i'm amy y goodman. deaths from covid-19 in the united statetes surged to anotor recocord high thursday, neararly doubling to surpass the previous record set just a day before. 4591 u.s. residents died over a single 24-hour period, with another 31,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases across the u.s. worldwide, over 145,000 people have died of covid-19 according to data compiled by john hopkins university. at the white house, president trump on thursday outlined federal guidelines for states to reopen their economies, saying it was up to individual governors to decide when and how to relax social distancing measurures. pres. trump: some states are not in the kind of trouble that others are in. now that we have passed the peak startingses, we are our life again. we are starting rejuvenation of our economy again in a safe and structured and very responsible fashion. amy: trump told governors in a conference call thursday, "you're gonna call your own shots," reversing his claim last monday he has total auth

i'm amy y goodman.he death rate from the pandemic continues to accelerate with worldwide confirmed deaths topping 145,000. in the united states, deaths surged to another recordrd high thursday, nearly doubling to surpass the previous recorord st 4591. day before at u.s. residents died d over a single 24 hohour pereriod. today,y, we continue my converersation with noam chomsk, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist, and author of more ththan 100 books. he's a laureatete professor in e department of linguistics at the university of arizona tucson and professor emeritus at massachusetts institute e of technology where he taught for more than half a century. professor chomsky joined us from his home in tucson, arizona, where he is sheltering in place with his wife, valeria. we spoke just after president donald trump foreshadowed this week's announcement that he would cut off u.s. support for the world health organization. this is trump addressing reporters last week. >> is t the time to frereeze f

amy: from roma h high school ana texas, virtually playing "these are thesese eyes." ththis is dedemocracy y now!, democracynow.o.org, the quarante report. i am amy goodmannew york. juan gonzalez is cohosting from new jejersey. as we turn to the imimpact of te pandemic on schools, universisities, students, paren, teachers, and professors. here in new york city, the epicenter of the pandemic and home to the largest school district in the united states, public schools have been closed since march 16. at least 68 education department staffers have died from coronavirus, including 28 teachers, 25 teachers assistants, and also administrators, office employees, school aides, food service workers, guidance counselors, a parent coordinator and a technology specialist. on tuesday, new york city mayor bill de blasio announced a new grading system for the rest of the coronavirus-disrupted school year. said some so-called underperforming students may be enrolled in virtual summer school. this is is mayor de blasio. >> we want to make sure the grading policy wewese now fitits the moment we are in now and the reality of our kids come our parents, our educators now. ch

y now!, democracynow.org, the quaranante report. i'm amy goodman.ocontinue our interview with fiona apple, who joined us for the interview along with eryn wise, a member of the jicarilla a apache nation and laguna pueueblo people.. she joineded us from phoenix, arizona. eryn is an organizer with seeding sovereignty, an indigenous-led collective that fiona apple supports. seeding sovereignty has launched a rapid response initiative to helplp indigenous s communitiess affecteded by the spread of covid-19 in n new mexico. the navajo nation the third harris coronavirus i infection rate in ththe u.s.,., followingy new york andnd new jersey. at least 59 people have dieded from the virus. in new mexico, native americans make up more than one third of the state's coronavirus cases but only 10% of the population. navajojo nation president jonatn nez had to quauarantine afterr exposure to covid-19 earlier this month. he s said of the unfolding catastrophe -- "we are united states citizens but we're not treated like that. wewe once again haveve been forgotten

goodman. hello? amy: it is great to have you with us. can you talk about your decision to allow yr church to bebe d as a hospital run by franklin graham's samaritan's purse? >> absolutely. i am honored to be on your program. i am glad to speak with you. st. john the divine was begun in 1897. it is chartered by the state of new york and chartered as a house of prayer for all people. through the years, we have come to understand that to mean all means all. so anybody is welcome in this place to worship here. we have diverse groups worshiping and meeting here. we have always been at the forefront of inclusion. we've always been at the front in the aids crisis. st. john's stepped up. we have the national aids memorial here now. lgbtqe a very active ministry. -- the door at this place is open to everyone. our heart is open to everybody. began, icovid crisis sinai the president mount , st. luke's, and spoke with him about it and said, i don't know what we'rere gng to need my but let me asse e you e doors thcathedraare opop to you for whaterer you need. so he called me back a few weeks t