Thank you very much. I want to say this is an exciting day for our country. We have been at this long and hard for three years. I want to thank elon, who has been a friend of mine for a long time, somebody i have Great Respect for. You are always thinking about this. You have plenty to think about. Team the topmy priority is the only priority. Pres. Trump that is great. We have a long way to go. It looks that gibson. I want to thank everyone in the room. You took it over in its infancy. They had grass growing in the runways between the cracks, and now we have the best of the best, and i want to thank Vice President mike pence. He has worked so hard, it has been a labor of love. I want to thank everybody down here. This is something the first lady and i have looked forward to seeing, and in a short while it will be left off. We will probably make it eat weather wise. We are a go for launch now. Pres. Trump that sounds exciting. Thank you for being here. Would you like to Say Something .
Program,ve callin washington journal. Heidi shierholz, former chief economist at the u. S. Department of labor earned the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2017. Now with the Economic Policy institute. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thanks for having me. Host wanted to talk about the impact of the pandemic on workers. What do you see . Its pretty grim. Its really bad right now. So as of mid april, the official Unemployment Rate had jumped to 14. 7 . But because of some misclassification and undercounting of people who had lost their jobs as a result of the virus, i think that a more accurate description of where we were in mid april is more like a 23. 5 Unemployment Rate. And weve had another five weeks of deterioration since then so its pretty grim. Really sachs which has a good Economics Research shop, they are forecasting that the Unemployment Rate average 30 in may and june. So its going to get worse before it gets better. Its pretty grim for workers out there right now. Ho
Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. On tuesday, Intelligence Experts talked about Disinformation Campaigns and Political Warfare during the coronavirus pandemic. They explore tools used to spread this information and the best ways to fight against these campaigns. The center for strategic and International Studies hosted this event. Hi, everyone. Welcome to this discussion on disinformation and Political Warfare in the age of covid19. Have two outstanding experts the Senior Vice President for europe, asia and the arctic. She is the director of the Europe Program and the author of two outstanding studies on aspects of what we are going to talk about today. Have questions going to the link for this and you can ask questions. We will talk for group for 20 to 25 minutes and go to your questions. There is a component where you can ask questions. And the director of the Transnational Press object. Lets get
Washington journal, we look at the latest on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with virginia ben clinen and thomas suozzi. Good morning. Thursday, may 28, 2020. The house returns at 9 00 a. M. Totern to vote on renew federal surveillance powers. President trump will receive a briefing at the white house on the 2020 Hurricane Season after the first launch on u. S. Soil was delayed due to the weather. On the death in minneapolis monday have an unarmed black man at the hands of police. After some protest turned violent overnight, we open our phones to hear from you about the state of Race Relations in this country. If you think Race Relations are Getting Better, 202 7488000. If you think they are getting worse, 202 7488001. If you think they are staying about the same, 202 7488002. You can send us a text this morning. That number is 202 7488003. If you do include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media on cspan cspanwj. On facebook, facebo