Coronavirus Special Report: How counties around the nation are being decimated by COVID-19

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted April 22, 2020 at 5:58pm

Tonight, a look at the tug of war in Congress between lawmakers who want to vote remotely and those who insist the House reopen. Then, an examination of what is going on with oil and how the nation’s county coffers have been depleted by COVID-19.

Show Notes:

House Democrats punt on proxy voting plan
“Out of the blue … all hell broke loose”: Mario Diaz-Balart on his COVID-19 recovery
No change in Social Security, Medicare finances, for now
Cyberattacks on US health care raise alarms among senators
Pentagon devises new approach to fight COVID-19 spread

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