Has jumped dramatically tonight after new york city said it has been undercounting those killed by the disease. The city now says an additional 3700 people who died without being tested are presumed to be victims of the pandemic. Tonight, the death toll nationwide now tops 25,000, without including those new deaths. And confirmed cases are nearing 600,000. Even with those increases, today, the nations governors began laying out their plans for slowly getting people back to work, including rearranging anhools and restaurants with fewer desks and tables to allow for social distancing. But President Trump is calling those plans a mutiny, saying he is in charge of lifting the restrictions nationwide. And as we come on the air tonight, the white house says it has reached an agreement to bail out Americas Airlines at a cost of 25 billion. Theres a lot of news to get to, and our correspondents are standing by. Mola lenghi leads off our coverage in new york city tonight. Mola. Weeks now, repor
Face mask. Odonnell tonight, our interview with the former head of the f. D. A. What he says needs to happen to get america back to work. Threatening the food supply major plants forced to close as hundreds of workers there are infected. What does it mean for your Kitchen Table . Racing to a cure our new series looking at innovative racing to a cure our new series looking at innovative treatments for coron treatments for coronavirus. Tonight, could a centuries old practice using survivors blood help save lives . Obama weighs in the former president gets involved in the 2020 campaign, endorsing joe biden. Why he says his Vice President is the man to lead the country through a crisis. And tonight, we end with a story about an extraordinary act of goodwill that helped one Small Business c. E. O. Pay his employees, even though his doors were closed. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. From the nations cap
Us in and want you to know that we appreciate the leadership of you and your team in putting together this dynamic reserve for the ventilators. You already heard there is a little bit of an uneven impact in terms of the disease and battle were fighting this will allow us to provide an opportunity to flex, so that we can get the equipment to the right places at the right time for those that are really struggling. And this is an innovative approach that were committed to. The Hospital Systems around this table have stepped up to the plate to make commitments and you have our commitment at the American Hospital association that we will work with the rest of our field to make additional commitments and make this a success. So were also building a very high quality ventilator because you have to make a decision and i was told it makes a big difference. The level of quality of a ventilator what is it, what is the difference . Do you find it makes a big difference . Theyre obviously more expe
Get america back to work. Threatening the food supply major plants forced to close as hundreds of workers there are infected. What does it mean for your Kitchen Table . Racing to a cure our new series looking at innovative racing to a cure our new series looking at innovative treatments for coron treatments for coronavirus. Tonight, could a centuries old practice using survivors blood help save lives . Obama weighs in the former president gets involved in the 2020 campaign, endorsing joe biden. Why he says his Vice President is the man to lead the country through a crisis. And tonight, we end with a story about an extraordinary act of goodwill that helped one Small Business c. E. O. Pay his employees, even though his doors were closed. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. From the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Hae death toll from coronavirus after new york city s
You may be having stressful nightmares. You want to stick around for that. So, the u. S. Has now recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in just a single day. And so far, more than 26,000 people in the u. S. Have died. So, the number of confirmed cases currently stands at over 600,000 people. That number is a global record. America has the most cases, by far, in the world. But still, the u. S. President , donald trump, appeared eager to talk about reopening the economy during a briefing on tuesday, but the nations top Infectious Disease expert says the idea of reopening by may 1st is overly optimistic. Now, it was at that briefing that President Trump announced he was withholding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, a decision made, he says, as he defends his own response to the outbreak. Take a listen. Had the w. H. O. Done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out chin