The United States now has over 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases and President Trump continues to field criticism for his response to the pandemic. In an effort to further the conversation on economic relief for unemployed Americans, the president has signed 4 executive orders that would delay payroll tax deductions, extend unemployment benefits at $400, have officials consider a halt to evictions, and defer student loan payments until the end of the year. Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Digital Editor at NBC News, joins us to break down how the executive orders will work and how Congress is reacting.




Next, contact tracing was supposed to be one of the biggest tools in the fight to contain the spread of coronavirus, but many health departments across the country are losing the race to warn the contacts of COVID victims. City and county health departments say they don't have enough money or staff to keep up with the surge of cases. On Alabama's Gulf Coast, the contact tracers are stretched so thin that they are telling people who get the virus to notify any contacts themselves. The country only has about a quarter of the contact tracers that is recommended to be able to do the job effectively, not to mention the difficulty in getting some people to comply. Jaimi Dowdell, investigative reporter at Reuters, joins us for more.

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