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New total to a staggering 17000000 filing for benefits due to the mass layoffs in the nation well tell you all about that and more coming up all right its time to boost your use i q. A little rotavirus is everywhere around the world but so is hunger take a look at this you are looking at about 800. 00 cars just outside of pittsburgh waiting in line for hours to pick up just a weeks worth of food at their local Food Bank People are struggling and now the food banks that are there to help them are struggling too heres arties ferran from south with more of that story fare in the middle of that video of all those cars lined up some of those people were actually waiting for almost 4 hours to reach just the front of the line when they finally got there the food was out and thats pretty sad right now because many of those people it was also their 1st time ever going to the. Food bank now what youre seeing here is the start of a massive domino effect that slimming down on these food banks now close to 10000000 americans they lost their jobs in march and 4 in 10 americans dont even have 400 bucks saved up so there is the need for assistance by these food banks but on the flipside many people are trying not to spend money so food big donations are down then you have the volunteers who sort of hand out the food and they tend to be mostly Senior Citizens and theyre high risk so theyre staying home now the food itself doesnt just come from people donating but also from Restaurants Hotels even casinos and right now theyre all shut down Grocery Stores donate but they dont have enough that much to give because people are stocking up on food and fear of knowing not knowing when their quarantine is going to end or will it ever and so the food bank is stuck buying from Grocery Stores and they have to pay full price like 1. 00 in omaha who just spent more than half a 1000000. 00 when they normally spend around 73000. 00 a month so many of the States National guards they are stepping in washington the 1st state to actually see a major outbreak their need for food has doubled to 1600000. 00 people the governor there calling for federal aid arizona its seeing double as well and the governor is calling for a 5500 more National Guardsman to come in and help now the largest food bank in the u. S. Feeding america they project that theyre going to lose about 1400000000. 00 in just the next 6 months alone so enter c. E. O. And founder jeff bezos of amazon who just donated 100000000. 00 to help literally feed america and thats less than a 10th of what it needs now the question is has the u. S. Ever dealt with anything like this before or during the Great Recession back in 09 more than 50000000 americans needed food and its pictures like this from the Great Depression that were seeing today except its now people waiting in their cars now whats happening today will be a major test to all food banks in the u. S. As this crisis deepens reporting in washington fair and fronsac party. And the grown a virus continues to plague new york hitting some of the poorest working class areas the hardest thousands of low paid. Workers are forced to work just to make ends meet and now there are new reports that dozens of transit workers have now lost their lives due to the virus and new research indicating that the states outbreak has originated in Europe Trinity chavez has that report. Here today the coronavirus continuing to take a dramatic toll on new york its like a battlefield behind your house the number of corona virus cases and now more than 150000 with more than 7000 deaths. The virus having the biggest impact on some of new york citys poorest areas the disparities that have plagued this city this nation that are all about fundamental inequality are once again causing such pain. And causing people innocent people to lose their lives its just abundantly clear its sick its troubling its wrong new data showing Jackson Heights elmhurst and corona queens have higher numbers of coronavirus cases than in wealthy mostly white parts of manhattan. People. Oh its terrifying here because were downwind of this of a hospital thats a percentage of the death of the National Crisis while queens the epicenter of the outbreak in new york city accounts for more than 3200 factions many are still forced to continue to go to work if you want to meet. Our keep. Many low wage workers on the front lines from Grocery Store employees to Public Transportation workers all deemed essential working around the clock during the pandemic. Right now everybody go here restore the lives of the still working the m. T. A. Confirming the corona virus has claimed the lives of 41 transit workers in 5 weeks and more than 6000 have fallen sick or self quarantined this as new Research Shows that the Novel Coronavirus likely circulated in new york for weeks undetected with more new york infections coming from europe and not asia critics pointing out that the findings contradict president trumps argument that is ban on travelers from china in late january delayed the arrival of the virus to the u. S. Reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r t. A lot of moves today on the economic front as the fed is pumping an additional 2. 00 trillion dollars into the economy for new loans then the senate seems to be at a stalemate on billions more for Small Businesses so earlier i was joined by the best cohost and investigative journalist bence want to discuss this heres what he had to say. So essentially Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell wanted to bring this to the floor today get a quick vote on it and just put more money into the program the problem is it with nowhere this whole thing stalled out because essentially mcconnell said im just asking you guys to change that 300000000000 to 600000000000 essentially its just basically a race in the 3 and replace it with the 6 but Democratic Leaders said no that they wanted to have more oversight over the program and add some additional changes to how the program is being run so far and because of that the 2 sides came to a stalemate and nothing got done so thats very bad news and that update coming in just a few minutes ago i got another one for you too speaking of money being pumped in the Federal Reserve so that says that theyre going to probably another 2. 3 trillion with a t. 2. 00 trillion dollars worth of loans that are going to be made to businesses and corporations that need help right now so we still do not have the full details of what is going to go into those loans how you qualify for them but we do know this monella that so far the 300000000000. 00 worth of loans that were set up to run to the s. B. A. That system has been completely overwhelmed so far now and theres no way its going to be able to pay out to everyone who has applied so there are a lot more applicants than they were anticipating. Well the truth is there shouldnt have been more applicants and they were anticipating they just underfunded it because were going to shut down the entire economy you have to understand that now everyones business virtually is being affected by this and then what about this weeks jobs report what are we learning what are we gleaning from those numbers and so thats another good point here you know were talking about all these businesses that are struggling was a result of that as of today manila another 6600000 files for unemployment that means in 3 weeks weve seen 16000000 people in this country file for unemployment i mean its an incredible number again these are not permanent numbers hopefully the sooner that people get back to work obviously that will be the case but these are people who had 0 hours that means that they got nothing from their employers in the last week were up to 16000000 people in just 3 weeks now i mean i know those numbers sound like a tsunami of people that are not at a fairly unemployed but clocking in their hours but the truth of the matter is to abandon a lot of these jobs just are not going to come back there are going to be mom and pop shops restaurants various businesses mechanics or what have you theyre just going to fold and shut down their doors for ever so theyre still going to be a large portion of those numbers that stay on unemployment right well it depends on a couple things 1st of all one of the things that may have pushed the unemployment numbers up a little bit higher this week is that the rules have been changed a little bit on this if you are self employed you can now file for unemployment so thats one thing thats also driving the numbers up but also remember this that if we can get these other programs that p. P. P. That Paycheck Protection Program to actually pay out 2 and a half months worth of wages for people who have not been able to work and also pay for a mortgage or rent costs businesses could recover from that if the s. B. A. Would loosen up some of the guidelines in terms of loans that are out there there could also be you know right now theyre saying theyre going from that express loan from 350000. 00 per applicant to up to 1000000. 00 their. Are ways to allow Business Owners to bridge this but if that does not happen then youre right then millions of people will remain on those unemployment rolls obviously all we can do is just hope for the best ben but these numbers definitely shocking a slap in the face and way a wake up call weve got to do something here. As always appreciate the update thank you. Margaret farm workers are being deemed essential workers as well while theyre getting up every day to help grow our nations food supply during the skirt a Virus Outbreak a lot of them are having trouble feeding their own families arties natasha sweet has those details from los angeles as confident teen sweeps the globe the effects have taken a toll on nearly every industry this includes farms across the u. S. From california iowa North Carolina to florida 80 percent of the 3000000 farm workers in the u. S. Are latino and 90 percent are working on temporary visas from mexico only about half of these essential workers have legal authorization to work and despite taking the daily risk of being exposed to the coronavirus many of these farm workers are struggling to make ends meet according to Student Action for farm workers in durham North Carolina farm workers there are earning an average of 11000. 00 a year the Organization Says a farm worker must harvest 2 tons of Sweet Potatoes to earn just 4. 50 and just last week the episcopal farm worker ministries saw an increase in need among immigrant families for basic groceries and what more than 200 families came to the offices in search of assistance some 50 families left empty handed immigration and Customs Enforcement or ice and other city officials have urged and documented immigrants to not avoid seeking medical care during this pandemic no one should be afraid of going to the doctor and seeking medical care if they need it in the state of california hospitals and other care providers are required to provide care to everyone regardless of their. Legal status but some say despite being considered an essential worker theyre still worried about getting the medical attention they may need our communities mean place in the lot in norway and its really on the scribe a ball right now to share a lot of whats going on you know you know really yes you know were afraid to going at this state and in you know not knowing if immigration they inside are going to be there doing their work you know so it is very very hard as the entire country is working to cope with financial hard times Church Groups and other organizations are seeking donations for immigrant families who are struggling to feed their own reporting in los angeles and sweet r. T. All right we are going to be back with a lot more news for you like opec whats going on there between russia and saudi arabia well get you the latest details on that and then later in the sports h. Q. Original hayom take us to france where soccer players from the countrys top league are doing their part to combat the coronavirus well show you how. I would say we could have prevented this pandemic we werent ready for a number of reasons because you know the problem is that companies that are making vaccines and other virus they want to make a profit so they dont make them if there is no virus to make them against it so after sars wanted disappeared very quickly there was no incentive. Because the slowness of the blood of them so moving. And good news was before. Much of those who heard the preview or. Seen him will. We will were going. To move. Move. Move show you this new video of the liberal media look good. Move slow most of these girls will review films for good girls. To go to school so look i do the same you belong here to show your story to the issue go. To starts to. Get to me to do it with a little mist theyd say look it is a. Shame stashed and understand just need to mash told. To stop the president and please introduce more of them to. Those who have petitions to post this for to snoop to come up with new it because that is the cousin with you sir your supporters to your machine station shouldnt for you should cook door for the one whos doing. Breaking news here just in british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has moved out of intensive care and is now on the road to recovery johnson was hospitalized on sunday just days after testing positive for cope at 19 according to his Office Johnson has now been moved back to a standard room at the St Thomas Hospital and was in extremely good spirits they say meanwhile the lockdown for the u. K. What might be extended. An opec and allied Oil Producers held a Virtual Meeting today seeking an agreement to end Oil Production cuts in response to the slowdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic everywhere but can all of the key players make a deal that will actually last arties Rachel Blevins has the details. Well know the price war between russia and saudi arabia appears to have reached a cease fire as 2 of the Worlds Largest Oil Producers agreed to a Historic Deal on thursday that is according to reports that saudi arabia agreed to remove 4000000 Barrels Per Day from its april production levels while russia agreed to cut 2000000 the deal was made during a Virtual Meeting between opec members and other allied Oil Producers amid a need to respond to the drop in demand from the ongoing lock down over the coronavirus pandemic as a result Global Oil Demand has dropped by an estimated 30 percent resulting in a push to decrease the markets or oil supply by around 20000000 Barrels Per Day this tentative agreement with 10000000 Barrels Per Day and told june with the number tapering off in the following months while russia and saudi arabia have indicated their willingness to cut Oil Production they have also said that a deal would depend on whether the u. S. Agrees to join but despite ongoing talks with the saudis and support for other key. On trees being required to cut production the truck administration has fought back against placing limits on u. S. Soil insisting that production is already falling on its own in a statement the u. S. Energy Department Said quote with regards to media reports that opec plus will require the United States to make cuts in order to come to an agreement the e. I. A. Report demonstrates that there are already projected cuts of 2000000. 00 Barrels Per Day without any intervention from the federal government meanwhile oil prices were up ahead of the meeting thursday with the Global Benchmark brant crude oil futures up 3. 9 percent at over 34. 00 per barrel and the u. S. Benchmark west texas intermediate up 5. 9 percent at over 26. 00 per barrel the deal comes a weeks after a breakdown in talks over production cuts between russia and saudi arabia that resulted in a price war and an increase in production which then Oil Prices Falling to their lowest point in 18 years now it remains to be seen whether washingtons participation will indeed become a Sticking Point in finalizing a Historic Deal and if the worlds top Oil Producers can come together to bring stability to the markets as a coronavirus lock down continues reporting in the newsroom Rachel Blevins archie. All right so it turns out africanamerican people are being disproportionately affected by the Novel Coronavirus according to the c. D. C. 33 percent of people hospitalized with cocaine 19 are black but black people only make up 18 percent of the American Population so why is that joining us to break it down for us john mover rocca hes the National Organizer with the black alliance for peace a job with thank you for being with us so the numbers show that poor areas in places like new york city or majority black cities like detroit are being hit the hardest is there any explanation for this phenomenon. Or group. Effect. For the last 40 years is a bend in the African American working class in port communities where the neo liberal policies have resulted in an excess of hospitals being closed where toxic waste dumps have been sited where petroleum and Industrial Facilities have been placed and as a consequence africanamericans are vulnerable to this kind of a pandemic because we are the ones that have disproportionate rates of diabetes of hypertension all of the the diseases a come from Structural Racism so you know this is this socalled discovery on the part of White America that black people are particularly vulnerable to this pandemic is really unimpressed. A job where you brought up some of these underlying conditions such as hypertension diabetes Heart Disease that could make people especially the Africanamerican Community more vulnerable to this virus so besides treating the folks who have coronavirus what needs to be done to change the circumstances that created those underlying conditions in the 1st place. We can get rid of the Economic System they created those conditions we can get rid of the Structural Racism but of course that takes a radical change in the us something that both republicans and democrats have been very much opposed to so what we have with this pandemic is an exposure of these underlying structural contradictions that have resulted in real death for black people but also for other poor and working class people in this country black people suffering disproportionately but also are folks who live a rule or areas also the alleged worse this is a a a both a race and a class issue is really exposed the this is a bit Economic System that has created these kinds of the dishes that result in people losing their lives and this is there a lot of speaking about the working class obviously a lot of black people fill these essential job roles right now and theyre being impacted by this they they are at the amazon facilities theyre at the Grocery Stores theyre getting sick with coronavirus so how do you see this impacting the economy overall when they get sick. You know this whole phony narrative about these these heroes these essential workers sacrificing of course they are sacrificing but they have no other choice these are workers who have to go to work every day you know the experts say that there should be mitigation to deal with this virus a social distancing but how do you have mitigation when you have to travel on Public Transportation packed in like sardines even today so you know this is the this is the unobjective situation the poor people theyre working class people face here in this country and that if people are really serious about addressing these issues the list of certain things like for example expanding medicare for all millions of people losing their care their employer. What happens is that we saw the lines of people lining up for. The structure broke contradictions of an Economic System and able to address the object of human rights needs of the masses of the people in this country and real quickly and lastly at imo we see that obviously black folks are being hospitalized at a disproportionate rate theyre dying a disproportionate rate because of these preexisting conditions how would you call attention to this to the world who took people that would ordinarily care or bother to think of it at this perspective. Before the people that seem to contradict these all the phrase of this system and we say that. It makes little sense people talk about bloodlines matter. They dont matter in the us people have seen that with. All right a jumbo baracoa always appreciate your time and insight on this thank you. And a 2nd potential covert 1000 vaccine is being tested here in the us researchers opened another safety test on an experimental vaccine this one using a skin deep shot the experiment uses a vaccine developed by novio pharmaceuticals taken in 2 doses and require monitoring 4. 00 to 4. 00 weeks leading to phase 2 rather of this trial so if trials are successful it could be ready by the end of the year. All right lets go over to regina ham at the sports h. Q. Regina athletes are stepping up in a big way to help those making a difference in this fight against coronavirus you know the kind of sports news we love to share because athletes across the globe theyre feeling the impact of the current a virus especially clubs in europe and their fans but in france those top players found a way to give back to those that fill their stands on match day League One Top club power stage oman is making their stand to help those on the front line fighting the coronavirus the team alongside their p. S. G. Foundation watch the hash tag p. S. G. Engage to fundraise for Health Care Workers she already made an initial donation of 100000 euros or 109280 4 us dollars and are asking fans to journey between 5. 20 euros or between 5 and 55. 00 u. S. Dollars to the cause money raised will go to the hostels and greater paris area as well as they say cope up in those alters working in france and abroad p. C. Striker neymar made his own secret but now public contribution of 875000. 00 to unicef to help fight the coronavirus frances top side. Really is still suspended until further notice. For those not in the know already have a little education lesson when a soccer game is restarted after an offense by the Opposing Side a free kick is given so lets take a look at some of the best Major League Soccer free kicks when fans still fill filled the stands. And extreme athletes are finding pretty creative ways to beat their boredom on self isolation take a look around here canadian snow where sebastian 2 thought he was playing the game we all played as kids called avoid the lot of the goals to get from point a to point b. Without hitting the floor and in sebastians case hes got a pretty creative set of objects to work with doing a yoga roll on the Kitchen Table hopping on some step stools going on his counters the extreme rebel athlete is one of a number of athletes combat itself isolation and fun methods and sharing them on social media helping people challenge them to ponce goal though he said just to make people happy while theyre stuck at home. I dont know about human i couldnt do that i would have probably fall off the table and then require a lot of very old 100 agreed but let me i have 2 perspectives on this as adult monologist viewing this very cool Obstacle Course but as mom manila dont you given the kids any idea what its so pretty much if youre not on the party when youre older dont dont watch that dont watch as if youre a kid yes we dont know youre hurting yourself a very good after youre an elder have thought exactly what our laws are that regina still pretty cool and we will have a lot more news coming up for you at 7 pm construction begins in montana for this disputed keystone x. L. Pipeline well tell you how coke at 19 and saudi arabia are going to fit into this puzzle and as the country remains on lockdown well voting by mail be a viable solution this november for this novembers election so that is if im going to watch and ill see you back here in a little bit. With the coronavirus now officially declared a pandemic the world faces the additional burden of an Oil Market Collapse this comes at a time when demand for crude was already some are calling this the ultimate perfect storm how this all ends is the stance. This is a ridiculous situation right the whole worlds crazy thats what it seems like and i was supposed to be at work right now that was actually looking forward to travel in the world again making films because ive been stuck on Maternity Leave for the past so 8 or 9 months now and i was looking forward to the heavens a coke. All day long but i got my mother in law to move to moscow to replace me while i work there she is and now instead of traveling the world i am stuck with everyone in this tiny flats here we are happy family happy days. How made