for them the poet walt whitman spoke, i speak the sign of democracy by god. i will accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart f on the same terms. and travelers' wings we bridge . e concord to manhattan miss liberty, hostess to the world. her torch has been a symbol through the years for visitors who seek discovery in this great land. [music] new york city. for many of whose millions washington square contains a rivate arc triomphe. [music] here united nations meet to talk of problems of the world and has in itself a world of people while others, visitors like ourselves, are awed by sky-tall buildings and this orld within a world. eyond the towers central park, a castle, a zoo, a palace for art, an emerald on an isle of rock. about new york, walt whitman said these words, an island 16 miles long, solt founded, numberless streets, vehicles, broadway, the women, the shops, and shows, city of spires and masks, my city. [music] niagra. two million visitors a year. the earth trembles beneath them t the brink. [music] not all are honeymooners. most come

for them the poet walt whitman spoke, "i speak the sign of democracy, by god.othing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms." on travelers' wings we bridge the miles from concord to manhattan. ♪ [rousing music] miss liberty, hostess to the world. her torch has been a symbol through the years for visitors who seek discovery in this great land. ♪ new york city. for many of whose millions washington square contains a private arch of triumph. here, united nations meet to talk of problems of the world . manhattan is itself a world of people. while others, visitors like ourselves, are awed by sky-tall buildings and this world within a world. beyond the towers dreams central park. it hides a castle, a zoo, a shell for music, a palace for art, an emerald on an isle of rock. about new york, walt whitman said these words, "an island 16 miles long, solid founded, numberless streets, vehicles, broadway, the women, the shops and shows, city of spires and masks, my city." ♪ [rushing water] niagara. two million visitors a year. the earth trembles beneath

we begin with the former governor of new jersey, christine todd whitman. she led the epa under the george bush administration and has exact experience in this intersection of science and government policy and infectious disease expert dr. william hazeltine. thanks to both you have for starting off our broadcast tonight. >> good to be with you, ari, always. >> professor hazeltine, you've worked on many things. can we begin with a quick joke about your expertise? >> you may. >> who elected you? who elected you to anything and should we listen to you just because of your work doing harvard level ph.d teaching and research on genomes and other things? should we listen to you if you're not a politician? >> i'd be happy to have you listen to me. and i do have a lot of experience with infectious disease, developing drug, and working around the world and improving health systems. >> well, having cleared the air on that, sir, your response to the debate as just laid out, including the president's comments about reopening the schools and the expertise to make those

yes my name is regina whitman the attorney here in oklahoma city . in my mind this model burrage i am my lawyer in oklahoma. carol hunter hired my law firm whitman verged to represent the state of oklahoma and. try to recoup all of the costs that the state has incurred because of the opioid epidemic we need this person. and. i think we're going to be able to prove that 80 percent of all the crime in the state of oklahoma is directly caused by this opioid epidemic and our prisons are over feel because of the loss of productivity of taxpaying citizens costs the state money but i'm anxious to get this 1st this 1st battle started what they did to this 'd country. it's pretty amazing. their estimates bring the cost of the epidemic to $7000000000.00 in oklahoma. city this is storm cool hearing will take place in a few days. today reggie which will explain his motivations to a group of students for this struggle is a personal one. partner a gene has been involved in the opioid addiction the opioid crosses ever since the death his son brian and i had a nice

republicans controlling the michigan legislature claim the state's governor gretchen whitman trampled their all thora tea with stay home orders and other restrictions that as hundreds of armed protesters have defied the governor's policies outside the state capitol they called her a witch a nazi and the virus itself. yes the. protests in michigan's capital lansing have been going on for 6 weeks already on friday the local prosecutor's office said that the man was charged with making credible death threats against governor whitman michigan's not the only state where people are challenging lockdown policies in minnesota protesters there are rejecting the governor's measures claiming that they've caused the state to suffer even more harm and suicide rates due to the economic impact of the shutdown we spoke with locals from both those states. to realize their freedoms are being taken away. in the present right now there won't be any freedom to stay. home any businesses in this country even. shut down for 3 months and not many i know. there's no strategy right now the whole thing is just a

they were given such grief of an act where whitman had downey piece whererkable he spoke to the wyoming public about how important this was that we keep this, that we retain this. it was retained in 1871 by one vote in the legislature. fast-forward 17 years. wyoming territory is wanting to become a state. washington, d.c. says no one else in the world or in the united states is giving women these kinds of rights. you need to resend that act and -- rescinded that act and we will let you become a state. wyoming said don't care and we will not become a state unless we can hold all of these rights our women have had. when you talk about that wyoming had the first woman voter in the world in 1869, the first them in on a jury in 1870, first women bailiff -- woman bailiff, first women justice of the peace. all of those could happen because wyoming had given that right to women. it is remarkable. it is a fact no one ever knows about. how great is it we can tell this story? this is now 150th anniversary of that gift to women and men by the men of wyoming territory. >> you could watch this and ot

spencer, david forum, and governor whitman, thanks to each of you.e have a lot more on tonight's shows. coming up, there are protests on this case regarding a man dying after being restrained. the controversial maneuver by police. video shows him repeatedly saying -- you see it in still right there in the photograph -- quote, i can't breathe. we have that story later tonight. >>> and discussing donald trump's plans for a boisterous in-person convention. >>> meantime, new fears about scenes like this that we've been discussing. what you need to know to keep yourself safe, and how to make risk-adjusted decisions. >>> also tonight, pulitzer prize winning columnist from "the new york times" i should say thomas friedman, also an author is back on "the beat." it will be interesting to get his perspective. i'm ari melber, and we will be right back. right back payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance or credit card bills. discover all the ways we're helping members today. whi

another month some of them with rifles and signed an executive order this morning governor gretchen whitman has already issued an executive order to extend a state of emergency and protesters say that's a violation of their rights the virus is here it's going to be here so we need to get out and live our lives he quit taking our economy deep into socialism. it's time to let people go back to work it's all there is to. the measures imposed to contain the penn demick have inflicted unprecedented economic pain and uncertainty i know there's people that are compromise. people that are. making it take it there reaches soon there will say it's what freedom is. this isn't freedom. already more than 13000000 americans have filed for unemployment benefits something not seen since the great depression to prevent further economic decline some states are preparing to loosen coronavirus restrictions and restart their economies in georgia the shelter in place rules ended at midnight for all but the elderly and fragile. washington correspondent. sends us this update as many states prepared to get back to

specialist software i need to be able to generate subtitles and of course i've got the audiobook whitman's to. to recall narrations and voice over. how life is here in england right now. as in most countries the pandemic has this track that the public from scandalous topics and completely change the focus of the news to me can't i help crew who are making the film about the contaminated blood scandal which affected america and britain and europe and. it was a worldwide scandal but if it was a very big problem in britain with. new medication being made from blood that had been contaminated it had come from american prisoners for example and it was contaminated with hiv and with hepatitis c. and one of the people we interviewed as part of that film was a guy called jason evans whose father died when when he was just a boy and i spoke to him again last week since the since since the lock down and we had a little talk about how all the campaign the inquiry and his situation has been affected by things so i guess there are things. coronavirus has brought the. inquiry to an end for the moment it

local prosecutor's office said a man was charged with making credible death threats against governor whitman michigan's not the only state where people are challenging look down policies in minnesota protesters there of rejected the governor's measure claiming they've caused the state to suffer even more harm with heightened suicide rates due to the economic impact of the shutdown we spoke to locals from both those states i. think americans need to realize their freedoms are being taken away if they don't be in that position right now there won't 7 be any freedom to see you know. how many businesses in this country even can afford to stay shut down for a couple 3 months and not many i know well. there's no strategy right now the whole thing is just a stalling game the only strategy so far is stay home. that's not a strategy for. give us radians on how well it is said on the 1st week we're at any last week right indeed so maybe he just off i don't have i'm not enjoying if i don't know why now anyways and so i better let me receptions that we're not doing in any way and yet he still didn't ope

he will be attending whitman college in walla walla, washington, in the fall.e plans to pursue a degree in economics and environmental science. he'll also be competing on the school's varsity golf team. good luck to you, jacob, and congratulations. >>> and a college senior we'd like to celebrate, sherri momoh is graduating from ucla. a family friend calls her smart, loving and focused on serving the underserved. sherri plans to put these attributes to use by pursuing a career as a doctor. kudos and so many congratulations to you, sherri. >> if you'd like to honor a graduate, share the details on our website, abc7news.com and we may give them a shoutout on my wife never gets home in time to see little man go to sleep. her bus stop is a mile away. i wish i could at least walk home with her. i'm completing the 2020 census for my family. my response can impact how public funding is spent in my community. that could mean education for little man- -and a closer bus stop for her. (relieved, loving) hey. hey. shape your future. start here. complete the census at 2020ce

prosecutor's office said the man has been charged with making credible death threats against governor whitman michigan's not the only state where people are challenging lockdown policies in minnesota protestors are rejecting the governor's measures claiming that they cause the state to suffer even more high suicide rates due to the economic impact of the shutdown we spoke with locals from both those states. their freedoms are being taken away. now there won't 7 be any freedom to. how many businesses in this country even. shut down. and not many i know. there's no strategy right now the whole thing is just a stalling and the only strategy so far is stay home. that's not a strategy for. give us radians i have no idea said on the 1st weekly or any last week or and indeed something he just off i don't know i'm not enjoying if i don't know now anyways and so i better let me receptions that when i do it in any way and yet he still then open up the churches which are their 1st amendment rights. the governor was picking winners and losers because he opened a candy store allowed 250 children and they'

there is that threat of those mail in ballots now it's unclear that governor gretchen whitman me will join the president on his tour of the 4th facility today but thursday morning she did announce that the state is starting to lift its covert 1000 restrictions that have been in place for months this is protests have been going on at the state's capital to reopen the witmer announcing that the bat is now lifted on non-essential medical and dental procedures reopening retail and residents can actually gather in groups of 10 or less all which can start immediately listen here. to data has shown that all regions of michigan are ready for us to. step forward we're doing this incrementally on multiple occasions like a dial returning not a switch that we just won't. know what we're to say that the stay at home order in michigan probably will be going forward and actually be extending it was actually expected to extend until next week but the tensions between whitmer and donald trump seem to be rising a little bit and it is still not know whether those 2 will actually meet today face to face

that the country's archivist must release letters related to the sucking of its then prime minister whitman by the governor general in the 1970 s. it was one of the most polarizing events in the country split all history and represented an unprecedented level of intervention by the crown historian has been trying to access the letters written by queen elizabeth and her local representative at a previous lawsuit found they were off limits in malaysia former prime minister mohammed has been expelled from the political party that he helped form that pani accuse martir mohamed of not supporting the government he's vying to challenge his ousting by the party headed by malaysia's current prime minister monti unexpectedly quit the leadership in february. the un recognized government in libya says it's destroyed 3 armored vehicles belonging to warlords honey for half tar the government of national courts forces say they now control areas surrounding 2 military camps south of tripoli true soil to have to are retreating from their positions to jenny has accused have talk of trying to bring insulin is

just listen to governor whitma governor whitman's message. she did an awful job in michigan. her numbers to florida. she did everything wrong. >> for people that want to voice their frustration, that's fine. but i expect people to follow the law. these executive orders are not a suggestion. they are not optional, they are not helpful. this is in order to prevent the spread of covid-19. >> sean: a reaction to this, fox news contributor dan bongi bongino. i'll start with dan tonight. he is going to make more sense on this. i'm just guessing. i'm just guessing. [laughter] >>> sean:>> sean: these draconin measures in these states have hurt people. now they are forcing law-abiding citizens to do things they would never otherwise do. if you follow florida's measures, and you follow what the shelf stalkers in new york and long island did and wear a mask, and you are not old, you are okay. mostly. >> yeah, sean, the coronavirus was never a single variable problem. and only simple minds like some media folks on the liberal side about that. it wasn't, it's a multivariable problem. i be

we have been doing such a great job flattening the curve and everything gretchen whitman has done in our state, has been impactful and people appreciate that. we don't want to see whole counties infected and the numbers rise and rise again. we have lost so many people in our state, we don't want to lose inform. >> the safest and quell being around the country, you can't ignore in 2020 the politics of this. it is a little confusing, given overwhelmingly, the american people remain nervous and want to take things slowly. in 2016, a fox news poll has joe biden up 41% -- >> sorry, i can't hear you. >> have we lost you completely are or we back? >> now, i can hear you. >> i was asking about the politics of this because you can't ignore it in 2020. this new fox news poll has joe biden up 49-41% in your state over donald trump, which trump, as you know, won in 2016. do you buy those poll numbers? >> i don't know if they're realistic or not. i will say so much always depends on turnout in our state. what frequently happens, the higher turnout, the better democrats tend to do. when people sta

seeable and you know care staff have to struggle most of the times in ordinary circumstances folk whitman of course they're not going to have that quick moment when there's a crisis on they don't have it the rest of the time. still to call. the office for national statistics puns that people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from coronavirus i'll be talking to campaign. yes ding dong the witch is dead for an extortionist private equity job is reported game changing record breaking losses as berkshire hathaway is holding company goes belly up. india has started its repatriation process with 7 flight shudra from london heathrow to bring the citizens back home after over a month of coronavirus lockdown thousands of apply but officials say only the most vulnerable will be given priority passengers will have to pay for flights and quarantine for $14.00 days upon arrival in india us many indian students stranded here in britain have little chance of affording that have already run out of cash to u.k. shut it was dusty reports. the coronavirus pandemic grounded fl

i was thinking about, as i looked at our rabbis and imams and reverends up here of this old walt whitman poem. i hear america singing the very songs i hear. the varied voices i hear. there are voices up here that come from very different religions, but they are all saying the same thing. there are local leaders that have been at the front lines for their people. and they want to hear their congregation sing again, but the only way we can have peace is if we all find it within us. parents calling their kids. that would be a great idea. kids calling their parents today. what should i do? what's the best way to seek justice? families talking to each other. and then we can move forward as a community. but we cannot move forward when people are burning down our city, burning down our state. that is what we are united behind today. thank you. i think it may be our fantastic attorney general who has been a voice of justice, keith ellison. >> i want to be real clear. we need your help to comply with the curfew straight up. if anybody is unclear about what we're asking for, that is what we're ask

seeable and you know care staff have to struggle most of the times in ordinary circumstances folk whitmanof course they're not going to have that quick moment when there's a crisis on they don't have the rest of the time. speculation around when britain's lockdown will be lifted as lead to increased levels of stress that's according to. the university college london which has been tracking the mental health of over $80000.00 people in england since restrictions began around a quarter of the public and are concerned about catching or becoming seriously ill from the virus that's up on the previous week money worries affect around 16 percent but a high among low income households and parents but i'm czar to run an employment has remained stable affecting around 8 percent. of quarter express worries over food in the 1st week of lockdown that has dropped one to 10 percent academic leading the study doctor daisy found court says virus fears of a steady improvement in life satisfaction over the past week we have seen stress levels rise and the slight improvement in wellbeing we had seen since lo

seeable and you know care staff have to struggle most of the times in ordinary circumstances folk whitman of course they're not going to have that equipment when there's a crisis on they don't have it the rest of the time you know i've got canned stuff you know all year round telling me that the conditions in care homes and it's appalling it's appalling that these stars are seen as cheap labor with no rights some are long there are contracts we should be ashamed of this country and what is also shocking the situation in care homes is still worsening by the day but that because of your efforts big cause of the media attention this issue is now top of the agenda don't you think think that things might actually change now these things should have been change 6 weeks ago i'm sorry but there was countless people have died that could have still been alive and not one of those deaths should go with that investigation they should be accountable for everything that's happened in these care. holmes the policy of denying people hospital treatment i put me in paper because of it all of this there nee

if you gave me the stats, you could say, like -- >> maybe you should, whitman wrote his own reviews.ause you know -- i'll tell you one thing, one example i knew everyone was going hate this. i talk about what the classic jewish intellectual freudian person would hate, which is what they call pop psychology. i write a lot about the fact her mother was an alcoholic ask the fact she was gay and in the closet. these are things not understood at the time. what parental alcoholism -- people didn't know about it. it wasn't something that existed, and i knew, i knew that this would trigger people because i know that people don't often take seriously 12 step stuff. they do take the mind of the moralist and the dreams and that is okay, but they look down on the fact. >> yeah, yeah, pecking order of what is intellectually suspectable. >> it's very funny and a similar thing about going yoga for exercising. you should exercise more. you'd feel better. so obvious. and yet if you put that in an intellectual biography of an intimidating seeming thinker, people would say, come on, but you know in you

jeffrey jeffrey katzenberg and meg whitman on on "varney" and .ten. >> even though we are all right now sheltered in place in our homes and probably watching more television, we're watching a lot more on our telephones. >> when covid hits we made a decision, we originally thought we would have a free two week trial. we said given the economic circumstances let's do 90 days for people. it will give them a long time not to pay for the service. in three months we'll know in industry, rolls to pay, how many people decide to stay with us. susan: katzenberg blames the lack of interest in quick by on the coronavirus. short form videos are made for when you're waiting in line at the post office or at the doctor's office or if you're on your long commutes that hasn't happened because of coronavirus because people are stuck at home. analysts say the content isn't that compelling and release strategy is not exactly the way to do it. how they release it is episode by episode. not a full series that is being dropped so you can binge watch it. stuart: i'm a bin

but in the spirit of walt whitman and a quote you love, let us be curious but not judgmental.all over the country. as you look out on how leaders are doing, what your seeing? >> well, first, let me start, tony, if i could. i've been listening in to the entire show. let me start by adding my own deep appreciation for health care workers who are on front lines of this particular fight. also, though, i was struck by hannah and some of the other stewards. what i noticed in the spirit of the book i wrote, one of the things this pandemic has done, it's made people realize they have to -- they can't be spectators. they can't wait to be told what to do. they got help figure it out. that's narcotic of good organizations that everyone feels some obligation both leaders and followers. and i think at the national, the state and local governments as well. >> you have an interesting line in the book that i think is worth lingering on. it's that the best leader are, in fact, also followers. what do you mean by that? >> well, you know, when you think about the course of your life and whatever

matthew is president and ceo of whitman family development, a, commercial real estate form that manages bal harbour are they open? >> good morning. thank you. we're not quite open yet we are awaiting word from our county mayor as you may know, the rest of the state opened starting monday dade, broward, and palm beach were wisely excluded by governor ron desantis because of the covid-19 rates in south florida are a little bit different than the rest of the state. >> how are you thinking about what reopening is going to look and feel like for consumers? >> you know, i think consumers are really answer to get back to a sense of some kind of normalcy and familiar iity. our concern first and foremost is our customers and employees that is certainly first. we have been, i guess, inspired by some of the news that we are getti getting. the department of homeland security had guidance on a study they performed mid-april they released it during the coronavirus task force meeting where the focus became how much clorox people should be inje injecting in themselves. and the data lost was the study f

early on rosemary whitman knew her calling. >> my grandmother had been very sick and i helped care for7 years, she's been caring for patients at boston's brigham young hospital. >> nursing is truly a profession that you absolutely have to have your heart in it 100%. >> today she's the matriarch of the family on the front lines fighting covid-19 pandemic, bringing daughters christina and katie and even son-in-law brad to work in the family business all four at the same boston hospital. >> i decided to be a nurse because my role model and inspiration in life was a nurse, so i just wanted to follow in her footsteps. i think i also kind of had a nurturing tendency i have been on the same floor for 13 years now, and i still love work every day. >> brad joins them after a career change. >> she put the bug in my ear to be a nurse if she didn't kind of encourage me, i don't know where i would be. >> rosemary would often work nights and weekends so she could be home with her family. >> she was always there. when we got home from school, you did your homework, watched tv, and we all had dinner t

barbers and solano owners offering free haircuts as they rallied to get governor whitman to reopen theirsses. matt finn is telling that story live from chicago. organizers of today's air haircut protest tell us it isn't even really political, people in michigan are "desperate to get back to work. one woman has started cutting hair and police showed up and warned that hairstylists are only a license to cut hair in their designated facility and could be ticketed with a misdemeanor for cutting her outside. organizers of today's operation haircut and even dog groomers are offering free services. it's all in protest of governor whitmer's stay-at-home order deeming these businesses nonessential. barbers and stylists say they can safely take one client at a time. today's protest is in honor of 77-year-old barbara we had his license suspended. >> we have to stand strong and one of the things i want to emphasize today, massage therapists, barbers and all of you, open up your sho shops. >> michigan's stay-at-home ord order, governor whitmer says it's too early to tell in salons or barbershops will