TEMPERATURE AT 67 DEGREES. >> THIS MORNING, THE RACE TO REOPEN THE COUNTRY IS NOW ON.
SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECTED TO
REOPEN PUBLIC PEACHES THIS
WEEK.
MEANTIME, SOME NORTH CAROLINA
BEACHES ALSO OPENING, AS WELL.
BUT A LOT OF FOLKS ASKING THE
QUESTION IS THIS WAY TOO MUCH
TOO SOON IF THAT IS THE BIG
QUESTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GIVEN
GOVERNORS THE POWER TO DECIDE
WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR STATES.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ALL
GETTING ANTSY TO GET BACK OUR
ROUTINES.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
AND AS OUR STATE AND LOCAL
LEADERRERS TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO WITH THAT, A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE GETTING IMPATIENT.
PROTESTERS EXPECT IN RALEIGH
TOMORROW, CALLING FOR GOVERNOR
COOPER TO START REOPEN NORTH
CAROLINA.
AND FIVE REPUBLICAN SENATORS
CALLING ON HIM TO OPEN THE
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
TO ALLOW RACES, BUT ALLOW RACES
WITHOUT FANS.
THIS AS THE NUMBER OF COVID-19
CASES CONTINUE TO RISE.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, NOW OVER
6600 CASES.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT NUMBER
IS JUST ABOVE 4300 CASES.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE KICKS OFF
THIS MORNING WITH RICHARD.
RICHARD, THINGS ARE GOING TO BE
REOPENED SLOWLY.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY,
CRAIG.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, ALSO.
YOU MENTIONED THOSE SENATORS
URGING THE SPEEDWAY TO OPEN.
THEY ALSO WANT THE MALL AND THE
BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY TO REOPEN.
THE BRILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY WILL
REOPEN PARTIALLY VERY SOON.
MOST AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED
STATES+@ WILL REOPEN TOO QUICKL
66% SAYING THEY ARE CONCERNED
THAT STATES WILL REOPEN TOO
QUICKLY, WHILE 37% ARE
CONCERNED THAT STATE'S WON'T
OPEN SOON ENOUGH.
GOVERNOR COOPER SAID THE VIRUS
IS SLOWING, BUT NEEDS MORE
+@
GOVERNOR COOPER SAID THE VIRUS IS SLOWING, BUT NEEDS MORE MEASURES IN PLACE BEFORE HE CAN
EASE RESTRICTIONS.
>> EASES RESTRICTIONS WITHOUT
ENOUGH MASKS, GOWNS, AND GLOVES
AND LIKE SETTING OFF ON A THREE-
DAY CAMPING TREATMENT WITH
ENOUGH FOOD FOR JUST ONE
NIGHT..
>> Reporter: THIS AS A GROUP
IS GOING TO BLOW TEST THE
GOVERNOR'S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
THIS DOORS.
AND THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY
PLANS TO REOPEN THE OUTDOOR
PRAYER+@ GARDEN, BUTTING IN HAN
SANITIZER STATIONS, AND
LIMITING TO 20 GUESTS AT +@A
TIME.
WE CAN TELL YOU TO THE NUMBER
OF AMERICANS WHO WANTED TO OPEN
THINGS SLOWLY TWO WEEKS AGO HAS
DECREASED ABOUT 10 PERCENTAGE
POINTS ON MOST MAJOR POLLS.
SO MORE AND MORE AMERICANS,
EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS ARE
LESS, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS
+@ ARE WARRANTING SOMETHING TO
HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>>> THIS WEEK, SOUTH CAROLINA
IS SET TO BEGIN EASING
RESTRICTIONS, AND THAT MOVE HAS
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIVIDED.
RACHEL IS TRACKING ALL OF THE
REACTION COMING IN FROM YOU ON-
LINE.
>> ONING THE TALKER ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE IS SOUTH CAROLINA
OPENING THE BEACHES TOO EARLY.
DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION WORTH
HAVING RIGHT NOW.
BOTH THE PUBLIC BEACHES AND
RETAIL STORES HAVE BEEN CLOSED
IN THE STATE FOR JUST OVER TWO
WEEKS.
ON TWITTER, GOVERNOR HENRY
McMASTER SAID ON SATURDAY THAT
HE WAS HAVING GREAT
CONVERSATIONS WITH FELLOW
SOUTHEASTERN GOVERNORS ABOUT
WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE.
AND REMEMBER, THAT WAS JUST
ABOUT ONE DAY AFTER HE
REINSTATED THE PUBLIC BOAT
RAMPS AND THE LANDINGS THERE IN
THE STATE.
SO HERE IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING
FROM SEVERAL CURRENT SENATORS,
SAYING THAT PUBLIC ACCESS TO
THE BEACHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
ARE GOING TO BE REOPENING THIS
WEEK, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING
ENFORCED ON THOSE BEACHES.
REPRESENTATIVE CLEMENS SAYING
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND
+@
REPRESENTATIVE CLEMENS SAYING THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND TAKING ACTION ON THIS, AND ALSO
ENFORCING THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
+@
ENFORCING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING. ALSO SEEING SEVERAL SOURCES
REPORTING THAT RETAIL STORES
DOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA ARE +@
GOING TO BE OPENED AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
+@
TUESDAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FURNITURE, JEWELRY, CLOTHING
STORES OPENING THIS WEEK, AS
WELL.
WE HAVE A LIVE SURVEY APP WE
WANT YOU TO GO VOTE ON THIS.
CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOUR
OPINION IS ABOUT THESE MOVES TO
EASE THE RESTRICTION THIS SOON,
THIS QUICKLY, AND THIS DAY.
DO YOU THINK THAT BEACHES AND
RETAIL STORES SHOULD BE
REOPENING AT THIS POINT?
YES TO BOTH, NO YOU THINK IT'S
TOO SOON, OR MAYBE YOU THINK
JUST OPEN THE BEACH FOR NOW, OR
JUST OPEN THE RETAIL STORES.
ADAM YOU SAW AT THE BEGINNING,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COMMENTING ON THIS STORY ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE.
ONE OF THEM SAYING THANK YOU
SOUTH CAROLINA, HECTOR SAYING
IN THIS CONTINUES, THEY JUST
NEED TO ENFORCE AND MAKE SURE
YOU ARE DOING THAT SIX FEET OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HOPEFULLY
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.
I'LL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU GUYS
WITH THE RESULT OF WHAT THE
POLL IS SO FAR.
>> RACHEL, THANKS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE POLLING THAT
PEOPLE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT
THIS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WE GAVE YOU FOUR OPTIONS.
SEEMS LIKE MORE ARE WEIG+@HING
YES LET'S REOPEN THINGS, OR NO
NOT AT ALL, CAROLYN.
>> IT MAKES SENSE, THOUGH,
BECAUSE REALLY THERE IS NO +@GR
AREA WITH THIS.
+@ YOU EITHER OPEN THINGS OR YOU
DON'T.
THERE REALLY IS NO IN BETWEEN.
>> IT'S YOU TAKE THE ADVICE OF
THE EXPERTS AND SAY LET'S GO
WITH WHAT THEY SAY, OR NO LET'S
NOT, AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO
WORK.
YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ON THA+@T
AL+@L RIGHT, CAROLYN, THANK YOU
>>> TURNING TO SOME OF THE
OTHER BIG DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR
COVID-19 COVERAGE, SOME STATES
+@WILL BEGIN EASING
SALTALAMACCHIA RESTRICTIONS
TODAY.
TEXAS WILL REOPEN PARKS TODAY.
SEVERAL OTHER STATES TODAY WILL
ENTER PHASE ONE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S REOPENING PLAN ON MAY
1st.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE
WILL USE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION
ACT TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF
SWAB TESTS.
HE SAID SOON WILL BE AS WILL BE
MAKING 10 MILLION TESTS PER
MONTH.
>>> LOOKS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE
+@
MONTH. >>> LOOKS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE TURNING IN WASHINGTON FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES TO GET LOANS TO PAY
THEIR BILLS AND PAY THEIR
WORKERS.
THIS HAS BEEN IN LIMBO FOR SOME
TIME, BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT A
DEAL COULD BE HA+@D TODAY WITH
THE SENATE ACTING TODAY, THE
HOUSE TOMORROW, AND THE
PRESIDENT SIGNING OFF ON THIS
AND STARTING TO REISSUE THOSE
LOANS AS OF WEDNESDAY.
TH+@E DEAL WOULD INCLUDE $250
BILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS
LOANS, PLUS WHAT DEMOCRATS
WANTED, MORE FOR RURAL AND
MINORITY BUSINESSES, PLUS MONEY
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND TESTING.
>>> NEW THIS MORNING, ONE OF
THE COMPANIES THAT DID GET
MONEY FROM THE ORIGINAL SMALL
BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM GIVING IT
BACK.
SHAKE SHACK IS RETURNING THE