At 8 45, the Washington Examiners Joseph Simonson talks about joe bidens relationship with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Good morning, it is friday, september 18, 2020. The house is set to meet in a pro forma session at noon today. The senate will convene on monday. We are with you for the next three hours on washington journal. Hearing from you on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted your job. Newly released data show that nearly one million americans file for firsttime jobless benefits last week. Our phone lines split up a bit differently this morning. If you are unemployed, 202 7488000. If you have senior hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. The phone line for business owners, that number 202 7488003. You can also send us a text this morning. That number also 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, otherwise catch up with us on social media, on twitter, c spanwj. Very good friday morning
Lets talk about tea and crumpets and sky the London Bridge and the. Greetings and salyut ation. Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past not wise and politically astute observation by the great prognosticator of us politics in the 20 percent of the one and only George Orwell as been ringing in american ears up with a president the United States of america the brand name and cheap himself one and only donald trump stood in the hollowed echoing halls of the National Archives museum and declared the following. Mostly away the twisted web of lies in our schools classroom. And teach our children the magnificent is about our country. We want our sons and daughters to know that. This is this is the most exceptional nation. In the history of the world. The most exceptional nation in the history of the world he says greeks mayans chinese incan romans de gyptian all childs play compared to the dynamism the last 250 years the United States of america. B
Employers through august have replaced 11 million jobs of the tournament 2 million 11 nine jobs of the 22 million jobs shed in march and april. Layoffs have remained persistent. There are still 30 million americans receiving some form of unemployment or aid. This chart from todays Washington Times showing the race from the beginning of the air, in the mid3. 5 in january and february, jumping up in march and then the april number, jumping up to 14. 7 . You can see it has been trickling down to 13. 3 in may, 11. 1 in june, 10. 2 in july, they. 4 in august. 8. 4 in august, and that is where we are now amid this Economic Situation the country. We are asking you to call in this morning to that is no how the coronavirus has impacted your life, your job. 2027488000 if youre unemployed. For Business Owners 2027488003. We will start with a line for Business Owners p what kind of business to run . Im in the finance industry. Issue] host did you apply for a ppp loan . I did not need to. Host john
For broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the british Prime Minister has unveiled a range of new coronavirus restrictions to counter the latest surge in case numbers and Boris Johnson warned of tough penalties for those who failed to abide by the regulations as to that minority who may continue to flout the rules we live in for those rules with tougher penalties and fines of up to 10000 pounds we will put more police onto in the streets and use the army to backfill if necessary and they want doctors and medical advisors a rightly worried about the data not the risks overwinter. They are unanimous things will be far better by the spring the new rules will initially be enforced in england and similar measures are being introduced in other parts of the u. K. Has more. In the wake of the number of rising cases across the whole of the United Kingdom when it comes to coated 19 the government have sprung
Saturday september 26 on booktv. Welcome to into h lincoln the Online Public program surgeries, a living memorial to the holocaust. My name at samantha shokin, manager of programs and today will be exploring the story of Witold Pilecki, the polish resistance leader who is a subject of the new book the auschwitz volunteer beyond bravery. Out now with harpercollins. We are joined today by author Jack Fairweather a former one report in iraq and afghanistan and the office of a war of choice and the good worker he has served as the Daily Telegraph Baghdad Bureau chief and is a video journalist for the Washington Post in afghanistan. Interviewing jack today is Robert Robert jan van pelt. From 199798 he presided over the team that developed a master plan to preserve visit auschwid participate as an Expert Witness in the famous case against the British Historic author david irving, holocaust tonight. Robert has published widely, serve as a struggle advisor and cultured the Evidence Room which