5 00 a. M. Here in atlanta, thank you for joining us. Hundreds of americans on that quarantined cruise ship confined to their rooms for nearly two weeks are packed and ready to go home. Buses have arrived at the dock to take them to the airport where at least one charter jet will carry them back to the United States. For many of those passengers, the past 12 days have been an ordeal. The diamond princess, as you can see right here, has had more than 350 cases of the coronavirus, including at least 46 americans diagnosed. Only those americans who are not infected or showing symptoms will be allowed to fly to the United States, also canada. Now making plans to get its citizens off of that ship. Cnns will ripley is standing by in yokohama, japan. Seeing the ship at night looking picturesque and magnificent. That does not tell the story on what is going on the inside, does it . We have been following the ordeal that these passengers were going through for two weeks now. A lot were told up
With Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Top of the hour now. Good saturday morning to you. Two revelations, two candidates, two very different reactions as we learn the u. S. Intelligence community believes russia is putting their support behind President Donald Trump and senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 race. President trump calls the discovery by his own Intel Community a, quote, disinformation hoax by democrats. And now a loyalist hes brought in to take over as acting director of National Intelligence is making aggressive moves one day into the job. Senator sanders is calling on russia to stay out of american elections. Hes dealing with in new reporting and what it means for his campaign in nevada ahead of todays critical caucuses there. Following all of the angles of the story. We have more from las vegas. Want to go first to Sarah Westwood at the white house. Sarah, so much to talk about here, i know. What are you hearing regarding the president and his intel, how is he trying t
First and i, like every night, we want to start with facts that will help you and your family stay safe and secure without the fear, hysteria, and panic that others are peddling. Clearly, the u. S. Response to this pandemic is unlike anything we have ever witnessed or ever seen. Today, the president invoked what is known as the defense production act. This is a move that will massively ramp up the production and the distribution of very important medical supplies. Ventilators, respirators. This will include 500 million new and 95 masks. The president also dispatched earlier today two Navy Hospital ships. One to the east coast, one to the west coast. The pentagon is now preparing mobile medical units to be deployed all over the country as they are needed, if they are needed. Meanwhile, americas brilliant medical researchers, scientists, doctors, health care workers, they have been working around the clock as usual. Not just on a vaccine, but also treatments that will mitigate or even pr
For firsttime Unemployment Benefits just in the last week alone. You can see that all over the place. Relaxed certainty on how many people are getting through. If i add this to the millions of other people over the past three weeks that have been asking for help, we could be talking up to 23 Million People in the space of four weeks filing for firsttime benefits. We are looking potentially at an Unemployment Rate in the United States of 17 . Just imagine what were seeing. Just in the space of four weeks. What that means for the people involved and the worst part of this, alisyn, were not done yet. We know states are struggling to process these claims. In the past hour, ive had a number of freelancers contact me and say in my state, i still cant get through. That could be a further 23 Million People. Weve got another hour and a half to wait until we get the numbers. But devastating, again, for everyone involved is the message. Julia chatterley for us. Please keep us posted throughout th
You usually have an opinion on everything. How on earth do you not have an opinion on aid to americas cities and states. Mr. President , are you going to save new york city or are you telling new york city to drop dead . Which one is it . But you have to speak up now. Also this evening, frustration with social distancing rules is growing across the country. Protests popping up in states like california, texas, maryland, and wisconsin. Heres the house speaker. People will do what they do. But the fact is, were all impatient. We all want out. But what theyre doing is really unfortunate, because what is great, though, is the are the American People. The American People know that the good health of themselves and their families and their loved ones is what is important. And there is news for millions of americans out of a job or struggling to keep their business afloat. The treasury secretary says hes hopeful they are close to a second round of Small Business loans. After all, the initial