Its called the seas act and targets backers of a strong man u. S. Sanctions came into effect wednesday against the asad regime in syria when it did not have a government of a political victory after years of conflict and how will regime allies react to new sanctions this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the show im sam is a than the war in syria has devastated much of the country and its people but president bashar assad has remained in power with the help of foreign allies what is now another threat facing tens of millions of syrians though the economy has been decimated its now a 3rd of what it was its currency is in freefall and that to that a shortage of basic goods and rising prices but as might not be able to count on his friends anymore to rebuild this state new u. S. Sanctions are now taking effect to punish anyone who does business with his country it targets politicians institutions businesses and those in gauged in transactions with the Syrian Government they could be b
A partly stadium and inspiration were also held around the new york supreme court. Go back to minneapolis now where Al Jazeera John hendren is joining us live all this started because the death of george floyd so john tell us what more about this more about whats happening with that National Guard coming in apparently. Well we havent seen the National Guard where i am but we have seen Police Moving in and we think there are state police that may be what people are talking about weve noticed them so if you look just past the fire that was set on the crane here which exploded not long ago police have moved forward they have moved up the block theyve used tear gas there was some complaint from someone i talked to that she had been hit by a rubber coated bullet i did not see that but been even if you look down in the distance you can see that there is a business that is completely engulfed in flames at the electrical wires went off recently and even further to the left of that is a kmart s
With the covid crisis. This way the patients mouth. Reporter protective gear is scarce here, dr. Samlin says, especially masks. When we use them for a shift we put them in a brown paper bag. Reporter this suspected covid patient coming in is coming by ambulance, i assume. How critical is he . Theyre doing cpr on him. Yeah. Hes dying alone, that is really sad. Reporter that is because suspected Covid Patients need to be isolated. Hes using a respirator from his previous job and a filter that his father who works in construction gave him. How are you doing . Frustrated. The cdc says we can use bandanas as a form of protection for ourselves instead of masks so i got one. Its frustrating because the government let us down. Reporter how are you doing . Um, thank you for asking. Im not well. Its not a joke. I want people to stay home. This is the real deal. Reporter are they still performing cpr . No, theyre dead. Reporter there was no time to even test that patient for covid. But the precau
The economy, pretty much at a dead stop until may, maybe longer. The market is looking to the other side of the virus problem and surely welcomes more financial help. However, stocks are ending the worst month since 2008 and the dow will open lower this morning, off maybe 140 points. Similar story for the s p and for the nasdaq. A down opening bell today. The price of oil, well, that remains at depression levels. This morning we are in the low 20 per barrel and the average price of gasoline, you got to look at this, the National Average gas price has dropped below 2 a gallon. 1. 99, thats your number this morning. The price is dropping about two cents a day but so what . Demand has cratered, the roads are empty, and few people are taking advantage of dirtcheap gas. Now, this caused a stir yesterday. The u. S. Navy hospital ship arrived in new york and was greeted by crowds of onlookers. They were breaking social distancing rules. Those people who were holed up in their apartments and h
What the governor said a moment ago, he is tired of being behind this virus. We have been behind it, playing catchup from day one, trying to put a plan in place that puts him ahead of it, plans what he believes will be the apex in terms of the virus and the impact on the state of new york in the next two to three weeks. Before we go back to the numbers, another thing the governor mentioned in albany a moment ago, his brother chris, who host as nightly program on cnn, is positive for covid19. His symptoms, according to cnn, are mild. Chris cuomo will continue to host his nightly program, they say from his home on a daily basis, again with mild symptoms. The governor has been talking about his brother who he says is his best friend here for the last few minutes. Before that he did go through these numbers. Lets put them back up there. 75,759 cases in the state of new york and 1500 deaths. 1550 is the latest number, up from over 1200 yesterday. These numbers, to neils point continue to ri