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By contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank u. Anchor this is bbc world news america. I am laura trevelyan. 30 million and counting, that is how Many Americans have lost their jobs in the coronavirus crisis. Good news from south korea as e country goes 24 houin without a nection. How did they do i pl, the lines are growing at food banks across america. In texas, we hear from people braving the heat ands crowd to get precious supplies. To all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Coronavirus has infected one million pele in america, killed more than 60,00 and today we learned that 30 million americans have lost their jobs as the virus ravages the economy. 31 u. S. States will start reopening by the end of the week. Reporter yet another measure of the scale this crisis. Thousands in houston wait patiently. The number of americansgin need is surng. The coronavirus continues ....
And a consumer boycott of japanese goods. And the outsider who galloped to victory as the first person in the uk to compete in a horse race while wearing a hijab. Good morning. It is 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has announced a new 10 tariff ona trump has announced a new 10 tariff on a further 300 billion worth of imports from china. Mr trump said the levy would apply from one september. Here is how he made the announcement. China eats it, because they have to pay it, because what they do as they devalue their currency and they push money out. Our people havent paid, as you know, were also charging 25 on 250 billion, so we are taking in many billions of dollars. There has been absolutely no inflation, and frankly it hasnt cost our consumer anything. It cost china. And what has happened as a lot of companies are moving out of china so they can avoid it, the chinese have had ....
the past few years, you re not sug be surprised by this.t but homelessness grewst a staggering 10% in the cityd 9% last year and 9% in l.a. county. my office staff is afraids ,a and it s so sad for the people that are homeless and a tragedy for the community. when i went outside, there were jus just like families walg around, people walking it w was completely quietring i and safe and boring and a good way. and now i m afraid to go out without my pepper spra y. horrific. and in the big apple, things are off the charts. ba e chd with city shelterse seam busting at the seams filled with illegallled wits. , now, it s so bad that earlier this month, mayor eric adams, even the idea of housing, they would be asylees intos. private homes. that s a bad idea. you don t know youout nothin those people. what he s doing is not for, illa the city. he s destroying the city. well, i wouldn t mind some stranger illegal orl, justf illegal, just a stranger in general. so you ....
rich edson is at the white house with the latest. he did not make the trip but can he report on it. no trip for me but we will see where the day goes. he spent his weekend in philadelphia. he made his first major campaign rally of the campaign cycle. he announced major union endorsements in filly. today biden s first stop in california takes him to a nature preserve in palo alto where a white house official says he will tour a coastal wet land and announce more than $600 million in projects to help the u.s. expand more extreme weather from climate change. campaign money in silicon valley. gavin newsom will reportedly be at one of these events this evening. also in california today, florida governor and presidential candidate ron desantis who hab eggs on newsom to challenge biden for the democratic nomination. stop pussy footing around. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? are you going to get in and do it or are you just going to sit on the ....
reporter: a major point of this trip was to resume face-to-face meetings and to establish military to military channels and secretary antony blinken said that something chinese leadership has not agreed to but speaking to reporters secretary antony blinken said meeting has helped with a moment of instability in relations. they wrapped up with that meeting. something that was not confirmed until 45 minutes before it started lasted half an hour and followed many hours of discussions with the chinese counterparts this comes after weeks of rising tensions last month in a chinese fighter jet came close to a spy plane and a us destroyer was cut off. and in taiwan it was among the broad range of issues that secretary antony blinken raised. listen. we do not support taiwan and dependence and are opposed to any unilateral changes.we continue to expect a peaceful resolution of differences. we are committed to meeting our responsibilities under the taiwan relations act. includ ....