john yang has it in the script and was talking about it a atthe beginning of the show. president is saying there needs to benti-drug activity. adam schiff, prominent member of the use says that, after the coronavirus bell and more relief wis given, heants a commission toook at the white house's handling of the coronavirus oooutbreak. >>uff: yamiche alcindor, monitoring it all at the white house. thank you, yamiche. >> woodruff: and now, a look at how the coronavirus pandemic has forced people to change how they interact with each otherand seek out new ways to connect and to celebrate. lisa desjardins has the story. >> desjardins: when berklee sousa turned 12 last month, a birthday party was out of the question. her state, california, was under a shelter-in-place order. >> she's a kid, she does not there was a lot of, yoknow, "i hate everything, why did this have to be in march," and crying. o d she was just bummed. so we wantedrprise her with something. ( honking ) >> desjardins: so instead of a party, her mom holly organized a birthday parade. >> happy birthday! ( honk

john yang begins our coverage. team ofxperts now agrees that we can begin the next front in our war. >> reporter: presidentrump calls it a "roadmcoap to rery." but some state and local officialsay ta of lifting restrictions is too optimistic, ashousands of new infections and deaths are reported daily. new york governor andrew cuomo: >> how do you plan the reopening? and how do you plan a reoconing of the enomy and at the same time be cognizant of the public health crisis that youe still in? >> reporter: the white house outlined how the nation's governors could begin lifting restrictions in three phase once the number of infections in their states decline and the testing rate goes up. phase one recommends social distancing and discourages gatherings of more than ten people and nessential travel. phase two limits gatherings to 50 people, and allows travel to resume. phase three proposes a return to normalcy, while isolating any new cases. some governors say they will begin easing restrictions soon... governor gretche

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: and now, to our other lead story.h a narrowing path to victory and an end to normal campaigning due to the pandemic, senator bernie sanrs today suspended his presidential race. r lisa desjardins reports. >> desjardins: from his home in announced he is ending his fight for the democratic nomination for president. >> so, while we are winning the ideological battle, and while wr winning the support of so many young people and workingle pehroughout the country, i have concluded that this battle for the democratic nomination will not be successful. >> desrdins: former vice president joe biden is now the likely candidate to take on esident trump. the democratic socialist and independent senator from vermont has guably single-handedly moved the democratic party to the left. his underdog 26 campaign against hillary clinton was also a movement, raising new attention to ideas likmedicare for all, free public college, and aggressive climate action. in the 2020 race, many o sanders' democratic rivals adopted his proposals. >> it

for the pbsewour, i'm john yang.ke with vice president mike pence, named by president trump to head his coronavirus task force, about the administration's new guidelines for governo testing and his message to frontline health care workers forced to re-use and share their protective gear. mr. vice president, thank you very much for joining us.id prt trump has been clear that he's eager for the country to open back up again by mathe first. you rolled out these new guidelines yesterday. ho ldifferent do you thie is going to be on may 1? it'sust 14 days away. >> well, yesterday, by announcing r new guidelines for states across the country for reopening up america again, what president trump laidut were essenially the criteria and what we believe would bthe best preparations for states to be able to open up in a time and manner of their choosing. but as you can see, it is a phed approach and it's all based upon data and in the application of, of the best counsel of our scientists and our broader team. the president also c

we begin with this report from john yang. >> yans a two-front war. on the economic side, more than 6.6 million americans filed their claims for unemployment benefits last week as businesses nationwide cs.sed their do the record numbers come as nearly 300 millioncans in 38 sta the district of columbia, are under stay-at-home orders. on theedical front, doctors and nurses are pleading for more equipment, like ventilators and protective gear, known as p.p.e.s, like face masks. emmanuel bangan urse at a hospital in san jose, california. >> we don't want to be spreading it ourselves, so we justant to have the right p.p.e.s. >> yang: this afternoon,es ent trump invoked the defense production act to try to ramp up u.s. manufacture of ventilators. but earlier, the president questioned some re for more equipment, tweeting," massive amounts of medical es, even hospitals and medical centers, are being delivered directly to states and hospitals by the federal government." he added, "some have insatiable appetites and are never satisfied." other officials say the

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: at the enof the week that officials predicted would be t heightthe crisis, d anthony fauci said things ar improving. >> we're starting to see the leveling off and coming down. >> yang: but he cautioned that whenev restrictions are relad, coronavirus cases are likely to increase. >> when we decide at a proper time when we're going to be relaxing some of the restrictions, there's no doubt you're going to see cases. i would be so surprised if you did not see cases. the question is how you respond to them. >> yang: president trump said a new task force would be formed to get the nation back to business as soon and as safely as possible. >> we're going to go back to we're looking at a date, we're hoping we'll be able to fulfill a certain day but weane not doing ything until we know this country is healthy. >> yang: in hard-hit new york, for the first time since the beginning the outbreak, the state reported a net decline in intensive care unit admissions today, mirroring pattern also seen in another hot spot: california. governor gavin newsom warned it

john yang begins our coverage. >> yang: more help is on the way to amerin small busses. today, the house gave final congressional approval to a $484 billion package aimedt for his signature.and hospitalsm house speaker nancy pelosi said itchomes at a heart-wreng time. >> millions out ofork. this is really a very, very, very sad day. we come to the floor with nearly 50,000 deaths, a huge number of people impacted, and the uncertainty of it all. >> yang: the house vote came as the bor department reported that another 4.4 million americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total for the last five weeks to more than 26 million. at a house small busines committee hearing, with members wearing protective masks as gloves, demosaid many small employers still desperately need loans from the federal payroll protection program, or p.p.p. tom malinowksi of new jersey. >> i've been in close touch with small business owners in my district and it is difficult to curately capture the level of fear, frustration and uncertainty that they are feeling right now. >> y

john yang looks at h faithful are finding ways to express much needed feelings of faith and communityn the pandemic makes traditional gathergs impossible. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in normal times, houses of worship would be busy: christians celebrating easter, jews marking passover and,, ater this monslims observing ramadan-- for all a time of renewal. ♪ ♪ but this is the new normal: a virtual palm sunday service. with new york city at the center of the crisis, most preccaus blood romaolic church in astoria is livestreaming mass. alicia alvarez is a regular there. >> i really didn't realize it until it happened. that i would miss it that much. because that's where you turn to for comfort, for guidance, for community support in hard times. >> reporter: s says being able to participate from home allows her to stay connected to her faith. >> that has been very calming, very soothing, reassuring. >> reporter: debbie wells worships oine with her non- denominational church outside tampa. >> my faith... it keeps me going. it keeps me motivated, keeps me excited abouwaking up every ngle day. >> repor

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: that's af important report. thank you, john.and a reminder. we want hear from viewers like you. send us your questions for our new segment, "ask us." we take your questions on the pandemic to experts who can provide the answers you need. you casubmit yours by visiting our website. that's www.pbs.org/newshour. or our facebook, instagram and twitter pages. we'll be answering them each week, and sharing what we learn on air, on the website and across our social platforms. we hope u will join us. all that andore is on our website, www.pbs.org/newshour. and that is the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again rit here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, please stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> life isn't a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction.de fity is here to he you work thrgh the uneanected, with fal planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. >> bnsf railway. >> financial

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruf and, underscoring how far the u.s.from - the mayoro norma of los angeles said late today allow sporting events, concerts and other lae events until next year. in the day's other news, wall street swung lower again, as oil prices fell and banks warned of billions in loan defaults caused by the pandemic. the dow jones industrial average dropped 445 points to close at 23,504. the nasdaq lost 122 points, and the s&p 500 gave up 62. california will make pandemi relief payments of $500 apiece to 150,000 migrants living in the state without documentation. democratic governor gavin newsom said today they do essential work and pay millions of dollars in taxes. almost 40% of the money will come from private contributions. the migrants are not eligible for federal payments. the world's 20 rhest economies are freezing debt payments for etoday.nedurthin dem. the moratorium covers payments totaling $20 billion. nations spend morealthfrican care and vulnerable populations. today marked one year since fire l gutted notre dame cathed p

john yang haour report. >> yang: for health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, masks like this, called an n-95, are essential equipment. >> the overall situation i rrifying. this is the closest thing i've done to going to war. >> yang: sidney longwell is an emergency room physician at tulane medical center in new orleans. >> the patients that we ar seeing are a threat to us. if you're gonna go into somewhere where your someone's coughing or you're putting a tube down someone's throat with, yeu need a shield for your you need goggles and an n-95 as a basic minimum. y yang: the virus has spread rapi new orleans. like the rest of the country, the city has a shortage of n-95 masks. they're designed to block 95% of airborne pticles and droplets befo, doctors and nurses would. use a new disposable mask for each new patient. and now? >> we're issued an n-95 in the morning and you do your best tot t it. >> yang: when that practice began, longwell started taking his masks home for a personal recycling program. >> the oldest is to the left and they circle around

but, as john yang reports, the shift has affected some more than others.t is part of regular education coverage called "making the grade." >> yang: stanford university senior michael ocon has beenli ng here these days-- a tent in his parents' back yard. after his college closed because the coronavirus pandemic, he moved to his parents' two- bedroom house. >> my sister and i, h moved out, and our parents kind know, we'd be goneer.ng, you >> yang: but then his mother, a drug counselor who's kept working, got sick with covid-19- like symptoms, so ocon moved his space outside as a precaution. >> we're having issues in terms of looking for a new place, in terms of affording rent, in terms of food. and now we have to make su that our broadband and our internet's upgraded, to ensure that we all have access to zoomr and thosfinancial constraints that seem small, but, but translate to, again, serious burdens to a lot of people. >> yang: this has been a challenging time for clege students. sudden moves... >> i packed, like, a backpack with four t-shirts and maybe cl

for the pbs newsur, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: the rising tide of inctions drove financial markets sharplyer today. on wall street, the dow jones industrial average lost 973 points to close at 20,943. the nasdaq fell 339 points, and the s&p 500 slipped nearly 115 points. and now, to a public official who has personally battled the disease, and is now trying to lead his city during this crisis. i am joined by miami mayor francis suarez, recently out of a 19-day quarantine. mayor suarez, thank you very much for joining us. we are very glad to see d u recovered ome through this, but i want to start by asking you about governor desantis' decision or announcement today that he is finally joining, what, 30 other governors around the country in ordering a stat statewide stay-at-home in florida. was this the right te, or did he wait too long? >>ell, it definitely was time. we had ordered a stay-at-home order in the city of miami days ago, if not wks ago, and we're the first city in dade adopt order a stay-at-home, the first city to order a curfew. so it was important and imperative that the govern

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death toll d 50,000, and whsident trump john yang has our report on the developments of this day.ng?d morning, how's everyone >> yang: in georgia day, businesses opened their doorsme for the first n more than a month. governor brian kemp lifted restrictions on such non- essential operations as bowling alleys and hr salons. geile many small business owners raby the pandemic's economic hit welcomed the move, others were still on edge. >> nervous, anxiety, all that too. but you know, we all want to come back to work. >> yang: with infections and not yet met white houseorgia has benchmarks for beginning to re- open. despite that, the associated press reported tod that president trump had originally told kemp he supported the move. later, though, mr. trump told reporters he was unhappy with the decision, and on twitter today, he said businesses shou"" take a little slower path" to reopen. r an interview with cleveland's wtio today, vice president mike pence was optimistic about how much longer the virus would grip the nation. >> i think honestly if you look at the trends today, i think

we begin with this report from john yang. >> yang: in the main battleground of thu.s. war against the coronavirus, a possible glimmer of ho today: new york state reported a slight decline in deaths and hoitalizations over the weekend. but governor andrew cuomo warned that the crisis is not over. >> it doesn't really matter if we've hit the plateau or not because you have to do the same thing. if we are plateauing we are plateauing at a very high level and there's tremendous stress on the healthcare system. >> yang: and govnors in other states, now developing their own hotspots, say the worst for thet is ycome. >> we are not close to the apex yet. we haven't hit that yet, and until we do i think it's absolutely essential that we continue to be aggressive. >> yang: states like michigan, new jersey, california and louisiana are seeing cases skyrocket. they're among 42 states implementing some sort of stay- at-home orders. the rest are still resisting. dadr. anthoni fauci said s they are putting themselves at risk. the projection of rves, ofook at the kinetics of the curve

. >> woodruff: john yang explores now what kind of relief and options might be avaable for people who are struggling to make their mortgage or monthly rent payments. >> yang: judy, just as strapped homeowners are scrambling for solutions, so are regulators and lenders. diane thompson oversaw mortgagei regus at the consumer financial protection bureau. consumer law center, a non-al profit that focuses on consumers es for low-income people. thanks for joining us. i know there's no one size fits all answer to the people, the concerns we just heard. t let's try for the size that fits most. i know that 70% of theortgages in america are backed by the federal government one y or another, federally backed one way or another. if i hold one of tho mortgages and i lose my job, what should i know the immediate thing to do if you are in that situation is to call or contact, email your mortgage servicer. under federal law, for homeowners that are suffering any kind of financial hardship related to covid 19, they can get up to 12 months of rerbearance, so 12 months whe they don't have to make the mo

mosques in much world will be closed, as muslims prepare for ramadan.e for s newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: and to walk us through the details of congrespa late rescuage, i'm joined by our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. so, lisa, remind us what exactly is in tis lat bill. >> judy, this is an extensionof the cares ac, butn its own, recovery billed inodern largest history just on its own, so let's go over the nearly half trillion dollars of spending to remindwsers again, the biggest item is for small business totaling $380 billion ter the paycheck pion program to keep payrolls going and mone for disaster loans that also ran out of money for small businesses. also in this is money specifically for the smallest banks in this country. inddition there's $75 billion for hospitals and healthcare providers and $25 billion for testing. judy, this money we expect tve hrough congress quickly, in fact overwhelmingly, as i speak to you right now and the president is expected to sign rather quickly, as soon as he can. from what you saying, lisa, a money goes to the so-calledthis

john yang begins our coverage of how some businesses are taking their first steps tord the new normal. are easing, some bs ownersctions are eager to reopen, but others doing so with misgivings or aret ing shut. let's hear from two of those voices now.in >> spefor my industry, we have the ability to travel as a cosmegito and barbers and nail techs. so a lot of us in our industry were able to go to homes or have someone to come to our homes. and it really put us at a more vulnerable situation. le the reason why i was excited to be o get back. because it allows us to have ad more controlvironment. >> last week, when governor kemp announced that restaurants could begin reopening this wy husband, i just kind of looked at one another and both shook our heads as to say, no, w would not open up to dine in service this week. and we know that the recommendations are that we should see at least 14 days of declining cases before we start to consider opening up. and we also are thinking about our own staff and whether not they would feel comfortable coming back to wor hear how things are going in

john yang looks at these new developments, and their significance. >> yang: judy, officials in santara county in northern california now say two residents there died of coronavirus in early and mid-february-- weeksha before whabeen believed to be the first u.s. fatalities. dr. tom frieden is a former director of the centers for disease control and prevention. he's now c.e.o. of resolve to save lives, an initiative to prent epidemics and heart disease. dr. frieden joins us by skype from new york. thk you, very much for being with us, dr. frieden. these two cases in february in santa clara county, officials say they have no indicatione thople traveled, so apparently it was contracted at are the implications anthe se earlier casd es? >> what we're learning is widespread the infection has been. it's a web ofec infon that we're seeing throughout many states of the u.s., and were learning more each day. we're learning, for emple, from the genetic fingerprint and d iaspfo oinotisf tsthusead. vw >> reporter: does this have any implication or tell anything about where we are now and perhaps a

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang.d wooomdruff:ig as jo rhn o the white house today spent some time addressing concerns about the president's seeminlict with his medical advisors. yamiche alcindor reports now, its not the first time the president and his own team of medical experts did not appear to be on the same page. >> alcindor: yesterday, when he said this:ised ebrows >> i see the disinfeant that knocks it out in a minute, one d nute. there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? because you see it gets inside tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that. >> alcindor: today the white house says he was joking but president trump has repeatedly contradicted health officials during the coronavirus pandemic. pust a day earlier, the presidened back on a story in the "washington post" that included a warning from the director of the centers for disease contro fall could be even moren the difficult to handle. >> he was totally misquoted the media on a sta

as john yang reports, today's t announcemegeted automobile ayleage standards. >> yang: judy, t proposal would undercut obama administration fuel efficiency intended to combat climate change. it would require u.s. vehicles to improve mileage standards an erage of 1.5% a year from 2021 through 2026 instead of 5% a year.n juliet eilpe senior national affairs correspondent for the washington post and covers federal environmental policy. she joins us by skype. >> this is quite scant.is this? it affects their cars, trucks and s.u.v.s that america across the country drive and s will be driving for deca me. because whe this affects, obviously, the kind of cars that are built over t next seven years, people hold onto those cars for some time. so it really will have a endous effect in terms o what are the standards that auto manufacturers will meet and what's that kind of poution and affordability of the cars that we'll be driving. >> yang: and what's the administration's rationale or justification for this change? >> they are arguing that the obama administration, who initially set carbon and fu

john yang explains how the pandemic is hitting hard families already struggling. this reporting is part of chasing the dream, our ongoing verage of poverty and opportunity in america. >> yang: detroit, already facing steep economic and racial inequalities, has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot. janine cain is a mother of five on the city's east side. >> my husband actually was laid off immediately as soon as the pandemic started because he works in a restaurant. and i was working two jobs and i was laid off from my second job. >> yang: cain's worried whether she'll be able to keep her job, the family's only remaining source of income, as a home health care worker. >> we still have to operate as if we have the bare minimum. >> yang: she is concerned about her family's safety as tensions run high their neighborhood. >> the neighbors have been fighting each other, so it has not been easy to, you know, just explain to the children that a lot of pple are coping with this pandemic in different ways. >> yang: the downtown boxing gym, a local after school program, delivs f

of stress and uncertainty, we can think about stress as a yin-yang, working together to make each other worse, maybe more like yoko and johnnnon. we can try to minimize that and take a big picture think about how our spending connects to our values and our identity is this something that we need something we think we need or something that we really want and in a way we want to marie kon do our spending. do i buy vitamins or cruise tickets? it's important to get bigg perspective. catching you're breath with help us make better decisions in these stressful times. >> aren't people better off not spending at all during these kinds of times >> it would be great if they can, but we have to spend. one of the challenges is particularly if you think about the $1200 checks some people are getting, all the stress and uncertainty manifests itself in mental accounting. we treat money differently depending upon how we feel about it money from our job, we think about as serious we spend it on bills and important things money we think of as a lottery winning, we spend on silly stuff like more lottery tickets. if we think of all of our mo