Starts at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Former First Lady Laura Bush discusses minority rights hosted by the Atlantic Council and the george w. Bush institute. Good morning to our viewers in the United States and good evening to our viewers in afghanistan. Thank you for joining us for todays special edition of the Atlantic Council front page in partnership with the george w. Bush institute. Port of the Atlantic Council and also vice chair of the institute for center for strategy insecurity. Todays conversation comes at a crucial time for afghanistan. Afghanistan. Afghanistan is at a key Inflection Point with peace negotiations currently ongoing between the television and the Afghan Government in. These talks give hope for the end of two decades of war in afghanistan they also raise certain concerns. Its truly vital that we remain vigilant in protecting the games that have been made on behalf of women and girls rights in afghanistan as well as those marginalized voices more generally. In the last
Equitable and effective Global Distribution of vaccines. This conversation is part of a series, global inclusive recovery and rebuilding which was developed with the aspen into institute in word joining the global interveners group in this effort to present the presentation today, we are very honored that Elizabeth Cohen of cnn is leading the conversation and as a reminder and we are happy to get to the questions as part of the conversation. Thank you all and welcome elizabeth. Thank you so much im so glad to be here with all of these wonderful panelist that we are going to have with us, nearly ten months into the outbreak, covid19 is exposing equities and Healthcare Systems worldwide in hopes that the vaccines will really change things because right now this virus has killed more than a Million People worldwide and its infected more than 44 Million People, millions have been left without work and economy have been left many in terrible shape. , how do we ensure a Vaccine Development D
Boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundamental, longterm changes to the house of representatives . Speaker pelosi thank you for focusing on how we do our congressional work to represent the people of our country and to bring their views to washington, d. C. We have had quite a challenge. Of ourthe great guidance capitol physician and the sergeant at arms. On two occasions, one with the voice votes and one with the recorded votes when we had a large number of members here to make the decisions necessary to pass legislation. In
Federal agencies. Order your copy online today at cspanstore. Org. Journal. Your questions and comments about the pandemic start now. The economicent of impact this pandemic has had on our country including a record job loss. Unemployment at its highest rate since the great depression. A decade of Economic Growth wiped away in a single month. Friday, may 8, we welcome the you to this addition of washington journal primetime edition of washington journal primetime. Michaele will talk to boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundam
Would be the worst single month of job loss and the pace of the academic has shown signs of easing that it could be many more months before the labor market returns to a point where employers add jobs and will take years for the economy to fully replace the jobs lost in the month of april. This is marking a sharp civet from a few months ago when the economy was putting out hundreds of thousands of new jobs. The labor and Economic Policy for the wall street journal, he is joining us live on the phone. Thank you for being with us. Not only 20. 5 million jobs lost in april but overall, 33 million jobs. How does the economy begin to recover and at what pace . Eric i think it will be a slow process. At this point, we are talking about layoffs slowing. This wiped out a record of job gains in a single month. We wont see that type of shock again but we will see another month or so of layoffs before we even kind of start hitting the bottom. Host so Many Industries hit hard, but the hospitality,