Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. The new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. His Press Secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our North America editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesnt support the claim. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever
Iam i am talking to business is about what impact it might have. Today, we are talking to the Hospitality Sector about what changes to immigration might need to them. Mean. In sport, the changing face of cricket the ecb wants to future proof the domestic game by creating a new eight team, city based Twenty20 Tournament. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Some dense fog for the Morning Commute some of you morning. Once the sun breakthrough, wanders throughout england and scotland. And for the west, could be dry spell be numbered . For the west, could be dry spell be numbered 7 all that coming for the west, could be dry spell be numbered7 all that coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods, and some ointments for muscle pain, ina bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health E
Tonight, the next test for america. How and when do you reopen . Saving jobs without risking lives. And what the president said moments ago about testing in this country, with pressure to ramp up tests, to get americans back to work. And tonight, across the country, the fight to save lives continues. New yorks governor pointing out about 1,000 new patients a day. 337 lives lost in the last 24 hours in new york. He says he will extend the shutdown beyond may 15th in parts of the state, and hopes to unpause others. Tonight, a devastating toll. News that one of new york citys top e. R. Doctors treating covid19 patients, coming down with the virus and then recovering, then taking her own life. 28 new york city teachers have now been lost. But tonight, looking for signs of hope. The last patient leaving the
u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort. Georgia, ohio, and texas among the states taking those first steps to reopen. Some restaurants now seating customers for the first time in weeks. Some w
Tonight, several developing headlines as we come on the air. The numbers just in. 165,000 new cases of coronavirus in just 24 hours. And tonight, the news, cases are now on the rise in all 50 states. By one estimate, 74 americans diagnosed every minute. Tonight, the refrigerated trucks we have not seen since the spring. The hospitals in the Heartland Running out of beds. And news on that Pfizer Vaccine tonight. When could it be widely available and what dr. Fauci just said about when americans will likely get this. And how theyll have to transport it. I needs to be kept at 94 degrees below zero. Also tonight, the other breaking headline. 24 hours after President Trump fired his Defense Secretary in a tweet, tonight, three more top pentagon officials out. Martha raddatz standing by. Tonight, the President Elect joe biden is asked what would he say to the American People on what is now playing out. A president who will not concede. Bidens response and mary bruce is live. The Supreme Cour
were actually revise slightly lower. so the month of april came in at 165,000. march came in at 310,000. so this is strong, not quite as strong as this monster month, this month, but it did pick back up at a time when we were actually expecting things to start to simmer a little bit more. so taking a look at unemployment. so this is interesting because for the first time, since january of 2024, we actually saw the unemployment rate top 4%. so take a look, so we have been sub 4% all the way back the january 2024, 2022 excuse me exactly. so we have been in that tight range through the years and now we have now tip this. so the curious thing to watch here is, is this the beginning of a trend higher, higher, higher, higher, right? because we had been expecting that slowed down. if you take a look at wages and this is part of the reason if you look at futures right now, they re actually solidly lower futures. pick or went down because wages