Three videos of unidentified flying objects seen by navy pilots. What were learning. And forget the Ice Cream Truck. The ingenious beer van now serving customers in quarantine. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We received a new prediction overnight about the coronavirus and the toll it may take by summer. Nearly 1 million cases have now been diagnosed in the u. S. , and overnight we learned scientists are now predicting more than 74,000 deaths in the u. S. By august. This number assumes that social distancing guidelines will stay in place. Also breaking overnight the Washington Post reports u. S. Intelligence officials warned President Trump about the coronavirus threat in at least 12 classified briefings back in january and february but the post reports the president , quote, failed to register the threat. Meanwhile, more states are beginning to reopen certain businesses, and thats where abcs andrea fujii begins our coverage. Reporter life is starting to get back to normal in some stat
Increase, what few flights remain are quickly filling up, raising new concerns about proper safety and social distancing. It comes as jet blue becomes the first major u. S. Airline to require all passengers to wear face masks. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter six seconds of video getting a lot of attention online. A passenger on an American Airlines flight saturday from new york to charlotte, nearly full, people sitting side by side, some wearing masks. Erin strine recorded the video. What was this experience like . You get on this plane, you were surprised to see so many people. It was shocking. It was the first time i felt truly unsafe. I recognized the risk that i was taking by agreeing to be on an airplane in the first place. While i wanted to believe all of the precautions would be taken that i had read on the airlines websites, there are lots of asterisks there. Reporter the plane was about 85 full. The airline says its leaving about half of its middle seats in standard economy e
A look at the economic and Security Issues theyll discuss in tonights the week ahead. Plus he helps solve some of the most heinous crimes of the civil rights era. We are headed to mississippi to meet journalist Jerry Mitchell. And its londons version of oscar night. The British Academy film awards honors hollywoods best. The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia could set up a political battle for the ages. A day after the 79yearold was found debt of an apparent heart attack at a texas ranch, filling his shoes has become the topic of discussion on capitol hill. Senior White House Correspondent Mike Viqueira joins us live from washington, d. C. And, mike, this quickly became a hot topic for the president ial candidates. Reporter you are absolutely right, lori jane, its only about about 24 hours since this news brock. This shocking news that took america by surprise, certainly took the white house and congress by surprise the death of justin Antonin Scalia after being on the benc
My opinion of the structure has not changed. I still think its an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong when it is almost entirely unaccountable to the people that are supposed to oversee it or supposed to pay for it. By the way, im just learning about the powers i have is acting director, they would frighten most of you. Doesnt surprise me, by the way the extent that we are having a succession challenge launched by ms. English. It doesnt surprise me that that grows out of an agency that thinks it isnt accountable to anybody in the first place. She is on the whole meeting with mr. Schumer and miss warren, and it makes you wonder who she wants to be independent from. Everybody or just independent from donald j. Trump . My guess is it is the latter. Martha good evening, i Martha Maccallum and the story begins tonight with breaking news out of d. C. Where this decisive battle in the swamp training effort of President Trump played out dramatically today. Chief National Corresp
Question if kavanaugh lied under oath. Obviously if theyre demonstrable lies, if he misled the committee in that way, then thats something thats not right and shouldnt happen, cant happen. And this, you must see this, an exhaustive report by the New York Times detailing what they call legally dubious schemes used by the trump family to avoid paying millions in taxes, and how trumps father ended up gifting him over 400 million, a little more than previously acknowledged. I borrowed very little money from my father. My father gave me a small loan of a Million Dollars. My father gave me a very small loan in 1975. I built a company thats worth more than 10 billion. Okay . With a Million Dollar loan. So a Million Dollar loan plus 399 million gift. We begin today with President Trump launching a lastminute, serious attack on dr. Christine blasey ford, mocking her, and making light of her Sexual Assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. The exact same allegations he said were worthy of an