State of the United States: April 2nd, 2020

How can we make sense of America above the noise? Rachel Simpson reports on how the US is tackling Covid-19.  

With accounts from LA and New York, we look at increased security presence to handle possible civil unrest, strike action and sick-outs amongst essential workers, how the privatised medical system is handling the pandemic, and whether democracy will be available since the future of the presidential election is unclear due to lockdown.