with business secretary alok sharma with professor stephen powis and sarah albion from the health and safety executiveh and safety executive. alok sharma:: i'mjoined by professor stephen powis and sarah albion. first i want to update you on the latest data from the coronavirus response. 2 million tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the uk,. 226,463 people have tested positive. that's an increase of 3403 cases since yesterday. 11,605 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus, up from 11,465 the previous day. sadly, of those tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, 32,692 have now died. that's an increase of 627 fatalities since yesterday. this is of course devastating news for families across the united kingdom. we all need to stay alert and control the virus. i wa nt to stay alert and control the virus. i want to remind people of the details of the next phase of our fight against coronavirus that will be set out this week. we turn to the first slide. in order to monitor our progress, we are establishing a new covid alert level system, with five levels. each relating

and i believe we have reached a consensus in doing that. we've also worked with public health england and the health & safety code executives to develop bestross the economy. the guidelines outlined practical steps for employers to take, including carrying out a covid—19 risk assessment. a downloadable notice is included in the documents, which employers can display in their workplace and show employees, customers and other visitors that they have followed the guidance. we've also provided practical steps for employers to consider, such as putting up barriers or screens in shared spaces, creating fixed teams or partnering to minimise the number of people in contact with one another, and frequent cleaning of work areas and frequent cleaning of work areas and equipment between uses to reduce transmission. to support employers and employees through this, the government has made available up to an extra £14 million for the health and safety executive equivalent to and safety executive equivalent to an increase of 10% of their budget. this is for extra employees, inspectors and equipment if needed. we also know how important the job scheme has

so we've been saying that there have to be tough new rules on safety and on enforcement too, because the hse, the health and safety executiveocal authorities‘ budgets have been cut to shreds. so we have fewer inspectors, fewer inspections, and fewer prosecutions. how can working people can be confident — never mind the transport issue, how can working people be confident that they can work safely until they at least see what the government is proposing for their safety? frances o'grady from the tuc. huw edwards will be here at 10pm with all the reaction to the plan is to's speech. now on bbc news, in india a child goes missing every eight minutes. the children are often trafficked into domestic labour or the sex trade — many are never seen again. a warning, this programme does include details some viewers may find upsetting. this is what it feels like when your child disappears. in india, a nationwide trade is separating children from theirfamilies. every eight minutes, a child goes missing in this country, and they are often trafficked. thousands of children, robbed of their innocence. we uncover a complex child traffickin

tough new rules on safety a nd there have to be tough new rules on safety and on enforcement as well because the health and safety executivers, fewer inspections and fewer prosecutions. how can working people be confident? never mind the transport issue, how can working people be confident that they can work safely until they at least see what the government is proposing for their safety? can you define what a safe workplace should look like in his covid—i9 era? define what a safe workplace should look like in his covid-19 era? the number—one issue for us is that, by law, every employer with more than five employees are supposed to carry out a risk assessment. we are saying there has to be a risk assessment for these extraordinary circumstances that we are in. that must, by law, involve consultation with unions and health and safety reps, and we believe it should be published because we have got lots of good agreements we good employers, but rogue employers could put us all at risk if, as we have seen put us all at risk if, as we have seenin put us all at risk if, as we have seen in too many warehouses, they are not operat

the health and safety executive had already investigated what ppe was needed when tackling a high—consequenceshould wear a respiratorface mask, full—face visor and a gown. and the government has a legal obligation to make sure nhs staff have the right kit. but six weeks ago, the government downgraded covid—19, the most consequential disease of the last 100 years was taken off the list of the highly—consequential infectious diseases. here are the recommended ppe components: apron, alcohol hand rub, gloves. at the same time the virus was downgraded, the government weakened the guidelines on ppe. step one, put on your disposable apron... health workers were now told they were safe to wear the less protective aprons and surgical masks in all but the most dangerous situations. carefully make sure this type of surgical facemask secured around the ears with elastic. this must have been done because they realised that they weren't going to have enough equipment and they needed somehow to have a story that stacked up with actually being caught out on supplies. should covid—19 be on that list? covid—19

as safe as possible for when people return to work, and i can assure you we are also involving public health england and the health and safety executiveo business, not subsidise them to close. i know we have to help vulnerable people, but it's not going to help the vulnerable in the long—term if we crashed the economy, so long—term if we crashed the economy, so is the government working full pelt... obviously consistent with proper social distancing to get people back to work? my people back to work? my right honourable friend is quite right, we want to focus on getting business back to work, but these lockdown measures were introduced to protect lives. relaxing the measures, we feel too much, would risk damage to public health, our economy and all the sacrifices that we've all made. as my right honourable friend the secretary of state for education said last week, it's incredibly important we create environments that are safe to work and learn in. we will adjust lockdown measures when the scientific advice indicates it is to do so. as the government looks to announce plans to ease some of our lockdown restrictions, how many facemasks

the health and safety executive says it has around 170 extra call handlers on standby in case there'sfety this week, as people start to return to theirjobs. as the lockdown is eased slightly in england, mps on the work and pensions committee were also told that the vast majority of employers should be able to put in place measures to protect their workers from covid—19 infection. we have made additional provision to be able to have more phone lines open, more phone operators. normally, we only have around 30 people available to answer our phone and first line e—mail queries, but we've made arrangements to have excess capacity so that up to 200 people can be available to answer calls. can i just start with a blunt question? all the panel's clear view is that it is safe for the 31 million or so people who work in this country to go back to work unless they're in an activity that is specifically closed by the government. that is the view, that every workplace can be made safe. is that correct? sarah albon said that if an employer could not provide proper hygiene or social distancing, the

to their employer and if that doesn't produce a result they should of course contact the health and safety executive or indeed the local authority and we have made sure that we are providing additional funding to the agency for precisely that reason. and as promised yesterday the government has now published their workplace guidelines for keeping the up place secure it includes asking employers to put up screens or barriers between employees in order to keep them separated in the workplace it also advises that workers be placed into fixed teams or workplace partnerships so that each employee only physically works with a reduced amount of people at any one time a back to back or side to side desk arrangement is also recommended in the office in order to avoid people sitting face to face and the government continues to recommend frequent hand washing as well as cleaning the office environment and what about the district as well according to the official government think as over the last 24 hours there has been a leap of $627.00 deaths a jump back up to the higher levels we've seen taking the total now

if they are worried about it we heard last night that workers can contact the h s c the health and safety executive if they feel the workplace is unsafe. i think i think there's 2 aspects of this i think absolutely i think if you work place or your employer not putting these measures in place i think it's absolutely important that you make sure you contact them to make sure that this these are put in place and that would be going directly against government cuts however this is not just about their workplace this is about the individual employee we haven't risk stratify the population to make sure that are they actually fit enough to go back in just because i think we don't know their past medical history we don't know anything about the banter but i must ask you what we have a lot of time just finally though what about the scenes of packed to. the aircraft we've seen in the last 24 hours is there a danger that you talked about maybe going back to quickly moving too fast this danger of a 2nd wave of infections is much talked about is that possible it's very real and it's very possible i think it ev

england and album who is the chief executive of the health and safety executive 1st i want to update you on the latest data on the coronavirus response 2007146 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the u.k. including $85293.00 tests carried out yesterday. 226463 people have tested positive that's an increase of 3403 cases since yesterday 11605 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus up from 11465 the previous day and sadly of those tested positive occur in a virus across all settings 32692 have now died that's an increase of 627 fatalities since yesterday. this is of course devastating news for families across the united kingdom. and we all need to stay alert and control the virus. i just want to remind people of the details of the next phase of our fight against corona virus that we set out this week we turn to the 1st slide. in order to monitor our progress we are establishing a new coded alert level system with 5 levels each relating to the threat or to the level of threat posed by the virus the alert level we based primarily on the on value and the number o

everybody must obey social distancing and we are going to have a lot more inspections by the health and safety executivef people feel that they are made to work in conditions that they think are unsafe, they should immediately report it and we will ta ke immediately report it and we will take action, and that goes for all work. and i want to stress we are not expecting this week a huge change. we are civilly encouraging those in those sectors we've outlined who cannot work from home now to talk to their employers —— simply encouraging. just on your point about the burden falling on working people, i just, point about the burden falling on working people, ijust, i remind you what this country has done, virtually uniquely, to support working people through the furloughing scheme, through the coronavirus job retention scheme. furloughing scheme, through the coronavirusjob retention scheme. it is quite a remarkable thing we have done but it is right, and we are protecting people's jobs, done but it is right, and we are protecting people'sjobs, lives and livelihoods, and it is entirely what we have done that

after the workers and they are covid secure and covid compliant and the health and covid compliant and the health and safety executive know it will take a while yet but eventually the uk will be free of covid—19. when that does happen, what is my right honourable friend's vision? does he want to see a return to the old normal of pollution and crowded commuter trains, or does he see a better and cleanerfuture? crowded commuter trains, or does he see a better and cleaner future? out of this tragedy and this disaster, of this tragedy and this disaster, of course we hope that some changes and opportunities will come and i certainly see a huge opportunity for cleaner, greener transport. of certainly see a huge opportunity for cleaner, greenertransport. of the uk will continue its mission to be a net zero nation by 2050, we know we can do it. and, as the house will know, we have created £2 billion to invest in cleaner transport, walking, cycling amongst them. jeremy corbyn. thank you, mr speaker. does the prime minister recognise that the covid crisis has exposed grotesque levels of inequality within our society? his state

and considerations. >> reporter: worker worries about safety and health followed the president's executive order to reopen plants, even as some were shuttered by their owners for decontamination and retrofitting, along the lines of this tyson foods promotional video. but for now, if you subtract sick or worried meat packers from the picture, what you get is a shortage of beef, chicken, and pork, the production of which has dropped 25%. whatever steps the president or others take, this disruption in the food chain will not end overnight. a worker at this plant behind me died this week from the virus, and the plant itself has been closed since april 24. county officials are unable to say when it will reopen. monique. >> laven: a lot of uncertainty. thank you, dean reynolds. well, it was all eyes to the sky in the nation's capital today. the air force thunderbirds and navy blue angels thundered over them all, a tribute to the workers. the precision flietsz also took to the skies over baltimore and atlanta. but president trump missed the aerial show. after 34 days at the white house, the president has retreat

actually, the health and safety executive can conduct on the spot checks to make sure that your employerwould say talk to your employer, ask what they are going to make sure what your workplace is safe and conduct that conversation with your collea g u es that conversation with your colleagues and in theory, you wouldn't be dismissed or at least, you wouldn't be legally, you wouldn't be on the hook for raising those concerns. you couldn't be dismissed for raising those concerns. but i wouldn't want it to come to that. you know, i would prefer, and i'm sure you would both earn everybody would prefer in a situation like this, to try to resolve those issues amicably because it would not be good for you to just not because it would not be good for you tojust not go because it would not be good for you to just not go to work and then for your workplace to have to consider a dismissal and then for you had to have to take them to court. all of that could be avoided if you just talk about what they are doing to make sure you are safe, not least because that is a legal requirement. and dan was no

professor stephen parris of nhs england and sarah albion from the health and safety executive.ause this area of high pressure reorientate itself. a blast studied war —— blasting not to northerly wind... come the weekend our temperatures will get quite a search. here we have the rest of today with a weather front working its way down out of southern scotla nd working its way down out of southern scotland into northern england. snow over the tops of the pennines, wintry showers for parts of scotland, the air coming in is cold and we are talking about a frost for scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland overnight. further south more cloud around, perhaps a few showers but mild night across southern england and south wales. a few showers in the south—east first thing, they will tend to clear but the northerly wind will bring more showers into the north—east of england through the day. recalled along the north sea coast. chance of your shower as well. the best of the sunshine towards the south—west and probably our top temperatures here are 13 or 14 degrees. we are s

we have got the health and safety executive which is policing all of these issues and they have a helpline be able to survive? we think we will be able to. we have been one of the first able to open so we can get that trade turning up but hopefully by the summer, things will be looking slightly more normal and we can't let more people in the course. the focus this year is very much going to be domestic rather than international tourism, what sort of breakdown of visitors would you normally get? we usually get local and tourists, so to say. we are situated by all the caravan park so we rely on them bringing customers in. at the moment, they are closed so we are in. at the moment, they are closed so we are not getting that custom but hopefully when they are allowed to open, we will see an increase in customers and our course.” to open, we will see an increase in customers and our course. i hope it goes really well. dan marshall from foot golf. and thank you to employment lawyer. we are keeping up—to—date with all of the latest developments on covid—19 here in the uk and around the world. you

if they got worries, there is a health and safety executive hotline to call.o get back to work and just want to get on with it. is there a danger that businesses and workers could be overly cautious in this situation you and we end up with businesses going bust and people losing theirjobs because of the damage of confidence because it wasn't necessary in the first place. we need to remember millions of people have worked through this crisis. it's really important for jobs and livelihood as well as a health and well—being. i think everybody wants to see that. the question is, how do we do it in a sensible stage way that doesn't end up sensible stage way that doesn't end up with a second spike in the virus, that puts a sore back to square one. that's why we really have to be careful and thoughtful and sensible. we got lots of good agreements with decent employers, right across the economy but we have to recognise there are some rogue employers out there. we get reports every day of people being overcrowded. we had a lot from the prime minister about social dista

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and learn to keep ourselves safe? joining us now is jessica mar n martin martinez, the co-executive director for occupational safety and health making time. >> thank you so much, rachel, for having me. i appreciate this time. >> let me ask you first in terms of the way i have explained this so far, if that comports with your understanding, if you and your organization are looking at this through a different lens or if i've gotten anything wrong? >> yeah, so i'm here representi representi representing workers who are scared of going to work. they're scared for good reasons. essential workers are dying all over the u.s., and that doesn't limit itself to meat processing workers, but health care, transit, grocery workers. we've documented hundreds of deaths on our website and that is representative of a fraction. this isn't just a problem for essential workers. infectious disease doesn't stay contained in the workplace. we know as soon as that worker steps out potentially infected, it is impacting communities, neighborhoods, public spaces. so this is an issue for all of us to take into our hands and take action. as a result, our

and it has to change. >> jessica martinez, co-executive director of the national council for occupational safety and healthtime this evening. what you're talking about in terms of there having been more than 200 walkouts around the country and workers all over the place standing up for themselves to try to get safer standards that's something we're interested in covering in an ongoing way so please stay in touch with us. good to have you here. >> thank you. thank you, rachel. >> much more to get to tonight. stay with us. there he is. oh, wow. you're doing, uh, you're doing really great with the twirling. dad, if you want to talk, i have a break at 3:00. okay, okay. i'm going. i'm gone. like -- like i wasn't here. [ horn honks ] keep -- keep doing it, buddy. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. you know, like the sign says. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. at mercedes-benz, nothing service will do.-class that's why we're expanding your range of choices. many dealers now offer optional pick-up & delivery and at-home maintenance, as well as online shopping with home delivery and sp

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statement and tweet they support tesla in a statement alameda county says the public health department has been working with tesla executives and look forward to coming to an agreement on an appropriate safety plan very soon. >>reporting in fremont gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>all right take a look at this troubling viral image a tweet from a ucsf doctor captured a packed united airlines flight heading to s f o you can see every single fluff seat filled in the picture a lot of the passengers aren't wearing. masks and a lot of them can't practice social distancing of course because they're being packed in together like sardines in this morning we're hearing from an industry expert and a passenger advocate about what's happening on the airline's amid this pandemic with kron four's dan thorn with the story. >>a picture of a packed sfo bound united flight chaired by a local doctor is highlighting concerns about safety on airlines ucsf cardiologist was returning home after treating covid-19 patients in new york in one tweet he writes i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days every seat full on the 7.37 is it simply a another you know like i for united airline passenger ad

and everything would be around safety and health. those are the things i would look for as a player and an executive. >> so isaiah, obviously health beingmount. the nba says the orlando facility would be for games, practice, and housing. i know a couple of players did test positive for covid. my question would be how much freedom would you give them? should they be existing in a bubble? how strict should they be in keeping those players in line? >> i think the keyword you just said is the bubble. when we think of bubble, we think of the playing facilities that they're going to be in. but i think when we think of bubble, we have to think of, you know, the hotel, the plane facility, and also the eating environment. and all of that has to be monitored, has to be enclosed in some form or fashion. and in terms of the strictness, it would absolutely have to be strict from a contamination standpoint in terms of people entering in and out of the building. so it would have to be rigorously critiqued and also looked after. once you bring that many players in that environment and you put them there. >> again, this is all a possibility. the league

think the application of the executive orders which were entered in february became unconstitutional. we didn't see any relation between the current public health safety andwelfare issues given the number of covid-19 cases in the state versus the way the executive orders were being applied, they appeared whimsical and continue to be whimsical. we see every weekend, you go to lowe's, walmart, target, the boardwalk and it is packed with people and that seems to be okay but yet we demonstrated months ago you can put 1140 students on a football field, 7.5 feet apart. there is no rhyme or reason why certain businesses can open like clothing boutiques, one of our clients can so close that you can buy close at costco, you can buy clothes a target or walmart, there is no rhyme or reason to the way these laws are being applied. east high school has 350 graduation students. if you use the schematically provide the state, given to the local school board, you can have each kid, each student the 23 feet socially distant on the field. >> running out of time, you have this plan, you've done the calculations. what do you take away from this? this is a big deal. i have ne

and tweet they support tesla. >>in a statement alameda county says they have been working away tesla executives as the public health department and look forward to coming to an agreement an appropriate safety plan reporting live gayle ong kron 4 news. thank you gayle. >>the month of may could bring dire depression-era unemployment numbers just days after the u.s. jobless rate surged for april treasury secretary to was one of several white house officials predicting shocking numbers next month. but he said there is a difference this time. >>unlike the great depression, where you had economic issues that led to this. we closed down the economy, so it's it's it wouldn't be a surprise. if you close down the economy that in half of the workforce is half the people didn't work and that's why we're very focused on rebuilding this economy and getting it back to where it was this is no fault of american business. this is no fault of american workers. this is a result of the virus and that's why the president and i were determined to put together the largest economic program ever to help american workers get through this. >>the may numbers will come out in june but newton's comments come as some sta

with those executive order to mandate these companies open for business i can say yes they should open but only if they dedicate themselves to the health and safety of the workforce as the highest priority let's make the workplace safe before we talk about a mandatory opening. my stay in illinois that have been affected and they are determined and they see them taking that approach and that workers on the job have necessary distancing and protective equipment that's the right approach but in the meantime they ignore that responsibility for the illnesses or injuries that results? workers compensation is the senator from kentucky with the 19 lawsuit that could be related to covid-19 for sure i certainly hope so. looking at those challenges before c us that redline or legal liability fails to take into account the justice in america which we have turned to in good times and bad to make sure those that have no recourse to consider lawsuits that take this issue seriously and carefully and with that opportunity to protect people risking lives every day in essential workplaces that they too can be protected by our system of j justice. let them president

park executives will submit their proposal to reopen the resort theme parks in phases. the plan will address health and safety concerns. there's no official reopening date that's been announced yet, though. disney world has been closed since march because of coronavirus. >>> it's a sign. that's all we needed. just a sign. some hope. let's talk about what is going on. speaking of hope. look at the temperatures for tomorrow. still going to be hot in the inland east bay neighborhood where we can push 99 in antioch and look at the 60s and 70s around the bay and 80s and 90s else where. watch the winds coming out of the south. the southerly surge that brings relief to all of our neighborhood by friday. 60s, 70s and 80s. and look at that saturday 60s and 70s. a 30-degree drop in our inland neighborhoods over a two to three day span. area of low pressure, our savior. our heat breaker. as it draws closer, saturday our best chance of dry thunderstorms will be up in the north bay. couple hundredths of an inch of rain is possible and that's why the fire danger is a concern. we'll talk about more as we get closer to the w

health and safety of the people first. is he? >> we can do both and that is the role of the legislature. as the governor extended his second executive order, it has come to us very quickly that we lost a good portion of her hospitality. we've got to look at the numbers. right now we are at 923,000 illinois inns who have filed for unemployment. hospitality industry which is 10% of the workforce, 550,000 employees have lost 300,000 jobs just within the last month and a half. the governor's plan doesn't make sense. it creates different regions that are based on metrics on when they will be phased back into -- >> raymond: but you and the republicans in your conversations with him, you suggested a regional plan, right? >> we did but his regional plan does not make sense because what he does is incorporate the city of chicago with distance suburbs of maybe 100 to 200 people that all have to live by the same metrics that are going to be imposed on the city of chicago. a lot of these areas do not get corona cases. they have not experienced the same suffering that they have in chicago. and that's why it doesn't make sense. the house republic

plant and i work with them and the uaw, they're concerned about their safety and concerned about their health working at an auto plant and to have the ceo and all the senior executives all wearing masks is a demonstration of leadership, that you're a leader and you're willing to do what you expect everyone else to do. apparently the president hasn't learned that concept of leadership and hasn't shown it. >> what should the consequence for his action and the -- the state attorney general had questions for ford about how they allowed him to go around without a mask after he took it off. >> i think those questions she will pursue that. i think it's just par for the course of what we've seen from this president. he hasn't shown national leadership in dealing with the virus. he wants to defer it to individual governors. i'm the ranking member overseeing fema. fema should be taking a more aggressive role in masks, for examp example. yet the president says let the governors do it, let them compete. we need national leadership. i think the fact that it's symbolic, his willingness to wear a mask in public, we heard dr. fauci say how important it is to slow down the spread of

the governor announced an executive order that will give protection to the health and safety for the frontline workers, grocery store clerks, farmworkers, so many in our state, they are guaranteed to get workers compensation benefits and it means their healthcare will be paid for and provided and they will get a paycheck if they were found to have been tested positive to march 19th and forward for the next two months. if they are essential workers and they are on the job and they contracted during that time 99.9% you can be sure that they contracted it because of their job in the governor says those workers should be paid accordingly. mike, he talked about property tax, which is a huge bill that comes twice a year. we talked about it. will they defer or waive it. he got answers about property tax relief as well. >> a lot of people cannot make that property tax. it was due last month for a lot of homeowners and what the governor said and what the executive order allows is a waiver for the 10% penalty all the way through next may. we are talking about a full year here for homeowners no

health and safety rules. >>we'll take a look at the guidelines and how they'll be in force. also after the break the president has signed an executive order in hopes of limiting the legal protections that social media platform have on what's posted. new changes to a federal loan program could make it easier for small businesses to get help during the pandemic i'm kelly meyer reporting from washington but lawmakers say the updates will need. >>and today is a day of checked shut changes, we've got some cloud cover moving on and cooler temperatures and some showers and thunder showers to greatest by tomorrow morning, here's the lowdown a we've got going on today, 63 midmorning high noon we're here for you and we're open. wow. i'm an original. one of a kind. you feel me? love ya'. oop! you look cute! better than you? pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. my new bite-sized, crispy popcorn chicken is so irresistible you'll want them whenever, so don't resist! pop 'em while you game, hang, or do your thing. pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. >>good m

and effectively abdicated responsibility for that. there's no accountability for the failures to keep workers sif right now. the occupational safety and health administration's job is to keep workers safe and what this president has done through executive action is emasculate the critical work of career professionals there and immigrants are at harm's way. this president said in 2016 in detroit to african-americans, what do you have to lose? well, you know what? we know the answer to that. your job, your life and your livelihood. look at the racial disparities for african-americans, latinos and native americans in covid-19. look at the abject job loss for these communities. the abject job loss for everyone. i wish we could get back on track fast but i have seen as your labor secretary that it doesn't happen that fast. and unfortunately when you don't have a plan moving forward it gives me no optimism. this president has been chronically incompetent and what we know, ali, about a moment like this is that when you have massive job losses it exacerbates job losses and so folks who were living on the edge on a good day have fallen off the edge and your reporting there about texas, food banks. and to add insult to injury, this administratio

and tweet. >>they support tesla in a statement alameda county says the public health department has been working with tesla executives and look forward to coming to an agreement on an appropriate safety plan very soon. >>reporting in fremont gayle, ong kron 4 news. >>we want to go back to the story we told you about at the top of this newscast, the tweet from a doctor at ucsf captured a packed united airlines flight heading to sfo kron four's dan thorn live for us at sfo with more on the buzz and controversy it's created than. >>that's right ken and pam that picture of certainly catching people's attention and starting a new conversation about safety on the airlines that industry right now reeling throughout this coronavirus pandemic but airline companies like united say they are doing everything they can to keep passengers safe. but passenger advocates say they could be doing more. >>a picture of a packed sfo bound united flight chaired by a local doctor is highlighting concerns about safety on airlines. the ucsf cardiologist was returning home after treating covid-19 patients in new york in one tweet he writes i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy these days eve

. >>> there is growing concern about the health and safety of essential workers at meat processing plants after president trump signed an executeer keeping the plants open. the question these plant owners face, how to meet demand while keeping their employees safe. our nbc news affiliate knwa, chad mira was given rare access inside tyson's springdale arkansas plant in northwest arkansas to see what measures they put in place to protect employees and how they compare to cdc guidelines. chad joins us now. >> reporter: churk, et ceteck, at this tyson plant in springdale they are doing a number of things to protect their employees. this tent is extra space for the employees to spread out more while on breaks. what you are about to see is concerning, along the processing line especially, employees sending shoulder to shoulder, at times bumping into each other. no par positions around each other. 6500 of these essential workers now with covid, 20 plus deaths, now you understand why they are considered about high risk. several questions about my health, some hand sanitizer a mask, and a temperature check. 97.9. that got me lieu the do

the work of a task force of ten top executives and input from employees at 22 locations across the state. it meets weekly. blue shield is focused on the health and safety of its wo workforwork source. >> the biggest risk, if we inadvertently have somebody in the workplace who's not known to be infected is, in fact, infected and infects other people. >> reporter: blue shield might break up employees into smaller units to limit the impact of an infectious outbreak. like other companies, temperature checks and testing are under consideration. so is social distancing. court business services, a major office furniture contractor, has created prototypes of how to provide six feet of spacing for employees. a major change could involve conference rooms and casual areas. limiting numbers who can assemble. some companies may phase in the return of employees, factoring in underlying health conditions, availability of childcare and the re-opening of schools. that might help to extend time to reconfigure work spaces. >> the concern's going to really be around how quickly can they bring these products to market? by the time they reimagine, reengineer, get them on th

executive order mandating thatom these companies open for business. well, i can say to the president, yes, they should open but only ifea they dedicate themselves to the health and safety of their workforce as the highest priority. let's make that workplace safe before we talk about making it a mandatory opening. in fairness to the industry, in my statein of illinois several companies have been affected have reached out to us and they are, in fact, determined to make their workplace safe, and i salute them for taking that approach. they are talked about testing and making sure that workers on the job have necessary distancing and protective equipment. that's the right approach but in the meantime those companies that ignore that responsibility, should they bear some liability for the illnesses or injuries that result? under workers compensation law they certainly would. is the senator from kentucky calling that a covid-19 lawsuit? it could be related toaw covid-9 for sure, sure the heather day in court? i certainly hope so. as we look at the challenges before us, and there are many, this notion of drawing a red line on legal liability unfortunately takes, fails to take

executive order mandating that these companies open for business. i can say t to the president yesterday should open but only if they dedicate themselves to the health and safety of their workforce is the highest priority. let's make that work lay safe before we talk about making it a mandatory opening. in fairness to the industry in my state of illinois several companies that have been affected every stop to us and they aren't facts and determined to make their workplace safe and i salute them for taking that approach.d they are talking about testing and making sure workers on the job get the necessary testing and protective equipment. that's the right approach that in the meantime those companies have ignored their responsibility. should they bear some liability for the ominous is the result of? under workers compensation laws d. certainly would. the senator from kentucky calling that a covid-19 lawsuit? it could be related to covid-19 for sure that should they have their day in court? i certainly hope so. as we look at the challenges before us, there are many drawing a red line on legal liability, and fortunately it fails to take into account the system of

executives are reportedly planning contingencies if the season needs to be delayed over health and safety concerns. and finally last week we told you about how nascar in the ufc will resume this month and we also we have some live games returning to the airwaves this week it is opening week for the korea baseball organization. the top professional league in south korea. those games will be televised here in the u.s. this could serve as a blueprint for how major league baseball can make its return. no fans allowed in the stadium's umpires will be wearing masks and gloves also high fives and speedy is not allowed. kbo season has been delayed for more than a month because the pandemic organizers are hoping to play their entire. 144 games schedule friend vicki back 2 tight market. you know we've heard countless stories of people stepping up to help those in need one of those people using their platform to help is warriors legends hall of famer chris mullin kron four's jason dumas reports. >>and be a hall of famer chris mullin had decided to use his platform to help people get through this pan

concerned about your safety we hope you'll join us at a later date but on an executive order greg abbott says businesses and customers should use good faith efforts to follow health protocols and encouraged everyone to wear appropriate face coverings. >> the key is following your state and local guidelines there is challenges to follow but follow the local guidance. >> reporter: several big retailers sharing plans to keep employees and customers safe the gap opening 800 stores by the end of may with shorter hours and face coverings for employees and when time, registers guarded with plexiglass and the same at kohl's and nordstrom big changes coming to theme parks. shanghai disney is opening. more health screenings and virtual lines to maintain social distance at disneyland and disneyworld, a blueprint for what comes next. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive, an inside look at the homeland security's national bio defense lab opened after 9/11 and focusing solely on covid-19 here is tom costello with that. >> reporter: it's one of the deadliest pathogens the world faced in the last 100 years. trying to crack the coronavirus code is now the top priority in maryland in

weekend an extraordinary event which is a type of executive order that authorized law enforcement to take extra steps if needed to protect public health and safetys comes as the head of the fda warned today that the coronavirus is not yet contained, urging americans to protect themselves and their communities. the number of deaths in the u.s. is closing in on a grim milestone approaching 100,000. and now two states in the south are seeing cases spike. north carolina reporting its single high evidence one-day total on saturday while arkansas' governor says his state is seeing its second spike. >> it's clear and evident to me that we have one peak and then we've had a deep dip and then we're having a second peak right now, and they're really about 30 days apart. >> and cnn has reporters from coast to coast. we begin with cnn natasha

health organization, suspended a large trial of hydroxychloroquine due to safety concerns. >>> so what happens now with twitter and facebook? will anything change after president trump signed that executive order? he says social media companies muzzle and try to edit conservative viewpoints. this also exposes a clash of philosophy between mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey. here's nbc bay area's sergio quintana. >> reporter: tonight president donald trump took to social media to praise comments by facebook ceo mark zuckerberg criticizing twitter's recent move to fact-check him. >> we have a different policy, i think, than twitter on this. you know, i just believe strongly that facebook shouldn't be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online. >> reporter: president trump's executive order zeros in on a section of the communications decency act that basically shields social media companies from liability for anything that their users publish. >> they have a shield. they can do what they want. they have a shield. they're not going to have that shield. >> reporter: the president is not happy that twitter published two fact-check labels on tweets this week where he claims mail-in

park executives are submitting their proposal to open the theme park but in phases. address health and safetyoncerns and no reopening date has been announced yet, though. disney world has been closed since march because of coronavirus. how soon before you get ready to go back, friend? >> i was already thinking about that. >> you're calculating that. >> i mean, next friday universal studios opens in florida and sea world and things are definitely moving quickly in orlando and that should affect what happens with the travel industry from now on. interesting to see what they say. how close this reopening is going to happen, mike. >> yeah. the summer tourist season means so much to florida. it will be interesting to see if there is, like we've seen in some other states, a secondary push of covid cases. hopefully not because that would open the doors for like disney at home. your accuweather highlights. dealing with the warmest morning this week. record highs this afternoon. but this will probably be the last day as the sea breeze arrives tonight and better sleeping weather and dry thunderstorms i

but the year starting september 10th executives are reportedly planning contingencies of the season needs to be delayed over health and safetycerns about this man and finally it is nearly 11 o'clock at night here in almost 3 on a tuesday afternoon in south korea where it is baseball opening day. it also means a live sports are returning to broadcast airwaves it is the first day of the regular season for the korea baseball organization. the country's top professional league games will be televised here in the u.s. this could serve as a blueprint for how major league baseball could make its return. no fans allowed in the stadium's umpires will be wearing masks and gloves regular temperature checks. if there's a positive test. a league wide shutdown could be implemented. also high fives and spitting is not allowed. the kbo season has been delayed for more than a month because of the pandemic but organizers hope to play the entire 144 game schedule. that if you look at sports threatened to key back to that. no speed. >>so you that baseball without that coming up. speaking of an a a new series surrounding the life of tiger king j

weekend an extraordinary event, which is a type of executive order that authorizes law enforcement to take extra steps if needed to protect public health and safety. all of this ahead of the fda warning today the coronavirus is not yet contained, urging americans to protect themselves and their communities. the number of deaths in the u.s. is closing in on a grim milestone. approaching 100,000. now, two states in the south are seeing cases spike. north carolina reporting its single highest one-day total on saturday. while arkansas' governor says his state is seeing its second spike. >> it's clear and evident to me that we have one peak and then we've had a deep dip and then we're having a second peak right now, and they're really about 30 days apart. >> cnn has reporters from beaches coast to coast and monitoring crowds gathering on the florida panhandle, live from pensacola beach, rosa flores. what are you hearing and seeing from people there? >> reporter: fred, i want to show you around, because one of the things that is important, of course, is social distancing. and here's what pensacola beach is doing. you can see that the umbrellas are set

executives. it meets weekly. being a health plan, blue shield is focused on the health and safety of its workforce. >> the biggestk is we inadvertently have somebody in the workplace who is not known to be infected and is in fact infected and infected other people. >> dr. gilliland says blue shield might break up employees into smaller units to limit the outbreak of an infectious outbreak. temperature checks and testing are under consideration. so is social distancing. court business services, a major office furniture contractor has created prototypes of how to provide six feet of spacing for employees may. juror change could involve conference rooms and casual areas. some companies may phase in the return of employee, factoring in underlying health conditions, the availability of child care and the reopening of schools that might help to extend time to reconfigure work spaces. >> the concern is really going to be around how quickly can they bring these products to market. by the time they reimagine, re-engine near, get them on the assembly line and out to the consumer, it could take a period of time. >> while co

the commissioner ryan browning and the county health department, myself, we all toured the facility on thursday. they are taking safety measures. obviously, with the executiverder from the president, they were allowed to open, but we have been working with tyson for quite some time now. so at that point, we, obviously, see that there's an availability, i guess, in safety for the employees. keep in mind, we would not do something that we thought was unsafe for our community. we would probably fight that. but you have to trust in the leadership of the county health department. let them do their job. let them take the initiative in making sure things are safe and they've done that. we've talked with them, sat down with tyson and made sure the right proper safety measures were taken. >> but the employees, if they don't come back to work and do not feel safe is the state providing them with unemployment benefits? >> at this point, from my understanding, tyson is still paying the employees -- they're furloughing the employees. they're paying the employees. at this point, you have to keep in mind, they've eliminated the attendance policy at this point. there's no

and treating coronavirus patients being temporarily suspended for safety concerns. the director of the world health organization making the announcement just yesterday saying in part this, the executive has implemented a temporary pause within the solidarity trial. while the safety data is reviewed by the data safety monitoring board. the director noted that the drug is still generally seen as safe in treating malaria. in an interview over the weekend, president trump said he had, quote, just finished taking a two-week course of the drug. the medication he has vigorously promoted as a preventive or a curative treatment for the coronavirus. and president trump yesterday continue to go defend his golf outings over memorial day weekend as the u.s. coronavirus death toll is approaching 100,000 lives lost. in a series of tweets, the president argued that he played, quote, to get outside for a little exercise before complaining about the media's scrutiny. and then tried to deflect attention elsewhere writing in part this, some stories about the fact that in order to get outside and perhaps even a little exercise i played golf over the weekend, the fake and totally corrupt news makes it sou

county exe executive says with proper safety precautions and working with the health department the war'sored again. >> when you see the graves out there lined up and you realize that all of these individuals served and sacrificed for our country and the notion that we would allow this virus to stop us from honoring them appropriately by placing american flags is just for us is unacceptable. >> the u.s. national cemetery official that says since the state has not lifted restrictions on long island, the cemeteries will not either, saying in part, families and communities members are welcome to visit national cemeteries throughout memorial day weekend and place individual flags on graves to honor friends and family. the boy scout troop of middle island have placed thousands of flags at the national cemetery in the past few years. karen says he is confident they can do it again this year, safely. >> that's a very emotional, moving experience. personally, my dad's a veteran. he was deployed in iraq for a year. and it's good to be able to pay our respects to our fallen heros. >> we just commem