Last week. That means 38. 9 Million People have been thrown on to the unemployment lines in the last eight weeks. 38. 64 million to be precise. The only bright spot is the weekly claims have consistently come down. That implies that the layoff trend has already hit bottom. Heres the markets reaction to all of this. The dow at the moment is on the down side but not much by. Youre looking at 60 points lower. Youre looking at the nasdaq down about 16. Small losses across the board. Helping the market, astrazeneca, working with Oxford University, they have announced progress on a vaccine. They will do phase three trials with 30,000 american patients in july. If it works, they say they could deliver 300 million doses by the early fall. Then weve got three stories about open up and open up now. 600 doctors delivered a letter to the president outlining the Severe Health costs of the lockdown. They call it a mass casualty incident. Open up, they say. The front page of the New York Post blares
done before the end of the day. what multiple sources are telling our team on the hill. and i ll get the administration s perspective from nec deputy director in just a couple of minutes. plus, the comments from former president trump caught on tape and now in the hands of the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents. and it s a horrific case involving unspeakable crimes. an ex-cia officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women, the evidence seemingly overwhelming including photos and videotapes, but today a judge is being asked to throw it all out. but we start in the senate where the scramble is on to push the debt limit bill through the senate as soon as tonight, cramming what would typically be maybe a week s worth of debate and drama into hours, with lawmakers now under the threat of a catastrophic default if they don t get this done by monday. here s majority leader schumer just a few hours ago. june 5th is less than four d
ivanka trump takes the stand. the former president s daughter is testifying as a witness in his civil fraud trial. what she just said about her dad s financial statements with the future of his businesses on the line. the stage is set in miami. five republican candidates debate tonight trying again to loosen former president trump s firm grip on the gop. but the current front runner and former president has other plans tonight. he s running counter programming just a few miles down the road. and israel s offensive intensifies. the defense minister said idf troops are at the heart of gaza city as civilians continue to flee the fighting. we re following those stories and many more all coming in to cnn news central. this is video from moments ago, ivanka trump returning to a new york courtroom to continue testifying in the trump organization civil fraud trial. the new york attorney general s office has ended their questioning of ivanka and she s being questioned by an at
Reopened in some capacity today. That milestone overshadowed by the controversy around hydroxy chloroquine and donald trump. How the white house is responding to the media frenzy of the Philadelphia Flyers from the party to a young fan battling cancer on his birthday. The day he says he will never forget. Fox and friends starts right now. A very good morning to you. You are watching fox and friends first this wednesday morning. Rob Michael Flynns attorney filing an emergency appeal to boot judge Emmet Sullivan from the case. Reporter it comes as declassified email from susan rice suggests the Obama Administration purposely withheld information from flynn. Rob reaction from donald trump this morning. Reporter a lot to unpack, a lot of this as declassified that into the release portion describes james comey suggesting to president obama he may think about withholding critical information to than Incoming National security adviser Michael Flynn. Rice writing some concerns speaking frequen