South africans get some exercise and celebrate being allowed out as the government eases one of the worlds a strictest lockdowns. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a Fertilizer Factory near the capital pyongyang the official News Agency Says he was greeted with under arrest cheers its the 1st report of kim carrying out an engagement since he missed a National Anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead well joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul frank how reliable is this information coming from the state news agency reporting that kim jong un is alive and well. Well d i think the information reporting that hes alive and well coming from north koreas state media is a lot more reliable than the information that we received over the past couple of weeks that that he had undergone some surg
Celebrate being allowed out of the government eases one of the worlds strictest lockdowns. Am. Im Claire Richardson and welcome to the show north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a Fertilizer Factory near the capital pyongyang its the 1st report of him carrying out an engagement since he missed a National Interest series celebrations last month there has been speculation that kemah was seriously ill or even dead well joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul frank how reliable is this information coming from the state news agency reporting that kim jong un is alive and well. Well d i think the information reporting that hes alive and well d coming from north korea state media is a lot more reliable than the information that we received over the past couple of weeks that that he had undergone some surgery which may be true but that he was gravely ill or in fact in a vegetative state as so
Successful radio drama series continues in the only 2 thirds are Available Online course you can share and discuss on w. Africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms turn for others to mean you know. The u. S. Trade deficit widened as exports tumbled but investors take the news in stride focusing more on positive data we go live to new york for more also coming up german comic has demands another cash for clunkers scheme to boost sluggish sales but bilin is reluctant to comply. The german flagship looks good also doing some state aid but isnt so keen on the strings that could come a time. When i come to do the business i want to get. Good to have you with us i was dancing in the United States where the corona virus is not just causing havoc in the Health Sector but also widening the countrys trade deficit the Commerce Department has reported that the gap between what. The United States sells and 20 buys abroad wide and 11. 6 percent in march with exports falling almost 10 per
Hey, connell. Cohn cohn were connell were getting hit grim milestones with the covid19 it would appear. Total number of cases will top 200,000 by end of the day. The in new york city the death toll has topped 1000. 43,000 plus infections, death toll at 1096. Now one of the issues here locally has been how to keep the firstresponders safe. If you look at the nypd, the new York City Police department, 15 of the workforce has called out sick. You know that adds up to about 5000 workers. So a little bit more than that. Over 1000 Uniformed Police officers in new york have tested covid19 positive. And some others told us they have had trouble actually getting the test or, you know, waiting a number of days to get the results back. They have to sit out on the job while they wait out the results in some cases. Similar situation at the fire department. Similar situation at ems. All of that is going on. While help is coming in on the medical side, we talked all week long about the huge hospital
Sharp selloff by friday. Look at the week that was with dow industrials down 4,000 points on the session. Thats 17 on the week. The nasdaq was down 995 points, 12 and a half percent lower and s p down 406 points, 15 lower on the week. President trump deploying the National Guard to new york, california and Washington State to fight what he calls the invisible enemy as more people are told they must stay home in the heavilyhit states. More companies stepping in the fight the war against coronavirus, meanwhile, they are working with the white house to manufacture mustneeded supplies and medical equipment. Plus more businesses forced to shut down as tighter rules go into place. St. Louis Federal Reserve president warning that Unemployment Rate could soar to 30 . Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria lets check Global Markets with ftse 100 in london 236 points, european indices red across the board. Cac quarante down 150 points and dax index down 243 down. In germany Angela Merkel i