Pbs newshour. Ajor funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by when it comes to wireless, Consumer Cellular gives its customers the choice. Our nocontract plan you as much or as little talk, text and data as you want, and our u. S. Based Customer Service nsumercellar. Tv to help. The john s. And james l. Io knight foundat fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank u. Woodruff coronavirus deaths in the United States have reached a new milestone 3,700. That overtakes chinas officially announced total of 3,300. Italy and spain each have recorded many more deaths, while the u. S. Has far and away the most cases of any country in the world, more than 180,000 so far. President trump warned tonight that the country faces a very tough two weeks, and and, everywhere, but especia
Willie, donald trump says on the 13th of april, privately of course, you dont have a chance. This is the plague and yet, this is, of course, the same president who was desperate to reopen the economy. I must say the same president who last night got a lot of people together in arizona with this plague that he also told bob woodward was so dangerous and deadly because it was airborne this is a plague that donald trump, obviously, understood about a long time ago and yet he was trying to open schools, trying to open the economy at the same time he was saying that behind closed doors, and, of course, hes still having superspreader events where most of the people there are not Wearing Masks. So that was april 13th, the clip we played, that was a monday he was talking to bob woodward what was the day before that april 12th was easter. The date he had circled on the calendar to reopen everything. We want to reopen by easter, get back play baseball, going back for easter the next day hes call
To potentially do or Say Something. We saw senator john mccain come out this morning and essentially say he has never seen anything like what happened with devin nunes in his career, and he has been around washington a long time. That, of course, though on the senate side. And so far, on the house side, republicans are sticking by devin nunes. I talked to peter king on his way into the gop Conference Meeting, and he repeated a line from trey gowdy, another member of the house Intelligence Committee. He says, it doesnt matter if he went to waffle house or the white house, its all the same. Peter king added if it had been the house of pancakes, same deal. I am an ihop girl myself. Thats the line of defense from republicans here for mr. Nunes. You saw in the beginning i tried to get mr. Nunes to clarify whether he was considering of recusing himself. He wouldnt answer directly but did say that this investigation would continue to proceed as it had. However, i will say that this week its c
What happens with the investigations into his ethics . Why the man replacing him has the president s backing. Were also watching a new race against time in thailand. The search for the missing soccer team turning deadly overnight. A thai former navy s. E. A. L. Lewdilewd i losing his life while trying to save the children. We have a team set around the country and around the world. We start with opening shots on a trade war that could affect u. S. Jobs and what you pay for this goods and services. China accuses the u. S. Of trade bullying and launching the largest trade war in u. S. History. The u. S. Fired the first shot at midnight, slapping a 25 tariff on 34 billion worth of chinese products. That includes aircraft parts, dieselpowered trucks and busses, and flat screen tvs. The Trump Administration escalating the trade standoff to get china to crackdown on the theft of u. S. Intellectual property. President trump is threatening to impose additional tariffs on 500 billion in chinese
To contact donors to try to get his wife a job. We have our team here covering it all this morning about the we want to start this hour with those new headlines from the singapore summit. President trump back in washington this morning with no shortage of things to say about his meeting with north korea. Blasting out nearly a dozen tweets on the subject since leaving asia. This morning, hes saying the world can feel much safer now than when he took office. Secrary of state mike pompeo remains in the region. Hes in south korea right now before heading to beijing. His goal, to keep seoul on board given the president s comments about the u. S. Military on the ninsula. And thats what has lawmakers on capitol hill nervous. Democrats and republicans worry President Trump offered up too much and got too little. Nbcs Geoff Bennett is at the white house. The president coming home with homework in tow with all the outstanding questions and decisions that are still to be made. Whats priority one