driving, fatalities have plummeted on our nations roads. But not everywhere. Find out which states are seeing an increase and why in some places it may be more dangerous than ever to hit the road. Shots on campus. 50 years after the National Guard opened fire at kent state, well go back to talk to two students who were shot and hear from the man who took the iconic photo from that historic day. And one fresh idea in the age of contactless dining and prepackaged meals. We go inside the company thats found an innovative way to do it all while still serving real healthy food, even out of vending machines. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Gilead now has an eua from the fda for remdesivir. And you know what that is because thats been the hot thing. Reporter regulators allowing emergency use of an experimental drug that could help coronavirus patients recover faster. [ cheers ] reporter pro
27488003. If you want, you can post on our Facebook Page too at acebook. Com cspan. That interview expected to take place on msnbc some time this morning. Hopefully, well have an opportunity to show you some clips on that interview. As biden is set to break his silence, his campaign would not discuss the msnbc interview but the discussions about tara reid who was a staff assistant while he was a senator from delaware have occupied the time of his top advisors who have been discussing for days how to handle the matter. Theres no doubt this is going to come up. E only question is when here join us to give some context to the events of today is crins Cristina Marcos of the hill. But ms. Marcos, in a general sense, what has been laid against mr. Biden . He has been accused by tara reade who worked for him when he was a senator in the 1990s and shes alleged that he sexually and ms. D on the hallway reade made these allegations ast month but they numerous reporters have reported on that but