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That figure included some 18,000 deaths in the unit states, nearly doubled from a week ago. Meanwhile, President Trump talked anew of restarting the economy, butaid he will listen to his health advisers. John yang begins our coverage. Yang at the end of the week that officials predicted would ber. He height of the crisis, Anthony Fauci said things are improving. Were srting to see the leveling off and coming down. Yang but he cautioned that wheneverestrictions are relaxed, coronavirus cases are likely to increase. When we decide at a proper time when were going to be relaxing some of the strictions, theres no doubt youre going to see cases. I would be so surprised if you did not see cases. The question is how you respond to them. Si yang pnt trump said a new task force would be formed nd get the nation back to business as soons safely as possible. W re going to go back to were looking at a date, were hoping well be able to fulfill a certain day but weane not doing hing until we know this country is healthy. Yang in hardhit new york, for the First Time Since the beginninof the outbreak, the state reported a net decline in intensive care unit admissions lstoday, mirroring pattern seen in another hot spot california. Governor gavin newsom warned its not time yet for the state to let its guard down. Lets continue to hold the line and lets just do this together. Give us a few more weeks to see dhere these trend lines go an the end well be talking a lot yang in los an mayor Eric Garcettis order took effect mandating that shoppers wear masks in places like grocy stores and pharmacies an effort to protect essential retail workers. Overnight, frontline workers were honored in cirkes like new dallas and chicago, which lit up their skylines in blue. In washington, d. C. , which is bracing for a likely surge in covid19 cases, the mayor asked churches to move Easter Services online. I want to thank all of our faith communities and religious leaders who are helping save lives by helping their Services Online and encouraging members of their congregations to celebrate from home. Yang from australito the philippines many faithful turned to online good friday services, including the mass pope francis said in a mostly empty st. Peters basilica. But in dusseldorf, germany, parishioners took things off line. Gaering at a drivein movie theater, for a ceremony that, even with worshippers in their vehicles, brought the feeling of yearning for. They had been translated in the current times, this is a unique opportunity to be with the parish insteadf at home. Were here with friends. There are friends all over here in their cars, and we think its amazing to have the chance to celebrate together. Certainly unforgettable. Yang meanwhile, European Union finance ministers agreed to a 590 billion package to combat the unprecedented economic fallout of the pandemic. For the pbs newshour, im john yang. Woodruff this week, the democratic primary effectively Bernie Sanders announced he is suspending his president ial campaign. The senator from vermont joins me now. Welcome to the newshour. R, senaou said, on wednesday, when you made the announcement, you were doing this, in part, because of the pandemic and, as you said, it would be difficult to cntinue under the circumstances. Today, you announced aroposal to guarantee healthcare during this period. Hi who isaimed at . Well, its aimed at the tens of millions of workers who are j losing thebs, judy, and, when you lose your job, you lose your healthcare. Who are uninsured lion people underinsured before the crisis, youve got tens rof millions moe who are not going to have any health insurance, and its myha view in the midst of this terrible, terrible crisis, when people havrso much to wory about, the least we can do is to say to all of those people, you know what, you go to the docto when youre sick, dont worry ls,ut the healthcare bi medicare will fill in all the gaps and cover those people who are unnsured or underinsured today. Woodruff and do you have support for this among democratic colleagues . Yes, we do, and theres support in the house, and i think youre going to see growing support in the senate, and i think tt the cost is reasonable. It will be about 150 billion over four months, whch, given everything that were dealing with, is not a lot of money. But to sy to every american that, dont worry about the costs of helthcare, youre not going to have to pay it out of your own pocket, youre nota going to to pay for prescription drugs, i think that will take a hugburden off the oulders of so many of our people, and that is the very least that we should be doing right now. Woodruff senator, lets talk about this election,hat, after 15 months of pouryourheartout cam pinning and this after you spent years campaigninin 2016, y had to make this announcement that you didnt want make. This is not where you wanted this to end up. But as you look back, what went right and what went wrong . Well, look, i think that what went right is that, for all itents and purposes, judy, i think weve won the ideological battle. K ideas that i fought for four or five years ago whichy everybnsidered to be radical and extreme are now part of thetr maim discussion and, in fact, many are being implemented across the country i raisingimumwage to 15 an hour, making Public Housing andn uiversity tuition free, forgiving student get, guaranteeingar healt climate change, immigration efreform, criminal justicem, many ideas we brought forth which were originally rearected now moving forward, and i think that is the best thing we have accomplished. Furthermore, we have won the generational struge. We did very poorly and i dont know why, to tell you the truth with older people, but we have done phenomenally well with older people and, by that, i mean people 45, 50 or younger, and the truth is that is the auture of america. So the ideas twe have fought for are gaining momentum among younger people and will be the policies that guide america in the future. Woodruff seator, i was just going to say, i think the numbers show you didnt do as well with young people as you had in 2016. But what i want to k youabout is you are supporting at least you acknowledge joe biden will be theminee, and, yet, yore going to compete against him in the primaries to come. At is the value of that . No, were not competing against we dont theres no active campaigning, theres nothing to comte abut. Joe biden will, everything being equal, be the nominee. But i think my name will be on is, in all of the remainingit states that hold primaries. O we would liket as many delegates as we can so that we have a stronger position at the Democratic Convention to help us shape the new platforof the Democratic Party and the other issues the d. N. C. Dels. Which you say you want to shape the platform and yet i think it appears from the y last conventions, its what the nominee wants th ultimately matters. Right now, joe biden has moved in your direction. Hes talked about lowering ther age edicare eligibility to 60. Hes talked about makinfree College Tuition more available. But, at the same time, he i has not endorsed medicare for all. Sherrod brown, liberal democrat, was on the show two nights ago and said he doesnt think joe biden is going to do that. Is that sufficient for you . Ju well, look, what i said on the very first day i bgan my campaign, i said, if i lose, i will be there to support the imocraticnner, the person who wins the nomination because i think that donald tump is the most dangerous president in the modern history of this countan, we all have got to rally around the winner to defeat ceump, and thatrtainly what i will do. But i hope, in the coming weeks and months, i will be working bd my staff wi working j wi biden and his team in making the point that, if joe is going to do well against trump and is going to def trump, then he is going to have to reach out effectively to a whole lot of people where he has not had the kind of support that het needs, aats lowerincome people, that is younger people, and hes going to have to give those peope understanding that he hears them and hes moving to respond to their concerns, and that deals with climate change, it dea th making public colleges and univeres tuitionfree. In my view it deals with, youre support medicare for all, and i think there is significant path forward for him to make sure that when so many people are losing their private insurance that th federal government will be there for them to cover their hethcare needs. Woodruff you have said that you campaigned enthusiastically for hillary inton four years ago. Will you do exactly the same for joe biden . Will youre moe enthusiastic . Because as you know Many Democrats look back and say they wished you had done more. Well, Many Democrats oppose me in the democratic establisent from day one. All i can tell you is in 2016 i worked as hard as i could to see trump was defeated and clinton cted. L woodruff and will this year be different . This year, i will work as hard as i can to make sure donald trump is not reelected and joe biden bes president. But i hope in the interval here, what we have got to do is you is not only is he a decent guy, he is a good politician and he ur derstands that fm to win, to get the votes that he listen to and respond to the needs of a whole lot of people who have not been overly enthusiastic about his campaign up to now. Woodruff but you are saying you will be enthusiastically supporting him, a key decision that hes going to have toake, of course, is for Vice President. He has said he will choose a man. Let me ask you how your supporters would view it if he chose Elizabeth Warren . Well, i think i cant speo for almy supporters. Ali can say is that i think the more progressive th Vice President ial candidate that he nominated, the better it would be rin tems of the kind of response that our suppoprer3 woulide him. Woodruff so if it were Amy Klobuchar . I cant speculate on that. You know, joe ivs going to hae to make that decision himself. I have not been involved in that discussion, well see what he does. Woodruff repub cans this we wisconsin took steps to take mres to prevent it making easier for people tovo , either to delay the election or make mail inn ballots possible. At the national lel. Epublicans how concerned are yo in nvo about accessoting for americans across the board . Judy, il will tu i dont know i have ever within a political context seen anyin republicans in the legislature in this country in their Supreme Court played in terms of this primary. What they essentially said to people is youre going to have to put yor life on the line in order to cast a ballot, and that is just unbelievably disgraceful, and that is not what we can allow to happen in future elections. An it is a very, very high priority for mei think for many other democrats, as we go forward on the new piece of aegislation and ive got a lot of ideas on t one but certainly one of the highest prioties must be to make sue that every american in this country is able to vote through a paper ballot in november. Re and thblicans, i must say, ar theypretty cle understand that if there is a large voter turnout they are not going to dl so wel and theyre fighting us. But i hope their respect for ou constitution for democracy will prevail and they understand people dhould not have toie or get sick in order to cast a ballot. I should also te you that ins te the new legislation, were working very hard not only to make sure all people have healthcare but people who continue to get their paychecks. I think that is the easiest, most efficient way to get us out of this Economic Disaster that were in right now, just making sureryhat e american continues to receive his or her paycheck w a long way to allowing americans to have a decent standard of living as sis. As were in this cri final question and quickly, senator, who leads the progressive mement that Bernie Sanders started next . Who are the next leaders of your movement . Youre asking me to splai speculate. Im not much into speculation. But what i will say is,ht r now, literally, as we speak, i have been on the phone with progressives all across this country figuring out the best way that we can keep our kind of unprecedented Grassroots Movement strong and growing. So we are a stong movement and history will determine what happens in the future, but right now, we are working hard to build that movement. O wdruff senator Bernie Sanders joining us tonight from vermont. Senator, thank you very much. Thank you, judy. Woodruff in the days other news, members of the opec oil cartel, along with russia and mexico, agreed to cut Global Production by up to 10 Million Barrels a day. That amounts to a tenth of the world oil supply, in an effort to boost oil prices and stabilize global oil markets. The price of crude oil has fallen more than 50 since the start of the year. U. S. Attorney general william barr says he believes the russia investigation of President Trump and his campaign was a travestyg e that assessment during an interview that aired on fox news last night. And, he said the f. Bver should have begun the investigation in the first place. Started this inveson ofy his campaign and even more concerning actually is what happened after the campaign, the whole pattern of events while he was president so i, to sabotage the presidency. Woodruff barr gave no details, but he already orded a review of how the russia probe investigation began. A Justice Department ior general has determined the f. B. I. Was justified in launching the probe. As the coronavirus pandemic Gains Momentum in africa, ebola resurfaced today in congo. Health officials reported a man died after being infected. It was the first new case there in more than iseven weeks. And, it came just days before congo hoped to declare the outbreak had ended. It began in august 2018, and ham kille than 2,200 people. And, in east africa, vast swarms of locusts are devastating crops and threatening millions of people with hunger. The first wave, weeks ago, was the worst in 70 years. Bigger is sweepingos sects are fillingfids and covin, threatening rural communities. Officials say restrictions related to the covid9 pandemic have delayed critical aeal spraying. Still to come on the newshour feeling the pain Small Businesses struggle to getrn gont support before their business collapses. Am holy wee a pandemic pope francis celebrates in a vacant vatican. Analyze another weerid brooks social distance. And a recipe for coping with cookbook author ina garten. Woodruff the economic emergency thats tied directly to the pandemic is especially brutal for Small Businesses t arou country. In many cases, some owners are beginning to face questions this spring about whether theiran businessurvive. Amna nawaz has more on the store of troubles pere facing. Nawaz a sudden and complete drop in business has left many businesses strugglinout sales or income. The government is trying to help. As part of a two trillion dollar aid package sign into law by e president , nearly 350 billion will be used to ensure banks provide loans and loan forgeness for Small Businesses. But Small Business owners say they are having major trouble getting their loan applications moving through banks and t Small Business administration, or s. B. A. , which coordinates deralibution of those funds. Heres what a few Small Business owners shared with us. My name is justin moore. Im the genel manager of uncle bobbies coffee and books in germantown, philadelphia. Like most retail spaces its been a bit onightmare since the middle of last month. I guess the biggest pa pointe for me since wosed our doors has been worrying about everybodys wellbeing, not just from a hlth standpoint but financially as well. And we have these recurring expenses, these bills including rent and insurance that we have no way of being able to pay without some assistance by the s. B. A. My names greg hunicutt and our company is hunnicutt construction and design in houston, texas. We bank with wells fargo. L ey communicated to me after i registered was were ill not ready to actually do the application process. And please dont contact us again my name is Travis Powell and i own the best western plus Frontier Motel in lone pine, california. Its a small town of 2,000 people and both of our banks,he neone of which is affiliated with the s. B. A. In any way. I sat do and sent out either 32 applications and or contact forms filled out online. Ive heard back ofom about half hose and they all state the same thing that at this timeer were onlycing people with existing loans or existing my names chris goslin and i have owned bsalon since 2002. I called our, my husband and my bank. And i was told that there were over 400 appcations and at this point i would be on a waitlist. I could get by clearly