And geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Im Adrian Finnegan this is counting the cost on aljazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week the pandemic decimates millions of jobs and pushes many into extreme poverty could have Green Recovery be the solution to saving the Global Economy. Flag of convenience chinese ships and crews but flying the senegalese flag local fishermen say the waters off the coast of being overfished. Slaughterhouses are hot spots for coated 19 activist investors say that Meat Processing plants could be the cause of the next pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the Global Economy its pushed back global efforts to reduce poverty improve livelihoods and health care now understandably nations of poured billions into shoring up Health Services but
Its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight whotion up, doc . Plus, stephen welcomes Christine Baranski and ellie kemper with a special appearance by paul f. Tompkins. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Welcome to my home ,again. Fun fact two months ago today, we left the ed sullivan theater. I hope someones been checking on ed. Dont really know when well be back. Its all dependent on when we can gather safely. The country is starting to open up a little bit, but maybe too much a little bit, at least according to Infectious Disease expert and little boy in sweet shop indicating which toffee he would like, dr. Anthony fauci. In a preview of his testimony, today, fauci warned that reopening the economy too soon would cause needless suffering and death. No need to sugarcoat it, doc. Although, sugarcoating is a good way to get trum
Announced, but the big story is surrounding big tech earnings like microsoft, facebook, and even comcast and qualcomm. It look like some of these companies were basically created for this moment if you didnt know, the microsoft quarter was just a thing of beauty a lot of that is because theyll have a product like teams or like azure that are incredibly strong linkedin doing very well facebook quarter was good, and boom, they say april is stabilization. One of the themes were seeing in tech, or you have service now, well have Bill Mcdermott later today. They have an unbelievable quarter. Maybe the best in the history of the company. So youre seeing companies that frankly not only do not have to make any excuses but are saying good things. You know, qualcomm, ill say, secular trend, 5g, and then highspeed internet is one of the most lucrative parts of comcast. Yes, of course, theme parks not going to happen, but theyll open up again. But high speed, it will never go back you dont switch
Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Displefer day, before we turn to the serious stories, we like to look at the stories that put the us in coronavirus, in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. First up, thanks to this pandemic, government officials are highly strung. They have to keep people indoors, they have to keep hospitals running, and they have to take all their bribes over venmo, which is really tough, because you have to write in the memo what the money is for. Well, this week in kentucky, the governor was busy trying to stop unemployment scams, and in the process, he made an unlikely discovery. Unfortunately, its going to take a little bit of time on these, because a couple of bad apples can make this challenge that much more difficult. For instance, we had somebody apply for unemployment for tupac shakur here in kentucky. And that person probably thought they were being funny. I didnt know and its my fault that we have a
And that person probably thought they were being funny. I didnt know and its my fault that we have a kentuckian who goes by malik, whos name is tupac shakur. Trevor ooooh, yeah, that was that was a tough bon, really. Think about it. On the one hand, on the one hand, the governor should know that its possible for two people to have the same name. But on the other hand, if the person you share a name with is tupac shakur, at least throw in a middle initial so people dont get confused. Why do you think michael b. Jordan has the b . Its so no one is ever disappointed to see him. Oh, its you. Like, i have to assume that if your name is tupac shakur, this probably happens to you every single day of your life. Putting in your starbucks order, ordering a delivery, and good luck calling 911. tupac hello, 911. Please help me, ive just been shot. 911 okay, sir. Ill send help right away. Whats your name, sir . tupac tupac shakur. 911 very funny, sir. Well put out an a. P. B. , for the notorious b.