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Representative on friday. We have a mouth full. John, good afternoon to you. Lets begin there. Weve just been listening in with one ear, and the certainly of that sector of the economy has been one of the hardest hit with all of the closures. A lot of restaurants are trying to carry out orders, but particularly the highend ones have been suffering because i need to get people in the door. Its forecasted that thousands of restaurants could go under, if not some restaurant chains themselves. Some ...

Troubling, two congressional officials are telling nbc news that this nowousted ig was also looking into pompeos decision to greenlight billions of dollars in arm sales to skraib, despite opposition to that on capitol hill. Joining our conversation is erin blake. Hes a senior political reporter for the Washington Post. Erin blake, you had a great tweet last night, reminding everybody, because these do happen, usually on friday night, of all the igs the president has sought to remove, this appear...

Well keep an eye on that. Senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, for more on this trial, so this portion of the vaccine trial, its early. Its a small number of participants, and really focused on safety at this point, but good news is theyre not in the development of antibodies of those who took this trial vaccine. Right, so theyre focused on safety, jim, but theyre also trying to see what it does to the persons immune system, what does it actually do, and what they found was that it did ...

Been infected while well over 88,000 americans have died. Former president obama made those comments at an online commencement address to graduates of historically black colleges and universities, not holding back as he talked about what he see as wrong with the trump administrations response to this pandemic. Watch this. More than anything, this pandemic is fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what theyre doing. A lot of them arent even preten...

Its dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme, which normally hosts a roundtable discussion, debate and argument between some of the uks leading columnists and the foreign correspondence who filed their stories for the folks back home with the dateline london. Well, weve kept the table and two of my guests are imagining their knees jammed under it even as we speak. Eunice goes is a portuguese journalist and academic. And Jeffrey Kofman is an Emmy Award Winning broadcaster who was the u...

Of life are reopening. In parts of the country and with hefty restrictions and one major signifier of a return to normalcy remains in the distance, sports. Yesterday nfl commissioner Roger Goodell announced teams can reopen facilities starting tuesday as long as they meet local qualifications, but coaches and players wont be returning yet. He says certain players may be able to return next month. Lets begin in new jersey where preparations are underway to reopen beaches in time for memorial day....

Cases. On saturday, texas reported its largest singleday increase in coronavirus cases. That is thought to be connected to an outbreak in meatpacking plants. Texas is one of 17 states seeing a rise in new cases. But 18 states are seeing declines. Well break down the trends. The cdc firing back after a Top White House official said the agency let the country down on testing. Overnight, nick valencia reported on an outpouring of cdc officials. This administration has shown that it has a problem wi...

Recommend you take that . White house dr. Didnt, i said what do you think. I said i would like to. A lot of front line workers are taking hydroxychloroquine. I dont take it because hey, people said oh, maybe he owns the company. No, i dont own the company. You know what, i want the people of this nation to feel good. I dont want them being sick. Theres a very good chance this has an impact, especially early on. Last month, the food and Drug Administration warned about the dangers of taking this ...

Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. 5 00 a. M. Eastern here. Im Natalie Allen and cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you for joining us, our top story, one of the harshest criticisms to date of President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic is coming from the man he replaced, barack obama has been mostly silent since leaving office, despite frequent attacks by mr. Trump. Theres a long tradition of u. S. Pres...

Available by the end of this year. But adding the u. S. Economy is open with or without a vaccine. I just want to make something clear. Its very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, were back. There are serious doubts about how realistic that time table actually is with many Health Experts saying it will take at least 12 to 18 months to actually have a viable vaccine ready. Cnns Kristen Holmes begins our coverage from the white house. Kristen, how will this plan for vaccines actually get done . Wel...