Interview, an american couple badly injured in a deadly volcano eruption describes their terrifying ordeal. And billy porters pride. The awardwinning performer on what Community Means in these divided times and why he practices activism through acting. Hes one of a kind. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have to continue with our social distancing, folks. We have to wear the face coverings. There are no excuses to let up even one bit. The stunning and dramatic new peak to cases of coronavirus. The u. S. Seeing its highest number of new infections since april. As more people mix, as the economy opens up, as more people are out and about, wear a mask. Grand jury indicted three men accused in the shooting death of an unarmed black man jogging in georgia. The family was ecstatic to hear it happened this morning. Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway defended the president s use of the term kung flu. He wants many to understand the virus originated in china.
Louisiana, which now has nearly ten times as many cases as a week ago. New yorks governor says he is seeing some signs that those unprecedented stayathome orders now in 20 states may be working and helping to slow the rate of the virus spreading. But he warns hospitals are still not ready for the dramatic increase in infections expected to come in the next three weeks. On wall street today, an agreement on that 2 trillion Financial Relief package now working through congress sent stocks soaring, but tonight on capitol hill, theres this news. It appears the deal may have hit a snag. Our team is covering every angle of this, and meg oliver leads us off tonight from new york city. Meg . Reporter norah, we just learned that 13 covid19 patients at one New York Hospital died in the last 24 hours. This after the governor said today that the aggressive social distancing enacted this week appears to be making a difference. We can slow it, and we have slowed it. Reporter Governor Andrew Cuomo sa
Slowing infections in the empire state, but no one is immune. Prince charles, the heir to the throne, tests positive. Is Queen Elizabeth now at risk . And as spain surpasses chinas death toll, surprising good news from italy. The growing Mental Health crisis. As stress and anxiety rise, medical advice on how to get through it. And portraits on the porch. Photographers lifting spirits and capturing memories using a slightly wider lens to capture this new world. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news and a grim milestone. This has been the deadliest 24 hours in the u. S. Since the pandemic began. More than 900 people have been killed by the coronavirus nationwide, and cases here now top 64,000. While the majority of infections are still in new york, tonight there are new hot spots emerging including in louisiana which now has nearly ten times as many cases than
Stock, especially with all that we have been seeing with that bad news this morning. Reporter well, thats exactly right. I think marcus thats because the markets was expecting and wall street was expecting this move and washington moved so quickly to fix it. Lets look at that number. The official number is 3, 283,000, the number of people filing for unemployment in the most recent week measured. That makes sense when you think about it. Of course, we expected that number. Look around you. The stores are closed. The restaurants are working at halfstaff. But the stimulus bill can ease that pain. Both sides got what they wanted. Democrats were able to get some supervision over some of the oversight of the money going to corporations. We got money to workers as well. Its going to be the Unemployment Benefits that are written into that bill that got expanded and extended that probably will help your family most. I know a lot of people think of that check and think of that. But i think its t
And former Vice President joe biden getting tighter. The abc News Washington post survey of registered voters is a virtual dead heat with biden favored by 49 , trump by 47 . Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 30th. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with help on the way for new york city. The u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort is set to arrive today in new york harbor equipped with 1,000 beds and a full medical staff. It will be used for noncovid19 patients to free up space in overwhelmed hospitals. The Javits Center in manhattan is opening its doors today with 3,000 beds on hand. In california the Los Angeles Convention center also serving as an overflow hospital as President Trump pushes back the deadline for social distancing. Abcs rachel scott has more. Reporter President Trump, who had hoped to get things back to normal by easter, now extending the voluntary National Guidelines until april 30th. Nothing would be worse than declaring vi