Are working slowly to get coronavirus under control, some americans, President Trump among them, are growing wrestless about opening the country for business. First, the latest overnight headlines. This morning there are 728,000 confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 38,000 deaths from the disease. Last week at this time, the death toll was nearly half that at just over 20,000. In new york the state hit hardest by this pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo reports the states daily toll of coronavirus deaths hit its lowest point in more than two weeks. Meanwhile, the United States and canada say the border between the two countries will remain closed for another 30 daysstar citizen say more than 27 million has been raised in support of Health Care Workers on the front lines. Well have much more on those stories just ahead. And later in our sunday spotlight a look at the disproportionately impact of coronavirus on native americans and why they arent getting all the help right now. Harry sm
President trump in the fight against covert 19 rejecting his push to open the economy soon. Stock warnings from the i. M. F. That the Global Economy will enter its worst recession since the Great Depression calling this the great blocked. And at election and the time of a pandemic South Koreans carefully head to the ballot box. Its 23 g. M. T. And in the past few minutes u. S. President donald trump has declared that he will suspend funding to the wall Health Organization hes accuse the top u. N. Health body of covering up the coronavirus pandemic he says the w. H. O. Baulch the initial response to the outbreak and spread what he calls disinclination from china which made things worse the u. S. Is the biggest funder of the organization which is in the middle of fighting a global pandemic. We have deep concerns whether americas generosity has been put to the best use possible the reality is that the w. H. O. Failed to adequately obtain vet and share information in a timely and transpare
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern
And oil is up to the tune of 25 . The jobless claims rocked the street. We were expecting them to be bad. We were not expecting them to be 6. 6 million bad. Jackie deangelis, jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. Lets go ahead to start with the tweet from the president that had the dow jones up more than 300 points now. The president said, i spoke to my friend, mbs, crown prince of saudi arabia who spoke with president putin of russia and i expect and hope they will be cutting back approximately 10 Million Barrels and maybe substantially more, which if it happens will be great for the oil and gas industry. The markets are rallying on this, because low oil prices are good for consumers and businesses that use oil. Statement, you dont want the price to be so low that the shale producers go out of business. That the Oil Producers have a hard time, staying, conducting, keeping things going. So prices spiking today, more than 20 is a positive sign that it is all moving in the right
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern