Some are calling Las Vegas the epicenter for the US economic crisis during the pandemic, and many locals need help.
AND...MANY LOCALS ARE IN NEED OFHELP...HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEENLINING UP OUTSIDE....A FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER.....AT BOULDER STATION....RECENTLY..MANY OF THOSE NEEDING HELP ARELAID OFF.... CASINO WORKERS...MARCELA MERIWEATHER/MGM WORKER:"I SAID BEFORE, I'M NOT GOINGI HAVEN'T GOT ANYUNEMPLOYMENT."THREE SQUARE C-E-O....BRIAN BURTON IS CALLING LASVEGAS...."GROUND ZERO"...SOME EVEN BELIEVE...THE CORONAVIRUS WILL DEAL ABIGGER BLOW TO OUR CITY....THAN THE -2- THOUSAND -8-RECESSION..MARILYN KIRKPATRICK/CHAIRWOMAN, CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION:"WE'RE TALKING THAT THIS ISWORSE BECAUSE AT THAT TIME ATLEAST WE HAD SOME OCCUPANCYWITHIN THE HOTELS."MARILYN KIRKPATRICK SAYS....SHE'D RATHER OPEN SLOW ANDMETHODICAL.... THAN CLOSING....A SECOND TIME..A LOOK NOW.....AT THE LATEST CORONA-VIRUSNUMBERS.....
In the midst of all of his trials, in a moment pregnant with irony, Donald Trump recently claimed that if he was reelected he would..