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Without those additional benefits. They expired on friday. Mark meredith at the north lawn of the white house with more. Hi, mark. Reporter hi, leland. Good afternoon. The white house insists that President Trump is heavily involved in these negotiations about the next economic stimulus package. While we are hearing from both sides that progress is being made, both sides also say that they are far from a final deal. We saw those top congressional leaders meet with the white house staff on saturday at the capitol. Theyll meet again tomorrow as they try to decide the best way to stimulate the economy. Over the weekend the federal benefit that provided 600 a week on top of state benefits that expired for unemployed americans. The white house says they Want Congress to extend it one more week as lawmakers negotiate. Democrats say this should be a longterm deal to keep the benefit ....
Are really at risk. Overnight two people died in Washington State from the disease. As of now we have counted 19 american deaths from covid19. Christina coleman tracking all of this from our los angeles bureau. Hi, christina. Reporter hi, leland. Well, as of today, theres been more than 400 cases of the virus here in u. S. California, new york and washington remain the hardest hit states right now. Washington leading the nation with 102 cases and 16 fatalities. New york also seeing a jump in cases with at least 89 at this point. That includes an uber driver from queens who likely had contact with multiple people. New york mayor andrew cuomo declared a state of emergency saying it will allow the federal government to respond faster by lifting regular regulations. We evaluate it literally every single day. You know, you dont want to alarm people, but given the spread we see, you know, anythings possible, and thats the reason why w ....
Concerned with the coronavirus or the threat of it at this rally, right, john . Leland, good afternoon to you. It started the last half hour going inside the barricaded off areas so they can get into whats called the outdoor experience, there are bands playing and a lot of people who set up vending outlets and we found some people who have come as far away from oklahoma city, wichita, kansas. They want to be here when the president restarts his campaign and there will be another outside area the president will address the people before going inside the arena. We want to talk to a couple of people here in line. The coronavirus is raging and probably the biggest crowd of people who have gotten together into an enclosed space since the beginning of march. How do you feel about that . Feeling like were taking precautions, i have my mask, im outside now. Ive got my family and i wouldnt have brought them if i didnt feel safe. Theyre giving hand sanitizers and face masks, not mandatory to wea ....
Im alicia acuna in denver. The president and his team had expected to see massive crowds at the rally. Instead, they now are touting the events digital reach. David spunt is at the white house with more. Hi, david. Reporter good afternoon to you. President trump is golfing on this fathers day at his club in sterling, virginia. But yes, the campaign is playing down some of the numbers a day after because over the past week they were really touting those numbers, Campaign Manager brad parskol said a Million People had requested tickets to actually come to tulsa for the event. That actually never happened. Vice president mike pence and President Trump were supposed to be on of that stage right there, you see thats outside. Thats the overflow crowd for people that could not fit inside the arena. That never happened. Crews ....