lisa cook, professor at michigan state university. let's get over to the first word news. the white house is considering whether to create a working group focused on reviving the u.s. economy after the coronavirus pandemic eases. the white house is also weighing whether the panel should include representatives. the group would be separate from the task force being led by vice president pence even though it could include some of the same measures. british prime minister boris johnson has been moved out of intensive care and taken back to the main hospital ward. he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. be prime minister is said to an extremely good spirits. the german chancellor angela is:el expressing what she cautious hope that the pandemic -- what she is calling cautious hope that the pandemic is slowing. she said measures must be maintained over easter and in the time following, otherwise, "we could quickly destroy what we had achieved. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists a

lemonis: in order to really understand the marinade better, i asked lisa to marinate something overnight and cook when i got there, we can actually get right down to business. lisa: yes. lemonis: okay. all right. ana: it's really good. lisa: that is good. lemonis: who wants to try a few ribs that are marinated? ana: come on, guys. try it. lemonis: everybody, come on down. lisa: don't be shy. come on. lemonis: what do you think? man: they're very good. lemonis: it's good, right? man: yeah. woman: fabulous. joe: this one is injected and rubbed. lisa: mmm, now that's got a nice flavor. ana: come on. you have the white man's overbite. lemonis: i don't have moves, do i? ana: [ laughs ] i knew that you would love it, but when i saw you dancing, i was so happy. lisa: may i chime in? lemonis: please. you can't say "skinny" and "ribs." it just doesn't work. they're going to think, all of a sudden, "well, it's going to taste low-cal. not going to be good." you need it to be, like, some beefy latina -- no, just kidding. ana: but people are buying it, marcus. lemonis: well, they're not, or i wouldn't be here

lisa. >> thanks, bye-bye. >> it's tuesday takeout. does that mean i don't have to cook tonight?> i think so. >> that's a really good idea because, yeah, one less cooking meal -- we've been cooking so much being at home all of these past few weeks and so it's nice to have a break. seeing some warm weather of the the temperatures that will be very warm reaching into the upper 80s. we'll talk more about this in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. giving us a look at the morning commute. >>> the arrow north 680 there was slowing, a crash, a construction crew. all cleared. so did the crash. good stuff. now how the new normal is affecting our lives. sports fans, you can't get to your facility and folks are trying to get in their workout. kris sanchez's daughters, you see izzy in her octa stp pool, she has great form and after they fill it with more water i'm sure carmen can join in for their laps. husband greg doing tennis, very peaceful on the patio. he can face an imaginary opponent. or atp tour instagram video shot in italy. rooftop rally going on here. that takes some major t

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lisa desjardins has the latest. >> reporter: that's right, these are uncertain times in so many ways. to help us understand the effect on politics and elections politics, it's time for "politics monday," joined by "cook political report" amy walter and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." i see you with bookshelves and type writers and you see my own. the first question has to be about wisconsin, the on-again, f-again election. what can we take from this about the f this election year? >> that's right. lisa, wat makes wisconsin very unique is that it is one of the very few states to still be holding a primary here in the middle of the pandemic. many states, 15 other states have postponed their primaries. what's different about wisconsin is i's not just a presidential and statewide election day.p i's actually in the law that wisconsin has elections on this tuesday in april. so in order to change thlaw, it needs to go through the legislative process. guess what? there's a democratic governor and a republican leglature and, as you probably know, wisconsin has had long history of fights between the legislature and the governor,d, n this case, they could not agree on how to h

lisa's 45—year—old husband alexander was a postman. she says: "akie was a loving partner, an amazing dad, and fierce friend to many, we will miss his sarcastic cheeky sense of humour, his cooking "darling husband" earl because she was unable to say goodbye to him in hospital. she says he was a devoted husband and loving father to our twin sons leon and lloyd and he adored his granddaughter ariya who is just three years old. he was well loved in the community and got on well with old and young alike. he loved his life and enjoyed travelling. he has many friends here and family injamaica who were all devastated, as we are. lillian's dad john, was a loving father to three. "my dad was a character who loved a pint down at the legion with his friends. he touched many people's lives who he met through his love of crown green bowling. his love of bingo and crib and dominos gave him a better social life than that of his kids! he will be sadly missed but at least now him and madge, his wife of over 50 years, can be reunited. goodnight dad, although you leave us sad we have comfort from the fact that you are reunited with your beloved wife madge." khalid jamil was a health care assistan