Under attack because the coronavirus pushes the economy closer to the brink of collapse. More lives have now been lost to the pandemic of coronavirus on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed over the nearly 2 decade long vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Also shows the death toll has gone beyond 58300. 00 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected total confirmed 1000000. 11 total deaths 58343. 00 total test results that we know of in the us 5000000 776000 almost 8000000 lets go live now to washington d. C. And our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. Indeed e. S. P. Turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u. S. Is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 President Trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many Health Officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testin
Flares again in lebanon 19 is pushing the economy closer to the brink of collapse. And the 2 kilometer wide asteroid from the depths of our solar system is due to zip past within a few hours. More lives have not be lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected lets go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. Indeed yes. Membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over 1000000. 00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every 330. 00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and
Lebanon as a currency crash pushes the economy to the brink. President taking. Place in the philippines are accused of abusing human rights as they enforce strict coronavirus measures. Full of stories to come but were going to start with lebanon where violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators set fire to a bank and hold rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the protests are bernie growing as the crisis hit economy crumbles further because of the corona Virus Outbreak monday one protester was killed during the riots has more for us from tripoli. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casua
A currency crash pushes the qana me to the brink. And along with Everything Else going on a giant asteroid is due to herschel to earth in the next few hours. The economic effects of the pandemic are being felt in many sectors of the Global Economy right now but aviation and oil in particular ahead in the biggest player after already announcing it would cut production by a 3rd and that the company was bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed and us has posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the chief executive of the European Aerospace company is warning it is quote the greatest crisis the industry has ever known its us rival boeings already announced plans to cut as many as 7000. 00 jobs with its chief executive predicting Global Airline revenues could drop over 300000000000 dollars this year and. The industry will take years to recover and in the u. K. British airways is set to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs which is around a 3rd of its workforce airlines suspended 96 percent of
Suchi over the persecution of a 100 muslims and a giant asteroid is hurtling past earth but close enough for astronomers to study it. Were looking at the economic effects of the corona virus pandemic this hour they are being felt in many parts of the Global Economy aviation and oil is specially and its hitting the big players airbus has already said its bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed and announced it would cut production by a 3rd now it has posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the chief executive of the european or a Swiss Company is warning this is quote the greatest crisis the industry has ever known its rival in the u. S. Boeing has already announced plans to cut 7000 jobs its chief executive predicts global revenues in the industry could drop by more than 300000000000 dollars this year and then 3 years after it will be in a recovery phase and in the u. K. British airways is set to shed up to 12000. 00 jobs which would be a 3rd of its workforce the airline has