and 're all very eager to har what he decides about that. >> bill nigut, georgia public broadcastingeight, anna rau, in missoula, thank youo much, to the both of with you. >> thankjohn. >> thank you. ov woodruff: the number of cases has been picking up in some rural parts of the countryn and inareas, their hospitals were feeling squeezed before this health emergency. georgia, as we just heard, is very mh front d center right now in the public debate over opening, but it's read dealing with its share of cases. currently, there are roughly 24,000 confirmed cases ithe have died.nearly 1,000 people william brangham has this view from the front lines in southwest georgia. >> brangham: that's right. for a look at how one rural community in the south i dealing with their unique outbreak, i'm joined by dr shanti akers. she is a pulmonologist at they phoebe putalth system in albany georgia. dr. akers, thank you very much for being here.u i wonder if uld just start off by telling us some people may be familiar with this case h the first case came to your community throune a through a l, if i r

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additional support has been proded by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: we are bringing you our broadcast tonight from remote locations across the country for the third weekend. many of us are in new york city and the surrnding region, t we are reporting and talking to people from all across the eruntry. are a lot of developments in the coronavirus pandemic. let's get started with today's top news. guidelines suggesting they wear toth face masks when out in publhelp slow the transmission of the coronavirus, but it's unclear how many people e participating. president trump emphasized that the centers for disease control and preventionmendation is voluntary. adding to the confusion, the president e would not be wearing a mask. >> the c.d.c. is advising the e-e of non-medical cloth f covering as an additional voluntary public health measures. so, it's voluntary iyou have to they suggest for a period of time, but this is voluntary. i don't

theti corpo for public broadcasting and by contributis to your pbs station from viewers like you.hanu. once again from washington moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. it was a critical week for the trump presency. at its core it was about his decision to encourage the reopening of america. he veered from claiming total authority toultimately leaving it in the hands of states. but there's no doubt about where he stands. earlier friy, te president tweeted in solidarity with protestors in minnesota michigan as well as virginia who have grown furious about stay-at-home orders. according to "the washington post," conservative groups havei ord many of these events and joining me tonight are four top reporter who is ha been covering the president all week and asking sharp questions of him and his officials, kimberly atkins, senior washington cporate for wbu, bosn's n. p.r. news station. peter baker, chief washington correspondent for the "s.w york ti paula reid, white house correspondent for cbs news, and krisn welker, white house corporate for nbc news. and all day iday there h

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation fundme by the can people. and by contributions to your pbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan:ood evening and we are bringing you our broadcast tonight frote locations across the country for many of us are in new york city there are a lot of devopments in the coronavirus pandemic. let's get started with today's top news: the oorther fer there are than 312,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the u.s., more than 8,500 people haveie. dr. anthony fauci of the international institute of health this morning. >> i would not say we have it under control. that would be a false statement. we are struggling to get it der control and that's the issue that is at hand right nows >> yterday, president t ump washed trse is yet to come. >> this will probably be the toughest week between this week and nex wee, and there will be a lot of death, unfortunately, but a lot less death, than if this wasn't done, but there will be death. >> sreenivasan: but the president also repeas desire f

thera coron for public broadcasting and cricks to your pbs station from viewers like you.hank you. oncegain from washingto moderator robert costa.d robert: gvening. the week ends with new reporting revealing white house that is far from settled. while the coronavirus pandemic gripthe nation, the is a growing clamor inside the west wing to reope the american economy. for "the washington post" and others, the economy is in free pressu to resume business activity as soon as next month. especially after the labor department said that 6.6 million americans filed for unemployment last week. the president spoke out friday about his position an he was echoed by the attorney general, william barr, earlier in the week. >> your doctors who are gathered here seem to be i doubt as to whether or not the country can reopen on may 1. if they come to you before may 1 and say the country is not ready, or huge parts of the country are not ready toon reop may 1, will you listen to them in president trump: i listen to them abo everything. remember, there's no -- i understand the other side of

additional support has been herovided by: and byorporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: od evening and thanks for joining us. we are continuing to bring you our reporting from mulatple remote lns this weekend.s it iill a time of social distancing and crisis here in new york city. and lives are beinst.reading, even for those who are healthy, the coronavirus pandemic has stopped life as we knew it. let's get started with tay's top new the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 18,000 lives in the united states. there are now more than half a million confirmed cases in the u.s., according to john hopkins university's coronavirus resource tracker. city, where more than 5,800y people have died from covid-19. today, mayor bill de blasio announced that the city's schools will rmain closed for the rest of the academic year. >> having to tell you that r cannot bring our schools back for tainder of the school year is painful. but i can also tell s ree right

adtional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private e corporation funded by american people. and pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. this is our cond month bringing youhe news from remote locations. new york remains under strict social distancing ree lations, and ty is still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the united states a the search faccine, for medications to treat covid-19 patients, and methods to trace contacts and test millions more pedeople, are ay. but, the world is facing an enormous crisis. let's get started with today's top news. announcing plans to loosenan restrictions on the use of public spaces and to reopen businesses this weekend, as the number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in the u.s. grew to mo than 705,000, with more than 37,000 deaths. teeansion ind over the availability of testing. a harvard study yesterday said the country needs to do three times more coronavirus testing befopere rng. today, new york governor andrew cuomo said social distancings

additional support has been provided by: tand by the corpo for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. tributions to your pbstation from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: this is our sixth weekend bringingm ou the news fmote locations, both here in new york city, where strict socl distancing regulations are in effect, and from across the country. rictions onces, re businesses and gatherings are easing. but for most people, the coronavirus continues to disrupt almost every part of what were o rmal routines. the racest for antibodies and to develop a vaccine goes l,. stach day, lives are being lost. let's gestarted with today's top news. ( honkinay ) it waswo for re-opening businesses in several states today. despite warnings from health officials that it is too soon, georgia, oklahoma, south carolina and alaska are permitting some non-essential busi.sses to open their doors georgia bega reopen non- essential businesses yesterday, including barber shops and gyms, with some restrictions: "personal care businesses" including hair and nail salons in

now the hong kong government has accused a public broadcaster of breaching the one china principle formentioning taiwan during an interview with the world health organization when asked whether the w.h.o. would reconsider taiwan's membership assistant director general bruce all words appear not to hear the question and hung up beijing considers taiwan a breakaway province and has long objected to its participation in international organizations as a sovereign state taiwan has accused the w.h.o. of not sharing information or how it's tackle the pandemic with the rest of the world due to pressure from china or keith richburg is director of the university of hong kong's journalism and media studies center he says the interview exposes the w.h.o. bias towards china. it just shows the kind of craziness of this position we're in where we cannot recognize taiwan as a governing entity which it is because of china's insistence that it's not a country so it can't be a member of the w.h.o. so that the view h.-o. cannot coordinate or cannot even discussed i won and in fact pretends not to hear the

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. dr >> wf: there are forecasts tonight that the worst of the covid-19 pandemic is stillte ahead, even the current wave passes. the warnings come as deaths in the united states have nearly doubled from a week ago. but also at the same time momentum is building here and abroado lift restrictions. william brangham begins our coverage. >> we are ready to reopen nnessee! >> brangham: more protestsay occurred ts debate heated up across the country, -- to reopen the economy. t from tennesswashington state today, opponents of shutdowns, some carrying weapons, blasted their governors' stay-at-home orders. >> 45 days with no pay. we've been affected by the virus ooveur family. he n titabanles isn't shra b bm:heha t "thonese demonstrations are int being orchestrated by pro-gun, far-right groups on social media. and recent public oplln inspo ow a strong majority of americans, or 80%, favormees to control the virus. at the sam

. >> this program was made n possible by the corporatr public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the corona-virus pandemic that is taking thounds of american lives, h new economic numbers today told of staggering losses in the labor market at the same time, the u.s. death toll passed 16,000. william brangham has more, on this day's developments. >> reporter: the economic damage from the covid-19 pa has claimed new victims. for the second straight week, the number of americans making jobless claims topped 6.5-million. that means at least one in ten american workers lost their jobs in the last three weeks, putting overall unemployment at nearly 17-million people. to address this crisis, the federal reserve today announced its latest effort-- more than $2-trillion dollars in support loans for households andss busi, both small and large. fed chair jerome powell spoke os a wehosted by the brookings institution: >> our role, as i mentioned in my remarks, is really to try to provide some stability an

going support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by thcorporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the human cost of the coronavirus pandemic is still rising worldde tonight, including well over 14,000 states.ed deaths in the at the same time, infections aro leveli in parts of europe, with similar signs in new york state, despite the numatr of hitting a new high there. we begin with john yang, reporting on t day's events. >> yang:n new york, the tion's coronavirus epicenter, governor andrew cuomo said the hospitalization rate may be slowing. >> we are flattening the curve by what we are doing. >> yang:ut, that doesn't mean pople should be any less vigilant. >> if we st what we are doing, you will see that curve change. that curve is purely a function of what we do, day in and day out. >> yang: in fact, yesterday saw the highest number of deaths yet a single day-- nearly 800. y in nk city, there have been so many deaths, the city is using refrigerated trucks to store remains. and, new york's numbers

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: congress is moving batch of aid to tht hardther big by the covid-19 pandemic. it comes as millions more americans have joined the jobless rolls, and as the death toll in the u.s. has topped 47,000. 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

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs thank you.om viewe like you. he >> woodruff:ovid-19 in the united stataimingilestone 10,000 lives. and, across the atlantic, there is word that the prime minister of britain is now gravely ill. all of this comes as the peak may have arrived, in pants of europe as the worst u.s. hotspot may see a little light on the horizon. 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

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. c and tributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the coronavirus pandemic is showing more signs of leveling off in parts of the world, and there is alk tonight about easing restrictions. a that comthe global deathll,0inin n topped 10,000 today, but officials pointed to other, more positive trend lines. we begin with th report from amna nawaz. >> nawazas the natiol death toll ticks higher, at theep enter in new york, a slowdown in the number of hospitalizations. governor andrew cuomo said today he's hopes to re-open e state as soon as possible, and is now developing a strategy to do so carefully, in coordination with neighboring states. >> if we do something stupid you will see those numbers go right back up tomorrow. period. the worst can be over and it is over unless we do something reckless. >> nawaz: in new york city, the health department warned of a looming shortage of test swabs,n and recod, to conserve supply that only hospitalized patients be

macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: possible by the corporation for public broadcastingand by contributions to your pbs station from vwers like you. thank you. >> oodruff: a medicine to treat it is making headlines tonight.m that development comes as u.s. deaths from covid-19 have reached 60,000, exceeding the 58,000 killed in the vietnamno war, and ec growth has suffered in this country its sharpest collapse in a dozen years. stephanie sy hrt our lead re >> reporter: the glimmerings of hopeful news today ithe battle to contain covid-19. there were positive results frot the experi drug remdesivir, made by the biotech firm gilead, in a inrnational study run by the u.s. national institutes of health. voiced hope, at the house.auci >> the data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing time to recovery. >> reporter: the study, amg hospitalized covid-19 patients, showed those who took the drug has a 31% faster recovery time. the food and drug administratioi said i permit emergency use of remdesivir. bupe on the economic front, was hard

adams and howen foundation committed to bridging cultural differences, the publication for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs foundation from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington,de tor, robert costa. robert: good evening, as the death toll in the united states surges past 50,000e, peo president trump's asserons how to treat coronavirus continue to roil his administration. the president took no questions b the latestefing following a week of tensions between him and hlth experts. joining me to discuss these issues are reporters who you r are. nancy cors, chief congressional correondent from cbs news, toluse olorunnipa and times" and shannon pettypiece frombc news. a short briefing a long weeken presal claims that were at odds. here's the back sry, the cracks began to show when dr. redfield told the "washington post" that a flu a coronavirus flu outbreakill be even moreul diff than the one we went through and calls to liberate states were not helpful. the president then said redfield had been misquoted but redfield said he had been correctly quoted. president

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcast and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> wdruff: the united states heads into this weekend with coronavirus deaths still accelerati. the pandemic has claimed some 7,000 lives natiwide, and there is new guidance tonight on using face masks. but, president trump says he has no plans to wear one. more than 40of the deaths are in new york, and the governor says the state will start seizing vital medical equipment. meanwhile, new numbers confirm the american job market collapsing. amna nawazs our coverage. >> nawaz: for many americans, friday is payday. but not so today. as stores remain closed, restaurants, dark, and parking lots, empty. all markers of an economy reeling through a global pandemic. the labor department reported today that employers shed more than 700,000 jobs last month. top white house economic advisor larry kudlow warned of what's yet to come. >> i'm not going to give numerical estimates here but it's going to get worse in the weeks ahead. there's no question about i

. >> and with the ongoing supportt se institutions: possible by the coion for public broadcasting. and by contributions to ur pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: round four of rescue aid is on its way through the u.s. congrmis tonight, for ions of americans hurt by the pandemic. meanwhile, infections worldwidei have topped 2.ion, including well over 800,000 cases and nearly 45,000 deaths here in the u.s. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: on capitol hill, a rened effort today to mitigate the economic pain of the covid-19 pandemic. >> this is even more money than back.ested a while >> the depths of the crisis we now face meant that funding for certain programs in this bill had already been depleted. >> nawaz: the senate passed a nearly $500 billion relief package, including funds for hospitals, testing, and new money to boost a small-business lending program that's now dried up. negotiations had stalled over how to ensure the money goes where it's most needed. an associated press analysis found at least 75 big compies,ly all publraded, had received a co

public broadcaster kbs says the party, along with its associates, will secure 180 seats out of 300. its main opposition will net around 100. the united future party is now headed for a shakeup. its chief says he will step down over the disappointing loss. the results paved the way for president moon jae-in to push forward with policies to revive the countrtry's sluggish econom and reform the prosecutor's office. he still has two years left in his presidential mandate. news agency says moon's party saw a bump in polls because of how he's handled the current pandemic. the coronavirus radically reshaped both the campaign and election day. candidates cancelled rallies and did away with handshakes. voters t took unprecedented precautions at polls. south korea has seen over 10,500 infections, but numbers have leveled off recently. the government has been praised, both at home and abroad, for its approach to testing and contact tracing. >>> as the coronavirus pandemic continues to change the way we live, one key way to reduce exposure outside the home is to avoid touching surface, such as

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: debate is building at the white house and in state houses tonight, over imposed by covid-19. curbs it comes as the pandemic's death rising, and as the economic damage deepens. john yang reports on the day's developments. >> the plans to reopen the country are close to beingd. finali >> yang: despite president trump's eagerness to lift restrictions, even as covid-19 continues to claim lives, local officials are saying: not so fast. merican epicenter, new york city mayor bill de blasio said today, the response needs to be "purposeful." >> if you want to re-start the economy, get it rit. actually make sure that we've contained this thing. >> yang: new york gornor andrew cuomo said the state's health care system has not been overwhelmed, as initiay feared. but, he said more testing is relaxed, and that the federal government needs to be involved. >> the states cannot develop. national testi there is no simple ans

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ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporatiofor public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the covid-19 pandemic is pushing past new milestones tonight. some two million people have been infected worldwide, and 125,000 have died. the u.s. toll exceeds 26,000 dead. that includes 10,000 in new york city, where officials added hundreds of presumed victims, who never tested positive. all of this, as a struggle began over what hanext. stephanie sy begins our coverage. >> reporter: a battle is brewing over who has the power to re-open tst country, the es or president trump? new york governor andrew cuomo t reject president's claim that he has "absolute" authoritc to make thation. country.t have a king in this we didn't want a king, so we have a constitution and we elect a president. >> reporter: president trump fired ck over twitter, writing, "cuomo's been begging for everything. i got it all done, and now he seems to want independence! that won't happen!" the democratic governor refused to take

ongoing support of these institutions: >> ts program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting by contributions to yo station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states has more than 200,000 coronavirus infectionss of tonight, with some 4,500 deaths. that comes as the world health organization is warning that the global count will shortly top one million cases within days, with 50,000 deaths. new york remains one of the hotspots, john yang begins our coverage tonight. >> yang: as the coronavirus death toll in new york city nears 2,000 people, officials warned today that fatalities in the pandemic's epicenter will continue to rise. new york governor andrew cuomosa that should be a warning to all of america. >> i say to my fellow governors and elected officials all across this country, look at us today, see yourself tomorrow.ne >> yang: iyork harbor, navy hospital ship, the "comfort," prepared to care for non-covid-19 patients in hopes of easing the strain overwhelmed hospitals. and in florida, governor ron desantis today issued t- home order, a step he had

ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was madess le by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs u.ation from viewers like thank you. >> woodruff: the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in the uned states is coming more clearly into focus tonight, as we len it started weeks before anyone knew. comes as deaths in the u.s. have now passed 46,000, and as a topederal expert on vaccines says that he was forced out of his job. lisa desjardins begins our coverage.ja >> dins: new information indicates the san jose,a where covid-19 inieen appeared in this country. health officials in santa clara county have now linked at least two deaths from early to mid- february to the virus-- well before what had been the earliest confirmed deaths in washington state on february 29. >> what these deaths tell us is that we h community transmission, probably to at siificgree, far earlier than we had known. >> desjardins: amid questions about the origins of the pandemic, governors in a handful of other states are preparg to re-open. by the end of this week, georgia govern

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money for public broadcasting. i'm a huge fan of public broadcasting. i have no idea what it has to do with the virus. there were carveouts getting rid of banking regulations. there was money for producers of innovative sunscreens. why does this have to be the way we get things done in washington rather than addressing the problem in front of us? >> >> this is a large package. things we need to get done and there are things in there that you don't personally support. so it's always a big frustration. i think in our democracy when we're trying to do something quickly and it's a large package, there is always some things that you can point to. i will say this, that the big picture was helping businesses large and small, helping tack it will pandemic. helping our marries, our cities, our states and so on. and so the big pieces that really got done, they were right things to do. and i just stay focused on that. and know that there will always be a few things i shake my head about. >> i think it's the small pieces that drive people crazy when they talk about

.>> ill nigut, georgia public broadcasting in eight, annulrau, in mis thank you so much, to the both of with you.>> hank, john. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the number of covid cases has been picking up in some rural parts of the country. and in many areas, their hospitals were feeling squeezed before this health emergency. georgia, as we just heard, is very much fronand center right now in the public debate over reopening, but it's already dealing with its share of casest currentlre are roughly 24,000 confirmed cases in thean statnearly 1,000 people have died. william brangham has this view southwest georgia.es in >> brangham: that's ght. for a look at how one rural community in the south is dealing with theirrenique ou, i'm joined by dr shanti akers. she is a pulmonologist at the phoebe putney health system in oubany georgia. dr. akers, thankery much for being here. i wonder if you could justlitart off by t us some people may be familiar with this case ofow the first case came t your community through a through a funeral, if i y.member correc can you tell us about how that happen>> s

ongoing support of these institutions: s >> togram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributns to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: parts of the country are moving ahead tonight with pns to get up and running. others are wting and watching the pandemic's progress. meanwhile, the u.scrosses another sobering marker-- over one million infections, d nearly 58,000 deaths. amna nawaz begins with this report. >> nawaz: signs along florida's beaches now warn people to stay away. but those could so change. the sunshine state is just oneof growing number of states laying plans to re-open businesses, and ease restrictions. nine states across the country have already begun lifting lockdown measures, with even more set to expire soon-- all in a push to resuscitate stagnant economies. florida governor ron desantis met with president trump at the white house today.'t >> i dhink it's going to be msureand oughul, t oii thi ink ngthatwe as pek ople different things can happen safely, i think the confidenceor faill go up. >> nawaz: later in the af

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rp this program was made possible by the ation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ank you. >> woodruff: at the ite house tonight, president trump is putting out guidelines for ending pandemic shutdowns. across the nation, officials have put out new numbers on "covid9's" toll in lives, and livelihoods: more than 32,000 dead, and millions more thrown out of work.aw amna begins our coverage. >> nawaz: as the covid-19 pandemic ravag the economy, other 5.2 million americans filefor unemployment last week. that new jobless claims total, of 22 mi all the gains of theast 10 years were wiped out in just four weeks. the economy also lost 70,000 bs in march, ending a 11 month streak of job growth. a stunning turnaround after hitting 50-year unemployment the economic freefall is further fueling president trump and others' forts to end shelter- in-place rules and re-open parts of the country.wi on a cal all 50 governors today, sources tell the newshour the president laid out a e three-stagproach for lifting restric

on behalf of all of us with south dakota public broadcasting, and you for watching.ave a good night. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] a record 22 million people have sought unemployment benefits since the covid-19 pandemic hit the u.s. last month. the labor department reports 5.2 million americans made godless claims last week alone. the worst stretch of job losses on record. 11:30,y on c-span at house minority leader kevin mccarthy holds a conference call to discuss the coronavirus response and the legislative agenda. then at 12:15 eastern, speaker of the house nancy pelosi hold her weekly press conference also via conference call. >> president trump will talk about his plan to reopen the economy. we will have live coverage as he explains the plan this afternoon at the white house briefing at 5:00 eastern. ♪ primetime,on journal especially evening edition of washington journal. peter lee will talk about chinese wet markets and their suspected role in the spread

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additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: we are again bringing you the news from remote locations both here in new york city where strict social distancing regulations are in effect-- and from across the country. the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow-- slower in millions are known to be others. infected-- thousands of people ar9e still dying from covid every day. the impact is being felt in more cthan 1ntries, but it is also a personal tragedy for ev aery fami community where the virus is taking lives. let's get started wiew today's top congressional leaders and white house officials say$4n additiona billion to aid businesses, hospitals and communities could be approved as soon t as this week-- coronavirus continues to shut down much of the country's economy. >> we want to make sure that it's reaching alof america's small businesses. and we also want to ma sure that it's operating in a community wher

host: you are joining us from the studios in baton rouge, louisiana public broadcasting. thank you for coming in. what is home life like for you, the self-quarantine, in baton rouge? guest: stay-at-home, wash your hands. stay-at-home, wash your hands. [laughs] that is what it has been like. and staying engaged with what is happening on the news, and helping through social media, engage and try to shape the solutions. because i think we do all have to work together. we do have to look forward to the next phase of this, and we need to prepare that this, unlike a hurricane, will not go away. it is going to be here for a while, and we need to figure out a way forward on how we are going to continue to protect ourselves and how we are going to get the testing done, how we are going to operate schools in the future, how we are going to operate stores, and some of the entertainment things we like to do, and that is a lot of work to do. but just opening the country up will not give people the confidence that it is ok to go sit in a crowded restaurant or go back to a basketball ga

additional suprt has been ovided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: it's day three of some reopening of non- essential ansinessesa week since florida began allowing limited ss to a few beaches. here in new york city, where regulations are in effect, we are working remotely. the coronavirus pa hemic taken more than 200,000 lives hundreds of thousands of people in the united states have tested positive for covid-19, the this week, the u.s. government will begin processing another round of applications for more than $300 billion in new aid for small businesses and hospils. let's get started with today's top news: as states and local governments start to reopen, most are taking relatively sma steps. but, in some places, people are ignoring sial distancing and other restrictions-- like this salon in dallas. the owner was sent a cease and desist letter and issued a citation by police. in southern california, thousands gathered at beaches

indians have died with around 2300 reported infections the hong kong government has accused a public broadcaster of breaching the one china principle for mentioning taiwan during an interview with the world health organization beijing considers taiwan a breakaway province and has long objected to its participation in international organizations as a sovereign state. those were the headlines more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera but next it's top 12 so stay with us. to see. hello there i'm james plays at u.n. headquarters in new york now this is a building i work in most days and i have to tell you eighty's very early quat now normally there's about 10000 people come into this compound every single week day now at the moment there's only about 300 people accessing this building every day they all the skeleton staff most of them working trying to get the video conference and systems working to allow the rest of the u.n. to continue its vital functions those peacekeeping missions mainly in africa and the humanitarian agencies of the u.n. that are helping the most vulnerable people all mirth