Analysis. Kit juckes this morning was smart, smart, smart. One calculation i saw was it was only 5 of gdp, and that is a squishy number. But that aint much. You really wonder, whether be a second deal if the slowdown in europe continues . Francine it is 5 but every country has to ask for it, so it wont go to everyone depending on whether they need it or not. The other thing is that he could be the first step toward more physical integration in europe. It is a path forward, and that is probably why it is being heralded by euro files as something of a great deal. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news in new york city with ritika gupta. Ritika as you were discussing, it is a done deal. European Union Leaders have agreed on a landmark 860 billion economic Recovery Fund. It is split almost equally between grants and low interest loans. It will unleash vital Financial Aid to the southern european economies it hardest by the coronavirus, and it is being paid for by hundreds of bi
Pandemic is gone. Off its good to have you with us. Offered help today in the pandemic she suggested that germany is ready to help the European Union get back to Economic Health once this and demick is over she said that it is in germanys interest that europe should emerge strongly from what she called the e. U. s biggest test in its exact existence at the same time germany is to impose a 2 week quarantine on citizens and long term residents returning from travel abroad. Back in the chancellery after 2 weeks in coron 1003 negative current virus tests german chancellor Angela Merkel made her return. In my opinion europe the European Union is facing its biggest test since its foundation our populations are also facing a huge health challenge. All the e. U. Member states are being affected on varying levels were all affected. And so it must be in everyones interest and it is in germanys interest that europe should emerge strongly from this test. For good as merkel voiced her concerns for
the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this afternoon, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled competition between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territor
the rubble, the latest on the severe weather just ahead. plus after being indicted, donald trump started making a lot of claims about manhattan and it s just district attorney will fact check to see if any of them are true and we re alive in rome. pope francis presides over palm sunday mass. just one day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with layla, harare. we begin with those powerful deadly storms that battered parts of the us over the past two days, leaving dozens injured after tornadoes and storms moved through, and the death toll continues to climb. the latest fatality was saturday evening in sussex county, delaware county officials say it happened after a structure collapsed. the same storm system left behind a trail of destruction across multiple states beginning on friday. listen to this resident from tennessee. it s just surreal. you know, you just everything you ve worked. we ve lived in this house 44 years. and you know everythi
the horror started immediately in the parking lot. as the gunman emerged from his car heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, he shot four people, killing three of them. to eyewitnesses, it was clear he came to do maximum damage. when i first saw him shooting, he shot a woman, he shot a deacon, he shot another woman. and then, he went in the store and started shooting again. a retired buffalo police officer was working security, and shot the gunman. but he was unharmed because of his armour. the shooter then returned fire, killing the security guard. the entire horrific episode of people being killed in cold blood in the store was streamed live online. the suspect was taken into custody alive, after putting his gun to his neck and threatening to shoot himself. he has been identified as an 18 year old white male, and has been charged with murder in the first degree. officials said evidence showed the attack was racially motivated. we are investigating this incident as both a