Coronavirus story this week were examining the unprecedented rise in the surveillance and tracking of citizens and the long term implications for society will also look at the United States and its problem with just information much of which comes from the very top the white house and president trying. In the worldwide battle against covert 19 more and more governments are looking at our phones to track the infected and to prevent the virus from spreading china south korea israel italy and others are using phone Location Software along with c. C. T. V. Video and credit card records among other tools to do that governments are understandably eager to use every weapon at their disposal in this fight and phone tracking has already proven effective in some places such as china but these measures come with all kinds of questions on finding the right balance between the need for Public Safety and the individuals right to privacy another question worth asking how long to the authorities inten
News the u. S. Charges venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro would not terrorism. Hello the u. N. Secretary general has told leaders of the worlds 20 major industrialized countries that humanity is at war with the virus and were not winning and when you go terrorists called for a Global Response at an emergency virtual g. 20 summits support a way out of a crisis where a leader has vowed to do whatever it takes to combat it and he said the numbers of confirmed cases which have now passed half a 1000000 are only the tip of the iceberg the real number is believed to be many times higher well the number of new deaths has surged in spain and it remains high in italy where its feared deaths are now rising in the poorest south and as economists predict a deep global recession the u. S. Saw 3300000 people make new jobless claims last week its biggest ever jump the barker begins our coverage with this report on the situation across europe. This is how spains hoping to win the war on the Coronavir
This disconnect between what were hearing from the scientists and what the president on its state said to the democrats to try to turn a virus enjoy political attack president trying to deny im sure charlie crist. Cleric. Wars hello im Richard Ginsberg and youre at the listening post among the media stories that were covering this week donald trump this information and the coronavirus the white house and its sidekicks at fox news have been producing fake news of the most dangerous conflict felt the more i learn about this the less terrorist war i was sent to china throws out more american journalists as the media battle between beijing and washington heats up an uprising in lebanon where protesters want to bring down the political establishment and that includes the news me. And the biggest captive audience ever so many people in lockdown producing so many quality names with the coronavirus grinding life to a halt around the world the millions holed up at home people are desperately se
Activity as Economic Activity grinds to a halt here in the u. S. , the white house calling for half a trillion dollars in direct payments to taxpayers and says we could see bailouts for airlines, hotels, and cruise industries, all the sectors getting crushed in todays market and crude oil down a staggering 23 . Now trading just above 20 a barrel we have every angle covered for you. Bob pisani is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Kayla is in washington with the response to lawmakers. And were covering the latest on the virus itself bob, first to you on another roller coaster ride today here at the Stock Exchange. We have a quiet morning i say relatively quiet, it was down 6 tach take a look at the s p i urge you to watch it emotionally. He said we need a 30spring break. This slow rollout of a shutdown is not working market dropped quickly to the lows of the day. We hit the Circuit Breaker at 12 50 eastern time, 15minute pause. We reopened. We have not dropped to the he second
Itself is set to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on aljazeera. This disconnect between what were hearing from the scientists and what the president of United States say to the democrats to try to turn a virus into a political attack president truck today. Ill be home from christmas with. Larry. 3 words hello im Richard Geres bird and youre at the listening post among the media stories that were covering this week donald trump dissin from ation and the coronavirus the white house and its sidekicks at fox news have been producing fake news of the most dangerous conflict felt the more i learn about this the less terrorist worry i was about the same thing china throws out more american journalists as the media battle between beijing and washington heats up and uprising in lebannon where protesters want to bring down the political establishment and that includes the