Comes time to open the economy, now its back to the federal government as a responsibility . Reporter Texas Governor greg abbott said he will release a strategy that will eventually be a slow opening to businesses there. This is not going to be a rush the gates, everybody is suddenly able to reopen all at once. Reporter this as President Trump insists he will be the one to decide when the country reopens despite never issuing a nationwide lockdown and leaving that up to states. For the first time in history, every state is under a disaster declaration at the same time. The National Death toll numbers are staggering and yet in new york the epicenter of the pandemic there are indications the number of infected is leveling off. Heres the good news, the curve continues to flatten. Reporter across the country the number of hospitalizations is down. The u. S. Surgeon general says it appears the nations hot spots, places such as new york, new jersey, detroit and new orleans are all showing so
And governors on the east and west coast are working to put together their own plans for how to reopen. Cnn has the news on that. Reporter tonight, states across the country banding together to come up with their own coordinated plans to reopen the country in the region. Governors from california, washington and oregon announce their plan to Work Together on an approach to reopen their economy. This after governors from new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, delaware and pennsylvania announce their theyre forming a working group to do the same. Remember the federal government could have said i want to close down the economy. They didnt. Were going to leave it to the state. Now all of a sudden when its time to open the economy its back to the federal government as a responsibility. Texas governor says later this week he will release a str strategy for a slow reopening of businesses there. This is not a rush the gate everybody is able to reopen all at once. This
Cnn ryan young joins us outside paisley park. Ri ryan, set the scene for us. Reporter what weve been seeing constantly since the singer died. All the people who gathered here coming hour after hour here. Watching them come from across country. In fact, family members have been stopping and talking to the people standing here, thanking them for showing up. Delivered pizza at some point. Seems something is going on. Weve seen the most movement over the last couple of days. And there were people going to the back gate. Were not sure what kind of ceremony is going on today, but we have seen some family. The tributes paid. Balloons, flowers. The artist actually drew this picture here several days ago. A lot of people are coming to take a picture of that, but people sharing stories, talking about prince. What he meant to this community and how much they loved him. An allnight dance party lasted until 7 00 this morning. People stepping out to show their love for the man who loved this communi
Reporter throughout this campaign season, one thing is consistent. Donald trump does not back down, he is not apologizing, and he is going on offense and that all changed on wednesday. This is not something you dodge. Donald trump smack in the center of another controversy, this time abortion. In a town hall with msnbcs Chris Matthews, the frontrunner saying women should face some sort of punishment. There has to be some form of punishment. That i dont know. The backlash, fast, furious and bipartisan. His rivals on both sides of the issue quick to pounce and reject the notion. I dont think thats an appropriate response and its a difficult enough situation than to try and punish somebody. His comments were unfortunate and wrong and i strongly disagree. All lining up to criticize the comments. When he was asked whether or not women should be punished, he said yes and thats unacceptable. To punish a woman for having an abortion is beyond ext comprehension. He attempted to clarify his rema
News, a family affair. We have new details tonight here at cnn about how donald trump can legally name his soninlaw Jared Kushner a senior white house adviser without breaking any laws against especially nep. Kushners Attorney Says the president has unfetterred and sweeping ability to select his advisors. Hes married to ivanka trump. Hes a new York Real Estate developer and newspaper editor. In his new job kushners editor says he wont take a salary. Kushner will resign from his Companies Including the new york observer. Ivanka trumps title likely to be first daughter. In just a few hours the senate will begin hearings into trumps cabinet picks, at least none of them scheduled to testify this week. I want to begin with sara murray, out front with the breaking news. Sara, the trump team says Jared Kushner is ethically cleared to work in the white house. Reporter erin, the lingering question for a while now was would Jared Kushner get a formal title. They were clear, not only is he gettin