Discrimination is now hitting pop culture with the hip hop duo addressing it head on all right its time to boost your news i q. We start this hour with breaking news the u. S. Now has the most coronavirus cases in the world topping now at over 82000 people thats compared to chinas 81000 cases now worldwide there are now more than 526000 confirmed cases and more than 23000 deaths and just moments ago the White House Coronavirus task force held its Daily BriefingPresident Trump was just asked about the countrys virus infections heres what he said. No i think its a tribute to our testing. You know number one you know what the numbers are in china janet because you know because and. Im speaking to president xi tonight i believe you have a good conversation im sure but you just dont know you know one of the numbers its a tribute to the amount of testing that would were doing tremendous to this thing and im sure youre not able to tell what china is testing and not just. After days of debate republicans and democrats came together to pass the largest ever stimulus package for americans impacted by the coronavirus shutdown the bill is now headed to the house and President Trump has already promised his signature arties Rachel Blevins is joining us live with a breakout of whats in this bill rachel well manila the senate alive and our vote is being called historic after the democrats and republicans who have disagreed strongly on this 2 trillion dollars stimulus package passed it with unanimous support Late Wednesday night President Trump who has already promised his support took to twitter where he wrote 96. 00 to 0 in the United States senate congratulations america as part of the stimulus package americans with an annual income of less than 75000. 00 will be eligible for 1200. 00 and rebate checks married couples will get 2400. 00 and families will get 500. 00 per child that amount decreases for individuals who make over 75000. 00 and if your annual income as an individual is over 99000. 00 then you dont qualify it all americans are already feeling the impact of the coronavirus shutdown and unemployment claims in the u. S. Have hit a record 3300000 in the last week hours before the deal passed Senate Republicans criticized it for being too generous with Unemployment Benefits but they later relented and agreed to the terms the package they passed addresses the crisis. By giving unemployed workers 600. 00 per week for up to 4 months on top of the state benefits they already received they would also get an additional 13 weeks of Unemployment Benefits the deal seeks to create a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program for those who have lost hours and wages due to the shutdown but dont qualify for traditional benefits now the package also makes independent contractors and part time workers eligible for federal benefits over lost wages and it offers Small Businesses 350000000000. 00 and forgivable loans the Health Care Industry has also been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with states across the country reporting shortages of surgical masks ventilators and other supplies while Senate Democrats initially criticized republicans for being too cheap with their proposal for aid the final number they agreed on is now above 100000000000. 00 the deal creates a fund for rio to reimburse hospitals doctors nurses and providers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic it also limits more than 8000000000. 00 in scheduled payment reductions to hospitals treating uninsured patients and it boosts reimbursement for facilities treating medicare patients diagnosed with the coronavirus by 20 percent we have also seen ongoing criticism for the deals that tend to take care of Corporate America and develop Companies Like boeing which has lost billions after its negligence resulted in the death of 346. 00 people the deal comes with a 500000000000. 00 Lending Program that is meant to bring relief to the Industries Hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic it also includes rules banning stock buyback by companies receiving aid and banning elected officials and their immediate families from receiving aid it also sets aside 17000000. 00 for companies the government sees as crucial to National Security a list of boeing would be included on now the largest economic stimulus package in u. S. History. He is now headed to the house where a vote is set for friday morning while it is likely to pass it has received heavy criticism from representatives who argue that the tax should have been made public before last night and that the government is still not handling this crisis in the most effective way reporting in the newsroom. I dont point claims took a sharp uptick over the last 2 weeks and now some 3000000 people have filed for benefits after countless businesses were forced to shut their doors amid this Virus Outbreak some economists like those at bank of america have already said america has entered a recession and just this morning the chair of the Federal Reserve to rome powell said this when it comes to this lending were not going to run out of ammunition that doesnt help them help some of you will be when the economy begins to rebound and well be there to make sure that rebound is as strong as possible. So joining us to break it all down investigative journalist and cohost of boom bust ben swan so bad 1st the Federal Reserve of st louis is estimating americas jobless rate could hit a whopping 32 percent that is almost 10 percent greater than the jobless rate during the Great Depression what are these numbers signaling to you. You know its a very bad sign obviously when youre talking about a Unemployment Rate of up to 30 percent youre talking about tens of millions of people being out of work and i dont think were looking at that in the any kind of long term capacity remember the numbers that just came in for these these jobless claims are people saying i need unemployment right now because i dont have income coming in it thats obviously a very difficult thing for a lot of americans but the reality is is that once the economy starts moving again and all these stay at home orders have been lifted many of those people if not most of them will be able to go back to a job the sooner this comes to win it the problem is if you drag it out over the course of months at a time some of those businesses will close up and there wont be jobs to go back to so it really comes down to how quickly can you get people back into work and then in the meantime you know theres 2 trillion dollars thats been passed by the senate now the house is looking at it and also the 4 trillion which is a separate issue the 4 trillion dollars that the fed says its going to pump into the economy those are meant to kind of be a bridge so that businesses can stay open so that workers can continue to get paid and get Health Insurance so that those who are temporarily unemployed dont stay unemployed yes i mean thats a little bit of a stopgap measure or a big stopgap measure but then the world is the world is so much smaller than it was during the Great Depression we are all now interconnected interdependent and we we rely on one another each each in all Different Countries we saw the ripple effects around the world for the next couple of years during the economic downturn of 2008 is this a bleak near term future for everybody then. Well i again i think it really comes down to how quickly do you do you resolve this so you know obviously with it with a pandemic you dont really have control over the spread of it beyond just trying to limit contact thats what were going through right now but beyond that when it comes to supply chain issues for instance so whats happening in china right now china is getting back to work theyre getting workers back into factories they are now saying they have 0 new cases that they have found a way to eliminate that now youve got to take it with a grain of salt because the chinese governments not always forthcoming but thats what theyre saying at this point if that is the case that workers are getting back to work than that helps with the supply chain issues that were looking at so youre right the world is a smaller place right now and it does certainly take more time to see an effect but i do believe here in the United States you have a lot of Service Workers who are waiting to get back to work so people who are you know barbers or hairdressers people who work inside restaurants and retail are all just waiting to get back inside and consumers are waiting to be able to go back and do use those services as well so some of that economy should come back rather quickly the question is how long do we have to wait before it does yeah and because of that theres obviously so much uncertainty right now people are are scared people are taking money out of the stock market theyre withdrawing money from their banks i mean theyre putting cash you know under their mattress like the old days is a lot of this downturn of the markets preventable simply by keeping confidence up i mean is that a realistic thing. Well i think it is realistic to be honest with people and to tell them where were at and whats happening i you know its funny its almost comical if it werent so scary right now the idea that people would go and get cash and stuff it under their mattress because the fed is printing cash so fast that i cash may not be worth anything anyway but look at the point that were at right now a lot of people dont have confidence that we have seen 2 days in a row of the stock market finishing up and sizably up and its been doing better why is that because were hearing that of course of the congress as theyre going to intervene thats going to prop up Certain Industries but i got to remind viewers with ella that whenever we get to this point where government begins to try to stimulate the economy by putting money into it that also means that government picks the winners and the losers some companies will inevitably lose as a result of that some companies will go under the ones that survive the big corporations that survive this a lot of it will have to do with Government Intervention thats not the market at play thats about having friends in high places who work how do you check some of what we know is a great example of that absolutely we will leave it right there you can catch more of ben swan later on today at 4 pm on boom bust thank you so much for that ben middle of things. And is being described as worse than 911 hospitals theyre struggling to keep their doors open as more and more people are admitted with the disease each day and in one particular area long lines have been forming since the Early Morning hours all anxiously awaiting to get tested for the virus arties Trinity Chavez has the latest. Today hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pandemic people come in they get integrated they die the cycle repeats elmhurst hospital in queens the bureau with the most coronavirus cases in the city in the center of the outbreak the hospital confirming at least 13 patient deaths within 24 hours right now its every day its nonstop literally and. Unfortunately its my get to see question if you can choose what youre going to do are you going to do. As the doctor say a lot of people call the doctor the survivor to expire and you call this a machine but not the person as medical staff operates out there limit hundreds of more people way to lining up outside to get tested for kovan 19 but Officials Say the 545 bed hospital is overrun and in desperate need of medical supplies you know the systems overwhelmed all over the place the shortage of safety gear out one New York Hospital so dire nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags the situation in new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for roughly half the cases across the country this grim video shows teams setting up a makeshift morgue outside of Bellevue Hospital something that was done during Hurricane Sandy and 911911 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to kabul never k. Ok now they just keep coming however a small sign of hope Governor Cuomo announcing that for the past few days the rate of hospitalizations is slowing although he cautions that the peak of the crisis could still be about 20 days away. If you close the schools we closed gathering. We brought in testing and we have dramatically slowed the increase the governor adds that while only about 15 percent of cases have required hospitalisation the state intice a pizza 140000. 00 people will need to be hospitalized warning that he does not have enough bed. Ads or lifesaving ventilators so ramp up the Hospital Capacity to make to be able to handle that apex volume and as medical personnel remain on the front lines we are learning that a member of mt sinai is nursing staff who has been treating coronavirus patients has passed away from cope and 19 the hospital saying in a Statement Today we lost another hero a compassionate colleague friend and selfless caregiver meantime the Hospital System initiating a procedure called plasmapheresis where they transfer antibodies from patients who have recovered from co the 19 to those who are critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. And corona virus racism is now heading pop culture with one hip hop duo addressing it head on were going to discuss with that group coming up and then over at the 4th h. Q. Or to ham tells us the story of 18 year old martial artist who is the youngest member of this organization there. 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President trump is backtracking on remarks viewed as racist against asians when he called 19 the chinese virus he tweeted this quote it is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States and all around the world they are amazing people and the spreading of the virus is not their fault in any way shape or form they are working closely with us to get rid of it we will prevail together but that came after much public outrage some of that coming from the hip hop world look here. Are going to be her kids. I mean were 3. 4 years the big show this week. With the. Worst of the 3. And you. Just said. That came from l. A. Hip hop duo year of the ox and both members are joining us now to discuss the violence that followed trumps original remarks better known as lyrics and j. L. From year of the year of the ox thank you for being with us guys so 1st can you tell us a bit about your latest track viral and what inspired you to write the song. Yes for sure you know that on the east coast where were holding up. Now how many will i oh it was just it was so overwhelming going to different clips and stories have been getting from all over the world you know at 1st it was across the seas and we heard about the story with. A lot of just isolated parts and. Got to see something we didnt see anybody or at least. You know about and so one of the 100 or so we had to be something for the kids. Yeah definitely it obviously hit home to me for obvious reasons i mean it was like a punch in the gut what i what i heard the track and i mean it was great job addressing this head on and but now guys the president has walked back his remarks and he tweeted i guess the closest thing that were ever going to get as an apology that he has ever made publicly at least hes condemning the recent violence against Asian Americans but i think its like too little too late. I mean and you know the fact that he acknowledged it and people can be tracked it was resupplies him for trying to do that its a big thing for sure its a very big deal you know you dont want to smoke i felt a little sarcasm but holy for some reason. Its going to leave no stone on it but i just feel like everything is through. You know and. Understand that you recognized and correct those thats progress or not its moving forward yeah absolutely it is definitely a step in the right direction especially coming from this president who honestly in the several years ive been covering him have never seen him ever back out money. Right usually doubles down right and for you guys as they are as musical artist how are you guys coping with all of these reset shutdowns of all the entertainment benyus i mean this means you guys can have a concert its no tours theyre probably all been cancelled right how are musicians dealing with this new roadblock. If you have been with one of them or a life story weve been trying to figure out ways to get out there and you