Information On Reopening Is Limited In New Jersey As State Continues To Deal With High Numbers

Cleve Bryan reports.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.REPORTER: NATASHA BROWN FORCBS-3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS".NEW JERSEY INFORMATIONHONORARY OPENING IS LIMITED,AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO DEALWITH A HIGH NUMBER OF CASESAND DEATHS.GOVERNOR MURPHY SAYS HE STILLHESITANT TO SET A TIME LINE."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCLEVE BRYAN'S IN WASHINGTONTOWNSHIP WITH TODAY'S LATESTDEVELOPMENTS, CLEVE.REPORTER: ANOTHER DAY OFMILK DEVELOPMENTS, SOME GOODNEWS COMING FROM THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT AS FAR AS HOW THESTATE IS ALLOWED TO SPEND AIDFROM THE FEDERAL STIMULUS AFEW WEEKS AGO BUT GOVERNORMURPHY STILL HESITANT TOREOPEN SMALL BUSINESSES.GOVERNOR MURPHY ANNOUNCINGANOTHER 2500 CASES OFCOVID-19, AT 334 NEW DEATHS INTHE STATE BRINGING THE TOTALTO DATA ABOVE 8,000CASUALTIES.HE SAYS NEW GUIDANCE FROM THEFEDERAL TREASURY WILL ENABLETHE STATE TO SPEND TWO AND AHALF BILLION DOLLARS IN THECARES ACT THAT THEY WEREWORRIED THEY WOULD HAVE TORETURN TO THE FEDERAL RESERVEAND THIS FRIDAY THEY WILL MAKEA SCHOOL AID PAYMENT OF 467MILLION-DOLLAR.BUT ON THE QUESTION OFALLOWING SMALL NONESSENTIALBUSINESSES AND BEACHES TOREOPEN SOON, GOVERNOR MURPHYPOINTED TO THE NUMBER OF THEPEOPLE STILL GETTING SICK ANDDYING FROM COVID-19, JUSTIFYHIS HESITATION ON SETTING ATIME LINE.SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT ONMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I'M ORBYE SCHOOLS BEING REMOTE FORTHE REST OF THE YEAR.PARTICULARLY THE HIGH SCHOOLSENIORS AND THEIR PARENTS.I'M SORRY WE CANNOT GIVE YOUMORE DEFINITIVE GUIDANCE JUSTYET ON THINGS THAT WE'REWORKING ON BY THE WAYNONESSENTIAL RETAIL MORNING,NOON, NIGHT.APPRECIATE ALL THAT.APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INPUTAND WISDOMS ON BEACHES.WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE GETTINGSICK, GOING TO THE HOSPITALAND SADLY OVER 300 WE'REREPORTING IN A MINUTE HAVEDIED.SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT THISIS THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES.COMING UP LATER ON"EYEWITNESS NEWS" HOW LOCALMAYORS ARE JOINING THE EFFORTTO TRY TO GET MORE FEDERALDIRECT ASSISTANCE.