Coronavirus pandemic with dr. Kristin englund from the Cleveland Clinic and later, author Rick Atkinson joins us to iscuss the 75th anniversary of ve day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host u. S. Workers continue to lose their jobs and file for Unemployment Benefits at a record rate. And in todays report on the overall jobs number for the month of april could be the worst since the great depression. It is friday, may 8, 2020. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. Well spend this first hour asking you how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Heres how to joins us. For those of you in the east and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain pacific time zones, thats 2027488001. You can also send us a text. That line, 2027488003. Include your name, where youre texting from. On twitter, were at twitter.
Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind introduction, mr. Speaker. Lieutenant governor duncan, speaker ralston, mayor bottoms, governor and mrs. Deal, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones, and members of the General Assembly. Constitutional officers, members of the judiciary, members of the consular core and my fellow georgians. During my first state of the state speech i talked about a wise builder who put his house on a sure foundation. The rain and the winds came, the floodwaters rose, but the house stood firm. I tipped my hat to governor deal and those lawmakers that came before me. Those who poured the concrete and laid the footings. Hard working georgians who left this place better than they full count found it. One year ago i urged those in this room, this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are empowered to grow, invest, and thrive. Where government is responsive and effective. A stat
Administration. Well have more details and more comments from the former president coming up. Meantime, doctors in new york this weekend are working to determine if an illness responsible for dozens of Sick Children and the deaths of three young people could be related to this coronavirus pandemic. New yorks governor today saying the kids had covid19 antibodies but not the typical symptoms. A pediatrician joins us right here this hour. And by the end of this weekend, people in at least 47 states will say their stayathome restrictions eased to some degree. More businesses will be allowed to open. More services restarted, all with spacing and sanitation rules in place. A new poll this weekend shows that more than twothirds of americans worry their states are reopening too quickly. Lets begin at the white house where two people who were working there this very week have tested positive, creating concern in the west wing. Cnns chief White House Correspondent jim acosta reports. Reporter fo
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in atlanta. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts now. And thank you again for joining us. Paychecks versus pandemic. That is the difficult choice now facing millions of American Workers who have been without income for weeks. For them, staying at home just isnt an option anymore. We didnt get no unemployment. Basically were just starving. Look at our bills, our kids, our family. I just want to go back to work. The latest u. S. Jobless figures come out in just a few hours. The country is bracing for a level of unemployment not seen since the 1930s and the Great Depression all because of the pandemic. Even as more new cases and deaths rise in some areas, the push is on for states to reopen though as quickly as possible. Just dont look for updated safety guidance from washington. The Trump Administration has turned down the latest recommendations for reopening from government officials. The white house called them t
Restaurant friday night. Police responded to calls about a man simply asleep in his car. Authorities say that man, 27yearold Rayshard Brooks failed a field sobriety test before getting into a struggle with the Police Officers. Cnn obtained eyewitness video of that struggle and are warning to our viewers, this video is disturbing. The footage appears to show police grappling with brooks. Georgia Officials Say during that scuffle, brooks grabbed one of the officers tasers before breaking free and in this video, you can see the police chase after him. Georgia officials released Surveillance Video of the image and then this is also disturbing. You can see brooks running from police and he seems to point the taser in the direction of the Police Officers before being fatally shot. Heres the atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms reacting earlier this afternoon. I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. Chief shields h