GET
GET CLOSE
GET CLOSE BY ON MOTHER'S DAY COMING UP >> ON YOU THIS AFTERNOON,
PULASKI COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A
BODY WAS FOUND THIS MORNING ON
INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE MORGAN
MARMOL EXIT. NOT MANY DETAILS
HAVE BEEN RELEASED SO FAR BUT
STATE POLICE WILL TAKE THE LEAD
IN THE INVESTIGATION ARE
WORKING TO HAVE MORE
INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORY THIS EVENING
ON THP 11 NEWS FIVE AND SIX
>>. WE
>> WANT TO TAKE A LOOK THIS
AFTERNOON AT WHERE WE STAND
WITH THE COVID VACCINATION
PROCESS AS WE END OUT THE WEEK.
WE RECEIVED MORE IN TWO AND A
HALF MILLION DOSES, WHICH IS
THE BLUE LINE YOU'RE SEEING ON
YOUR SCREEN AND WE'VE GIVEN
JUST UNDER ONE POINT EIGHT
MILLION WHICH IS THE GREEN LINE
THAT'S 70 PERCENT OF OUR
SUPPLY. SO BREAKING THAT DOWN.
THIRTY THREE PERCENT OF THE
STATE'S ELIGIBLE POPULATION IS
FULLY VACCINATED, 11 PERCENT AT
LEAST ONE DOSE. FIFTY FIVE
PERCENT WITHOUT THE VACCINE.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE OTHER
LATEST NUMBERS TOO. IF MAYBE IF
YOU WANT TO CHECK A LIST OF A
VACCINE CLINICS IN YOUR AREA,
WHATEVER IT IS, JUST TEXT THE
WORD VACCINE TO FIVE ONE THREE
SEVEN SIX 11 11. WE'LL SEND YOU
THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO
YOUR PHONE. A
>> YEAR AGO GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON
GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FOR
BUSINESSES TO OPEN BACK UP
INCLUDING SALONS. BUT SOME
OWNERS WERE STILL HESITANT.
THIS ALONG SOUTHERN BLANCO TOOK
A BIG HIT FINANCIALLY BEFORE
COVID YOU COULD COLOR SOMEONE'S
HAIR THEN SKIP OVER TO ANOTHER
CLIENT TO DO A CUT. ALL OF THAT
IN THE SAME TIME WINDOW. BUT
THE OWNER OF THE SALON DIDN'T
REOPEN HER SALON UNTIL JUNE
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE MONTH
AFTER THE GOVERNOR SAID THEY
COULD
>> HELP. I'M PREPARED. WE HAD A
LIST OF PROTOCOL AND WE
FOLLOWED THEM BUT WE WERE SO
SCARED TO DO ANYTHING WRONG. A
>> YEAR LATER THE WHOLE TEAM IS
VACCINATED AND THERE'S NO MASK
MY MANDATE. BUT THE OWNER SAYS
SHE'S STILL BEING CAUTIOUS AND
REQUIRES MASKS FOR HER BUSINESS
>>. THE US ECONOMY APPEARED TO
TAKE OFF AS MILLIONS MORE GET
VACCINATED EACH DAY AND
BUSINESSES REOPEN. BUT THE
RECOVERY APPEARS TO BE GOING
SLOWER THAN MANY ECONOMISTS
EXPECTED. STEVE DORCY HAS MORE
DETAILS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> THE U.S. ECONOMY STILL HAS
MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION FEWER
JOBS NOW THAN IT DID AT THE
START OF THE PANDEMIC. WE'RE
STILL
>> DIGGING OUT OF AN ECONOMIC
COLLAPSE
>> THAT COST US TWENTY TWO
MILLION JOBS.
>> THE LABOR DEPARTMENT
REPORTED 266 THOUSAND NEW JOBS
LAST MONTH FAR BELOW THE ONE
MILLION JOBS THAT SOME
ECONOMISTS EXPECTED AND THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL
ABOVE SIX PERCENT
>> TODAY
>> THERE'S MORE EVIDENCE THAT
OUR ECONOMY IS MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION BUT IT'S CLEAR
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. ONE
>> OF THE BIGGEST DRAGS ON
ECONOMIC GROWTH RIGHT NOW
APPEARS
>> TO BE THE EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYED BENEFITS PASSED
DURING THE PANDEMIC WHICH SOME
SAY IS PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE
TO WORKERS TO STAY HOME.
CLEARLY
>> IF SOMEBODY CAN MAKE MORE
MONEY BY BEING HOME AND
COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT AND
TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES,
THAT'S A SMART ECONOMIC
DECISION AND IT MAY FORCE
RESTAURANTS AND SOME OF THE
OTHER AREAS OF THE ECONOMY TO
REALLY PICK UP THE WAGES
>> OF THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT
DOESN'T SEE EVIDENCE THAT
UNEMPLOYMENT IS KEEPING PEOPLE
FROM LOOKING FOR WORK.
>> THE DATA SHOWS THAT MORE AND
MORE WORKERS, MORE WORKERS ARE
LOOKING FOR JOBS AND MANY CAN'T
FIND THEM. THE
>> HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SHOWED
THE BIGGEST GAINS IN THE APRIL
REPORT, BUT DEMAND FOR
EMPLOYEES STILL
>> OUTPACES SUPPLY
>> AND WE CAN OPEN FIVE DAYS A
YEAR. CHEF
>> AND OWNER AMY MURRAY SAYS
SHE NEEDS WORKERS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S
>> A UNBELIEVE. HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE COMING OUT FOR MOTHER'S DAY
?IT'S IT'S IT'S ALMOST LIKE
THE DEBUTANTE BALL OF THE
SEASON
>>. MOTHER'S DAY IS ONE OF THE
BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR FOR
RESTAURANTS. STEVE DORSEY, CBS
NEWS , THE WHITE HOUSE
MANUFACTURING
>> SAW ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIPS
AND THE APRIL JOBS REPORT WITH
A LOSS OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
JOBS WITH MOST OF THOSE COMING
FROM AUTOMAKERS. ANALYSTS SAY
THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE
GLOBAL SHORTAGE
OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS WHICH
HAVE IDLED SOME FACTORIES
>>. FORMER REALITY TV STAR JOSH
DUGGAR IS OUT OF JAIL THIS
AFTERNOON AWAITING TRIAL. HE'S
FACING CHARGES OF POSSESSING
AND RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
AS HE LEFT THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY JAIL FOLLOWING A WEEK
LONG STAY. DUGGAR HAD NOTHING
TO SAY TO REPORTERS.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL?
>> THIS IS NEW SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO FROM THE JAIL. ANOTHER
ANGLE AS DUGGAR WALKED TO THE
WAITING SUV AND DROVE AWAY HIS
ATTORNEYS WHO WALKED BESIDE HIM
SAY DUGGAR PLANS TO PLEAD NOT
GUILTY TO BOTH COUNTS
OF RECEIVING AND POSSESSING
CHILD PORN AND DUGGAR WILL BE
CONFINED TO THE HOME OF FAMILY
FRIENDS WHO HAVE AGREED TO
SERVE AS HIS CUSTODIANS UNDER
THE TERMS OF HIS RELEASE,
DUGGAR HAS TO WEAR A LOCATION
MONITOR HE CAN HAVE CONTACT
WITH HIS CHILDREN BUT ONLY WITH
HIS WIFE PRESENT AND HE CAN'T
BE AROUND ANY OTHER MINORS.
JOSH DUGGAR STARRED IN THE TLC
SHOW 19 KIDS AND COUNTING. IT
WAS PULLED FROM THE NETWORK IN
2015 FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS THAT
HE MOLESTED FOUR OF HIS SISTERS
AND A BABYSITTER. HIS TRIAL IN
THIS LATEST CASE IS SET FOR
JULY SIX TO FORMER ARKANSAS
STATE STUDENTS LIVING IN
MALVERN ARE BEING ACCUSED
OF SCAMMING PEOPLE INTO BUYING
PUREBRED REGISTERED PUPPIES
THAT NEVER EXISTED. THE
INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT BOTH
WERE CAMEROONS CITIZENS WHO
CAME TO THE US TO ATTEND
ARKANSAS STATE. THE TWO
ALLEGEDLY RAN THE PUPPY SCAM
FOR TWO YEARS USING WEBSITES TO
ADVERTISE PUREBRED FRENCH
BULLDOGS BOXERS, TOY POODLES,
ENGLISH BULLDOGS AND OTHERS
THAT THEY NEVER EVEN HAD AS A
RESULT OF THE SCHEME. ACCORDING
TO THE INDICTMENT, THE TWO SOLD
PUPPIES TO APPROXIMATELY ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE VICTIMS
RANGING IN PRICES OF FIVE
HUNDRED TO FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THEY'LL APPEAR IN
COURT LATER THIS MONTH.
MEANWHILE, ARKANSAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL LESLIE RUTLEDGE IS
FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST TWO
CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHIROPRACTIC
CLINICS. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES
THAT FIVE TO ONE PAIN AND REHAB
CLINIC IN HANNAWAY AND
RUSSELLVILLE VIOLATED THE
PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT AFTER
CLOSE TO THREE HUNDRED PATIENT
FILES WERE FOUND DUMPED AT A
PARK IN MAYFLOWER. RUTLEDGE
SAYS AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS CAN
PUT PATIENTS LIVES AT RISK.
THAT'S
>> WHAT THE INFORMATION THAT
WAS DUMPED FIBER ONE PAIN
CLINIC WOULD ALLOW IS FOR
SOMEONE TO TAKE UP ALL THOSE
PIECES OF PAPER, USE THAT DATA
AND TO GO OPEN UP CREDIT CARD
INFORMATION, GO STEAL MONEY,
STEAL THEIR IDENTITY. THE
LAWSUIT IS SEEKING PENALTIES
OF UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR EACH VIOLATION AS WELL AS
SUSPENDING OR REVOKING THE
CLINIC FROM DOING BUSINESS IN
ARKANSAS
>>. TAX DAY
>> IS USUALLY ON APRIL 15TH BUT
>> IT'S LUCKILY NOT THAT DAY.
THIS YEAR IT'S EXTENDED TO MAY
17TH BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TAKING
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR ON THAT
ONE. AND THERE ARE CHANGES
THOUGH THAT TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE
AWARE OF . WE HAVE CHRIS
MARTINEZ REPORTING
>> PROCRASTINATORS WHO'VE
WAITED
>> TO FILL OUT THOSE IRS FORMS
SHOULD WAIT NO LONGER. MY
>> FIRST TIP WOULD BE IF YOU'VE
NOT FOLLOWED YOUR TAX RETURN
YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. MARK
>> STEBER FROM JACKSON HEWITT
SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE
MAY BE OWED MORE STIMULUS MONEY
IF
>> YOU DID NOT GET ALL OF YOUR
MONEY FOR A DEPENDENT OR
BECAUSE THE RULES CHANGED OR
PERHAPS YOU SHARE CUSTODY OR
PERHAPS YOU HAD A NEW BABY.
THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN PAID TO YOU. YOU WILL HAVE
TO ASK FOR THAT MONEY ON YOUR
20 20 TAX RETURN.
>> PEOPLE WHO LOST JOBS LAST
YEAR SHOULD NO UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS ARE TAXABLE BUT MOST
AMERICANS WILL GET A BREAK ON
SOME OF THAT MONEY.
>> THE FIRST TEN THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS OF UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS THAT YOU RECEIVED IN
TWENTY TWENTY IS NOT GOING TO
BE TAXABLE
>> AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THAT'S
FOR FOLKS WHO MAKE UP TO ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
MILLIONS
>> WITH JOBS WERE FORCED TO
LEAVE THE OFFICE AND WORK
REMOTELY. HOWEVER, CLAIMING
HOME OFFICE EXPENSES IS MOSTLY
RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WHO OWN
THEIR OWN BUSINESS. IF YOU'RE
>> WORKING AT HOME OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION FOR THE
CONVENIENCE OF YOUR EMPLOYER OR
JUST BECAUSE YOUR OFFICE IS
CLOSED, YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR
THE HOME OFFICE DEDUCTION. THE
PANDEMIC
>> HAS SLOWED THE GOVERNMENT'S
ABILITY TO PROCESS CLAIMS THE
FASTEST WAY TO GET A REFUND IS
TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY. THE IRS
NOW OFFERS FREE E-FILING
SOFTWARE TO PEOPLE MAKING LESS
THAN SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS A YEAR. CHRIS MARTINEZ,
CBS NEWS , LOS ANGELES.
>>