Summary: As the U.S. economy continued to worsen dramatically with another staggering jobless claims report out Thursday, President Donald Trump said Thursday some states could start reopening "literally tomorrow." Trump's plan to re-open the American economy after a near-total shutdown consists of three graduated phases. In a call with governors, state leaders were instructed that they could move through the guidelines at their own pace and that the guidelines are not formal orders from the federal government, according to a person familiar with the call. "Encouraging developments have put us in a very strong position to finalize guidelines for states on reopening the country," Trump said earlier Thursday, as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic neared 30,000 Wednesday evening. --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/bj-murphy9/support</a>
