The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutionsglor americas ted needs. And by contribations to this pbs n from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Frreporting new york city, i am nada tawfik. At least 16ed people have di after a jet overshot a runway and broke in two. M images fthe scene are shocking. Sifting through t rubble in lebanon, rescue workers continue city devastated by this weeks explosion. A massive clear up going on from allver the country. The devastation here is enormous. Nada one even when even good news is not great, the u. S. Added a milln jobs last month. Why latinos in texas are more likely to d from the coronavirus than other group there. E have a special report. Nada for a of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. We begin tonight with the latest on a passenger flight that has southern india, breaking in two. At least 16 people are thought to have been killed, including the pilot. Seriously injured. E india Officials Say the fight overshot the runway during heavy rain in the cit our correspondent reports. G this plane was bringinme indians who had beentuck abroad amidst the covid pandemic. Landing in the dark amidst heavy rainfall on what many say is a challengin runway, the plane both pilots e among those dead. That seems to have skidded off the runwa we must remember it is a tabletop runway. So it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of place. Because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two. The front portion has been very badly damaged. Locals were among the first to respond. The injured taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. Families searching for loved ones they have waited months for. Many on board are believed to have been workers who had gone a overseas to ea living. The crash is yet another blow for a region that is grappling with landslides and the covid crisis. Bbc news, mumbai. Nada as this is an unfolding story, we encourage you to sit our website for all the latest news. Investigators aron the scene and we are learning more and more each hour, so check that out at bbc. Com news. Moving on now, global aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in lebanon following tuesdays explosion at the port in beirut. More than 0,000 people have been left homeless, and food is growing scarce. Theom countrys ecwas already on its knees with rampant inflation and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic crippling many industries. Yet through all of that, many lebanese are committed to cleaning up as our middle east correspoent reports. The lebanese are used to taking matters into their own hands. Singing the national anthem, theyame from all over the country to clear up the capital. We have come all the way here. Why . Fun vering. To support all those that are damaged. Nthey are homeless right. Meet the ladies of the tripoli cleani squad. From just up the course from beirut. They told me we remain unitedowo matteructhey try to separate us. Othey are all band. It seems like every second person in beiru is carrying it is a massive clear up going on. They have country. All over the the devastation here is enormous. These homesre not going to be habited for a long tim in some neighborhood the devastation is total. No house has been spared. More than 300,000 people are now homeless. And the crisis is far fromver. Here, they are rushing to evacuate another home. There is a house up there. It is almost can you see the roof . We are helping them get their stuff out from the house before the builng falls down. Re fh firefighters are helping with the search. [applause] they are welcome but there is frustration that the lebanese authorities are not doing enough. Alan says his family are now homeless. He took us inside their apartment. His blood was everywhere. His dad will make it. But 12 of their neighbors died on this one street corr alone. In lebanon, nobody comes to check. Th e days, this big catastrophe in the been on. Nobody can come and tell me in lebanon. Nobody can come and tell me in this room. They are still finding mobile footage in the last few hours. This person was pulled from the rubble. Inside the port at ground zero, it is a scene of annihilation. The russian rescue teams are still looking for survivors. And french rescue workers, too. One said, we always hope of still finding people alive. If there is still structures standing, there is still a chance. Lebanon president says a missal may have detonated the chemicals, which flattened this area. But he offered no supporting evidence. He has rejected calls for an international investigation. But in any case, leaving suca large store of chemicals here in the heart of the city was gently was deadly. Nada the nd is going to be ssive there. They we already facing so much. Outurninto the u. S. Economy, the latest jobs data showe1. 8 million jobs were added in july and that Unemployment Rate went lor tjust over 10 . On the surface, that would seem like goodew but this round of job recovery paled in comparison to the previous two months and unemployment claims remain shockingly high. For more than 20 weeks straight, more than a million americans apply for benefits. Treasury sectary has said there is pogress on a deal between the white House Republicans and democrats on a 50 emergency aid bl. Steve mnuchin says he will recommend President Trump take executive action. Joining me now is the chief economist at Grant Thornton in chicago. Us, diane. Or being with given the labor market lost mental last month and now we are seeing more shutdowns in certain areas, ithe outlook worstor next month . Its actually. We are very concerned about the overwhelming majority of those payroll Protection Plan loans actually expire in august. One survey out of cornell suggests as many as four out of 10 workers covered by the ppp loans actually are not working right now. They are being paid but not working, so when theunds r out, those workers will be among the first to be cut, which means we could see some actual decline in august or september. So this is a very mixed bag. We still have very high level of unemployment, and those benefits that expired last weekend, that is 18 billion a week no longer in consumer pockets that we are going to pay the basics of food and shelter. In fact, we are facing the worst food inse and homelessness since the depression in the months and weeks to come. Even if the president does an executive order on the moratoum on federally subsidized evictions, not doing evictions to subsidized rental properties, there are millions of people being evicted in not federally subsidized buildings. Nada you tched on the stall negotiations stalled negotiions. What you think needs to be in a final bill to make sure the economy can recover and help americans . Diane first and foremost, there needs to be enhancements to Unemployment Benefits. If we go down to what regular Unemployment Benefits are by the state level and wipe out the extra 600 a week entirely, that eliminates over 4 in growth from the u. S. Economy. That is more than we lost in parts of the great recession. That really is not accepble given the tens of millions that are still collecting the unemoyment benefits today and providing support. Also importants the issue of transfers to the state. Transfers to the state are absolutely essential. Although state and local public hiring actually picked up, in the official report in the month of july, that is a bit of a misleadingumber because we saw 300,000 jobs created in education. After seasonal adjustment, the data declined. It was because of cuts in the pipeline for ciccone and in cuts Going Forward given what the state and local government space. It cost 80 distortio a distortio privatesector payrolls were only up by 1. 5 million. These are the numbe we ar talking about now. Only over a million in job gains. Nada so what would you say to lawmakers about what the impacl on society w be . You mentioned homelessness. At else are americans facing if lawmakers do not act quickly . Diane this is reay devastatin on so many levels because we know the 600 per week, even if they lower it to 400 or 500, it would still be something. The 600 was not just disincentive many are arguing it is to w get people k because it was so much money. There are five economic studies out there proving it was not a disincentive to work in a a pandem provided a much needed support for Consumer Spending. If you take away o lower it significantly, you will see a major route in Consumer Spending. You could see Consumer Spending after bouncing back a a aft quarter retreat in the Fourth Quarter and the stakes are already high given a high ce of infection. In areas where bars will be open as well. That is something we are worried about, a second wave and how quickly the u. S. Economy reacts to that. The course of the economy is dependent on the course of the virus. The only place that does t seem to be resonating is in washington and congr nada certainly Health Officials have repeated that. Us. Much for being with diane thank you. Nada now the Trump Administration has imposed sanctions on hong kongs chief executive and 1other top Officials Saying they are responsible for undermining the territorys autonomy. Cit comes aftna imposed a National Security law on hong kong, which crenics say thre its freedoms, and it follows President Trumps crackdown on tiktok and wechat. Barbara joins me now to discuss all of this. Barbara, how sigeficant are thanctions . How much of an escalation is this in the tensions between it is pretty dramatic. This is the first time the u. S. Chinese officials over the suppression of prodemocracypr ests. It is relatively unusual for the americans to do that to the leader of another country so in that sense, she joins the ranks of the leaders of venezuela and iran. Alsymbol, it is important. Practically, not so clear. Previously, miss lam said she had nossets in the u. S. To sanction and made light of the whole thing. Although analysts herngare sugges there may be implications for hong kong banks so there may be a financial fallout yet. But i would say especially if you look at this move and together with thela mov night as you were saying were President Trump bardi was countries from doing business with specifi barred countries from doing business with specific firms nada the president says they are a threato National Security. Is there any evidence of that . These chinese apps do collect a lot of data on users, although i would not say it is that muchs different amo than american apps do. Towhat washiis saying is that theoretically the chinese vernment has access to thi data and therefore it is a National Security threat. Tiktok hasaintained all along that the Data Collected by its u. S. Operations stays in the u. S. But the counterargument has been it is a Chinese Company subject to chinese law and subject potentially to Chinese Government pressures. So that we do know there is censorship in china. Schina block u. S. Social media like facebook and twitter. Now that the u. S. Is blocking chinese social media, although it says for dierent reasons, it is a landmark moment. The idea ofechnological neutrality that came out of Silicon Valley in the early days of the internet, that is gone. Now the talk is about weaponizing technology by a rival power. Na very briefly, how much does politics play io this . It plays into it a lot. Tough on china a big part of his Election Campaign so i think you will continueo see steps like this going into it. But it is more than that because the china hocks in his at ministers and believe this is a battle of ideas. It is an ideological and strategic confrontation so they are adding that to the mix. That is probably why you see so many actions in recent months. Nada always good to get your take. Thank you so much. Now in other news, canada has fid back in the b wtleh United States over aluminum tariffs. Officials announced a 2. 7 billion dollars measure aimed at u. S. Products. A day earlier, President Trump slapped a 10 tariff on some canadian exports. Last year, the two sides reached a deal to lift tariffs. The new measures by candidate u. S. Authorities say they discovered a highly sophisticated 400 meter long tunnel running beneath the border with mexico. It was found by arizona officials when a sinkhole images show a solid looking construction with a ventilation system, waterline, electrical waterinac wiring, and railroad along the floor. Elthey bve it would have beenmu used tole drugs, weapons, and people between the two countries. P formsident george w. Bush will publish a book of his oil painting to next year with a focus on immigrants called out of many, one. Thea publication willre 43 porches of immigrants painted by americas 43rd president. In the introduction, mr. Bush insists immigration should not be a partisan issue but rather one that unites us. You are watching bbc wld news america. Still to come on tonights program, in the middle of all the chaos and hope, there are three newborn babies rescued by a nurse in the devastated city of beirut. Nada large parts of the. K. Have been experiencing high temperatures with the south ofan en baking in a heat wave. Some see sd and social distancing. This is british time in our new normal. The sun seekers of essex flocked to the seafront as temperatures across englands summer coast have soared. Rgthe government isg people to keep their distance from one another but with limited ccess. When we got here, we suddrely realized ts a lot of people and not a lot of space. With thousands of peoplece having cd therefore and holidays, they will instead probably flocked to beaches iske one. Even so, they are urging members of the public, particularly those in vulnerable groups like the elderly and very young, to limit their exposure to the sun and make sure they remain hydrated. Nada lets turn to the global coronavirus pandemic now. The governor of new york has said that schools can reopen here this fall for in person classes but only under certain conditions. Schools will have to be in an area where the average weight of positive tests is below 5 . Cuently, new york has a Positivity Rate of about 1 , which points to just how well the state habounced back from its darkest days of the outbreak. This does notal measchools will reopen. It is up to local officials to decide whether and how to reopen their individual schools. That news from new york comes as we are learning more about which communities are affected by the fire is more than others by the virus more than others. In t texas, morn half of those who die come from the states hispanic in unity and latinos are more than four times likely to be hospitalized than other groups. We report that is. Ouston on my after more than a month battling covid19, octavia is back at work as a mechanic. Like many other latina texans, he was hit hard by the virus. I i had sensationver felt before. I had to completely isolate and take care of myself to not spread to my family, he told me. Coast of the other workers here are hispanic. The risk of getting fected hangs in the air but if they do not work, they have no income. Rk this job, you cannot from home. Bluecollar workers in texas the coronavirus. Hit by many are working in places like this. Their work involves close contact with other people. They are expected to show up for work that is available because there are fewer opportunities with the economic crisis. We do not have the same amount of hours that we normally have. They dont do the production they are used to. From 30 drivers, we are down to 15. The number of positive ses and deaths doubled in houston in july compared to the previous four month this Committee Health center that has been conducting tests for its predominantly latino patients has seen a Positivity Rate of 39 . Our patients are part of the essential workfoe. They are construction workers. They work in grocery stores. They are caregivers for other people. That makes it extremely challenging to be able to practice those safe mechanisms ing and alsdista to decrease the spread. Thece consequens of record Coronavirus Infections are bothd clinicalinancial here. Fearing a language barrier with ts from latin america the Houston Health department is running a multilgual covid19 campaign. The mayor says tcrs outreach is ical. We have people in the community who m be undocumented and are fee fearful and distrustful of government and maybe waiting too late before seeking medical attention because they are scared and ccerned. The mayors Better Together campaign is time to overcome those barriers witinformation. Texas has the highest number of People Without Health Insurance in the u. S. , and 60 of them are hispanic. In a pandemic thisrolonged, the worst affected are also the least protected. Nada often the ones who sacrifice the most. S letrcle back now to one of the stories that has dominated the explosion in beirut and its aftermath. Despite the desperate situation there, stories of heroism and suival are emerging. Our correspondent has been managng to a nurse who to rescue three newborn babies after the explosionh ipped througe city. This is normally a place of joy. But tuesdays explosion ripped through the neonatal intensive care unit. Three premature babies were in their incubators. Amid the chaos, the only nurse on shift who was unhurt picked th up, a picture that spread across the world. The only thing i could think up was the safety of the babies i had in the unit. The first thing i d to do was rescue the babies and just carry them and get away with them. I thought i could never leave em alone here and go away. Pamela looked for over 30 minutes before finding safety, holding them close to keep them awad the havoc. I felt like the babies are they are part of me. I have to keep them safe until they reach their destination. People were giving me their jackets so i could cover the acbabies and take themto safety. I felt like i was their mother. In this timing, they needed me the most, and i needed them the most. Today, one of those three babies is with her mother again. They gave us hope again. They revive our home again. There are not many joyful pictures coming out from beirut nowadays. But this one does stand out. Bbc news, beirut. Nada that must have been so frightening for the mother. Good thi the babie had that nurse. What a hero. Lets update you on the unfolding story at this hour. Investigatinvested it is a lookg into how an air india ple investigators are looking into how an air india plane skidded off a runway. The aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two after falling down a ravine but did not catch fire luckily. Before we go, she had the time of her life and clearly no one could put baby in the corner. I know true fans of the movie dirty dancing will get that reference. 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