To cross and more im joined by my guest william look there are employer hes an assistant professor of economics of Florida Atlantic university as well as a director of the sound money project at the American Institute for Economic Research and in beijing we crafted to go he is the Vice President of the center for china and globalization harjo in crosstime group in effect that. Just a few hours ago unemployment data was just released now were up to over 20000000 people applying for unemployment in the United States who would have thought even 6 weeks ago its extraordinary and being a historian by trade i know the history of the Great Depression depression very well not only in the United States but globally so when i see these numbers come out its terrifying to hear how it is you know this pandemic will be resolved its only a matter of question and resources and patients because i understand that because ive been locked down for a month now and its getting very very tiresome. How is thi
Block of ellis. This started at 6 30 this morning a couple of blocks from here at jones and ofarrell. According to officers, they made contact officer fired his gun because the man was armed and threat with a knife according to a Public Safety officer on the scene here. A command center is set up where we are right now. One employee says he and his coworkers heard sirens and watched police arriving on the scene. They took to social media to find out what was happening. We saw there was an active hodge situati hostage situation. We continued to see s. W. A. T. Cars and all sorts of craziness here on an otherwise pretty quiet day. Reporter to be clear, this is not a hostage situation, but a standoff with a man barricaded inside glide methodist church. No one else is in the room with that man, according to the Public Information officer. He said theres no evidence the suspect was wounded when the officer fired a shot. No one else was hurt either. There are a lot of homeless encampments in
About this, what about my family members, what about my even before the tweet, the Trump Administration expanded travel restrictions and slowed down visa processing. Im reminded that he called the first muslim ban temporary. It is still in effect now several years later. Reporter but what about farm workers, the seasonal essential workers who help feed americas. Theyre essential workers but they dont have essential rights. Reporter the president announced that seasonal foreign farm workers will be exempt from the ban. The irony is immigrants are performing essential jobs. Theyre providing theyre proving their patriotism. Reporter in oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bayre relief may soon be on the way to Small Businesses struggling during this pandemic. The Senate Passed the fourth coronavirus aid package, including 484 billion for Small Businesses, hospitals, and a program to boost covid19 testing. At the core of our agreement is 320 billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program which
Think up to condemn make will never be the same like the ones like the post 911 will write there will be a past carona world but why are we so sure because they back the world not after 911 we really didnt end up paying that much different. Yeah. There are several factors that make us different 1st of all the big ole commie was never designed to just shut down and be restarted and yet were going to start seeing all kinds of whole sin. In things from the start. Start up again our supply chains are going to be all messed up. But people go back to work a lot of people on earth have had time to think about what their job was and what they were doing in a lot of people are going to decide that they dont want to go back to that same job they want to do Something Different and so theyre going to this is going to be the biggest job transition of all industry. So overall when you when you when you factor in all of these things together i think the sense of being the most expensive crisis of all
And tonight. We start with the latest figures on the coded 900 pandemic more than 2100000 cases have been registered now worldwide and 147000 lives have been lost the United States has the highest death toll followed by italy and spain and so far more than 550000 people have recovered from the virus globally. Lets turn 1st to russia which has seen a sharp rise in corona virus cases with 4000. 00 infections registered over just the past 24 hours it brings the total in the country 232000 with 2 173. 00 fatal disease the president has postponed the annual victory parade on red square which is due to take place on may 9th they say Vladimir Putin said that the pandemic has made preparations impossible. Were facing a tough choice the 9th of may is a special day for us but the life of every Single Person is priceless too to hold the parade on the 9th of may we need to start rehearsals now but the risks posed by the epidemic as well as its peak which we have imposed is still high thats why i c