By Meg Wagner, Mike Hayes and Melissa Macaya, CNN
From CNN’s Paula Newton
The Canada-US border will remain closed to non-essential traffic until June 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday morning.
Last week, Trudeau suggested the border would likely remain closed through June.
The agreement as it stands forbids any non-essential travel, although commercial traffic and travel by essential workers, including those working in US hospitals, continues.
From CNN's Manu Raju
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he doesn’t see a need to have another relief package, telling CNN there’s been no change in his posture despite meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin this morning about the economy.
“I don’t see the need right now,” he said of another package.
He said they talked about the economy, the number of states opening back up and progress in testing.
“No,” he said when asked if there’s been a change in his posture against moving now on another relief package.
From CNN's Ryan Nobles
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has vowed that the RNC will hold an in-person convention.
McDaniel said that there is a long way to go before the event, and party and convention organizers are taking steps to make sure that delegates, elected leaders and all attendees will be safe.
She also said that she has not heard any concerns from Republicans planning on attending the event.
“I have not heard any concerns yet from our delegates, our state party chairs, or national committee members about concerns," she said on a call with reporters. "There is ample time for us to adjust if necessary and people are very excited about the convention."
She added that the committee has brought on a medical officer who "will be advising us to make sure we are putting the health and safety of our convention goers first." She said she's also looking for guidance from the mayor of Charlotte and North Carolina's governor.
In response to a question about problems with a virtual convention held recently in Minnesota, McDaniel made it clear the national convention will be in person.
“I am not aware of the issues with Minnesota virtual convention if that is what you’re asking about, we will look into that, but we will not be holding a virtual convention. We are going to put all the safeguards in place to provide resources to our state parties as they hold their conventions," she said.
Some background: Despite concerns, Republicans are insistent that they will hold their convention — scheduled for Aug. 24 through Aug. 27 in Charlotte, North Carolina — in person. President Trump said last week he wants to have the convention in person, but said he was concerned that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, may attempt to delay openings to impact the convention.
From CNN's Melanie Schuman
More than 270 “public servants” have died from coronavirus, according to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who said he thinks “the right thing to do is to help the families who have lost their loved ones.”
The mayor is officially asking the state of New York to authorize line-of -duty benefits to families of all city employees, including the NYPD or FDNY, who have died as a result of the virus.
“The city of New York believes, I believe, they deserve, their families deserve line of duty benefits for any death that was connected to Covid 19,” he said.
The mayor said he wants to take the “weight off the shoulders of these valiant New Yorkers.” He said the state legislature is the way to do this rather than through city budget changes.
The city supports the line-of-duty death benefits proposal in Washington, but the mayor said he wants to do more. “This horrible crisis came out of nowhere, grabbed this city and these valiant city employees kept fighting no matter what,” de Blasio said.
De Blasio also thanked Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for their efforts in Washington and noted the city has extended health insurance for 45 days at the request of the municipal labor committee.
From CNN's Melanie Schuman
Mayor Bill de Blasio called today’s numbers a “mixed bag” and urged caution.
Here are the latest numbers, according to de Blasio:
This data is all as of Sunday.
From CNN's Melanie Schuman
There are now 147 confirmed cases of Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in New York City, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. That number went up by two cases from Monday when it was 145.
The mayor said 69 have tested positive for Covid-19 or antibodies and reiterated there is one fatality which he spoke about Monday.
Updated data and information will come later this week from the city as it reconciles its cases based off of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. New York City previously had a separate list of criteria.
From CNN’s Anneken Tappe
US stocks are taking a breather following Monday’s enormous rally and opened slightly lower.
The Dow and the S&P 500 both recorded their best performance since early April.
Investors are turning their attention to Capitol Hill where Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are testifying before the Senate Banking Committee.
Here's how the markets opened the day:
From CNN's Melanie Schuman
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday about 177,700 students will continue in summer learning and he, along with Dr. Richard Carranza, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, laid out a plan for virtual summer education.
As a mayor and a parent, de Blasio said, “It’s been tough so far on our kids.”
He acknowledged there will be fewer summer activities such as barbecues and sports. “All those things now are on hold and it’s tough. We know that’s a challenge.”
“We know a lot of kids are feeling isolated,” he added as he addressed a plan for emotional needs an academic needs.
The regular school year ends June 26 and through the summer, there will be challenges and “world of possibilities” for students and graduating seniors.
There are 1.1 million students in the public education system according to the mayor.
There were 297,00 requests for internet-enabled devices and 284,000 have been delivered to help students connect virtually. There are an additional 500,000 devices on the way.
Here are the details for the city's summer learning...
The NFL is testing new face masks with surgical or N95 material, an official said yesterday on the Adam Schefter Podcast.
Thom Mayer, the NFL Players Association's medical director, said that when the league returns to play, "there will probably be a recommendation" that the NFL use the masks.
According to Mayer, the NFL and sports equipment maker Oakley are teaming up to work on these masks.
"Back in early March, I had suggested that we should consider novel and emerging ways to handle the helmets and the face masks and the spread of the virus," Mayer said. "And these guys, the bioengineers that we use and that the league uses — Oakley, as you may or may not know, does all the face visors for the league under contract — these guys got the bit between their teeth."
Mayer said prototypes are already in the works.
Some of them, when you first look at them, you think, 'Gosh, no' 'cause you're not used to seeing it. You're just not used to seeing it. But they're looking at every issue you can imagine, including when it fogs up. What do we do with that? But these guys are used to dealing with this stuff."
