next up is the house, and they plan to take up the bill on friday. it s expected to pass, again, along party lines just as it did in the senate. once that happens, the white house plans to seize the momentum. while the president will be talking about this and explaining it absolutely to the american people and what it will look like is trying to explain in very practical terms why this matters for people s lives. the president will, our entire team will be out making the case. obviously right now we re focused on the last steps in this process, getting the bill through the house and to the president s desk for signature. let s go live to the capital and cnn s jessica dean. jes jessica, there are some wide-reaching provisions in this bill. lay it out for us. yeah, there s a lot in this bill. you mentioned that it s headed to the house. that s what comes next after senate democrats notched a big victory on something that frankly many of them didn t think they would see. t
President of the United States himself rolled out a few weeks ago. But what is happening is the pressure is getting to donald trump. You can see it in the nonsense tweets this morning. So he as his poll numbers decline, he feels the need to rapidly push for a reopening, even though many states are not meeting those guidelines and you still have a significant death toll, significant case numbers. Now, some good things are happening. Testing is increasing. The Positivity Rate is declining. But this hearing today is going to make an impression on the American People in two ways. One, theyre going to hear the words that anthony fauci, the warnings that fauci, robert redfield, stephen hahn of the fda will offer. It is the form of the hearing, it is going to be chaired by lamar alexander, republican from tennessee who is going to be asking questions from self isolation. One of the Staff Members has the coronavirus and the three top scientists, hahn, redfield and fauci, are also going to be t
This morning a lot less green on that map there. Only 9 states now reporting a downward trend in new cases. 17 states are headed the wrong way. The u. S. Death toll approaching 95,000, a tragic rate coming down at a stubbornly slow pace. A push to reopen does not change the reality of the virus. The lag time that occurs between the time when we start to see these cases and when they convert to a really big spike can be a matter of weeks. Nothing magic happened while we were staying home. During these lockdown periods its not like the virus got less contagious or less deadly. One immediate concern, beaches will be open this memorial day. Even more people may be unaware that they are spreading the virus than we thought. Overnight the cdc released an estimate that 35 of Coronavirus Infections produce no symptoms. Huge concerns focused on the south now. Places like florida where new cases in palm beach are expected to quadruple. In texas they could see cases skyrocket more than 10 fold. Th
Historic rebuke of a president by one of his former cabinet secretaries. General james mattis with a 650 word takedown of the president , each word a carefully chosen dagger attacking the president s actions this week and really also donald trump as a man. Mattis, retired four star marine general, said the president is intentionally trying to turn americans against each other. He said we are witnessing the effect of three years without mature leadership. We have new reporting on why mattis came forward now and also the president s response. Overnight john allen piled on saying this could be the beginning of the end of the american experiment. We want to begin in minneapolis with omar jimenez where the memorial for george floyd will happen today. Omar . Reporter thats right, john. The news of the four officers being charged was what many protestors, the family, many in this community have been hoping for. Even with that news we saw demonstrations across the country, largely peaceful. Gr
Courtroom thursday formally charged with aiding and abetting murder. Prosecutors upgraded third degree murder to Second Degree felony murder. Praise god oh, praise god praise god not far from the courtroom an emotional Memorial Service for george floyd. At one point they stood in silence, 8 minutes 46 seconds. In the days since floyd died protests have been held around the world and now a curfew in washington, d. C. , has been lifted. Theyre keeping protestors, reporters and everyone else blocks away from the peoples house. George floiyd the man was honored. The service had wellknown public figures standing by floyds family. Reporter moments of prayer and reflection for a Memorial Service for george floyd. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. Hes going to get it. I want you guys to know that he will stand up for any injustice everywhere. Can yall please say his name. George floyd. Thank yall. Reporter as a city and a country mourn floyd killed by Mi