• WATCH: Kentucky governor gives novel coronavirus update

    WATCH: Kentucky governor gives novel coronavirus update

    Apr 09, 2020 05:40 PM EDT

    Kentucky Gov. Beshear gave an update on the state's current novel coronavirus situation as the number of U.S. cases dramatically increases. Gov. Beshear is expected to speak at 5 p.m. EST. Watch the livestream in the player above.

  • WATCH: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves give coronavirus update

    WATCH: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves give coronavirus update

    Apr 09, 2020 04:52 PM EDT

    Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves holds a press conference providing an update on his state's response to the novel coronavirus on Thursday. Mississippi's Department of Health reports over 2,000 cases and over 70 deaths in the state. Watch Reeve's remarks in the video above.

  • The fight over the next coronavirus aid package, explained

    The fight over the next coronavirus aid package, explained

    Apr 09, 2020 04:29 PM EDT

    Less than two weeks after passing the largest recovery act in U.S. history, leaders in Washington have quickly agreed that the $2.2 trillion measure was not enough.

  • WATCH: General says coronavirus likely to affect more Navy ships

    WATCH: General says coronavirus likely to affect more Navy ships

    Apr 09, 2020 03:58 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon leaders anticipate that the coronavirus is likely to strike more Navy ships at sea after an outbreak aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific infected more than 400 sailors, a top general said Thursday. Watch the remarks in the video player above. Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman ...

  • WATCH: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gives coronavirus update

    WATCH: Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser gives coronavirus update

    Apr 09, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

    Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser gave an update on the city’s response to the novel coronavirus on Thursday. Watch Mayor Bowser’s remarks in the video player above. The warmer weather is bringing increased violations of social distance guidelines in Washington, D.C., even as health officials ...

  • News Wrap: Mnuchin says Americans will start receiving coronavirus money next week

    News Wrap: Mnuchin says Americans will start receiving coronavirus money next week

    Apr 08, 2020 10:45 PM EDT

    ... an agreement between the insurgent group and the U.S. ... Judy Woodruff: In the day's other news: Wall Street focused on hopes that a coronavirus peak may be near. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 780 points, to close at 23433. The Nasdaq rose 203 points, and the S ...

  • What ‘recovered from coronavirus’ means

    What ‘recovered from coronavirus’ means

    Apr 08, 2020 04:01 PM EDT

    Since this coronavirus is so new, scientists still don’t know whether people who recover from COVID-19 are immune to future infections of the virus. Doctors are finding antibodies in ill and recovered patients, and that indicates the development of immunity. But the question remains how long that immunity ...

  • Acting Navy secretary resigns amid coronavirus uproar

    Acting Navy secretary resigns amid coronavirus uproar

    Apr 07, 2020 08:26 PM EDT

    Modly had created a combustible controversy by firing the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt last week, saying Capt. Brett E. Crozier had shown "extremely poor judgment" in distributing a letter calling for urgent help

  • WATCH: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives update on coronavirus response

    WATCH: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives update on coronavirus response

    Apr 07, 2020 07:04 PM EDT

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gave an update on the city's response to the novel coronavirus on April 7. Watch Mayor Lightfoot's remarks in the player above. More than 12,000 Illinois residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than ...

  • Sen. Rand Paul says he's recovered from coronavirus, volunteering at hospital

    Sen. Rand Paul says he's recovered from coronavirus, volunteering at hospital

    Apr 07, 2020 05:58 PM EDT

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that he has recovered from the coronavirus and has started volunteering at a hospital in his Kentucky hometown. The Republican lawmaker tested positive for the virus in March, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate. “I appreciate ...