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That sector excuse me, makes up about 11 of the entire u. S. Economy. Employees at some of the countrys largest retailers planned a national circumstanceout today they are doing it in coordinate with what is known as International Workers day, also may day. Lack of benefits, unstable schedules and potentially unsafe working conditions are what they are protesting. The World Health Organization says the organization has not been asked to participate had the origins of chinas covid. While the u. S...

And alexis, a staff writer. I want to begin with you. The big question is about how long it will take for america to get to capacity for testing, for tracing. Where do we stand at this moment . The first issue with testing is unfortunately, its going to be a bit longer than we hoped. I think all of us were hoping at this time we would have enough to do what we think of as surveillance testing. Basically, testing enough people to figure out what the real incidents or positive rates are. We know w...

It is friday, may 15th. Just in case you were wondering. We have made it through yet another week amid this pandemic. Were going to begin with the testimony from the former government doctor who says that he lost a key post last month after opposing the president s push to use an unproven drug to treat the coronavirus. Rick bright, in charge of the federal agency that develops vaccines, told house lawmakers just yesterday there was no plan at the start of the outbreak and that there is still no ...

In the white house itself. The cdc director, fda commissioner and dr. Fauci all selfquarantining after come in into contact with a person who tested positive for the virus. Officials havent said who that is, but we know of at least two people close to the president or Vice President who have tested positive. Mike pences secretary and one of the president s valets. A pence spokesman said the Vice President tested negative and is not in quarantine. White house Senior Adviser says going to work in ...

And we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. And jetblue had a beautiful idea of a way to say thank you, which is donating round trip flights to had 100,000 medical personnel and nurses to honor their efforts. Isnt that a beautiful thing . 10,000 to new york medical professionals. Michael dowling is not eligible for that situation, but other than that, because we need him here in new york city. But its a nice way jetblue is saying thank you. All of us will find our own way to say thank you. ...

The dangers are obvious. Most states that are beginning to reopen are not following the white house suggested guidelines they put out over two weeks ago to safely do so. The number of cases outside the new york epicenter is not declining and the death toll continues to climb. Its only projected to get worse as states ease restrictions. Testing is still far short of what experts say is needed and its nowhere remotely near the five million tests per day that some believe is necessary. Even Preside...

Wuhan. That is 50 more than reported. What else might china not be telling us . The 350 billion Small Business Bailout Program is officially out of money. What that means for america. Velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday, april 18th. Im ali velshi. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the commander in chief sowing the seeds of division as states begin the process of reopening. Donald trump said liberate michigan, minnesota and virginia after antiprotest in the states after restri...

Made there because President Trump is facing this backlash over preliminary talks to wind down the task force in the coming weeks. The president assigned the task force will not be going away and evolve to focus on safely developing vaccines. Here is the president sounding off on the controversy during oval office event, watch. We will be leaving the task force indefinitely. And at some point that will into like things and but we will be adding people to the task force. There will be more in the...

Probably a lot more than that. While that is terrifying, theres breaking news at the white house this hour as well. Confirmation that the director for the centers for Disease Control and prevention, dr. Robert redfield, he is in selfquarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus. I want to get to the white house. Jeremy diamond is joining us right now. What are you hearing, first of all, about this possible exposure that is now motivating the head of the cdc to selfquarantine . Yesterday the ...

Our experts will help us think through the answers to those critical questions. Our correspondents across the country have the latest on what is happening now. Pennsylvania is working its way to reopen under a colorcoded traffic light system, red, yellow, and green. No one is in the green just yet but this weekend some counties are out of the red. As pennsylvania begins to reopen today it reported a thousand new cases of covid19. Nbcs Maura Barrett join us us from the bureau of State College, th...