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People think infrastructure, these are private sector owned and theyre being targeted by foreign nationals that are operating withimpunity. >> so this is again the backdrop to some of what is being discussed at the white house today. not just meat processing plants, but the way that things move around the country. the president is about to meet with a key republican negotiator. and here is where things stand right now. you have the president looking for 1.7 trillion. republicans countered with $...

He has described “the government’s ongoing failure to address Covid-19 risks at meat plants” as “unacceptable”. Yesterday, trade union SIPTU said it questioned “the accuracy of the numbers of infections” among workers in meat plants disclosed by the industry over the last 10 months. Deputy Carthy has shown concern for what he deems as unwillingness “to tackle the risk posed by the sector”. “Since the outset of this pandemic, meat processing plants have been identified as a...

We continue our reporting here on americas food supply. production of beef and pork is down at least 35% since last year because of the coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants nationwide. wendys warning their restaurants are facing beef shortages. more than 1,000 wendys restaurants are sold out of burgers and other beef products. when we come back, the failed coup attempt. two americans arrested. youll see the dramatic images. coup attempt. two americans arrested. youll see the images....

Essentially a test. in two weeks, shops are scheduled to reopen. two weeks after that, cafes and restaurants. but if at any time there is a big second wave, all of that stops. david? >> james, thank you. and we continue to follow concerns over americas food supply at home. costco is now setting limits on how much meat customers can buy. kroger doing it, too. could it soon affect prices? heres matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, some of americas supermarket giants rationing meat sales. this, as ...

See an economic crisis. >> reporter: across the country, more than 6,500 meat packing workers infected with covid-19. the virus killing at least 20 of them, including at least six from this beef plant in colorado. at least 22 meat processing plants shut down nationwide just over the past two months. concerned the shutdowns would trigger food shortages in america, the trump administration on tuesday giving meat packing plants wide latitude to reopen, as long as they follow federal guidelines. >> ...

At least 22 meat processing plants already shut down in this country. 6,500 infections among workers. again tonight, matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, a first glimpse inside a meat packing plant. workers crowded shoulder to shoulder at a georges poultry plant in arkansas. you can see them pushing through that plastic sheeting, masks down, no social distancing. worker advocates say this was shot just this week. and here at a tyson plant in early april, workers sitting around open tables. but thi...

Tonight, as the u.s. death toll now nears 63,000. were across this country tonight with several states set to reopen, but how do you do it without risking a second wave of the outbreak? this evening, some states, including illinois still several days from their peak. american families, workers in dire need of help. the new numbers tonight. 3.8 million unemployment claims in the last week. now 30 million americans since this started. tonight, workers who have filed for unemployment but still ...

They say his removal from that post was retaliation, plain and simple. and they want to see him reinstated. >> terry, thank you. there are real concerns about the food lines in the country. the father of three waiting in two lines today, still not getting any food to put on the table. and the virus, and the growing impact on the food supply. tyson foods suspending operations at one of the largest meat processing plants in the country. nearly 200 infections linked to that one facility alone. he...

Ends. juana has not been able to figure out what detention center he is in, what processing center he is in. at this point shes run into nothing but dead ends. she has not heard from him since his workplace, one of those meat processing plants, one of the seven that was raided around the jackson area last wednesday. so were going now, brianna, on almost a week since she last spoke with him. so many other people in the community have either gotten a phone call or have been reunited with their lov...

Workplace enforcement operations. >> the directive comes after 680 people were detained at seven meat processing plants in mississippi. these factories, theyre the economic epicenter for these communities with so many now unemployed, the entire region is feeling the effects. cnn nick valencia has this. >> reporter: 680 undocumented immigrants detained on the outskirts of jackson, mississippi, all workers from food processing plants in what the u.s. attorney here called the largest single state o...