2021 the i. M. F. Expects a growth rate of 5. 4 percent instead of earlier estimates of 5. 8 percent the fund is predicting an 8 percent contraction in the United States in 2020 while the eurozone economy will decline by 10. 2 percent brazil will take a 9 point one percent hit with the economy of mexico shrinking by as much as 10. 5 percent just this year now the Organization Also pointed to a catastrophic toll d on the labor market due to the pandemic saying there quine in work hours for the 2nd quarter will be the equivalent of losing 300000000 full time jobs worldwide the funds chief economist also spoke about the unpredictable nature of the pandemic making it difficult to judge where the worlds economy will head in the near future so there is tremendous uncertainty around the focused on the one hand you could get positive news you could have this news on the scenes and on treatments and great a policy support and that can trigger a fast as a company. But on the other hand there are
Press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role also. Found in the human Rights Groups call for an investigation after a prison riot in venezuela thats killed more than 40 people. Welcome to the program afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the 4000000. 00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border and locations that iran has denied a warning that alexey obriens report contains and disturbing images from the beginning. They left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. The Iranian Border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are sai
Warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus and on World Press Day press freedom day insists the journalists are crucial to battling. So theyve officially recorded less than 3000. 00 coronavirus cases but afghan officials are worried about just how bad the rate may really be random tests on several 100 people in the capital kabul but its painting a disturbing picture it suggests that a 3rd of the city with a population of over 4000000. 00 could be infected russias numbers there on the rise its reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors the country is reporting a decline in coated 19 deaths with 164 fatalities the Health Ministry says infections have been the lowest in nearly 7 weeks. Well the pandemic has caused tens of thousands of afghans to cross the border from iran thats the regi
Treated much differently than it was and i think its treated unfairly. Mr. President , the paycheck protection program, 15 million jobs lost, it has run out much money. Speaker pelosi is blocking that funding. Do you know why . President trump if she thinks its politics, i dont think its good politics. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. Schumer is blocking it. I dont think its good politics. But i dont think it. Its the same power all of these Small Businesses added together as the big companies. About 5050. And its so important. They would be scattered if we werent able to do what we are doing. We are giving Small Businesses who wont make it, they cant because they are cleesd. So when we reopen they can get back into business. I think it basically passed unanimously twice, the first section which is 350 billion. Nancy pelosi is blocking it. She sits in her house in San Francisco overlooking the ocean, and she doesnt want to come back. She has got to get back and get this thing approved. Ver
You can also send us a text this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and otherwise catch up with us on social media. That is facebook. Com cspan and cspanwj. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now if you are an essential worker in this country. As you are calling in, we show you this map from abc news of the 46 states and washington, d. C. That have enacted policies to close nonessential businesses in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. The exact number of essential by. Oyees, hard to come there is an estimate from the Brookings Institution that relied on department of Homeland Security designations of essential. Atut 7 million employees Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and bigbox stores. When it comes to the state of california, the Public Policy institute of california estimates that in a typical year, roughly one third to one half of californias labor force is employed in essential operations. The standard