CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell 04/02

CBS Evening News

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3.8 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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On tonight's CBS Evening News podcast, sobering jobs numbers tonight with almost 7 million Americans applying for unemployment. When will relief come for so many Americans in need? Also, the shortage of medical supplies around the country growing more and more dire as healthcare workers protest and demand more equipment. When will American hospitals get the help they need? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breaking news, unprecedented job loss.
0:04.0	10 million people filed jobless claims in just two weeks, why the real number of unemployed could be much higher.
0:11.0	People have lost their jobs, and it's very disheartening.
0:15.0	Mask policy, new guidance on whether or not you should be covering your face in public.
0:20.0	One million cases.
0:21.6	As the number of global infections grows, here at home, the New York Governor says they
0:26.6	are six days from running out of ventilators.
0:29.6	And nurses across the country demand protective equipment now.
0:33.6	I'm worried about dying a lot more than I'm worried about repercussions.
0:36.6	Relieved of command. Breaking news tonight from that aircraft carrier with sailors infected
0:42.3	with the virus.
0:43.3	Why the captain who sounded the alarm was punished.
0:47.3	Nightmare voyage.
0:48.3	Some passengers are finally coming ashore in Florida after being stuck for weeks on cruise ships,
0:53.3	where hundreds are infected.
0:55.6	But could bringing them on shore put others at risk?
0:59.6	Happy birthday! Meet the man who survived the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, World War II,
1:06.0	and now COVID-19. And he's just turned 104 years young. And an inspiring story of a seven-year-old
1:13.9	spreading joy by supplying local hospitals with protective gear. And yes, he's seven.
1:23.1	This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.
1:29.6	Good evening and thank you for joining us. We begin with breaking news on two fronts in the fight
1:33.4	against coronavirus, ways to slow the spread and the economic fallout. Tonight, the mayor of
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